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I was getting Kelly Reilly (Beth Dutton) vibes from her, but I can see the others mentioned, too. And maybe a little Sissy Spacek?

As long as TLC is making money from this show and the family continues signing contracts, they won’t stop filming. They don’t care even a tiny bit about the ethics of this. See: the re-branding of 19 Kids to Counting on, forcing the victims of terrible things to continue filming. The sad state of society is that this will bring viewers. That is seriously all TLC cares about.

I would have liked more of the interview with the other daughter/Jenelle’s sister. The short bit they showed, she talked about how manipulative Jenelle was. But did she believe their parents were part of it? Did she think Jenelle was capable of what it looks like was double catfishing?

I was so sad for Heather’s dad, and her son, losing their wife and grandmother so soon after everything was finally as “normal” as it could be for all of them. I’m really wondering how the grandparents managed to get full custody when it seemed definite that the father wasn’t involved in the murder. I admire that grandfather so much, in the interview he really said only positive things about his grandson’s father, and refused to give Dennis any information about what sounds like some bad situations between his daughter and her husband. I have to think that was for his grandson’s benefit, to not speak ill of his father. This one just really hit me harder than most. This poor 25 year old mother, murdered by her mother in law front of her baby at Target, of all places. What a terrible tragedy.

Based on that pic it looks like all the kids and their partners were given flowers. I love that Christine included everyone. Very much hoping that Gwen & Bea not attending doesn’t cause a rift between Christine and Gwen.

Where is Savannah living now? Is she not with Janelle in Flag (if J still lives there) anymore? ETA a tiny bit of side eye at Maddie if she traveled for her pink drink party weekend but not her sister’s wedding…

They really zoomed in on her brother’s bracelet, which had blurred bar codes and looked suspicious. I wonder what the story with his deceased wife, brother, and mother is.

They had his DNA because that’s how the Utah prosecutor got involved. An assault there that had never been properly investigated was re-opened when the prosecutor saw how many old sexual assault cases had never been addressed (which I’m guessing is why the police there hated him and allegedly helped crazy Nicholas/Alexander with a smear campaign). The DNA from the Utah case matched with what they had gotten from his sex offender registration. I kept thinking Scotland must have stricter rules about testing DNA, because that would’ve solved the whole crazy thing much faster.

Catching up here after a hiatus. Did Meri actually charge $6000 for a weekend with her at her B&B?! And people actually paid? For comparison, Jen Hatmaker, who is “Instagram famous” and also a successful author, is currently offering a Caribbean cruise with her, $2k at most (and that’s for the highest tier room). And that’s for a cruise, not some random B & B in the middle of Utah. I don’t get it.

The biggest thing I learned from this episode is how little respect Keith has for the internet sleuthers! He spoke of them with disdain, for sure.

I don’t watch the show anymore, and only follow along here, but I had to comment. That is some serious gaslighting abuse BS. If the interviewer allowed that and didn’t call it out, that is beyond messed up.

The crazy thing is, I haven’t watched in years, since the last Vegas season. I just follow along here. The older kids are the same age as my oldest so I was always more attached to them.

Let’s see if I can guess this correctly. Back, from left: Aspyn, Maddie, Myelti; front: Hunter, Logan, Leon, babies are Paedon/Garrison?

Both Maddie and Mykelti married young, during what most consider normal college years. I think that was part of their decisions, too. If I remember correctly, Aspyn got married just before or just after graduating. She was also very involved in sorority and campus life, which the other two tried but didn’t seem to fully embrace like she did.

He absolutely did that to get validation from his family that she’s not the right fit for him. He knew what their reaction would be. I wondered if his crying sister knew about his “Everyone should be allowed one unplanned free pass, but that’s it” philosophy.