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And my first thought was - it's not a cab! It's a trap! Of all the theories, and there are many, this is mine. I don't think Laurie makes it home.

Eww....just invite some guy to peruse your available daughters and choose the one he likes best, no need to ask the daughters if they have any attraction to the guy. Will he pay for Mahmo's dinners and bring her little prezzies from time to time? Then that's the guy for her girl! Good heavens, I would be waking up in the middle of the night to hide Jill's hair dye just to have an excuse to drive to Dollar General to get another box for her, if only to taste freedom for a few minutes.

I have questions. What makes Usha Vance think she can visit a country - any country - given how despicable her husband, his boss and his other boss have been treating the rest of the world? Especially uninvited? What level of delusional narcissistic self-importance must one have to visit a place where you are not needed nor wanted? And why is Mike Waltz going anywhere except maybe to his own house because he shouldn't still have a government job? If the visit was canceled, I hope they were already in the air when it happened.

Between her bi-weekly vacations, shilling donated clothes on the Cream of Wheat Boutique, running not one but two MLM's, crashing attending church services, bilking people out of retreat money, filming herself for the socials, farming out her spinster unmarried daughters, and keeping her Hunk fed with uncooked chicken and bird juice, it's a wonder she has time to cook and homeschool her kids! hahaha j/k lol

Did anyone see Paedon's - um, "problematic" - birthday wish for the podcaster Amanda from "We Love to Hate Everything?" Amanda's co-host bought her a $10 Cameo from Paedon for her birthday, as a joke. I saw the clip on Youtube. The person who bought the Cameo asked Paedon to just tell some jokes. Paedon rambles on and on, in a very fast tempo, about how the jokes he wanted to tell would get him in trouble for being racist and misogynistic. If this is Paedon, I can understand why some of his siblings aren't interested in a relationship with him. And listening to him babble on and on, he sounded just like Kody.

I hope this isn't why Jill keeps her kids so skinny and dresses them like she's just purged the Goodwill trash bin - because she knows their appearance might translate into bigger donations - which she will then turn around and use to buy herself something nice like a trip with Hunk to Epcot, or another shiny espresso machine for one of her coffee bars, etc. To be clear, I think this is exactly what she's doing but the ramifications make me sick. She's got at least two waifs whose skin coloring looks like that of a consumptive Victorian child.

I do appreciate a giggle now and again regarding the sh!tshow that is the US. But at the same time, making light of things feels like we are trying to downplay the very real danger these incompetent bozos are putting us in. It's like we have to laugh to keep from crying because the dumpster fire is coming from inside the house, while the fireman are chuckling about whose turn it is to turn on the water. As for comfort watches, Kevin in the Countryside popped up on my YouTube homepage. Kevin - who we never see, nor hear unless he says "Morning" to a passerby - takes long walks through various quaint English villages and shows us the beautiful old cottages, the churches, fields of sheep, overlooked trails, etc. And if he's walking in the rain, I can practically hear my blood pressure falling.

This is exactly what we'd better not see from her. Despite all of her proclamations to the contrary, she was NOT there from Day One.

Regarding Garrison's passing...I would've been upset, as someone who has watched this show from Day One, if they had glossed over their family tragedy. We aren't owed anything from the Browns but at the same time, they're the ones who decided to air their family's business for the last decade. But I am also pre-emptively nervous wondering if we will be treated to watching Kody and Robyn talk about what happened. Kody is his father and no matter what I think of him as a person, he was also dealt an unfathomable blow. But Kody and Robyn are so completely performative and that is the last thing I want to see on this show - Kody and Robyn on the couch trying to re-write history in any way, shape or form. We all heard Kody say what he said about Garrison and Gabe. Part of me just wants a small but heart-felt tribute to Garrison and leave it at that. What I definitely do not want are over-emotional tributes from the people who knew him the least. In other words - Robyn, please sit this one out. And Kody - be careful.

So it was a nautical theme and Jill served tacos? A seafood buffet would've been more appropriate. Jill serving shrimp, clams, etc. - I don't see any possible way that could be a giant disastrous fail, do you? You have my dream job. :)

Another book rec - 🙂 I started The House of My Mother by Shari Franke, daughter of Ruby Franke. I am getting very strong Jill Rod vibes from how Shari describes Ruby. I have thought several times while reading that this could have been written by Nurie, Renee or Kaylee, if they'd had a proper education and had been able to truly escape and deprogram from their mother. If you've seen the recent documentary on Hulu (I think), Shari Franke is remarkably composed and eloquent when talking about her life. The book is likewise very readable. And she's only 22 years old, I believe.

Why am I so excited that this show is coming back? What does that say about me? Can I write a recap even though no one asked?

Oh, I agree! It's just that we have seen Janelle talk about how she had nothing to her name, was afraid that Kody was going to screw her over Coyote Pass, and has banked on a dream with a large land purchase that as far as I know can't be farmed into what they wanted it for. Maybe her Plexus career is bringing in enough cash for the land and if so, if she's comfortable with the risk, then good for her. EDIT: I just took a peek at Maddie's blog. She has a notice on the top of the page that says, "I plan my life out a day at a time so my posting schedule can be erratic." Again, I get it, she has four children. She also had a podcast that she abandoned. She and Janelle keep trying things, see if they stick, then move on when they find out it's more work than they thought it would be - even once they've gained an audience.

I'm not sure if there will ever be another character on tv that makes me laugh and cringe as hard as Judy Gemstone. Edi Patterson does that amazing thing when she's trying to talk as raunchy as her brothers but her voice kind of fades out at the end because she knows she's talking tougher than she really is. The prayer pods? Oh, man...keeping my eyes open for those things to become real. Of course, you must swipe your credit card and choose your donation to enter. Can't be praying for free out in the wild and all!

I cannot imagine the noise, mess and smell of that many bodies crammed into an RV for that length of time. There would be nowhere to go to escape someone else's very close presence. No one except Dave probably got a decent night's sleep. It's no wonder the Rod kids are so deeply entrenched with their mother - she set it up that way. No room for privacy, personal expression, doing something other than what Jill wants to do...that's a nightmare scenario. Those kids probably just went catatonic or disassociated to get through the day.