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She lives in this state of fantasy where she is a beautiful, successful, self-sacrificing wife, mother and Christian and the embodiment of who you should aspire to be, although you will never attain her level because you will never be godly enough. I think she also believes that she invented the Family Band concept or at the very least, her family's music and harmonizing is far better than anyone else's and demands to be heard. I know people like this in real life, where they believe that their opinion, while not asked, is necessary to every conversation. As an introvert, I find it both fascinating and annoying.

I actively try not to look at Sue's face too much but I did notice in this episode that she had dirt smeared over each eyelid, which makes me think she is using dirt as makeup. Maybe in real life it doesn't come across as bad as it does on tv, because dang - if I'm her tribemate, I would feel compelled to tell her that whatever she's doing is NOT working. It's like when you see someone trailing toilet paper on their shoe - you let them know! It's the kind thing to do! And she's got a tribe full of people looking her directly in the face multiple times a day! I need Probst to address this at the reunion but at the same time, I don't want him to because I'm not a Sue fan so maybe she can be the chosen cast member who doesn't get asked a single question. Speaking of things I don't understand, Andy is like the human version of cognitive dissonance. I cannot figure him out and it bugs me. I want to dislike him because of his delusions of grandeur but unlike Gabe and Rome, Andy has moves to back it up. Is he cluelessly smart or smartly clueless? Who is he? Is he real? Is he the first AI contestant to ever play Survivor? Also, these long soliloquies at TC in response to Jeff's questions are grating, as an old-school fan. I feel like these people are giving a dissertation about the meaning of life in response to, "so how did that make you feel?" I blame the shorter season, I guess...I recall times on older seasons where Jeff asked a question and the tribe member literally blanked out because they hadn't eaten in 4 days or were so tired they couldn't think straight. These New Era TC's must go on until the sun starts to come up.

This video is like the circa 1970 Sears Portrait of music videos with the synchronized poses that Jill probably thinks are very demure, very clever. The feet splashing and the leaves are so cliche, it's like a caricature within a parody, except Jill is deadly serious. Because nothing says "I love my daughters!" than dressing them identically in some kind of Pepto-pink backyard Sound of Music ripoff outfits, destroying their eyebrows and making them sing while morphing their faces into something out of a nightmare. That should get the young men a' runnin' to the Barndo door. I wonder how many freaking takes these girls had to go through until Jill deemed it perfect. If you look closely at the segment where they are singing under a tree, right before the scene cuts you can see Tessie's face go from performatively happy to bored and PO'd.

Someone just posted Jill and the girls' new "music video" on Reddit. I watched with the sound off. I understand it's far more disturbing with the sound on but I want to sleep tonight.

One never knows when one might bump into a potential husband - and how will he know you're a girl unless you show him that you have hair all the way down to your waist? I feel sorry for those girls in so many ways, but the fact that they are always seen in makeup with long, curled hair bugs me because I assume Jill sees her daughters as extensions of herself - she could be their sister, after all! - so any time they go out in public they all have to be groomed to certain standards. These poor girls might never know how comfortable it is to go out in leggings and a sweatshirt, or to understand that they don't need makeup to be considered beautiful.

Somehow I missed that OfSamuel has been included in the Curdled Cream modeling gigs. She seems to be sliding seamlessly right into this family, sucking up to Jill and awaiting the perfect time to overthrow Jill's reign. I am so here for that. I am also a little scared. I sense the impending power clash being something along the lines of Thor versus The Hulk.

*record scratch* Mr. and Mrs. DABSARK didn't have the money to buy out the others and pay off the loans. So they needed Meri and Janelle's money to get it paid off. And yet - Kody and Robyn live in a mansion surrounded by art, knick-knacks, a plethora of kitchen gadgets, ridiculously expensive sculptures and other crap. Yet, they needed Meri and Janelle's money for CP. Forgive me if this is crystal clear, but is that why Kody and Robyn were spending money like it was going out of style - to force Meri and Janelle to finish paying for CP? So K&R could claim that they didn't have any "liquid" cash? And then when Kody didn't want CP appraised, that was meant to screw M&J out of their fair portion of money when they sold it? Could Kody and Robyn actually be that devious?? I mean I know the answer, but this puts their whining and pearl clutching over the loss of the property and the family in a different light.

100% agree. I think Kody is, and always was, far more in love with Robyn than she is with him (and I use "in love" loosely because I don't think Kody truly understands the concept). Robyn wanted Kody but only if he brought along his minions to gaze upon her skinny form with jealousy. Without them, she is now stuck with him and his ego and his hair plugging her drains forever. And now that he seems to be fully immersed in the manosphere she gets to listen to all of that too, while he stares her down and cackles gleefully that he wants to screw Janelle, hates Meri, and that all of this is Christine's fault. Not sure I would want to be stuck under one roof with that level of unhinged, even if it is a 2.1 gazillion dollar home covered in art as far as the eye can see. This part confuses me. Two lots were paid off - by Meri and Janelle? Or by all of them? So if they didn't pay off the other two lots, the original owner takes back all four and also their money? Could they have started building on those two paid-for lots? What about the cistern, and all the innocent trees Kody was chopping down and stripping - he didn't own the land outright, so how could he mess with the property? If the part I bolded is correct, then I can see where these people did indeed sign a very stupid contract. For once I agree with Robyn.

I have been reading all of the posts about the lots and honestly it makes my head hurt. The games and shenanigans these people play regarding a piece of dusty land that only ever contained some trees, a drainage ditch and a cistern is crazy. I can see why Janelle just wanted some money to disentangle herself from this mess, because it seems like every time the subject of the land comes up, Kody has a completely different story. Kudos to the posters who can keep track of this mess because I surely cannot. I also wonder how Robyn likes being the sacrificial lamb for Kody. Like always, nothing is or was ever Robyn's fault, but Kody sure seems to want to make us believe that he can't ever have a good relationship with his kids because it's never a safe space for his only wife with a conscience (hahaha). Meanwhile Robyn claims to want Kody to repair his relationships - but how can he if those awful adult kids don't make Robyn feel safe? They've talked themselves right into a corner but neither of them will take the blame for it - and yet, they seem fine with throwing each other under the bus by claiming it's all about "safety." So if it's never Robyn's fault (per Kody) and it's not Kody's fault (because he says it's to protect Robyn), then....whatever. Those two live in such a web of tangled lies that they are constantly revising in an attempt to not seem like completely horrible people. P.S. - it's not working.

So how was Kody able to get away for his "guy's weekend?" How on earth did Robyn manage without him? I didn't think that (A) Kody was allowed out of the house, and/or (B) that Kody ever wanted to leave the precious safe womb of Robyn's shy embrace or whatever. Gosh, I sure hope Robyn managed to keep Ariabelliobla from swinging from the chandeliers and was able to hand-peel her own grapes for her noon breakfast. How awful it must have been for her. And I love how guy's weekend involved Kody dragging his brothers to stare with wistfulness through the cul-de-sac gate. Goodness, between watching Kody scrunch his weave followed by the tour of sadness, this was a party for the books. Bet his brothers couldn't wait to go back home. And honestly, TLC - I would rather watch Christine and David once again exchange their chewing gum with one another than to have to EVER listen to one more couch segment from Kody explaining his hair to us. Literally no one cares about how he produces ramen noodle ringlets from the fried wisps of hair that are actively trying to escape his head. Thank you.

First of all, I am thrilled that Meri took that solo trip to England. That must have been so empowering. Good for her. Kody hates Janelle, thinks she is trying to screw him over Plague Pass, wants to screw her first, but hopes she'll still build on the property because he wants to reconcile, but if she does build, he and Robyn will move so fast Kody's weave will fly right off his head. That's just one small portion of how Kody's mind works. Delusional is far too nice a word to use on him. Something's not at all right with that man. Meri laughing at the meeting while Kody and Robyn just sat there looking dumb and confused was hilarious. I also noted that the table in the mansion's entryway was loaded with figurines to the point that there was no available space left, not to mention having to once again bear witness to that terrible, mind-jarring collection of "art" on every wall. It never ceases to amaze and disgust me. And yet - there's no money to pay off CP. Kody's curly-girl nonsense in front of his brothers? What was that?? Why? Who needed to see that? Again - why? Gosh, do we think Kody is a diva who needs to always be the center of attention? That was almost physically painful to watch. What an idiot. I actually liked this episode and then I figured out why - no footage of Christine and David planning a wedding that took place over a year ago. But also, I am loving the updated talking heads where the knives are coming out from the OG3. Both Meri and Janelle look lighter, younger, more refreshed than they have in ages. Clearly, dumping 180 pounds of hair gel and ego does that to a person.

I wonder just how heated PK and Dorit's arguments really got, since neither of them can speak a full sentence without the other one interrupting.

Jill doesn't get any money when we click on those blog links, does she? Because most of them are new to me and I can't help myself. I sure don't want to be responsible for sending $1.07 her way or something.

I am of the firm belief that Kody and Meri aren't done, either. Those two are going to end up hooking up in the haunted attic of Lizzie's Heritage Inn - right under the picture of Lizzie - someday soon, if they haven't already. Meri might have been a little too happy to grind into Kody, but Kody himself seemed unsure if he should be turned on or scandalized because he knew that Robyn was probably going to sit in the dark and watch that footage over and over, like Glenn Close turning the light off and on in Fatal Attraction. And the various facial expressions that flitted over Kody's dumb face while Meri was backed into him (ick) were too numerous to count, until Robyn showed up and everyone went still, like a group of antelope in the presence of a sad, hungry cheetah.

I hope it never even made it into her car and she tossed it in a snowbank. To be fair, poor sad Robyn was just standin' there squeezing out dry tears and Meri was not giving Robyn the reaction that she wanted. Robyn may have had many scenarios written on her vision board, but Meri showing zero emotion was not one of them - after all, if Robyn is making the sad face, how can anyone near her be happy? Robyn is the Voldemort of the Brown family. I could practically hear everyone's souls being sucked out of that moving van the moment Robyn came into view. But seriously, girl - "I can't help you move because I am so heartbroken that my arms and legs won't move. But I can drive all the way to your house when most of the hard work is done and hand you a crappy gift." Get out of here with that. Bravo to Meri for refusing to take part in Scene 687 Act 78 of the Robyn Show.