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It's just very difficult to both steer a huge wobbly rust-bucket full of waifs down the Ohio Turnpike at 90 in a 70 zone, and also manage to shoot majestic panoramic videos of those neat "You Are Now Entering..." state signs, along with stunning views of....other parts of the turnpike, I guess.

I can very much relate to Hunter in that I too would be unable to hide my misery at sharing a camp with people who love to chew the scenery by serenading the tribe with camp songs that no one asked for. I also laughed at how he seemed to sit like a confused, angry statue at that knee-slapper of a tribal council like he was wishing he was back in his garage working on his latest Survivor puzzle creation and maybe not actually playing the game for real with these crazy people. When 75% of the players are acting so over-the-top as to be unbelievable, I will root for the ones that seem to be actually playing the game as it was meant to be played - so I guess I am on team Charlie, Maria and Venus? Idk. Old School >>> New Era. Not all changes are good changes.

I blacked out during the kissing scene...did I hear him say something about not using tongue??

Nurie just turned 25 and is pregnant with her third child?? 😟

If they're divorced but still living as a couple, is he paying her alimony and/or child support at all? Or is she well and truly screwed if she ever did try to leave him because she would have no source of income whatsoever? I didn't see the season where they got divorced so I am curious what their terms were, since they only did this so Ick could get his Brazilian groove on.

So Nick's plan is to keep acquiring wives two by two so the women can keep marrying each other, while he lounges at home and shops for bigger beds? That's not polygamy, and it's not really polyamory, right? If he just wants to collect wives, I'm not getting why they have to marry each other. I am new to this show - my favorite podcaster does recaps and I had to see for myself. But I am a Day One Sister Wives watcher and something about the behavior of many of these men is so weird to me (shocker). Justin, Naeem, Shane - they all seem so badly to want another wife, but when their original wives go girl shopping for them and they finally meet face to face, it's like the men sit there like deer in headlights, mumbling "heh heh" like Beavis and/or Butthead, staring at their wives to get things going while they act like they'd rather be anywhere but at a table with their wife and potential side-piece. If they want another "wife" so bad, their mannerisms sure show the opposite. It's like they all want the thrill of the chase but once Wifey brings a real-life Lady #2 to the table, they want to turn tail and run back to their blanket fort because girls are scary. I mean, Kody Brown is nothing to aspire to but at least he was the leader (in his own mind). All of these men, hands down, proclaim to want the women without any of those silly hormonal emotions. How any of them found even one woman to commit to them is beyond comprehension.

Since my tv screen shrinks the end credits of Survivor to the size of a postage stamp, I didn't realize that Tevin didn't vote Soda. I swear I am mostly paying attention, but wasn't it his idea? So he got everyone on board, and then didn't vote for her in order to get her jury vote? Seems like an idea that might have some serious blowback. I agree, she seemed to be making a pretty theatrical exit. And why did she get applause on her way out? Reserve that for Queen Sandra. Was Soda just that beloved or were they applauding themselves for getting her out? Or maybe trying to applaud her off the stage, like when the music starts playing over the Oscar winner who won't stop talking? Charlie looks like Anthony Perkins, circa Psycho. No, I'm not that old, I've seen it on tv. But I am this old, and I agree. And Maria's voice had me wondering who she reminded me of until it clicked that she sounds just like Cristina, the cop, from Ozzy's tribe on Cook Islands (my favorite season). Liz - bring your bag next time. It's a really bad look.

Normally Jill is the one shoving her camera in everyone's faces while the embarrassed birthday child stands with a frozen smile in front of his/her Twinkie with a candle in it, but this time Jill was all over Janessa. She is going to baby that child something fierce. Janessa might end up the least educated of all the Rods, by Jill's own devices.

This is something, even for Jill. What I noticed about her video...the girls were constantly pulling up the sleeves of their pinafores because they were clearly too big. It also looked like Jill had pulled the dresses from the bottom of her unwashed laundry bin because they were both very wrinkled. Also, summer frocks over black long-sleeved t-shirts is a "look," but sadly, not a good one. Janessa was clearly scared to be sitting next to the animated Chuck. Jill even wrote over the video that Janessa was "nervous." When freaky Chuck-E turned to "look" at Janessa, her face showed fright and she tried to move away but was forced to smile for Jill's video. Jill. Is. AWFUL. 50% of the video, probably taken by the other waif whose name escapes me, was of Jill and her Hunk (hands off, ladies, he's taken) shooting hoops and playing video games. I thought they were there for Janessa's birthday? That was one sad video. At least the little waifs got some pizza.

(sung to the tune of Danny Boy) My fruitful womb! The pipes, the pipes are opennnnnnn To plant a seed.....to grow and grow my grift! (points to her waifs one by one) It's you and YOUUUUU and you and you and you....."dear" Help Mahmo shine, or Mahmo will be miffed!

I admit that I have been listening to Rachel's podcast and I think she's been doing a good job at giving her side of the story. In the most recent episode she's talking with Jo. If I wasn't particularly a Jo fan before, I am now. The hateful treatment of her by the other women gives pretty disturbing middle-school mean girl vibes towards the girl who is a little bit quirky and unique. Jo's funniest line so far was, "If Schwartz were dating a tree, Katie would chop it down."

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I liked how many of the kids all posted the exact same tribute as Janelle at the same time. I love how they coordinated that as a family.

I agree with airing whatever they've got in the can now and then ending the show. It would seem that if they kept on going, Garrison's passing would have to be addressed in the season to follow, and for the sake of the kids - adults or not - who had no say in having their lives documented for entertainment, the Brown parents need to put an end to the filming. There are no Sister Wives anymore. Even a Janelle/Christine or solo Christine spin-off would be pointless. Certainly Kody and Robyn can't carry a show on their own. Time to bow out.

Why do Tim and Heidi need 6 apparatuses for making coffee? I mean I get that it seems to be Heidi's thing, but she'd better make darn sure she lives at least 100 miles away from her future mother-in-law, otherwise Jill will be over there with her waifs ordering skinny vanilla lattes with a dusting of cinnamon and extra whipped cream from Tim every other day until he has to file for bankruptcy. As for Jill giving anyone a lecture about the proper use of a smart phone..... 🤐 EDIT: I thought about it for a minute and realize that I also have a drip coffee maker, an electric kettle and a French press, so... 🙃