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i wonder why this is the season where they're finally going to fast forward and catch up to reality (Janelle has said as much in interviews, that you'll see the whole Taeda Farms saga on this season's run and I believe I read Garrison's passing will be addressed). I assumed it was because it was maybe too difficult to not explain/reference what happened to Garrison for another two years (or whatever the lag would normally be) but if they aren't mentioning him anyway and cutting him out of shots that he could or would've been in since they're all supposedly from back in 2022...? I don't know. Do you think this could be the end of Sister Wives? Supposedly the main Puddle Monkey producer has also left the show. I imagine the ratings are actually quite good and am not sure why they'd wrap it up now...even if the premise/central conceit is no longer valid.

I thought it was telling that even Robyn's pleas ostensibly on the behalf of the "kids who just need Kody so much" (spoiler: they don't) were really about her and her own feelings about her father, so just as self-oriented in a way as Kody's reasons always are (and without a thought to if her own kids want/get to have their birth father in their lives?). They are two peas in a pod. At the end of that segment when she was talking about not understanding why he won't try harder/do more, I literally said out loud to my TV "BECAUSE HE IS A NARCISSIST, ROBYN!". But then... I supect she is as well. I wanted to know which kid told Kody he had brainwashed them for years--that's probably Leon, I assume? Although maybe it could be any of them if interpreted as Kody pretending to be a loving husband to their mom? So the only kids he has a good relationship with still/now are Mykelti, maybe Truly (doubtful) and Robyn's 5? Logan, Leon, Maddie, Aspen, Hunter, Paedon, Garrison (RIP), Gabe, Savannah, Gwen, Ysabel, all fell out/got cut off by him at some point. Jesus. And he can't understand why the idea that him saying he never loved their mothers could be hurtful to the kids in some way or that saying he regretted ever marrying the women also in effect wishes his kids out of existence? What a douchebag. (Not new territory of course, but I just marvel at it again every once in a while.)

I'm kind of coming around on Nathalia. I think she clearly understands way more English than these bozos do Spanish and it was kind of fun to hear her whole "no condom= baby and you're shocked?" Though I'm also surprised that Dannielle and Garrick have/were still having sex for the entire 14 year gap right up till he went to Brazil apparently. They deserve each other. But I kinda want Nathalia to come back and be the villain for the next season!

Religion just seems like a very convenient excuse for these folks. They treat God like their imaginary friend who visits them in their garage occasionally, like Snuffleupagus visits BIg Bird. I thought it was very telling that when Garrick was talking about what was important about marriage, he said it wasn't about the ceremony or the vows but how they feel about each other. Uh, isn't the spoken vow (and all the pomp and circumstance that may or may not accompany it) the most important thing to you if you're uber-religious and getting married? If not, why marry these women at all? Just live/date/fornicate with them. Don't confuse your kids with this endless "search" for additional wives. Not a lick of sense amongst any of them sadly. Actually...Natalia seemed smarter than I expected. When she wasn't talking about loving/marrying Garrick, she seemed pretty savvy and on the ball. Did it also say she was studying to be a lawyer or some such? If she's in it for the money, she better work on "designing" better jewelry for the sisterwives. (The ring and necklace were both My Sisterwives' Closet worthy.)

Agreed. Although I was surprised by the pratfalling roll he did on to the wedding stage. That reminded me of something Kody might do/had done when he was younger. He did used to have a lot more goofy moments. They all talk so much about how he's changed/is a different man and I think we've always seen the frustrating/unfair sides of his personality so it's easy to be like "Bah, he hasn't changed much." But talking about this and watching the Look Back episodes, he was a much happier man (it seemed) when he was younger. More open to love, seemed to give his affection much more freely (didn't seem like he was pretending/playacting). I guess all his good humor went out the window as the strains of being a polygamist when it would've been so much easier to be monogamous with Robyn (in his eyes) who catered to him as she would her "best customer" took over.

Oh, thank you! Correcting above!

It was nice to see the adult kids again (though I wonder how the contract works/if they get paid to sit down for confessionals now--brief though they were). There was also a brief shot of the side of Leon's head on the boat, as they were in the row in front of Janelle, I think, right before or after she gave her speech. I was really struck by Maddie being overcome by tears for how happy she was for Christine because David loves her so much/is awesome. That and the brief convo about living with a man in the house all the time with Truely both were such sadly revelatory bits alluding to Kody's continually awful treatment of their moms. And even Caleb seemed sort of angry about it in that confessional. Hope Kody saw it and wailed for an hour about a knife in the spleen from his mancrush.

I definitely saw signs of physical attraction/chemistry/flirting between Janelle and Kody on the show even as late as the Vegas move. I wonder if she had left (for good) first if he would've reacted the way he did to Christine's leaving. Probably not because he wouldn't have taken it seriously since she's left and come back before. Maybe that's why he's in denial that this is "it" and is talking about potentially reconciling with Janelle even now--that's their pattern and he's waiting for her to want/need him in whatever way she does again. I expect he always mistook Janelle's general complacency with him for submission but she was actually doing whatever suited her and maybe he's aware of that now. But I think witnessing Christine's newfound freedom and joy and his unwillingness to reconcile with the boys or pay attention to Savannah has opened her eyes and she's fully done with him now. Hopefully anyway.

Whoof. So much re-trod ground. A few interesting bits: - The unedited scene of Kody and Janelle's big fight was actually uglier than we saw. It's hard to believe they never fought like that previously if she left him on 2 or 3 other occasions. -Kody actually used the term triangulation, which was brought up frequently during last week's show on Twitter. I don't think he used it correctly (surprise) but someone's been peeping the socials. -Meri's dead-eye, dead-voice recitation of "My voice will be heard" actually kind of made me laugh. It was so awkward and weird. Girl...too little, too late. -Why on earth does Kody want to fix it/have a romantic relationship with Janelle if he's finally admitting he's ONLY in love with Robyn? What for? Especially if she's not into it and he's saying he's annoyed that he's only seen as a piece of meat? WHY? WHAT? MAKE THE KODY BRAIN MATH MAKE SENSE. I know he's always angling but....surely he realizes he doesn't get any brownie points for hanging on to one more wife. He obviously doesn't care about his eternal heaven kingdom or whatever it is. I just don't get it. -I am ready to hear how Kody keeps sabotaging his relationship with Robyn by picking fights with her. Give me every schaedenfreudish detail. -I want a real question about personal debt and finances and Coyote Pass but I won't hold any breath for that to come. -i hope David is truly a delightful person who matches Christine's energy and love investment.

Probably not, but didn't Maddie have a nose peircing or eyebrow or something as a teen? Maybe I'm misremembering as Google isn't showing me anything on that. But when Kody first said that Christine has two piercings -- I thought he meant ears and somewhere else non visible/scandalous -- not two in her ears. Lol. Although now she has a tattoo on her chest and a lot of the kids have tattoos also. I also thought it was funny/intentional that as they were talking about Kody forbidding earrings so the wives wouldn't/never wore them...they kept showing old photos of the wives all wearing earrings. And then Kody said he had an ear pierced in high school and they kept showing his class photo, but I didn't see an earring or stud or anything in those? Maybe my vision was failing me but I thought they were trying to slyly point out that these fools even lie about trivial shit like that.

Me too. There was a scene much later, when they were moving their mattress in at the Vegas house where they were super flirty/affectionate/making with the innuendos and it surprised me.

NVM - late to the party seeing the trailer but glad the show is back!

A new clip of Janelle (and some Kody) from part three! GO JANELLE, GO! Sister Wives’ Janelle Is 'So Tired of Counselor Robyn' Meddling in Kody Drama (msn.com) https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/recaps/sister-wives-janelle-is-so-tired-of-counselor-robyn-meddling-in-kody-drama/ar-AA15YiEw?cvid=29d89fea48bb4d669c0c7187440f0741&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover A little disappointed this isn't the segue into getting into Gabe and Garrison more but maybe there is more to come in the show itself.

Is it me or am I not seeing anything in these articles about Meri "confirming split" other than them playing her Kody's clip saying she can just go elsewhere and her saying "I guess he made a decision"? I mean they're already divorced and have been for years...so the only thing that would really confirm the split is her maybe leaving Flagstaff for good? But it wouldn't honestly surprise me if this signifies nothing/no changes. She'll just keep living like a single woman in Flagstaff presumably. Maybe she'll talk to Robyn... a little less?

Three parts!