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I am enjoying this 2nd season more than the first, especially since the small police force has really gelled into a cohesive team, plus Humphrey and Martha are interacting more so as true members of the community.

I don't think so--I think Dom just asked if Jean would be interested in moving beyond being just friends to officially dating.

Anyone who Googles "David Woolley"; just be sure to find the one who married Christine Brown.... He's not a billionaire, but he does own a construction business as well as some real estate. Christine probably looked him up--not accusing her of being a gold-digger--but given how Kody ran the family, bringing in little money himself (except for the TLC bucks) and expecting the 3OG wives to earn money for the family coffers, I think Christine would have looked for a man who works/has a career and isn't expecting her to be the primary income earner.

Didn't Meri have a regular job (I think in a counselling center--not sure what her position was, probably clerical/admin?) in Utah before/as the show started, but because of the show she was "let go" because the office didn't want her private lifestyle newly made public to reflect badly on the office. Also, Janelle worked in real estate, although I don't know how active of an agent she was or if she mainly worked in the office. Christine, too, worked in real estate for awhile with Janelle--again, not sure what exactly she did, if she showed houses or did clerical work in the office, AND didn't Christine work a part-time evening job while the kids were young? She cared for the kids all day and then worked part-time somewhere in the evenings, if I recall correctly. Seems the 3OG wives did ALL the income earning while Kody played at gun shows and hung out with his buddies (and then with Robyn). I think the 3 ladies prefer the MLM work because they can set their own hours, take time off when they like, put in as much or as little effort as they want/need, and if they work really hard to be successful, they get to go on lots of fun trips. They may also have more than 1 MLM going on at a time to keep money coming in, and now with David's help, Christine is able to get into another revenue generating gig with this AirBnB (hats off to her for not just sitting on her butt now that she married a well-off guy; she's continuing with her MLM plus branching out into other money-making avenues to secure her future and help her family).

I doubt it; however, now that Christine finally has an actual marriage license of her own, maybe she framed hers and put it up in her AirBnB?

Why would Meri know personal details about other branches of the family, especially since the inn/that branch of the family is located in Utah and Meri grew up in California? I grew up in Indiana, then Minnesota -- I was in High School before I learned that 3 of my dad's siblings (2 in California; 1 in Ohio) were Jehovah's Witnesses.

Here's a link to the interview Meri gave regarding her Irish roots. Whether it's true or she's just making it up, I can't say: https://tvshowsace.com/2019/03/18/sister-wives-meri-brown-shares-her-irish-ancestry-on-st-patricks-day/

I think I saw an interview where Meri said her mom's side of the family was Irish (Lizzie who originally owned the inn). I'm not one to shell out $50 for a tour but I must say that Meri at least is constantly scrambling to find ways to keep making money. She still has the B&B (hasn't gone bankrupt or closed its doors permanently) so I gather she makes some money from that business despite it not being in a high traffic tourist area.

I think the "beer and skittles" crap is simply for ratings (for the show)/viewers or clicks (or whatever it's called) for the podcast. Meri has had plenty of time to badmouth her former sister wives and Kody, yet she really hasn't said much, if anything, about them. She's poked back at Kody and Robyn on HER podcast, but so far (at least as far as I can tell) she hasn't done so in national media. Perhaps if she gets invited to do some of those type of interviews (like Christine and Janelle did), we'll see if she continues the "beer and skittles" crap, or if she'll take the high road, like in her statement last January when she and Kody made their split final and public.

I find it suspect that the only details being mentioned are those that throw a bad light on Meri's new beau. We know nothing else, like where's he from, what does he do for a living, does he have a family, how did they meet, etc. Personally--my opinion only--I wouldn't put it past Kody to demand TLC production to tell him the guy's name, then pass that info on to contacts at InTouch to dig up all the dirt. I think Kody views all his wives as his property, even if he is done with 3 of them, and he can't stand to see his property being happy without him, especially finding love with someone else. Also, there's no reason to think that Meri's announcement about Amos means they'll soon be getting engaged (didn't Christine and David take 4 months from dating to engagement?), just that he's become more than a casual date. Still, that could change in a few months or so, so if he's the one, I hope Meri will be happy and that Kody will leave them alone.

Maybe that was their first date and he was uncomfortable to show his bald head, unsure of whether Meri would laugh, make fun of him, get up and leave, etc. I wonder if he was a blind date set up by Jen and her hubby?

Yes, and she didn't want to do that because she'd either have to leave her family in Shetland while she worked elsewhere for a year or two; or her family would have to move with her, and I don't think her hubby/significant other (are they married?) wants to put his career aside or seek work elsewhere. Evidently, whatever he does in Shetland, he has more time to spend with their daughter so she's always left in daycare for long hours every day.

Enjoyed the season, loved Tosh as the "temporary" DI, but I thought Ruth was going to end up replacing Jimmy Perez, yet that hasn't happened. Granted, Ruth is staying on Shetland for another month or so, but it's implied that she will return to her job in London after her holiday break. I suppose if the show is renewed for another series, Ruth will already be established as the new DI in charge several months or longer since this series' ending.

Yes, and then he was surprised that Christine and Janelle left (he didn't care about Meri and wanted her gone years ago -- as long as he didn't have to say the words to her face and could play it off as her choice to leave, no blame on him).

Considering how naive and sheltered polygamous girls are (and Meri was a 19-yr old virgin when she married Kody--I believe he was her first and only boyfriend), plus how lonely and vulnerable Meri was at that time (this was after the real divorce and K&R's legal marriage) I can see how she would overlook logic/believability and focus on a "fantasy dream come true" dream.

I agree--and I still think that TLC doesn't want her to say anything more than the "I'm the victim" line. I do wonder if she were to now say, "yes, I would have definitely left Kody and the family had Sam been real"--how would Kody react?

Yes, if I recall correctly, the 2nd series started a few weeks after the Christmas episode (the one where Caron's wife was murdered), so I'm hoping the 3rd series will be starting in the next few weeks, too.

I agree. I also think TLC, while enjoying the ratings boost the catfish scandal brought to the show, probably wouldn't (probably still won't as long as the show continues) allow Meri to say anything else except that she's "the victim". In some respects she is a victim of being catfished, but she wouldn't have been had she not been seeking something better online. I think there are a lot more details to this whole saga that TLC won't let her speak about. Even a recent mention about Robyn knowing about the catfish incident while it was happening was downplayed. I hope once the show is finally over and Meri writes her Tell All book, she'll finally spell it all out--what was really going on with her and Kody, why she sought out someone online, how/why she fell for who she believed that person was (I agree with you that Meri believed Kody released her as she was ready to leave the family and run away with her dream guy), and what parts Robyn and her pal, Kendra, had in the whole debacle. I also hope she spills the tea on whatever hold Kody had on her to make her stick around and put up with all his BS after the catfish scandal. I think Christine making the bold move to leave finally woke Meri up to the possibility that she, too, could finally get out from under his oppressive control.

Islandgal140 said: I'm kinda mad at Meri because she has me agreeing with Kody. She had an emotional online affair at worst, at best she was highly flirty and was entertaining "possibilities" with a man, but she won't even admit to that. What gripes me the most about the catfish scandal is that Kody gets a total pass for his part in this. If he had remained a husband to Meri, would she have been online looking for friends, companionship, love? Her only child was away at college and rarely at home and her so-called spiritual hubby couldn't bear to so much as give her the time of day! I recall she said that he'd be in her bed but he wouldn't touch her (not even hold her hand) nor speak to her. What kind of marriage is that?

Indeed it was. On the other hand, Paddy running around and behaving like an irascible dog was pretty funny. I wonder though, how old he's supposed to be? I recall John acquired him in Winter's first case (and Paddy wasn't a puppy then) not too long after Sykes passed away (Betty was a toddler then). I think the show jumped a few years so Betty is now old enough for boarding school--so wouldn't Paddy be a lot older now? Yet he was running around like he was still a young dog.

Leon is Meri's only child -- and a lot of people on this forum hate Meri thus hate her child.

No doubt a lot of sugar-coating, too. I can't see any of these people telling true, hard, complete facts, especially if the truth includes admitting their own foibles, mistakes, and guilt.

True--but they are all under contract to TLC so they have to watch what they say and if necessary, put some additional spin on it. Hopefully once the legal constraints are gone, someone will start talking, give full details. For example, all the tidbits from Paedon, Maddie, and Mykelti about Meri ("abrasive", "abusive", "horror", "scary", "unsafe") seem to be enough to rile up the Meri haters but there are no details as to WHY or HOW Meri was those things. Gwen stated that Meri acted like a parent, dishing out discipline, yelling/scolding--but Kody was the one who spanked (hand, not with anything like a belt, paddle), while Christine and Janelle let the kids pretty much do whatever. So what's the real story? My memory may be a bit faulty (old lady here) but I remember seeing an episode or two where Meri yelled at some of the boys (one was hitting Solomon; another was hitting Dayton) so I can believe she yelled/scolded, maybe even threatened with punishment, but anything worse than that (ie, hitting a child), if it happened, it would have been off-screen.

It could be that Meri has to toe the line regarding the catfish incident and other storylines due to her TLC contracts. Once she's out of the show (or it becomes the Christine/Janelle After Sister Wives Show), then Meri's free to tell the all the real details. I hope she does write a book and spills all the tea (AND TELLS THE TRUTH) about everything since she dated/married Kody through the entire show (and events that happened but not put on the show).

Christine was very smart in getting everything prepared in the background before she made the actual split--major kudos to her for planning ahead! I wonder if she had any help/advice to work out what all she needed to do? She did spend some time with her sister out East while Ysabel was recuperating after her surgery and I wonder if they discussed what all Christine needed to do to get out of her relationship entanglement with Kody. Maybe her mother gave her some advice, too--didn't she leave her polygamous relationship?