Grifter Lives

"I've got to know if he's my soulmate." That trumps the earlier "I am going to meet the love of my life."

This episode includes quite the hat parade. All hat and cattle.

We had our one opportunity to see his head in the security line. But, they shot from afar, as if they couldn't zoom in. Grrrrr. . . (I know that it would be a train wreck that you can't look away from.)

This Elijah-Caleb goodbye is so contrived. After all their sniping, Caleb would not accept sincere advice from snotty Elijah. "She is my queen." Big Ed said that, too.

Caleb's shirtless scene - contract fulfilled

Which is worse: Hitman-Ex or ADHD slob? Ximena has to suck it up.

Now all I see is Camel.

"Christine gave me one of her big bean bags." Just because. She says nothing about Christine's leaving the fambly and moving to Utah.

Same here! I always needed several highlighters and pens, but not random, dirty footwear, nearby.

Christine repeated herself about 50 times in that 2-minute clip. And, it looks like she is developing a Chicken McNugget in her smile lines. Mykelti wore that same Lula rag in her Instagram posts throughout her pregnancy.

That article was poorly written. It read, "Though TLC has not renewed it . . ." Either that is a typo (renewed for reviewed it [suggestions], or it is a reference to Sister Wives. But, there are reports that they're filming now. Also, it made it sound as if Kody's wanting to kick Garrison out was the catalyst for Garrison to buy a house, when Garrison just needed 3 more months of savings to purchase something. His plan was well underway before Kody decreed. The last thing that I would watch would be Christine's cooking tips or Janelle's Plexus scam. And, Gabe and Garrison would be the next generation of Brown fambly grifters if they were to get their own show. I wouldn't watch any spinoff.

They have cashed out the value of their home after their purchase. They bought for $890K and their original mortgage was $667,500. Now they owe a $550K mortgage, plus $280K in loans ($830K total). Some articles say that the Zillow estimate for the house is $1.4M. They'll probably bleed the appreciation until they are foreclosed upon, since neither Robyn nor Kody nor the adult children have any visible income outside of the show. Christine bought her Flagstaff home for $525K with a $395K mortgage and sold it for $700K (+$175K). And if she is a LulaNo trainer, she may be making about $100K annually. (Don't trust me on the LulaNo estimates. I'm not sure of her level or real figures of MLMs.)

Kody transferred his interest in a warranty deed to Christine's home on August 28, 2020 for the sales price of $10 - around the time that the rumors started that they had separated, and around the time of Ysabel's surgery. He and Robyn bought Douche Manor for $890,000 in August 2019, took HELOCs of $150,000 in March 2020 and $130,000 in December 2021. Their outstanding mortgage was $548,250 at the time of the 2nd HELOC.

He's doubling down on his misperception. All those books must have shown him the big pitcher.

Janelle subtly plugs Plexus (aka, "every immune booster").

Where is therapist-to-the-polygamist-stars Nancy in all this? Why does Christine blame Kody personally or individually, but not the Principle?

Mykelti's baby shower was around January 27th.

Robyn had to exit and re-plop on that couch for each talking head.

I think that it was Robyn who was telling Kody that Christine wanted to leave him. I'd put smaller bets on the Meri & Janelle, too, because a sister wife is only up when another one is down.

It is phenomenal that Kody is portraying himself as the blindsided victim.

I can't stand that her big, heavy double bed blocks the window. And those may be black-out shades.

Also, they are so sure that the nanny obeyed their 7-page COVID protocols to the letter. I hope that Janelle's sons are also enjoying the irony or schadenfreude.

I wanted Christine or her daughters to elaborate how Kody is different when she is not around.

Well, the in-car lesson & interview somewhat justify the need for outside educators.

And they had to have a blow-out birthday party for the Family Lubricant Nobody else was allowed that celebration, or an indoor gathering for major life events.