Grifter Lives

Kody just destroyed this team-building exercise, because he's not running the show. Bonus points for completely dismissing Christine's feelings of being un-important with his response, "Well, that's everyone."

And, the graduation scene was mostly Kody's filming himself, driving, in close-ups - not the actual graduates. With all the cars the family has, the driving-age siblings should have been roadside, cheering their sisters on, not riding alongside.

Nancy must be very proud, seeing this conversation between Meri & Janelle. It's all meta-discourse.

Mariah and Audrey actually looks decent in this phone chat.

He didn't wait more than 5 minutes to complain about Gabe's having a girlfriend. He must think that she is some type of super-spreader. Can you imagine Kody not being able to exercise? Again, such the alpha male & stud! Robyn's dig, "It's not my place to say that others may be high-risk," was a dig at obese Janelle.

Janelle transported her back porch furniture to Prairie Dog Plague Flats for the picnic.

Rebecca did look enormous, leaving and getting into the car. Yara set her and Jovi up for HEA with her, "Maybe I'll go back to my country." They should have shown Mike and Natalie leaving separately, too, or Andrew, still waiting in the Uber in the parking lot.

On the last tell-all, Natalie accused Sarah of texting her, writing, "Mike doesn't love you," but Sarah just denied ever having contact with Natalie. She prompted the crazy eyes.

I thought that Hazel, Tariq and Minty were a threesome. Hazel's reaction is even dumber, since they said that they never were.

Natalie practices her weird expressions and fluffs her hair every time the camera isn't focused on her. She did it last week, moments before her blank stare regarding Mike's wanting to send her back. She really is out of touch.

I only see "pumpkin head" now when I look at her.

25 minutes to cram Minty, Mike's friend and a Natalie tantrum into the show.

Amira will be on a future season with her new love. Or, on Before the 90 Days.

I looked again. Her face does look smoother, but it didn't thin out. I also saw the Sonobella ads (and I'm nowhere near TX or GA). They looked dramatic, but I don't see it here.

It goes over your wedding gown!

That must be the tell-all dress code. She and Yara are in corsets. Mom Jovi wore the obligatory cold-shoulders. Natalie and Julia are in dramatic cuts. And, of course, Jovi is in a t-shirt.

That Uber waited an incredibly long time, with him in it. And the producer said, "Leave at Amira's request. We can't make you stay. Please, Andrew, reconsider," in that timeframe.

Amira's scenes looked like two different rooms: The hotel room with the green background, and the home shots with the cheap artwork on white walls. She's in the same dress in both.

Hi, Everyone! I've been watching for about 5 minutes, and I've seen Andrew storm out about 5 times.

Spartan Arms is a Las Vegas gun store. Kody has worn their t-shirts and sweatshirts on the show before. Maybe he and Janelle were in the same floor-exercise class together.

And, Christine heard angels singingk! God the Real Estate Broker sent His agents to assist Shelbi in closing the deal.

This can't be emphasized enough: They are all stupid. Meri says that she makes no decisions based on quote-unquote income. (What are the quotes for?) That's why we've been punished with season after season watching them fret over various mortgage approvals and delay building on Prairie Dog Plague Flats. Once lenders become involved, the Browns' income is the entire basis for the decision. Yet, the Browns, in their full brilliance, conclude that it's not fair that Meri couldn't move into the Las Vegas home before Christmas (Mariah), and divine intervention will result in an appropriate rental (Robyn). Back to Meri's stupidity: She concludes, "I appreciate your encouragement." The person was encouraging her to leave Kody and find a man who loves her. If Kody loved her or she loved him, or if her decision to stay were not based on income, why would Meri appreciate the encouragement to break free, even from a person who doesn't know her or her situation? She's just #LivingHerWhy.

Yes to all of your post! I assume that Botox was a given for this crew, so they didn't bother to identify it when they "confessed" to whatever they had done already. Yara already had several facial procedures; preventive Botox would merely be upkeep. Of course, during the season, Natalie had claimed that her carrot breakfasts and dinner smoothies gave her glowing skin. Lipo was pointless for Rebecca, because she has much more weight to lose before she starts to contour her body. On some Discovery+ preview, Molly fitted Rebecca with a the right bra, and it made a bigger difference than what I noticed on Sunday. And, laser facials for Rebecca would be a better investment in combination with or in preparation for Botox. She may embrace lasers when her tattoos fade and sag more - or to remove that Zied tattoo we all know she has . . . if she moves onto her next 27-year old fiance or he decides that he does want children. (She really does appear to be a genuinely nice person.) I was intrigued by everyone's size, but didn't notice any real comparison opportunities. Rebecca may be 5'10 or so (based on her laudable standing up to Angela in her B90 tell-all), and Zied is bigger than she is. Andrew looked much wider and larger in the tell-all than I expected. (Maybe it was the outfit.) And, Jovi may be more diminutive than Brandon. I guess I'll have to look harder on Part 2.

Robyn: "So (giggling, "tee-hee-hee"). Darling (stated firmly, as she leans in toward Kody and locks eyes, giggling again)." Then, she tosses her hair as she looks up to the sky, as does Kody. "You know how, like a couple years ago, when we went back to Vegas for a little . . . you know what. A little like trip and I said, I said, 'Are we done havin' kids?' She says this in a sing-song voice before she looks directly at Kody, snorts once, raises her eyebrows and finally pauses. "We both kinda went, 'Ehhhh. I think no. I think we're done." She nearly blurts that conclusion, then she pushes back the hair on the right side of her head with her right hand, before pushing back the hair on her left side with her left hand. Kody is looking toward the sky just above Robyn's head, and mirroring her smile. Robyn resumes her sing-song voice and says point-blank, "I don't know if I'm done." Kody mock-jokes, "Are you calling me out?" and Robyn confirms, because she says that she doesn't know what's going on. Kody complains that Areobella is a "wonderful experience," but at the same he's "caught in this conflict, because she's been weaned for a year, but still keeping us up at night." Robyn mutters that it started to get better when she was weaned. With a fake smile plastered on his face, Kody asserts, "No. It's not better." He softly snorts. Robyn pouts, "We have to talk about that fillin' of, like, "Oh. I'm done.' I never really got that." Kody looks confused and mildly disturbed; he actually side-eyes Robyn, as she is wiping her fake tears, and, of course, inspecting her fingers after, before she sticks her fist in her mouth. Kody says, "I want to have a life with you that's not just all about our kids. What do you think about that, though? Do you feel, 'Hallelujah?'" Robyn replies, "I feel relieved and saddened at the same time," as she moves her hand from her mouth to her massive throat. Kody is staring down as she speaks, but looks up to side-eye her again. He's taking up maximum space, arms akimbo behind his head until he mirrors Robyn and crosses his arms in front of him. Robyn mumbles forlornly, "I don't know what it was, but I . . . had something, someone. . . hangin' around for a long time." The background music takes over as the camera closes in on Kody's pensive face. "Justa. . . little dark-haired boy." Robyn pauses. Kody replies, "Really? You have not helped me answer this question," to which she laughs, covers her face with both hands, and bends over, as if she's exasperated. He looks mildly offended. Robyn says, "Well, if you don't fill done, maybe we need to think about this some more if I don't know that I'm done? Maybe we need to make sure?" The scene ends with Robyn and Kody hiking up the slope to their house together as the camera focuses on Areolabellala's pink bicycle with ribbons on the handlebars that has been left in their yard. They're shown in profile, and they're both bent over as they hike, so they look older and much thicker.

She sets the bar too low, especially for "Strive With Janelle," her eponymous health initiative, It's a stretch to claim that choosing to get a mat is a modification to a modified plank. It's not empowerment, and it's definitely not bold. Maybe the instructor suggested mats to everyone, and Janelle was just the closest to them, so she was the first to get one. Otherwise, she was reducing the time she was supposed to be in a plank. Also, by now, she should realize that nobody at the gym is watching or cares about other people's work-outs - even a self-appointed health coach's.