Grifter Lives

Zied would approve, too.

At the blackjack table, there was a flash of real affection between Non Jovi & Yara, which was nice to see. For most of the scenes, all the couples can't seem to stand each other.

I saw elsewhere that Jovi & Yara are at the Silverton Casino, in old Las Vegas - not even on the Strip. Of course, it's more sophisticated than Excalibur.

She needs to pawn it for the motel now.

Those must be Mike's pink slippers.

Mike hasn't showered since he called off the wedding. He's let himself go.

Welcome Back!

The original plan was for Christine's mother to run the B&B. She was never mentioned again after Bonnie helped with the down payment. Hypothetically, Mariah and Audrey could run the B&B - Supposedly, they leave Flagstaff to do so soon after their 14-day quarantine. Of course, there are many business, financial and quality of life factors that all parties would have to consider before that would happen. Meri could run the B&B and still do the show. They don't tape year-round, and, as others noted, she could rent an AirBnB or stay at a hotel in Flagstaff when they tape. Many of the scenes are in restaurants or forced outings, anyway. Also - TLC may decide for her, if they don't renew. (However, I think that Kody, et. al, would perform for free or even pay a fee for the fame and the perks.)

Janelle seems to be on Maddie's downline. I doubt that either of them will actually make money from this MLM, and I can only see ways that Plexus would diminish the profitability of Strive with Janelle and undermine its purpose. Maybe Savannah will run it, since she's not learning bass guitar or working out side-by-side with Janelle and Maddie. For as preposterous as it is, Janelle is actually more dignified in presenting herself as a health coach and charging her fans $45 for accountability groups. Those are straight-out money-grabs that didn't risk (or actually improve) anyone's health. I'm personally annoyed that I complimented her too early for not grifting in one of her posts. I then learned that Plexus advises their sellers to post constantly and balance non-Plexus and Plexus posts so that their networks don't think that they're shilling 24/7 *when, in fact, they are).

I believe that Meri asked for "edgy." The designer advised against cheap upholstery fabric. Meri may have also asked for an "edgy" hat when Aspyn's mother-in-law offered to to custom design them. Meri thinks that she's edgy. It is hilarious. Here's the proof:

The Jelly Belly School of Nutrition may want to revoke her certification, if she's already earned it, for this claim: "And the great thing is that it's a nutritional supplement not a diet so it can fit any lifestyle."

Exactly. There were other options that this looks like a production setup. We never heard about the parents of Mike's & Natalie's mutual godchild, but they would realistically be one of her first contacts - even for emotional support, since she didn't tell anyone in Ukraine. They would have been more rational, because they weren't in the middle of the negotiations for hugs or the ring. If they did not want to appear onscreen, TLC could have used a narrative screen. I believe that they did that with Danielle and Mohammed and their WalMart friend Tom. The last scenes would have been Natalie in the airport motel, or Mike, crying at the table, consoled by the cat, or at the stove, making Uncle Beau pancakes on the following Sunday.

Avalon will be doing her own couch interviews about her birth by the time this airs. Ariabobella and King Sol may replace her parents as her couchmates, because they need their airtime. And, we all need to hear their brilliant insights. ("Mommy's house is beauty.")

This picture was posted on Reddit yesterday, captioned that Christine's with Mykelti in Utah, getting ready for the baby.

The description of Blue Russ is antithetical to Janelle, the logical, rational one, as she tells us each week. Mindful mama who uses holistic practices to fuel herself & her family, Master Coach who uses her brilliant intuition to help heart-centered womxn Magically help you create the perfect amount of space to carve a path right to your next big adventure The last bullet's particularly stupid, since an adventure should not be rigidly defined, direct and constrained. Janelle is obviously not a client herself. Or, if she is, she is no success story. Do they really think that people are going to pay $1300 for this? Is that based upon the market for Strive with Janelle? I wonder what her cut is, and I hope that she charged Blue Russ some fee for the affiliation. Grifters gotta grift. I hope someone is brave enough to watch the video and report back.

Let's see if he appears in an upcoming season with this girlfriend.

Meri's worn that jacket in all her talking heads and in a few episodes. She may have taped the whole season of couch interviews in one session. She also wore an unflattering camouflage t-shirt when they return to Prairie Dog Plague Pond. Christine wears that ugly floral duster in all her talking heads and a few scenes. Robyn is the only one who changes tops - between a loud, ugly floral print and a not-so-modest-is-hottest, peek-a-boo blouse with a small floral pattern. For as ugly as Meri's camo is, it's closer to stylish than the floral prints. I'm nearly certain that Meri and Christine are wearing LulaNo, and at least Meri will sell hers as seen on TV.

Sweaty selfie :) I'm sure that Maddie's backyard is bigger and better ventilated than her living room. And, they could have taken a walk around the neighborhood and enjoyed each other's company, instead of wearing headphones, working out separately, independent of each other. I will credit Janelle for implying that she actually planned to work out on her travel, like when she used to write about packing her yoga blocks and mat in her suitcases, and she actually followed through. Maybe Kody taught her to always bring her running shoes, like he did for their Darger lunch. I will slam Maddie for turning the sweaty selfie into her latest shill - her workout gear. At least we don't have to hear that they recovered with Plexus.

with intro by Adam Barber, Janelle's first husband & Meri's brother

Same with AuroranBreanna's room. (Yes, I know that that Robyn would consider it child abuse if any of her children had to share a bedroom.) All the walls, furniture and surfaces were covered in generic decorations and paintings of Jesus. There was even a word art sign that said, "Breathe & Allow Things to Pass," for the sofa princess of panic attacks. (There was another one, "I Am a Child of God," behind Kody.) Only a few little photos looked authentic to a high schooler. Remember: They bought that house furnished, but Robyn insisted on getting rid of it to bring in their own.

Exactly! The only two families that were shown celebrating were the families with many daughters who could be potential sister wives. We didn't see Janelle share the news with her children. (All her older children have already flatly rejected any possibility of polygamous marriages.) Yet, Janelle the convert was the one who explained that the Mormons banned polygamy in 1890 to gain statehood. Her math is wrong in her statement, "For 150 years, we've been felons." First, there are 130 years between 2020 and 1890. Second, the law that defined polygamy as "criminally injurious conduct" was on the books for 85 years. Third, the Browns themselves have never been felons. Utah opened an investigation into their family that it never pursued before closing it. Even dumber than Janelle's bad math were Robyn's describing the news as "fun and exciting," and Kody's chest-pounding about polygamous marriage licenses (with Robyn, loudly cheering him on). They're how Janelle justifies repeatedly that she's the logical, rational one. Kody in the 2017 march:

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I haven't followed the timeline in this episode. The Governor of Arizona declared a public health emergency on March 19th and issued a stay-at-home order on March 30. Kody taped his Kody blog on March 29th, and they're fretting about mid-April birthdays. So, at this point in the show, Kody and Janelle had been separated for 2-3 weeks at most. Gabe argued that he didn't need to quarantine for the next two weeks, since Kody's next visit would be in about a month. Janelle played off the time she lived apart from the fambly as a few months, early in the marriage. In fact, she moved to Wyoming and stayed there for about 3 years, after she had a blow-out fight with Meri. Gabe was her youngest then, and she gave birth to Savannah about 3 years later - around the time she moved back in. You may have thought Garrison was in the military, because his (middle) name is Garrison (the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it).

The little girl was actually chasing the cell phone cameras. She is Kody's child. Kody was taping himself, and she was crawling on his lap (blocking his selfie). He may have sent her to Robyn. Then, as Robyn was taping with her sparkly-cased cell phone, Areolabella tried to play with it. She was then sent to the end of the table, where she declared Mommy's flowers and brown décor pretty. Robyn was so distressed about AuroraBreanna's 18th birthday, since it was a "benchmark birthday," according to Kody. Truely's tenth birthday, meanwhile, is no milestone. But, according to Christine, Truely had a complete meltdown over it. Never once in the conversation with Robyn's daughters did Kody or Robyn acknowledge any type of celebration of Truely's birthday, even though it's on the very same day.