S11.E01: Kicked Out

[Galloway Cave]

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It's the sister wives' first day unpacking after moving the whole family to Flagstaff; it's pouring rain and the neighbors at Meri's house have called the police.

Game on, COLs. You know, I don't remember it raining when they moved. In fact, it was later (I live south of them).  Ah, the joys of filming out of sequence.

I am going to use DirecTV episode numbering. Hope this doesn't go off the rails. Good luck, and may the force be with us this season.

Edited January 5, 2020 by Galloway Cave

[Meowwww]

I can’t believe I am actually kind of looking forward to watching!  

[DakotaJustice]

So who kicked them out of Vegas? The mortgage holders?!?

[Galloway Cave]

I just checked in with the mod to see if there will be a live chat thread for this season.

[deirdra]

1 hour ago, DakotaJustice said:

So who kicked them out of Vegas? The mortgage holders?!?

Kootie also seemed to be having liquidity problems in that business with his high school "buddy".  In the episode where Meri was begging for $40,000 for the BnB, Kody said he had a lot of money in the business, but his buddy mentioned that they would see little or no profit when they sold the business. Or negative profit due to its shady nature.

[Kohola3]

Kicked out, my ass.  Another fakety-fake TLC attention-grabbing title.  I bet there isn't even the vaguest reference to it during the episode.  Ranks right up there with "tell all episode" where we hear zip.

[xwordfanatik]

Always playing the persecuted plyg card.  

27 minutes ago, deirdra said:

Kootie also seemed to be having liquidity problems in that business with his high school "buddy".  In the episode where Meri was begging for $40,000 for the BnB, Kody said he had a lot of money in the business, but his buddy mentioned that they would see little or no profit when they sold the business. Or negative profit due to its shady nature.

I think I remember that call.  I could swear it sounded like Ken, the one that Kootie went to school with, and Christine was so pissed that Ken told Kootie to come back to LDS, and "leave 3 of your wives behind."  Another MLM scam?  Probably, I'm guessing.

I'll probably fall asleep when the new episode is on tonight.  Look forward to snarking with all of you tomorrow!  The live chats don't work for me, as I'm on the west coast.  Right now TLC is airing Aspyn's Royal Weddingk.  Kootie in a kilt, ugh!

[Rabbit Hutch]

Well, in hotel room watching the sorry repeat.  Is there a live chat thread we can use?  

[Kohola3]

3 minutes ago, Rabbit Hutch said:

Is there a live chat thread we can use?  

Not so far. One has been requested.

[Julyolo]

I'll be  watching with you all tonight and I am so excited! Let the snark fest commence.....

[Rabbit Hutch]

1 minute ago, Kohola3 said:

Not so far. One has been requested.

Okay, thanks for the info.  😊

[xls]

6 hours ago, Galloway Cave said:

Game on, COLs. You know, I don't remember it raining when they moved. In fact, it was later (I live south of them).  Ah, the joys of filming out of sequence.

I am going to use DirecTV episode numbering. Hope this doesn't go off the rails. Good luck, and may the force be with us this season.

Where in the world do they get the money for all these houses and a big custom designed, multi-million dollar mansion? 🤑

[Aethera]

I'm going to set up a Live Chat thread, so let's please note discuss the episode live in here, and save commentary in this thread for after the episode ends. I can't lock this thread due to some forum issues, so we'll leave it open.

[ciaoformeow]

I just want to see the meeting about the big house, and of course although teased for tonight's episode, they didn't show it

[suzywallis]

I am still in shock that they thought this was a good idea before the houses were sold in LV.  Why the hell did they let him go ahead and do this??  I know Kody is the "leader of the family" but those women are strong.  I am surprised Christine did not just put her foot down and say, "no way in hell."

 

 

[DaphneCat]

2 minutes ago, suzywallis said:

I am still in shock that they thought this was a good idea before the houses were sold in LV.  Why the hell did they let him go ahead and do this??  I know Kody is the "leader of the family" but those women are strong.  I am surprised Christine did not just put her foot down and say, "no way in hell."

 

 

No, these are NOT strong women.  They use the phrase a lot to refer to themselves, but when have you EVER seen any of them not eventually give Kody his way?  When he and Christine went on their pathetic anniversary trip, with their therapist, Kody was a complete asshole to Christine.  He even sort of bragged about it later.  Christine simply took it to mean that SHE had to work harder at being happy, not that she deserved to be treated decently.

[Lady of nod]

Vegas has really changed in the last 3 years. Really? What a lame excuse. I think it has more to do with having a story line to keep this mess on the air. They're all just so fake. One big happy family that doesn't want to live in the same house. Give me a break.

[Joan of Argh]

Great way to meet your neighbors and introduce yourself to Flagstaff.

Use your crappy TV show to accuse Flagstaff of being narrow minded nasty bigots who ran Meri out of town with pitchforks and torches.

Ya i wouldnt want them next to me either because the minute they need some drama you'll probably be in it... and it won't be pretty.

 

[suomi]

Christine's ginormous "master suite" - they couldn't move some of Meri's bedroom stuff up there for awhile/a couple weeks, until she found another place to rent? Her bed, her dresser, a couple suitcases? She's rarely home anyway. It made better sense for Meri to schlep herself 5 hours back to Vegas? I thought Christine "wanted the family, not just the man." Pffftt. 

[DeeReynolds]

Why?

Why?

Why?

*my brain trying to process my motive for watching a famewhore caveman and his desperate pathetic herd do NOTHING for two hours*

[Tabbygirl521]

I will say Jenelle’s hair looks pretty. 

I don’t know why I watch, either. Watching Kody and his ridiculous mane going READY, FIRE, AIM all the time, then whining about the mess? Urge to kill. 
 

I cannot stand when he refers to “all the wives.” What clearer way to illustrate that he’s king and then there’s the sheep. 

Edited January 6, 2020 by Tabbygirl521

[endure]

OMFG!

20 minutes ago, Tabbygirl521 said:

I will say Jenelle’s hair looks pretty. 

I don’t know why I watch, either. Watching Kody and his ridiculous main going READY, FIRE, AIM all the time, then whining about the mess? Urge to kill. 
 

I cannot stand when he refers to “all the wives.” What clearer way to illustrate that he’s king and then there’s the sheep. 

I thought Mary’s hair looked great in one of the scenes too.  He is so insane.

[missbonnie]

I'm still over here twitching at them getting in that filthy water. 

[Tabbygirl521]

I wonder when and why Kody stopped wearing the garment (“magic underwear”). Modesty has clearly gone out the window for that dude. 

[lu1535]

They were and are maroons. That's all I have to say on that.

[Armchair Critic]

😂 I'll show myself out....  

[sioux21]

7 hours ago, suzywallis said:

I am still in shock that they thought this was a good idea before the houses were sold in LV.  Why the hell did they let him go ahead and do this??  I know Kody is the "leader of the family" but those women are strong.  I am surprised Christine did not just put her foot down and say, "no way in hell."

 

 

This is what I will never understand and keep waiting for one of the people in the family to wonder out loud. Putting aside that they were fine in Vegas, why did they move to Flagstaff before they built on that property?

Also, they don't seem to get that their need for great space is dwindling. I think 6 of those 18 kids are grown and out of the house, which should leave them with 12 kids at home. Four homes and 12 kids isn't a need for enormous homes, right?

[ginger90]

Some tweets from last night:

 

 

[Chicklet]

"His own suit"? SOTDRT for Kody?

[DakotaJustice]

34 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Some tweets from last night:

 

 

Insert sad trombone here.

[Maire]

I hope no one who jumped in to the “pond” had any cuts or open wounds. Gross

[65mickey]

1 hour ago, Armchair Critic said:

😂 I'll show myself out....  

I dont know what is more disturbing, Kody in his underwear or grown people playing  in this water. Do they have any idea what is in this ? Porbably not. 

[Twopper]

14 minutes ago, 65mickey said:

I dont know what is more disturbing, Kody in his underwear or grown people playing  in this water. Do they have any idea what is in this ? Porbably not

I would absolutely have died as a teenage girl if my dad and brother had stripped down to their underwear in front of me and jumped into that pond.  And as a mom I would be appalled if my husband and son did the same, but I am a COL so what does my opinion matter.

I missed the chat last night as it was a girls' night out to see the remake of "Little Women."

9 hours ago, DaphneCat said:

No, these are NOT strong women.  They use the phrase a lot to refer to themselves, but when have you EVER seen any of them not eventually give Kody his way? 

No, they are not strong, and they seem to get weaker and weaker when they are in a group with Kody at the "conference table."  It is like he sucks any intelligence and strength from them.  I hate watching that.

I cannot wait to read the live chat when I get home tonight.

[Mahamid Frauded Me]

I shook my head after a big gulp of wine when Robyn announced it was Kody's idea to move to Flagstaff. It was all Robyn's idea so that she could be close to D'ayun . She rilly is a big liar 

Edited January 6, 2020 by Mahamid Frauded Me

[Dmarie019]

So perhaps the neighbors were angry that a TV show was moving into their little neighborhood and NOT because of how they live?? good grief.  We all know that Meri's house would be quiet as no one is going to visit her but the tv crew would probably be a huge nuisance to them. The poor landlord probably didn't even think about that when agreeing to let her rent. 

AND when the 'old man' was recording them... it was probably to post on facebook or something. Like 'oh yea, look what's going on in my neighborhood right now'.  Not to use against them. Dingbats. 

If a tv crew showed up in any neighborhood people would probably get out their phones and start recording or taking pictures! 

24 minutes ago, Mahamid Frauded Me said:

I shook my head after a big gulp of wine when Robyn announced it was Kody's idea to move to Flagstaff. It was all Robyn's idea so that she could be close to D'ayun . She rilly is a big liar 

Shes smart that way - she makes Kody think it was his great idea.

[ginger90]

Just wanted to mention, Robyn did not participate in the live tweeting last night.

[Lady of nod]

8 hours ago, suomi said:

Christine's ginormous "master suite" - they couldn't move some of Meri's bedroom stuff up there for awhile/a couple weeks, until she found another place to rent? Her bed, her dresser, a couple suitcases? She's rarely home anyway. It made better sense for Meri to schlep herself 5 hours back to Vegas? I thought Christine "wanted the family, not just the man." Pffftt. 

No, because they are all jealous of each other - God only knows why, and have no interest in sharing or truly acting like one big happy family unless the cameras are rolling.

 

[toodles]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Some tweets from last night:

 

 

Gabriel got his own suit.  He must be very nicely dressed.

I think all the Brown spawn inherited the poor grammar gene from dear old dad.

[CloseThisAccount]

Oh. My. God. This show.   Kody narrates: "It stopped raining."  Cut to the moving van pulling up to Meri's garage and, indeed, it is not raining, as we see for ourselves.  IN fact, it had already been established that unloading at Meri's was the plan b/c they could do it whether it was raining or not. And yet this show has so little content, they include Kodouche saying, "It stopped raining."

And Christine will praise that man for breathing.  Jumping into the manure stew with the kids was a great dad moment? Did he pay any attention to the kids or just to the cameras?  

And then they show "this season on . . ." And I know I'll be here for it all. Stupid Kodouche

 

 

[ElderPrice]

Meri could have moved into Christine’s house, you know, the house with the ginormous master suite? Throw one of the beds up there. 

[TurtlePower]

10 hours ago, Lady of nod said:

Vegas has really changed in the last 3 years. Really? What a lame excuse. I think it has more to do with having a story line to keep this mess on the air. They're all just so fake. One big happy family that doesn't want to live in the same house. Give me a break.

It has, we just left the area last year. Still, I agree with you that they used it as an excuse, but there’s some legitimacy behind it (I worked in public safety and it was wild how much it changed). 

[toodles]

2 hours ago, 65mickey said:

I dont know what is more disturbing, Kody in his underwear or grown people playing  in this water. Do they have any idea what is in this ? Porbably not. 

I think this isn't an either or choice.  It's all rilly disturbing.

Edited January 6, 2020 by toodles

[CloseThisAccount]

Lightning bolt! (I haven't read the live chat, so apologies to anyone who got there first). There was no intolerant neighbor. There was no lease-breaking landlord. But there was an overstretched gang of dopes who could really use one less costly rent to pay, even if it meant taking the hit for breaking the lease. Surprising to anybody who got the short straw? 

Edited January 6, 2020 by TakeAPinotGrigio

[SunnyBeBe]

I still get the feeling there is something that has not been revealed about the quick move and I now doubt it was about college locations. I'm wondering if it was needed for TLC storyline.  Time will tell. 

I laughed when Meri was so distraught over the wall being built.  Wasn't she the one who had to attend therapy, because, she didn't even acknowledge her sisterwives when they would meet going to the mailbox? Yeah, right.....so fake.

Ref. Robyn hosting a family reunion in her home.  Wouldn't it make sense to do the following; Provide notice that you have moved suddenly from NV and will not be able to host in that house, but, invite the guests to come to AZ for the reunion OR, rent a room for the family reunion at a hotel in NV, since most traveling would be getting rooms anyway, and proceed with the sale of your house, since it's hemorrhaging monthly for each month it doesn't sell.  Letting your house sit idle for the sole purpose of a one day event, incurring all those expenses is just insane, imo. 

I get that they were trying to make Gabriel feel better, but, I don't think they fully appreciate the full risk of contamination with that type of water.   

Edited January 6, 2020 by SunnyBeBe

[DakotaJustice]

1 hour ago, Dmarie019 said:

. 

If a tv crew showed up in any neighborhood people would probably get out their phones and start recording or taking pictures! 

 

This just happened a month and a half ago in MY neighborhood when some drunk guy ran his SUV into an historic bridge, damaging it, taking out a power pole, and knocking down a fire hydrant, resulting in a loss of water for blocks around that lasted until 5 pm the following day. 
Even at 10 pm, the neighbors were out with their smartphones commemorating on Instagram - along with the local news. 

[valdawn]

One of my pet peeves on this show (and there are many) is that when they are sitting on the couch rehashing things, they act like it’s new to them and that they are actually doing it the day after the event. Example was when Meri was talking about the neighbors saying it was the day before and the others acted shocked as though they had not heard this yet. They wear the same clothes during these couch sessions throughout the season, so don’t insult my intelligence by acting like you’re meeting daily to do these talks! 

[DakotaJustice]

1 hour ago, TurtlePower said:

It has, we just left the area last year. Still, I agree with you that they used it as an excuse, but there’s some legitimacy behind it (I worked in public safety and it was wild how much it changed). 

I thought it was due to the shooting.

[CloseThisAccount]

2 minutes ago, valdawn said:

One of my pet peeves on this show (and there are many) is that when they are sitting on the couch rehashing things, they act like it’s new to them and that they are actually doing it the day after the event. Example was when Meri was talking about the neighbors saying it was the day before and the others acted shocked as though they had not heard this yet. They wear the same clothes during these couch sessions throughout the season, so don’t insult my intelligence by acting like you’re meeting daily to do these talks! 

Like when Janelle said, "This will be Gabe's first time seeing Coyote Pass. I hope he likes it."  And Christine says, really selling it, "I hope he does, too." I think she even patted Janelle knee, like, I'm pulling for you, girl.

[Pepper Mostly]

1 hour ago, TakeAPinotGrigio said:

Oh. My. God. This show.   Kody narrates: "It stopped raining."  Cut to the moving van pulling up to Meri's garage and, indeed, it is not raining, as we see for ourselves.  IN fact, it had already been established that unloading at Meri's was the plan b/c they could do it whether it was raining or not. And yet this show has so little content, they include Kodouche saying, "It stopped raining."

I for one was glued to my chair during the riveting "freezer scene" (as I'm sure this iconic scene will be called in future days when anthropologists study this clusterfuck). Kody and Christine stand hopelessly, wringing their hands, in front of three large freezers. Adorably, ditzy Christine OPENS THE DOOR  of the one that's not functioning. Hilarity ensues.

If one of the freezers isn't working, can't they just move the stuff to a) the other two freezers b) the freezers in the various houses 3) a cooler?

And why am I, a grown woman with a life, watching this?

[DakotaJustice]

10 minutes ago, TakeAPinotGrigio said:

Like when Janelle said, "This will be Gabe's first time seeing Coyote Pass. I hope he likes it."  And Christine says, really selling it, "I hope he does, too." I think she even patted Janelle knee, like, I'm pulling for you, girl.

Reminiscent of when she tried to bribe Logan into staying home instead of moving to a dorm by making sure he had his own bedroom in the Vegas house. 
Hoping Gabe is made of the same stuff.  I like him quite a bit, he reminds me of one of my nephew's best friends.