S15.E01: Being Strong or Being a Bitch

[Scarlett45]

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Janelle gathers Kody and the wives to talk about their increasingly tense family dynamic; Kody gets honest and says no loner wants to advocate for polygamy; Robyn and Christine open up about their own insecurities as they question everything.

Air Date 2.14.2021

 

I am aware there are some inconsistencies with the season numbering, but TLC is listing this as Season 15, so for clarity it will be listed as Season 15.

[Joan of Argh]

Why is the live chat locked?

Edited February 15, 2021 by Joan of Argh

[Teafortwo]

1 minute ago, Joan of Argh said:

Why is the live chat locked?

I think it gets locked at end of airing, so the discussion can continue over here.

[whydoievencare]

I rilly, rilly fill that Robyn's method of handling everyone is to cry all. the. time.  It puts the attention on her (which she likes), it also removes any possible fault from her - so win-win.  All the family seem to be in exactly the same place as when we last saw them - Christine and Kody aren't getting along, Janelle tries to deal with everyone in a logical fashion, Robyn cries, and Mary is withholding.  Oh, and Kody thinks he's the only adult in the group.  It's so bizarre, they seem to prefer the family dynamic from when they lived together, yet they don't really want to live together - and living on the cut-de-sac seemed to make some of the wives feel isolated.  The ONE HOUSE idea is out, not sure how building and living in adjacent homes will end up being different than their Las Vegas home situation.  Being content and happy just doesn't seem to be in the cards for them.

Edited February 15, 2021 by whydoievencare

[Joan of Argh]

Oh OK I'm still catching up and didn't know it was over lol

[deirdra]

8 minutes ago, Joan of Argh said:

Why is the live chat locked?

It is only "live" if you live on the East coast.

Edited February 15, 2021 by deirdra

[riverblue22]

The move from Vegas was a huge mistake if they want to keep the family together.  It's gotten worse every time they move.

[Chalby]

I know this is a silly thing to be annoyed with, but I don't like when specific sayings or expressions are butchered. Since when does the elephant in the room have to be pink? I have also noticed an increase in the usage of the word "conversate" on reality shows. That word is ridiculous, yet more and more people are using it as though it's the norm. It's not- say converse like everyone else, or better yet, just replace with the word "speak".

[deirdra]

"Seeing pink elephants" is a euphemism for a drunken hallucination

[Joan of Argh]

2 minutes ago, Chalby said:

I know this is a silly thing to be annoyed with, but I don't like when specific sayings or expressions are butchered. Since when does the elephant in the room have to be pink? I have also noticed an increase in the usage of the word "conversate" on reality shows. That word is ridiculous, yet more and more people are using it as though it's the norm. It's not- say converse like everyone else, or better yet, just replace with the word "speak".

I was watching a show the other day and a woman was telling her friend about a conversation with her husband and she said "I was conversating at him and he ignored me" 

Conversating??  Maybe that's why he ignored you  😂

[Just Wondering]

Hoo wee!  Kody letting Christine know he stays on his phone to avoid her.  The maturity!  The Godliness!

Edited February 15, 2021 by Just Wondering

[Tuxcat]

Of course this was filmed a long time ago but it wouldn't matter. All the dynamics are exactly the same. Forever was and forever will be. Yes, Kody the problem is you because you have supported the default positions and have done nothing but shift blame back on the wives. And there is no doubt in my mind that you LOVE being the one everyone wants. You live as a husband with Robyn who says she fills bad but in reality fills good. Janelle, you were not happy in Utah either. You've always been distant with the other wives and nothing more than a business pal with Kody. Christine, you will forever be pining away for your lost position as the "favorite." Robyn took your place...and you will not get it back. Meri, I'm so sorry but honestly no one in the family likes you - at all.

We have watched the same season 14 times and now another...

 

[Tuxcat]

Also, should we discuss the title of this episode?

[Joan of Argh]

Just now, Tuxcat said:

Also, should we discuss the title of this episode?

Yes, I'm all eyes.. 🙂

[Just Wondering]

6 minutes ago, Tuxcat said:

Of course this was filmed a long time ago but it wouldn't matter. All the dynamics are exactly the same. Forever was and forever will be. Yes, Kody the problem is you because you have supported the default positions and have done nothing but shift blame back on the wives. And there is no doubt in my mind that you LOVE being the one everyone wants. You live as a husband with Robyn who says she fills bad but in reality fills good. Janelle, you were not happy in Utah either. You've always been distant with the other wives and nothing more than a business pal with Kody. Christine, you will forever be pining away for your lost position as the "favorite." Robyn took your place...and you will not get it back. Meri, I'm so sorry but honestly no one in the family likes you - at all.

We have watched the same season 14 times and now another...

 

Extra frustrating to watch since we now know that C-19 is gonna make matters much worse.  

[Meowwww]

Omg.  All these years of “what do monogamists do????? Polygamy is the best!” Done in one fell swoop.  Hubby and I were yelling at the tv.  We were also yelling to watch out cuz Kody looks pissed. 

[Just Wondering]

Since faith is supposedly at the center of their situation, I feel obliged to remind Kody of the following: 

 Matthew: 26 ...but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;  27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:  28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

[Meowwww]

And the live chat closed too early.  Sorry mods. 

[Just Wondering]

2 minutes ago, Meowwww said:

We were also yelling to watch out cuz Kody looks pissed. 

Yes!  This is exactly why Meri kept swole and silent.

[Joan of Argh]

And there sits Christine still jealous of Robyn...

I think that tells us everything we need to know... Kody doesn't distribute himself evenly between the 3 wives he's supposed to be in love with.

Good grief ladies scratch up the last tiny bits of pride that you have left and leave the scraggly haired, crazy eyed Manson look alike.

Christine is a nitwit but she could still land a man of her own....why does she hang around taking table scraps that Robyn doesn't want?

Kody admitted in front of everyone that he uses his phone to ignore her, what does he have to do...shit in her mouth?... Before she'll see the writing on the wall?

[Chalby]

42 minutes ago, whydoievencare said:

 Being content and happy just doesn't seem to be in the cards for them.

I have often observed Kodys behaviour when a wife doesn't agree with him. These women are at the age where having children isn't in the future. So what is the goal of their plural marriage? Heck, Kody doesn't even love them all. They should have stayed at the culdesac in Vegas. Kody has never treated them equally, and in return some of them are pulling passive aggressive moves which makes everyone unhappy. If it were me, i would have wanted to dig a well on the property, arrange for septic and buy 4 double wide mobile homes. With this group, they need to separate, and we need to quit financing their dysfunction. I laughed re: kody not being home during the day. Does he even work? Or does he hang out with Robyn all day?

[65mickey]

Well he said even worse to Meri's face and in front of the so-called  therapist. And still she stays. I guess next he'll turn on Janelle. Just waiting for Cody to announce when the pandemic hits he will be forced to quarantine at Robyn's house out of an abundance of concern for Meri, Janelle and Christine. What a selfless prince of a man he is.  

[Joan of Argh]

Janelle is his pal and she enables his behaviour..

In the clip for next week she says to her kids that she suggested to Kody that he not come over anymore...

Janelle enables him to spend more time with Robyn which is all he wants so Janelle is in his good graces.

Christine is opposite and pays the price, she is jealous of Sobbin Robyn and bitches about not having enough time with him which only drives him further away.

[Teafortwo]

At this point we can add Christine to the list of "staying only for the show and $." So that's 2 out of 4. Janelle stays because of inertia.

[Joan of Argh]

I love how kody says he doesn't want to be on mortgages with the other wives anymore....

AFTER he buys a million dollar house with Robyn.

I bet those two are pissed that they could have spent twice as much on a house for Robin if he wasn't on Christines mortgage.

[Just Wondering]

Christine had to beg for donations to pay for a serious surgery for her daughter, but the family meeting only addresses grievances about not getting enough personal time with Kody?  And Kody had the temerity to be pissed with Christine about her needs?

[Ucross]

4 hours ago, riverblue22 said:

The move from Vegas was a huge mistake if they want to keep the family together.  It's gotten worse every time they move.

The Vegas situation was ideal, so there must have been some enormous legal issue.

4 hours ago, deirdra said:

"Seeing pink elephants" is a euphemism for a drunken hallucination

Yes, "don't think of pink elephants" is a meditation to try to not think of something you're trying NOT to do, completely unrelated to "the elephant in the room," which means the obvious thing everyone in a group knows and is avoiding talking about. You can count on these clowns to get it wrong every time.

[suomi]

5 hours ago, deirdra said:

"Seeing pink elephants" is a euphemism for a drunken hallucination

Like the "Pink Elephants On Parade" in the movie Dumbo, when he got drunk. 😞

[Kellyee]

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Good grief ladies scratch up the last tiny bits of pride that you have left and leave the scraggly haired, crazy eyed Manson look alike.

They don't even have to "leave". They each have their own house and he doesn't live with them. They're not legally married to him. They can just hit Block for his number on their cell phones and then go file for child support. Easiest breakup ever. 

 

 

[Sofa Sloth]

Why would these twat waffles who self proclaim to be ‘financially drownding’, pay an absolute fortune to store their stuff on moving trucks for a month, when they could quickly unload truck contents into garage within an hour or two, storing there and just loading up again if they didn’t close in a month. Pure laziness, no wonder they’re ‘drownding’. 

Of course self-important Robyn thinks Janelle’s concerns are about all her, ugh it’s not always about you Robyn! 🙄 She is so is hypersensitive and bitter about the fact the family was functioning for nearly decades without her and bummed she can’t rewrite their history to insert herself no matter what she tries (creepy portrait anyone?). 

Meri actually looks nice in the talking heads, I like her hair. Pity she looks like a frumpy hot mess in the other scenes. Of course Meri wasn’t available to meet Maddie’s baby, because she was away ‘on business’. Sure Jan, nothing to do with the fact you two have had an obvious rift, since the great Twitter meltdown/ Lularoe fallout of 2018.  

[suomi]

What Kody felt for the first three wives was obligation. Meri came along at the right age and right stage in life. She was in love, he was not. The next two wives fell for the same scam.

With Robyn, he was struck by the thunderbolt. The thought of sleeping with the OGs repulses him now. 18 kids later he's wondering how to walk away from the farce he conned three unloved women into believing. He gladly will gaslight them about who to blame, the goal is to secure his freedom by any means necessary. Any means.

Robyn is so fucking sly about blaming herself, knowing that the others will absolve her. It took all I have not to kick the TV screen tonight during the "No, no, no, no, no" don't blame Robyn scene.

Um... yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!! 

Maybe Janelle knows where some financial bodies are buried, maybe the OGs can bleed the beady-eyed beast on their way out the door.

It would be so cool if Robyn ended up with no money or tons of debt, or both, while the others gladly waltz away.

I cannot handle that hag.

[ginger90]

Some tweets from last night, Christine did not participate:

[Madding crowd]

I couldn’t stand Robyn’s fake hand wringing about “oh geez, I have to wait for God to tell me I can have a seven bedroom house cause I don’t really care”. On top of that she pretends to care about the other wives so Kody thinks she is so sweet. He is so stupid to not see through her manipulations. I hope Meri and Christine can go on to find some happiness. Janelle is a lump, she’s not going anywhere.

Edited February 15, 2021 by Madding crowd

[Pepper Mostly]

10 hours ago, Chalby said:

I know this is a silly thing to be annoyed with, but I don't like when specific sayings or expressions are butchered. Since when does the elephant in the room have to be pink? I have also noticed an increase in the usage of the word "conversate" on reality shows. That word is ridiculous, yet more and more people are using it as though it's the norm. It's not- say converse like everyone else, or better yet, just replace with the word "speak".

I remember something from last season, Kody trying to come up with the phrase "elephant in the room" but kept mangling it, finally spewing forth "pink elephant". Which sycophant Robyn of course clasped to her bosom and uses all the time, because Lord Kody said it. 

Ha, here it is, from last year:
  

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ON 1/27/2020 AT 1:39 AM,  SUOMI SAID: 

Somewhere along the way Kody was trying to say "the elephant in the room" and it came out as "the pink elephant." (He made another wrong turn on the elephant path but, as a self-protective mechanism, my mind has blanked it out).

Pepper Mostly: 

I was DYING during that bit of word salad. Looks like he was trying to say "800 pound gorilla", as in "where does an 800 pound gorilla sit? anywhere he wants!", but got it mixed up with "the elephant in the room", and burst out with "pink elephant". Oh Kody. Never change.

 

10 hours ago, Tuxcat said:

Of course this was filmed a long time ago but it wouldn't matter. All the dynamics are exactly the same. Forever was and forever will be. Yes, Kody the problem is you because you have supported the default positions and have done nothing but shift blame back on the wives. And there is no doubt in my mind that you LOVE being the one everyone wants. You live as a husband with Robyn who says she fills bad but in reality fills good. Janelle, you were not happy in Utah either. You've always been distant with the other wives and nothing more than a business pal with Kody. Christine, you will forever be pining away for your lost position as the "favorite." Robyn took your place...and you will not get it back. Meri, I'm so sorry but honestly no one in the family likes you - at all.

We have watched the same season 14 times and now another...

 

I was watching last night thinking the exact same. 

I was just mildly surprised that, during the Endless Lunch of Tears, that Meri's catfish wasn't brought up again. 

8 hours ago, Just Wondering said:

Christine had to beg for donations to pay for a serious surgery for her daughter, but the family meeting only addresses grievances about not getting enough personal time with Kody?  And Kody had the temerity to be pissed with Christine about her needs?

These FLDS types make me tired, for sure. The women all mew about how "it teaches you not to be selfish". Seriously, that's what you get out of this? There are ways to incorporate selflessness into your life. You don't have to be some incoherent, bleachy haired, black hole of need's sloppy thirds to do that.  

Edited February 15, 2021 by Pepper Mostly

[greekmom]

I didn't watch the episode but I caught the opening credits. It amazes me how they have dropped trying to sell their lifestyle as something "great" and "awesome".  I still feel that things would have been fine with them if they didn't bring Sobyn in the fray. It was Meri's undoing. 

[Cetacean]

So I haven't watched since season one (and never will) so I rely on you strong souls to offer explanations.

What the heck does the title of this episode even mean?  To whom does it refer?

[Sandy W]

9 minutes ago, Cetacean said:

So I haven't watched since season one (and never will) so I rely on you strong souls to offer explanations.

What the heck does the title of this episode even mean?  To whom does it refer?

I couldn't find a reason for the title either.  Was it because Robyn was still holding out hope that God would find them a rennall right up until the very last minute, when she had to reluctantly accept the fact that they had been approved for a mortgage on their million dollar home?  Was it because Janelle called a meeting to have them confront hard facts about why they were in the relationship?  Was it because Meri invented a reason not to be in attendance when Maddie and Caleb introduced baby Evie to those in the family that actually cared about her?

[Newmy]

27 minutes ago, Cetacean said:

So I haven't watched since season one (and never will) so I rely on you strong souls to offer explanations.

What the heck does the title of this episode even mean?  To whom does it refer?

It’s reference to a comment that Christine made during their awkward “family” lunch. She said she struggles with being strong but then that makes her a bitch.

They’re all clearly miserable and at this point have even abandoned selling the farce that plural marriage is great. At this point I continue to watch in hopes that at least one of the three ignored wives will come to their senses and leave. 

[MMLEsq]

11 hours ago, Joan of Argh said:

I was watching a show the other day and a woman was telling her friend about a conversation with her husband and she said "I was conversating at him and he ignored me" 

Conversating??  Maybe that's why he ignored you  😂

If someone was "conversating" AT me, I'd ignore them too.

The majority of this family's financial problems were avoidable.  With the money they're making from TLC, they shouldn't be having financial problems.  Since none of them have real jobs, they should have been socking away this TLC money while they were getting it.  If they planned things properly -- rather than making rash decisions, acting on them, and then being surprised that things don't always fall perfectly in place -- they could avoid situations where they're paying 5 mortgages and renting houses and renting trucks for weeks at a time.  Then again, there wouldn't be much content for the show if they didn't have all these issues.  And none of them (well, maybe Janelle a little bit) are willing to sacrifice having a mini-mansion for the sake of saving money.  From a financial perspective, they're setting a horrible example for their children.  And I was scratching my head at all the complaints about financial intermingling being complicated because Kody's involved in the finances of all the wives....aren't they supposed to be ONE family...?     

It's really hard to find someone to root for in this mess....other than the kids.

Kody -- definitely the worst.  Creates chaos and then sits back and complains.... about how chaotic his life is.  His passive-aggressive behavior toward Meri is despicable.  He was the real victim in the catfishing debacle, but the way he's acting now, I actually feel more sorry for Meri at this point   It's clear he's punishing her (and appears to have no intention of stopping), and some may say she deserves it, but that's a pretty pathetic approach to take with your own marriage.  

Meri -- I have flashes of sympathy for her, but she's brought so much of this on herself that it's hard.  My take on it is that Janelle and Christine were quite close in the Utah home and Meri felt like an outsider, so she brought in someone -- Robyn -- to be on her side, not realizing at the time how spectacularly it was going to backfire on her.  And then to add the catfishing on top of it -- her name is mud in this family.  It's nice that she has seemingly come around and supports Mariah and Audrey, but that didn't go so smoothly either in the beginning.  I don't blame her for being reluctant to take a position on anything.  She mostly looks defensive and withdrawn at every family event. 

Janelle -- Most of the time, she's my favorite as she seems to act more from reason than emotion....someone in this family needs to.  But then she goes along with these crazy schemes to leave houses unsold and pick up and move without a "real" plan in place.  

Christine -- Usually I tend to like her as well.  She wears her heart on her sleeve, but she's also willing to speak her mind.  I think she's perhaps not a mental giant, but generally seems to be kind-hearted.  Janelle's kids clearly bonded with her.  I think she got royally screwed when she was having Truely because Kody seemed more interested in being with Robyn than with being with his wife who was in labor.  Based on the previews at the end,

Spoiler

she apparently was one of the those people who was going to keep living her life, COVID be damned.  If it turns out she's an anti-masker too, well I guess I won't be surprised.

Robyn -- Married into this crazy mess, but seems quite happy to be perched on top of the wives' pecking order.  She also wants to appear like a martyr.....she's sacrificing....she's trying to get along with everyone...but it's interesting how she generally seems to get her way (obviously she has some pull with Kody).   

 

 

 

Edited February 15, 2021 by MMLEsq
Added spoiler tag.

[EtheltoTillie]

I posted something about Kody’s hair in the live chat but just then the thread was locked so I didn’t get any answers. What’s with Kody’s new hair?  Last year he was almost completely bald. Now he has lots of curls and a normal hairline. What is it? Extensions?  Transplants?  Wig or hair system?  

[Just Wondering]

Did I miss any scenes where Kody was having a warm, family-sitting-together-on-couch scenes with any other “wives” besides Robyn?

Excluding the obligatory Maddie/Caleb arrival scene at Christine’s.  Because before they arrived, Kody was on the couch by himself while the children chatted with Christine at the kitchen island.

Edited February 15, 2021 by Just Wondering

[DakotaJustice]

6 minutes ago, GussieK said:

I posted something about Kody’s hair in the live chat but just then the thread was locked so I didn’t get any answers. What’s with Kody’s new hair?  Last year he was almost completely bald. Now he has lots of curls and a normal hairline. What is it? Extensions?  Transplants?  Wig or hair system?  

Betcha it was surgical. If so, the doctor didn't have much too work with if the result is Top Ramen style. 

He should just throw in the towel already. But since his hair (such as it is) apparently has its own plot line, I guess they can't. 

Kody's late brother was bald and he looked good! 

[laurakaye]

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Season 15, Episode One:  Being Strong or Being a Bitch

This recap will henceforth be subtitled, “Be Careful What You Wish For,” as I was sadly, depressingly super pumped to write the first recap of a new season and instead I was treated to the plyg version of the movie “My Dinner With Andre.”  If watching five adults stare at each other in the dark back room of a Pizza Al Forno and talk about how miserable they are for what seemed to be approximately seven hours, well then!  Pull up a chair, chug an espresso and let’s go!

So previously on Sister Wives - a lifetime and a different world ago - we were treated to the perennial moving woes of the Browns, a situation that they 100% brought upon themselves.  We see a flashback to Kody’s Barbie Dream House Christmas Eve presentation, his fancy whiteboard of pros and cons, and the fight for trees on Cah-O-Tah Pahhhhs.  Also Maddie had a baby who is now a junior in college, so that’s old news.  Moving on!  Let’s get to something good!

Unfortunately, this Is NOT it.

We rehash the individual living situations of Kody’s wimminz.  Meri and Janelle are renting their homes, Christine bought, and Robyn…..well, she still considers God her realtor and does not want to buy the house they are currently renting because that means that the dream of living together as one family will be delayed, and blah blah de blah.  Is it too early in a new season to ask Robyn to shut the **** up?  Various adults whine about how the wives all live 5 – 10 miles apart, and poor Kody is constantly driving and you guys, he’s just mentally exhausted.  He is frustrated that his family is not connected.  This is not what he envisioned when he forced his family to throw their crap into 15 moving vans and head blindly to Flagstaff with no plan, no money, and no brain.  Poor, poor widdle Kody. 

Before I move on, I’d like to paint the pitcher of what these people look like in their latest couch interviews.  The makeup on Janelle and Christine is insanely harsh, and they appear to both be wearing the same shade of dark purple eyeshadow which ages them 15 years, easily.  Christine is thinner but the result is that her face, unfortunately, looks to be about 90 years old.  The growth on Janelle’s lip is huge and it’s truly all I can see when she talks.  Meri looks like she’s gained about 40 pounds but then I remember that we’ve only seen “filtered Meri” for the past several months and now we’ve got the rill thing with her linebacker shoulders, burnt umber foundation and crunchy hair all firmly in place.  Robyn’s neck looks abnormally lumpy and her nose and chin are both growing exponentially.  And if a bowl of Ramen noodles and a Chia Pet mated, Kody’s hair would be the result.  They honestly look rough, all five of them. 

Now we see Kody trying to back a U-Haul into Robyn’s driveway (snerk).  Kody interviews that he’s had these trucks parked on Coyote Pass for weeks, and here’s the thing – he’s had to pay for them!  He seems truly befuddled that if you rent a moving truck, you have to pay for it daily even if you don’t actually move the stuff from truck to house!  Of course the reason that he couldn’t unload the trucks was because Robyn didn’t want to move their stuff into the rental because she’d only have to move it back out when they moved again into another rental because…..I dozed off here, I just cannot with these two brainiacs and Robyn’s constant bitching about how she refuses to buy a house.  She and Kody interview from inside the U-Haul and talk over each other for like five minutes about their housing situation, and how financing is so difficult for them because Kody’s name is on the housing paperwork of three other women.  He says that if (when) they move again, he’s only going to put his name on one wife’s paperwork and the rest can basically bugger off. 

Now we get Janelle (and Bob, the McNugget-Sized Lip Growth) interviewing that she is tired of the drama and nonsense and the family division so she calls a lunch meeting with the adults to talk about all of it.  I found it very interesting that Janelle – previously nothing more than a sullen, checked-out lump on the couch – is suddenly all Go Team Go on the family’s dynamics and wants to get to the bottom of why they all hate each other so much.  Janelle leads this very awkward and uncomfortable meeting and has more to say at this meeting than the previous 14 seasons put together.  She starts by asking the wives why they each entered into the Principal.  Robyn helpfully explains to us morons that when they talk about “principal,” they mean “polygamy.”  Seriously, just shut up, Robyn.  Meri says that she was raised in it.  Christine says that she grew up thinking sister wives were normal.  Robyn says that she liked the Brown family when they were all living in Lehi and wanted a piece of that action.  Kody randomly bloviates that he no longer wants to be an advocate for polygamy because all his wives are pining for his love – which A. makes no sense whatsoever, and B. makes it all about Kody, because of course.  He goes on to ask his wives if they married him for love or just because their religion told them to?  And to make this worse, he admits that if he could do it all over he wouldn’t live polygamy.  The wives all sit there, stunned.  Janelle references a conversation that she and Meri had about this very topic and asks Meri to speak up – now, please, beyotch.  Meri is all, “what conversation?  I recall no such conversation.”  Several times, Janelle asks Meri to talk, for heaven’s sake.  Say something!  Meri continues to feign ignorance of this mysterious chat and then Robyn – get ready, here it comes – assumes that SHE is the reason for the division in the family and begins the first of many, many of her patented, copyrighted “dry cries.”  While I occupy myself with rolling my eyes so hard I can hear it, Janelle gets up from her seat and comes around to hug Robyn, cooing “no, no, nooooo…no nonono.”  It’s such a simpering display of placation from Janelle to Robyn that it makes me physically uncomfortable.  The other wives, even Meri, join in and tell Robyn that things got harder because they’d gone public and moved from Lehi, and it just coincided with her joining the fam’ly.  I am just so grossed out by these three women patting Robyn on the head and saying, “there, there, don’t cry, we lurve you sooooo much, none of this is your fault” as Robyn expertly dabs away tears that do not exist, and Kody watches all of this, wondering who all these extra women are and when he can go home for a nap.

Don’t worry, y’all, this lunch from hell is nearly over.  Christine offers some actual true insight into just how little time Kody actually spends with any wife not named Robyn.  Christine tells the table that Kody only stops over once or twice a week, always in the evening, disrupts her routine, then parks his keister somewhere and plays on his phone.  Kody admits to doing exactly that in an attempt to “not engage the angst.”  In other words, in typical Kody Brown fashion, he only drops by to see his kids and play his favorite game, “What’s Your Name Again?”  Talking to Christine is not on the agenda, as he’s not interested in her complaints and gripes.  Christine admits to still filling jealous, and since she’s looking at Robyn when she says this, it’s another cue for Robyn to turn on the faux water-works again.  Kody tries to interject and Robyn shuts him down because she’s not done crying yet.  Throughout this whole bizarre and pointless exchange, Janelle looks utterly confused and Meri literally hasn’t spoken.  Or blinked.  Or moved.  Or breathed.

After the most riveting lunch scene ever seen on reality television, we see Kody, back at his prison house with Robyn, take a call from his realtor to tell him that the financing has gone through and the house is theirs.  Robyn is reluctantly pleased, as if this wasn’t her plan all along.  Kody tells the kids that they own the house in an effort to get them all onto his side so Robyn will have no choice but to be happy.  Oh, Kody.  You have no idea the dark and evil forces you are playing against, you clueless twit.

In the (merciful) final scene, Maddie and Caleb stop over with Axelbrush and Evagalalaline.  Everyone gets in the baby’s face and breathes their cooties on her, and we hear the “grandma” designation names assigned to each wife.  I won’t bore you with those because I am basically asleep right this moment as I put the finishing touches on this borefest of an episode.  This will teach me to raise my hand in class again!!

 

They're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack................

[Twopper]

11 hours ago, Teafortwo said:

I think it gets locked at end of airing, so the discussion can continue over here.

It locked more promptly than I expected.  Is it automatic?  I  was in the middle of editing my last post for typos when it closed.   I promise I do know how to spell;  I just couldn't correct the errors in time.

I have no idea how much longer Lularoe will survive, but Meri seems high enough up to maybe survive the crash and support herself.  Not sure if Christine is that far up the food chain, but I am sure she won't starve if she moves to St George.  I think Janelle, Kody, and Robyn really need the show to go on, although Janelle might do okay living in an rv with Savannah if she drives it to wherever her adult kids are.  Maybe they can sell the Prairie Dog land for enough profit to give everyone a little "seed" money to start over.   I fail to see how Kody can support Robyn in the style which he has given her without this show.  One of Robyn's daughters seemed ecstatic that they bought that mansionette;  I can see her hating Kody if they have to move. 

They need to be honest that the hot love affair between Kody and Robyn really messed up their family "culture' even more than the move to Vegas.

[absolutelyido]

7 hours ago, Ucross said:

The Vegas situation was ideal, so there must have been some enormous legal issue.

I was surprised how negative they sounded about how things were in Las Vegas. 

Let's see if I have this straight: Things were the best when they lived together in Lehi because they were forced to work out their shit but, except for Janelle, the wives refuse to live in the same house again. The family dynamic was ruined when they lived in separate houses next door to each other in LV, so they moved to Flagstaff where they knew they would have to live distant from each other for at least a year until they could build houses next door to each other.  They really just seem to love wallowing in their misery.

One thing they don't talk about that changed at the same time they moved to LV is that they started being on TV. I wonder how much that is contributing to their misery. Janelle said she felt isolated and lonely in LV. When they were living in Lehi she worked and seemed to enjoy it. I think she needs structure so would be happier in a 9 to 5 job that forced her to get off the couch and out in the world every day rather than her current "job" of filming just a few weeks a year. 

 

 

[Mahamid Frauded Me]

I didn't realize how big Janelle's mcnugget was until last night. It was pretty clear to me that Kody has checked out of pretty much all of the relationships except for queen Robyn. Janelle accepts it and she has no issues with it, Christine is livid that she never gets any time with her handsome mahn, Meri looked bloated and Robyn of course just cries, which is her way of always getting what she wants

[Cetacean]

13 minutes ago, GussieK said:

What is it?

A pact with Satan.

 

[EtheltoTillie]

13 minutes ago, DakotaJustice said:

Betcha it was surgical. If so, the doctor didn't have much too work with if the result is Top Ramen style. 

He should just throw in the towel already. But since his hair (such as it is) apparently has its own plot line, I guess they can't. 

Kody's late brother was bald and he looked good! 

Dead!

 

[BravoAddict72]

I cannot stand Robyn. Personally, I think she ruined the family. This may sound selfish, but if I was Meri I wouldn't have divorced Kody so he could legally marry Robyn. Robyn could go kick rocks as far as I am concerened. I don't care that her kids would have had to go to their actual father id something happened to her.

[DakotaJustice]

6 minutes ago, BravoAddict72 said:

I cannot stand Robyn. Personally, I think she ruined the family. This may sound selfish, but if I was Meri I wouldn't have divorced Kody so he could legally marry Robyn. Robyn could go kick rocks as far as I am concerened. I don't care that her kids would have had to go to their actual father id something happened to her.

I bet if Meri hadn't initiated the divorce, Kody would have. It just wouldn't look as good for his image, such as it is.