S16.E12: One on One (Part 2)

[Natalie68]

On 2/6/2022 at 8:21 PM, WhatAmIWatching said:

I was trying to find the one where she has her mouth hanging open and made the mistake of googling "Robyn Brown Crying"

 

Life with Kody has been really hard on her face

[Kellyee]

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I agree...I think full time Kody is wearing her out and she is not happy with it.  

I think Kody is high maintenance on a good day, and was completely insufferable during Covid. I'm thinking any suggestion Robyn made to improve the situation was dismissed, and because she's the "obedient" one, she just let it all happen without pushing back. Notice how Kody challenges the moderator on wording and gets all pissed off when she said he should run after his upset wife and continue the conversation instead of just sitting there and letting Janelle leave. And that moderator seems a lot more assertive and sure of herself than mousy Robyn. 

I also think Robyn likes being home and not working, and is willing to play nice with Kody if the alternative is getting a job. I think she approached Janelle with genuine intentions of improving their relationship, and I think Janelle is just fine the way things are and wants nothing to do with Robyn, or anything that requires real effort beyond chugging some Plexus.

I think Christine hated Robyn on sight, and there is nothing that Robyn could have done differently to change that. 

I like this moderator better than Shawn (old moderator). She's pushier than Shawn, and you can tell more about what her real opinion is of this family. 

[SuzieQ]

The whole "nanny thing" is funny!  WTH does Robyn need a nanny for?  She doesn't work, her youngest is 4-6 I'm guessing and she has teenaged and adult children living there.  And Kody doesn't work anymore that I'm aware of!

[steff13]

2 hours ago, Natalie68 said:

Life with Kody has been really hard on her face

She's always looked like a witch though.  IMO she's the least attractive of the four wives, both physically and personality-wise.  

[RedDelicious]

15 hours ago, toomuchtv said:

I live 1000 miles away from my sister, but my 3 year old niece knows who I am and my kids (her cousins) because my sister is always showing pics and we occasionally FaceTime. There have been a few visits but covid has made those fewer than planned. Sure there aren’t like 20 of us, but there are things Robyn could do if she were really concerned

Seriously! My nephew goes to a really nice daycare - one of the things my sibling had to prepare for his cubby was a small photo album with family photos in it. The primary purpose was for him to have a touchpoint if he got sad or missed his parents during the day. He also readily knew who everyone was because of it. 

If Robyn is the de facto fambly photographer, why didn't she put something like that together for "her youngest"?

[TurtlePower]

34 minutes ago, steff13 said:

She's always looked like a witch though.  IMO she's the least attractive of the four wives, both physically and personality-wise.  

When she first came into the family I thought she was really pretty—she was vibrant, had a lot of energy. She was also the only wife under 200lb. After 12 years she now appears stressed, tired, out-of-shape and puffy.

With the nanny taking the workload off Robyn, I would have imagined she was in the gym and at the spa (or had a gym at her home) but it doesn’t appear so. 

And yeah, her personality. 

Edited February 8, 2022 by TurtlePower

[steff13]

27 minutes ago, TurtlePower said:

When she first came into the family I thought she was really pretty—she was vibrant, had a lot of energy. She was also the only wife under 200lb. After 12 years she now appears stressed, tired, out-of-shape and puffy.

With the nanny taking the workload off Robyn, I would have imagined she was in the gym and at the spa (or had a gym at her home) but it doesn’t appear so. 

And yeah, her personality. 

I've always thought Christine was the prettiest and also very upbeat and fun.  Robyn has always looked to me like Baba Yaga in profile.  

[suzeecat]

21 hours ago, Adeejay said:

 For the life of me, I don't understand what Janelle and Meri are holding on to. 

I believe that it all boils down to the TLC paycheck.  Meri is doing well with her MLM business but that's only because of her Sister Wife groupie followers.  Reality tv can be a lucrative business and why not if you only have to be filmed a few times a year sitting on a couch telling a camera "whatever". 

[NoWhammies]

4 hours ago, Natalie68 said:

Life with Kody has been really hard on her face

They say as you age, it's either your face or your ass. And we know she chose Kody, so buh bye face.

[Mother of Odin]

1 hour ago, steff13 said:

She's always looked like a witch though.  IMO she's the least attractive of the four wives, both physically and personality-wise.  

She is the most unattractive wife. It's not even close. Robin looks like a wizened apple doll. It's unfortunate. 

[tinderbox]

On 2/6/2022 at 10:36 PM, SunnyBeBe said:

Christine, Kody and Robyn have used that safe place term this season.  It seems to refer to a place of vulnerability…..but I don’t know.  It’s not right to infer violence unless that’s what it really is, imo.  

I think “safe place” means anywhere off camera.  It’s a code word(s).

Edited February 8, 2022 by tinderbox

[Mother of Odin]

 

wrong thread

Edited February 8, 2022 by Mother of Odin

[SunnyBeBe]

It is rather odd that no one has mentioned money……the wives complained about time, visits, and covid protocols, but no complaints about support funds….hmmmm….

[Angeltoes]

21 hours ago, deirdra said:

On 2/7/2022 at 11:45 AM, WhatAmIWatching said:

🙏 🙏 🙏 A much younger bride who has kids already (and who urgently needs the legal marriage for some reason) who is more manipulative and devious than Sobbyn!

and before the 10-yr mark of Robyn's legal marriage so that she won't get a cent of Kootie's Social Security when he dies. Meri will as long as she does not remarry.

Actually, both Meri and Robyn would be eligible for his Social Security benefits today if he died.  The SS website says:

"What are the marriage requirements to receive Social Security spouse’s benefits?

Generally, you must be married for one year before you can get spouse’s benefits. However, if you are the parent of your spouse’s child, the one-year rule does not apply.  A divorced spouse must have been married 10 years to get spouse’s benefits."

[Kid]

21 hours ago, b2H said:

And how are the husbands/leaders of these families making it happen without incurring the insurrection Kody is suffering through?

My opinion is that Covid had absolutely nothing to do with it in that it did not cause the fracture.  The rot was already there. Covid exposed it.

Edited February 8, 2022 by Kid

[deirdra]

When my nephew was Ari's age and living 2500 miles from many of his extended family, he knew all of our names as well as ~200 dinosaur names - genus & species - and he could spell them all!

[Cetacean]

9 minutes ago, deirdra said:

When my nephew was Ari's age and living 2500 miles from many of his extended family, he knew all of our names as well as ~200 dinosaur names - genus & species - and he could spell them all!

And mostly due to an effort by his parents, I would wager.  Sobyn and Kootie are both too lazy to be bothered.

[deirdra]

Just now, Cetacean said:

And mostly due to an effort by his parents, I would wager.  Sobyn and Kootie are both too lazy to be bothered.

Yup, and he wasn't locked up in the house (this was pre-Covid) with 4-6 adults, he went to preschool and enjoyed playing outside with his little friends, busy doing lots of other things besides learning names.

[Joan of Argh]

31 minutes ago, Cetacean said:

And mostly due to an effort by his parents, I would wager.  Sobyn and Kootie are both too lazy to be bothered.

Sometimes Kootie stumbles over remembering his kids names…. He was talking about Truely in one scene and he struggled and stuttered before saying her name.

if you didn’t come out of Robins twat you’re not important 

[crazycatlady58]

1 hour ago, Joan of Argh said:

Sometimes Kootie stumbles over remembering his kids names…. He was talking about Truely in one scene and he struggled and stuttered before saying her name.

if you didn’t come out of Robins twat you’re not important 

I never had children so I cannot give personal experience but my mother would stumble over my name and she only had two..a boy and a girl.  There is a family story of  how my grandmother was asking one of the grandchildren to do something and was running through all the grandkids names trying to pull up the correct name. After trying a few names she stopped in frustration and looked at the child and said " You know who I am talking to why don't you answer." My cousin's reply was " I am waiting till you get it right. " people draw blanks. That alone does not make him a bad parent to me....other things now....

[Elizzikra]

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I never had children so I cannot give personal experience but my mother would stumble over my name and she only had two..a boy and a girl. 

My mom too - and my brother and I both got called by the dog's name more than once...

[crazycatlady58]

16 minutes ago, Elizzikra said:

My mom too - and my brother and I both got called by the dog's name more than once...

Mother would go through my cousin's names.

[goofygirl]

9 hours ago, RedDelicious said:

Seriously! My nephew goes to a really nice daycare - one of the things my sibling had to prepare for his cubby was a small photo album with family photos in it. The primary purpose was for him to have a touchpoint if he got sad or missed his parents during the day. He also readily knew who everyone was because of it. 

If Robyn is the de facto fambly photographer, why didn't she put something like that together for "her youngest"?

THERE'S SOMETHING THE NANNY COULD DO!!!

[Mom2twoNonna2-3]

2 hours ago, crazycatlady58 said:

I never had children so I cannot give personal experience but my mother would stumble over my name and she only had two..a boy and a girl.  There is a family story of  how my grandmother was asking one of the grandchildren to do something and was running through all the grandkids names trying to pull up the correct name. After trying a few names she stopped in frustration and looked at the child and said " You know who I am talking to why don't you answer." My cousin's reply was " I am waiting till you get it right. " people draw blanks. That alone does not make him a bad parent to me....other things now....

I have two children and 3 grands. When the 1st grand was born I called him by both my kids names and the dogs name before I got to his. I felt like a fool, but, he's my little BFF now so I don't stress.

[lindalouwho]

Was anyone else appalled by the K🤢dy snark when the interviewer suggested that he should have run after Janelle after her “f you”? The sneer, the no! What a self centered poo poo head he is! Thirty years and six kids are worth nothing to him.

[WhatAmIWatching]

 

23 minutes ago, lindalouwho said:

Was anyone else appalled by the K🤢dy snark when the interviewer suggested that he should have run after Janelle after her “f you”? The sneer, the no! What a self centered poo poo head he is! Thirty years and six kids are worth nothing to him.

Yes! That had his nasty on full display. He was quite snarky toward the interviewer, too.
 

My Granny did the run through the entire family's names thing and I'd just smirk at her. She'd end up laughing hard and smacking my arm and saying "Girl!" 😆 Gosh I miss her so!

 

Doing a bit of rewatch while I'm doing dishes, and when Kody says he doesn't believe in divorce...then how did he divorce Meri? Does that also mean Robyn is still married to her ex, or did her creepy, revisionist painting magically cancel that one out?

[Chalby]

I have only just signed in, so excuse me if I am posting a similar comment as someone else.

When kody angrily lashed out because he resents the words "emotionally abandoned", I had to laugh out loud. Kody got an even bigger guffaw out of me when he excused his crap behaviour towards Meri by declaring "SHE HAD AN AFFAIR".

Does he not see the hypocrisy of his reactions given he had 3 long term affairs while with Meri? Oh right, his sexuality is in the name of God and Mormonism, whereas the women clearly just don't know how to behave nicely and submissively. 

Lastly, is kody that stupid that he doesn't understand that if he is physically able to be intimate with a wife, he can't expect any of the wives he's refused intimacy with, to want to remain married to him? He's revolting even when the kids were young, so I can't imagine anyone wanting to spend time with that hairy little shrub.

[Chalby]

5 minutes ago, WhatAmIWatching said:

Yes! That had his nasty on full display. He was quite snarky toward the interviewer, too.

You are so right! When I observed his apparent disrespect and distaste towards his wives and the interviewer, I quickly realized he's a hateful misogynist.

[kicotan]

2 hours ago, Chalby said:

When I observed his apparent disrespect and distaste towards his wives and the interviewer, I quickly realized he's a hateful misogynist.

Unfortunately, that’s a common thread in a LOT of religions, but since we are only talking about this particular family’s religion, then yea, that’s what these grown women signed up for-including the part about obeying him.  It’s not like they weren’t familiar with the whole Mormon Fundie thing-they were all over turning their lives and wombs over to Kody to direct as he saw fit.  They are just as, if not MORE misogynistic than he is.

2 hours ago, Chalby said:

Does he not see the hypocrisy of his reactions given he had 3 long term affairs while with Meri?

Well, technically, they didn’t enter into a monogamous marriage, so having other wives aren’t “affairs”, in their religious point of view.  Yes, there is a double standard-but it is one these women agreed to.  As a feminist, I support the right of a woman to enter into whatever marital relationship she chooses, so my disdain isn’t just reserved for Dick Tater Kody.

[kassa]

On 2/7/2022 at 12:57 PM, Elizzikra said:

Goodness! What were they fighting about?

Hormones?

I think the fight and the Meri lecture happened the same day (was it somebody's graduation?), but as I recall it Meri was calling out the original recipe Brown kids for being mean (or at least non-inclusive) to Robyn's kids (not sure that the offending behavior happened on screen). It was a "we are a family and you do NOT treat your siblings that way, period." A fight between the other Brown boys wouldn't have drawn that specific lecture. 

I'm not paying for it, but I may look to see if I have free access to some of the earlier seasons to watch key episodes with the retrospectoscope. 

23 hours ago, TurtlePower said:

I suspect Janelle is comfortable with the way things are and doesn’t “need” Kody like the others might. I know she left the family once before and was lured back, so she obviously can be off on her own. I think Kody’s inconsistent covid rules really irked her and the fact that covid got into Kody and Robyn’s household—after all their bitching about rules—wasn’t lost on her. I wonder what her deal-breaker will be? 

One of her kids will buy a place with enough land for her to have her dream cabin with garden/greenhouse and she will send Kody and Robyn Christmas cards and invite them to sleep in her trailer when they come to see the grandkids (if they're speaking to the adult children at that point). And every one of them will be fine with that arrangement.

[Yeah No]

I haven't read the thread yet so my apologies if I repeat anything.

What really bothers me about Robyn is that she acts like an innocent bystander concerning everything that's going on with the other wives.  She cops the victim stance and cries "boo hoo" that all she ever wanted was for them to get along, as if she has nothing to do with how their relationships with him, her and each other have gotten worse over time.  She wants to believe that he is concentrating on her because they all can't get along with him and "accept his authority", but that's the line of crap he is selling her to make his troubles with them all their fault.   We all know the truth is that he married her because he already lost interest in them and didn't want to work on his relationships with them, probably because they decided they wanted a more equal relationship with him.  But she refuses to see how the way Kody has prioritized her has only made their relationships with him worse and how she bears some of the responsibility for letting that happen.  While it's true that she didn't have anything to do with the situation devolving before she came along if she were going to face reality she would see how Kody made her his priority to avoid his responsibility to his other relationships, and put her foot down with him about it.  But she doesn't want to face that reality because it serves her own selfish interests.  She acts like she has no control over the situation but she has more control over King Kodork than any of the other wives, and if she really cared about them and wanted everyone to be happy in their relationships with him she wouldn't feel right about reaping the benefits of their relationship troubles with him and open her mouth with him about her disapproval of that.  The fact that she doesn't do that tells me that she is a self serving sack of shit and frankly, deserves how they feel about her.

[BAForever]

7 minutes ago, Yeah No said:

 She cops the victim stance and cries "boo hoo" that all she ever wanted was for them to get along, as if she has nothing to do with how their relationships with him, her and each other have gotten worse over time.  She wants to believe that he is concentrating on her because they all can't get along with him and "accept his authority", but that's the line of crap he is selling her to make his troubles with them all their fault.   We all know the truth is that he married her because 

Kody married Robyn to pitch a show to TLC so he could be on teevee and not have to have a 9 to 5 job like the rest of us. Nothing else will ever convince me otherwise. 

[endure]

On 2/7/2022 at 10:18 AM, Granny58 said:

Sadly, Janelle seems content and won't be leaving. 

Didn’t Janelle say one time that she loves living in Flagstaff ~ maybe that’s it.

[Yeah No]

1 hour ago, BAForever said:

Kody married Robyn to pitch a show to TLC so he could be on teevee and not have to have a 9 to 5 job like the rest of us. Nothing else will ever convince me otherwise. 

Did I try to convince you otherwise?  🤷‍♂️

I don't profess to know exactly why he married her but what I said above could still stand no matter the reason.

[BAForever]

33 minutes ago, Yeah No said:

Did I try to convince you otherwise?  🤷‍♂️

I don't profess to know exactly why he married her but what I said above could still stand no matter the reason.

Hey Yeah No, I agree with everything you said.  Robyn plays the victim in perpetuity. I need to rewatch like some other posters are doing. I've gotten to where I cannot stand the sight of Robyn and Kody. Janelle, Meri and Christine are adults, they can deal. It's the youngest non-Robyn kids that I feel for. Loved your post, just feeling a bit bitter.

[Yeah No]

27 minutes ago, BAForever said:

Hey Yeah No, I agree with everything you said.  Robyn plays the victim in perpetuity. I need to rewatch like some other posters are doing. I've gotten to where I cannot stand the sight of Robyn and Kody. Janelle, Meri and Christine are adults, they can deal. It's the youngest non-Robyn kids that I feel for. Loved your post, just feeling a bit bitter.

I get it, I agree with what you said too.  I also think there might be other convenient reasons he married her like being tired of the other wives.  For all his self-professed enlightenment he's still using religious beliefs as a cover for abuse, domination and manipulation of women.  It's been done for centuries.  I'm also pretty cynical about it and although I call myself a Christian (Episcopalian) I don't fully subscribe to any doctrine and go my own way.  (I was a student of Theology in college, BTW.)  I'm glad the other women seem to be waking up.  Maybe not so much Janelle or Meri yet, but definitely Christine. I find it sad that usually when people wake up out of controlling cultish religions like this they end up non-believers in anything.  It's the reason Christianity is going down the tube in this country.  People are fed up with it being spun in ways that justify inhumanity, prejudice, abuse and all sorts of heinous things.

[Natalie68]

17 hours ago, Cetacean said:

And mostly due to an effort by his parents, I would wager.  Sobyn and Kootie are both too lazy to be bothered.

Maybe they can have their nanny do this for them.  HA!

[HighlandWarriorGrl]

2 hours ago, Yeah No said:

While it's true that she didn't have anything to do with the situation devolving before she came along if she were going to face reality she would see how Kody made her his priority to avoid his responsibility to his other relationships, and put her foot down with him about it.  But she doesn't want to face that reality because it serves her own selfish interests.  She acts like she has no control over the situation but she has more control over King Kodork than any of the other wives, and if she really cared about them and wanted everyone to be happy in their relationships with him she wouldn't feel right about reaping the benefits of their relationship troubles with him and open her mouth with him about her disapproval of that.  The fact that she doesn't do that tells me that she is a self serving sack of shit and frankly, deserves how they feel about her.

I couldn’t agree more.  And the reason she didn’t say or do anything to help the other wives’ situation is because at the end of the day, Sobyn is for Sobyn and her brood and no one else.  She knew exactly what was going on with the original three and their relationships with Kootie.  Meri was a hapless stooge in her eyes.  She was never going to speak up to Kootie about his treatment of the other wives because that would mean she would risk having to be in the same boat.  As long as she was the young, skinny, new wife she was golden.  Remember, this bitch went from a single wide trailer with no heat to a mansion and being HBIC on a TV show.  No way she is going to care about her sister wives and their situation if it puts hers in jeopardy.  Nobody really believes she is in love with the “tenents” (TM Robyn Brown) of their beautiful religion, do they?  She is in love with herself, and being a lady of leisure after those years in the trailer and finally “gettin her scent out there.”

[RoxiP]

16 hours ago, Elizzikra said:

My mom too - and my brother and I both got called by the dog's name more than once...

Happened all the time at the house I grew up in (and there were only 4 of us including my parents) and happened all the time with my daughter...some people just aren't good with names (and yes, the dog's name, the cat's name...and they all get called by one another's names and we are very gender fluid in my house as far as the animals are concerned!).  When my dad would start trying to call specifically to one of us we would just all laugh and call it the "roll call!".

[Jeanne222]

On 2/8/2022 at 1:16 PM, TurtlePower said:

When she first came into the family I thought she was really pretty—she was vibrant, had a lot of energy. She was also the only wife under 200lb. After 12 years she now appears stressed, tired, out-of-shape and puffy.

With the nanny taking the workload off Robyn, I would have imagined she was in the gym and at the spa (or had a gym at her home) but it doesn’t appear so. 

And yeah, her personality. 

I always flash back to Robyn and Kody marching through the mall hand in hand swinging that Victoria's Secret bag!

They are happy and all this B.S. is for another season.  More money!

[Cetacean]

6 hours ago, Yeah No said:

I find it sad that usually when people wake up out of controlling cultish religions like this they end up non-believers in anything.  It's the reason Christianity is going down the tube in this country.  People are fed up with it being spun in ways that justify inhumanity, prejudice, abuse and all sorts of heinous things.

Yep, in my book organized religion is anathema. 

Hit the nail on the head when you said "they end up non-believers in anything" - that's me in a nutshell.  I am totally fed up with the horrid things done in the name of the supreme being of ANY religion.  And the evangelical "christians" are the worst in my book.

[LuvMyShows]

On 2/7/2022 at 11:54 AM, TurtlePower said:

It’s 21 now for tobacco, cannabis and certain ammunition. And strip clubs vary, but it’s 21 for most of those, too (I pole danced my way through college, kinda familiar with that). 

Don't forget casinos.  As my son turned 18, 19, and 20, I told him that when he turned 21, I would take him to our local casino.  I did, and we had a great time!  I even learned how to play craps specifically for the occasion and managed to win $250!

On 2/7/2022 at 8:36 PM, b2H said:

This is a good point.  And I will take it a few steps farther:  how are other polygamist families faring during the pandemic?  Why are the Browns having so much difficulty and how do their trials and tribulations measure up to other plyg families’ issues?
And how are the husbands/leaders of these families making it happen without incurring the insurrection Kody is suffering through?

I would love to know this, and hopeful that there was something other than fear/dictatorship as mentioned in an earlier post.  If they all lived in one house, I'm guessing it would be easier to get everyone on the same page...do most plyg families live in one big house?

[Claire Voyant]

In the sister wife breeding program, three of Kodick's wives are nothing but retired brood mares in the herd.  Bordering on worthless.  

Maybe that's why the Toad is such a d*ck.  He's PO'd that they aren't willing to have more kids and so he has no further use for them whatsoever.  Oh...he'll build them a house, but he's not loving them anymore.   He can only have sex with someone he loves, so he says, so apparently, he falls out of love with women who dare to think for themselves.     

He is really looking the worse for wear these days, isn't he?   Hateful, squinty-eyed, seething with fury.  He's kind of evil in his abusive treatment of his family.   He is not a nice person, and he creeps me out more than usual these days.  He needs serious mental health attention, and he's not getting it.   I hope he does himself in before that wrath turns on someone innocent.  He's like a ticking time bomb.   MHO 

Good luck Robyn...with Christine out of range, your sobbin' days may increase exponentially from now on.  You may actually end up shedding some real tears for once.    Better stock up on those tissues.  No more fake tears for you, my dear.   

Your beloved has lost his favorite bitch to mentally kick around and you know how it goes.  If you can't abuse the one you want to abuse, then abuse the one you're with.  He won't be able to help himself.  

[LilyD]

On 2/9/2022 at 3:06 AM, crazycatlady58 said:

I never had children so I cannot give personal experience but my mother would stumble over my name and she only had two..a boy and a girl.  There is a family story of  how my grandmother was asking one of the grandchildren to do something and was running through all the grandkids names trying to pull up the correct name. After trying a few names she stopped in frustration and looked at the child and said " You know who I am talking to why don't you answer."

Ehm..in my early forties here with three kids and a dog and I also stumble over their names…🤭. In my defense, it’s usually when I’m in a rush and I need one of them to grab something really quickly.

I never mix them up when I’m talking about them personally or forget fundamental basics about them (Gabe doing the double school year) like Kody. 

[Noergli]

I think too that Kody has big anger issues and gets worse season by season. The psychotic grin when wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving on the discussion where thanksgiving should happen was scary as hell 😳

[TurtlePower]

16 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:

I always flash back to Robyn and Kody marching through the mall hand in hand swinging that Victoria's Secret bag!

They are happy and all this B.S. is for another season.  More money!

Oh I agree, Kody and Robyn are very happy together, thanks to Meri (and I’m guessing she deeply regrets pushing Kody into Robyn’s arms but can’t admit it in order to stay on the Dark Queen’s good side). 

Robyn does a terrible job of fake crying and pretending to be upset that she’s the only one having a full relationship with Kody. They both do a terrible job hiding it—being seen in the mall, at dinner, they’re truly happy (and don’t seem to mind that they’ve destroyed the family). 

[SunnyBeBe]

So, I haven’t read about this, but is this perhaps the show’s biggest ratings bonanza ever? 😆

[Absolom]

No, but they've been doing surprisingly well this season.

[Kellyee]

I watched the rest of the episode. I'm really curious about what went on between the wives when Robyn joined the family, as things were alluded to in this episode around bullying and giving Robyn a hard time. It is certainly implied that Christine definitely did not want Robyn around, and I can't figure out what Janelle is talking about when she implies issues between her and Robyn in the past and "trying again" to work on their relationship. I don't remember any problems between Robyn and Janelle on camera during the entire series. They only ever talked about the issues between Janelle and Meri. 

Robyn's crying is over the top, but I think she has been made into the scapegoat for things that should fall directly on Kody.

Did the wives have a say in Kody taking a 4th wife, or did he just announce that's what he was doing? 

[Ymminy]

C’mon guys, we don’t have to ask what the nanny does! The answer is, clearly, absolutely everything.  Taking care of Sol and Ari, cleaning the house, wiping down the packages…

The real question is, what does Robyn do?  Besides cry and bang Kody, that is.