S17.E13: Coronapocalypse

[Pickleinthemiddle]

42 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

"99.8."

At my job regarding the pandemic, unless your temperature was over 100.1.  You were not considered to have a fever.  Because we had to check it daily.

[Cetacean]

23 minutes ago, magemaud said:

Actually, the first step at “check in” would be to produce his insurance card and sign all kinds of paperwork about financial liability 

Actually, no.  When you present to the ER, you go immediately to triage.  The triage nurse takes vitals, hears the story and then decides what comes next.  Urgent or critical cases get sent to the treatment area.  Non-urgent (Kootie) go to registration.

[magemaud]

4 minutes ago, Cetacean said:

Actually, no.  When you present to the ER, you go immediately to triage.  The triage nurse takes vitals, hears the story and then decides what comes next.  Urgent or critical cases get sent to the treatment area.  Non-urgent (Kootie) go to registration.

Just curious, when does the meter start running? 

[Elizzikra]

1 minute ago, magemaud said:

Just curious, when does the meter start running? 

I believe it's when the triage nurse sees you, which is when your medical record for that visit is created. Even if you see only a triage nurse and then leave, I think you get charged for that assessment.

[magemaud]

2 minutes ago, Elizzikra said:

I believe it's when the triage nurse sees you, which is when your medical record for that visit is created. Even if you see only a triage nurse and then leave, I think you get charged for that assessment.

Good thing Kody stayed in his truck! I hope there was free parking! 

[JayDub1987]

1 hour ago, laurakaye said:

New title for the Kody Brown thread right here.

I would be honored.

[Meh]

When Robyn does her talking heads, her eyes flit all over the place..she really isn't about to look anyone into their eyes is she?

[SemiCharmedLife]

Regarding Kody and his warped idea of loyalty:  It's really easy for Robyn, the preferred wife and HBIC to remain "loyal" as she lives in a million dollar mansion, with a present father for her children, constant attention and an unending supply of VS undies.  In fact, she is actually manipulating Kody to give her everything she wants and make it seem as though SHE is the victim.  

[Twopper]

11 hours ago, athousandclowns said:

Kody was being chocked by his hoodie, I hate when that happens. 

But do you hate it when it happens to Kody?  Inquiring minds want to know.

was it an outward and visible sign of how he really feels toward Christine for leaving since it happened as he passed her old house?

[LilyD]

I'll probably never understand how you can be so afraid of Covid, enforce strict isolation upon your family, lock out all family and friends, condemn everyone who doesn't agree with your rules but fail to do the one thing that could keep you and your family safe?? I'd be first in line for my vaccination  if I had Kody's immense fear to catch Covid.

And the family members that were so vigorously attacked and accused by Kody for not taking Covid and his protocol serious, turn out to be the ones who actually got the vaccinations.  And King Kotex and the Dark Queen did not... (I suspect their kids didn't get it either) Now why would that be? Any thoughts? 

[procrasstinator]

1 hour ago, hottesthw said:

And not for nothing, but I’m gonna need Christine to stop crowing about her new independent womanhood. You’re trying to convince everyone to celebrate you leaving this asshole as if you’ve been a prisoner for years. Literally millions of people have been telling you to get away, he’s not good person, he mistreats all of you. Yet you stayed. And had how many kids? And NOW, that you decided to leave you want the world to celebrate ? Girl please. Good for you and all, but just move on. You didn’t cure cancer. No gold medals for you. 

Well I for one am celebrating with Christine.  In season 15 Christine is explaining to Robyn how she sometimes didn't want to go to family functions since she felt like people hated her there and tells Robyn that she and Janelle got a lot stronger once Robyn came into the family.  Christine says she was amazed Robyn voiced her point of view so strongly where Christine always felt like she had to keep her opinions to herself, put her children's needs, and put her own needs last because nobody cared to help her the way she was expected to be there for whatever the family needed.  The women also talk about the criminalization of polygamy and that led to a lot of women in plural families putting up with abusive situations because to go to the authorities would reveal their culpability.  And so I do think that there has had to be a major shift in Christine's thinking to come out of that early conditioning.  And I for one, am proud of her and celebrate her victory not just for leaving Kody but digging out of that old conditioning she was in.

[laurakaye]

2 hours ago, magemaud said:

Actually, the first step at “check in” would be to produce his insurance card and sign all kinds of paperwork about financial liability 

But - he's Kody Brown, the handsome, swash-buckling star of TLC's "Sister Wives."  I'm sure the rules would've been bent for him.  Plus, his ass hurt and that's surely a very concerning symptom.

1 hour ago, Meh said:

When Robyn does her talking heads, her eyes flit all over the place..she really isn't about to look anyone into their eyes is she?

She rolls her eyes around in her head to work up those precious dry drops of fake tears.  She should patent that process, really.

1 hour ago, Twopper said:

But do you hate it when it happens to Kody?  Inquiring minds want to know.

was it an outward and visible sign of how he really feels toward Christine for leaving since it happened as he passed her old house?

Kody's own hoodie attacking him was one of the most bizarre things I have ever heard on reality tv (and that's saying something because I watch some crap) and yet, I didn't even blink an eye because it was Kody saying it.  If he had said his weave had stood on end and started hula dancing as he drove past Christine's house, I think I would've maybe raised one eyebrow and kept on playing Angry Birds as well.  I don't know if he can shock me anymore.

Also, I just love how he basically hermetically sealed his real family for almost two years and then once they all got Covid anyway, he decides that the protoculls are completely null and void because the people he really loves now have supposed immunity?  What about the extended family members who DON'T have immunity - you know, the ones he wouldn't come within a mile of during those previous 20 months?  Oh, wait - he won't see them anyway, immunity or not.  Never mind.

Idiot.

Edited December 9, 2022 by laurakaye

[JayDub1987]

8 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Plus, his ass hurt and that's surely a very concerning symptom.

I assumed that was because he had three packs of ramen noodles firmly planted in it....

[sheshark]

1 hour ago, magemaud said:

Good thing Kody stayed in his truck! I hope there was free parking! 

I had covid after 4 vaccines so it was a mild case, but no way would I be out driving.  I don’t even drive when I get sinus infections.  Too dizzy. Okay he had to drive her to the hospital, my my that would have been something to see.

[65mickey]

5 hours ago, LilyD said:

I'll probably never understand how you can be so afraid of Covid, enforce strict isolation upon your family, lock out all family and friends, condemn everyone who doesn't agree with your rules but fail to do the one thing that could keep you and your family safe?? I'd be first in line for my vaccination  if I had Kody's immense fear to catch Covid.

And the family members that were so vigorously attacked and accused by Kody for not taking Covid and his protocol serious, turn out to be the ones who actually got the vaccinations.  And King Kotex and the Dark Queen did not... (I suspect their kids didn't get it either) Now why would that be? Any thoughts? 

My guess would be stupidity.

[Meowwww]

When Janelle’s boys got Covid, Kody was SO ANGRY and casting blame left and right. He shunned them, didn’t care if they lived or died.  Suddenly he gets Covid (sorry, Covid-19!!!!) and he’s ready to forget social distancing.  Too little too late, asshole.  The rest of your family moved on long ago. 
And it’s sweet sweet karma that Christine never had it.  He dogged her for traveling.  
I hate Kody.  

[LilyD]

19 hours ago, Meh said:

When Robyn does her talking heads, her eyes flit all over the place..she really isn't about to look anyone into their eyes is she?

Apparently, such rapid eye movements are linked to your brain working like crazy to retrieve memories. It is also claimed that it is a giveaway for people telling lies, though not everyone agrees with that.

I do find that theory very plausible though: if you tell too many lies, you will get caught in your own web of lies. Simply because you have to remember all lies for facts that did not happen. And then you need to reproduce those ‘facts’ at unexpected moments, making sure you do not say that contradicts previous things you said.

It does sound a lot like Kody and Robyn Brown come to think of it….

[GeeGolly]

I wonder if all of Kody's antics are having a negative impact on his "book" sales. I'm guessing a least a few of the folks passing through have heard of the show.

[TurtlePower]

On 12/9/2022 at 12:05 PM, Cetacean said:

Actually, no.  When you present to the ER, you go immediately to triage.  The triage nurse takes vitals, hears the story and then decides what comes next.  Urgent or critical cases get sent to the treatment area.  Non-urgent (Kootie) go to registration.

Not our ER. I went in with a dislocation and writhing in pain and they’re trying to register me (and tell me I’m wearing the wrong color mask, it needs to be white due to the security cameras). They eventually gave up and took me back, hubby did the rest for me.

It was strange and insensitive IMO. 

Edited December 11, 2022 by TurtlePower
Freaking autocorrect!!!

[TurtlePower]

23 hours ago, LilyD said:

Apparently, such rapid eye movements are linked to your brain working like crazy to retrieve memories. It is also claimed that it is a giveaway for people telling lies, though not everyone agrees with that.

I do find that theory very plausible though: if you tell too many lies, you will get caught in your own web of lies. Simply because you have to remember all lies for facts that did not happen. And then you need to reproduce those ‘facts’ at unexpected moments, making sure you do not say that contradicts previous things you said.

It does sound a lot like Kody and Robyn Brown come to think of it….

It’s also an acting technique. Next time you watch a drama, observe the actors’ eyes. Kate Winslet did it in Titanic, as one example. It drives me nuts because IRL most people don’t do that when engaged in dramatic conversation, but it’s taught to a lot of actors and they use it.

Robyn’s failed acting lessons is what I think. 

[Not Buyin It]

On 12/5/2022 at 7:38 AM, Ms.Lulu said:

Paedon has said that Kody isn't vaccinated. I'm guessing that due to patriarchy that means none of Robyn or her kids are vaccinated.

Christine has talked about being vaccinated and Janelle has mentioned members of her family being vaccinated.  Janelle's called out Garrison and Hunter specifically.

Being military, they didn't have a choice in the matter.

[altopower]

On 12/9/2022 at 12:47 PM, laurakaye said:

Kody's own hoodie attacking him was one of the most bizarre things I have ever heard on reality tv (and that's saying something because I watch some crap) and yet, I didn't even blink an eye because it was Kody saying it.

I know! Honestly, attacked by his hoodie because he drove past the house of the wife he hated/loved/hated?  But yet, the weirdness of that just floated right by because it was Kody and most of what he says makes no sense.

[altopower]

23 minutes ago, Not Buyin It said:

Christine has talked about being vaccinated and Janelle has mentioned members of her family being vaccinated.

Janelle has been vaccinated, too. I'm guessing she encouraged her kids to be as well, since she was following CDC guidelines.

[General Days]

A lot of LDS and other Mormons see chiropractors. (I don't know if you remember when Mykelti fell off a horse at Winn's ranch years ago, but she really hurt herself, and they took her to a chiropractor, not an emergency ward). And you'll recall the Brown sister wives are big fans of home birth.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with either of these things. One group of people voicing anti-vaccine sentiment (during and before Covid) were some chiropractors and other alternative medicine providers. I think that could possibly be why Kody gets that Covid is bad/dangerous, but seems not to have been vaccinated.

[Not Buyin It]

On 12/5/2022 at 7:59 PM, Kellyee said:

I watched the episode. For a supposedly happy family, Robin's house seems filled with a ton of anxiety. Aurora and Brianna were far more emotional than the situation warranted, and I'm really curious who convinced them that mom might really die when the odds of her surviving were super high. Robyn never even landed on oxygen and the girls were still in tears during an interview clearly filmed after Robyn got better. I felt bad for them because someone clearly has them all worked up.

Kody did seem to be trying with Truely. I will give him that. But he sucks otherwise. And I guess Meri wasn't invited to Halloween, despite kissing their asses for months. That should tell you something about Gabe's odds of being included.

Yeah, but as they pointed out a couple of times, she COULD have gotten worse! And they're still treating this virus like it's the Gawdawful Plague Of Doom.

[dariafan]

I wonder if areiella and sol are vaccinated with the usual vaccines ?

[Emmeline]

Yikes!  

[Cetacean]

Pass the eye bleach, please.

[Twopper]

I have a house full of relatives and cannot watch tonight and I don’t stream.  Do we not have a live chat??  
p.s. I may have had too much wine 

[Pickleinthemiddle]

1 hour ago, Twopper said:

I have a house full of relatives and cannot watch tonight and I don’t stream.  Do we not have a live chat??  
p.s. I may have had too much wine 

Where is my glass???🤣

[Twopper]

Just now, Pickleinthemiddle said:

Where is my glass???🤣

I drank it!🍷and, yes, I had too much wine. I am falling asleep but forcing myself to stay up and see it if everyone would please go to bed. 

[Pickleinthemiddle]

5 minutes ago, Twopper said:

I drank it!🍷and, yes, I had too much wine. I am falling asleep but forcing myself to stay up and see it if everyone would please go to bed. 

I'm glad I never have company stay over for that reason.  I still have a few bottles of  leftover wines in the fridge.  But I been battling a cough for over a month now and taking medicine.  So it's best I don't drink right now.  🤕

[Twopper]

10 hours ago, Pickleinthemiddle said:

I'm glad I never have company stay over for that reason.  I still have a few bottles of  leftover wines in the fridge.  But I been battling a cough for over a month now and taking medicine.  So it's best I don't drink right now.  🤕

It was just our DIL and son who brought the last items from the house we just sold. We downsized from 3200 sq feet to 1800 so it seemed full with 4 people. 🤣🤣

I finally saw the whole episode at 11:30 and used the FF button thru commercials and teasers. I really need a “slap” button on my phone when I watch these idiots. 

[magemaud]

21 hours ago, dariafan said:

I wonder if areiella and sol are vaccinated with the usual vaccines ?

I looked it up and Arizona does require lots of vaccinations for school entry unless parents can claim exemptions on religious grounds. I don't know if Kodyism qualifies. 

14 hours ago, Emmeline said:

Yikes!  

even those eyebrows look better than usual! 

[TurtlePower]

On 12/11/2022 at 9:55 PM, Emmeline said:

Yikes!  

Oh my word I didn’t realise that was Robyn at first. It looks like a 60yo lady wearing a black wig (I realise it’s a wig and not Robyn’s actual hair). 

Black hair really ages certain skin tones/complexions. She might’ve tried a specialised spray tan to make this work. 

Edited December 13, 2022 by TurtlePower

[GeeGolly]

They seemed to have put way more time and energy into their owns costumes, yet the kids seem to be wearing very plain ones. Either they were ready for a night of fantasy play (sorry) or they were going to a party. I'm guessing as soon as the cameras left K&R were off to a party and Sol and Ari sat out Halloween.

[AllyCat]

On 12/5/2022 at 10:39 AM, laurakaye said:

This one is rough.

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Season 17 – “Coronapocalypse.”  Alternate title, “Kody Brown: It’s All About Me.  Always.  And Don't You Forget It.”

Sigh…..I love to recap.  I love to write, and I love snark.  But this episode was triggering in so many ways and my ability to snark might not meet my own high expectations.  Because once again, Kody Brown has managed to stun me to the point of not even knowing what to say.

BUT – here we go.  Apologies for the length but a lot of sh!t hit a lot of fans. 

Previously on SW – Kody spouts off some misogynistic crap he learned on HeManWomanHatersClub.com.  Something about how all women are bad and there’s no love without respect, blah blah.  This is only the first 15 seconds of the show and he’s already showing his ass.  He’s only getting warmed up, folks.  Strap in.

We begin with a short Robyn segment where she wrinkles her sperm eyebrows and pretend rages that if Kody doesn’t get his crap together, he’s going to ruin every single marriage he has – hers being the unspoken exception, of course.  Whatever, lady – take several seats, we’ll see you plenty later on.

Look!  Truely is actually allowed into her dad’s house!  At least this one time, anyway!  Kody asks Truely if she brought her pajamas and she replies that she did not – she tells this strange man that her mother said it was up to her if she wanted to stay the night, and she clearly does not want to.  Kody asks her if she wants to help him “work” because he has zero idea how to interact with this child, and also probably because he knows she’ll say no and then he can whine that he tried.  Ari, meanwhile, tries to tackle Truely to the ground and has to be warned by Robyn to take it easy…this girl definitely runs that house, not that I ever doubted it.  We see an outside drone shot of Robyn’s castle, and I had to pause it a few times – this HOUSE.  Did you look in the windows?!  Every windowsill is loaded with tchotchkes, and the basement looks to be filled floor to ceiling with boxes.  When we’re treated to a brief look inside the house, there’s not one square foot that doesn’t have a mishmash of Hobby Lobby 50% clearance items taking up space.  One of her built-in living room shelves is literally crammed with enough figurines to stock a second-hand shop.  Maybe when this show finally tanks, Robyn can get a guest appearance on Hoarders. 

Next up is a LONG segment with Janelle and Kody going out to eat at Fat Olive’s, the place that gives its customers 50 sliced lemons free with appetizer.  Janelle wants to “soothe the waters” with Kody, because it’s been a rough summer.  While Kody squeezes a lemon into his water with his mask dangling stupidly from one ear, Janelle broaches the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.  Kody says that if the family gathers, he’s not going to keep quiet about the disrespect he’s gotten from certain family members, and we all know he’s talking about Gabe and Garrison.  He says that no one who harbors any animosity towards him and Robyn gets an invite to dinner unless he gets some serious groveling and apologizing from them.  Robyn’s fake-concerned face pops up and she whines that she didn’t even know that Kody was going to ask the boys to apologize to her, but that they were indeed texting her and blaming her for the fact that their dad wanted nothing to do with them for the duration of the pandemic, but it’s certainly not her fault because she loves them, and seriously – shut up, Robyn.  For real, stop.  You’re an idiot.

Basically, Kody’s warped thought process is, if the members of his family cannot defer to him as Supreme Leader, then they can take a hike, and that includes Janelle.  Janelle grows a backbone in an interview and drops a truth-bomb – per Kody, Robyn is the victimized saint and everyone has been such a big meanie to her, but Janelle says that Robyn kept herself separate from the beginning.  Back at the lemon restaurant, Kody gets all up in Janelle’s face and I physically recoil in my chair and nearly spill my wine as I reach out to slap him out of her personal space.  He Manson-eyes her and says that they have never lived like a married couple.  Janelle is all, “dude!  You were never around!  If I wanted anything done I had to do it myself and you were cool with that for 30 years – now all of a sudden, you want to claim your Lordship over your household when you’re never even here?”  Kody whines that Janelle does things without his input and she’s like, I’ve been doing that for the entirety of our marriage and now suddenly, that doesn’t work for you?  Kody starts listing the things that Janelle has done to erase his title as Headship, like visit their grown kids without him (he wouldn’t have gone anyway) and buy and RV (he never helped her look for something to rent).  Regarding the RV, he grouches about how he doesn’t want dogs and dog hair in his bed, and I’m like – sir? You don’t shed copious amounts of crunchy extensions on every pillow you lay your permed head upon?  Please.  This whole stupid and lengthy conversation comes down to brass tacks because what Kody really wants is Janelle’s allegiance regarding his divorce to Christine.  Kody interviews that he’s currently experiencing divorce heartbreak (even though he’s told us several times that he loathes everything about Christine) and he demands fealty from Janelle, which she’s not about to give.  They also both question if they want to continue going forward as a family.  For the love, Janelle needs to peace out – and if she hasn’t after what we are about to see, she can go jump headfirst into Plague Pond after a sewage flood for all I care.

Because now it’s Gabe’s turn.

But first, Kody tells us that, 20 months into the “coronapocalypse” (give me a break, drama queen – yes, the pandemic has been/is absolutely horrific.  But now that it’s hit the only few people you really care about, it’s time to turn it up to 11 and coin it the apocalypse?), it’s hit the most careful people in the entire world – Kody and Robyn Brown and their kids.  We see a stranger in a black hoodie coughing, and it takes me a second to realize it’s Robyn – without her eyebrows, I didn’t recognize her.  She’s sick – and forgive me, I have to bring this up – but not sick enough to stop filming herself being sick.  Kody moans that he doesn’t even know what day it is because he’s been so busy taking care of everyone else but you guys, he’s sick too and he has every single symptom of Covid and some that I’ve never heard of (later he tells us, no lie, that his ASS muscles hurt).  So with Kody going out of his mind with worry over Robyn, he calls Gabe, because Gabe’s had Covid.

He calls Gabe – on Gabe’s birthday.  And I KNEW this was going to be bad, but….

Gabe relates how Kody called him to ask questions about Covid.  Gabe tells us that he really wanted to remind his father that it was his birthday but also wanted to see if Kody remembered.  Shocker - Kody did not.  And then Gabe, this man-child, breaks down, sobbing.  SOBBING.  THIS is real emotion, Robyn, if you ever want to compare your pretend dry-cries to a person who is actually clearly broken.  THIS is what Kody is doing to every member of his extended family in one way or another.  I have a son near Gabe’s age and if anyone made him this despondent, they would be answering to my earth-scorching rage.  It’s SO hard to watch – this kid, once the tears start, he can’t stop them.  And while I am also tearing up watching this play out, I am silently applauding Gabe for allowing himself to be filmed during a deeply personal and vulnerable moment, because there’s probably no other way to make Kody see what he’s done to his son.  Dear Gabe – I hope you do what you need to do to heal.  I honestly hope you end up okay.  Sincerely, all of us watching.

Gabe tells us that Kody did eventually call back to wish him happy birthday because Janelle probably texted Kody to remind him, but Gabe says that phone call – in October of 2021 – was his last communication with his dad.

So let’s wrap this up with the Coronavirus-Nineteen-‘Pocalypse or whatever Kody’s calling it now. 

They all have it, except Aurora, who – upon learning that despite her dad’s extreme protoculls, it got into their mansion anyway – shuts herself in her room and doesn’t come out.  After 10 days, Kody tells us that Aurora came upstairs crying that she missed her family.  Aurora?  Why don’t you give your step-brother Gabe a call and ask him how he handles not seeing his family?  Just a thought.  Not that I blame Aurora completely – she’s been brainwashed by her parents for a decade.  Plus I’m certain that Kody pushed the doom and gloom narrative of Covid upon those kids so hard that they were probably afraid to breathe in public. 

Because now Kody’s sitting in his car outside the ER where his Queen is currently waiting to be seen by a doctor, wondering if he should check himself into the hospital and perform his own chest x-ray in order to be close to Robyn, but – in a rare and fleeting moment of clarity – realized that it might not be a good idea because other people might actually be sicker than he is.  Wow, Kody.  You think?  I mean, with your ass hurting and all, you might be the second sickest person next to Robyn, that is.  So brave.

Robyn manages to once again film herself from the ER and says that it’s a struggle to breathe (but not, apparently, to film herself).  Her tests come back normal and she’s released, and I don’t want to talk about Robyn anymore.  We see Brianne and Aurora on the couch, and Brianne looks identical to her mother as she does the patented face-scrunch, talking about how scared she was and again, I don’t blame her, as I’m sure Kody did his very best to tell Brianne that Covid likely got into their extra-protected home via her going to school.  Unfortunately we keep getting Kody’s dumb face interspersed during all of this, telling us about his brain fog, and how he didn’t even shower for three days, and how his trapezoid muscles hurt in addition to his gluteus maximus, etc.  Etc.  Etc.  Etc.  Etc………..

I swear I am going to get to the end of this recap.

In a Kody non-sequitur, he tells us how he drove past Christine’s house and had to remove his hoodie because it was choking him in his rage.  Huh?  What – you know what, never mind.  Moving on.

With the Covid disaster behind them, it’s now Halloween and Kody dresses up like King Tut and Robyn as Cleopatra so Prince Sol and Princess Ariabelliobla can trick-or treat in their very own yard.  What fun!  I wonder if Kody took any of his other kids trick-or treating?  See?  He is an involved dad!  It just depends on which kids you ask.

He sucks.

The End.

P.S. I forgot, Meri also showed up to collect her $147.85 royalty check in a self-filmed talking head.  She must have a contract that insists she appear on the show for a minimum of 5 seconds per episode.  Whatever.

At this point, I only watch this show so that I have context to understand your recaps.  Appreciate you taking the time to entertain us every week.

[gingerella]

On 12/11/2022 at 6:55 PM, Emmeline said:

Yikes!  

Cleopatriarch?

[TurtlePower]

On 12/5/2022 at 10:28 PM, heatherchandler said:

You mean a knife to the kidneys?  
 

He’s a disgusting hypocrite.  

They mentioned the FOUR DOORS to their house that they used to trick or treat.  Halloween 2021 was normal, all kids were trick or treating all around the neighborhood.  It’s sick that they refuse to let the kids be normal and trick or treat with friends.  At this point, do they have any friends?  The kids have been stuck in that house with the family for years.

Oh and Robyn’s hospital death scare??  So she goes to the hospital and takes up a bed because she had covid for a week??  Kody thinks she is dying!  Then they do the tests and all tests show she’s FINE!  And she can go home.  But she’s still heavy breathing for the camera. She’s actually insane.

I caught this too. No supplemental oxygen, she can go home, yet is panting (similar to her poorly executed dry crying). I cannot stand her. 

[65mickey]

I am not sure that Robyn even had Covid. Kody said that Brianna tested + but the rest were negative. To my knowledge he never said they took a second test and they were positive. When he proudly held up the thermometer showing his temp. was 99.8 he declared that he had Covid, "No doubt about it"   Robyn wasting away in the ER while she waited for a room ( that killed me that she assumed that they would admit her) said that her tests were normal but the doctor said that her lungs sounded like Covid and her lungs were a mess. So who knows what these idiots had. It might have been any of a number upper respiratory infections. I don't believe a word that they say until I see a positive test result with their name on it. 

[MaddyMaeboxerbabe]

And I put nothing past these two to use for a storyline and to try  to garner sympathy.   

[Gramto6]

I live in MT and it is cold as frack right now.  I don't go out any more than absolutely necessary. I imagine Flagstaff is just as cold and they just got colds/flu?? I kind of doubt Covid... if they were that sick they would have been on O2/IV's. Not buying it... 

[Absolom]

Thankfully not everyone with COVID ends up in the hospital.  Most people don't.  I could believe they may have had COVID.  My neighbors have had it for 11 days and they've just had to stay home and deal with it.

[Palomar]

 Covid was Kody's excuse to spend ALL his time with Robyn. He is a complete idiot if he bitched as much as he did about getting Covid and DIDN'T get a vaccine especially with such a big family.  He must have wanted his little cocoon with his princess and only cared about her kids by that time. We will see if his princess stays with no more TV show.  They did a pretty good job of breaking up a huge family in a small amount of time.

[TurtlePower]

14 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

I live in MT and it is cold as frack right now.  I don't go out any more than absolutely necessary. I imagine Flagstaff is just as cold and they just got colds/flu?? I kind of doubt Covid... if they were that sick they would have been on O2/IV's. Not buying it... 

it’s not nearly as cold in flagstaff. It’s still Arizona, it rarely gets below zero. In winter it often warms into the 30s and 40s, at town level anyways. I was there during snowpocalypse 2010 and there was tons of snow but it wasn’t terribly cold and went up there a lot throughout the years (taking arrestees to federal jail). I’ve also been in northern Wyoming and Montana (Yellowstone) and THAT is some real cold. By comparison, Flagstaff is tropical. 

I’m guessing they actually had covid and just exaggerated, as they typically do. 

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On 12/16/2022 at 2:49 PM, Gramto6 said:

I live in MT and it is cold as frack right now.  I don't go out any more than absolutely necessary. I imagine Flagstaff is just as cold and they just got colds/flu?? I kind of doubt Covid... if they were that sick they would have been on O2/IV's. Not buying it... 

True.  Some people don't deal with it as good as others.  As a single parent I often went to work being sick, very sick with the flu.  Didn't have any choice as there were no paid sick days.  

I will have to admit that covid wasn't that bad on me, except I was short of breath for several months after and was tired.  But while I had it, I was not to bad.  I've been worse with the flu before.

[Quof]

I've just rewatched this episode, and I call shenanigans on the entire restaurant conversation.  Keep a close eye on the table; it goes from utensils on the plates with the food finished, to Kody saying he wants to eat and digging in, to Janelle eating from a bowl, to Janelle having no bowl in front of her, to menus on the table and no food, to Kody unwrapping utensils....  How many times did they reshoot this scene? 

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I've just rewatched this episode, and I call shenanigans on the entire restaurant conversation.  Keep a close eye on the table; it goes from utensils on the plates with the food finished, to Kody saying he wants to eat and digging in, to Janelle eating from a bowl, to Janelle having no bowl in front of her, to menus on the table and no food, to Kody unwrapping utensils....  How many times did they reshoot this scene? 

I'm sure they have to reshoot parts and I'm equally sure they don't air it in order. They edit it to get the most dramatic effect.

 

[Lurk]

23 minutes ago, Quof said:

I've just rewatched this episode, and I call shenanigans on the entire restaurant conversation.  Keep a close eye on the table; it goes from utensils on the plates with the food finished, to Kody saying he wants to eat and digging in, to Janelle eating from a bowl, to Janelle having no bowl in front of her, to menus on the table and no food, to Kody unwrapping utensils....  How many times did they reshoot this scene? 

I notice inconsistencies like that all the time. Chairs close together or angled one direction during their circle jerks, then far apart angled a different direction then closer together, clothing inconsistencies.

One thing I noticed on this episode is how much of a clone one of Robyn's daughters is. Same looks, same voice and way of speaking..... eeeek!

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1 hour ago, Lurk said:

I notice inconsistencies like that all the time. Chairs close together or angled one direction during their circle jerks, then far apart angled a different direction then closer together, clothing inconsistencies.

One thing I noticed on this episode is how much of a clone one of Robyn's daughters is. Same looks, same voice and way of speaking..... eeeek!

Rewatch the Mother's Day episode.  Sobyn sounds exactly like her mother.  Little Mullet looks like Sobyn's mother, as well.