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[Aspenglow]

I’m done. The three wives are out and can support themselves. Watching the man-child and his abuse was upsetting. I couldn’t care less what happens to him or his only wife 

[Orcinus orca]

7 hours ago, Gramto6 said:

But even better, I'd like to never see them on my TV again for any reason!!!

I'd like to never see ANY of them on my TV again for any reason.  This show ceased to be of interest to me about 200 seasons ago.  Tp me there is nothing special or interesting about any of them and I refuse to subsidize their entitlement.

[ginger90]

[Absolom]

I don't know that I want to watch The War of the Roses Brown Family style. 

Maybe it's worth to see Robyn decompensate.

[Kellyee]

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You don''t.  Hopefully, TLC will pull the plug on this show and old Douchecanoe and Sobbyn will have to get REAL JOBS!!!!!

The show is cheap to produce, and the Browns were willing to take a paycut. And we know they are still filming. I'm thinking this season will get good ratings because of the drama, same as last season. They are not going to cancel the show. TLC seems to be struggling to find another another show as popular as 90 Day Fiance originally was. They even brought back another reality show that was long dead, so they're obviously desperate for content. 

I'm curious to hear what Meri's attitude is this season as she FINALLY accepts that it is over with Kody. 

Is this show still a year behind in what they are going to show us?

 

 

 

[ginger90]

1 hour ago, Kellyee said:

Is this show still a year behind in what they are going to show us?

Looks like it is picking up late 2021, where it left off.

[Natalie68]

16 hours ago, mythoughtis said:

I do think this season will be the last.   Most people are interested in seeing how/when Janelle came to the realization that she didn’t want to be married. I am interested  in seeing her tell Kody that and seeing Gabriel feel validated and supported by his Mom.  
 I’m not interested in seeing Meri realize her marriage has been over since Vegas.  Nor am I interested in seeing Meri, Robyn or Kody interact  with each other.   
I’m also not at all interested in the MyKelti and Tony hour.  

 

At this point, let's just have a Season 19 be a cage match between Kody and anyone that wants to kick him in the nuts.

[Absolom]

4 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Looks like it is picking up late 2021, where it left off.

Thanks.  I thought they were getting close to two years behind.  I hope they take some big time leaps forward this season.

[ginger90]

Riveting……..

 

Season 18 Episode 2: Thanks for Nothing - 08/27/2023

Christine and Kody struggle to keep things cordial. Then, Kody regrets the family being separated at Thanksgiving, and Paedon updates Christine on a situation between the kids and Robyn. While Aurora gets her ears pierced, Kody reveals part of his past.

[xwordfanatik]

2 hours ago, Natalie68 said:

At this point, let's just have a Season 19 be a cage match between Kody and anyone that wants to kick him in the nuts.

Now this would be worth watching.  😛

[Teafortwo]

11 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Riveting……..

 

Season 18 Episode 2: Thanks for Nothing - 08/27/2023

Christine and Kody struggle to keep things cordial. Then, Kody regrets the family being separated at Thanksgiving, and Paedon updates Christine on a situation between the kids and Robyn. While Aurora gets her ears pierced, Kody reveals part of his past.

I was about to post "sounds riveting" before I realized you wrote "riveting" above LOL

ETA and I'm here for all of it hahahaha

Edited August 12, 2023 by Teafortwo

[Celia Rubenstein]

23 hours ago, xwordfanatik said:

At this point, let's just have a Season 19 be a cage match between Kody and anyone that wants to kick him in the nuts.

I volunteer as Tribute!

[LilyD]

On 8/11/2023 at 6:11 PM, Kellyee said:

The show is cheap to produce, and the Browns were willing to take a paycut. And we know they are still filming. I'm thinking this season will get good ratings because of the drama, same as last season. They are not going to cancel the show.

I see your point and I'm afraid you're right about not cancelling. But that really leaves me wondering about future content once Christine is married and Janelle and Meri have settled somewhere.   You can't build a reality tv show around ordinary people who are living a normal life. And that's what they all have become.  You need drama or a special lifestyle.

I'm sure TLC is aware of that, so either they are working toward a close of the series or they're trying to conjure up some new drama. I also suspect that they were (and maybe still are) hoping that one of the kids will have enough reality appeal to start a spin off.  I have seen mentions of Mykelti doing so, but that leaves me with the same question: What makes her life reality tv worthy? How is the life she is currently leading any different from other young families?

[Absolom]

I don't think I can tolerate Mykelti and I know I have no tolerance left for Tony.

[Art Of Noiz]

8 hours ago, Absolom said:

I don't think I can tolerate Mykelti and I know I have no tolerance left for Tony.

I liked Tony at first. It's ok to be not cookie cutter  and Mykelti didn't  seem like she conformed. Then I watched a couple of the MykelTony Patreons. STFU Tony. She's all breastfeeding while he interrupts, corrects her. Stick a taco in it. I feel for her. She has 4 dependents now. 

[Elizzikra]

18 hours ago, LilyD said:

I see your point and I'm afraid you're right about not cancelling. But that really leaves me wondering about future content once Christine is married and Janelle and Meri have settled somewhere.   You can't build a reality tv show around ordinary people who are living a normal life. And that's what they all have become.  You need drama or a special lifestyle.

I'm sure TLC is aware of that, so either they are working toward a close of the series or they're trying to conjure up some new drama. I also suspect that they were (and maybe still are) hoping that one of the kids will have enough reality appeal to start a spin off.  I have seen mentions of Mykelti doing so, but that leaves me with the same question: What makes her life reality tv worthy? How is the life she is currently leading any different from other young families?

I don’t think this current generation of Browns will ever be ordinary people who are living a normal life. Even if they are, they will be able to gin up some sort of drama for the cameras. Having kids with Kody binds all four wives to him forever; there can always be drama around family interactions. 

I do think that every tv show has a shelf life and the Browns have long outlasted theirs but like a lot of shows, I think it will go at least one or two seasons beyond when it should have stopped. It is cheap to produce; the family is willing and TLC needs to fill air time. 

[Absolom]

29 minutes ago, Elizzikra said:

I do think that every tv show has a shelf life and the Browns have long outlasted theirs but like a lot of shows, I think it will go at least one or two seasons beyond when it should have stopped. It is cheap to produce; the family is willing and TLC needs to fill air time. 

TLC will continue as long as they have sufficient profit margin.  If they start losing money on SW, the show will be gone before we can blink.  

Unlike regular TV where the quality of the show has some bearing on decisions, most reality shows and on the cable networks particularly, it's really about the money.   

[Orcinus orca]

52 minutes ago, Elizzikra said:

I don’t think this current generation of Browns will ever be ordinary people who are living a normal life.

Except that now that the wives have fled, there isn't anything to film that can't be seen in your own neighborhood.  Their kids are all grown except one, they are just three single women with no jobs.  What's to see?  Kootie ranting about his wounded kidney can only go so far.

 

[Scarlett45]

6 minutes ago, Orcinus orca said:

Kootie ranting about his wounded kidney can only go so far.

This is golden. So funny .

[Absolom]

Crystal Ball said Mykelti said we get this coming season that starts in a few days and at least one more.  Note this is like playing the telehone game.  

[Elizzikra]

2 hours ago, Absolom said:

Crystal Ball said Mykelti said we get this coming season that starts in a few days and at least one more.  Note this is like playing the telehone game.  

Unless they are already filming a seasons to air after the one that is about to start, I don’t think that TLC commits that far in advance.

[Absolom]

They are so far behind in airing that they have to have already been filming to have continuity if they are going for another season.  

[Yeah No]

1 hour ago, Absolom said:

They are so far behind in airing that they have to have already been filming to have continuity if they are going for another season.  

If they're already almost 2 years behind they might even have 2 seasons in the can already.  For at least the past 2-3 years there's been speculation over how long the show could possibly continue and every year I say the same thing.  I think there's plenty of reality gold in them thar hills left to mine with this crew, whether they're together or not.  People will tune in just to see how everyone's going to make out now that they're all split up.  It doesn't matter if it's boring.  How many seasons of Robyn sobbing about "My Sisterwives' Closet" and the fallout from Meri's catfishing episode did they milk for all it was worth and people still tuned in?  My husband didn't even watch the show for 2 years and knew exactly what was going on like he never stopped.  And yet people still tuned in, LOL.

[ginger90]

Mykelti is probably saying that because a season with her having her sons hasn’t aired yet. They were born in November of  2022. That’s probably the season she’s referring to.

[laurakaye]

On 7/31/2023 at 8:27 AM, SunnyBeBe said:

Sometimes, after years of suppressing hurt and anger, your emotions can erupt in a way that is uncharacteristic of the person.  That happened to me one time years ago.  I wasn’t proud of it, but felt it was justified.  No one who knew me would have believed it, unless they saw it.  Even my ex was shocked, since it was like s different person emerged.

That person is lurking just under the surface for me right now....thank you, menopause.  Someone is going to leave the cap off the toothpaste and I am going to shatter windows with the force of my untapped rage someday.  Yay?

 

21 hours ago, Orcinus orca said:

Except that now that the wives have fled, there isn't anything to film that can't be seen in your own neighborhood.  Their kids are all grown except one, they are just three single women with no jobs.  What's to see?  Kootie ranting about his wounded kidney can only go so far.

Kody has lots of other organs waiting for the knife, IMO.

Count me in as a loyal viewer who will watch this trainwreck until it derails.  The irony is, of course, that I want to watch to see Kody and Robyn deal with the fallout of the plan that Robyn put in place when she joined the family...but by watching, I am putting $0.08 cents into their weekly paychecks and I don't want that either.

Also, interesting title for Season 179, Episode One: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.  To whom are we referring?  Kody raging at Meri for selfishly taking a percentage of the show's proceeds when he refuses to recognize her as a human being?  Christine to Kody and Robyn, telling them that they might want to dust off their resumes because without her, there's no show?  Janelle, who gave all her money to Kody and now needs some back for lunch?  I find the title amusing considering that Robyn's lifestyle has been funded on the backs of her sister wives.  If anything, it should be the OG 3 yelling that title phrase outside of Kody and Robyn's mansion as they gleefully TP the trees and egg their windows.

Edited August 15, 2023 by laurakaye

[Orcinus orca]

55 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

...but by watching, I am putting $0.08 cents into their weekly paychecks and I don't want that either.

I haven't watched since season one for that reason and the fact that it gives them legitimacy.  But them I abhor influencers of all kinds so that's on me.

[dariafan]

They could make an entire season of kootie saying something and then putting all the scenes of his saying or doing to opposite 

[kassa]

I would DEFINITELY sign up for Janelle and Christine watching and giving commentary on the series from episode 1 .  

 

[Joan of Argh]

 

[Auntie Freeze]

Janelle looks really pretty. The blue shirt makes her eyes pop and she just looks livelier.

[Natalie68]

2 minutes ago, Auntie Freeze said:

Janelle looks really pretty. The blue shirt makes her eyes pop and she just looks livelier.

There was also a clip I saw of her in a gray sweater.  It was also a color that made her eyes pop.  She and Christine look so much better.  Younger and happier.

[oliviabenson]

https://people.com/sister-wives-kody-brown-says-theres-no-reason-to-marry-again-after-3-divorces-exclusive-7643643

[Mahamid Frauded Me]

On this season on Sorta Sisterwives, but not really

[LilyD]

https://people.com/sister-wives-domino-effect-toppled-kody-brown-marriages-exclusive-7643529

Quote from Robyn: "No one should be married while they're going through a divorce"

Huh? Is this another great example of the infamous Brown logics? How the heck can you divorce when not married? or when I interpret it slightly differently: Remarry when still in the process of getting divorced? 

Am I the big idiot here? (Which is possible: no native speaker and it is 1.30 am here in Europe, so my brains have already gone to bed...)

[Orcinus orca]

27 minutes ago, LilyD said:

Am I the big idiot here?

No sane human can possibly begin to understand Brownspeak.  It's like hearing a dog whistle. Don't even bother to try.

[kassa]

I think I actually did understand it when she said it. I think she was saying that divorce is messy enough for monogamous people, and they process the upheaval and hostility as a newly single person. But people in plural marriage who split are STILL in marriages with other people, and those other people suffer the fallout as well.  In other words, SHE was dealing with the fallout. 

[Soapy Goddess]

6 hours ago, kassa said:

in plural marriage who split are STILL in marriages with other people, and those other people suffer the fallout as well.  In other words, SHE was dealing with the fallout. 

Boo hoo, Robyn...always the selfish one. Cry me a river.

[xwordfanatik]

Sobbyn deserves to have to listen to Kootie's rants, all by herself.

Poor widdle Sobbyn, sittin' thur on the porch, with no sister wives to lord over.  That makes a pathetic picture, eh?  😛  Good.

[dariafan]

Kootie accusing janelle of robbing him of his family.   You did that butthead   You didn’t take care of them like you were supposed to.  You didn’t visit  the relationships with your children were your responsibility. He is jealous of gabe and garrison and I feel so bad for Savannah and Truly ( scrumptious). 

[Lovecat]

On 8/11/2023 at 1:27 PM, Natalie68 said:

At this point, let's just have a Season 19 be a cage match between Kody and anyone that wants to kick him in the nuts.

Does that include viewers?  Asking for a friend.

[Ms.Lulu]

Every time I see Robyn fake crying all I hear is this:

 

 

[Kellyee]

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Sobbyn deserves to have to listen to Kootie's rants, all by herself.

I know I am mostly on my own in this, but I don't blame Robyn for this mess. It was on Kody to make sure all 4 wives got equal attention. And I don't believe for a minute that life was all great in the Brown house before Robyn came along. Janelle and Christine never got along with Meri. Christine has stated she had resentments before about how much time Kody spent with her. 

Then add on the food stamps, bankruptcies, the other time Janelle left for several years. Robyn didn't help the situation, but it was bad before she got there. I mostly blame Robyn for not protecting her own kids from the dysfunction. She should never have exposed her kids to a situation where it was clear pretty early on they weren't going to be welcomed by the other families. 

 

 

 

 

[ginger90]

12 minutes ago, Kellyee said:

And I don't believe for a minute that life was all great in the Brown house before Robyn came along.

This is how I feel also. Once the show started, with Robyn in the picture, none of them would ever receive an award for their acting, that’s for sure.

[Natalie68]

21 hours ago, Lovecat said:

Does that include viewers?  Asking for a friend.

We could solve world hunger if we opened it to viewers and charged $5!

[laurakaye]

On 8/16/2023 at 8:44 PM, kassa said:

I think I actually did understand it when she said it. I think she was saying that divorce is messy enough for monogamous people, and they process the upheaval and hostility as a newly single person. But people in plural marriage who split are STILL in marriages with other people, and those other people suffer the fallout as well.  In other words, SHE was dealing with the fallout. 

Did Robyn speak her quote about "no one should be married while going through a divorce" while crying her patented Dry Tears?™  Of course, to us stupid monogamists, this makes no sense - one cannot go through a divorce without being married.  For Robyn - as stated above - this "divorce" is probably highly inconveniencing HER.  If Kody is stomping around the house, kicking his Legos all over the place because Christine left, Janelle followed and he himself pushed Meri out the door, then he knows his teevee show is at its ending.  I'm guessing Kody's not so keen to let Robyn sleep in and do her bidding when his livelihood is unraveling by his own machinations.

We all know this season is going to be about how hard this all is on Robyn, intercut with scenes of Christine and Janelle toasting each other over margaritas, with an unrecognizable Meri occasionally popping in to shrug her shoulders and be all, "I don't know what's going on with Kody.  I don't know what's going on with anyone.  I don't know anything.  But I'm not leaving the fahm'ly!"

Note to self: stock up on popcorn, extra butter, and cheap merlot.  IT'S ALMOST TIME.

Edited August 18, 2023 by laurakaye

[Natalie68]

3 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Did Robyn speak her quote about "no one should be married while going through a divorce" while crying her patented Dry Tears?™  Of course, to us stupid monogamists, this makes no sense - one cannot go through a divorce without being married.  For Robyn - as stated above - this "divorce" is probably highly inconveniencing HER.  If Kody is stomping around the house, kicking his Legos all over the place because Christine left, Janelle followed and he himself pushed Meri out the door, then he knows his teevee show is at its ending.  I'm guessing Kody's not so keen to let Robyn sleep in and do her bidding when his livelihood is unraveling by his own machinations.

We all know this season is going to be about how hard this all is on Robyn, intercut with scenes of Christine and Janelle toasting each other over margaritas, with an unrecognizable Meri occasionally popping in to shrug her shoulders and be all, "I don't know what's going on with Kody.  I don't know what's going on with anyone.  I don't know anything.  But I'm not leaving the fahm'ly!"

Note to self: stock up on popcorn, extra butter, and cheap merlot.  IT'S ALMOST TIME.

🤞 Step on some please

[dariafan]

39 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Did Robyn speak her quote about "no one should be married while going through a divorce" while crying her patented Dry Tears?™  Of course, to us stupid monogamists, this makes no sense - one cannot go through a divorce without being married.  For Robyn - as stated above - this "divorce" is probably highly inconveniencing HER.  If Kody is stomping around the house, kicking his Legos all over the place because Christine left, Janelle followed and he himself pushed Meri out the door, then he knows his teevee show is at its ending.  I'm guessing Kody's not so keen to let Robyn sleep in and do her bidding when his livelihood is unraveling by his own machinations.

We all know this season is going to be about how hard this all is on Robyn, intercut with scenes of Christine and Janelle toasting each other over margaritas, with an unrecognizable Meri occasionally popping in to shrug her shoulders and be all, "I don't know what's going on with Kody.  I don't know what's going on with anyone.  I don't know anything.  But I'm not leaving the fahm'ly!"

Note to self: stock up on popcorn, extra butter, and cheap merlot.  IT'S ALMOST TIME.

NACHO PARTY 

[Rabbit Hutch]

As far as it goes, considering she's polygamous Robyn's comment makes sense to me, but I wouldn't want to be in a relationship where I would have to make such a comment in the first place.  

Edited August 18, 2023 by Rabbit Hutch

[juicyfruit]

On 8/16/2023 at 2:45 PM, Joan of Argh said:

 

Well, this at least clears up the timing of Christine's relationship. She announced she was starting to online date at the end of January, then a week or so later she was head over heels in love with David. But she says here that they started talking in October. She doesn't mention when they actually met in person, but at least the jump from saying she's dating to being in a relationship in a matter of less than 2 weeks doesn't seem as strange. 

It is also interesting that Janelle says she has "separated from (her) partner" when talking about Kody, while Christine straight-up loves to use the term "divorced". Perhaps psychologically it validates her "marriage" to Kody?

Anyway, nice interview. I like Janelle and Christine's relationship and how supportive they are of each other. I love that Christine said she would have supported Janelle either way, whether she had stayed with Kody or not.  But "on the inside..." glad that Janelle came to her senses. 😅

[Tuxcat]

On 8/18/2023 at 9:31 AM, Kellyee said:

I know I am mostly on my own in this, but I don't blame Robyn for this mess. It was on Kody to make sure all 4 wives got equal attention. And I don't believe for a minute that life was all great in the Brown house before Robyn came along. Janelle and Christine never got along with Meri. Christine has stated she had resentments before about how much time Kody spent with her. 

Then add on the food stamps, bankruptcies, the other time Janelle left for several years. Robyn didn't help the situation, but it was bad before she got there. I mostly blame Robyn for not protecting her own kids from the dysfunction. She should never have exposed her kids to a situation where it was clear pretty early on they weren't going to be welcomed by the other families. 

 

 

 

 

No I'm with you and I take it even further. This whole idea of "four equal romantic marriages" is ridiculous. They didn't enter into this religious polygamous arrangement expecting a fairy tale. They entered into an eternal commitment which they knew would likely be hell. Christine's mother said it was torture. All of Bonnie's sister wives left. Kody's mom and Janelle's mom described it as literal "hell."  So I don't actually blame any of them really. They all failed if you look at it from the perspective of the AUB. They made a commitment and each of them broke it. 

But through a realistic lens - none of them actually failed. They are just now re-calibrating to a more stable arrangement. It was NEVER stable before Robyn - or after. It was backstabbing,  competitive baby making, with power alliances and shifting narratives through and through. Everyone vying for a spot on the totem pole.  Favorites - check. Wives out to pasture - check. All the norm for the "principle."

Edited August 20, 2023 by Tuxcat