S19.E11: The Eleventh Hour

[Mod-Tranquilizer]

Kody sobs after helping Meri move away from Flagstaff, leaving Meri confused about why he has pushed her away for so many years; David and Christine gather their kids to announce their engagement and Janelle meets David.

[TexasTiffany]

Meri finally packs up her stuff and is ready to move. I don't understand why she asked Kody to help. Get some self-esteem and tell Kody to go shuck himself. While loading the truck, Kody and Meri are laughing and being playful. After I threw up, they show Kody being emotional and crying about Meri leaving. Don't even with that crap, Kody. Yet, Meri says she is confused.

[General Days]

I think the production has asked/told Kody he has to do some scenes with Meri. And I think Nathan and Jenn are just being good sports and trying to help their friends.

[Gramto6]

Nathan is Meri's brother in law so it makes sense for him to help her and Jenn is her bestie so she makes sense too. Kody is probably there because production wanted him there just to see what would happen. My guess is Meri would have asked one of the boys or even hired someone rather than have Kody there.  I doubt it was her first choice.

[altopower]

Lots of crying - Kody bawling like a baby over his favorite ex-wife, the same one he ignored and belittled for years. And of course, Robyn, as usual. I wouldn't recognize her without the crinkled face and sobs. Will she rilly miss Meri? Of course not, or she would have had more contact with her before Meri skipped town. 

[Andyourlittledog2]

Kody, the reason you don't understand Robyn's 'heartbreak of extreme proportions' over Meri leaving is because it's fake.  The only thing Robyn is upset about is that the pawns that she cast in her little psychodrama of a life are leaving and she is stuck being monogamous with you. The fake tears over Meri leaving are just because Meri won't act her part any more. The granny rocking chairs of polygamy are going to be empty. And she can't stand that.

I know Christine is over the top giddy all the time about her new man and life but I give her a pass. I joined a cult when I was fifteen and married a man I loved who didn't love me and let me know it constantly the twenty years we were together. When I finally got the courage to just quit it was quite freeing and I totally get her excitement and happiness at starting all over with a man who seems to really love her. She is happy and she is showing it and she doesn't give a damn who has a problem with it.  Good for her.

Also, it's not her decision to rub our faces in it - production decides what to include while editing the footage. Christine doesn't control what and how much we see.

[Auntie Freeze]

Robyn is such an energy suck. I wonder if she brings a cold draught wherever she goes.

[Shelbie]

My reaction to Robyn’s never ending fake crying is laughter. She must really believe that viewers will ultimately be on her side if she scrunches up her face and pretends to be deeply upset. The original wives are all doing new things with their lives and Robyn is stuck with Kody pontificating all the time. 

[MsMalin]

Did I interpret it correctly? Did Kodi get a boner when Meri backed into him?

Please spare me the tears Kody. You are so full of shit. I just "cant" with him.

 

Edited November 25 by MsMalin

[sassi214]

Robyn is one of the most brazen manipulators I've ever seen. She really has the audacity. 

First of all, the B can't even help her "best friend" move?? She comes over with a baby gift? I love how Meri didn't want to open it and indulge her but Robyn grabbed it out of her hands and opened her gift for her. WTF. And she goes on to explain that it's a journal to write down Meri's dreams and goals. Dude. STFU

And then she just LEAVES! Then sets up a closeup crying shot in her car. I cannot with this lady. 

Kody is only sad that he can't say he is a polygamous with four wives anymore. I've been doing a rewatch and he LOVED to say it. More than he loved being one. It was so transparent. But now he gets to play the divorced victim I guess. Three wives left me booo-hoooo for me! In reality he left them. 

I continue to have no problems with Christine's giddiness and joy. She is 50yo and NEVER had any of these moments. And she always wanted them and now she is getting her dream. Not everyone gets that. I love that she is embracing it and enjoying it to the fullest. And she gets to do all of the things, the engagement, the announcement, the dress shopping, all of the planning. I find it a bit boring to watch, but I know how exciting it is when you're in it. I don't begrudge her at all. 

Paedon was being a bit of a shit but I guess that's him. I love the Christine doesn't let it get to her. 

When Kody was holding Meri and blubbering (or trying to squeeze the tears out for the camera), how cringe and AWKWARD. Why didn't Nathan and Jenn leave the room?? Like take a hint guys. It was hilarious when the camera panned over. 

The previews for the rest of the season look pretty interesting. The fact that we're still almost two years back is insane though. This episode Christine said they are getting married in October, so that puts this episode in March 2023. YIKES.

GET ON WITH IT!

[ginger90]

4 minutes ago, sassi214 said:

so that puts this episode in March 2023.

It was April 21st during the move.

[65mickey]

I continue to fast forward through the David and Christine show. Totally agree with Meri that Kody and Janelle are not being 100% truthful about the family money. Kody may have decided where and when money was spent but Janelle knew who was taking money out of the account and how often Kody was making withdrawals and how much he was spending. She acts like she was in the dark about the money. The entire family should have had monthly or quarterly meetings to go over the account and see where they stood. 

[sassi214]

10 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

It was April 21st during the move.

Still.

I don't understand production's need to drag it out like this. We get so many things repeated over and over as filler. We don't need filler, we need to catch up to be more realistically aligned with a current timeline!

[CerealKiller813]

Oh shit, was that actual tears coming from Sobbyn? I still call bullshit. Her and Kody are fake and I'm happy Meri is getting away from the drama. Although girl, moving companies are a thing!! Use them!!! 

 

I'm fine with Christine and her happiness. Live your life girl! Get giddy, smile for days, do your thing!

[Granny58]

Holy Hannah!  The accidental bump into Kody.  Settle down people.  It was an accident and meant absolutely nothing.  It had zero to do with breaking his covenant with Robyn.  While I do appreciate their heartfelt laughter, such a change from Meri's fake, emotion-hiding laughs, they really played it up for all it was worth.  

Oh, another thing....I LOVED how dead eyed Meri was to Robyn who was trying to make Meri feel the sad.  Meri has finally woken up and is done with her, and frankly Kody who she also dead eyed.  

1 hour ago, sassi214 said:

I continue to have no problems with Christine's giddiness and joy. She is 50yo and NEVER had any of these moments. And she always wanted them and now she is getting her dream. Not everyone gets that. I love that she is embracing it and enjoying it to the fullest. And she gets to do all of the things, the engagement, the announcement, the dress shopping, all of the planning. I find it a bit boring to watch, but I know how exciting it is when you're in it. I don't begrudge her at all. 

I don't begrudge her her joy either.  A little tired of hearing how quick it was.  

[suzeecat]

Holy Hell,what TAF was that?!?!?!  Kody SOBBING and hanging onto Meri for dear life.  The awkwardness was palpable, and I so very much wanted Jenn to yell out in support of Meri saying "You stupid A-hole, you demean and ignore this woman for frickin' YEARS and when she finally wakes up and does something about it, NOW you have regerts?!?!?  FU KODY!!"  But actually, Jenn being the genuine friend, knew that Meri would not have wanted the drama.

[smarty]

Was that Robyn flying off the ATV in the preview?  

[General Days]

Sorry for the glare, but this is the "stank face" Meri gave Robyn (which Robyn fully earned) that I referenced in the Live Chat thread, last night. I tried to get a screenshot from TLC, but when you pause the player, the screen gets darker, and it was worse than the glare shot from my TV.

Context: As she was leaving, Robyn told Meri, "I really want you to find happiness." After Meri replied, "I'm happy," this is how her face settled.

It's going to be so healthy for Meri to get away from the Dark Cloud and her manservant. 

[Dibs]

Don't be "confused," Meri, and don't delude yourself.  Kody is mouring the loss of his polygamous "one big family" dream, which he doesn't even want anymore.  It doesn't mean that he now wants YOU.  Kody has had four years to take acting classes from Sobbin'.  If he'd asked her to crawl back at that moment, which he never would, I bet she would have!

As for Christine, ENOUGH ALREADY.  Yeah, you're happy; yeah, he's "real"; yeah, it's fast.  What's going on in 13-year-old Truly's life; does she even know or care as self-absorbed, giddy, and horny as she is?  This all feels like a big FU to Kody from a vengeful, spiteful ex as well as a case of arrested development finally getting to be "Princess for a Day."  It's all Christine, all the time.  David feels incidental.

 

Edited November 25 by Dibs

[General Days]

8 hours ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:

I know Christine is over the top giddy all the time about her new man and life but I give her a pass. I joined a cult when I was fifteen and married a man I loved who didn't love me and let me know it constantly the twenty years we were together. When I finally got the courage to just quit it was quite freeing and I totally get her excitement and happiness at starting all over with a man who seems to really love her. She is happy and she is showing it and she doesn't give a damn who has a problem with it.  Good for her.

Also, it's not her decision to rub our faces in it - production decides what to include while editing the footage. Christine doesn't control what and how much we see.

Even though I've expressed annoyance at Christine's David David David stuff, you're absolutely right. This is production's fault. I worry that they married too early, but I do get that they're both mature, and have been married before, so it's not impossible that they just know they've each found what they want in the other.

I want Christine to be happy. I want Christine, Janelle, Meri, and all of the kids to be happy.

 

2 hours ago, MsMalin said:

Did I interpret it correctly? Did Kodi get a boner when Meri backed into him?

Please spare me the tears Kody. You are so full of shit. I just "cant" with him.

 

 

I don't think they were implying that. I think it was awkward, and just as Meri described, she bumped into Kody, but then Nathan kind of pushed the bike to trap her against him. And she said on top of it, she had to pee, so laughing so hard, plus having the bike pressed so firmly against her abdomen made that even worse.

Kody just made a whole big stinking deal about it in his couch interview, and was ridiculous as usual.

 

2 hours ago, sassi214 said:

First of all, the B can't even help her "best friend" move?? She comes over with a baby gift? I love how Meri didn't want to open it and indulge her but Robyn grabbed it out of her hands and opened her gift for her. WTF. And she goes on to explain that it's a journal to write down Meri's dreams and goals. Dude. STFU

 

 

I'm not clear what you mean by "baby gift."

 

59 minutes ago, Granny58 said:

Oh, another thing....I LOVED how dead eyed Meri was to Robyn who was trying to make Meri feel the sad.  Meri has finally woken up and is done with her, and frankly Kody who she also dead eyed.  

 

Amen.

[smarty]

16 minutes ago, General Days said:

 

I'm not clear what you mean by "baby gift."

 

I think she was referring to how it was in a gift bag with pink tissue paper sticking out so it looked like a baby shower gift.

[JoannKBC]

I thought Paedon's theatrical exaggerated reaction to the engagement video was hilarious. He was just pointing out the ridiculousness that Christine would think this was a surprise she was springing on them. They've moved in together. They have told everyone that they have been looking at wedding venues and they're getting married. "We're engaged!" is not the shock you think it is, Christine. 

[Auntie Freeze]

Plus she'd told Ysabel in advance who likely told at least one of her sibs to help process it.

[Dibs]

You can blame production for Christine's exhibitionism, but the TV show is nothing compared to all the "look at me" on her social media.  Grow up, for Pete's sake.

[mythoughtis]

I agree that Paedon was just giving his Mom the reaction she was looking for.  He even said so to the camera.   You don’t spring a proposal video on everyone unless you want that reaction. 
 

I am sure the Kody helping Meri move was production’s handiwork.  It was nice to see Meri laughing though.  Kody was attention seeking as normal.   Sacred to Robyn … yet he was just asking Janelle to reconcile.   My guess is he thought Robyn would scream at him for being in physical contact with Meri when she saw the scene in the episode. 
Not even going to comment on Robyn’s scenes
I do not understand Kody’s emotional outburst in Utah at the B&B.  He hasn’t wanted anything to do with Meri in a decade.  

Interesting to see the NC land purchase was in process Spring 2023. 

[Dibs]

Again, it wasn't about Meri.  It was about his dream crumbling.  Kody has suffered a narcissistic injury.  Meri, nor any of the wives (looking at you, Christine), should take his angst to mean that he's pining after them.

Edited November 25 by Dibs

[goofygirl]

3 hours ago, smarty said:

Was that Robyn flying off the ATV in the preview?  

Fingers crossed!!  That might  give her SOMETHING to actually cry about!

Edited November 25 by goofygirl

[Denize]

5 hours ago, Shelbie said:

My reaction to Robyn’s never ending fake crying is laughter. 

Me too. That last scene with her "blubbering" in the car was particularly laughable because real blubbering involves lots of tears and mucus in addition to the ugly-crying face. 

[EastCoast4Life]

I thought it was so telling that Kody, the bro in law, and Meri are all having a great time, but here comes Sobbyn to ruin the mood. They were having fun moving, and MOVING is the worst, and yet here they were joking around, laughing and smiling. Robyn rolls up in a very nice new SUV, and mood is ruined. Then Meri doesn't open the "goodbye gift" right away, and Robyn has to tear into it like a toddler on Christmas. I did laugh at Kody, "Oh hey, Goodbye" as she left, and then it was more smiling and laughing. I have a feeling Robyn sucks the air out of any room she enters. 

The big "this is the end of an era" sob fest as bro in law and Jenn look on? I mean wow. 

[Shelbie]

I think the real cause of Robyn’s crying in the car was massive frustration that Meri wasn’t responding how Robyn expected her to. Robyn wanted Meri to be upset at leaving and begging to be invited back to spend special days with them if Robyn allowed it. Instead Robyn rolled up to everyone laughing and joking around.

Meri seemed to be in a great frame of mind about going to Utah and her shirt said it all.

[Natalie68]

13 hours ago, altopower said:

Lots of crying - Kody bawling like a baby over his favorite ex-wife, the same one he ignored and belittled for years. And of course, Robyn, as usual. I wouldn't recognize her without the crinkled face and sobs. Will she rilly miss Meri? Of course not, or she would have had more contact with her before Meri skipped town. 

WTF did she give Meri!? It looked like some lame glue gun craft she had *Alibabba make. 

*combining 2 of my Mormon shows, not making fun of the child

6 hours ago, MsMalin said:

Did I interpret it correctly? Did Kodi get a boner when Meri backed into him?

Please spare me the tears Kody. You are so full of shit. I just "cant" with him.

 

That is what I got from it. Ew.

4 hours ago, smarty said:

Was that Robyn flying off the ATV in the preview?  

🤞

[nosedive]

43 minutes ago, Denize said:

 in addition to the ugly-crying face. 

She nailed that part. 

[EastCoast4Life]

14 minutes ago, nosedive said:

She nailed that part. 

I think her entire persona is crying (sometimes without tears) and her eyebrows. Oh, and her banana curls. 

[Granny58]

2 hours ago, Dibs said:

You can blame production for Christine's exhibitionism, but the TV show is nothing compared to all the "look at me" on her social media.  Grow up, for Pete's sake.

Was unaware as I don't even know where to look for her social media.  Interesting!

 

2 hours ago, mythoughtis said:

 It was nice to see Meri laughing though.

REALLY laughing, instead of just "building walls."  Although I gotta say, she said last night that she keeps her emotions to herself and, living in this nightmare, I can see why.  Everything would be used as ammunition for manipulation. 

31 minutes ago, Shelbie said:

I think the real cause of Robyn’s crying in the car was massive frustration that Meri wasn’t responding how Robyn expected her to.

We need an emoji that expressed "oh glory be YES!!!"

[precious pupp]

I saw RILL TEARS on Robyn in the car scene.  She had to have been peeling onions out there to produce them.

Phony crying from she and Kody.  Meri didn't look like she was buying any of their bullshit.  Finally!

[sassi214]

4 hours ago, smarty said:

I think she was referring to how it was in a gift bag with pink tissue paper sticking out so it looked like a baby shower gift.

Yes this is what I meant! LOL

It was weird, unhelpful and inappropriate to bring a gift over like that during filming and during Meri you know, trying to MOVE house. 

Like way to continue to be useless Robyn. 🙄

 

[islandgal140]

9 hours ago, Auntie Freeze said:

Robyn is such an energy suck. I wonder if she brings a cold draught wherever she goes.

I loved that Meri basically gray rocked Robyn and therefore Robyn was unable to feed. 

Of course, miss sleep until noon, was too distraught to come over and help and only showed up to bring her dark cloud of gloominess. 

I am sure Meri is going to miss Robyn never calling her, doing things with her or inviting her over. LOL!

WTF is Kody mad over Janelle allegedly telling Christine that he wasn't attracted to her? Didn't he tell that to Christine's face before she moved all his crap out to the garage. Didn't he frigging write it in a book they released over a decade ago?!?! How is that new news?!?! I swear this man almost has me questioning my sanity and it sucks that the show never calls him on this shit. Same goes for allowing Robyn to counter Christine, rightly, calling Robyn a manipulator re: Meri. 

Sweet fancy Moses, that was the ugliest "gift" ever.  That looked like it was made by Iola Lucille Boylen (Mama's Family) on shrooms. 

I love when we get details about the money. Call me crazy, but I always thought that Janelle handled the finances too. Didn't she coin herself the family's accountant?

As ditsy, as she may seem, Christine made out the best by washing her hands of Coyote Pass and taking her equity from the house sale. 

Trailer for the rest of the season looks interesting. 

Edited November 25 by islandgal140

[candall]

5 hours ago, Dibs said:

You can blame production for Christine's exhibitionism, but the TV show is nothing compared to all the "look at me" on her social media.  Grow up, for Pete's sake.

I don't do Facebook, so I don't understand why you want to follow her if her happiness and pride are annoying to you?

###

 

 

For me, the funniest moment of this whole shebang was when the camera slo-ow-ly rolled away from Kody sobbing out his misplaced remorse to Meri and focused on Jen and bro-in-law burning laser beam eye-holes in the floor and the back wall of the house, respectively.

 

 

Edited November 25 by candall

[Granny58]

13 minutes ago, islandgal140 said:

I loved that Meri basically gray rocked Robyn and therefore Robyn was unable to feed. 

❤️❤️❤️

14 minutes ago, islandgal140 said:

Same goes for allowing Robyn to counter Christine, rightly, calling Robyn a manipulator re: Meri. 

Thank you for mentioning this.  I was trying to remember what was said last night, because I KNOW I said "MERI WAS MANIPULATED INTO A LEGAL DIVORCE!!!"  It has to be regarding this.  

16 minutes ago, islandgal140 said:

I love when we get details about the money. Call me crazy, but I always thought that Janelle handled the finances too. Didn't she coin herself the family's accountant?

I don't put 2 and 2 together usually, just take it as it comes and roll my eyes.  But an earlier poster on this thread stated Janelle is also responsible for this mess because she at least kept track of who got what...and I hadn't thought of that!! So even if she wasn't the one to dole it out, she knew what was happening.  

[candall]

11 minutes ago, islandgal140 said:

I ...l

I love when we get details about the money.    ...

As ditsy, as she may seem, Christine made out the best by washing her hands of Coyote Pass and taking her equity from the house sale. 

... 

 

Yes!

Much as I believe Janelle loves Christine, it must burn just a little that Christine slipped the leash so easily and ended up with the proceeds from her Flagstaff house. 

 

Janelle has been trying to maximize her Coyote Pass stake for years.  She lived in an RV, emptying a chem toilet and toting in water cans.  She lived in one generic rental unit apartment after another while the other wives were in big houses.  She got soil samples and drew up plans to make her section profitable with greenhouses and whatnot.

 

And now Kody's stringing her along like a catnip mouse.  "I might need to lawyer up."  GET THE DAMN LAWYER!!!  Does she have some thought in her head that Kody is eventually going to partition the land fairly and equitably of his own free will?  Once she moves away, she doesn't have much hope of seeing a dime come back to her from Coyote Pass.

 

I think she visited Meri, after such a long silence between them, because she realized she and Meri have a mutual interest in getting their money out of Coyote Pass and they could present a united front.

But I guess Meri is prepared to wait another ten years hoping for a crumb from Kody.

[MamaMax]

I rilly rilly hope meri threw that hideous “diary” away before it even made it to the moving van. 

[OldWiseOne]

11 hours ago, 65mickey said:

I continue to fast forward through the David and Christine show. Totally agree with Meri that Kody and Janelle are not being 100% truthful about the family money. Kody may have decided where and when money was spent but Janelle knew who was taking money out of the account and how often Kody was making withdrawals and how much he was spending. She acts like she was in the dark about the money. The entire family should have had monthly or quarterly meetings to go over the account and see where they stood. 

I think there's a big difference between acting as the family's bookkeeper and making the decisions about how money was spent. At the end of the day, Kody had the final say and I doubt there was much Janelle could do about it.

8 hours ago, Dibs said:

As for Christine, ENOUGH ALREADY.  Yeah, you're happy; yeah, he's "real"; yeah, it's fast.  What's going on in 13-year-old Truly's life; does she even know or care as self-absorbed, giddy, and horny as she is?  This all feels like a big FU to Kody from a vengeful, spiteful ex as well as a case of arrested development finally getting to be "Princess for a Day."  It's all Christine, all the time.  David feels incidental.

Maybe Truely doesn't want her life on TV, and at 13 I think she is old enough to make that decision.

 

[SemiCharmedLife]

9 hours ago, EastCoast4Life said:

I think her entire persona is crying (sometimes without tears) and her eyebrows. Oh, and her banana curls. 

Hence her nickname, Sobbin Crybrows.

[Kellyee]

I was happy to see that Christine is sensitive enough to Ysabel's feelings that she told her about the engagement ahead of time in private and didn't spring it on her at the party. 

I'm also glad to see Meri getting away from Flagstaff. As others have said, I think a lot of these interactions between the wives and also between wives and Kody are forced by TLC at this point. Janelle would have just called Meri and not gone to see her in person if they didn't need to film it. 

At least we saw Robyn walking around someplace besides her own yard and off her couch, but her crying was once again horribly fake. According to Meri, Robyn barely saw her when she lived close by, and didn't see her at all during Covid. I'm curious about why Meri didn't see her sister and bro-in-law during Covid and doesn't appear to be spend holidays with them. Are they only close while filming?

I can't care about Kody, no matter how hard I might (not) want to try. He made his own bed and he can lie in it. 

[LilyD]

12 hours ago, candall said:

Much as I believe Janelle loves Christine, it must burn just a little that Christine slipped the leash so easily and ended up with the proceeds from her Flagstaff house. 

Janelle has been trying to maximize her Coyote Pass stake for years.  She lived in an RV, emptying a chem toilet and toting in water cans.  She lived in one generic rental unit apartment after another while the other wives were in big houses.  She got soil samples and drew up plans to make her section profitable with greenhouses and whatnot.

And now Kody's stringing her along like a catnip mouse.  "I might need to lawyer up."  GET THE DAMN LAWYER!!!  Does she have some thought in her head that Kody is eventually going to partition the land fairly and equitably of his own free will?  Once she moves away, she doesn't have much hope of seeing a dime come back to her from Coyote Pass.

I think she visited Meri, after such a long silence between them, because she realized she and Meri have a mutual interest in getting their money out of Coyote Pass and they could present a united front.

But I guess Meri is prepared to wait another ten years hoping for a crumb from Kody.

Wishing Janelle all the best. I. really hope she’s going to make wiser financial decisions without Super Mario dumping all her money down the Brown drain.
However, her recent, rather vague business venture about a possible flower farm on a (former?) logging site, doesn’t give me much hope.

Also, if she hasn’t realised by now that Kody is not to be trusted with money, then she’ll never learn.

[Orcinus orca]

11 hours ago, OldWiseOne said:

Maybe Truely doesn't want her life on TV, and at 13 I think she is old enough to make that decision.

Unlike the older ones, I bet her famewhore parents won't give her any choice.  Gotta bring in those viewers at all costs.

[ginger90]

15 hours ago, candall said:

Much as I believe Janelle loves Christine, it must burn just a little that Christine slipped the leash so easily and ended up with the proceeds from her Flagstaff house.

Janelle was the one who gave Christine advice about that. It’s ironic, but that’s how shit happens sometimes, it’s easier to give someone else good advice.

[Shauna]

19 hours ago, Natalie68 said:

WTF did she give Meri!? It looked like some lame glue gun craft she had *Alibabba make. 

*combining 2 of my Mormon shows, not making fun of the child

That is what I got from it. Ew.

🤞

Me, too.  Did anyone happen to notice how quickly Kody pushed her away from him?  Super awkward.  Meri seems happy, but I think it came across as forced.  

[laurakaye]

19 hours ago, Denize said:

Me too. That last scene with her "blubbering" in the car was particularly laughable because real blubbering involves lots of tears and mucus in addition to the ugly-crying face. 

I fully believe Robyn practices her cryface in the mirror for hours until she can scrunch up her face but still look "pretty" doing it.  She has the technique down but for the life of her, actual liquid will still not descend from her barren tear-ducts.  She's ALMOST there.  

I listen to a podcast where the host calls Robyn's theatrics "CAB" - crying adjacent behavior.  I laugh every time.  

18 hours ago, precious pupp said:

I saw RILL TEARS on Robyn in the car scene.  She had to have been peeling onions out there to produce them.

Those tears were probably real for the first time.  Robyn has finally realized that the last cash cow plot point doormat wife is exiting stage right, and without the titular Sister Wives, there can be no more show.  Robyn was probably crying wondering how she's going to keep her eyebrows on while standing over the french-fry machine at McDonald's.

 

16 hours ago, candall said:

For me, the funniest moment of this whole shebang was when the camera slo-ow-ly rolled away from Kody sobbing out his misplaced remorse to Meri and focused on Jen and bro-in-law burning laser beam eye-holes in the floor and the back wall of the house, respectively.

Give that cameraman a raise for capturing this not once, but multiple times over the course of Kody's sobfest.  That was brilliant.  And to be truthful, I was totally Jen when I was watching Robyn stand there with Meri to hand her that gift, only to have Robyn open it herself.  I was cringe-laughing so hard, but I need to applaud Meri for refusing to open the gift with Robyn standing there in front of her, desperate for Meri to do just that so Robyn could explain what that piece of crap even was and how Meri was supposed to use it.

I took up junk journaling during lockdown.  The journal that Robyn gave Meri looked like someone else had already applied the - well, the "junk" to it.  I would also bet a pair of LLR leggings that Robyn decorated the inside of the journal herself with notes to Meri, like "Hold on with me!"  "Kody said your name two months ago so I think there's still hope!"  "Please come back, I can't do Kody all by myself!!!!!"

Also, did you guys know Christine was getting married and it's all very fast?  You're welcome. 

[mythoughtis]

48 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Janelle was the one who gave Christine advice about that. It’s ironic, but that’s how shit happens sometimes, it’s easier to give someone else good advice.

Janelle spent time around people who had gotten divorced.  She knew what to tell Christine.  However- I do not think that she was considering leaving Kody herself at the time of that conversation.  She was still all-in with her money to the family.  I think thoughts of  leaving Kody  began when she watched the TH where Gabe cried.  Which she saw at some point later than it was filmed. She probably got feedback on that from the  rest of the  OG13. She  then saw Christine leave and got the result of Kody’s reaction to her supporting Christine.  Then she left - too late to protect herself financially. 

Edited November 26 by mythoughtis