S02.E06: Girls Hit the Road

[bigskygirl]

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After weeks of work the treehouse is ready for a big reveal; the girls hit the road for a weekend away, but a surprise on the way leads to an unexpected detour.

 

[Sew Sumi]

On their way to the Branson Bear Lodge Cabins, they encounter a cow. 

 

The end. 

 

This will be the lowest-rated of all the episodes so far. 

Edited April 19, 2016 by Sew Sumi

[bigskygirl]

Awww... Come on now! You ruin the episode for me! Rats, rats, rats!!!

[GeeGolly]

Anyone have patience and handy with a stopwatch? I would love to know the actual minutes of non-repeated scenes. The pre & post commercial stuff not included.

We've seen the Anna/Joy clip a number of times already and I bet we'll see it a few more times during the show, before it actually is a scene. TLC does this with the Little Couple as well. I guess a benefit of DVRs is watching it later and fasting forwarding through it.

[Sew Sumi]

I can get thru an episode in about 35 minutes. 

 

I also forgot: TREEHOUSE REVEAL!!!!!1111

 

Try to control your excitement. 

[BitterApple]

Wow, another F.U. Interwebz epi! The girls take a road trip! Hmmm, I distinctly remember the time around Josh's wedding when he had to escort his sisters to Florida and then they couldn't even stay because Michelle needed her slave labor back at home. Now they're doing girls' weekends? Yeah, right.

[JoanArc]

Wow, another F.U. Interwebz epi! The girls take a road trip! Hmmm, I distinctly remember the time around Josh's wedding when he had to escort his sisters to Florida and then they couldn't even stay because Michelle needed her slave labor back at home. Now they're doing girls' weekends? Yeah, right.

You mean that time they piled in a car with their molester and the girl he was trying to hand hump? Drove hundreds of miles? Didn't warn her? Good times.

I'll say my weekly prayer for low ratings.

[Baby Button Eyes]

Notice how there was nothing in that treehouse than the all-important play kitchen! I like how the show makes it look as if the Duggar kids know the ins & outs of construction on that level. TLC, who do you think you're fooling with this crappola? I guess the children need an accountability partner just to go in there.

[pinkelephant3]

Poor jana looks so incredibly uncomfortable during the talk about what they want in a man! However she also talked about how she wants a working man so she's not stuck at home all day...umm get a job!

[cmr2014]

I know that this is all scripted, but I really hated Anna tonight. I was exhausted by her endless yammering about courtships, marriages, and more babies.

 

The dinner made me sad. These are grown women who had never eaten something as "exotic" as leeks. They have traveled all over the world, but they don't know the names of common foods.

[cereality]

What on earth is wrong with Anna? I realize she's fundie thru and thru, but really -- every time I switched away from NY election coverage to 19 kids -- it was about her waxing poetic about marriage. I mean at the spa, Jessa instigates the conversation about Josh and Anna says "it's been a hard road but a good road." Um -- what part of being cheated on was good for you?? What part of uprooting your relatively independent life in DC and moving to the girls dorm has been good for you? Her voice definitely broke as she was talking about how she and Josh have a lot of work to do, so I wasn't sure if she buys her own hype about forgiving Josh.

 

But then throughout the show -- at breakfast the 1st day and dinner the 2nd day -- she is going on and on about how she's SOO glad they're doing this trip bc with all the girls being over 18, anyone could be 6 months away from an engagement and they may not have time to do this again. And then questioning Joy about what she wants in a guy and saying how the guy better love her a LOT more than he loves himself. WTF!? Given what she has gone through -- being cheated on -- you'd think she'd be the first one telling a freaking 18 yr old, there is NO rush, do what you want, and if/when the right guy comes than deal with it but don't hinge your life on a guy. But then that would go against the fundie indoctrination.

 

I'm kind of surprised that Jana admitted in the TH with Joy that "maybe" she's sick of being asked when she'll get a guy. I'm also surprised that she was so "honest" that she doesn't want a white collar office guy, but would rather have a "hard worker" with dirt under his nails (bc you know -- anyone who works at a computer can't possibly work "hard" for their paycheck). I feel like a few yrs ago when Jinger said she wanted to live in a city, her sisters -- esp. Jill -- jumped all over her and said she'll follow the lord's will and it may be a "test" for her if she doesn't end up in the city and she'll be fine blah blah. Yet this time, it was fine for Jana to say "I hope and pray not" when Jessa said "watch you'll get an office worker." Love that Jessa tried to give "sage" marriage advice to Jana saying when she falls in love, she's not going to ask - do you have an office job?? (Though in the real world, most people do know what their man does for a living.)

 

Kind of pathetic that Jana said if a guy has an office job, you end up sitting home all day doing nothing bc you can't work by his side. Um -- get your OWN job? Start your OWN business? Don't depend on a guy to marry you, give you babies, support you, and ALSO provide you with something to do 40 hrs a week -- something beyond pushing out babies and raising them.

[bigskygirl]

Did Joy Anna say the cow got out of her cage? The butchering of the English language by Jana and Anna made me stabby. It made me what to headed to the pasture because I did good. The obsession with one of the girls ended up engaged within six months. UGH!!! The girls were so uncomfortable with each other. Big freakin' surprise. The bs of poor Anna and her sisters-in-laws giving her support, and she is a sister to us. Keep trying to sell us a big bill of sale Duggars and TLC. You have enough fertilizer to put in ten tree houses. And thank you Jessa when you said we are adults with babies. Right... In denial much sister. You and Jill are two young women with the intelligence of a teenage girl playing house with your boyfriends and baby dolls. Neither one of you have the sense God gave a goose.

[Adeejay]

I disagree with Jinger's assessment of how they've changed.  While they may have evolved, I don't believe they've changed one bit.

[MichaelaRae]

This episode was just tragic. These young women have no identities beyond who they will marry and the children they will have. Dear Susan B. Anthony: sorry. We know you expected more for us.

[GeeGolly]

Didn't fall asleep during this one. I think it was the best one yet. Anna doesn't bug me. She seems to be the only one who isn't grasping at things to say. Poor Joy, she is such a beauty, but not so much tonight. 

 

I think they need much less Ben & Derick if they want to keep this going. Ben is just, well, dim, and Derick is always trying to be funny, which he isn't.

 

What do y'all think they talk about with no cameras rolling and no Snitchy Jill around?

[drafan]

Saw the end of this.......those "Girls Night Out to a Fancy Restaurant" get-ups......the cardigans over  round-neck dresses, the brown wedge-heel sandals, the curly-twirly hair......had to LOL...it was all teacher-got-up-late wear at it's very best. Was this clubbing, Fundy-style?

 

Anna is still all hung up on courtships, marriages, babies, huh?

 

They are so incredibly boring. And I watched for about 3 minutes!

[farmgal4]

I know that this is all scripted, but I really hated Anna tonight. I was exhausted by her endless yammering about courtships, marriages, and more babies.

The dinner made me sad. These are grown women who had never eaten something as "exotic" as leeks. They have traveled all over the world, but they don't know the names of common foods.

I checked out the menu at that restaurant. I call complete bullshit on them not being able to understand the menu. Check it out and see what you think: Chateau on the Lake, Chateau Grille (restaurant name) in Branson, MO.

Did Joy Anna say the cow got out of her cage? The butchering of the English language by Jana and Anna made me stabby. It made me what to headed to the pasture because I did good. The obsession with one of the girls ended up engaged within six months. UGH!!! The girls were so uncomfortable with each other. Big freakin' surprise. The bs of poor Anna and her sisters-in-laws giving her support, and she is a sister to us. Keep trying to sell us a big bill of sale Duggars and TLC. You have enough fertilizer to put in ten tree houses. And thank you Jessa when you said we are adults with babies. Right... In denial much sister. You and Jill are two young women with the intelligence of a teenage girl playing house with your boyfriends and baby dolls. Neither one of you have the sense God gave a goose.

I'm so glad someone else caught the cow in a cage crap. I mean, really? They're from Arkansas, for Pete's sake! Damn, these people are dense af... Edited April 20, 2016 by farmgal4

[pinguina]

I liked how they talked about wearing "high heels" and getting dressed up "all fancy" for dinner out.  Plus - they really aren't used to eating at a nice restaurant are they?  It almost seemed as if they didn't know what utensils to use as they ate.

And their "spa", I'm sorry - I love my sister and sisters-in-law but I wouldn't rub their feet - I think all feet (except babies' feet) are kind of ugly.   And all of the talk (I'm looking at you, Anna) of marriage being six months of away?  What?

I did kind of like when Joy said something about Jana hearing about "meeting a guy" for years longer than she has been hearing about it AND Jana admitting (sort of) that she is kind of tired of hearing it herself.

[what]

I think Jana tried very hard not to roll her eyes several times during that pedi scene. Just watch her when Anna has her back to her. You could almost see a thought bubble saying "wtf" over her head.

[Annb67]

Oh yeah Anna fun times. Husband spends thousands on strippers and prostitutes, you realize he molested his sisters plus one. Your husband loses his job. Pretty much you and your family are disgraced and for the rest of your life when Duggar or Josh Duggar is mentioned people will give all of you the stink eye. Oh boy...fun times. Forget going to Cancun...THIS was good, fun times. WTH IS WRONG WITH YOU ANNA YOU MORON? The obsession with engagements, marriage and babies...I can't even. Yes Duggar girls you have changed....call Anna Wintour the Duggar girls are fashion icons now. GMAFB. I find it incredibly hard to believe that girls and emotionally stunted women think this is normal. Shoot me in the face..

[luvbadtv]

Poor Joy, give the girl some pants!

[RedDelicious]

Jessa holds her fork like a shovel.

[Sew Sumi]

Jessa holds her fork like a shovel.

Pigs at their troughs have better etiquette than the Duggars. 

[flyingdi]

I hate to say it but this show is so much more boring without the feral children and the crazy parents. It only gets interesting when you read between the lines. Let's all pretend we like Jill and give her a call. Let's all tease Jinger about men til she gives us her psycho axe murderer stare. Let's all smile like we know what the hell Anna is rambling on about.

Edited April 20, 2016 by flyingdi

[Lillybee]

Poor Joy, she was brave enough to say that she hates wearing dresses.

[bigskygirl]

Me thinks the comment Jana made about marrying a guy who gets his hands dirty was a dig at Derick and maybe Ben. You think she would have seen the writing on the wall while watching Ms. Jilly Cling a Giggly Ding a Long act when Derick *gasp* was working at Wal-Mart and Ben cleaning toilets for Daddy Dearest while he was courting Queen Jessa. Can these girls not survive five minutes without their husbands or future husbands by their side. Of course I do not blame her for holding out when it comes to getting married after seeing the men two of her sisters married, and lets not forget the good husband example aka Josh.

[farmgal4]

Poor Joy, she was brave enough to say that she hates wearing dresses.

Yeah, and she'll have to stay in the prayer closet for several hours for not keeping sweet.

[cmr2014]

It just occurred to me that ALL of the J'Slaves were away from the house for the weekend. Is is possible that J'chelle actually took care of her own children for two days?

[MichaelaRae]

I'm assuming this was the moment for the 2nd wave of J'Slaves - aka the Lost Girls - to step up and prove that mommy and daddy can love them by taking all of their responsibilities. 

[ChiCricket]

I wonder if the same commercials air everywhere this show is aired (probably not?)

But one on the show here in the Chicago area made me laugh, because it was for a hair STRAIGHTENING appliance, and how to get rid of your curls. Oh the irony.

[Sew Sumi]

Poor Joy, she was brave enough to say that she hates wearing dresses.

This hasn't aired on the west coast yet (mercifully), but could this statement have been interpreted to mean that she prefers SKIRTS? I can see them differentiating like that. 

Edited April 20, 2016 by Sew Sumi

[OSM Mom]

I loved the cabin they stayed in. But other than that, boring as hell.

[Sew Sumi]

Here's the current dinner menu from the fancy schmancy restaurant. It's not that difficult. 

 

http://media.chateauonthelake.com/d/ds_chateauonbranson/media/Dinner_menu_update.pdf

[Sew Sumi]

And yes, I just saw that Joy did indeed differentiate dresses (as being dressed up) vs. more casual skirts. 

[OSM Mom]

Here's the current dinner menu from the fancy schmancy restaurant. It's not that difficult.

http://media.chateauonthelake.com/d/ds_chateauonbranson/media/Dinner_menu_update.pdf

Well for the Duggars it is. Sad.

[flyingdi]

Here's the current dinner menu from the fancy schmancy restaurant. It's not that difficult. 

 

http://media.chateauonthelake.com/d/ds_chateauonbranson/media/Dinner_menu_update.pdf

Funny, I don't see any ravioli or scallopini on that menu. Unless I missed it.

[Sew Sumi]

Could be a seasonal menu. But this menu came from the place with a matching dining room, so it's definitely the right place. Joy's steak and (omitted) mushrooms are there. So is the pretzel cheesecake. 

 

eta: Scroll down to Chateau Grille. It's the same place. Those chairs are distinctive. 

 

http://www.chateauonthelake.com/dining-en.html

Edited April 20, 2016 by Sew Sumi

[Gemma Violet]

And yes, I just saw that Joy did indeed differentiate dresses (as being dressed up) vs. more casual skirts. 

 

Yes, she meant she prefers skirts/blouses to dresses.

 

When they said they were going to Branson, I assumed they'd go see a show.  Wow, the Duggars are going to see dancing and singing.  T'was not to be, of course.

[BitterApple]

It just occurred to me that ALL of the J'Slaves were away from the house for the weekend. Is is possible that J'chelle actually took care of her own children for two days?

It's doubtful. There's Grandma and the live-in tutor Tabitha Paine. The Query girls are also around to play substitute nanny when Michelle is short a J'Slave. I doubt Michelle did much more than her daily Starbucks run.

The only positive thing I have to say about this episode is that the babies are cuties.

Edited April 20, 2016 by BitterApple

[NikSac]

Here's the current dinner menu from the fancy schmancy restaurant. It's not that difficult. 

 

http://media.chateauonthelake.com/d/ds_chateauonbranson/media/Dinner_menu_update.pdf

 

Eh... I can see a bunch of words that would throw them off in there.  Chateau (name of the restaurant) for one. Charcuterie, Cappicola, Chipotle, Aioli, Bisque, Pancetta, Empanadas, Bordelaise, Andouille, even Boar.  Plus some "easier" ones like Pesto, Hummus, Pork Belly, Brie Cheese, Grits, Chutney, Quinoa, Gastrique.  Considering their recent struggle with mashed potatoes I imagine whipped potatoes threw them too. I didn't even go through the whole menu, just some of it, but for people who are used to dumping cans of crap on top of frozen crap, topped by fake cheese, I can see this menu being rather overwhelming.

 

And, I am really hungry now for the options at the restaurant.

Edited April 20, 2016 by NikSac

[Sew Sumi]

All that whining about wearing a dress, and Joy still wore an untucked shirt and skirt. 

[sometimesy]

Pfffft. now we know the Duggs are running the show. 

Looks like forums control the plotline.

 

-All the girls go away at the same time, leaving Michelle and the tutor to take care of the kids. Bahaha, yeah, we know the lost girls are older than Jana was when she got her first buddy. We know Michelle doesn't do kids. (A couple of years too late to convince me)

 

-The visits with Jill are never ending. If it isn't his mother, it's her family. If they aren't there, the Dullards were coming back to Arkansas. Holy shit, stop trying to make her part of the show. No one cares. Dangerous America has cougars and tarantulas. Oh and Zika. All we know is they do very little "Derrick come help meeeeeee, I need someone to help me show my sisters how Izzy can walk, but I can't do it alone.. Derrick waaaah." (have I mentioned how much I dislike these two?)

 

-Anna shut up. I swear if melancholy was visible Anna would be carrying around a dust-storm like pig pen. Go walk through some shit off camera. 

 

-Jessa came off as the old wise matron.. nope.. she tried to. Bin wants 15 kids so you can fill a bus, (Anna encourages her to purpose to do this, bitch). They might adopt, but then ooopsies, they might get pregnant who knows what we will need to do for ratings, err, gawds plan will be. Bin must be slipping away, we all know the cure is velcro yourself to them and babies. 

 

-Jana wants a dirty man.. she wants someone who can work for her dad. Not sneak off with prostitutes like those accountant sluts at Walmart. 

 

Dum Dum Duggars. WE know these are scripted fu internet episodes. Get acting lessons or start telling the truth. 

 

 

Eh... I can see a bunch of words that would throw them off in there.  Chateau (name of the restaurant) for one. Charcuterie, Cappicola, Chipotle, Aioli, Bisque, Pancetta, Empanadas, Bordelaise, Andouille, even Boar.  Plus some "easier" ones like Pesto, Hummus, Pork Belly, Brie Cheese, Grits, Chutney, Quinoa, Gastrique.  Considering their recent struggle with mashed potatoes I imagine whipped potatoes threw them too. I didn't even go through the whole menu, just some of it, but for people who are used to dumping cans of crap on top of frozen crap, topped by fake cheese, I can see this menu being rather overwhelming.

 

And, I am really hungry now for the options at the restaurant.

also words like: with, and, blueberry

[BitterApple]

That menu does look amazing!

The dinner scene was painful to watch. The girls had nothing to say to one another.

[Gemma Violet]

Plus some "easier" ones like Pesto, Hummus, Pork Belly, Brie Cheese, Grits,

 

 

I can't imagine the Duggars (or anyone in the South) not knowing what grits are.  I ate them almost daily growing up and still eat them now and then.  Nothing better with eggs and sausage.

Edited April 20, 2016 by Gemma Violet

[NikSac]

I can't imagine the Duggars (or anyone in the South) not knowing what grits are.  I ate them almost daily growing up and still eat them now and then.  Nothing better with eggs and sausage.

 

I love 'em too!  But we're talking about people who can't figure out mashed potatoes. Can you buy pre-cooked grits?  If so maybe they've had them. Or maybe they've heard of them all their lives but never had them due to cooking being required, but finally got to try them at this fancy restaurant.

[queenanne]

But then throughout the show -- at breakfast the 1st day and dinner the 2nd day -- she is going on and on about how she's SOO glad they're doing this trip bc with all the girls being over 18, anyone could be 6 months away from an engagement and they may not have time to do this again. And then questioning Joy about what she wants in a guy and saying how the guy better love her a LOT more than he loves himself. WTF!? Given what she has gone through -- being cheated on -- you'd think she'd be the first one telling a freaking 18 yr old, there is NO rush, do what you want, and if/when the right guy comes than deal with it but don't hinge your life on a guy. But then that would go against the fundie indoctrination.

 

I'm kind of surprised that Jana admitted in the TH with Joy that "maybe" she's sick of being asked when she'll get a guy. I'm also surprised that she was so "honest" that she doesn't want a white collar office guy, but would rather have a "hard worker" with dirt under his nails (bc you know -- anyone who works at a computer can't possibly work "hard" for their paycheck). I feel like a few yrs ago when Jinger said she wanted to live in a city, her sisters -- esp. Jill -- jumped all over her and said she'll follow the lord's will and it may be a "test" for her if she doesn't end up in the city and she'll be fine blah blah. Yet this time, it was fine for Jana to say "I hope and pray not" when Jessa said "watch you'll get an office worker." Love that Jessa tried to give "sage" marriage advice to Jana saying when she falls in love, she's not going to ask - do you have an office job?? (Though in the real world, most people do know what their man does for a living.)

 

Dunno, it seems to me like Anna is pretty tellingly learning the right takeaways, the takeaways that eagle eyed posters here spotted with 3 exchanges, max - Anna had this advice for Joy, because Anna knows she's the one who is more committed to Josh than he is to her.  She knows she's the supplicant and he's the bestower of affection in the relationship.

 

I keep thinking at Jinger, "Don't give up on Lawson so quickly.  he's generous with his family and you might be able to talk him to moving the home business closer to Nashville."  Of course, she can't receive my mental telepathy so it all goes for naught, lol.

[Lillybee]

Can we take up a collection to send Joy some jeans and yoga pants?

[farmgal4]

I love 'em too! But we're talking about people who can't figure out mashed potatoes. Can you buy pre-cooked grits? If so maybe they've had them. Or maybe they've heard of them all their lives but never had them due to cooking being required, but finally got to try them at

No, they don't sell pre-cooked grits, but they DO sell quick-cook grits. All you do is either pour boiling water on them for a couple minutes or pour tap water on them and stick them in the microwave for a couple minutes. Every Cracker Barrel in America serves grits, and I know these numbskulls have eaten at Cracker Barrel. I don't believe for one damn minute they've never eaten grits.

Edited April 20, 2016 by farmgal4

[sleekandchic]

Eh... I can see a bunch of words that would throw them off in there. Chateau (name of the restaurant) for one. Charcuterie, Cappicola, Chipotle, Aioli, Bisque, Pancetta, Empanadas, Bordelaise, Andouille, even Boar. Plus some "easier" ones like Pesto, Hummus, Pork Belly, Brie Cheese, Grits, Chutney, Quinoa, Gastrique. Considering their recent struggle with mashed potatoes I imagine whipped potatoes threw them too. I didn't even go through the whole menu, just some of it, but for people who are used to dumping cans of crap on top of frozen crap, topped by fake cheese, I can see this menu being rather overwhelming.

And, I am really hungry now for the options at the restaurant.

also words like: with, and, blueberry

Lol. Yes, I agree that with the exception of grits, everything NikSac transcribed from that menu is too exotic, French, Italian, Spanish and mysterious for the Duggars.

And sometimesy's post makes her point through humor that just about anything and everything are foreign to the Duggars.

Didn't I read that one of the brides, either Jill or Jessa, had a Paris honeymoon? I'm gonna take a wild guess and say the newlyweds stuck with McDonald's and other safe American fare.

Reading about the Duggars' trip and eating out, their inability to have real conversations or to enjoy a great restaurant, is sad but not surprising. We are actually seeing the manifestation of the Gothard repression and isolation and, above all else, its indoctrination of fear against The Others in the world.

Life is just plain scary outside the compound. That's why Jill, for example, freaks when Derick leaves her home alone. It's a terrible feeling to be scared of your own shadow. For every one Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt survivor, cults burden thousands of others with lifetime chains.

Think of Scrooge's partner Marley, condemned to wearing his chains and anchors as he haunts the earth for eternity. Imo, that's a decent analogy for what the senior Duggars have passed on to their children.

And the fact that the parents are greenlighting their daughters' exposure like this, after a lifetime of locking them away, is just so appalling. It's all about keeping the tv show on-air.

Edited April 20, 2016 by sleekandchic

[kokapetl]

Well ... the babies seemed happy.

The incessant girl talk was just awkward, plus Jessa aaaaand Anna way oversold it. Jessa grinning while she rubbed Anna's feet was really strange, and wtf did she raise the Josh issue for? Joy looked like she cried at the fancy dinner.

That seemed like a lot of glazing for a playhouse.