It's OFFICIAL!! But will Janelle tweet her reqrets just before the show begins, like last week? Guess we'll find out later tonight! The West Coasters are waiting for ya, Janelle!!!
Brand new episodes of #SisterWives tonight @TLC 8/9c. West Coast we want u to feel the ❤️ so we'll be tweeting along with you. See u then!— Janelle Brown (@JanelleBrown117) May 15, 2016
UPDATE !!!
Looks like the Browns were No Shows once again...Many thanks to TLC Executive Producer Amy Doyle for filling in with background info tweets, at least for the East Coast feed.
Thanks 4 the comments everyone! We may not make it home after all 4 episode. Pre-wedding festivities ! 20 days away! pic.twitter.com/qujBIS8o94— Janelle Brown (@JanelleBrown117) May 16, 2016
It's L I V E T W E E T P A R T Y T I M E !!!!
Will Kody continue to perfect his almost perfect Neanderthal Man look?
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| Kody: Duh...Say Whut??? |
Will Meri finally start fighting back?
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| Meri: Hey, I was married to Kody for over 20 years. I've got skills! |
Prepare yourself for MORE Kody BLOVIATING!!
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| Kody looking positively giddy over the baby in Robyn's belly.... |
While Robyn attempts to show the world that modest may be hottest, but her naked belly BELONGS on national cable TV, dammit!!
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| Robyn: Hey, I'm just giving the public what they want! |
Will Robyn actually tweet tonight?
Tweets by @LuvgvsUwngs
Tweets by @MeriBrown1
Tweets by @JanelleBrown117
Tweets by @realkodybrown
Tweets by @rosecolored6
Mr. Amused was checking the DVR for recordings he had scheduled.
ReplyDeleteSisterWives popped up as one of mine.
The info description of it begins with "An "unscripted" series......!!!
What totally utter Hogwash !!!
He laughed as hard as I did since he always leaves the room if it is on.
Now THAT is funny!!
DeleteI am disappointed that Mykelti is not going to stay in college. I get it, college isn't right for everyone. I guess it's good to be honest about it rather than going through with it for years and years. I hope Mykelti finds herself and figures out the best path for her life.
ReplyDeleteOh my word....and what's up with the tweet from TLC that Aspyn has moved in with Robyn?
DeleteYes, she has moved in with her. And Christine was complaining about it, saying that it will be hard for her to know that Aspyn will go to Robyn for advice and things instead of her. Let's manufacture even more reasons to get upset and cry, ladies. Honestly!
DeleteI haven't seen this episode yet - but, if Meri's so isolated, why wouldn't Aspyn move in her McMansion?
DeleteI'm thinking Aspyn moving in with Robyn is all a plot line...fake fake fake. But geez, can Robyn just raise her freakin kids and keep house by herself? Why for the love of God does she need people to move in with her? And she's still having kids!!
DeleteOh and one more thing like someone else said, why not move in with lonely Meri? I'd be interested to know the real reason why.
DeleteIf she really did move in with Robyn, which I don't believe, she moved in to be with her Dad. Maybe she has some fantasy view about her dad giving a crap about her?
DeleteI just read an interesting tweet about choosing Robyn and not Meri to live with that said something about it being a way to isolate Meri from the family, like as a punishment to her for her affair.
DeleteI didn't watch the episode, but it sounds like something they would make up for the show as opposed to reality. However, if true, excluding Meri also sounds like something this family would do.
Aspyn says that she doesn't want to move back to Christine's house, because she doesn't want to "mother" the children. Meanwhile, Robyn has the most and youngest children now.
DeleteYou'd think that Aspyn would move in with a sorority sister...
Eh. Robyn probably offered, which is something I can't see Meri doing. Robyn really doesn't have the room, but she could use the help with her little kids. How many bedrooms to these things have again? Is it five including the downstairs den or six? Sol and Areola (haha) are going to share and I suppose A and B could share a room, too.
DeleteRe: Mykelti and school...I'm not surprised. It sounds like she's just running away from complication ("school is hard") rather than making a reasoned plan for the future (Isn't St. George the place they rescued Robyn from?). She'll have a job, but I don't think she'll have much fun. Watch her come back to Vegas and resume college at a JC while she shops for a man.
Re: the Aspyn major convo from the other day, I'm wondering if she picked her initial major simply because the subject interested her, not because she ever intended to become a teacher. I think Aspyn is kind of an undercover MRS candidate if you catch my drift - she never intended to teach and the student teaching requirement caught her off guard.
The natural answer would be for Aspen to move in with isolated, lonely Meri. Not Robyn!
DeleteBut I can totally see Meri being punished and driven out of the family.
I can also see Aspen not wanting to be surrogate mother to Christine's kids. I mean these kids jump ship the second they turn 18 to get away from the hoard.
I also can see Kody and Robyn being too cheap to pay for Nanny anymore and Aspen would be free daycare for Robyn busy schedule. (Lmao)
I also can see Meri being mean to all the other mothers and not being liked by any of the kids.
So many or all of these scenarios sounding true because Robyn did not seem happy at all. No welcome at all to Aspen, very hesitant and Mykelti ask Brianna to help move Aspen's stuff to her new room. Robyn says nothing.
Wow Robyn, nice warm welcome to help Aspen feel wanted.
I see no reason for Aspyn to move in with Robyn, none. I bet it's a ploy for the show. If she really did move in with Robyn, I think it is because either Christine or Kody asked her to in order to spy on Robyn/keep an eye on what she's doing. It makes no sense. Meri has zero kids living with her now and Jangle is down to 3 at home....
DeleteI also don't get how Aspyn wouldn't realize about student teaching, that's one of the biggest parts of the teaching program. I bet she didn't have the GPA to do it or couldn't pass the tests for get the clearance to student teach and it changing her story.
Oh good god.......don't know how long I can stomach watching this live.........SUCH drivel !!
ReplyDeleteMykelti is moving.....packing *another* van, Kody spouting his usual BS of being a concerned dad at every opportunity (of course) . Yawn !!
Christine.........really !!! Sobbin walks up the driveway wit the King Sol and you run screeching "the Baby" as you run and rub Sobbin's belly......!!?? You had SIX of your own......wth !!
Kody turns to Sobbin on the couch chat and says "How's the pregnancy going???!!!
Like he doesn't know.....but it gives madonna a chance to sigh and whine.......Uhhh !!
Back to Meri's a health crisis retrospect.......!! Doctor called her back in for an appt.
Damn they are really scrapping the barrel........!!
Fibroid tumor....a small one..!!! No big deal..Jjust another 6 minutes of BS.
Quite obvious that between Christine new giddy meds and Kody's mandate at the sand pile in Texas, Christine KNOWS she had better fawn over Sobbin.
DeleteDidn't they already diagnose Meri's medical condition two or so seasons ago? Also, how many seasons must include a plotline about her uterus (the unborn spirit babies, fertility treatments...)?
DeleteShe says that she lost all the weight during the catfish timeframe. As many speculated here, she was probably doing it intentionally for "Sam."
And a "small" benign fibroid usually would have nothing to do with abruptly losing a large amount of weight.
DeleteAbsolutely...she was getting buff and sexy for Sham.
Calling big bullsh*t on her tale of being a private person and not telling anyone and going "alone" to the doctor's last year.
Not telling anyone?? Going alone??? What ???
You had several talking head spots with the production crew and had a camera crew filming you leaving your house and in the Gyno's office.
Does a "private person" do that???
Riddle me this:
DeleteMeri went to the doctor complaining about sudden weight loss, nausea, no appetite, etc.
Meri's sister had colon cancer and as Meri explained, she is concerned especially when it is time for her routine screening tests for it. OK, I buy that part; it's logical and very natural to feel that way.
I thought she was going to the doctor to get the results of a colonoscopy, but nooooo. Meri got the results of an ultrasound of her uterus which confirmed a fibroid (a very, very small one).
Does Meri know that colon cancer and uterine cancer affect different organs in the body? Does she think the ultrasound she had was a screening for colon cancer? I know she had a baby and should understand female anatomy and it sounded like she'd had a colonoscopy sometime in the past, but I'm not convinced she knows what she was screened for, why, and how it related - or didn't relate - to the symptoms she was complaining about last summer.
And, not to be mean, but it looks like whatever was ailing her (nerves, indecision, excitement, infatuation, etc), most likely stress, is gone and the weight she was so worried about losing, has been regained.
Another mystery is why would the doctor call her in months later to confirm AGAIN what the results were?? The "good news" results were already revealed last season.
DeleteAre they that desperate to redirect focus for Meri??
And how did they convince that doctor to play along??
And how did they convince that doctor to play along??
DeleteMoney and a good long camera shot of her "body wrap" business sign and the lab coat she was wearing with the business name embroidered on it. And, yes, I think they're desperate for storyline material. If they have to dredge up old footage from years ago to fill an episode I don't think they have anything fresh going on.
TLC has an obvious gift for finding healthcare "professionals" who will negotiate price and PR perks. Ditto for mental health professionals, pseudo venture capitalists, personal trainers, dressmakers, etc, etc.
DeleteOh you had to remind me of another waste of time episode . The dress maker.Which reminds me of the San Francisco dress debacle which reminds me of Kendra .I have no good associations with that show.
DeleteMeri could go back to school if she is feeling lonely, or join a church, or volunteer, or join the YMCA...lots of places to meet people and make friends.
ReplyDeleteOr let Aspyn move in with her. (Still figuring out the many, many angles angles on that one.)
DeleteMeri has options she chooses not to explore - at least that we know.
It's just not the same. She wanted that millionaire Knight in shining armor to be legit...but it turned out he was a catfish instead....
DeleteI think Meri knew there was a percentage cat fish wasn't real. I think it was the thrill of trying to make Kody a bit jealous and getting some public flirty attention. We were made to know and be known. Meri clearly needs that kind of attention but got in way over her head. She still has value and worth and is vivacious and friendly. She can find a "real" man any day!
DeleteGetting a JOB would be a high priority one would think, especially since it seems like the gravy train is going to end sooner than we thought.
DeleteMeri isn't that attractive plus her snobby attitude- who would want to get involve with her. She was Kody's first brood mare and now that Wifey No. 4 and Kody are procreating I see her jealousy. Meri is a nasty ass woman who brought wife no.4 into the home so that she would have someone else to back her up when things go wrong, or when they could both be nasty to the other wives. From the getgo Sobbyn had her sites on becoming the new legal Mrs.Kody Brown but Meri and the other women were to stupid to see Sobbyn taking over. I noticed Sobbyn has put on some pounds. It won't be long for the Kodester to start looking for No. 5 if sobbyn keeps packing on the pounds. Kody also made a comment as to why he would not remarry Meri which was bullshit. I think the most beautiful of the four ladies is Janelle. She has a sensuality that the others don't have. I often wonder if her weight is kept on to keep Kody away from her and from abusing her. I can hear Meri and Sobbyn gossiping about Janelles weight. Christine is pretty and perky. She's another victim of Kody, Meri and now Sobbyn. As for Meri her nastiness shows on her face and in her actions. She was pretty when she was younger but as she ages you can see her nastiness, hate and jealousy for Janelle and Christine. She treats them like they are nothing. Sobbyn is easily manipulated by Meri or was. As for Kody he is so in love with himself that he doesn't have time for others, he only has time for the camera. I wish CHristine and Janelle would jump ship and tell Kody Meri and Sobbyn to kiss their arses. Kody should be in jail and Robyn needs a reality wake-up call.
DeleteI agree with the comments elsewhere in this thread about Janelle's weight and seemingly significant weight gain. That's why her common tweets about her work-outs (= sanity) are ridiculous, especially since she's totally fallen off any diet. I think her mouth only moved to eat chicken fingers the entire time her daughter Maddie talked about her engagement and wedding in last week's episode.
DeleteWhen I totally suspend my disbelief and can muster sympathy for her, my hope is that in these counseling sessions with Meri and therapist-to-the-polygamist-stars Nancy, Janelle has the breakthrough that her obesity and lethargy are due to a lifetime of misery in unsuccessful polygamy and monogamy and it compels her to take real action. Meri should have been dead to her decades ago, and, as "the smart one," she should have realized how inept a leader Kody is for the situation to fester, possibly for all of eternity (and for bypassing her as the new legal wife).
Well - my moment of sympathy lasted as long as that paragraph, and I remembered whom I am writing about. Jangle has accepted her dysfunctional dynamic with Meri for more than half her life. Her wanting to work on their relationship now is just to pile on Meri when she's already down (perhaps deservingly) with the catfish scandal. Even in her moments of sympathy for Meri, which Meri thanked her for, Jangle was pretty harsh, basically classifying Meri as her neighbor the lonely shut-in and noting Meri's lack of initiative in finding ways to spend her time.
That was flat-out beautiful, Grifter Lives. Spot. On.
DeleteJanelle does have a sensuality about her. I've never been quite able to put my finger on it, but that's it! She is definitely beautiful. I feel the weight is a mechanism to keep Kody away. She said she grew up never discussing problems, but the weight issues may stem from childhood trauma and a learned behavior of accepting abuse (any kind) as a coping mechanism.
DeleteChristine is fun flirty and fabulous! (lol) she seems like the life of the party but is unfortunately submissive to a fault, although she does have a passive aggressive rebellious streak.
Meri has a youthful flirty-ness about her.
Robyn is young enough to manipulate
Cousin Mindy: If Meri can bring in another wife so can Robyn. Especially if Meri is leaving! She is also a blood relative which is a bonus.
I think it's very telling so many of the children are attracted to the military. Children need structure the Browns were unable to provide it.
ReplyDeleteStructure and financial support for their higher education (at least Hunter. Sounds like Garrison didn't necessarily see college in his future). How did these grounded kids come from this pack of scammers and losers?
DeleteKody's pearl clutching over a child actually being called to active duty was laughable.
Yes, Robyn, you need to be quiet. Because Garrison is Janelle and Kody's child who, by the way, is almost an adult.
DeleteIt is his choice, one that seems to be in character and an extension of aspirations demonstrated by his ROTC commitments.
They were thrilled about Hunter's going to the academy prep, but they're so unsupportive of Garrison's decision, even though he has been in ROTC (as Anon 6:02 pointed out). Janelle - his own mother - has already written off the chance of his rising to an officer.
DeleteKody often tweets very conservative, pro-gun or pro-military tweets. Robyn says that her own brother was deployed. They're such hypocrites.
Maybe Janelle should have chosen a different name for the son...
"Maybe Janelle should have chosen a different name for the son..."
DeleteGrifter Lives, such a clever comment! Thanks for the laugh :-)
Can Robyn be any more irritating? Gee, I wonder why Garrison openly can't stand you. I think it's great the boys are doing something to get them out of the cult de sac and don't need to be bankrolled by their parents, which is probably what their parents don't like.
DeleteLake Titicaca
ReplyDeleteOn the border of Peru and Bolivia ---Kody mentions this Lake in the "I'm going to pawn this heavy gold watch Robyn gave me to get a TV for Christine at the Pawn Shop where Mykelti is working" segment.
DeleteHAHAHAHA
DeleteWhy another TWO hour epp ???
ReplyDeleteIt's viewer Torture...!!!
I know. Nothing is happening right now. Why do we have to sit here and watch Jangle talk about meeting Kody AGAIN...
DeleteThe 2 hour episode is just TLC programming BS. The re-runs of this episode are listed as 2 separate 1 hour episodes. Why they aired it initially for a solid 2 hours is silly, IMO.
DeleteWonder if any of the Brown girls will go into the military---maybe they should think about it.
ReplyDeleteI thought Garrison was going into the National Guard when he graduates.
DeleteOops, I didn't see you were talking about thegirls!
DeleteRemember - Mariah wanted to go to the Naval Academy. But, Kody talked her down in one of the very first episodes, saying that a plyg kid would never get a recommendation from a senator...
DeleteIt would be funny if one of Robyn's girls did, since she's so against it and all. Her kids need to get away the most IMO so I kind of hope they do.
DeleteRobyn....says she has to bite her tounge about Janelles boys joining the military bc she doesn't like it. Um, does she know SHE came in to their family with her kids and sucked up their resources! i can't take it anymore lol! She is so self centered.
ReplyDeleteRobyn is probably one of the biggest reasons the Brown kids want to leave so badly, well Janelle's kids in particular. Garrison doesn't even pretend to like Robyn.
DeleteThey're probably all sick of living the plural marriage lifestyle but keep going to for the show. I notice Christine credits herself for sort of saving the group due to the feud between Janelle and Meri. I'm sure Robyn believes she herself is the new martyr and saint of the family. Without the show I honestly believe Kody and Robyn would be married and alone...also without the show I'm sure they wouldn't have needed Robyn's storyline. Double edged sword.
DeleteI'm sorry but I'm beginning to think Aspyn is a true airhead. I get what she's trying to say but Mykelti won't learn more at the pawnshop than school. I know she probably means by just life experiences outside of school, but that was not the best way to say it. Mykelti will be in St George, UT. Not far from her roots, surrounded by Mormons and even polygamists and a long way from the outside world.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if she's moved there to find herself a MAN?
DeleteI agree. If Mykelti wanted to experience life and work, she would have more opportunities in Las Vegas and not continue at UNLV.
DeleteMaybe she has to work off a family loan for MSWC at the pawn shop, or she's going into plural marriage, or a marriage to a quasi-relative (a la Maddie), since she's going to Robyn's hometown.
Oh my goodness "Grifter" what a observation. Putting Kody's mismanagement of MSWC money grab loan from pawn shop together with payback being fulfilled by Mykelti being a indentured servant to loan/hock shop. Good one!!!
DeleteWow........a LOT of revisionist cya going on here as we hear new and contradictory details of the Kody/meri/ jangle story !!
ReplyDeleteSmall example.......Jangle says SHE worked while Christine AND Meri were home with the kids??.
I didn't read the book, but my understanding was that Janelle worked, Christine took care of the kids, and Meri ran around with Kody. Maybe she is referring to him as one of the kids. It would be one of the most honest things she has said, ever.
DeleteAmused, according to their book, that's pretty much what happened. Janelle was the breadwinner while Christine stayed home taking care of the kids. Meri had a few part time jobs, but she was off work, more than she was 'on' and as Christina said, Meri took off with Kody.
DeleteWell, obviously it worked for all since Jangle-Janelle has always said she preferred working to being home with her kids.
DeleteMeri's alleged "job" details have always been vague, more like suggesting it was an at-will volunteer position.
While working in a pawn shop instead of continuing in school doesn't seem like such a great idea, at least the Brown children are out out working, or going to school, or joining the military --- something the Duggar children are NOT doing in any way.
ReplyDeleteAmen. Whether they finish on time or not at least we know the Brown kids can go to any type of college, join the real military, marry a person of their own choosing, live where and with whom they like and work at any job they like. All without a go fund me charity registered with the IRS. They can even wear what they like once they hit graduate high school/turn 18.
DeleteChristine says they need Mindy and her Mom as babysitters because the wives "all work the same hours now." They do???? Just where is Christine working?
ReplyDeleteSitting on a couch talking to cameras for TLC?
DeleteIt is interesting to me how the Brown's tweeted numerous fundraisers for fans to attend . They tell where Mykelti works but want the kids safety and privacy? Who is putting them at risk? The parents who sell them on T.V.
ReplyDeleteMY, MY.talk about blow-back for the Living Room chatter about last season..........
ReplyDeleteSo far Christine has been featured in a majority of the plots...with Kody
And Kody has hugged her as she squealed, held hands as they walked out of a room.......it is hysterical !!
And so transparently contrived and scripted !!!
Sorry TLC..no cigar !!
Noticed that too. I actually thought she might be the "go-to" wife for a second...then I remembered Robyn.
DeleteBut Kody seems to embrace Christine reluctantly - not lovingly or willingly. In a couch session between just Kody and Christine, she makes a joke about Robin, and tries to get Kody to give her a high five, but instead leaves her high and dry, with her hand in the air.
DeleteThe juxtaposition between Mariah demanding to attend the most expensive college and Mykelti leaving the fashion world to work at a PAWN SHOP in the middle of nowhere! Seriously that's warped.
ReplyDeleteI'm not watching, but I'm reading the live tweets. It seems that the vast majority of tweeters are hate watching. There have only been a couple of tweets about either loving the family, or telling the hate watchers to just turn the channel. They may have finally burned too many bridges with their fans.
ReplyDeleteI'm a former fan. The divorce really did it for me.
DeleteI feel like a hypocrite, since I was one who thought Maddie leaving college to follow a guy was pretty dumb. But Mykelti pretty much affirmed for me that getting some life experience - solo - may be a good thing for her right now. It's better than wasting tuition money when she really doesn't have a plan. She can always go back if/when she has a clearer picture of what and why.
ReplyDeleteNow, we may have our opinions about working in a pawn shop in St. George, Utah. Meh. It's not a
lifetime commitment . It could be a quirky little adventure. It could confirm that college is what she really wants. It could be a next step on a completely different path. She's young.
Ready for Kody and Meri to have a Matt and Amy Rolloff-style dragged out divorce promo teaser. This will be the only way the show can go on. Sigh. Will they/won't they. I can see Meri saying "I want my independence. This is my new life" ...slow burn to a shocking finale where Kody and Robyn never return from their next babymoon in Hawaii. Just wait and see.
ReplyDeleteThe way this episode was edited and listening to their talking-heads felt like they were wrapping up the series - that this will be their last season.
DeleteThey're showing the older kids maturing and settling into jobs and military, apartments or moving back home. They're spending tons of time showing Meri and Janelle working on their years long conflicts.
IDK, the episode just had a 'beginning of the end' kind of feel to it, like they are giving viewers closure on all of the storylines. I'll have to wait and see if my feeling ends up being true. I wonder if the Browns have been told...
If it is their last season, which it is looking like it might be, I wonder how long until Kody starts living with Robyn full time, Meri high-tails it back to Utah, Christine totally melts down, while Jangle starts eating her peanut butter Fritos again while keeping oblivious?
DeleteOnce the money is officially gone, any bets on which wives will still be with Kody? I think only Christine and Jangle will be left.
You guys might be on to something, would explain the lack of live tweeting by the cast and these strange 2 hour episodes where hardly anything happens. Maybe this is the final fulfillment in a TLC contract?
DeleteI don't want it to end. I remain optimistic/ disappointed. I really think every other plyg family is boring!
DeleteShallow snark alert..........
ReplyDeleteVery obvious that TLC didn't spring for any make-up/ hair services for the Meri-Jangle therapy session.
But Meri could have at least washed her hair.....yikes !!!
And back to the Christine statement about their "work" hours........a big HUH ??? on that one !!
Meri works..??? Maybe at polishing her cellphone.
Christine.....who. what...where ??
Jangle........don't believe that either.
Sobbin.....is pregnancy a job??
So they finally mentioned on the show that Jangle was married to Meri's brother! I know it was in their book , but I'm pretty sure its never been stated on the show before.
ReplyDeleteAnd from the story they wove, and in between what they "said" and didn't say, it sounds like Jangle-Janelle was eager to pursuing alone time with Kody-boy behind Meri's back which ultimately led to Kody announcing that Jangle was to be his full-time alternative bed-mate.
DeleteAlso loved how Jangle-Janelle gave herself absolution by faking self deprecation saying she was naive and under-informed back in the day.
BS !!!! Naive about what?
She stated that she wanted to marry Kody and so she went about making it happen.
Meri says that she knew Jangle, but they were not close friends in the first talking head. The very next talking head is Jangle, saying that she married Meri's brother, but qualifies that it was a short marriage, "only 11 months," and she kept close with the family.
DeleteNext, Meri says that she was never close to Jangle, but hoped that they'd become so. At that point in the narrative, Meri and Kody are living in Jangle's house. This is the epitome of their grifting. Well, actually, it's when Kody and Meri convince Jangle to put their names on the title and use her inheritance.
Yes living in a teepee in your yard is very close.
DeleteJanelle looks huge. She really needs to choose the tops she wears more carefully.
ReplyDeleteJanelle, Meri, the 3 daughters in the couch interview and even Mindy all look huge, and Kody's Centennial sweatshirt is getting awfully snug.
DeleteJanelle ("the smart one") says "her's and I's," as well.
ReplyDeleteDid Janelle just blow off live tweeting again? Did she just say that they were too busy with wedding plans? Are they kidding? Do you think that they are avoiding the throngs of loving fans? Oh wait. . . I mean the angry truth-telling monogamists.
ReplyDeleteYep, she sure did. Here's what I think: The Browns have been told this is the last season for Sister Wives. In true polygamist/grifter fashion, they have grabbed that last TLC check and decided why bother to show up anymore.
DeleteBut on a side note, I don't think they can stand the heat anymore. Their lawsuit is a bust, many of their fans were alienated with the whole divorce meri/marry robyn plotline that basically backfired big time as it became apparent Kody's decision to restructure was based on pressure from Robyn (marry me and I'll have more kids kind of pressure). And now with Meri falling for an online predator, that just goes to show being a plural wife ain't all it's cracked up to be...at least with the Browns.
Thank goodness the TLC exec producer of Sister Wives was on hand to do tweet duty...kind of like a manager having to fill in because her employee was a no show...AGAIN!!
Ha! Looks like Meri and Janelle are live tweeting now...but alas, the fans have gone to watch another show. Just chalk this off as yet another missed opportunity.
DeleteMeri mat be because she knows she has blown it for the family with outing her failed marriage with Kody, and Janelle becuse she knows without the show money they are in trouble big time and someone will have to go back to work. They won't have to engage the "heat" by tweeting so late..you nailed it cynical they have blown every opportunity with half assed effort from day one.
DeleteI think you are right that this is probably going to be the last season and the Browns know it. It would explain why they're okay with so many of the kids giving up on college and the lack of tweeting. Any word on the ratings? There doesn't seem to be much interest in this season at all.
DeleteI know I forgot to record it last night for the first time and really don't care. It's becoming too much of a chore to watch. I do love this blog though, think the Browns should thank you CJ for giving them an extra season or two, I know I thank you for the entertainment!
The timeframe of this episode seems disjointed:
ReplyDeleteMykelti quits college and moves to St. George - you'd think that she'd do that at the end of a semester (May or December).
Yet, Meri and Jangle go shopping for Thanksgiving decorations and Garrison's sworn in "right after the ISIS attacks in Paris," according to Mariah, which would be in mid-November. Also, Robyn's 7 months pregnant, which would also be about November.
I'll have too check but I think Mykelti left school in September 2015.
DeleteYep, she tweeted about loving her new job at the Pawnshop on August 25th, 2016, so she didn't go back for fall semester. Funny thing, wasn't she a senior? I believe I remember her tweeting about being a senior in college.
DeleteOops, that was 2015.
DeleteA few observations..,(snark)
ReplyDeleteMeri doesn't have to remove her sausage packed blazer to get blood pressure taken.
Christine new word this season..."I dent tah tea"
She said it over an over about the catfish being all the identities that Meri was speaking to online.
In past seasons it was ..." Fan naaaa men naaaL" I guess my drinking game expands to include that as a que to pound a shot. Lol
Janelle is back to being bigger, ok as long as she is not on her blog, giving advise to others about diet and exercise.
Sick of Meri science of slow talking, monotone, orange face vague references to her doom and gloom lifestyle. Possible cancer victim , confirmed catfish victim, cast out into darkness victim, whatever.
She just keep crying wolf about dying of some cancer or stomach issue. Reprehensible when these health issues are real in many people's lives. How manipulated can these producers be?
All the weight she has been losing doesn't seem to show from behind.
That was " How manipulative can these producers be? Or maybe I did have it right the first time. Since the Browns are master manipulators of the truth.
DeleteAgree !!
DeleteBetween Meri's halting, annoying way of reciting her lines.....
Kody's self-important, eyes darting, verbose explanations of the obvious.......
Christine laughing at strange times, like a kid wanting attention .....
Sobbin with her pained looks and expressions...and...too many words ala Kody...
FF on the remote gets a workout when any of them are speaking.
"Since the Browns are master manipulators of the truth."
Delete@Lisasumms- I agree, and that is why they love the old phrase "tell your truth". Your truth, my truth, whatever you want the truth to be. Make it up!
Watched for a few minutes and it's painfully obvious that the Browns don't even want to be on tv. They just want the paycheck . Of course TLC is having everyone's favorite daughter Aspyn move in with the most hated wife. They're trying to paint Robyn as a loving open sister wife . Not the greedy, selfish person she is . It's going to take more that that to make Robyn likable . And Aspyn says she doesn't want to "mother" the kids anymore so she moves in to the house with the youngest kids and a new baby . Makes perfect sense!!!
ReplyDeleteGood point, Piper7, that house needs the most mothering since Kody stays there the most.
DeleteIt totally doesn't make sense (cents) from a financial aid perspective either if Aspyn is still in college. Living the majority of her time at Robyn's: household income (Sobbin and Krudy's) plus no others in college in the household = less need-based FA. Watch! They'll read this and pile all of the college-attending kids in one home with one parent to maximize getting more money - yet again - from the government!
DeleteI think they moved Aspyn "a fan favorite" in with Robyn "a not so fan favorite" to bring some likability to Robyn. Just an observation.
DeleteHa !! Milo, I think you nailed it !!
DeleteAnd bets are that Aspyn lasts about 3 weeks tops in Sobbin's World.
Aspyn was like a mother to her siblings, which led her to pursue a degree in teaching, until that pesky student teaching requirement blindsided her in senior year. Her choices were all based on her love of children.
DeleteNow, Aspyn is moving into Robyn's house, where there are children, and, I guess, she plans to turn off all her feelings and education and never visit her biological relatives next door, so that she can live with her newest mother, which makes her own mother openly insecure. This has to be "Keep Sweet" immersion bootcamp, or 2nd-string nanny, as Mindy runs off to be Kody's 5th wife in some type of Electra complex to buy another season.
Is Mindy being rolled out as the 5th wife"...first time we have ever saw or heard her speak. WTH she just told us she was raised in the lifestyle and is open to join a "strong" family.
ReplyDeleteI wonder....especially now since it seems like this might be their last season. Think they're willing to go the fifth wife route just to keep the money rolling in? They also probably realize Meri is on her way out.
DeleteAnd what a coincidental stroke of Win-WIn for Mykelti to get a job that includes an apartment to live solo....and the owner and landlord gets to have his "Family Pawn" business prominently displayed on TV. People in St. George can just come on down to the pawn shop and meet a real live Kodyworld daughter. Amazing !! Such a stoke of destiny and luck for everyone, huh ?!
ReplyDeleteVery reminiscent of when Magic Mona, Vegas realtor specializing in getting new construction, grouped McMansions for displaced Plygs, had the brilliant and "timely" idea to employ Jangle and Christine in her local Realtor office. Had that worked out, folks could have flocked to the office in hopes of not only seeing the two stars, but maybe on the off chance of even bumping into the harem master himself. Everyone would win.
Still wonder why Mykelti would bail on her senior year, but then again, she was filmed saying "how hard college was." Maybe she just wasn't cutting it..?
Still wonder why Mykelti would bail on her senior year, but then again, she was filmed saying "how hard college was." Maybe she just wasn't cutting it..?
ReplyDeleteI think not cutting it was the reason she and Aspyn? quit college with Aspyn giving the excuse she didn't want to student teach. There's no way in the world she didn't know about student teaching - no way at A.L.L.
But Aspyn is the president of the UNLV Panhellenic council. It would be hard for her to drop out. Not setting a good example if you know what I mean.
DeleteAspyn is still going to school. She just changed majors because she didn't want to student teach.
DeleteI haven't watched the show yet but after reading all the comments this far, I think it's obvious that the kids dropping out of college, going to the military, etc is because the Browns know this is the last season and have pulled the plug on college money. I think the kids are scrambling trying to figure out what they are going to do about it, soul searching, just trying to sort their lives out.
DeleteIt's funny when you think of it. Of Janelle's kids, Logan is in school (I presume?), Maddy dropped out to get married, Hunter and Garrison are in the/going to the military. Of Christine's kids, Aspyn is still in school, Mykelti dropped out. Mariah is in school. So each original mom has one kid in post-secondary. Coincidence?
DeleteMykelti was a freshman this past year, not a senior.
DeleteI think Logan is still in? But yes no way they would foot the bill for multiple kids in college. Did madison say she would never return to school?
DeleteMykelti was a freshman this past year, not a senior.
DeleteActually Mykelti graduated from a junior college program for high school age students. I'm pretty sure she entered UNLV as a junior and she was there for an academic year. So yes, technically she would be a senior if she had returned to UNLV.
So each original mom has one kid in post-secondary. Coincidence?
DeleteSomething tells me they can't afford tuition/fees for all of the college kids any longer. And yes, I think Mykelti is working off her parent's debt to the pawnbroker. I mean, really, who in their right mind would borrow money (for MSWC no less) from a pawnbroker?
Either they don't think things through, or are surprised at the impending cancellation. And of course Kody wouldn't want anything interfering with his lifestyle or "retirement" so those student loans he was so dead set against? They're going to be necessary if his kids want to attend post-secondary. Not that there's anything wrong with that of course. But typical of these grifters to spend spend spend, probably make promises to the kids, then not plan ahead for the inevitable. Reminds me of the McMansions all over again, and how underwhelmed the kids were when the parents announced they were building them. They know the score.
DeleteOops, I stand corrected, CJ. I guess I was thinking freshman because that was her first year at UNLV. It's sad to think that she may have felt she had to quit to pay off the family's debt.
DeleteCJ, remember the episode where everyone was discussing college? Well I think I remember the new "Mrs. Brown" groaning about college and that not all the kids would need to go? If you could confirm this. Maybe all the college plans have changed due to her manipulation of the village idiot. I mean since her reign she seems to be pulling everyone's chain. (Sorry no pun intended)
DeleteJanelle and Meri talked about Meri being encouraged to want to mend their relationship - well that encouragement to reach out, at least initially, was coming from SAM. There were a number of mentions of this in their texts back and forth.
ReplyDeleteKody retweeting about individualism being more important that collectivism is rich. He is in a Cult.Remember the Honor the family(meaning the Cult) and I will love you.
ReplyDeleteDoubly hilarious when you know that his religion believes that the pinnacle of righteousness is polygamy and the United Order. Kody has the polygamy down, but seems reluctant to be part of an order where you are expected to live in a community and share your money.
DeleteI read Kody was suppose to distance himself from the AUB group. Speaking of which read about the AUB on www.souns-choices.com/blog.He is having the kids Mariah ,Logan,Mykelti reenter Utah. He is paving the way for as return just in case IMHO. He could even ditch the first three go go LDs again.Or he can barter his girls for polyg connections. Isn't Aspyn getting desperate now? Mariah too.
Deletewww.sound-choices.com/blog
DeleteAnonymous @ 8:55am,
DeleteCould you explain what you mean by "He is having the kids Mariah, Logan, Mykelti reenter Utah."?
Thanks!
My bet we will see Aspyn marrying instead of getting a pesky education.
ReplyDeleteI'd be very surprised if any of the kids who have already dropped out, for whatever contrived reasons, ever went back and completed their educations. It just ain't gonna happen. There's nothing wrong with not going to college, but I don't see any of them pursuing training of any kind; I see them floating around like they've seen their parents model for them for years. I agree with Aspyn getting married,, too.
DeleteThis episode had more news and views than usual of the older kids.
ReplyDeleteQuestion.....wonder why Christine's teenage son, Paedon, isn't ever featured??
There are only fleeting, very fleeting, glimpses of him in group scenes. But rarely if ever has he been in any past THs with the kids. He is rarely even mentioned in any reference.
Strange? Even super shy Dayton-David has had a few prominent storylines.
Kody especially is never shown with Paedon. I thought of that during the scene last night when Garrison and Kody are walking into the house.
Kody is all about male progeny and "maleness".......what about that son?
Could it be that Kody would not be happy being filmed with a son who towers over him?
Or is Paedon himself choosing to be under the camera's radar?
Look at who is Dayton's mom vs who is Paedon's mom and there's your answer why Dayton has prominent storylines.
DeleteGood point. And if that is the case, that he would manipulate that boy's visibility based on Christine being his mother, then Kody should rot in hell.
DeleteBut I still wonder if part of the no-Paedon scenes is how much taller he is than his "father." That kid has to be well over 6 feet. Kody would look quite diminished physically next to Paedon. And we know how Kody must be the Alpha dog even with his sons.
When Hunter was competing in the wrestling tournament, even then Kody tried to horn in on his son's thunder.
I fell asleep watching this show again. Sister Wives is my no fail cure for insomnia.
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteAs usual, the Browns have their heads up their collective butts, this time about Garrison's enlistment in the National Guard. All the talk about deployment made my head explode. Deployments are pretty much at a standstill in all branches of the military - and guardsmen are NOT always the first to deploy, Kody! UGH They get themselves so worked up about life outside their narrow minded and narrow experienced lives and judge people and situations so wrongly because of it. Talking about how much danger poor Garrison is putting himself in reminds me of the way Christine talked about the dangers of monogamous people and being afraid of her aunt.
ReplyDeleteIf they didn't isolate themselves intellectually and via lifestyle, they'd be so much happier, to say nothing of the utter BS they're spouting off like experts to a national audience about things (this time it happens to be the military) they know nothing about. UGH, they make me crazy.
Just watching now - totally agree re ignorance on military. cannot figure out why they are so anti-enlisted. They mentioned something about wanting him to desire a position with responsibility, enlisted folks have a ton of responsibilities - maybe not starting out, but as you continue in your career, you can become an NCO (non commissioned officer) and you'll have the leadership over lower ranking enlisted folks. Plus, senior enlisted folks serve as aides and guides for senior leaders. A smart officer will listen to the experience/advice of the enlisted folks. Man, these folks are dumb!
DeleteAnon 12:37, I agree. As my dad (a retired USAF chief master sergeant) says, "behind every smart officer there is a smarter NCO making that officer look good". Depending on the MOS into which Garrison is placed and how well he performs in that MOS, he may qualify for Warrant Officer training, or even for officer candidate school.
DeleteI haven't watched yet, but wanted to comment on Aspyn moving in with Robyn. This is all just a bit for the show. Remember when one of Robyn's girls and one of Christine's supposedly moved in with Meri???
ReplyDeleteMeri loves to be the doom and gloom person. How many times will we have to hear about the stress in her life? It's always "I have had so much stress", and now it will be the "oh I was manipulated and used by the catfish". Also the ever unpopular "Janelle and I don't get along/ lets work this out; let's not" crap. The girl needs to borrow some of Christine's happy pills and go get a life,a job, and some perspective. There are so many people in this world who are in such worse situations... ones they didn't create for themselves (unlike Meri) and they live those lives happily and they smile and try to stay positive. "Moaning Meri" needs a huge smack upside the head and a big dose of reality... maybe she needs to go volunteer at homeless shelter or a food bank. And TLC needs to cut the crap.
ReplyDeletei think having a baby shower for anything other than your first baby is the height of tackiness. It screams, I have no class, I am greedy, and I think I am better then everybody else. Robyn is unreal in her greediness. Poor Christine, I bet nobody threw her six baby showers and they sure as hell didn't decorate the shower with photos of Kody worshiping her pregnant belly. Tamron Hall if you are reading this please ask them in the tell all how many showers each of them received and how many prebirth photo shoots Kody particpated in before the birth of each child, why have we never seen the one from Truly ? Also I really want to know if they are still having one in four nights or has Robyn'ss "legal" marriage changed that. (Like I suspect it has.)
ReplyDeleteI could see Janelle having one for her last since she was so far behind her siblings, many parents gift their stuff away and then suddenly need stuff again. But yes Sol was just born, close family can send a gift or book or pack of diapers with the new one but an official party seems excessive.
DeleteThey are greedy and selfish. My daughters friend collects baby items for the food bank recipients on her birthday.The Browns should have asked for donations like diapers to holding out hope or the FLDs food bank . This is especially true because they petitioned to send the FLDs kids back.
DeleteTotally agree! I didn't even have a shower for my first because let's face it, showers suck. Does anyone like going to them? I sure as heck don't. My child, my responsibility.
DeleteAnybody else think the the shower was dictated to Christine via Robyn's Pinterest finds? It was like I can totally see Robyn sending everything she wanted to happen at her shower to Christine, serving her never ending punishment for being jealous and not accepting Robyn.
DeleteChristine overload. The fake laughing and fake crying, all in the name of trying to appear happy, was almost more than I could handle. Also, it strikes me that her interactions with Kody have all the awkwardness of two 12-year-olds, dared to kiss for the first time at their first boy-girl party.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious that they've been briefed on all the viewers complaints , and are trying to adjust accordingly . Because we are all so gullible you know!
DeleteIf this really is their last season..and crossed fingers that it is...what we have lastingly learned about the Fab Four and their Master ???
ReplyDelete1- Meri is a control freak with no sense whatsoever about the use and abuse of bronzer. She prefers micro small clothes that accentuate rolls and paunches. She is naive and desperate to the point that it is high risk to allow her access to a cell phone or laptop.
She excels in halting, slow-mo speech. Her hair idols are scarecrows and dry mops.
She is a bully and will never own it.
2- Jangle-Janelle is the queen of far-away stares and ambivalent one liners. Jangle is disconnected from everything except when carb-loading snacks are nearby. She is Passive/Passive, a very unique MO that allows her to float past all crises, wondering what the hubbub is all about. She is a closed, boring door. You can knock and ask if anyone is home but she may not answer. Jangle-Janelle is friendly to her master. She has been anointed as the smart sisterwife because the pickens were *that slim.*
3-Christine is a holy mess of jangled nerves and crazy thoughts. Christine is the hyper opposite of Jangle's inertia. She has a good heart that gets her bonus points but she squanders them routinely with childish behavior. Christine has many fears, not the least of which is fear that people will find out how fearful she is. Christine takes a lot of abuse in the hopes that she will have a smooth ride to Kody's planet. She wants to believe in all the plyg nonsense. Trouble is she knows that all of it really is nonsense, and that terrifies her. Christine elicits pity
4-Sobbin is the spoiler, the imposter. She knows who she is and what she wants. Sobbin was gifted like none of the other three with reaping the spoils of coming late to the Kody-party. Sobbin deals in back door behavior. You don't see her coming until it is too late. She is that female whom you never confide in, never let see your shortcomings or fears. Sobbin knows the sinister value of alienation.
She uses worry and concern like a lasso to keep her place intact. Sobbin is a dark force.
5-Kody is self-created and narcissistic.
He is a legend in his own mind on a solo ride to Glory. His "wives" are merely accessories to his plan for personal greatness and fame. They are assets with which to impress and peddle for attention. In his world, he is the orator, the philosopher, the almighty Oz; yet It is surprising how uneducated and awkward he is when real life intrudes into his dreamworld. Kody is a career user, a taker, and he does it well with no remorse or introspection. His obsession with his manhood and anything manly is interesting to say the least. Bottom line, Kody exhausts people's interest and their patience to stay interested very quickly. He is easy to ignore and delete.
Amused, do you have a background in psychology? Your observations about the "Fab Four and their Master" are stunningly accurate and insightful!
DeleteThis is spot on!
DeleteAnon 5:25,
Delete:guilty as charged: I do have a background in psych.
Watching, and admittedly snarking the show since the very beginning on this blog and on its predecessor where CJ was also a managing force, does give one a running, vivid window of observation of these characters.
However, this show would pique the interest of anyone interested in observing human behavior. They are quite a collectively diverse cast of characters operating in unique circumstances. The women are especially interesting to watch.
Thank you for your kind words.
Jasmine too.
Great recap!! Spot on. Kody and Robyn have a strong bond as they are both sociopaths. The other wives will never understand. Poor Christine....
DeleteThanks......
DeleteYep, poor Christine......!!
Yes, Amused, I have always loved your insight on this and the older blog. You have provided, along with Cynical, Mr. Spock, and others (a big handful of names too many to mention each...umm CPA Carol, etc.) such interesting commentary that although the show has exposed the murky quagmire of polygamy's underbelly, the learning experience has been really enjoyable.
DeleteI know so much about polygamy now compared to when I first saw this show years back. Thank you all for sharing in the learning experience. (I thought I'd allow myself to get a little sentimental since I think the show might be winding down.)
Back in Black,
DeleteThanks so much.
Like you, I have enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts.
CJ has attracted and encouraged a great community here of witty and thoughtful people !
I have no doubts that when/if SW scams its final "unscripted" show and goes back into long overdue anonymity, CJ will suggest a new show or two for group commentary.
Ok ! This is so prolific and so dead on!!!' Please please please tweet this to them !!!!! Standing ovation to you !
ReplyDeleteThanks, Piper.
DeleteNo, I won't tweet it to them.
No need....someone in Kodyworld reads here or we wouldn't see so much CYA addressing hot topics from here on the show from season to season. lol
I watched last week and thought, "Madison looks pretty chunky." Then I watched this week. Oh, my goodness. Aspyn and Mykelti have gotten huge. It looks like somebody has pumped them full of air. Meri and Janelle have put on a large amount of weight also. If the teens are this size at such a young age, I can not imagine how pitiful they will be in 10 years. I hope they will see themselves in the episode and realize how bad things have gotten. If they really work hard at things now, they can save themselves a world of hurt in the future. The older you are, the harder it is to lose the weight.
ReplyDeleteI just watched the new episode. Poor Janelle breeds some really unattractive kids. Madison has her gummy smile and freaky eyes. Logan seems normal enough. Hunter and Garrison both look like Neanderthals (this may come from Kody's side). Christine seems to have cute and attractive kids. Robyn may be really irritating but her kids are cute too. Mariah is overweight and has an annoying personalty. It seems like the majority of the kids mirror their moms' appearance and personality.
ReplyDeleteI like Mariah much more as a young adult than a teenager. She doesn't act as entitled and looks like she has toned up some. Jangle's kids are not bad looking. They are not even fully grown up yet.It's what's inside a person and how they live their lives that matters anyway.
DeleteUnfortunately, I find Mariah to be just as odious now if not more so. As a young adult, she has all of the entitled, whiny, bossy, immature, and holier than thou attitude, of her younger years, but now in a new, "socially aware" package.
DeleteI'm feeling a little harsh. I don't think Mariah is a bad person, I just think she still has a lot of growing up to do. I have no doubt that she will eventually be a lovely human.
DeleteShe has a very defined jaw line and wide mouth. Maddie and Hunter definitely have that feature. Maddie is just straight up unattractive. After a few kids and another hundred pounds she will look exactly like her mother.
DeleteAnd Jangle, PLEASE change your hair color. The blonde washes her out.
Anonymous May 16 and May 18--No need to be cruel. The offspring don't deserve it.
DeleteChristine:
ReplyDeleteShe is still so passive aggressive.
Yes, she threw Robyn the shower, probably to please Kody. It's seems to be working. At least on camera.
That being said, she made some very funny comments. She mentioned how Robyn was just so huge now. She acted all excited about the baby but also commented earlier that it would be like being a grandparent. All the fun and no work. Hear that Robyn?!
Then, the wives commented how bitchy Robyn has been to Kody lately. LOL! Can we see more of that and Kody's reaction?!
Robyn, AKA, Mrs. Brown got everything she wanted so she she doesn't have to pretend anymore.
DeleteI just hopped over to read any new comments, and saw a tweet from Say Yes To The Dress about Maddie's wedding. I wonder if there is going to be a cross-over episode. If so, maybe there will be a make-over show for the moms at some point. I'd actually watch that episode.
ReplyDeleteTweet link: https://twitter.com/syttd/status/732328454306316289
I sure hope that the Brown's are not on Say Yes to the Dress. I am so tired of them getting freebies. Nothing against Maddie but there are so many more deserving young women who actually cannot afford a wedding dress. Why have a polygamous family on your show. The Brown's do not believe in real marriages. Why bring them to New York to dress shop. They have no fashion sense or taste. I am so over these grifters.
DeleteKody and Monty from Say yes to the dress Atlanta could be quite entertaining to watch. Something tells me they will get along really really well....
DeleteYes the words sisterwives/kody / in the closet go well together
DeleteI'm thinking Mindy should be the 5th wife. (Is that her name?) She's related to one of the wives already, which helps since that's a prerequisite with Kody's folk. They really have to bring in a 5th if they want to keep us entertained, assuming they're still in the business of providing entertainment, of course. Sadly, judging by the amount of people falling asleep during this latest - DH nodded off and I felt pretty groggy during the extended Jangle/Meri blah blah who cares part - they've got their work cut out for them.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the only way they can keep this going is another wife or if one of the kids decided to live the principal and went for it. I don't expect any of the Brown children to want that life after this tv circus blew their world wide open and gave them more options but it would be fascinating to me to see the way the mothers would handle such a situation.
ReplyDeleteI have a question: So many of you are very observant and you pay attention to all of the details. I am wondering when they filmed this tape from the show. If we assume that Mykelti left school last May, why is that shown at the same time as shopping for Thanksgiving decorations? Wasn't last week about the birth of the new baby? So, why are we having a baby shower and wondering how far along Robyn is (Christine)? Didn't we see last season that Maddie was engaged and wasn't this well known during the Catfish fiasco? The Catfish seems ages ago and well into their 15 minutes of fame, so how is that timeline relevant to Maddie and Caleb coming to discuss the wedding plans? I really don't care anymore but the timeline here is a Gordian knot and I must unravel it. I can't help but imagine that the producers have gone to lunch and a chimpanzee is editing the final cut.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the downfalls with their Twitter presence. We know that Maddie was engaged because of social media, we know when the baby was born, and when Hunter started the AF Prep school and when Mykelti started working out of state. Then they put these things on the show and it's "ho-hum" because everyone knew it happened months and months ago. The catfish played out in real time and I honestly think that if Batfish hadn't dumped all of the voicemails/chats etc online the show would have never touched the subject at the very end of their season run/"tell nothing" shows.
DeleteLooking back...I honestly and truly believe that at sometime around the end of August/September there was a blackmail threat that the Batfish wanted real money from the Browns or all of everything would be exposed. They obviously didn't pay up and so everything burst out. The Browns aren't going to admit to being blackmailed they are going to play the watered down victim role they play so very well. And Batfish is a professional con...she does this for money, I think this ended with threats and money demands. Since she is still trying to pretend the whole thing is real and turn this into an epic Catfish to all of America story, we will never know the real real truth. Meri won't fess up that is for sure. She gave a tiny blurp about how "it's still going on online" and in the actual timeline that would be November when a whole lot of stuff was going on online in forums, here and Batfish blog. Isn't October/November when the banana photo, "Sam" scratched into her arm photos etc popped online?
This week's episode shook me out of my polygamy ennui. I come from generations of military people, and I found the parents' concern over Garrison's enlistment and possible deployment to be realistic and legitimate. Every parent worries about this when a kid signs up, regardless of time commitment, branch, or military occupation specialization (MOS). Even though there haven't been any first-time deployments in quite some time, the reality is that the balloon could go up at any time. And then Garrison would have to accompany his unit to wherever they are posted, whether he had finished school or not. Remember, the military's job is to defend our nation's interests, not to ensure that kids have college money. The Hunter-Garrison competition about which is the best service is also very realistic and funny--it does sound like every family gathering I've ever attended. The officer-enlisted juxtaposition is also very realistic, based on my observations of those in my family who have served. Hunter, Garrison, and any of the other Brown kids who chose to could have productive, successful, and satisfying professional lives using the many opportunities for training and travel the military can provide. And since Garrison will be able, after completing basic training, to avail himself of the military commissaries and exchanges, I see lots of HUGE grocery shopping trips in the Brown family's future. Prices are often less expensive than one might find in civilian supermarkets.
ReplyDeleteI wish this season could focus on the Meri-Jangle reconciliation. At some level, I think Jangle might be trying to help Meri see that Meri does have a place in the family. I am certainly no Meri fan, but I'd like to be a fly on the wall in Therapist Nancy's office, because I'd like to see the comeuppance Meri deserves for her past selfish nastiness and I would really like to see Jangle be the one to dish it out. (Can we say sister wife b!tch fight?) After all, revenge is a dish best served cold by a sister wife that knows all your secrets. Hell, I'd even pay for the privilege of seeing the ongoing Meri-Jangle reconciliation! THAT would be must-see TV!
Did I hear right that Maddie has been in love with Caleb for three years? Her best friend mentioned that during the restaurant scene saying she would hang out with him all night long back then. That would make her about 16 years old considering that scene was filmed a long time ago. That brings up red flags about the guy. That means a 25 year old who is the brother of Maddie's uncle took and interest in her at 16. It's normal for the plygs to date family but this guy is not from a plyg family. I find it odd as I can't imagine dating my uncle's brother even if there is no blood relation.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, you're probably right. But amongst this group of moms, the ultimate prize is to have a man marry you, so I'm sure none of them are bothered by this. I think CJ has referred to one of the first girls meri and Kody courted who chickened out. Apparently she was very young also.
DeleteCaleb's sister was married to Kody's brother who was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. If I remember correctly, Caleb and Maddie connected at the funeral. And yes she was still in high school.
DeleteOh. That's right. I got it mixed up. Her Aunt's brother...
DeleteHas anyone else noticed that ALL the wives and older daughters are very fat but kody and the older boy kids are all in shape and seem active?
ReplyDeleteKody is in no way "in shape".
DeleteWell to be fair, round is a shape!! ;)
DeleteThat's funny! Compared to the ladies though, kody is doing better at keeping himself up. Mainly it seems like the women and older girls just don't even try.. wonder what's going on
DeleteKody is a narcissistic sociopath. He doesn't need to emotionally eat. He has no emotions except anger. His pregnant belly is from gluttony and sloth behavior. If he actually had feelings he might be bigger.
DeleteGood point. Too bad the original 3 don't band together, lose weight, get their crap together and leave him and Sobbin behind.
DeleteDid anyone else notice how kody said Robyn baby shower would make her feel special bc it's hard to feel special this late in pregnancy basically. .. i immediately thought ab how "special " Christine must've felt when he was kissing Robyn while Christine was in labor.
Meri-Eeyore
ReplyDeleteJanelle-Pooh
Christine-Tigger
Kody-Piglet
Robyn- Anti-Christ opher Robin
Sorry, I just read pooh with granddaughter after watching the SW, not meant to malign any pooh characters.
I haven't seen an episode in awhile and was shocked at how unhealthy everyone looked. I'm not even talking about weight. Stringy hair, pale (well except Orange Meri) and just bloated. Robyn looks 10 years older, pregnant or not.
ReplyDeleteI'll admit I listened to the catfish emails. Well some of them. And it is so clear how desperate Meri was for attention. She was an easy mark. She truly believed this handsome millionaire prince was coming to rescue her from her cul de sac. Girlfriend needs to spend less time at Disney.
And can someone please explain why Kendra turned on all of them so harshly? Her full time job was fawning over Robyn and she now is just throwing her under the bus. I think I caught a quick glimpse of her at Robyn's shower, in a mirror when Robyn first comes in.
"And can someone please explain why Kendra turned on all of them so harshly?" Yes, please! Anyone?
DeleteI read this last week but I don't know how legitimate it is or if it was the cause of the split between Robyn and Kendra, but... this article talks about a tax bill discrepancy from when Kendra worked for Robyn at MSWC. It's interesting, though. I hope CJ doesn't object to the link.
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Thanks, Anon 4:56, I'll check it out!
DeleteMissy said " I can't help but imagine that the producers have gone to lunch and a chimpanzee is editing the final cut". I totally agree about the confusing timeline. There seems to be a lot of jumping around. Mykelti is shown starting her job at the pawn shop in the same episode that Garrison is sworn in. Mykelti tweeted about loving her new job at the Pawnshop on August 25th and Garrison is sworn in right after the ISIS attacks in Paris which would be mid November. This makes me wonder just how often the production crew shows up to film scenes. If the crew comes every time there is something of consequence to film then I guess it's possible the filming schedule might be every couple of months. Or even more often then that depending on whether something comes up unexpectedly. There also seems to be some fudging going on with the timeline such as Maddie and Caleb coming to discuss the wedding plans.
ReplyDeleteI think it's winding down. They used to be on in January and June but now it's just May. Tick Tock Tick Tock
DeleteThis show has always jumped around with the timeline and put things together the way they see the "story" unfolding. I use the word "story" very loosely.
DeleteThe August date works with the moving out of the apartment for Aspyn and Mykelti actually. They most likely signed a year lease from August prior to school starting to the following August. My daughters school (state university) has apartments that run this way. They are next to campus and are for students and the leases run on the student schedule even though it's an apartment and not a on campus dorm. So if they were discussing Maddie's wedding and the timeline was 9 months away that would be August 2015. If the girls had that kind of lease, then that also would be August as well as the fact that Mykelti tweeted about her job in August.
If you look at the hair and shape of the wives in the staged scenes and the talking heads they very often look very different. Also if Garrison was talking about joining the National Guard I think that happened long before he was sworn in (dated in November) because with Hunter walking through with his hair means that scene happened before he left for the AF Prep School where his hair would have been cut.
Jumping to November would be Garrison sworn in and the Meri/Janelle "I love that wreath...buy that wreath...I love that wreath" GAG me scene!! Obviously around time for Thanksgiving. Also Robyn states she is 7 months pregnant and she had the baby in January, so that works for the November-ish timeline.
you certainly can't use the weather to tell the seasons...it's always sunny!!
Thanks Roslyn. That helps to clear it up in my head. I think the reason I am getting so confused about the timeline is because the new season is starting later and later every year.
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I agree that the show is winding down. All of the signs are there.
I hope they do not get a spin off like the Duggars show . How is my parents did not use birth control interesting. Maybe I should sell a show to them called "I am of no importance but my Great great great Grandpa had an interesting job",Or in the Browns case "My Dad fornicates a lot instead of working -I'm his kid " show. This is non-sharer I forgot my facebook code and my fake birthday date. Being a fake does not work as well for me as Kody.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see a spin-off of Sister Wives called 'Pawn Stars: Polygamy Style' where Mykelti, aka the female 'Chumlee,' is now working at a local family-owned pawn shop where Polygamists bring in valuable items to sell for fast cash. The first customer is Brady Williams, who brings in a wedding ring he claimed was worth $50 in his bankruptcy hearing, but is really worth a cool quarter million. Mykelti offers him $25 and a signed autograph of Desi Arnaz Jr. The owner then gives her a hefty raise and offers her a guest spot on American Pickers as Frank's pretend girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteI'd watch that show!
DeleteLOLZ. I'd watch it too. TLC could truly go all out and have all their dysfunctional families take the predictable road trip to "wow, looky here, a pawn shop, let's all go in". Awesome tv right there!
DeleteThe current trailer for Sunday's epp is pointing to yet another veiled dicey confrontation between aggressive Meri and passive Jangle. But experience tells us that it will be just another bit of creative editing by the TLC demons that will turn out to be a big "nothing."
ReplyDeleteHowever, since apparently it is footage of their Thanksgiving preparations (and seriously, how many Browns does it take to set a freaking table) and we viewers are expected to get immersed in whatever they all did SIX months ago, how much of what we will see was done "for the camera"....for the show....to keep the Meri/Jangle story line going ?? Especially since it was going to aired SIX months later??
Ahh, TLC........once again, you insult us, the very people you need for ratings.
Follow the ratings. This show isn't going anywhere.
ReplyDeleteI hope Kody dosnt make Maddies wedding all about him. If it is filmed he will be insufferable and Robyn will find a way to plant her ass and her kids front and center. I hope Janelle reels them in and its Maddie and Calebs day.
ReplyDeleteKendra is on Sisterwives page talking about Meri Lying and who is Dev?
ReplyDeleteI just went the the sisterwives facebook page and didn't see anything from Kendra, can you give me more info? I have no idea who Dev is, why do you ask?
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