Friday, January 31, 2014

Breaking the Faith: A Final Summary Review

Ben not having a good day.
When this series started, I had hoped that it would not be a clone of Breaking Amish. In fact, I  brazenly remarked how I liked the show.

I was fully aware that many of the young people on the show had already left the FLDS on their own - some at least two years prior. But I thought, hey, Sam Brower was a producer, so it couldn't be that bad, could it?

Almost a month after the last episode aired, I can now categorically concede that yes, this show could be bad. I mean really, really bad.

I overlooked the problems in the first episode, like the extremely faked "extraction" of the girls from their homes in "the Crick". You see, I was dazzled by the narrative the young people told about their lives under Warren Jeffs FLDS. So I forgave their obvious lack of acting skills, and the plot holes.


Thank goodness that "priceless" antique platter wasn't harmed!


This show's turning point for me was when I realized I did not like these people or the parts they tried to act out. Angie and Connie were the high and mighty "United Order" girls (i.e. the "mean girls")  while Val and Martha played the part of the rebellious "repentants".  Val wins the honor of being the worse actor of the bunch. She couldn't even thrown a cup on the floor convincingly. And it was amazing how her "trashing" of the posh Salt Lake City safe house did not harm one expensive piece of china or piece of antique furniture.

Ben talking to Connie and Angie



And I still don't understand what role Ben was suppose to play. Was he a rescuer or just an ex-FLDS guy who started out as the self-proclaimed  "protector" of the girls but in the end was just a lonely guy looking for love in all the wrong places?




Zack and his brother from another mother, Matt
That leads us directly to brothers (from different mothers) Matt and Zack. Cute Zack got cut from the FLDS fold for kissing a girl (or was it getting a blowjob?) Brother Matt, who found it necessary to mention every episode that he was a member of the infamous "God Squad" that patrolled "the Crick", got cut because he didn't lock the bathroom door while pleasuring himself. Not to mention that Matt and his uncle Warren Jeff also share some common...personality disorders. Like being a bully - evident when he taunted a Native American  by flicking the man's necklace while asking over and over "What's this?"

Matt not making a good impression on a first date

I swear the producers could have done Salt Lake City and the world a favor by having Matt get his sorry ass kicked, but instead he was shown trying to "court" a "nice Mormon girl" (i.e. paid actress). By taking her to the top of a smallest mountain at dusk with nothing but a can of beans and a sleeping bag to woo her with. Classy. Thank goodness she had a flashlight with her.

More Mormon friends provided by central casting...



Anyway, I could go on and on, but, in the end, this series was a big disappointment. From the obligatory makeover of the girls from prairie dresses to Salt Lake City chic (which apparently is wearing bright red lipstick and lots of makeup while showing a lot of skin) to the "Boot Camp R Us" training of mercenary bound Matt, this series was a severe waste of time. Well, maybe not a waste of time for Matt because he's working on his GED and wants to join the National Guard.



For the sake of humanity, let's hope there won't be a season 2.





Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Sister Wives Recap: Browns in Crisis S06Ep16


It's always amusing to watch how low a TV network will go to boost the ratings for one of their shows.

But really, TLC, to use the life-threatening illness of a three year old child as a cliffhanger?

What the h.e. double hockey sticks!!

If you remember from last week's show, while Kody's Kodettes© and King Sol were enjoying a "business" vacation in San Francisco, three year old Truely came down with the "flu".

By the time Christine had returned from her "business" trip (they were gone for four days), Truely still wasn't feeling well.

Now, we all know that Truely was indeed, seriously ill. But why use that her illness as a cliffhanger? Wouldn't her illness (kidney failure) warrant an entire episode, by itself with none of the usual Brown fluff?

Well, I would think so. But for some unknown reason, TLC (yeah, I know it was the Sister Wives production company but TLC must have had to approve this episode) sandwiched poor Truely's life threatening illness in between other more mundane Brown activities.

Let me list them for you:
  1. Shopping for flowers for the re-commitment ceremony. (no price given but flowers are expensive)
  2. Shopping for a cake for the re-commitment ceremony. (Kody's idea for a cake would feed 700 and cost a whopping $8500 to produce)
  3. Shopping for a car for Mariah.
  4. Celebrating Mariah's going away to college/birthday party.
  5. Mariah moving into her dorm room (with the help of Meri, of course).
TLC could have edited out ALL of the above and just focused on Truely, but they didn't.

Can you spell R A T I N G S???

And I wish they had, because those activities just made Kody and his Kodettes© look really really foolish. Two episodes ago, the adults were complaining about the costs of sending Mariah to an out of state university and how they didn't think they could afford it.

The next episode, not only was Mariah still going to Westminster, her mom Meri insisted she needed a car, too. Then there was the search for a venue for their re-commitment ceremony, which offered everything but the cake for a cool $10,500.

 Last episode, the wives take a business trip to one of the most expensive cities on this planet (yep, ON THE PLANET) and then this episode where the Browns are shown onscreen (and off) spending more money.

I guess that whole story arc about how financially strapped they are was just based on a lie.

But what about Truely?

Truely was a very sick youngster. As a camera showed a subdued child laying bundled up on a love seat, Christine chirped how after 5 days since her return from San Francisco, Truely still wasn't better. In fact, alarmingly, her eyes had started to cross.

Flu or no flu, Christine placed the bundled up Truely into her van, and drove her to the pediatrician for evaluation.

The doctor told her to take Truely immediately to the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with severe dehydration. What was even worse, Truely's kidneys had ceased to function - she was in kidney failure.

Now, I'm not going to detail every moment of Truely's ordeal, but, I will say her segment showed the good and bad of being one of seventeen children in the Brown household.

It was hard watching Kody and Christine going through this ordeal. On a positive note, it seemed maybe this was the wakeup call Kody needed because the times when he looked at Christine, he did it  with a little more love and affectation than he had previously.

A definite bad moment was watching Meri. She just didn't seem to care. For example, when Kody called on the day of Mariah's party to say that Truely was in kidney failure, Meri seemed more concerned about a spot she was cleaning on her granite countertop. All she said was "...wow" when she hung up the phone.  Maybe that's the way she dealt with bad news, but it would have been nice if she explained that in a talking head. She just did not act like one would expect a sisterwife to act when confronted by the knowledge that one of her bonus children was seriously ill. In fact, it was Mariah who asked in a very concerned voice "Did he say she was in kidney failure?"

The good was seeing Truely interact with her many siblings. When she finally was discharged from the hospital, ten long days had elapsed, so it turned out she went into the hospital on the day before Mariah left for Westminster, and came home the day before Aspyn left for UNLV. The way Truely ran directly towards Hunter was so very touching! Even Kody singing to her in his helium voice, was a very wonderful family moment.

But I still feel strongly Truely's ordeal could have been avoided if her parent's had understood how dangerous dehydration could be.

Hopefully, other parents will learn from the Brown's experience.

Followup to the episode on Twitter


As expected, the Browns went into immediate damage control.

Some fans questioned why Kody and Christine waited so long before taking Truely to the pediatrician. Unfortunately, Robyn's explanation basically threw the medical professionals in Las Vegas under the proverbial bus. Got it right Robyn? What was that suppose to mean?



Kody also sent out this tweet, explaining what happened. He was definitely more tactful than Robyn ...



Meri did try to explain her absence. She didn't say how long she was away with Mariah, but she did mention she was able to visit Truely before she was released.


For some reason, Kody felt it was necessary to explain why the car shopping segment with Mariah was not shown. All I can say is Thank Goodness for that!!

And then there was the infamous tweet from Robyn about what Truely had asked her. I hate to break it to Robyn, but for Truely to ask that seemed to me she was asking where her real mother was.

But it must have done something because, for the first time ever, instead of seeing Robyn batting Truely away like a pesty fly, she's actually holding her! Will wonders never cease?



And for those who asked for it, here are pictures of Christine and Janelle without makeup...






Sister Wives returns in two weeks...

Sunday, January 26, 2014

A Few Tweets from the Sister Wives This Week

Well, tonight's the night we find out just how serious Truely's illness was. And, as many of you have noted, the TLC spin machine has been working overtime dealing with the negative backlash of using a child's illness as a cliffhanger to boost ratings for the Browns reality show, Sister Wives.

I think TLC and the Browns (particularly Kody) deserved the negativity expressed this week. This is not a family, it's a catastrophe!

Just take a look at some of the tweets from this week...

I've never been a fan of Robyn. It's like she has no ability at all to read social cues. For example, most of the comments on their TLC FB page expressed concern for Truely, with many offering prayers hoping for her getting well. So what does Robyn do? She showed her fans that she was incapable of empathy, sympathy or any human behavior that show she cares about other people. Instead of saying how worried she was about bonus child Truely's health scare, she sends an odd tweet about her baby Solomon.

She just doesn't get it...


Thank goodness Janelle does understand. These two tweets from her shows how much she cared - Hey Robyn, you need to take some notes!

And it seems Janelle's real estate career is off and running. As usual, she is the only adult Brown holding down a legitimate job outside of TLC's gravy train.

Looks like Meri is suffering from the same "social disease" as Robyn...her tweets are either about herself (and her celebrity) or letting her fans know which offspring of Kody Brown is most important to her.
Can Meri be more delusional?

Yeah, sure Meri you were just having some fun all right...

Finally, Christine has fired off some tweets today of her thoughts with  pictures of Truely during her hospital stay.











I'm looking over the tweets from tonight (1/26/14) ...looks like Robyn's a day late and a dollar short as usual.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Sister Wives Recap: While the Wives Are Away S06Ep15

Kody trying to look like he's busy at work...
As the Browns continue to chug their way through this current season of Sister Wives, every Sunday I find myself asking...what is Kody's job? I mean, what does he really do for living, outside of  making an a$$ of himself on TV every week.

We never see him wearing a tie, like in the first season. We only see him wearing a crappy shirt and levis, with sandals. His hair is always a shaggy mess. Last week he worried about spending his retirement money to finance his children's college education.

But what job would Kody be retiring from in a few years?

So while you ponder that, and the problem of global warming (I'm sure Kody's being a polygamist with four wives is a major causal factor), I'll start my recap of the latest episode where, once again. Kody finds himself the center of attention.

As you can tell from the episode's title, Kody's Kodettes get to take some vacation time away from him. But before I get into that particular waste of time, money, gas (not to mention the wear and tear on Christine's vehicle) we watched Janelle participate in her first 5K race!

Of course there was contrived drama: A flustered Robyn (followed by an equally flustered Kody) ran into Janelle's house and announced that a big mistake had been made.

It seems that instead of being shipped a 4XL t-shirt flaunting Robyn's "Be" Values (that she apparently borrowed from the mainstream LDS church) she received an XL t-shirt instead.

Reluctantly, Janelle took the XL t-shirt and tried it on. Surprise Surprise! She was able to get the shirt on! Robyn was so pleased, she gushed how Janelle wearing something really tight "...showed off everything [she] lost."


Kody showing Janelle how he looks when impressed
I think the only thing this segment showed off was the fact the production script writer must be running out of ideas. And then to put the cherry on the top of this crazy segment, Janelle looked at Kody and asked " Is it OK? You're the one who says don't wear it or wear it..." Kody, obviously still in shock that Janelle actually had a waistline kind of mumbled out "...I'm thinking...I'm actually impressed!"

Whatever, dude.

In the couch segment, Christine, Robyn and even Kody were very enthusiastic over Janelle's weight loss, and I think I heard Meri say something positive. But when the camera pulled back to show Kody and wives sitting on the couch, there was Meri with what looked to be a scowl on her face.

Oh well....

The next scene was the 5K race. Of course, Meri wasn't there because she had MSWC orders that just HAD to be shipped out. And Robyn was there, but couldn't run because she had hurt her back.

Once the race started, Kody ran off, leaving Janelle in his dust. Thank goodness Trainer Sean and Janelle's kids were there to keep her company. Even though Kody sort of apologized - he was setting his pace don't you know - it would have been nice if Kody had stayed with her and not have run off.

But then that would be asking for Kody to show he cared about other people besides himself.


Kody basking in the afterglow of running his race at his own pace (without Janelle)


Back at the cul-de-sac, the Kodettes(c) prepare for their totally useless trip to San Francisco. Can someone please tell me what was the purpose of having the wives drive to San Francisco when there were perfectly fine airline companies willing and able to fly them from McCarran International Airport to San Francisco International Airport in less time than it took for Kody to barbecue steaks into charcoal?

I just don't get it.

Anyway, eventually the wives plus King Sol arrived at their San Francisco hotel. Now, I once visited San Francisco and stayed at a beautiful boutique hotel like the Hotel Rex. The difference, though,  was a  doorman who greeted me when I arrived by cab from the airport, and a bellboy who took care of my luggage for me. The only time I touched my luggage was when I started to unpack in my room.

It was so strange to watch Meri and her semi-merry sisterwives struggle getting their bags out of their vehicle. I guess being married to Kody prepared them to not expect any help and to be self-sufficient. But surely that hotel had a doorman and bellboys....wouldn't it?

The next morning (I assume) Robyn introduced us to her "great friend" Kendra, who was going to take the wives to a clothing store or two around San Francisco.

Needless to say, this segment became all about Robyn, who volunteered to "model" the clothes that her sisterwives were obviously too large to fit into properly at the clothing stores they visited.

Oh yes, according to this tweet, Kendra is also a BUSINESS PARTNER !! Why does MSWC need a business partner? How many other business partners are there?

Wait a minute...why does this look soooo familiar....OMG!!! She just can't be @HeroinOfParis - you know, that t-shirt designer  I used to call Robyn's Rottweiler in the early years of Robyn on Twitter!! I'm pretty sure she is! Now everything is making sense!

Anyway, Ms Rottweiler....I mean Kendra took the Kodettes to a store that obviously catered to women of a certain size if you know what I mean. And why would they go to a store just to look at last season's clothes? They could do that in Las Vegas and save a lot of time and money!

If you want to see what I mean, here's a link to an article which discussed  Ginnifer Goodwin and Kelly Ripa both wearing the same hot pink mess of a dress Robyn tried on....please note that the article was from 2012 !!

 Kelly Ripa vs. Ginnifer Goodwin In Roksanda Ilincic: Who Wore It Better? (PHOTOS)

The best part of this whole dress shopping fiasco was when the Kodettes went to a plus sized shop and the owner bluntly told Robyn her services would not be required. Needless to say, the dresses were kind of frumpy looking, but Meri insisting that a top made her hips look bigger was just delusion on her part.

You be the judge!
You're never fully dressed without a SMILE !





VS







Hey, isn't Meri wearing leggings under that dress?

See what I mean??


After  a day of shopping (apparently Janelle did buy a blouse that she wore on last week's episode), Kendra decided to take the wives to an Irish pub to sample some beers.

Robyn needing to chill out!


Thank goodness for Polygamy, USA which showed us that some polygamists DO drink alcohol. And didn't Meri enjoy her cocktails on that anniversary trip to Mexico shown the first season of the show? So why the sudden snub against alcohol? Lord knows, Meri could benefit from a drop or two! Robyn too!

Cheers to Janelle and Christine for actually tasting the samples.

Meri and Robyn need to chill out!




So what was Kody doing with 15 kids in Vegas?

Well, they went bowling and Kody got mad because even though Aspyn had "no form" she still beat his score, which if you ask me would not be hard to do if you bowled gutter balls like Kody was doing.

Back at home, Kody started cooking steaks (?) when he was interrupted by Ysabel who stubbed her toe. Of course, Kody had to make a big deal out of carrying her into the bathroom and cleaning her wound. And I agree with Kody, that child's feet could use a lot of soap and water. Oh yeah, Kody burned the steaks. I guess Kody never thought to delegate steak grilling duties to one of the teens while he tended to Ysabel.


Kody and his kids then invaded neighbors Deirdre and Bill pool. I just hope those kids washed their feet at home first before diving into the neighbor's pool. While in the pool, Kody had a very contrived convo with his teen daughters about dating. I think it was all to show how Kody's religion doesn't condone underage marriage to older men.

As the wives were about to drive their way back to Vegas, we learned that Truely had taken ill. Even though Aspyn and Mykelti were very concerned, Kody seemed to ignore the possibility that Truely could be seriously ill. In fact, he argued with the older girls whether the child had a fever by insisting that she "... wasn't that hot! I know a fever!" as he touched Truely's neck and extremities with his hands.

I guess Kody actually taking Truely's
temperature with a thermometer never crossed his mind. Or, better yet, since he didn't really know what was wrong, perhaps taking the child to an emergency room to be examined by a DOCTOR who would be able to make a proper diagnosis of what was wrong with her.

It seemed like Kody quickly passed the ailing Truely off to her mother Christine when she got back from her trip and directed his attention to cuddling King Sol while everyone congregated at one of the wive's house for dinner. Wow....



Shame on TLC and the Browns for allowing Truely's illness (she later had to be hospitalized) to be used as a friggin' cliff hanger!









Monday, January 20, 2014

Live Tweeting Kody Brown Style


I made the mistake last night (and today) of venturing over to Twitter to see what  Kody had to say about yesterday's Sister Wives episode.

Unfortunately, it was a lot.

Maybe TLC should think about hiring someone to ghost tweet for the dope. I think he's doing more harm than good to the Brown's public image.


And mind you, he does not even attempt to answer the questions tweeted to him. Class Act. NOT!

Just file this one under the heading "Be Selling Crappy Junk, Always" subheading: BUSTED!

On that ridiculous San Francisco trip his wives took, Kody tweeted...
But then the dope answered his own question when he tweeted...

Maybe Kody can audition for The Worst Cook in America Show once the TLC gig is over...

Two of the best back-handed compliments I've ever read! Another perfect example of Kody "Just Keepin' It Real"...


Last but certainly not least, Kody demonstrates what a wonderful, caring father he is to his youngest daughter...
A concerned fan asked him...
To which Kody replied, proving what a "class act" he truly is...
The World According to Kody Brown, as his 15 minutes of fame continues to count down.

Tick Tock...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Sister Wives Recap: Polygamist Flash Mob S06Ep14

All right, before I go into my review (which I have declared to be TEARS FREE!) I feel the need to comment about two tweets from Meri and Aspyn. As you may be aware, the Browns are now doing live tweeting with their fans during and after the show.

Here are two very surprising tweets from Meri and Aspyn:




I imagine there's a TLC Executive in a NYC high rise,  looking at those tweets in shock, wondering WTH is wrong with those people!

Who the hell tells their audience to just not watch the show if they don't want to see crying?

So much for live tweeting. This is proof positive the Brown Klan are not ready for live tweeting and probably never will be.

Heaven forbid they should be criticized for the excessive crying exhibited by the female family members  starting with the  Kody-pendent(c) wives (mainly Robyn and Meri), trickling down to the insufferable Mariah and now infecting the supposedly better natured Aspyn.

I think the following tweet response to Meri's tweet sums up what a lot of people who watch the Brown's phony baloney tearfest of a show are really thinking...




Very soon, the Browns will learn that fame is fleeting...and right now they are living on minute 14 of their 15 minutes of fame. Without people watching their show (including those "judgmental" people who hate seeing grown women leaking like human sieves for some of the dumbest reasons) they won't have those McMansions, or that online store, or college tuition to cry about anymore.

TLC and NatGeo have already shown their viewing audiences there are plenty of other polygamists in the USA to build a series around.

Meri and Aspyn should be kissing their audience's feet for watching their phony baloney show. Enough with the crying jags!

I feel so much better now...on with my review!


In this episode, Aspyn and Mariah  graduate from high school. So  the Browns have to throw a big party (featuring Meri's wet bar) to celebrate, right?

Of course they do...anything to justify those huge McMansions. Now, Mariah believes "...our mothers are living vicariously through us" but she kind of makes a faux pas by declaring that  her mother (that would be Meri) was the only mother to graduate (and that Christine was weird in high school?!?). Aspyn then attempted to clarify by saying she thought her "...moms didn't have the best high school graduation parties" so of course they wanted the best for their daughters - including tents, music and dancing.



Then without warning Robyn suddenly suggested including a fortune teller as "entertainment".

If this whole party setup wasn't engineered by the show's producer, I'll eat some of Christine's delightful looking hor d' oeuvres.

Yummy!



And, if you thought the subject about Mariah going to Westminster College was a done deal, think again. This time Kody and Krew brought in Dr. Guido, who basically explained to Kody why a low interest student loan wasn't so bad. Also, he pointed out that Kody can't be too afraid of taking on debt, not with those "beautiful", overpriced McMansions, with their accompanying high interest mortgage loans. Nope, taking on that debt didn't deter Kody at all.

The look on Kody's face when Dr. Guido told him the parent's co-sign for the student loan was priceless, though. You could see the wheels turning in Kody head that with his crappy credit, no way would he be able to co-sign a loan.


At last graduation day arrived, and we learned how much Christine depended on Aspyn to help her run the household, while the other teens were basically slackers. All I have to say is  Christine needs to grow up -  no wonder she stays with that perpetual child Kody.  Christine needs to stop playing the pixie and be an adult.



Later, in the stadium, Meri suddenly had a meltdown that she couldn't see Mariah from their seats. She demanded to be moved. I guess Meri never heard of BINOCULARS!

Now, all I have to say is - this was definitely a scripted meltdown. You mean to tell me suddenly there were 23 (TWENTY THREE) seats that miraculously opened up in an area closer to the stage? I'm not buying that nonsense.


Mariah


Aspyn






























Kody doing what Kody does best...
Next up were the preparations for Aspyn's and Mariah's graduation party. In the couch interview, Kody joked that he was going to get a bumper sticker that says " My wives are spending my retirement" instead of the usual "My kids are spending their inheritance".

Don't you need to have a job first in order to have retirement? And with 17 kids and 4 wives, I think Kody should be thinking more about how to provide for his family in the present, rather than his "retirement". I failed to see the humor.

The audience also got the chance to "meet"  one of the Brown's cul-de-sac neighbors. For some reason, all this parading of monogamist friends makes me think the show's producers must be trying to backpedal away from Robyn's mean girl statements against monogamists that she expressed earlier in the season. And when neighbor Deirdre mentioned how Kody asked her on their first meeting "How do you feel about having a bunch of plygs at the other end of the cul-de-sac?" I was not surprised that once again, Kody had to point out that a) he was a polygamist and b) he has 4 wives.

I mean, did he seriously think his neighbors had no clue they were being invaded by plygs? I guess Kody has helped his cause by becoming the president of the HOA. So his neighbors will be dancing to his crazy tune whether they like him or not.



Oh yes, what a good idea to have Mona the fortune teller as "entertainment". That was such a scripted moment. But, when she said she saw Kody having a fifth wife, Robyn must be a good actress because the look on her face was priceless!




The flash mob mentioned in this episode's title  consisted of Kody being the center of attention with his three wives dancing around him. Aspyn and a bunch of her friends decided to join in fun  but Mariah chose not to participate (neither did Janelle). But watching Truely dancing about was very cute.

Some other semi-unforgettable moments:

Kody's telling Christine, after her reading from the fortune teller, that she had looked like a victim this past year so he wasn't much surprised by what the fortune teller told her. Say whut???

Robyn saying that she's always had money saved away in case of emergencies. I guess those collection bills that credit repair place had to help her with were not enough of an emergency to warrant her paying them.


Mariah having her quilt of many Browns presented to her by mother Meri (who also crafted it).

Mykelti presenting Aspyn with a quilt she made. I guess Aspyn didn't rate getting a quilt of many Browns like Mariah and Logan did.




 
Tick tock. Tick tock. That's the sound of the Sister Wives' Fifteen Minutes of Fame clock counting down to zero.


Next week...the Wives take a road trip to San Francisco!

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Sister Wives Recap: Kody's Bro-mance S06Ep13



All I have to say is, why can't the producers of this show be consistent with their story lines?

Last week, we the audience were subjected to almost 30 minutes (including flashbacks, flash forwards and whatever else the producers could throw at the audience) of Meri sobbing, Janelle nodding, and Kody pontificating on the high cost of sending a child to college.

And don't forget the Mariah interrogation, where, with tears in her eyes and a choked voice, she told her parents she just had to go to Utah so she could get her Mrs degree and find an eligible man willing  to start a plural family with her.

So imagine my surprise when this week's episode, those very same adults happily...HAPPILY (I tell you!!) went shopping for a venue to hold their re-commitment ceremony!

Talk about a What the H.E. double hockey sticks moment...did the producers not think the audience would remember the Browns moaning and groaning about college expenses? Or do they think we are too stupid to take notice???

To make matters worse, Kody (you know, the man who doesn't want his kids to be saddled in student loan debt but can't seem to figure out how to finance acquisition of 4 expensive McMansions AND the college education costs of his children) was acting like he didn't have a money care in the world.

In fact, to paraphrase Kody, it was his party and price was no object. They didn't even bat an eyelash at the a venue's $10K cost (cake not included) - enough to cover one years tuition and expenses at UNLV.

Say whut???

Kody in mid-glide...

In fact, Kody was so giddy with happiness, he moonwalked across the venue's shiny dance floor.

Who the hell still moonwalks? What's next? Kody busting some more embarrassing moves culminating with him spinning on the bald spots on his head?

Earth to the producers: We are 13 years into the 21st century! Moonwalking is so 1980's.

It's bad enough the producers apparently don't care enough to create a cohesive storyline from week to week, but to force the audience to watch Kody acting like an a$$ was just too much!

If this crap is what the rest of the season is going to be like, we are in for a bumpy ride!

So what else happened in this episode?

Too much botox, Kody?

Well, as you can tell by the title, this episode was ALL ABOUT KODY. Which isn't saying much, because the entire show Sister Wives has always been about Kody. Yep, he's the center attraction, while his four wives revolve around him. Like I've been saying since this show began, they should have named it The Kody Brown Show, co-starring wives Meri, Robyn, Janelle and Christine with special appearances by Kody's 17 kids (and counting).


The object of this "bro-mance" was Kody's LDS
Why is that lampshade askew in Meri's perfect McMansion?
mission pal, Brett. It seems that Brett has been a longtime, monogamist friend of Kody.

Being how Robyn is so quick to condemn monogamists (because they can never understand the joys of plural marriage, don't you know), it was interesting to see Brett's wife speak and not have the need to wipe the tears from her face with her hands or use her fingers to remove an eye booger (hey, don't forget to stare at it before you wipe it on your clothes!)

Mrs Brett was actually a breath of fresh air. Her husband, on the other hand, must have taken a swig from Kody's bottle of  'I'm a Macho Man and I Only Do Manly Things' (with extra testosterone).

Brett savoring a drink from Kody's bottle

This so reminds me of the wrestling scene in "Women In Love"
I mean, seriously, a home's garage is automatically a man cave? And when Brett says that Kody has FOUR man caves to choose from, I chuckled because you know as well as I that the only garage that wasn't mentioned for conversion into an idiotic wrestling room was Robyn's. Three guesses whose garage is Kody's real man cave refuge (and the first two don't count). Hint: Her name begins with an 'R'.


What human being in their right mind would want to wrestle in an non air conditioned garage in the summer when the temperature tops 115 degrees - in the shade?

How much you want to bet these brain scientists will leave the door to the house open to let the garage cool down enough to be comfortable. Or maybe Kody will totally remove the door so as the garage can benefit from the Christine's A/C 24/7.

And FYI Brett. Kody only shares ownership of the house with his legal wife Meri. The deeds for the other 3 McMansions are in Christine's, Robyn's and Janelle's names only. And Kody knows that.

Anyway, this whole wrestling thing between Kody and his friend was so reminiscent of the wrestling scene (and its literary meaning) from D.H. Lawrence's novel "Women in Love" I'm wondering if Kody might be hankering for a little physical contact and closeness with the same sex - not that there's anything wrong with that...


While the men (Kody, Brett, and Janelle's trainer Sean) went off to have fun on the Vegas strip, the wives (including Brett's wife Eva) and the children went on a picnic and visited a petting zoo. Ho Hummm.....

Note to TLC and Figure 8 Productions: Think of how much more fun this episode would have been if the MEN  had taken the children on a picnic and to the zoo while the women went carousing the Vegas strip.

Know what I'm saying?

Some highlights:
  • Eva said the word pervert, but Christine changed it to pedophile in her couch interview. 
  • The Browns are definitely not the Dargers in showing affection in front of other wives.  Meri made sure Eva understood that when she said "...we don't need to have it shoved in our face".
  • Kody is just soooo busy!! Why, he doesn't even have time to watch TV with his kids!
 And I am skipping the part where Meri was crying. Boo hoo, NEXT!!!

Kody girding his loins before his jump
The "men" plus Sean started their night of testosterone driven fun at the Stratosphere. Yep, they were going to jump off of it. Now, if you follow Kody on twitter, you'd know this is the #1 spot he takes all his "friends" and LIV executives and whoever else he can drag off the strip.

No surprise, Kody made the jump all about him. And it was boring as hell.



A triumphant Kody back on terra firma
At dinner, Kody decided to make sure his male companions knew how much of a man he was...he's got four wives if you didn't already know. To listen to Kody talking on and on about how much an alpha male he was, and what a great leader he was, how much he's in charge of his family and no wife is in charge of the other wives, on and on and on was painful. Brett was getting all riled up on Kody's side (Yeah man, you're right man...blah blah blah) but Sean had a look on his face that maybe he wasn't quite buying everything Kody was selling.

Don't worry Sean. The audience wasn't buying it either.

Finally, the show went back to Meri as she goes shopping with her bestie, who happens to be a monogamist LDSer(WHAT???). The only thing I want to say is someone needs to remind Meri that ALL the wives made it a point (including Meri) that all of Kody's children belong to ALL of the wives. Their children would have FOUR MOTHERS. Should anything happen to one wife (like with the passing of Meri's sister) her sister wives would step in and raise her children as their own.


That was a "perk" of plural marriage supposedly.

So what gives with Meri's talk about being an empty nester once Mariah goes to college? What about the other children in the family? How can Meri be an empty nester if she supposedly has 14 other children (subtracting the college students Logan, Mariah and Aspyn) that could call her mother? And why would Kody be considered in this conversation when he spends less time with his kids than their mothers do? Kody doesn't even have a nest to empty!!!

Maybe Meri needs to go back to Utah and get back in touch with her polygamous roots. Hey, wait, that would make for an interesting episode!