There's a reason why I hate the Sister Wives Tells All episodes. Except for the Natalie Morales Tell All episode where she really put Kody in the hot seat for not apologizing to Christine when he said how her being overweight and eating nachos almost put the kibosh on his marrying her. Even as Morales gently led Kody down a path of redemption by mentioning how hurt Christine seemed earlier, Kody, ever the air headed, Geico caveman only got this blank beady-eyed stare on his face as he said "What I said earlier was true" or something like that.
He just didn't get it. When you look up empathy in the dictionary, it's safe to say you won't see a picture of Kody Brown as an example.
Yes, that Tell All was wonderful. Too bad it has never appeared in its entirety on the internet - Amazon and ITunes only have Morales' much nicer first time on the Sister Wives Tell All circuit from a previous season.
Unfortunately, Tamron Hall is no Natalie Morales. In fact, in this most recent Tell All, she seems to be downright friendly with the Browns and their antics. Now I have seen Hall in action - she shares the same killer go for the juggler instinct that Morales displayed. But, this season, she is clearly in the Brown Kamp.
Tamron has drunk Kody's green Kool-Aid, and she likes it...
Anyway, this episode wasn't so much a Tell All as it was a retelling of all the "events" that happened this past season.
You know a show must be lacking in content if the Tell All episode is 99% rehash of boring stuff. I wanted to see cameo appearances by the other three neighbors in Kody's cul-de-sac. I wanted to see Robyn actually doing something to justify having to have a live-in family member as a housekeeper.
Hell, I wanted to see what Kody Brown does all day! We know it's not work!
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| Robyn emoting for the cameras |
But that wasn't to be. Instead, we got Robyn doing most of the talking for the sisterwives, even though she only has been in the family for a mere four years compared with two decades the other wives have been together.
Now Robyn says on twitter that it was editing that made it appear she did all the talking. I say, Robyn you must have been doing a lot of talking, because otherwise the editor would NOT have had all those sound bites available to edit in your responses to almost every question.
For example, when Meri says that maybe since Mariah is in college now would be a good time to find herself. Or, as she put it "...to do something big and crazy and different."
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| Robyn adding her two cents... |
Was it really necessary for Robyn to butt in saying "This whole conversation makes me mad...Because I feel like she's sitting there thanking us all for helping her raise Mariah, and I expect her to do the same thing for my kids!"
Now, Robyn's statement really doesn't make sense. She came into the family when Mariah was a teenager. After the move to Vegas and the birth of King Sol, Robyn clearly couldn't handle her own children because she announced on an episode of Sister Wives that her sister Taralyce would be helping her out. So where was Robyn helping Meri with Mariah?
And let's not forget in their book "Becoming Sister Wives" how Meri recalled Robyn popping over unannounced at her house with (at that time) her three kids in tow to spend time with her. I've always wondered if Robyn only popped over when it was Kody's night at Meri's house.
Anyway, after Robyn had finished, Meri stated that she will still help Robyn raise her brood.
Kody sort of gave his opinion by saying "...I don't know if right now is the time to gallivant off and find yourself. ...When you think about needing something else to replace Mariah...it's right here."
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| Meri thinking (from SNL)"Robyn, you ignorant slut..." |
Of course, it did not help matters much when Robyn finished Kody's thought by interjecting "it's right next door" before he could even utter the words "it's right here." That was not editing Missy Robyn, that was YOU butting into Kody's conversation with Meri. And it is very transparent what role you feel Meri should play in your family unit - as free domestic help being a nanny while you get busy with your online store and Kody. Ask your sisterwives Christine and Janelle about how Meri parented their children, or better yet read their chapters in "Becoming Sister Wives".
Yeah, we see right through you, Robyn. And apparently so does Meri.
And it was a lost cause for Meri to try to draw a picture of her feeling of emptiness to hard skulled Kody. She asked him to imagine if Janelle or Robyn were to suddenly die, wouldn't he feel an emptiness because instead of four wives, there would only be three wives to have a relationship with.
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| Kody's empathetic look (or was that constipated?) |
This went totally over Kody's head, and Meri knew he wouldn't understand. "But you do, Mariah is still on the phone with you all the time..." he responded, with that blank, beady-eyed stare he gets whenever called upon to consider someone else's feelings.
Meri knows that look well, because she yelled to Tamron, "Next question!". And Meri's tears started to flow when Robyn proceeded to tell Meri "....I can totally see missing [Mariah] - I get that, I really can sympathize...[but] there are so many kids that still need love...There are still relationships I know you want to build..."
Yikes Robyn. So no matter if Meri wants to find herself, it's okay with you as long as 1) She doesn't go far and 2) Still makes time to take care of the kids next door...mainly yours. Funny how quiet Christine and Janelle were during this discussion...they have first hand knowledge of Meri's parenting skills. Again Robyn, READ THE BOOK!
The rest of the episode was just a retelling of events already shown this season. Truely being hospitalized (but no mention of how Meri was away in Utah with Mariah until the day before Truely came home). Mariah and Aspyn graduating from high school and Meri's petite breakdown. The San Francisco trip, with Robyn "modeling" clothes at the size 6 or less shop. And of course, PDA between Kody and his four wives. The same old stuff we already saw.
I want to know what the wives think about Kody's TV room/man cave at Meri's house only being accessible by walking through Meri's bedroom. I wonder how many times Robyn attempted to pop over unannounced with Meri telling her "Kody is busy right now..." while closing the door in her face. Now THAT would be a Tell All I'd want to see!
Even Tamron's interview with the Brown teens seemed like been there, done that. The only new revelation was that Mykelti was dating. Hmmm...that could explain why she looks so much more stylish than her sisters.
And Mariah apparently has gone the way of Maddie so many years ago by dyeing her hair a dark brown. Like I use to say, what better way to stand out in a sea of blondes than to have shocking brown or black hair. Or in the case of Mykelti, magenta.
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| Robyn bringing up that Kody doesn't like sharing a bed with King Sol |
Last but not least, the most uncomfortable scene was when Kody mentioned how he has to remove King Sol from Robyn's bed every single night. Meri's look was stoic. She must have been remembering how Robyn cried to Kody about not ever having a crib for her first 3 children, and how Kody said "All of my children have cribs". Then much later, Robyn talks about co-sleeping with ALL her children. Guess you don't have need for a crib if the baby sleeps with you, right Robyn? And before I forget, when Robyn furnished King Sol's room, she also had another crib placed in her bedroom. So Sol had TWO cribs.
So Meri, in case you're reading this. I've always thought that Robyn would be the first wife to run away once the money's gone. I'm saying to you...run run run away and divorce Kody ASAP, while the money is still there. Demand your 50% and RUN like the wind and don't look back!
