
Itās time to catch back up with Kody Brown and his harem of unhappy wives! In this episode, the BrownĀ clan is āTelling All!ā
Sort ofā¦
When we last left off on Sister Wives, the Brown family was wrapping up their Hawaiian Holiday from Hell, and 19-year-old Brown daughter Mykelti had just dropped a bomb on her mom, Christine. She announced that after dating some dude for about five months, she was planning to get hitched, and was surprised that her mother wasnāt thrilled with the idea.
Anyway, this weekās episode is the typical āTell Allā episode that ends each season. The Brown adults sit down on couches with a host and answer questions about the season. For this āTell All,ā the Browns will be sitting down with Erica Hill. (TLC must have given sassy Tamryn Hall a season off from having to deal with Kodyā¦)

The first thing Erica wants to talk about is the birth of Robyn and Kodyās daughter, Areolaā¦erā¦Aerospace erā¦.āBaby Sister.ā Ā Of course, Kody takes over and starts talking about the birth. (Heaven forbid the woman who actually gave birth has something to say about it!) Robyn cringes as she watches the footage of herself in labor.
Kody is also in a mood (he must still be bitter that his family isnāt referring to him as āThe Generalā like he had hoped) so heās especially bitchy this episode. Seriously, he needs to pop a Midol.

Kody sits there stone faced as Christine explains how hard it is to be a plural wife who is giving birth to a baby in a hospital.
Erica asks Kody if Baby Nipple is going to be his last child.
āIām old enough that I think itās time for me to grow up and stop having children,ā he says smugly.
Waitā¦what? You had to have 18 children before you came to this revelation?
Unfortunately, Robyn says she doesnāt know if they are done having children, and you know that whatever Sobbynā Robyn wants, Sobbynā Robyn gets.

Everyone talks about how āfeistyā Robyn was this season. The three other wives seem to take great delight in the fact that Robyn finally stopped blindly following her husbandās idiotic orders and started calling Kody out on his crap like the rest of them do. Itās kind of like that scene in āGreaseā when Sandy ditches the good-girl clothes for tight leather and starts smokingā¦only this is āSister Wivesā so sub out ātight leatherā for āmodest maternity wearā and āsmokingā for āhating Kody.ā

Meri, Janelle and Christine blame Robynās defiance of Kody on the pregnancy hormones but itās quite obvious that Robynās behavior has changed because sheās now legally married to Kody and knows she isnāt getting kicked to the curb without him having to pay her some heavy-duty spousal and child support.
The other wives say it was āfunnyā and ācuteā that Robyn was being bitchy to Kody, but Kody gets very mad about it. At first, it seems that heās joking around, but it soon becomes quite obvious that heās seriousā¦and a dick.
āI donāt know why you guys think it was so funny that she was mouthy to me,ā he says.

All of the other wives stop laughing and just sit there with odd looks on their faces. Meri looks like she wants to punch him. Janelle and Christine are kind of looking at each other, almost as if they are planning to head into the womenās restroom to mock the crap out of Kody when this interview is over.
Is it justĀ us or is Kody being more domineering and awful this season than ever before?

Next, we talk about the (producer-enforced) friendship between Janelle and Meri. We found out this season that, although they have been sister wives for over 20 years, Meri and Janelle have always been about one snide comment away from tearing each otherās hair out. They went to therapy together this season and tried to do some bonding activities to help improve their relationship. (Who could forget Meriās Little Shop of Thanksgiving Craft Horrors?)
Meri said that spray-painting coffee cans helped her relationship with Janelle, and that she now considers Janelle a friend. (Hey, they both canāt stand Kody, so thereās something that they have in common! Work from there, girls!)
Janelle says that Christine served as a go-between for the pair for many years.
āShe really saved us I think,ā Janelle says.

Kody, of course, quickly makes the conversation all about him.
āI have these wives, but the real love affair for me is with my beautiful children,ā he says.
Umā¦no itās not, bro. Ā The showās called āSister Wivesā because people want to know what itās like to be married to four unhappy broads, not how you split your time between King Solomon and Baby Nipple andā¦the Others.

Erica asks Kody if he is worried that his focus on the family leaves a lack of focus between him and the wives. (except Sobbynā Robyn). He keeps evading the question because the answer is so obviously āyes!ā All of the women looked miserable for most of this season. Even Robyn seemed to realize that life in Kodyās Kastle may not be all flash mobs and baby birthings.
We get a recap of all of Janelle and Meriās adventures this season, but itās pretty boring. Basically, Meri continues to boss Janelle around and Janelle continues to go with the flow becauseā¦well, she just doesnāt really care about these people.

āMeri immediately knows what she wants and Janelle doesnāt immediately know what she wants all of the time, she has to think about it,ā Kody says.
Next, we talk about Maddie and Calebās wedding.
āEven though Janelle is the mother of the bride, we are all mothers of the bride,ā Robyn declares, as Janelle gives her an awkward side-eye.

Next, we hear from the older Brown children. Maddie says everyone in the family is ābaby hungryā and is pressuring her and Caleb to have a baby soon. What the heck? TheseĀ people have a million kids; they donāt need another one! Let the girl enjoy her youth!
Speaking of marriage, Erica next talks to Mykelti. This season, Mykelti dropped out of college, moved away to St. George, Utah, got a job at a pawn shop, and got serious with some dude that no one really knows. Kody and Christine allowed Mykelti to avoid growing up for a while by getting her a job at the hawk shop, but they had figured that their daughter would eventually return to Las Vegas and go back to school. Mykelti has instead decided to get hitched.
It seems like everyone in the family knows this is a bad idea, butĀ everyone kind of wants to watch it play out for entertainment purposed.Ā Anyone else think that Mykelti is kind of the Jan Brady of the Brown family?

After that, everyone makes Logan feel all uncomfortable by asking him why he hasnāt married his girlfriend Michelle already. Logan and Michelle are obviously uncomfortable, and Logan finally admits that he does plan to propose but he wants it to be a surprise for Michelle soā¦geeeesh.
After talking to the older Brown kids, Erica talks to the middle Brown children. They say they think Baby Sister should be the last of the Brown clan because theyāre sick of babies. These kids are smart!

Erica asks each of the kids if they have thought about plural marriage. They pretty much all say they donāt know because, well, they are only 12. Dayton says he doesnāt plan to get married young at all.
āIāve got plans. Thereās a world to see out there,ā he says.
Finally, one of them is making some sense! Aurora says she definitely wants to have a litter of kids of her own someday.

We then go back to Christine, who is sitting on the couch solo so that she can talk crap on Mykeltiās plan to get married. Christine is understandably worried that Mykelti is too young to marry some guy she barely knows. Sheās upset that she doesnāt know the family of Mykeltiās beau, and that they got so serious so fast.
Erica brings up the fact that everyone was ecstatic when Maddie rushed into an engagement with Caleb, but that they didnāt have the same reaction for Mykelti. Christine says itās because theyāve known Caleb for a while and know how stable he is. (Hell, it seemed like even Kody wanted to marry Caleb!)
Next, we rehash the tired old catfish story weāve heard a million times. Oh my God, we get it. Quit beating on that damn catfish, guys! Ā We all know that Meri was down to leave the Kod man and clan until she found out that her online man toy was actually a creepy woman who was catfishing her. Of course, Meri will not admit to this. Instead, she blames the incident on her being vulnerable due to her legal divorce from Kody, etc.
āIt was just a lot of stuff that created the perfect storm,ā she tells us.

Christine said she thought with Mariah moving away, Meri would be ālooking for something new to do.ā
Wellā¦she kind of was, but itās more like someone new to doā¦
Kody says the worst part of the whole catfishing saga was the reaction the family got from people on social media. Really? That was the worst part of your wife getting caught trying to book it from your family to bone some other dude?
āPeople would make assumptions about our family about things they didnāt understand. But, thatās alright. We got haters,ā he says.

And then he flips off the camera. Kody is just so dern punk rock, guys!
āThey came in and they messed with our marriage,ā Kody says. āI think this catfish was a hater that came in with motivation to somehow get a wedge in where we were already weak.ā
Erica talks to Meri about her relationship with the catfish. She brings up the fact that Meri said she loved the catfish in some of their exchanges. As per usual, Meri tries to downplay the seriousness of their relationship.
āI cared about who I thought she was portraying him to be because I have a trusting heart and a loving heart,ā she said.
Girl, you got played. Come.On.
Erica asks Meri if she ever felt like she was betraying Kody.
āI didnāt know what was going on and what was going to happen and I actually even told this person, Iām not crossing any lines,ā she says. āThatās not me and I will not do that. So, the feelings that I had were confusing.ā

Kody is busy serial-killer-staring at MeriĀ during this whole exchange. However, he says that he doesnāt feel betrayed by Meri because he believes she was just having a friendship. (He also doesnāt feel betrayed because, well, he couldnāt care less what the hell Meri does.)
āAll it is is talking,ā he says of Meri’s relationship with the catfish.
Robyn says that she was getting messages from people online insinuating that Meri was having an affair with this dude and she was worried about it. Erica asks Meri if she ever wanted out of the family or the marriage and Meri says at the beginning of her friendship with the catfish she ādidnāt know what she wanted.ā
She said she eventually, though, it didnāt matter āhow crappyā her and Kody were, she wanted to be there for the TLC paychecks kids. Kody and Meri say they are in a better place now. Each of them even plasters on a really hideously fake smile to prove it!

Erica asks Meri about voicemails the catfish released where she is saying she loves him and stuff and Meri basically irks all responsibility for it by saying she was āpressuredā into it. Apparently, the Big Bad Catfish and her imaginary crew āforcedā Meri to tell the fake man that she was in love with him on the regular or heād go blab crap about her on social media. She also claims that the catfish “spliced” recordings together to make her look bad.
This is getting ridiculous guys. Do better with your lies.
Next, Mariah comes on to talk about how anyone with half a brain could have seen that Meriās Twitter romance was faker than Kodyās hair extensions. She tells us that she warned Meri not to talk to this man/woman/thing but Meri didnāt listen so now she must pay! Mariah vows to keep being a bratty snot to her mother until sheās ready to repair their relationship. Ugh, this girlā¦

The Brown family wraps it up by saying they have pretty much gotten through the catfish episode and that they are ready to move on from it as a family. Weāll believe that when they come back next season and donāt mention it!
Thatās it for this season of āSister Wives!ā Until next seasonā¦.
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(Photos: TLC)


8 Responses
I can’t believe people watch this immoral junk.
No, wait. Yes, I do believe it. Ugh.
All of these women are old enough to be grandmas. Kody giving fans the finger does not change that fact. Why else would he be courting two girls to marry? The original wives make him feel elderly and he doesn’t appreciate that.
Just glad they got rid of Tamryn Hall as the host. She may be some sort of journalist, but she is awkward to watch on TV interviewing people. Her “hard-hitting” questions always come off as a half-assed militant lawyer display. She also seems unfamiliar with the material she is supposed to be referencing when talking to the cast of these shows. I was unfamiliar with her and after watching a reunion special, had to look her up to see what credentials she had. It was all a bit confusing and awkward.
NO MORE TAMRYN HALL PLEASE!!!!
I hope this show keep on the air even if their family dynamics change. I would love to see Christine experience the feeling of being someone’s “one and only”. Meri was Kodi’s one and only for a bit. Janelle and Robyn experienced it with their first husbands. Christine was always someone’s “extra on the side”. She needs to experience being the first priority to someone. She deserves to be appreciated for the wonderful woman she is. She has all the romantic notions of a non-plural wife. She just doesn’t know any better. Any man out there would be so blessed to have such a loving and devoted wife. Look how loyal she is to Kodi and he gives her nothing but disrespect in return. How long will she have to endure the pain of being tossed aside? I think Christine is the best wife but she deserves better than “door mat” treatment.
Such a clever and amusing recap! It’s like you were reading my mind as I was watching. What a bunch!! Well done!
Dayton is the only smart one.
Utterly disappointed they didn’t ask Mariah if she saw her Mom’s banana pics
Kody is an ass. I watched five minutes of this and had to turn it off.