Sister Wives S2 E6 - Polygamist Party - My Sister Wives Podcast

Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
(00:00):
Hello world, welcome to my Sister Wives podcast.
I'm Chris. And I'm Allie, we're long time
friends who had no idea we were both watching the TLC trainwreck
reality show Sister Wives. Join us as we rewatch Sister
Wives, maybe have a drink or two, and share what useless
information and insights we can provide.
Listen to us two deadbeat losersjudge the Brown family.

(00:22):
That's us all right. See you on the.
Flip side. Let me call you sweetheart.
I'm in love with you. What does the nanny do?
OK, so we're done. Goodbye.
You. Shut it off.

(00:44):
Do not twist my words. Do not make me a victim.
Sweetie. Just look at the mountain.
That's what you saw that day. Just a knife in the kidneys over
all these years and the sacrifices that I made to love
you. Oh my God, it's a party.

(01:17):
Sure is. We're having a party today, a
polygamist party. With a bunch of monogamists.
That is funny, yes. Overall we have two things going
on in this episode. 2 main storylines are following.
One is Meri is going to go have a colonoscopy for some colon

(01:39):
cancer preventative measures andthe family are going to have a
bunch of monogamous friends overthat they have never had over
before for a party for a dinner.After coming out and being who
they are in the world, they now can have these people over and
into their homes where they didn't have them before.

(02:00):
There was an annoyance that I'vehad that I feel like it happens
every episode and I'm kind of wanting to know if you think I'm
crazy or not. OK, I feel like they do this
right? Like there's the two things
they're doing, but they keep just talking about and then
we're going to have this dinner party, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah. Not really a big thing about the
dinner party. Then we go into something

(02:22):
totally else and then it's just it the basically like they just
drop a line that this thing's going to happen and then we move
on to something else and then another line that this thing is
going to happen and then we moveon to something else.
And there's a level of that, every single episode that
they're just continuously tryingto weave this thing through

(02:43):
there for some reason. And I just don't know if I feel
like it's necessary. I agree.
I think there's a lot of back and forths and we've talked
about that many times where we sound even more inebriated than
we may be. Correct.
Because it's back and forth and back and forth and back and
forth. And it's like, do we really take
the time after watching to splitthese into more cohesive
stories? Like, no, that's their job.

(03:05):
That's what they should have done.
There is a lot of back and forthwhere you would think maybe in a
particularly 1/2 hour episode itwould go back and forth like 3
times maybe at the most, but instead it's like 8, yeah.
It's always like the bouncy ballthing.
And I'm just, it's like you start to feel like you get maybe
one more little piece of information, but not enough

(03:26):
really to make a difference, just to like, jerk your head
back and forth and go, wait, we're back here again.
OK, All right. What's happening now like?
A lot of their back and forth should be condensed or
something. Yes, agreed.
Agreed. It just, I guess maybe that was
just my overarching thought is that it did seem like a lot of

(03:46):
unnecessary back and forth for two things that happened.
Absolutely. We start off the episode with
Kody and Meri on the couch and they are discussing how they're
going to have friends over for this dinner for the first time
and they try to tee up who thesefriends would be like.
What classification? Like Co workers and people that

(04:08):
maybe aren't their best friend, but people that they kept away
from home, kept away from more intimate details about their
life. But but they had eventually
gotten to the point that they were comfortable enough to share
that piece of their life with, right?
So like, as things became publicand they felt it.
And I think some of these peopleknew their lifestyle even before

(04:29):
they were public, but they maybejust didn't do things like this.
It seemed by the end we do, it does seem more like a mix.
For sure, correct. We get more information.
Yeah, at the end for sure. Yeah, at the beginning, I think
they were just trying to classify which kind of friends
were going to be coming to this dinner.
They also give some details about going to see a.

(04:51):
Gastroenterologist. I think it could go either way.
I don't think I'm right. Yeah, I like, I would not bet
money on it. The word was said multiple times
and I tried to write it down because I was like, what is this
word? Gastroenterologist.
OK, I had maybe an extra letter in there.

(05:14):
Gastro gastroenterologist. Yeah, OK.
Like gastroenterology, that kindof makes sense, Like, OK, so.
We got that covered. Gastro and then I try to say it
again and I can't gastroenterologist now I'm going
to fuck that up this entire show, but this entire episode.

(05:35):
But really when you think about it like gas, like they're going
in the booty, they're entering ologist and that makes sense.
She's going in. That's what happened.
That is what happened. So the gastroenterologist or
whatever is someone that you know, you go in for a screening
for colon cancer. You basically have a
colonoscopy, but we'll get to that.

(05:56):
They, Meri's talking about how she's going to go see this
specialist because her sister was diagnosed at 31 with stage 4
colon cancer. And I, I was finally finding the
timeline a little hard to follow, but I think it was that
her sister died 11 months after her diagnosis.
Is that what you took? That is correct.
OK, so you know, maybe at 32 years old and obviously a pretty

(06:20):
quick change. Tragic, they called.
It a tragedy. Very tragic.
And so Meri sharing a little bitabout her sister and how her
sister was a second wife and herpolygamous family and that after
her passing, her sister wife took on raising her children,
you know, and that does make sense.

(06:42):
Was there anything about the background and the story that
stood out to you or made an impact, touched you well?
I don't want to say no and be like heartless and cold, but no,
I, I understand you know why she's doing all of the stuff she
did. I I do have a couple of probably
asshole comments. OK, let's get them started.

(07:04):
Let's just do it. Let's just dive in.
Kick it off. So when they're on the couch,
they're talking about the party and we're doing all of this and
then the transition is but before the party, I do have some
health concerns that I have to get taken care of.

(07:25):
Yes. And I just, it was comical, a
little bit like. Hot off the heels of the wax
museum into the like our creepy children thing from our last
episode, and now it's like we'rehaving a party.
But first, yes, I have some health concerns.
It was just and then, you know, again, this sounds asshole ish

(07:45):
and it really does balance itself out towards the end of
the episode where I no longer felt this way.
But I understand the preventativeness and all of
that. But the the way some of it was
framed was kind of the, well, there could be a problem and I
don't even know yet. And like, have you had any

(08:06):
symptoms? No.
And whatever. And I'm so I'm kind of like, OK,
like. But symptoms aren't common with
colon cancer like she's saying. These.
Yeah, it all pieced itself together at the end.
I think maybe I just wish it hadbeen framed a little bit
differently at the beginning because she made it clear, you
know, obviously, that there weresome other concerns that other

(08:27):
people have had in the family and like, all this stuff, like I
totally get it now. But at the beginning and kind of
the way it was LED into I just was like, what are we?
This seems like escalated for a reason that maybe it doesn't
need to be. But then I felt guilty about
feeling that way. And so I'm not saying I was in
the right for it. I.

(08:48):
I think the truth omometer, the truth O meter over here is
going, yeah, it was stated in a way that is to lead to the
drama. And I believe it was probably
prompted by production mixed with just some good old
fashioned merriness. Like if anyone's going to have a
health scare over nothing at this point, that's once again

(09:08):
it's asshole thing to say. It's not nothing, It's not
nothing. But at this point her sister had
cancer. That's all we know.
And she might have a health issue, yes, and is speaking
about it in such. That we have to deal with right
before the party. Right before the party?
Yes, has to be done. And then we, as we find out
later, she's actually put this off for six years.
So like this just happens to be the exact right timing.

(09:31):
Yeah, perfect. Timing.
It works great for production. It's a great counter to a party.
Yeah. It's the colonoscopy.
I mean, it was a bouncy, back and forth, weird ride and I just
went on. I recognized that that wasn't
the right thing to think or say,but Amen, it was weird a few

(09:53):
places. I understand why you'd say that
and I but I did think that the background story overall was a
little bit to pull on your heartstrings a bit like they
did. You know, it's unfortunate that
Meri's sister passed away. It's like tragic story to like
leave your children like that and everything so.
They tell us more about that. We'll get into more of that
later, too. Yeah.

(10:13):
Like there was, yeah. Then we have the on the couch
moment with Robyn, Christine andJanelle.
They're talking about how in their lifestyle there are other
mothers in the family. So if a mother passes away, how
in monogamous culture, it's morelikely that you would go to the
children would go to a sibling or God, grandparents,

(10:35):
godparents, etcetera. But in their lifestyle, it would
be likely that they'd be raised by another mother from the
family. I thought that made sense.
I don't. I did think it was a little it's
it, it made me, it did make me question like, OK, so why
wouldn't they go to grandparentsor a sibling?
But then I also was like, well, the bio dad is the husband and

(10:58):
there's like this family unit existing then that outweighs it.
But I did have a moment of pausejust going like, why is that the
default? But then I thought it probably
just is. I don't know.
Well, I think it just is becausethe goal is always to keep the
kids lives as same as it has been and that's the same as it
has been, right? So, but obviously, yes, their

(11:20):
other parents still exist there.So yeah, totally makes sense.
When they were discussing that, you know, often times, yes,
another sister wife would step in and take, you know, care of
those children. They called it an unspoken rule.
And I thought that was kind of, I'm like, that's great, but you

(11:41):
probably should like, speak it out loud too.
Like, just to be clear, just to make sure, just so that
everyone's on the same page. But then Robyn made a comment
that was interesting and she said, well, in my situation it's
a little bit different because my kids do have a biological

(12:02):
father who is not a part of the family unit, so they would
likely have to go to him. I was like, well, I guess at
least you acknowledge that. And then there was a moment
where Christine said, you know, oh, that makes me mad or.
She said she would fight for. Them she would fight for them.

(12:25):
Oh, is Christine a good actress?I'm not sure, but OK, I'll take
her at her word that she would do that.
OK, sounds good. This is also Robyn an example of
perhaps of planting a seed, but it's maybe not planting a seed.
This one is not a good example. Maybe because you know people
are suspicious of Robyn for having future things happen for

(12:49):
Kody to adopt her children and planting seeds so that other
people make the first step bringing up.
Correct. What not and big conspiracy, big
conspiracy. And so this was an interesting
example where Robyn points out her bio kids would have her kids
would have to go back to their bio dad likely.
And then oh, well, that makes memad and oh, I would fight for

(13:11):
them. And it's like, OK, like,
interesting. I think there's probably a level
of truth to that. I mean, maybe some of it's a
little I don't want to say show Bodie, but but more so maybe
trying to win Brownie points with Robyn or something.
Maybe yeah, I don't know. But I also do believe that she,

(13:35):
I think all the other moms did really try to take kids in as if
they were their own, too. I don't think it was maybe as
easy to do as they would have liked it to be, but I think that
was their goal. Don't you Agreed.
Yeah. Yeah.
So yeah, I don't. Even when I'm questioning
Christine's acting skills, it's really more about not
necessarily even her intention, but just how she was in that

(13:56):
moment. To me, it just sent.
It seems so like, are you fucking kidding?
Like it just seemed fake. I don't know.
She just seems fake to me. She says these things.
Oh yeah. Oh, I'd fight for your children.
Like girl, calm down. Maybe it was actually just more
of a because she did actually seem surprised.
I I think maybe they hadn't thought that piece through and

(14:19):
she seemed really surprised whenRobyn said that and was kind of
like, Oh my God, are you serious?
Like, no, we couldn't let that happen.
Like just, you know, just like off the cuff, like reaction in
the moment. I don't know, could be probably
not actually going to fight for those kids against their
biological father. Or like good luck.

(14:42):
We go from Robyn's kids leaving the family to their bio dad, to
Meri's cancer potential situation in which her and Kody
are arriving at a doctor's office very early in the
morning. Why are these appointments
always at 5:00 and 6:00 in the morning?
I know, right? It is interesting and I'm
unclear about this, but oh, maybe it's because it's the only

(15:07):
time they can film in the office.
Like they have to actually ask them to open early so that they
can film. And often times they do choose,
I don't know about doctors, lawyers, professionals, based on
whether they will agree to be filmed and if they can film in
their office because, you know, that is a thing.
And other patients and stuff. I bet that probably isn't that.

(15:27):
That seems like a logical reason.
OK boy, thinking things through today.
OK, well now I got distracted from what I was really talking
about in the first place. Well, Meri was talking about how
she doesn't know what to expect.Yes, and she's she's a part of
this Cancer Research organization like that is, you

(15:50):
know, I guess maybe her results and like her family and how
they're doing this is a part of,you know, helping assist Cancer
Research because they did have afamily member that died so young
from it, you know, so. And yes, there could be
something wrong. Yes.
We don't at this point have any reason to believe that there is,

(16:12):
but there could be. Yeah, yes.
And. So then the doctor.
Doctor with the blue shirt and the white collar.
I don't know how I would describe this doctor.
He was a bit enthusiastic. He was very enthusiastic.
Like when he was introducing himself to Meri, he was like,
hunched over and leaning into her face and wait, like shaking

(16:32):
her hand very intensely. Like, OK, hello, Doctor.
Yes, a bit much. But what I was mostly shook by
was this blue shirt with a starkwhite collar.
It was like a time capsule moment because when I worked at
McDonald's when I was in a high school and I was a shift
manager, I had a blue shirt withwhite collars and it was like

(16:53):
bam, bam. It's a moment.
It is a moment. And this doctor was wearing that
shirt. It was a moment.
It was like Express 2001. But because the show's so far
behind, you know, like, you know, it was years old at that
time, but it was still a moment in time.
Like for me it was like almost high school graduation moment
so. That was great.
I missed that entirely and I am so upset.

(17:17):
I did notice his enthusiasm, butI didn't catch the shirt and now
I'm upset. Well.
Yeah, he makes another shirt choice, which is good.
Look at me talking about the fashions in this episode.
Yes, this is great. Kody.
I love it. So the the doctor does, after
hearing about Meri's background and everything, does recommend a
screening based on her family history and things that have

(17:39):
happened. I feel like this seems obvious.
But also Meri did make it clear that she didn't know what to
expect going into this consult, but that seems pretty obvious.
And then they schedule a colonoscopy as her screening
procedure. These are words I'm not used to
say. It's so funny because like

(17:59):
they're not even hard words, butI'm like, procedure colonoscopy,
blah blah blah. And I just don't want to say the
wrong thing, you know? I don't want to fuck it up,
butcher it up completely. Well, I think you're doing just
fine. OK, OK.
I'm glad we worked through that.Then we get another, you know,

(18:21):
couple of lines about the dinnerparty happening.
Oh yes. Yep, we've got some monogamous
couples coming over this friendship appreciation dinner.
Yeah, so we flip-flopped real quick right there.
That happened and then they stopped talking about the
dinner, I think and. Then I think we cut to the next

(18:42):
day. Actually, I think they're doing
maybe, I'm not sure if there's atalking head or if it's a couch
moment or whatever, but everyonehas invited a person or two.
Like they were talking about howit was not just like Christine's
for everyone invited people to this.
Maybe they talked about it longer than I thought they did.
Then well, but it's just. A little bit more detail.
It's just the intro to them setting up and stuff.
Yes. So then Kody mentions this

(19:05):
friendship appreciation dinner is what they're calling it,
which is funny that the episode is called Polygamy Party because
they're the only polygamist. Everyone else is monogamist.
The scene is that they're setting up at Robyn's half
house. So this is where Meri is trying
to demonstrate how she wanted the table set up in Robyn's
living room when they're moving the furniture to the sides and

(19:26):
they're kind of getting things like prepped for their guests to
come over. And I thought that this was a
very interesting moment of having three sister wives
because it's Meri, Christine andRobyn at Robyn's half house
setting up the tables. They're doing like a pre setup.
It's not the day of the party. They're like doing a planning
session. Meri is suggesting that they

(19:49):
have so they have like the threeplastic folding tables, those
white common everyday folding tables.
And she's suggesting they do 3 back-to-back lined up so it
becomes like a big square so that you could have nine people
or maybe 12 people. At this large table, and I'm not
sure what the pushback is. They don't tell us any pushback

(20:10):
at this point. She's just trying to describe
what she's thinking. And then there is a point where
she literally has them like get on the floor like they are the
tables to demonstrate. And it was so funny, though,
because they were having like a playful moment about trying to
understand what Meri was gettingat with setting up the tables
how she wanted them. But also you could tell that

(20:32):
people had different opinions. And it struck me right away as
like, Oh my gosh, like to every time you're doing something,
have to negotiate and or hear other people's plans.
And it's not your event. This isn't Meri's event.
It's not Robyn's event. It's not Christine's event.
So it leads to some interesting moments in this episode.

(20:54):
Nothing too terrible, but, you know, And then they cut to Kody
calling. It's on speakerphone.
I think it's Robyn's phone. I don't know whose phone it is,
but Christine, Robyn and Meri are around her kitchen counter
and the phone is on speaker. And I don't even remember what
they're saying. But then when they're coming to
the end of the conversation, Kody says I love you.

(21:16):
And Robyn says I love you and Meri.
And Christine did not say I loveyou.
And she was like, do you? I love you?
And they were like, oh, yeah, no, oh, I didn't hear.
And, oh, whatever. But it was just an interesting
moment. Because I do think that's part
of Robyn's narrative and why shehas the relationship she has
with Kody is that she does at other times point out wives not

(21:41):
always flattering. Like, she talks about how
they've, like, gained weight andhow they don't take care of
themselves and whatever in the future.
But I think this is another small example, maybe because
she's so young or, you know, early in their marriage and
their relationship. And so when he says, I love you,
she's like, I love you. And they're like thinking the
calls just coming to an end. Did that matter to you?

(22:02):
I thought Robyn was just so stupid at the end of it like she
yes clearly pointed out aren't you going to say you love him
too? And OK, yes sure, sorry
whatever. And then she talked in circles
for like 2 minutes after that. Well, I just couldn't believe
that they didn't say I love you.I mean he said I love you and it

(22:24):
wasn't just to me that he was saying I love you.
He was saying I love you to all of us.
It was a group I love you. So I guess I just didn't
understand why you didn't respond immediately with I love
you too because I would say I love you, but they didn't even
say I love you back to him. And like, she just kept going
and going and going about it. And, yeah, it seemed just an

(22:44):
example of how Robyn gets sleazysometimes.
And I I think that's easy. Yeah.
Like, I feel like that's kind ofthrowing the others under the
bus. Like, I feel like that's what
she was doing. Not.
Yeah. She didn't have to say it's good
to just you better say I love you back.
Like, it didn't even have to be a thing that she noticed.
The others wouldn't have noticed.
Yeah, Kody would have noticed, said I love you or not.

(23:06):
So yeah, it's just her way of making herself look better than
the rest because she cares so much that everybody says I love
you. Yes.
Like, I think that that's true. Absolutely, yeah.
So I guess that was was my thoughts about that.
Yeah. I just don't like her.

(23:28):
Did you say I just don't like her?
I just don't like. Her.
It was just another example of just Robyn being Robyn.
Amen. Amen.
Yeah, while they were either on the couch or they were putting
trying the table example situation, they were elaborating
on the fact that they hadn't hadthe opportunity to do things

(23:52):
like this before, right? Like to have monogamous people
over things like that. And I think both Christine and
Robyn had moments in which they said, you know, yes, we, we
couldn't do this. We were told we couldn't speak
up. And Christine at some point
mentioned that her dad's dad wasput in jail for being a

(24:14):
polygamist. So like, their family took
everything super, super serious and had to keep it all, you
know, very, very hush hush. I think in kind of part of the
story of that coming through, there was some photos that
flashed across the screen, like maybe some like of her
grandparents or something like that.
And then there was one of their kids, like all of the brown

(24:40):
children, these pyjamas that they were in looked super culty,
OK? Like they were culty pyjamas.
They were like different patterned cotton with a very
specific V-neck and shirt sleevecut and straight gown at the

(25:01):
bottom right. Like it's almost like a hospital
gowny or like scrubby looking straight like thing.
Yeah. And it looked creepy.
Yeah, it was really weird. There's definitely photos of
times with them or with their extended family with where their
extended family is wearing more of the traditional garb.

(25:21):
And it's like, Oh my goodness. Like it's weird.
From a different era, from a different time.
Creepy though. Anyway, no offense, kids.
No offense. No offense.
So then we have all of the wivessitting on the couch for a
moment where they're discussing having fun doing things together
without Kody and how like going shopping is one of their things

(25:42):
where if they go out and do things, usually they're loud and
rambunctious. And they're they're trying to
emphasize the silly nature, the playful relationship that these
wives have with each other. I, of course love Janelle saying
that she gets embarrassed by them and that she definitely
prefers that. She loves that she works so that

(26:03):
she doesn't have to do these things with these women because
they're crazy. But I don't know that there was
even really much to Glee. I I just feel like, I don't
know, they just showed them likeshopping and laughing and
whatever. I don't know, I didn't really
care. You know what I want to know?
Before there was cameras following you through the
grocery store, did you behave exactly like this?

(26:25):
Right. Like before you were on TV being
recorded? You know Meri was all business
in that grocery. Store, I'm sorry, yes, it looked
cute and playful in the moment or something, but there's an
element of it not maybe being asgenuine as I would agreed, you

(26:47):
know? For example, you and I, we've
known each other for a long time, OK?
We've gone to grocery stores together many times.
There's only a few that would I would describe as like fun,
exciting times where maybe we were actually just excited about
we're going to do later or something.
But in general, the grocery store is not a place to really
having fun. And so having them show these

(27:08):
examples did seem unrealistic. Yeah, it was a lot.
Yeah, it was a lot that was happening in a grocery store,
so. Now, I do believe that Janelle
gets embarrassed by them, and I'm sure she probably does not
like how loud they can be. But you know, I don't think in
general they're like having the time of their lives going to the
grocery store. Like no.

(27:29):
I think Robyn referred to it as like a girl party.
Oh yeah, it was a girl party, and everyone loves a girl party.
Are you talking about how old are you 30?
Like what are you doing? It literally reminded me of like
a 5 year old or something. I think there's a girl on Dance
Moms, a song called like girl party and it's like she's

(27:52):
literally 5. Yeah, I everything.
That. Comes out of her mouth like
every single time. I'm just like what the hell?
Are you doing has the brain of 1/3 grader at the best?
Are you doing? Back at the clinic early morning
early. To say that the type of the
doctor I forget I was really waiting for it.

(28:15):
Yeah, yeah, Back at the clinic with the doctor with the sharp
collars. That was so many words, like so
ridiculous, but it is. It's morning.
It's morning. It's always morning.
There's always snow and there's always wind and it's always
morning during this episode. It's just, it's a lot.

(28:36):
And so Meri's going to get a colonoscopy.
Christine and Janelle are both sharing that they're frustrated
with Meri for not getting testedearlier after it was recommended
highly that she do so because that all of the siblings get
screened after her sister died so young and so quickly.
So everyone's recommended to getscreening.
At this point, I'm not even surethat we know that all of them

(28:58):
did accept her. But it's like her sister wives
are being like, hello, go get screened.
Go get screened. And I mean, I would do the same
thing with you, and I think you would do it with me too.
Where like, a doctor's recommending you do this.
You can't take years. Don't do it for years.
Like, come on, like, go do it. You know, one of those things
you do harp on. And it was right at this time

(29:19):
that one of the, IT was either Janelle or Christine said that
four of Meri's siblings had goneto get their colonoscopies and
had had polyps that they had to have removed.
So four of her siblings had had to have the same thing done.
So they were like, come on, thisisn't just, which again, kind of

(29:40):
ties back to my feeling earlier in the episode where it was
like, well, is there a problem? Like what?
I mean, yes, preventative is great, whatever.
But then we get more details about like the actually, no,
this was more urgent than what it seemed like at the beginning.
And Meri had been the one putting it off.
So, you know, it was just kind of now that now the details are

(30:03):
filling in and you're like, Yep,Yep, Yep, OK.
And it's like storytelling for the episode's sake as far as
giving us more details. But that did suck to start off
where there was like an unknown.And that totally made sense.
I was right there with you. Not to beat a dead horse about
arriving at the clinic so early,but I just had flashback to like

(30:27):
childhood having to go to early morning appointments and having
it be wind, wet rain, like snow.There's no sun, it's windy or
cold and you're going into like a building with bright lights
and you're like, why are we here?
And it's so early? Like there's just something
about that. And I do think that you're right
that it's for production reasons, I suspect, but just

(30:51):
something about it reminded me of growing up in Minnesota.
How like, why is it fucking night?
And it's not fucking night, it'sactually 7:00 AM.
But like, it is what it is. But I think the other part that
is just hilarious to me about how we, how we consume and watch
these episodes is like, why is it always so early in the

(31:11):
morning? Like that's something that we're
registering. Well, I mean literally like they
go back and forth. So every two minutes they're in
the the freezing cold in the morning going places, and Kody
looks like he's going to a business meeting and Meri's
like, I look like I'm a librarian slash teacher like.
OK, for a colonoscopy. Yeah, that's wonderful.

(31:35):
How detailed would you like to be walking us through the next
steps of the show? Oh gosh, I don't know about too
detailed. I know that there was some
overview, I can't remember if itwas Meri talking or something
about how polyps are somewhat common and that tumors are
what's a little more concerning when you find them right away,

(31:55):
of course, but that polyps can lead to cancer and they do often
times look into them, but that they are very polyps are very
common. A lot of people got polyps in
the colon and they're going to be just fine.
Meri talks about avoiding knowing and about her about
potential issues. She knows that there might be an
issue and she's like avoiding it.

(32:16):
So like, how would we describe this?
Like this thing of like fear based decision making or
something? Because it's like she's talking
about not stopping short of saying she doesn't want to know,
you know? Like, how would we describe
this? I, I don't even know if I I've

(32:37):
registered it as that deep at all.
I've registered it as yeah, I know I need to go get it done.
I just haven't done it yet. Get off my back.
I'll get it done. I just haven't done it yet.
Fair enough. To me, because that's who I am
as a human and I'm like, I that's just more what I was

(32:58):
getting out of it. I maybe there is a level of fear
of it because of her sister, right?
Like I can understand that that might be a level of fear, but I
guess I wasn't reading it as even that deep.
Like I didn't even think she wasactually that worried.
Like I think this was for production and it was like this

(33:20):
is a good time for me to get a colonoscopy on.
Television, yes, OK, and fair enough.
I for some reason This is why I was teeing it up to you, because
I was like, I think I'm reading between the lines, but I, I
didn't know what I was. Reading.
So maybe there was, I don't know, there very well.
Could be just she's. Been terrified to do it and she

(33:40):
just can't imagine getting the answer and so she won't.
So I don't know, yeah. Yeah, fair enough.
But yes, the colonoscopy is doneon film.
They do film now. Ever since Katie Kirk did it, I
just don't think it's such a bigdeal.
But it it's a little funny because you do get to see the
inside of her body and they don't even blur it.
It's like, Meri, I can see your colon.

(34:04):
Meri, I'm inside of you right now.
Oh no. Oh no.
That's, that's a lie, isn't it? I guess I'm not inside of her,
but something's inside of her and we're watching it.
OK, I you know this is just me. Obviously.
But like, I could never imagine having a camera up my ass.

(34:31):
Yeah, while I am sedated and allowing a film crew in.
I would totally do it. Absolutely not.
Never, ever, ever. Because like, nothing is really
shown. I mean, you saw Paula, but.
You know there's a camera up herbutt live on television.

(34:52):
I don't know why that bothers you.
What does it? Bother you?
Just don't I. Oh, it's just not.
It's a choice and not what I would make.
Fair enough. It's a choice and not what I
would make. I would say Meri's an
exhibitionist. Buddy, she likes to show.
Up She likes three watch. Right, right.
Oh God, it just goes from worse to worse.

(35:15):
But while she's got the tube up and we're all exploring, the
tube is inside of her and we're all exploring Meri's body
together. The doctor asks for Kody to come
in. Please send Kody in.
Please send him in. Consensus is they found two
polyps and did removed both of them and did biopsies to send to

(35:36):
the lab for testing and that they should have results in a
few days. And so then that's that like
Burberton and you know, he's like, you did a really great
job, Meri, which I always love that doctors say when people
have done nothing, like she did nothing, but she didn't do a
good job. And so I think it's a way of,
you know, like coming back out of your slumber being like, oh,

(35:57):
I mean, do they put people to sleep?
Because if they have to cauterize after doing the
biopsies, like, why do they put people to sleep?
I mean, it's not that uncomfortable, right?
Like a bendy tube. It's like this wide.
Listen, I don't know, but I would say if, never mind, I was
going to go down a rabbit hole for all the things they will not

(36:19):
give women pain medication for Amen.
That this is something that everybody gets pain medication
for because and. Put, put out like, put like,
we're going to put you. To sleep.
It's like, really? Is that because people people
opt not to? Because you don't have to?
It's not that. It's really not that dramatic.
Oh, no, I would have to have it done.
I think probably because some people can't relax enough to

(36:41):
like let it happen And just like, like, yeah, it's nerve
wracking, yes. I would be like, rather than
putting me out, give me good drugs like I would want to be
like, give me the the good stuff, like the like morphine.
I want morphine. They're like, Sir, we can't give
you morphine for your colonoscopy, I don't think.
Morphine even works for me. I don't think morphine.

(37:02):
Does anything sad? Yeah.
Yeah, so. I'd rather go on an adventure
than not remember. So that's where I'm at.
If when I get a colonoscopy, I'mgoing to be like, can you drug
me instead? Like good stuff.
Well, I'm sure they'll take yourrecommendation seriously.
I. Feel like we need to call
another kind of doctor and the boy needs help.

(37:24):
So anyway, yes, Chris, where arewe?
It's a new day and we've returned to the half house.
I don't know, how do you do halfhouse?
Good. Half house is like, whatever,
back at the half house, look at that.
Back at the half house, Meri showed up, followed by Christine
and Kody's shoveling that fresh snow.

(37:46):
There's a lot of snow in this episode.
There's a lot of precipitation happening this week.
So he's outside shoveling and it's totally that heavy, wet,
nasty shit that no one wants to shovel.
And has already started to freeze on the sidewalks.
Yes. And Christine arrives and she
says something like, oh, I knew I should have had one of the
boys do this. And now I'm just going to OK.

(38:07):
And it's like, fine. And then of course, Kody, the
first thing he brings up is, or one of the things he brings up
is why is one of the boys doing this?
And she's like, I'm just going to avoid and just keep going.
Like do you remember what she says?
I don't remember exactly what she says, but I have.
Did it seem like Kody had told Christine already to make sure

(38:30):
that the kids shovel the sidewalk?
And maybe Christine didn't make sure the kids did that, and
that's why Kody was a little extra irritated that he had told
her to tell the kids to do that.I don't recall that they
mentioned that he told her. I think it was an expectation.

(38:50):
OK. Personally.
And now I have a question though, because why would he
expect Christine to do that at Robbins half home?
I know, so it probably did have to be brought up at some point.
Or maybe it probably was discussed, like maybe they were
talking about, I'm just making this up.
But if they were talking about planning the party, Christine

(39:11):
could have easily said, oh, I'lljust have one of the boys shovel
if it's snowing and then maybe. Right.
And then she dropped the ball and that's why he was a little
irritated he didn't. Seem hung up on the fact that he
told her and it wasn't done. He was more like why isn't this
I my vibe was like why isn't oneof the boys shoveled?
That's what. The kids were supposed to do
this. Yeah, basically.
OK. I did think the shoveling bit of
it was funny because I there wassome.

(39:34):
Yes, this Christine's like whoop.
Nope. Bye.
Like, yeah. Like she was almost like I
dropped the ball, but I wasn't gonna acknowledge it, so I just
moved on and that was that. And it's like, Amen.
Because he's out there shovelingand he does seem kind of
irritated. And then it's so great when she
goes into the half house and then they show Kody at the end
by the garage where we we've seen him approach before to kiss

(39:57):
Robyn while Christine was givingbirth.
This is that infamous location. It was that that same location
where he's standing at the end and he's got a Christine.
Has PTSD from from CNN and television she's.
Like I'm going to make him shovel that sidewalk and then
he's got his hand up at the end of the shovel or whatever.
Like perched on just kind of looking in that way of like,
well. He did stare.

(40:18):
There was a stare for her like. The camera lingered.
He lingered. She did not.
She was already gone. Yep, door shut.
She was out of there, but he wants.
To let her linger. And Kody's like, yes, I do.
I'm going to stay out of here and make this gesture.
There was a camera there to get it.
So, you know, if he was all alone, it would have been a

(40:40):
little like, OK, buddy, you got to move on.
Oh my gosh, it was something. Yeah, it was pretty funny.
It was like a dad moment. I, I sadly, I identified like I
was like, get a fucking kid overhere to shove.
We'll just go do inside work. But not with the Inger bit,
because if it wasn't a thing, that it wasn't a thing.
But yeah. So then we're inside the house
and they're getting ready for their guests to arrive.

(41:01):
They're having conversation, I'massuming somewhat prompted, and
Robyn talks about how everyone at the compound is always
together and they're always having a good time.
Boy, what a Robyn moment, huh? Yeah, like, what a Robyn moment.
Yeah. And she said that she feels
lonely all the time. Yeah, because everybody else is

(41:24):
always together. And poor me.
Yeah, and they're always having a good time.
They're always having a good time and I am not included.
Yeah, and Christine made sure toclarify we're not always
together and we're not always having a good time, which is
amazing because of course they're not always together and
having a good time. But I don't know.

(41:47):
I mean, if I didn't know who Robyn was, I would think, yeah,
that sucks that you're, you know, the the 4th wheel out in a
different home. So you know.
That yeah, there's, there's a FOMO level to it, right?
Like there's a, you don't feel included, you don't know.
Oh, I'll give her credit in her Libra fashion right now, OK.

(42:10):
As in something that like for meis super hard.
Like you almost feel like everybody else is like, oh, you
get a little paranoid and everybody's talking about me.
If I'm not there, they're all talking about about me and if I
can't be there, then they won't like me because I'm not in the
you know, like I will give her credit and all of that being
completely valid, like feelings about it.

(42:34):
But the problem is that you're supposed to be this like non
intrusive 4th wife situation andlike sometimes those are the
feelings that start to take overher wants and needs of the rest
of the relationship and then start to ruin it for everybody
else. You know, like this is just

(42:55):
Robyn. This is all Robyn coming in and
how that can start to become problematic.
I wonder if we're going to writesome fan fiction.
But let's that would be just that would be a new level of
just pathetic if we were to write fan fiction of if they
were to actually add on to the compound and they all just
stayed in Lehigh and what their life would have been like,

(43:18):
'cause realistically, I mean, because you know, we do hate
Robyn in general, but I mean, I,I feel for her.
I mean, that would suck. Like you join the family and
you're not even in the same house.
And like you're talking about like the FOMO vibes, the just
other Ness that does happen withher and her kids.
That's not cool. So I don't know, I guess I feel

(43:39):
for Robyn a little bit. I yeah, I mean, yes, of course,
but they just continued to make it hasn't even been that long at
this point now. Now, I think that's one of the
other things that the three other wives maybe are like just
get over it for a little bit andlike deal with it.
Like they all have had to deal with really shitty housing

(44:01):
situations for some extended periods of time.
And while they recognize that, yes, it would be preferred if
they were all closer together orwhatever else, all in the same
house, right, at least at this point, I still think that was
their goal. As we know very quickly that
starts to turn. However, if they I totally lost

(44:25):
my train of thought. They've lived in different
states. They have moved place to place
different homes at different times.
These wives haven't always livedunder the same roof.
And so Robyn does. I can see why there would be an
element of like bucket up, like we'll figure something out in
like 6 months or something. Like there are points where I

(44:46):
believe Janelle lives in a literally different state.
Like they were separated for like 2 year, like a year, nine
months, a chunk of time where she was like, I'm keeping my job
and I'm not moving with you. Also have fun.
Yeah. So, you know, yeah, living a few
blocks away in your half house is not exactly like, you know,
Don't cry for me, Argentina. Right.
I, I, I think there could be an element of that where they're

(45:08):
like, look, sorry your feelings are hurt and sorry you would
prefer to be in the mix with everything.
We'd prefer that too. Just stay in an option right
now. Yeah.
And we have to wait until that'san option.
You know, their current compoundis probably the best place
they've lived. They're probably like, this was
like 100. Yeah.
And then Robyn does talk also about how Kody being around

(45:30):
changes their dynamics, their awareness, their jealousy
levels, etcetera, and how, you know, when all the wives are
together, they're one way. And then when Kody shows up,
things kind of change. That would be weird.
I mean, I've never shared my partner with another person, so
I don't even know what that would even be like.
I don't even know. I just think they all have such

(45:53):
different relationships, right? And so and Kody is different
with each of them. Yeah, right.
Like, he's not blank. Also, I'm gonna backtrack for a
second. I felt like this episode was
kind of light on. It was a little bit right, Like
he was not talking a whole lot. Like he was in the room for some

(46:16):
stuff, but he wasn't talking a whole.
It was very light on Kody, whichis making it hard for me to hate
on him at all. So I kind of am like I don't
Interesting. But all of their relationships
are so different that you're watching your spouse interact
with Robyn in one way in this new and fresh and young

(46:38):
relationship way, and then you're watching him interact
with Christine and Meri and like, it's just so different.
I feel like it would be awkward.Yes, there it would be, would be
awkwardness regardless, even though that's what they sign up
for and that's what they wanted,you know?
Yeah, it's interesting for sure.It doesn't look like that.

(46:59):
Like even the way that they are like their composition changes
when he walks into the room, like they are more loose than
whatever and then he walks in the room and they're a little
more. The footage that they used was
everyone was a little tighter, alittle more cognizant, little
less loose, which also says something about Kody.
I think that's just Kody being around when the cats are away,

(47:20):
the dogs. Will play the dogs will play
when the cats are away, the dogswill.
Play Thank you, Meri. Meri in her precious pearls.
Now this is my favorite part of the episode.
Oh, OK, tell me about your favorite part of the episode,
darling. When they are actually setting
up the tables. Yes, yes, the tables, the

(47:42):
plastic white rectangle folding tables have arrived.
I don't remember who officially won that.
I think I do. I do.
Won the battle. OK, I do.
You can. We'll get to the end.
So is it when Kody walks in, Meri is arranging the tables?

(48:03):
When Kody walks in, the tables are set up three church style.
Yes, banquet rose. Banquet Rose, I would call it.
Thank you, Banquet Rose. Yes.
And she's saying this is how Robyn.
Wants them correct, correct. I want them butt to butt.
Yes, OK, and but, but that's notshe goes.

(48:24):
What do you think of the tables like this?
Do you like the tables like this?
Because Robyn does and I don't. She definitely.
Yes, and how she phrased it, yes, because Robyn does but I
don't. Yes, and then Robyn comes over.

(48:45):
So I think is it shortly after that?
Maybe. I don't even know if she
overheard them saying this and having this conversation.
Not sure. Robyn comes over and is like
slamming around these tables, like aggressive.
Now, they can be a little loud sometimes.
But yeah, she was doing this with intention.
Yes, she was saying, fine, I will move the fucking table.

(49:08):
It came, which is why now I'm calling who won because that's
how she was moving the table when she did it was flipping it
the long way and starting to turn them that way.
And I was like, oh, she had a temper tantrum.
Now, but the the the real thing about this equation is that Meri
tease this up to Kody. You know, like choose you choose

(49:30):
me or Robyn, and he's like evaluating the situation.
The tables are currently set up as Robyn wants them, Meri says.
I want them pushed together. Where they end up is in a long
row of three. The long way.
I, I don't know what that would be called, but end to end,

(49:51):
instead of like a square, they're like a very long rectal,
have a really long table, whatever cathedral style, like
when you're having whatever, a big long table.
Harvest. Harvest.
Thank you. See you're so good.
So it set up like a harvest table, which does I think makes
the most sense for this group. Unless you were going to do the
berries way, probably Robyn didn't.

(50:11):
Have worked. It was too small for the amount
of people they had. They wouldn't have been able.
They were both wrong. They were both wrong in my
opinion. Robyn was more wrong because she
was like let's have different groups and it's like what are
you doing? But Robyn's an idiot, so luckily
Kody ends up putting them all inthis harvest line.

(50:32):
And I noted it because I was like, Kody went with a third
option and didn't select either of the two wives things.
So, you know, that might be the smartest thing.
Oh, you've seen Kody Brown do. I didn't even realize that he
was the one that came up with a solution.
I just loved seeing Robyn throw the tables.
They don't. There's table slamming and then

(50:52):
all of a sudden the table set upthe way it is and we just kind
of move on. There's a reason that something
was left out. I don't know how we got to that
point, but the point we got to was that neither Meri or Robyn
got their way. I think it's most likely that
Meri, maybe Meri said, well, what if we just did it all along
and then that's what happened because Meri.
'S well and it was the right wayfor it to end up because it

(51:12):
actually I know I wrote down somewhere towards the end that
it was like yeah that actually turned out to look like a pretty
decent table for a brown dinner you know like it they did OK
yeah but yes I just rob and throwing tables note that little
nugget note the tantrum note what sets her off when she
doesn't get her way I. Wonder if she, because I don't

(51:34):
recall, but I wonder if she was in the kitchen area when Meri
teed it up like, well, this is how Robyn wants it, but I wanted
a different way. Like if she heard that, BAM.
Because I'd go over and I'd slama table too.
And I'd be like, this is my halfhouse.
You listen here. I I think there are any of these
things are possible and. This is an undercurrent of this
episode that I was thinking about at the beginning, and I'm

(51:56):
sure you did too. Is like there are three women at
least that care. Janelle does not give a fact
about this stuff, but there are three women that do probably
care and would have a preference.
And I think about how when I'm hosting a thing, you come over
and help me out and you know that like I'm going to call the
shots, but you are like, what iswhat about this?

(52:18):
And what do you think of this? And like have great ideas and we
play that role to each other where I come and I'm like, well,
what do you think of this? Or I ask a question to be like,
why did you make this choice? But you're the one like not
having that clear. That would be challenging for
sure. Like I would have a problem with
it. Absolutely.
I'd be like, don't you understand that the way I do it

(52:39):
is right? And it's like I actually have
gotten a lot better at that, as in having a mother that was like
that. If you're listening, mom, sorry,
but that's there was the right way to do everything.
Even if it's not like, you know,cutting sandwiches into
triangles or squares. Triangles is right.
It's the correct way. It's not, you know, it's a
sandwich. So I had to like train myself
out of these things that don't really matter.

(53:00):
And it's there's still residual things though, where I'm like, I
have my preferences and they arepreferences for a reason.
They make sense. Yes.
It's the way I want it, and it'sthe way God wants it.
But well, I I do believe that's exactly what God is saying to
you and also to. You.
It's the voice I'm hearing. It's telling me you're right,
Chris, we've. Talked about those voices.

(53:21):
Those voices. I I do believe that and also you
knowing that that's exactly how you yourself and you are, you
are not going to enter into a relationship where there are
three other spouses that are supposedly equal to you that you
have to make daily choices with.No, you simply would not do

(53:44):
that, because that would be insanity for you.
Yes, true. True, good job.
I couldn't be with. One man who cared too much.
I'd be like, you need to. I'm the one that cares about
this. Yeah, actually your your
boundaries or limits are comicalat times for sure.
Wow and. Alternatively, kids, I should

(54:04):
have more expectations so. Listen, we're just going to
gloss past that to everyone sitting around the table that
the, what is it? The family the appreciate the
friend appreciation dinner. The friendship appreciation
dinner with monogamous. Yes, yes.

(54:25):
So after Robyn's table tantrum, my favorite moment and I, I
just, I don't know if this is possible or not, but Robyn had a
spotlight interview in which shewas talking about how, yes,
sometimes she does get jealous and you know, things like this
and maybe alluding to some of the working togetherness that's

(54:48):
hard at times. She was like in the bathroom,
like in the bathroom of her halfhouse.
So because she was wearing exactly what she was wearing for
the part, like did she pull a camera into the bathroom or post
table tantrum? Did they take her and be like,

(55:09):
oh, Robyn, are you OK? Like.
Yeah, like it. Was in the bathroom.
Yeah. And you can't tell me that
bathroom is large. Right, like on set, on location,
real time interview. We're pulling you into the
bathroom of the half house. Yeah, like not even to just
outside where it was. It was snowing.
You're right. A little.
Weird. A little.
Weird, I think Robyn was like, Ineed to talk about my feelings.

(55:33):
Yeah, yes, I'm a jealous bitch. Or or production was like oh
this bitch will talk about. Her feelings, That's right.
I think that's the more likely someone was like, get me Andy in
a camera. Like that's how it goes.
Yeah, yeah. So pretty, pretty special.
And then there must have been one more couch moment before the

(55:56):
dinner starts. OK.
In which Kody shared the Bible verse that made him decide to
come public. Oh, yes, yes.
OK. And it was that you should put
your light on a Candlestick, notunder a bushel.

(56:17):
Yes. I think.
I think I. I'm not.
I'm not 100% on the word. Bushel Bushel I'm not sure
about, but let's. Go ahead.
But it's as close as I could get.
So I can totally see how those 123456789, maybe 10 words say

(56:43):
they, they speak to you in such a manner that that you are told,
yes, I'm going to tell the worldall about everything.
I'm sure that that did it, don'tyou think?
Well, I don't did he say that this this Bible verse moved him?
Yes. Oh, I thought he was just using
it as an example. I don't I.
It moved him to blow up their lie, right?

(57:06):
So I can't really blame Kody's life on a Bible verse if that's
what he's trying to do. But I think the Bible verse is a
good Bible verse. I think people should have their
light on a Candlestick and not under their bushel.
Keep it. The gesture that's happening for
the listeners? You want to be.

(57:26):
The Candlestick. You want to be the Statue of
Liberty? Yeah, the.
Candlestick is armed, all tie inthe air and then the bushel.
Bushel is a gesture towards the nether region, yes, so the like.
What is it the like no touch square or something?
Yeah. Red zone.
The red zone. I'm on fire.

(57:51):
It's burning. It's something it's.
Burning. Oh God, my flame is lit, my
bushel burn. Jesus.
My bushels on fire. For a minute I thought we had
gotten it back together. Hand me the ointment.
It's burning, it's burning, it'sburning.
Yep. Well, you know Kody's Bible
verse. I don't even know I I was too

(58:12):
busy ignoring him to really care, but it.
Was like the few words he said. So I thought I'd give him some
credit on this this episode. Yeah.
But yes, as I briefly mentioned earlier, the table turned out OK
and they were all they all. Looked to be.
Conversant old time. Sharing stories, getting to know
each other? Yes, being human beings.

(58:33):
My favorite was Janelle's Co worker, who for the moment we're
going to call her gay Co worker.Is he gay?
Yes. Has he come?
Has he come to terms with this? Who knows?
I hope he has. I hope he was at this moment.
Oh, maybe he's listening. I know what I hope.
I hope he's like. Yes, if you are listening
Janelle's former gay Co worker. That was at that, at that

(58:57):
friendship appreciation dinner, yes.
Please let us know who you are and maybe we'd love to have you
on the show because at the end of the day, that would be you.
You were my favorite character. You were my favorite person on
this episode. You were so funny.
I love the way that you were talking.
You were so excited about finding out that Janelle was a
sister wife. So you were telling people, and

(59:18):
I thought it was great and I thought it was great that
Janelle had a friend like you atwork and I would love to hear
about that. So I think that would be an
amazing get for for a guest on this.
Show Janelle's gay Co worker. Yes, and if you're not gay then
send put a mean comment instead.Yes.
Say I'm not gay. Tell us exactly how you feel

(59:39):
about everything we just said. Defend yourself publicly, say I
am not gay, and everyone will believe you, the gay man saying
you're gay. Like, come on.
OK. But if you're not, that's OK
too. Well, absolutely and.
Robyn's 7th grade friend. Was there some sort of person
she lied to? For a long time she's just
lying, lying all over the place.And then she she finally came

(01:00:00):
out to her, and then they were closer than ever.
But she cried. She.
Cried. She cried over her polygamist
friend. I don't know.
Who else were There were some cute stories.
I guess I did. It seemed like yeah, they went
around the table and like introduced every single person
and how they knew each other. The person that was a friend of

(01:00:21):
Kody's made some joke and I, I think it was actually kind of
funny, but it's like I did not that good, you know?
I mean, I don't know. No, but it seemed like a lovely
dinner. I guess we'll just say it did
seem like a good time. I think everybody blended and
meshed well for what I could tell, yes.
So and then they did a toast to friends.

(01:00:45):
Oh yes, they did. A big toast, and I do like a
toast. I also like a toast that doesn't
go on forever. So that was good that it was
just to friends because Kody could have got up and spoke for
20. Minutes.
I was kind of worried that therewas going to be a thank you for
accepting us and to your lives. We never got that speech from
him, but we did get a toast to friends.
Perfect. And that's beautiful.

(01:01:07):
Then the next morning we come back to the doctor with a sharp
shirt, but this time he's wearing a pink shirt with a
sharp white collar. Oh, a collar so white and sharp
it could kill you. But luckily he's not going to
kill you today because guess what?
You don't have cancer. We are terrible.

(01:01:28):
That is horrible and awful. No, but we are celebrating,
actually. I know we sound like we're being
sarcastic bastards. Yes, we're happy.
We are happy that Meri did not have cancer.
I love that we can't even woo Hoo for no cancer and we're like
no but we really aren't being that mean.
I know well, you know well. We've made our reputations.
We have fans and then we have true fans and our true fans know

(01:01:50):
that we are happy that Meri doesnot have cancer.
Amen. Thank you.
The things that they caught withthe biopsies were potentially
future could be cancer, but luckily they've removed both of
the polyps. Everything seems fine and that
he recommends she come back in three years to do her next
consultation. Amen.
My favorite Kody Brown moment ofthe episode was at the end when

(01:02:13):
he and Meri are sitting on the couch and maybe arm in arm,
maybe he's got his arm over her shoulder.
I don't know, something. And he says I should appreciate
all of our time together. And Meri says I do.
Yeah. And it was, it was interesting.

(01:02:34):
Couples are weird. I feel like someone recognizing
that they don't appreciate everymoment with you.
Do you really say I do? I think you say I know I would
love to get better at that or something.
Like what do you mean you appreciate every moment?
Give me a break. You do not.
You do not. So two things.
First, I knew I missed somethingright there at the end.

(01:02:57):
Yeah, because I knew he was giving her some sort of like
words of affirmation of some sort.
And she responded. But I missed because I thought
that there was something deeper to it, right.
And so I'm glad you had the exact thing that happened.
Yeah, that's probably like one of our preliminary indicators,

(01:03:20):
right? Like one of the.
Yes, you should be absolutely better at that.
And she knows you're not good atthat, but she is.
And you know. But is she?
I mean, I'm not going to, no. I think she is definitely better
than him of course, but. She does appreciate all the time
together though, don't you? Say, I think she generally does

(01:03:42):
and he probably takes probably just takes most things for
granted in his life. Well, certainly.
Yeah, but you know, and this is the thing about Kody Brown,
like, I don't know, Like I'm saying, if I was with someone
and they said that I would. I just felt like he's, he's just
so disingenuous. I don't even know.

(01:04:02):
I don't know how you're with someone who says something like
that in your responses. I always do like.
But even the fact that you wouldactually say those words, OK, so
I should appreciate our time together.
I should appreciate all of our time together.
All of our time together, which is simply acknowledging that you

(01:04:26):
don't. Yeah, I mean, it's after having
like a, you know, medical screening and being like, oh,
OK, good things are great. And like, we should I Yeah, I
don't. Maybe there's not much to read
into it. It just seemed to me like Meri
was being a little cunty, frankly.
You thought she was being cunty and see I thought he would see I
I feel like I learn more that he's the asshole.

(01:04:51):
Yes, right, because he is. And that's The thing is he is
the asshole. I don't disagree.
But neither one of them can be right.
I mean, it's OK. We're not saying either one of
them has to have won because, you know, I'm just.
Going like, if your husband's like, oh, I really should
appreciate all of our time together, It's like, yeah.
And like, maybe that's the thingyou could learn and lean into.
But like, he's not going to. He's not going to change and

(01:05:12):
neither is she, so whatever. Correct.
Correct. An interesting episode.
Cancer. Not scare, but scare and a
party. A polygamous party.
With monogamous. With monogamous, yes.
OK, so darling, who is your mustard seed this week?
Who are you giving the gift of mustard to?
OK, this is tough. So I know mine if you're you

(01:05:36):
ready. I was going to pick 1 and I hope
I'm not taking yours. Go for it, go for it.
And it's Janelle. OK, excellent.
And my mustard seed is for Janelle because she is never
hesitant to admit the things shedoes not care to take part in.
That is true. And I fucking love it.

(01:05:58):
I appreciate it. Yeah.
I don't want to go to the grocery store.
I don't want to do any of this. We know she's not setting up for
that party. You know, like, love that she
has been able to have those boundaries for herself a little
bit and not have to take in their stuff, you know?
So go Janelle. I do appreciate that as well.

(01:06:20):
At least she's not like feigningsome pretend interest or
something. She doesn't give a fuck.
My mustard seed is. I think I'm giving my mustard
seed to Kody Brown now. This is only because there's
rare opportunities to give him amustard seed.
I mean, it defies logic. It makes no sense.

(01:06:41):
It is a choice. But when we look, when we
examine the table situation in that half house, Robyn, you
know, basically assaulting the entire family and throwing fits
of rage and and then Meri being like, you know, I'm always
right, I'm always right. And they've landed in a place
that was neither one of those solutions.

(01:07:02):
And I do think I'm going to giveKody the benefit of the most
benefit of any doubt that anyone's ever given, that maybe
he had a place in coming up to this third solution and that
maybe that was a good thing to do for his wives.
So there was a lot of maybes andpotentialies and whatever.
So I love that we are giving Kody Brown one of maybe his

(01:07:25):
first, maybe second, maybe this is number 2 with the.
Mustard. I don't even know if he's gotten
one if that if. That maybe #1 because maybe
potentially he did something that could have possibly helped
the situation. We don't know that for sure, but
but we're going to give it to him because maybe it happened.
Yeah, OK, I love it. I just wanted to make sure I

(01:07:46):
was. Understanding that is the
correct classification. Let's say that this is the
cracked, driest, grossest mustard seed that we're going to
give. You don't know if it's going to
rude. I think part of the reason
you're giving it to him is because we really didn't have to
hear from him a lot this episodetoo.
Are a little bit less annoyed with him today than you

(01:08:06):
typically would. It's like I forgot how much I
hated him and he might have helped solve a problem.
So there we go. He might have.
He might. Who knows?
We don't know shit stain. Oh, who do you want to give your
shit stain to? Oh, I'm going to go with Robyn.
I I love this choice. I love.
This choice I do. Love this choice you.
Never have to think about that one.

(01:08:27):
I feel like in this episode, wow, we are just starting to see
her not starting to. But it's the the little nuances
add up right? The the I'm so lonely, the my
kids IO dad even kind of weirdness at the beginning, the

(01:08:49):
table throwing temperature. Like it's not even just that.
That was certainly the icing on the cake.
But like all of these other moments she had that it's just
like, oh, this bitch is not going to be like she's not
settling in well. She's talking like she's having
girl parties and settling in well, but I don't believe that

(01:09:11):
to be the case. I agree.
I agree, she definitely deservesshit stain this week.
Who else could I know? This is a bit challenging.
This is this is a bit challenging.
I think I'm going to give my shit stain to Christine.
Not like the most mild of shit stains, just the tiniest little

(01:09:33):
smear. No, you did not.
She had the tiniest little smearin those panties and the and
it's really just because 1 when she was responding to Robyn
about the bio kids, I didn't buyit.
I feel like she's an over actor and I didn't buy it.

(01:09:55):
And then two, she should have had one of her kids shoveling
that driveway. Kody was right.
You could tell he was right and I couldn't even That's another
reason he's getting the mustard.He was probably right.
So you know what, Christine, no hate on Christine.
Literally no hate, but I got to be.
We've got to pick shit stain. There's no way around it.
I think that's fair. And I you know what?
I would not always jump on the shoveling bandwagon.

(01:10:16):
But I think the truth of the matter is if that snow had been
handled first thing in the morning, it would have been
taken 5 minutes and it would have been easy.
And instead, that snow froze on that sidewalk.
And then Kody had. To do it.
Mess. I would be just live it.
So maybe it's not a small smear,maybe it's.

(01:10:40):
Maybe it's a? Diaper.
Maybe she's got that Diaper Genie filled.
Gross. So gross.
You don't. You actually probably do like
the torturous smell of the Diaper Genie.
Do you remember it? I mean, I'm familiar, yeah.
It's not as much of a part of mylife, so I can block it out more

(01:11:02):
easily. It's.
So bad. Yeah, yeah.
I've changed his diaper though. No, I know.
I actually think you've used my diaper genie with my kid when he
was a baby. 100% yes. So for our keep sweet moment
this week, we've got a fun one. We're actually picking a comment
from YouTube on our most recent episode.
Wife number three hit Sin City where Christine just loves

(01:11:25):
Vegas, just loves Vegas. Sorry, that visual was a lot.
It also looked like maybe it hurt your head it.
Did hurt my head a lot. I thought it was a cartoon
character or something. I don't know.
But unlimited lipstick. Unlimited lipstick.
Oh my gosh, what a great name. Unlimited lipstick says You guys

(01:11:46):
are freaking hilarious. ILOLD so much this episode.
My sides hurt. Oh that's great.
We're inflicting pain. We're hurting our listeners.
We finally accomplished it. Well, I'm so glad that we could
hurt you. Unlimited lipstick.
My God. Show me on this doll where we
hurt. You on the.

(01:12:07):
Side right here. Oh that's great.
Well, thank you so much for the love.
Appreciate it. Always subscribe.
Like give us love, give us sugar, give us what we need.
Don't be liars and frauds. I don't know.
Yeah, that sounds good. That's great advice.
Once again, we help people. We were just talking about this
yesterday. I was like, we help people.
The amount of people we've. Helped.
We help people and people help us.

(01:12:29):
Now what's interesting is peoplearen't lining up to help us and
we could actually use it. So ladies and gentlemen, thank
you for the assistance you do give us.
Yes, we truly appreciate. It Ali would like more help if
you could give it. Saying we all have needs.
We do all have needs. Wants and desires.
Some of us have more needs and wants and desires than others.

(01:12:50):
All right, Robyn, fuck you. Toodaloo.

All Episodes

Sister Wives S2 E6 - Polygamist Party

Episode Transcript

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know

Dateline NBC

The Breakfast Club

.css-15opob5{left:0;position:absolute;top:0.8rem;} All Episodes

.css-14f5ked{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:2;overflow:hidden;}Sister Wives S2 E6 - Polygamist Party