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.

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Listen to us two deadbeat losers judge the Brown family.

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.

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.

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 cancer preventative measures and the family are going to have a bunch of monogamous friends over that 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.

There was an annoyance that I've had 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 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 move on to something else.

And there's a level of that, every single episode that they're just continuously trying to weave this thing through 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 split these into more cohesive stories?

Like, no, that's their job.

That's what they should have done.

There is a lot of back and forth where you would think maybe in a particularly 1/2 hour episode it would go back and forth like 3 times maybe at the most, but instead it's like 8, yeah.

It's always like the bouncy ball thing.

And I'm just, it's like you start to feel like you get maybe one more little piece of information, but not enough 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 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 these friends would be like.

What classification?

Like Co workers and people that 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 public and they felt it.

And I think some of these people knew their lifestyle even before they were public, but they maybe just 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.

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.

Gastro gastroenterologist.

Yeah, OK.

Like gastroenterology, that kind of 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.

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.

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 quick change.

Tragic, they called.

It a tragedy.

Very tragic.

And so Meri sharing a little bit about her sister and how her sister was a second wife and her polygamous family and that after her passing, her sister wife took on raising her children, you know, and that does make sense.

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.

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.

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're having a party.

But first, yes, I have some health concerns.

It was just and then, you know, again, this sounds asshole ish 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 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 had been framed a little bit differently at the beginning because she made it clear, you know, obviously, that there were some other concerns that other 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.

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 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.

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 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.

Like there was, yeah.

Then we have the on the couch moment with Robyn, Christine and Janelle.

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 more likely that you would go to the children would go to a sibling or God, grandparents, 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 grandparents or a sibling?

But then I also was like, well, the bio dad is the husband and there's like this family unit existing then that outweighs it.

But I did have a moment of pause just 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 because the 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 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 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 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.

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 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 me mad and oh, I would fight for 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, 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 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 she seemed really surprised when Robyn 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.

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 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.

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 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 a family 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, 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 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 stark white 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 with white collars and it was like 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.

I did notice his enthusiasm, but I 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 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 they're not even hard words, but I'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, couple of lines about the dinner party 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 day.

Actually, I think they're doing maybe, I'm not sure if there's a talking head or if it's a couch moment or whatever, but everyone has invited a person or two.

Like they were talking about how it 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 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 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 and Robyn 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 have so they have like the three plastic 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 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 getting at with setting up the tables how she wanted them.

But also you could tell that 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.

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.

And Robyn says I love you and Meri.

And Christine did not say I love you.

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 she has the relationship she has with Kody is that she does at other times point out wives not always flattering.

Like, she talks about how they've, like, gained weight and how 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?

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 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 example of how Robyn gets sleazy sometimes.

And I I think that's easy.

Yeah.

Like, I feel like that's kind of throwing 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.

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.

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 had the opportunity to do things 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 was put in jail for being a 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 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 sleeve cut and straight gown at the 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.

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 wives sitting 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 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 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 like shopping 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?

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 as genuine as I would agreed, you 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 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.

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 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.

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.

And so Meri's going to get a colonoscopy.

Christine and Janelle are both sharing that they're frustrated with Meri for not getting tested earlier 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 get screening.

At this point, I'm not even sure that we know that all of them 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 that one of the, IT was either Janelle or Christine said that four of Meri's siblings had gone to 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, this isn't just, which again, kind of 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 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 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 something about it reminded me of growing up in Minnesota.

How like, why is it fucking night?

And it's not fucking night, it's actually 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 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.

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 it was 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, 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.

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 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 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 was actually that worried.

Like I think this was for production and it was like this 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 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 done on film.

They do film now.

Ever since Katie Kirk did it, I just don't think it's such a big deal.

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.

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.

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 her butt live on television.

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.

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 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, 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 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 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.

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'm going to be like, can you drug me instead?

Like good stuff.

Well, I'm sure they'll take your recommendation seriously.

I.

Feel like we need to call another kind of doctor and the boy needs help.

So anyway, yes, Chris, where are we?

It's a new day and we've returned to the half house.

I don't know, how do you do half house?

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.

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.

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 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.

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 could have easily said, oh, I'll just 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 one of 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 was some.

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 shoveling and 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 Robyn while Christine was giving birth.

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.

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 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 over here 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.

They're having conversation, I'm assuming 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 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 to clarify 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.

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.

As in something that like for me is 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.

But the problem is that you're supposed to be this like non intrusive 4th wife situation and like sometimes those are the feelings that start to take over her wants and needs of the rest of the relationship and then start to ruin it for everybody else.

You know, like this is just Robyn.

This is all Robyn coming in and how that can start to become problematic.

I wonder if we're going to write some 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, '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 with her and her kids.

That's not cool.

So I don't know, I guess I feel 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 and like deal with it.

Like they all have had to deal with really shitty housing situations for some extended periods of time.

And while they recognize that, yes, it would be preferred if they were all closer together or whatever 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 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 lived under 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 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 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's an option.

You know, their current compound is 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 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 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 stuff, but he wasn't talking a whole.

It was very light on Kody, which is 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 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.

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, a little more cognizant, little less loose, which also says something about Kody.

I think that's just Kody being around when the cats are away, the dogs.

Will play the dogs will play when the cats are away, the dogs will.

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 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?

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 not she goes.

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.

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.

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 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, 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.

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 in this harvest line.

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 all of a sudden the table set up the 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 way for it to end up because it 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 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 slam a table too.

And I'd be like, this is my half house.

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 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 is what about this?

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 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.

And it's there's still residual things though, where I'm like, I have my preferences and they are preferences for a reason.

They make sense.

Yes.

It's the way I want it, and it's the 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.

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 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 comical at times for sure.

Wow and.

Alternatively, kids, I should 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.

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 she was 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 hard at times.

She was like in the bathroom, like in the bathroom of her half house.

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, 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, I need to talk about my feelings.

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 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, not under a bushel.

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 they, they speak to you in such a manner that that you are told, yes, I'm going to tell the world all about everything.

I'm sure that that did it, don't you 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?

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.

The Candlestick.

You want to be the Statue of Liberty?

Yeah, the.

Candlestick is armed, all tie in the 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.

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's burning.

Yep.

Well, you know Kody's Bible verse.

I don't even know I I was too 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.

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 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 I thought it was great and I thought it was great that Janelle had a friend like you at work 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 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 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 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.

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 there was 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.

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.

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 that we are happy that Meri does not have cancer.

Amen.

Thank you.

The things that they caught with the 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 of the episode was at the end when 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.

Couples are weird.

I feel like someone recognizing that they don't appreciate every moment 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 something right there at the end.

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, right?

Like one of the.

Yes, you should be absolutely better at that.

And she knows you're not good at that, 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 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.

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 would actually 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 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.

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 thing you could learn and lean into.

But like, he's not going to.

He's not going to change and 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 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 she does not care to take part in.

That is true.

And I fucking love it.

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.

At least she's not like feigning some 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 a mustard seed.

I mean, it defies logic.

It makes no sense.

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.

And I do think I'm going to give Kody 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 and potentialies and whatever.

So I love that we are giving Kody Brown one of maybe his 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 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 episode too.

Are a little bit less annoyed with him today than you 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.

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 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 to be the case.

I agree.

I agree, she definitely deserves shit 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 smear.

No, you did not.

She had the tiniest little smear in those panties and the and it's really just because 1 when she was responding to Robyn about the bio kids, I didn't buy it.

I feel like she's an over actor and I didn't buy it.

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.

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.

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 my life, so I can block it out more 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 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 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.

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.

Now what's interesting is people aren'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.

All right, Robyn, fuck you.

Toodaloo.