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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
3:00 pm
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Tagged: April Fool's, F-Bombs, funny, humor, kody brown, reality, reality show, recaps, road trip, sarcastic, sister wives, tvgasm, utah
When they first moved to Vegas, the teens were still in Utah in spirit. Kody notes that they had a hard time leaving Vegas behind. Well DUH. They spent a lot of time moping and hanging out in their rooms, alone. They needed that time to process. Trips to Utah didn’t make it any easier. Janelle notes that when they used to visit Utah, they would come home and be depressed for days.
A rarely seen phenomenon: a depressed Logan
I can understand how frustrating that is for parents to witness, but I don’t think Kody dealt with it in the best way. Remember the Captain Creamsicle incident?
“Are you ignoring me because you’re sad about Utah, or is it because of my outfit? Don’t answer that.”
The way Kody challenged Hunter about his attitude and framed the dialogue as though Hunter was quitting on life was not helpful. Dr. Baldy, Reality TV Armchair Psychologist would have acknowledged Hunter’s feelings and how difficult the move had been on him and the family, told him that if he needs time to himself to process, that’s okay, and that when and if he wants to talk about it, the parents would be ready and available to listen (and only listen). On the bright side, Kody really does care about his children’s happiness and well-being, and his heart was in the right place.
Kody doesn’t mind the teens visiting Utah now because they’re building lives in Vegas. They have new friends, they’re participating in extra-curricular activities, and they’re not moping around the house all the time. How do the Moms feel about it? Apparently TLC decided that their opinions are not relevant enough for a 22 minute episode. They probably agree with Kody, but it’s annoying the way he keeps saying “I” instead of “we”.
So how are the teens doing these days? Hunter says things are getting better, and their relationship to Utah is different now; he’s not as close to his friends there anymore. Madison agrees. She concurs with Janelle’s assessment that their trips to Utah when they first moved were very hard because they would come home miserable.
Logan echoes Hunter and Madison in a classically “Logan” ultra mature and articulate way.. Each time he goes back to Utah, there is less and less holding him there. Since he’s not there to cultivate relationships with his friends, the relationships become less and less important. He doesn’t rely on those relationships anymore because of the distance. He’ll know some people for rest of his life, and others, not so much.
“Dude, who ARE you? Why do you sound like a 40 year old?”
First stop on the trip is Grandma Bonnie’s house to see Meri’s mom and siblings. All four kids agree that grandma’s cooking is the best! The kids clearly have a great relationship with this family.
Exhibit A: Madison and Hunter are smiling and relaxed
Uncle Adam was shocked when they moved to Vegas, but he thinks it was the best move they could have made for the kids. He’s got a point; in Utah, there were police stalking their house regularly. People in Utah are far more judgmental of polygamy than most people outside of the state, so when they went public, they experienced a lot of backlash in their community.. On the real, no one hates LDS polygamy more than Mormons. In Vegas, people have been accepting of the family (at least from what we have seen).
Mariah still has her heart set on returning to Utah for college and beyond. She has thought about the fact that her family will be six hours away and her mom won’t be right there all the time when she’s older and has kids, and it makes her sad.
Ultra Mature Logan says that they’ve all accepted the fact that Vegas is now home and they understand why our parents did it, but their opinions about Vegas are still the same. Again, HOW IS HE SO MATURE?? Also, Kody take note: when Logan speaks for the group, he says “we”.
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GAAAGH! The sentence that starts “Kody’s favorite thing about My Sister Wife’s Closet” is supposed to have strikethrough font where is says “is that it was Robyn’s idea.” Teachable moment – don’t proofread in a hurry.
Carry on
Actually, LB – I thought the part about everyone being really excited about it was what was supposed to have the strikethrough. Ha!
So, if this is how Christine reacts when the kid *says* “fuck”, will her head explode when he stops saying it and starts doing it? Actually, I think that Logan probably wouldn’t do anything that would disappoint his parents, but those two brothers that started kicking each other’s ass – you know the girls will fall all over the tough guys and they’ll be able to get a little sumthin’ sumthin’.
And did we only see Janelle’s Utah house? What about the other sides? Who lives there now? Do they still own it? Now that THE MAN isn’t out to get them just for that and they can’t seem to find 4 empty plots together in the middle of the friggin’ desert, will they move back? I need answers, yo!
One other thing – how is Robin handling the bulk of this episode not being about her? I hope she hasn’t taken to her room and has become dehydrated from all the tears she shed.
@chickenlips…Not possible. She keeps LIV products by her bed, in her purse, diaper bag, & her lady parts, so since it helped Truly stop throwing up because she was always dehydrated, she has a good chance of survival.
@Fancyface – Oh my sugar, I can’t believe I forgot about LIV. How could I be so dumb?! LIV keeps you hydrated and removes the sting when the attention isn’t on you constantly. Boy, I wish I could get myself some LIV. Think the Family Brown might be able to hook a sista up? =)
I’ve got a theory that a lot of networks have been trying to decide if “fuck” is enough like “butt” and “boobs” yet to quit beeping it out. Because this week between getting featured on this show and The Bachelorette you can find a lot of people talking about it.
And just like you’d expect it’s mostly older religious people that even notice it anymore. Plus it’s gotten so international that you can say
“that fucker was so fucked it wouldn’t fucking do fuck till those fuckers spent all fucking night fucking around with it and now it’s like fucking new so for fuck’s sake get the fuck away from it and don’t fuck it up again”
and everybody in the world will understand it. Even if English isn’t on even their little bit list.
Kthxy, I really do wish that you would watch your language. I mean REALLY. I simply cannot tell you exactly how fucking offended I am.
Hmmmmmmph.
My grandpa would swear in German and it sounded so much better than in English. And merde has such a lovely ring to it. Scheiss sounds like a skiing term.
It won’t be long before fuck will be as accepted as damn or hell.
Unless a language police takes over if we become too conservative.
As a battle-scarred veteran of teen acting out, I am so impressed with the Brownlets. They are such amazing kids, and I am sure they aren’t following a script. It’s just too natural.
Think I’ll go shopping for a couple of sister wives.
It appeared that the Utah house is still in the family – I believe one of Meri’s sister’s owns it now if I recall the captions correctly.
I LOVE Janelle! Her parenting skills are awesome. I think she needs her own show – imagine Janelle teaching Teresa Guidice how to control Milania. I would pay to see that!
I agree….. I want answers too. Plus, I can’t believe that they cant find them a builder for one big house. Maybe the wives don’t want it anymore.
Ooh @Closet fan good point. I had wondered the same thing but never considered they don’t WANNA. Now that I think about it the wives have all mentioned (this or maybe last season) they thoroughly enjoy their OWN homes.
Awesome recap, BTW!!!
I kinda pride myself on my parentingskills– but I would so send both of my teenage boys to janelle-land if it meant they’d turn out like her kids. Even hunter,who struggled so much with the move, seems like he’s going to be okay. This show wouldtotally be watchable were it not for k-douche. I’m even sor of starting to like Robyn.
LB PLEASE hurry with last night’s recap (6/17). Meri said something awesome and I want to see if you caught it!