Sister Wives Recap: Q and A Panels are Super Boring

Sister Wives

By LadyBaldy | Friday, June 1, 2012 | 10:00 am | 13 Comments
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Meri acknowledges that jealousy can be a real challenge for the ladies. We flash back to her telling Kody in Season 1 that she wanted him to acknowledge that she was struggling with jealousy; she even asked him to think about how he would feel if she had another man. Kody’s response? The vulgarity of the idea with Meri and another man sickens him. No word on whether or not that means he understands.

Back in the present, Kody jokes that he wants to be excused and we’ve reached another SUPERSLAP! moment. Does talking about how hard it is for your wives to share you sexually make you uncomfortable? Imagine what it’s like for YOUR WIVES! Seriously, it’s bullshit for him to avoid the harsh realities of polygamy and leave his wives to work it out amongst themselves. You signed on for this too, buddy. You’ve made your four beds, now you have to lie in all of them.

Meri asks the wives if they have ever experienced jealousy, and Christine says that she has been jealous of Meri and Janelle in the past but it was totes no biggie compared to how jealous she was of Robyn. And we’re BACK to this discussion again. I am so over the Robyn vs. Christine battle that Christine is waging, and I’m pretty sure everyone else is too. This is turning into the Sister Wives version of Angelina Jolie vs. Jennifer Aniston. Does anyone care anymore?

ONCE AGAIN we get to hear Christine explain that she was the last wife for years and years and when Robyn came along, it was so hard blah blah BLAHOMGMOVEONALREADY.

Kody has an example of a time Christine was jealous and wants to share it, which proves that he knows absolutely ZILCH about how his words and actions make other people feel. What man in his right mind would be like “let me help you illustrate to the nice people watching how crazy you are!” SUPERSLAP! Meri suggests that he get permission from Christine, so Kody whispers a reminder of the incident to Christine and she tells him that the incident in question was not about her being jealous, it was about Kody being a dumbass. Let’s judge for ourselves!

So apparently Kody was on a date with Christine to celebrate her birthday, and somehow the date involved going to a music store – two things: one, this must have been quite some time ago if they were at a music store like Tower or Wherehouse since most of them have shut down and two, why were they at a music store on her one special day of the year? ANYWAY – at the store, Kody picks out a CD and Christine got all excited because it was a CD she wanted and she assumed that it was for her, and that her husband had remembered that she wanted said CD. In the car, she asked Kody if they could listen to her CD and Kody tells her that the CD was for Meri.

Survey says….Kody is a dumbass. RETROACTIVESUPERSLAP!

Christine fields the next question and lets everyone know that she will decide if they answer it or not. She’s tired of the difficult / probing questions and wants a few fluff questions instead. Frankly I think the questions they’ve been answering have been super easy compared to the questions most people would want to ask them, but that’s just me.

Christine doesn’t have to answer the next question because it’s for Kody. The question – will there be another wife in the future? How does Kody divide his time as it is? The short answer is that Kody will not take another wife because his current wives are already lonely and missing him much of the time. He won’t commit 100% to not marrying again since he thinks it’s important to keep an open mind. After all, if they had been hellbent on stopping at three wives, Robyn would never have joined their family. Everyone who thinks that would be a bad thing, raise your hand!

Awkward!

Robyn says that Kody better not be interested in a fifth wife. Well look who’s determined to stay last wife! Robyn isn’t going down the Christine path of jealousy and displacement if she can help it. The ladies jokingly ask Kody if he’s found someone again, and Kody keeps his mouth shut because talking right now will only get him into trouble.

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LadyBaldy was raised by TV and thus has a completely warped version of what life is supposed to be like. She cannot have a conversation about anything without comparing situations and people to her favorite shows and movies. During the day, she works in clinical research and at night, she watches TV and discusses it with her cats.

13 Comments

  1. 1
    mere2142
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Thanks for taking this one for the team LadyB! I had to shut it off 10 minutes in for fear of dying of boredom!! Robyn came off as a total bitch. Team Christine all the way. Janelle is still my fav SW.

  2. 2
    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    I love you for your Star Wars references.

    Is it just me, or does Admiral Ackbar kind of look like a cross between the worst features of Christine and Janelle. No, really. Look at him, and then at them, for a minute… see it??

  3. 3
    Closet Fan
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    I would love to see Christine approach Meri and Janelle about a 5th wife for the sole purpose of watching Robyn lose her mind.

  4. 4
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    Fun fact: FLDS believe in sex for procreation. That lets women who cannot conceive for whatever purpose off the hook.and if I were Kdouche’s wife, I’d have probably said something like, ” well I’m SURE 30 isn’t too young for menopause.”

    What kind of FDLS Mormons ( redundant, I know. Sue me.) are these?

  5. 5
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    Dear Cranky Bitch… Oops, I mean LadyB *wink* I really thought Robyn was so nice…. Before this year. Is it the dreaded editing that controls our perception of her? And the others?

    Christine always came out as spoiled and whiney, but I’m really beginning to think she has had a reason not to, shall we say, appreciate Robyn.

    Good call, Closet!

  6. 6
    kthxbai kthxbai
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    @LadyBaldy That was a great recap of the most annoying episode in Sister Wives history! Too bad the timing of me reading it and taking a pain pill turned out like it did. (START SCROLLING NOW)

    I’ve watched my mind completely change about Robyn.

    At 1st I felt sorry for her. Because it looked like she’d been left with 3 babies, a job that didn’t pay much and hardly any furniture. And I couldn’t help but wonder if she had a lot of other offers to stack Bozo up next to.

    At least he came with TLC $ for food and baby beds.

    But she keeps coming out with these little jabs. Like she thinks she’s better than them. I also think you’re right she doesn’t have a scrap of tact.

    Hollering out about Meri has a choice now was just trashy.

    Offering to do that for Meri was at least or more personal than birth control. And didn’t need to be on TV. But whatever. Once she offered it, she gave Meri a present. So it’s up to Meri if she wants to put it up on the mantelpiece and use it, or take it back to the store and swap it out for a pack of tank tops.

    It doesn’t turn into Robyn’s business again unless and until it goes up on the mantelpiece to get used. And even if that happened once the baby’s born it should quit being Robyn’s business for good.

    Which means Meri should get the tank tops. Because you know that baby’s whole life Robyn’d be hollering about how she carried it in her uterus because poor old Meri and her uterus are just 2 useless pieces of crap.

    When she knows good and well that part of their ways is thinking the main if not the only reason women are even alive on earth is to have babies and be mothers.

    So every time Robyn mentions it she’s saying a whole mess of subtext that’s even worse than a lot of people realize.

    I heart Janelle though! She’s guessing 1 or 2. And I suck at math but I think from the latest % they’ve figured out it’s probably closer to 3 gay and around 1.8 bi.

    All that stuff Robyn was saying about prejudice and hard life is exactly what old timey white folks used to give as their reason for wanting apartheid.

    On account of mixed people having such horrible tragic lives. When it’s not even their fault. At least not when they’re little. Just so many people are prejudiced. Not them of course. Because they’re just thinking about the poor little mixed babies..

    So I was giving out some SUPERSLAPS too!

    Including a big and overdue 1 to Bozo for that crack about how vulgar and sickening to think of Meri with another man.

    Although that might not be fair. Since he’s really still a middle school kid in his development. But talk about subtext!

    So when they show pics of young Bozo, has anybody else’s gaydar ever started beeping?

    Because mine’s probably expired and not that dependable. Since I’m married and not trying to fix up any relatives. Which according to my ways means I’ve got 0 reasons to even have gaydar anymore.

    (SAFE TO STOP SCROLLING)

  7. 7
    Kate Woehrle
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    I’m with ClosetFan – they definitely need to add a 5th wife. How dare Robyn have the nerve to tell him he’s not adding another wife after knowing how Christine feels! I truly think she’s passive/aggressive and thinks we’re not onto her. If I was Meri, I wouldn’t take Robyn up on her offer unless she’s ok with being reminded every single day of her life how grateful she should be for Robyn’s ultimate sacrifice of generosity. Ugh.
    Christine is my favorite wife just because I can relate to her emotions and I would be a bitch to Kody, too. I like Janelle, but she and Kody rate about a negative 1 on the chemistry scale – they’re basically just buds. Poor Meri with her organizational skills and nothing more to bring to the table.

  8. 8
    Closet Fan
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 5:18 pm

    I think Robyn is brilliant. What does she gain by the offer to cook Meri’s baby?
    1. Attention. Lots and lots of attention, much more than with Solomon. Meri will be at her beck and call 24/7. Kody will be able to justify borrowing time from Meri to be with Robyn knowing that Meri can’t say a damn word.
    2. Forever looking like the good young fertile wife in Kody’s eyes.
    3. This is the one that confirms her brilliance. For all of these years Meri gets a pass on her attitude because everyone feels sorry for her. Robyn resents that “pass” and wants it to go away so she offers Meri a choice. If Meri takes it read 1 and 2 above. Robyn wins. If Meri doesn’t take it she loses her “pass” and Robyn wins for herself AND Kody.

  9. 9
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    Day-amn ClosetTwin — no wonder Mom always liked you best.

  10. 10
    Caroling
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    I loved your re-cap of this pathetic excuse for an episode!

    This show is my guilty pleasure, but without the pleasure part. When I watched the first season, I felt sick just thinking about these people but I couldn’t figure out why. Then, in just these past two episodes it hit me: there is a fundamental lack of compatibility between K-Douche (<– love that!) and the Sister Wives.

    In the intro Christine (my fave) says "I wanted a family, I didn't just want the man". Clearly she is in this for her children. Her focus is on her children. The wives' comments consistently reflect their concern for their children and how their family will grow together. K-Douche is concerned only with himself and (only because he wouldn't be getting any loving without them) the wives. The episode about Date Nights showed him with the wives, but where is his overwhelming concern for the kids? When does he spend time with his children? I would have liked to see him try to name all of his children in order of age, with their full names and birthdates. I know that the mothers could do it in their sleep, but K-Douche is a huge whiny pain in the ass who does not seem to care at all for the world that exists outside the range of his penis!

    But I support Christine in her struggles, as they demonstrate that some part of her common sense has not lost touch with the world. I love her human-ness and her fallibility and I would totally look the other way if she hit Robyn upside the head with a frying pan one of these days!

  11. 11
    whatwhat
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 11:21 pm

    I get so frustrated with this show. I kinda like these people. They have their dumb moments, but we’ve all got our dumb moments. They seem like a nice enough family, if a little outside the box. But my main issue is what happens when they do these question answer sessions like this – the same thing happened when they did that talk at that school on the east coast. Someone asked them if it was okay for one woman to have many husbands, because obviously it should be since it’s apparently okay for one husband to have a ton of wives. It immediately cuts to Kody saying that’s one of the most frequent questions he’s asked, and it’s one of the most abrasive.

    And I get that. I totally get that. It’s because this whole marriage thing to them isn’t one dude just deciding he wants a bunch of chicks at his beck and call, it’s because according to whatever there religion is, they have to do this thing to get into heaven or whatever. Asking them if brother husbands are okay just does not compute, because it’s not a part of that religion. It’s an offensive question because it’s calling those religious beliefs into question. It would be the equivalent of going up to a Catholic and politely saying “Hey. Hey. You know how you eat the body of Christ? What body part is that? I mean like … is it all the body parts? Does that mean you’re eating his dick?”

    Needless to say, that question WOULD NOT GO OVER WELL. It’s the same concept here – people think they’re asking an innocent question, but it’s not really innocent at all.

    Which brings me to the problem I have with the show: For all the chatting they do about plural marriage and polygamy, for all the talk of how this is part of their faith, they really, really haven’t discussed that faith at all. Like…they avoid the topic almost entirely. I’m not a religious person at all, but I find theology fascinating – and it would be great if they actually shed some light on why exactly they think the way they do. Why it’s a faith thing. What’s up with the religion. What exactly is behind it all, what the history is. Yeah, it’s a fairly new religion when compared to the myriad out there, but if they want to be taken seriously, people need to understand. People aren’t going to understand if they keep dismissing any question that requires a direct answer about their faith with “Well it’s a tenet of our religion.”

    No, these wives aren’t happy all the time. Yeah, they’re jealous of each other. Yeah, they probably fight way more than they show on TV. But according to their faith, this is what they have to do. Is it weird? A little. But what religion isn’t, when you get down to it?

  12. 12
    kthxbai kthxbai
    Posted June 1, 2012 at 11:24 pm

    @Caroling I’ve wondered about that. She put it in as her tag line. And it is more the reason they’re supposed to be doing it. But she’s the 1 that’s had the big adjustment from thinking of it as a love marriage!

    Or that’s my theory. But then I’ve also been getting way too armchair head shrinker. Wondering if (at least) 1 reason Bozo got his development so stuck at middle school stage could be because of confusing feelings he had.

    That were so far from his ways and religion he never was able to accept himself.

  13. 13
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted June 2, 2012 at 7:06 am

    Kthxy, I think you nailed it. I’ve done lots of reading about polygamy, all from wives and ex-wives, so it is a tad biased. But one thing is consistant: “traditional” FLDS Mormons require a quorum (I believe it is 7 wives) for a man to get to heaven and bring the wives with him (the women can’t get to heaven without a man, as we all know). I haven’t read the Utah statute and never will ’cause I’m waaaaay too lazy, so I don’t know how stricktly it adheres to FLDS tenets. I would think it would have to follow.

    In any event, Ko-Douche seems to be a cafeteria FLDS. He can have three wives, and make it. Oh wait, he can have four wives…

    Also, nobody seems to understand the FLDS stance on birth control: abstence when the woman cannot conceive. Reprehensible as most of us view polygamy, at least the FLDS have rules and adhere to them. This family is neither fish nor fowl– mostly foul. I’m talking Ko-Douche here.

    And as you noticed, Kthxy and others, he is stuck in a junior high mentality. He’s a stunted adolescent. And those women are stuck with him.

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