Michael arrives!! He is 19 years younger than Kody, and he is clearly adored by everyone:
The Baldys are never this happy to see extended family show up on their doorstep.
Though he shares their faith, Michael only has one wife at the moment. He jokes that they need to go out on the town so he can find another wife! Polyg humor! The Browns explain again that finding another wife is not a simple or easy process, and it’s not something you can really look for.
So what is on the menu for the next day? Shooting range! Michael looks more excited than anyone ever:
“SHOOTING RANGE?!?! ACES!” Looks like Christmas came early for someone!
The Brother brown hit up American Shooters, and I am pretty sure that every guy I know has a pic of themselves with a machine gun and their zombie target on facebook.
If the power of their family love doesn’t stop the zombies, the bullets will.
Kody brought his own gun to shoot, and they rent some others and go to town. Curtis, Kody and Michael are way into into it, having the time of their lives. I don’t really see Scott in the mix. Did he leave early? Kody tells Curtis and Michael that the shooting range saves him thousands of dollars in therapy, which they find hilarious. AWWW, big brother worship is adorbs. I have no family and if my family had a logo, it would be eyes rolling, so I can’t relate. Also, I’m glad it helps, but Kody should still probably go to therapy anyway.
“He’s a RIOT!” Really, guys? Time to get out more.
The ladies, meanwhile, are at Janelle’s making sushi. Erica has never had it, and I’m thinking “oh dear lord don’t try homemade sushi for your first taste” but she says its okay. I’m sure they had fun, but this is just grossing me out:
Jiro Dreams of Sushi 2: Jiro’s Nightmare. Sushi chefs everywhere are weeping.
The boys go to dinner and Michael asks for ranch dressing becuse the tomato basil vinagrette is too scary. This earns him teasing from the others. Then they get down to business: when he will get another wife, and Michael is not in any hurry. He and his wife are open to it but they’re not looking. Kody agrees that looking is not a good idea.
Curtis jokes with his wife about whether she worries about him deciding he wants to be polygamist. She knows that it would be the end of their marriage, but she’s not worried because he is adamant that he is not interested.
It’s been a long time since the brothers brown have been able to do something with just the bros. Since the fam is in town, they’re having another church service together with the Brothers Brown. Scott and Curtis co-minister with Kody, which breathes some new life into their services.
At last Scott is in his element!
The theme for the service is acceptance and tolerance, which is fitting since Curtis and his wife are not a part of the same faith as the rest of the Browns, and the teens are still figuring things out. Its a nice example to set.
Kody will be disappointed if the kids do not choose the faith. Janelle is really worried about whether she has imparted all the things about her faith that are important to her to Logan before he leaves. It is the most emotional I have seen Janelle. THAT is what I was looking for. I don’t need a discussion of the religion, I just want to see the presence of it. This is what they are living for, right? Why is it so absent in the other episodes? Without faith in the picture, they look live five crazy adults who have chosen a difficult life for no apparent reason. Make some sense, TLC!
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Ah, LadyBaldy never disappoints!
Great recap as always, LadyB. Don’t think it would be much fun to be married to old Scary Scott. Taking one’s responsibility to be a role model for one’s adult brothers goes a bit far. He just doesn’t seem to be a fun person.
What would you bet that his wives are not Gasmi?
On the other hand, wouldn’t it be great to turn Sister Wives into the Family Brown? I like this epi better than any other.
Robyn is becoming annoying.
Was that P-90 the sister wives bought him fully automatic? Usually, only semi-auto is legal unless you have a dealer’s license, but they are in Nevada, so who knows?
Firing at that range DID look fun. Not even the patented Boring Brown effect can completely leach the excitement out of firing an automatic weapon. I bet if I went there and paid extra, I could use my own targets with Bethenny Frankel’s face on them.
What NWMTV? Replacing FAndy with Bethenny?
My my.
I think the oldest bar in Vegas still serving is the Atomic Lounge.
Harking back to the age of atomic testing as history would make QEII sneer, but, hey, we Yanks have to take what we can get.
I just can’t support any religion that doesn’t allow alcohol!!
I found it annoying that the wives were all ‘oh Kody needs a guys night’. He picked this lifestyle and chose to have 4 wives so I can’t stomach his complaints about how hard it is on him!
Looking forward to part 2. Janelle was always my fav but her attitude about Logan using foul language endeared me a bit more.
It was great seeing the kids, I agree. They add so much LIFE to the show. I was surprised to hear that Mariah is definitely planning to have sister wives. Maybe she suspects she may only be able to conceive once as well?
I thought Erica was a sweetheart and it was nice to actually be able to relate to someone in this family. I sometimes feel bad for Robyn in scenarios like this where the extended family obviously has a history with Kody’s other wives that she just doesn’t have ….and pretends to – and then she gets daggers from the other wives. Overall I think Robyn is sneaky and manipulative but I felt kinda bad for her tonight. Nice catch on the goblets, LadyB!!!
Ummm. B! I’m soooo over Kody!
But I do want to see more of Scott! I can see he has a little rebel with a cause in him & I likey! I’m sure his family loves him & supports his decision…now, but because of the sermon he gave, methinks that wasn’t always the case. He clearly had some lack of support from his family when he 1st decided not to follow their faith, judging by what he said & how passionate he said it. But, IMO, all that matters is regardless of how they felt about it, they fully support him now.
But then again, I could’ve COMPLETELY misconstrued that scene. Eh
And good job trying to make that motorcycle ride look badass TLC! We got a real chuckle out of that music they were playing.
My husband (who only watches because he has no other choice..ahem..& thinks Kody is a fraud with his own playground which he is disgusted by for some reason) & I were watching it together, & when Christine said they were going to show Erica (?) their Vegas style fun by going pottery painting…this was our conversation:
Me: (grabs his leg) Whoa
Us in unison (with hand gestures): CALM DOWN! (@ literally the same time)
H: Think of the kids
Me: IKR! Doesn’t she know they will probably watch this shit!
H: How do you explain why you’re being so out of hand ON CAMERA!
Me: This is just too much!
What? Not that funny to you? I guess you had to be there
BTW..about the expensive hobby thing…Christine has a $400 Kitchenaid mixer…so there’s that?
Loved the recap! Waiting for the day when Janelle and Christine beat the shit out of Meri for bringing Robyn into the family.
Kody with his ridiculous mop head has the best hair in the family!!!!! Maybe he is carefully plastering the bald spot with his ugly stringy strands!!! It surprises me a bit that he keeps it so long. With the conservative way the women have to dress you would think long hair would offend the polygys!
“When life hands you a Bad Day, break off a piece of that B and turn it into a Rad Day! BROWNS FOREVER!”
Ah, I’m fairly certain I actually snorted. Love you, LB! Back to reading…
@kloewent Maybe he’s a plyg with plugs?
I liked the brothers, but am I the only one who thought Michael looked like a white supremacist??
Anywhoo, a big BOO to TLC for the Hunter tease- What a letdown that was! But Logan swearing? Way cool. I liked Janelle’s handle on it. I am liking her more and more- I can see her kicking BroDad to the curb in the future, you go girl!
As always LB, an enjoyable recap.
Now that you mention it… I think he and Scott both look a bit…off? I’m not sure, because I’m always wrong when I try to lable people.
You are so right about the swearing. She is a cool mom, and I haven’t seen much of her. Either she’s quiet or not around when I’m watching. I’m liking the wives more and more. And sis-in-law is terrific, and half of a terrific couple. Especially since they have a drink now and then! Yay. Let’s hang out.
@LadyBaldy Thanks for doing such an awesome job on this show! After I get through watching it lately, I need to ROFL and you always come through.
It’s nice the brothers got to visit. But it reminded me of the disclaimer on TOWIE. These people are real but some of the situations have been set up for your entertainment. So I wonder if they got to do any regular visiting that wasn’t stunts for the show.
Also they’ve lost me on the house hunt. Since the other 1 is just land, how would that be cheaper? Wouldn’t they end up spending just as much $ or more building on it? And all that time they’ll be paying rent for where they are now and the payments on the land. Not to mention paying the house builders.
I think you’re right they should just go on back to Utah and get into 1 big house again.
LOL I’ve got so suspicious of Robyn now that I roll my eyes at everything that comes out of her mouth. I think she does want something. But I’m not sure it’s for KDouche to divorce Meri and dump the swives so he can either monogomarry her. Or let her be the 1 on paper and pick him all new swives.
Just like with the houses, what’s the advantage? What prize would she win? It wouldn’t be more time with Kid 18. He’d be running around even more trying to look like he’s still 1/4 of a father to all the rest of them. And they’d all be upset and confused.
Including all of Robyn’s own babies. They’d be crying and confused too. Asking her what about all those brothers and sisters she said they had.
So how come she’s conniving like that? What is it she’s hoping to get?
Kthxy, attention. Robyn wants the attention. It’s good to be Queen.