BEFORE ROBYN | Sister Wives | Season 1 Episode 1 | Psychologist Reacts

[@LizRealGirlBeauty]

Hearing a pregnant Christine cry and say that she felt like she lost her best friend when Kody started courting Robyn was heartbreaking. And now knowing how little Kody cared for her makes it that much worse, like she was being lied to for more than a decade.

[@KellyM_3]

Pretty spot on. My understanding is the point of the show was attempting to shine a positive light on polygamy so of course he wasn’t going to come out and say I married Christine because her family was royalty. I think season 17 is the real Kody that’s been hidden from cameras for a long time.

[@Chrissy85308]

Me too

[@antoinettevorhees2997]

😂

[@minniekay1240]

It seems those very early years were very tough financially and emotionally. Then the show began and Robyn fell in during Christine’s pregnancy. The honeymoons had been non existent for the first three wives and then he takes Robyn off for almost two weeks after having this huge wedding. It clearly was the beginning of the end. Robyn was there for the inception of financial security… her experience was vastly different from from everything the first three had endured.

[@chickcallednic7098]

A huge wedding is kinda ridiculous. They have both been married in the past. He should have known it would cause jealousy taking her on that honeymoon. He favored her from the very beginning

[@Sail392]

Christine did not want a 4th wife, she expressed that from the beginning, it was started behind her back. Kody and Meri and Robyn are evil for gaslighting her that SHE is the problem. They started it with deception and it was as successful as bringing home a mistress.

[@ginadelsasso288]

​@@chickcallednic7098secretly picking out the dress with Robyn was a huge slap in the face to all of them too. That was supposed to be a bonding moment with the wives and he ruined it.

[@ginadelsasso288]

​@@chickcallednic7098 I also agree that 2,3 or 4th marriages should not be such a big celebration.

[@joansmith5854]

100% agree.

[@Bahbahlatje]

How Robyn was brought into the family was a big problem. First, Kody and Meri met and started courting Robyn without the knowledge of Janelle or Christine. When they finally revealed that, they both said they had God's word that ordained that courtship. Christine was against adding a 4th wife but she got maneuvered into sucking it up. The family also had real financial issues, so adding a 4th wife, 3 children, and another household meant everyone had less. Right away, Kody and Robyn formed a single unit against the other wives - like when they picked out the wedding dress and the wedding cake. Kody and Robyn were also violating religious norms in the conduct of their courtship.

[@lbarmstrong1]

Janelle expressed real concern about finances from the beginning. The inability of any of the adults to make good decisions about money is astonishing. Like: buying a whole cow right before moving & having to transport 600lbs of beef! Keeping UHaulsformonths packed with their stuff(K&R) & being unable to move in with Meri while waiting for a home while she was alone in a gigantic home,etc.

[@kathyglass2922]

I'm this religiona man brings on another wife when things are not working well among the current wives

[@missJolie85]

@@kathyglass2922 That might be, but I don't believe based on what I've seen that that's the case for this family. They follow the religion when they want, clearly, Kody and Robyn even kissed before marriage.

[@nelliekenny9630]

I don't believe that Meri found Robyn. I think Robyn sought them out.

[@michellestratford9753]

I remember watching the first episode thinking, "I wish I could find a husband who was such a good communicator". Joke is totally on me 😂

[@Chizzzyy]

As someone who just read the book they co-wrote and also having watched the show from the beginning, I really believe that they were putting on a front on the show and more importantly they were not being honest with each other. It was more important to present a united happy front than to actually be that as a family.

[@ShellBAtoms]

I agree. Reading their autobiography really fills in a important back story that's rarely mentioned in the show.

[@nagatomutsu844]

I think Kody and all wives are not Innocent (of course Kody and Robyn are much worse). As adults they know what they signed up for. The real victims are the children.

[@ShellBAtoms]

@@nagatomutsu844 Sadly, Meri, Chrisrine, and Robyn were raised in this cult, which groomed and brainwashed them to live in this misogynistic cult. Sure, they were adults, but they were adults that had been brainwashed since birth. Christine herself was AUB cult royalty, as it was her own grandfather, Rulon Alred, who founded the AUB cult in the first place. Christine has come a long way from her upbringing.

[@lizkt]

Very much so

[@moniquemosley2122]

The family had already reached it's capacity. The older children already understood the natural jealousy that happens in plural marriage but the adults worked it out. Christine's intuition predicted the demise of family as they knew it. And she was right.

[@hop775]

I think the sit down in the first season where Robyn's wedding dress gets talked about is when some of the issues become so very obvious. Especially looking back!

[@CatherineGoodrich]

I think the OGs had a rough transition because she wasn't courted the way the family had agreed on. Instead, she became a mistress. Kissing, the dress, the long honeymoon etc. And while some people could cope with having a sister wife, almost nobody could cope with having their husband's mistress come into their family and then dictate exactly how the family would be run.

[@joansmith5854]

Very close, except that Christine was already feeling jealous during her pregnancy with Truely. It just so happens that Meri and Janelle had already had issues about the kitchen and Meri never let Christine and Janelle walk through her space, leaving C to walk outside in winter to enter J’s space to care for the kids. The cracks were there. They just wanted to put a good picture on it all. I do think Robyn was the nail in the coffin. Later you’ll see that Kody wasn’t there for most of Christine’s labor with Truely, who was born in a hospital, unlike Christine’s other kids. He was with Robyn. Oof, that had to hurt!

[@nagatomutsu844]

Christine's third wife status is a very calculated move from her. She said she always wanted to be the third (and mostly importantly the last ) wife, because first wife usually has a hard time dealing with jealousy. Second wife usually has a hard time dealing with the first wife. As the third wife, Christine did work out well with Janelle (they sort of facing the same "enemy", Meri). Robyn's entry totally destroyed Christine's plan in a polygamy family.

[@joansmith5854]

@@nagatomutsu844 💯 I sure can’t put the blame on Christine though. I don’t really think anyone is to blame, but Kody should have thought about how his older wives would feel when he entered into an agreement, with Meri, to bring Robyn in as fourth wife. I can’t fathom Meri’s reasons for being a driving force for a fourth, unless she was feeling like she needed an ally. As you said, Janelle and Christine seemed to get along just fine. My thoughts are that Meri had no idea Kody would favor the much younger 4th so much. Ultimately I really do think that IF polygamy works, the husband can’t show favor. Robyn had so much sway from the very beginning. I wonder who benefited most from the move to Las Vegas? Robyn? With family to nanny her kids? Or a convoluted story about fear of persecution in Utah? Hmmm

[@nagatomutsu844]

@@joansmith5854 I think Kody used Meri in pursuing a younger wife (actually Robyn and Christine's age gap is not that big, Christine was in her mid 30s and Robyn was 31 when the show started. But the hard work cost Christine too much. So she looked and behaved like she was in her 40s). Meri, as you said, wanted an ally. So she agreed with the plan. I believed Robyn was the initiatiating force in this though--she was in debt, just divorced with three children. The rumor of the Browns were getting a show spred in their church group. She used Meri and Kody to pursue her own benefits (it was pretty obvious. Robyn never integrated her family with the other family members. She got a nanny and refused Christine's offer of taking care of her children. Kody said it was Christine's fault that Robyn didn't get along with her, which is a big fat lie). it was a very political situation. Imo the moving to Vegas benefited Robyn the most, because Robyn got family in Vegas. Also she loves shopping.

[@nagatomutsu844]

@@joansmith5854 Meri was a manipulating person herself. You will find the evidence in Mariah’s behaviors and Janelle's reactions towards Meri. But she lost to Kody and Robyn. Meri entered marriage too early, she didn't have much life experience, and still held onto the love which was an illusion.

[@nagatomutsu844]

@@joansmith5854 Christine claimed her marriage problems started in Lehi time, which was not believed by both K and R. I think it was not all that K and R intentionally denied it. It was more like Christine was still trying to keep sweet, and trying to marginalize the problems. Robyn's arrival in the family must have been a really rough one for the OG3, especially for Christine. She and Kody's marriage are doomed from that time (Truely basically grew up in a single parent environment, makes sense to me that she's so cool and looks so mature compared with children at her age). Child abuse looks like a norm for the Browns. Children from OG 3 all suffered it, in different forms though.

[@rosielass459]

Hubby and I recently watched all previous 16 seasons over the last four months or so. It’s amazing the perspective we have now seeing things sort of in reverse. It was so obvious that the family wanted to present a certain image on TV and with that came a lot of fake smiles and over emphasis on how wholesome their family and the dynamic was between all the adults. I’m thankful that by the third season, Christine was starting to really be honest with her feelings and her perspective. She still struggled to try and conform to what Kody and her faith said to do as a plural wife but she wasn’t willing to pretend it was all happy all the time anymore. The cracks are there, if you really do watch for them.

[@DrofJustice]

I agree with you. We can’t know how much Kody was playing to the camera vs reality. This helps to understand how Robyn was NEVER integrated into the family - by her choosing. Sharing the home was key to the dynamic for the kids especially. There were actually NO kids until all 3 of the OG wives were on board, so they experienced the family growth fully together.

[@twistedtacres2791]

1:23 no- Snobyn WAS in the picture season one episode 1- Kooter went 5 hours away EVERY weekend for 10 months!

[@Chrissy85308]

Robyn was getting special treatment from the beginning. He was going to her house and staying instead of her and the kids coming to hang out at the big house. Kody put her on the calender with equal time before she was a wife, he was kissing her before marriage, she got Christine's oldest to stay at her house as a nanny, big fancy wedding and 10 day honeymoon. The other wives got an over night at a motel, no kissing until the marriage ceremony, no equal access to Kody until marriage, no babsitters or nanny, quickie weddings for Christine and Janelle. He put Robyn on a pedestal from the get go and treated her better and her kids better than the rest.

[@GrannyDi276]

Gwen calls it "the Princess Treatment"❤

[@marlogoodstein1535]

I am so glad you are finally watching the first seasons! While I have always loved your analysis of the last season(s), I definitely noticed your lack of knowledge/ understanding of their history, and how the Brown's have evolved over time. It's also a great point that watching back, with the advantage of perspective, helps so much in seeing cracks and issues that may not have been obvious the first time around. I also feel like in the first seasons, they were ALL on their best behavior, wanting to show the world that polygamy is normal, and even great. I think though, that over time, they just couldn't lie anymore. And as you said, they've been exposed to the monogamous world which opened their eyes more (including and especially the kids). Have you been watching the older kids speaking out and reacting to season 17?? (Gwendolyn on KZbin has been especially honest and forthcoming). Thanks for your analysis... and your wife is great; I feel like we'd be friends lol

[@jeaninemiller3402]

For those of us who have been watching from the beginning, Season 17 was our reward for 16 years of boring television. Knowing what I know now, and rewatching the shows, the signs were all there and I never noticed.

[@totallytammy9892]

Yes! Please keep doing old recaps of your opinion. Make the vids a lil longer too if you can. We don’t all have the attention span of this generation 😂

[@jackyhyde894]

Christine was 37 and Robyn just turned 31 early in season one so 6 yrs isn't a big age gap - but they did sell it that way.

[@nagatomutsu844]

It's not only about age, it's also about the status. Christine was supposed to be the last wife. That's what matters. They spent a lot time reaching the balance of three wives, though it was not perfect, it did somehow worked. But then Robyn entered, the balance was broken and never reestablished. Also Meri gave up her legal wife status, which is a huge change in the power balance.

[@jackyhyde894]

@@nagatomutsu844 absolutely but my reply was in direct response to the idea of there being a big age gap between Robyn and the other wives

[@nagatomutsu844]

@@jackyhyde894 yes I know your point.

[@allifairm]

It is a big age gap if your considering having more children.

[@mandycooke8445]

Meri put Robin in kody’s orbit because she thought having this secret would make them closer. The other two wives didn’t even know about Robin for little while. Not to mention Robin came into the family with massive debt.

[@agramby2022]

I watched the show, when it first came out, up until they moved to Vegas and was trying to get the houses. At that point, it was so drawn out, I had to stop. Fast forward 5 years, I finally watched from the beginning. Your take is spot on. He was married to all the 3 wives before they even had kids. Bringing Robyn on, after 16 years, Kody had to have known it would ruin his family. I feel it was all about the money and who cares what his wives thought. Please keep doing these!

[@catenystrom6506]

As a social worker, what hit me immediately was the parentification, especially of Logan. Surprised you didn't comment on that.

[@jenpringle6402]

Explain please

[@lunarbeauty]

That naturally happens in families with a ton of kids.

[@abeal49]

I remember at least ten years ago I was watching this and told my daughter-in-law "the only person that guy is in love with is himself." (I remember my twin grandsons were not walking yet when we had this conversation and the boys are 11 now) but watching the couch interviews and the way Meri & Robyn always sat together and Janell and Christine always sat together I started wondering if they were really 2 lesbian couples with a shared sperm donor It always seemed like the women had better relationships with each other than him and he hadn't figured it out

[@heatherbrown2273]

I'm curious about how you feel about the Logan parentification situation in this episode: having responsibility for getting all of his full-siblings ready for school. In the clip he says he doesn't "usually" make breakfast for all 12 children, just his part of the family - so that means that he is routinely responsible for five, and occasionally up to eleven, kids apart from himself. Janelle's couch reaction is then kind of laughing about how serious Logan takes things. This has been a red flag from Day 1 to a lot of people; do you feel differently?

[@beckf1858]

I'm going to second this comment. I remember watching this when it first aired, and feeling concerned for Logan.

[@nagatomutsu844]

I think Logan and Aspyn are seriously parentified. It makes sense to me that Logan got married quite late considering their culture and doesn't have a child--he’s been a father since his childhood.

[@kathyglass2922]

Thank you. Yes. And notice how kody says that Logan loves to feed the kids.... how oblivious he is. Why didn't kody could breakfast every morning for the entire g family

[@LizRealGirlBeauty]

@@nagatomutsu844 and neither of them have yet had kids of their own.

[@dittohead7044]

@@nagatomutsu844 Logan had said he was open to polygamy. But I think that has changed with maturity and who he married

[@bhd16]

Thank you for making the statement about Robyn coming in after 16 years to an already established marriage with values for the unions and parenting. Not only did Robyn come in later with an eye on the man for her own stability and that of her kids, she was also able to influence Kody to change the value system that was already in place for 16 years.

[@sarahemf]

At least the first season was done with rose painted glasses. The level these kids were parentified is massive, Janelles oldest would get all his siblings up and would make the breakfast and ready for school, Christine’s daughter would put to bed their siblings because kody couldn’t even tuck them in if it wasn’t her night and she worked at night. One of her teenage daughters went and lived with robyn as a nanny is was she was 13 years old. The big episode to watch are kody going back to his home town, truely birth, the honeymoon, truely kidney failure episodes, kody trying to take his daughter on a holiday, the anthropology students and I think you will find it interesting any of the physiology appointments they do. Also, any of Gwendolyn’s reactions.

[@CATAGUILAR]

Christine was in charge of 12 kids ! And homeschooling . That certainly not healthy !

[@dianasmotherman1671]

In their book, Becoming Sister Wives, Robyn made it very clear that her focus was on Kody and her marriage to Kody. Not the other parts of the family. Maybe Christine, Meri, and Janelle should have read the completed book to know early in what they were up against. The book came out, maybe, their 2nd season of the show.

[@kimberlygarrish205]

I started re-watching this show and I am still in season 1 but what really caught my attention was a couple of things. #1 Before Robyn is even married to Kody she is demanding equal time with him. Both Christine and Meri disagreed with her. They didn't feel that someone that was not a wife yet should not be getting equal time. Robyn was super mad about that. Of course, she still got her equal share and then some. I don't believe Kody should have been courting someone else while his 3rd wife was pregnant. Christine was having a lot of jealousy issues because she was, at that time, lacking confidence in herself. Here she was heavily pregnant and he brings in a woman 10-years younger, thinner and in Christine's pregnant mindset she probably thought Robyn was prettier than herself. She wasn't but raging hormones doesn't make one feel great about themselves. Then Christine finds out after the wedding Kody chose the wedding dress. That in my mind is where Christine started NOT trusting anything Robyn said or done. That bonding experience the women did....shopping for the wedding dress, that was supposed to bond them together. Instead it ended up ripping them apart. And apparently before Robyn even went shopping with the ladies, she knew she and Kody were going to go dress shopping afterwards and that is why Robyn didn't pick out a dress with them being with her. So, IMO Robyn was immediately being sneaky and selfish. I don't blame Christine for never trusting her and never bonding with her.

[@thompsoncindy42]

I watched Sister Wives for a few seasons early on and then just had to stop. At first it seemed like a functional albeit unusual family. I was actually rooting for them. Episode by episode, I began to really see how Kody's focus on Robyn and Robyn's manipulations began to damage the entire rest of the family. It made me sad and creeped out and I stopped watching. Jump to a year or so ago - still not watching, but began to see articles about basically the lies and falling apart of the family. Dang! I had hoped I was wrong, but what I saw early on just got worse until the whole thing imploded. So interesting from a psychological point of view, but so sad for the humans involved.

[@katherinechase3674]

Yes- completely agree, spot on!

[@KatinaMartinez-01]

OMG I'm so glad you are back and would love for you to do these for some back seasons.

[@kkaye76]

I watched it from Day 1 & I always thought this family was going to end in disaster. I really thought Janelle would leave first, but she's on her way out.

[@nagatomutsu844]

Janelle had a brief seperation in the early days (which lasted for 1-2yrs ) because she couldn't get along with Meri. She tried that. My theory is that Janelle learnt to have minimum emotional needs, and because she manages the finance of the family, her relationship with Kody gradually becomes something like a business partner.

[@miryanahill3842]

You will see Kodi is who he is , as soon as they do they wedding dress thing and the kiss thing. He knows the rules, and tries to act innocent and goofy which is the role he chose he decided to play in the beginning, but as soon Robin came into the picture you could see the real Kodi

[@5brittneynicole]

I'd love to hear your take on the parentification of the older siblings like Logan and Aspin.

[@amcorbett1624]

I think Kody did love Christine at the beginning. Obviously, that changed after Robyn captured all of his attention. Also, it was easier for him to be attentive to the kids since they were all in one big house.

[@lorcashine]

I think so too. When she left his ego was so damaged, he felt better trying to hurt her and say I never loved you and all the other crap he said to her in retribution.

[@oceanequestrian11]

It’s the episode where Christine is in labor with Truley and Kody goes off to see Robyn is the one you need to watch

[@christinepirir6759]

Hi I’m an ex member of the AUB. Cody and Robyn met at my sister’s house. I would love to collaborate with you on one of these videos!

[@lindasheridan454]

Spill the tea!! No meri?

[@aleigha9141]

Well now I have to go back and rewatch season 1 lol please keep making these videos! I love to hear your take on things. Keep on shining! ❤️⭐️💫 Edit: WOWWW!! 😮 watching the show from the very beginning when you know how it is going to end 17 seasons later sheds a whole new light on the episodes. Very interesting 🤨

[@jeanm2982]

You are spot on! My daddy always told we kids "...when you lie, you have to always remember exactly what you say. It will come back to bite most people causing them to lose credibility forever. You will be labeled untrustworthy. Kody had his own script and was dishonest from day one when he expressed his beliefs about plural msrriage. He also lied to 3 of the wives about how he came to know Robyn and used another,Merri, to carry out his deception. A few seasons in, viewers started to see the cracks in the script being presented

[@AyitaIam]

When Robin said she treated Kody like her best customer, that said alot to me. That made me feel like she was an opportunist and her need to shop and want for material things were fulfilled by her allowing Kody to be the inner narc...always defending him against the others. I think karma ,in the end, will give them both exactly what they deserve.

[@AshleahShortcake]

Robyn is only 6 years younger than Christine. The first episode was before Sobyn got her hooks into Kody. Her manipulation, controlling others with fear, her encouraging Kody to "protect" and "save" her, which plays into Kody's savior complex, her lies against the rest of the family, combined with her stroking Kody's ego, trying to make him be this "macho, head of the household" provider and ruler, with his queen by his side, has turned Kody into the monster we see today. He wasn't always like this. I think along with fear she controls men with sex, that's why she's always at Victoria's Secret, treats Kody like her "best customer" and doesn't mind being "uncomfortable" in the bedroom. She loves the competition against the other wives, she loves Kody choosing her, loves Kody spending more time with her and her kids, being favored, she loves winning, she uses the "damsel in distress that the knight saves" as a way to boost Kody's ego and I think she gets off on Kody "protecting" and defending her against the other wives and kids. Kody is Robyn's puppet, who she's molded into the guy we know today, part of it was always in Kody but she's brought out the worst parts of him.

[@LX-kt90rx]

Spot on! I believe Kody was a deeply insecure man with severe Daddy issues, and that’s why he got into polygamy in the first place. He definitely had issues, but he wasn’t this militant, patriarchal, complete a-hole that we see today. Patriarchy is built into their religion, so idk how Janelle says that’s not what she signed up for, but I don’t think kody was as patriarchal as he’s wanting to be now, and that’s why the OG3 say he’s changed. But I completely agree with you. Robyn played on all of his insecurities and turned him into a narcissist and a weapon against the rest of the family. Narcissistic tendencies were likely there within him already, due to the insecurities and daddy issues, but Robyn, being a narc herself, pushed him over the edge. She definitely uses s3x and the damsel in distress mentality to control him.

[@victoria139]

Exactly- it's why now Robyn is freaking out about the other wives leaving cause she doesn't want monogamy she wants to be the favorite wife- it's very adult pick me

[@Lady.Scorpio7]

I agree 100%.

[@elainepowell5768]

I am so glad you gave your opinion on this. I am currently working my way back through the early seasons and it is very interesting to see things from a different perspective. Thank you.

[@janicecarter6831]

Yay! My fav topic (after Vanderpump Rules of course. Waiting for your take on that) :)

[@PopPsych]

Im trying on Vanderpump… so much to get my head around!

[@justines8433]

Can you please do a review of Brother Husbands? Love to hear your take!

[@tinrtl]

I was watching season one last night. I'm in NZ so it's hard to get the full series You are on point about this

[@aomumoo]

Kody says what suits his ego at the time. He married everyone for love until one leaves him. And so suddenly he has to say it was for status. He’s such a clown.

[@dianemaestas3814]

Finally! Watching from the beginning of the series, thank you

[@aimeeguzman6758]

Yes! I'd love to hear everything you see rewatching the whole thing! There's so much I've picked up on rewatching and I'd love your perspective. Do a complete rewatch please!

[@angelagravlin9511]

Since the end of season 17 i binged the whole show you can see the cracks, where they were and how it made these relationships devolve.... Christine and kody took a vacation AND BROUGHT THEIR THEREPIST, back in vegas, that is where i see their relationship truely was broken.

[@trixietrx2346]

YES! Glad you are doing this. I started watching from the beginning and loved it because it seemed at the time functional. After re-watching not long ago, some things really stand out, and it's IMO cool to be able to see the history and say.... ahhhhhh, I see that now and where that led. TY!

[@isabellavalencia8026]

I am so glad the truth came out! Shame on them all for trying to fool us into believing they were a happy real family when in fact they were not happy and not a real family at all.

[@lbarmstrong1]

So excited to see you back!!! I started again at the very beginning a couple months ago. YIKES, I'm on S15 now. Agree with you immediately on Kody.

[@gogokgo]

We went back and watched all the seasons of Sister Wives. I totally agree about the lack of perspective the women have. Moving to Las Vegas is the best thing to happen to them. As they mature and grow, Kody regresses. And Robyn pretty much is always the victim.

[@shebaspurling605]

I am so glad you are back. I have missed your content.

[@lbarmstrong1]

Doc, just love your commentary on SW, the only "reality tv" show I watch. I realized that I stopped watching completely after Kody gave his wives the covid rules list in S16, so I missed much of what transpired before picking it back up in S17. Today I'm watching S16E9 and I AM STUNNED at Kody's behavior (and this comes after I've already seen his psycho season 17!) Can you PLEASE take a look at S16E9? Again, simply stunning, specifically his horrendous conversation with Gabe, the moving around of the logs, his whole motivation for getting Janelle's boys out there... it's stunning. I think Kody's literally become a psychopath (is that possible?)

[@jenniferschwarz914]

Yay so glad you are doing this!

[@Vickiglennon]

I often wonder why the wives agreed to Robyn coming into the family , I think he just brand her in and didn’t care what the wives said .

[@ktj8074]

I’m glad you did this I suggested you doing this a few months ago. Helps you see a bigger picture

[@user-jv5pp8pv9l]

My man, I never even got my PhD, I was still working in my bachelor's in psychology when the show first aired, and even I could see the writing on the wall from episode 1. You probably would have seen the potential problems. I'm honestly surprised the OG wives hung on as long as they did.

[@beckylee0000]

It seemed to me that bringing another wife into the family, was a scheme cooked up by Meri and Kody to help them get on a reality TV show. Janelle and Christine weren’t consulted. Christine came into the marriage- purposely as a third wife and I believe she thought she would be the last wife. Kody may not have loved her, but they seemed content within their relationship and had an easy banter and fun. Presto…here comes Robyn and now we’ve got problems. The older girls become babysitters for Robyn’s oldest kids, so their father can “court” this young woman. They already break the expectations of no personal intimacy going against their church doctrine and infuriating the other wives.

[@danaellis6964]

Glad your back and that your starting over.

[@tatortot4837]

I would love to hear your thoughts on the episode the anthropology professor and students study the family. Please check it out and give us your Doctors viewpoint! Even better find them and interview them. That would rock!

[@brea5416]

I would be interested IF the students were even going to school at the time . I looked up the professor he has many articles on this religion . Why the students give such a rosy outlook compared to what the professor has written about polygomy . Makes me wonder why . He keys to keeping it going was very right on .the guy never should show a favorite

[@rhondajc1]

Lol omg you have to watch the whole season haha - it’s all simmering

[@bostonterry7460]

Another great video! I'm glad you've been watching season

[@reneeig]

Love that you’re doing these!!!

[@earendil0888]

Yay!! I was SO hoping you’d watch old seasons ❤️

[@meganherlihy-adams5863]

Yesss! I've been waiting for this!!

[@xmaniack2]

You mentioned in one of your vids reaching out to a woman living plural marriage. I think it would be cool, if she’s into it, to watch back some choice episodes with her and get her commentary and POV.

[@Vickiglennon]

Love your recalls of the episode

[@ashleedouglas878]

PLEAAAAAASE watch the “My Sister Wife’s Closet” episodes in season 5-6 I believe. Then tell us everything!

[@IndigoBellyDance]

Do t forget 16yrs in Merri and Kody wanted Robyn to come in. But your point of Robyn coming in focused on the man…. Was spot on

[@debbiebuttars5598]

I wonder if Kody’s investment in all the kids and the first three wives was because they were filming. If not (and how would we ever know) then that would be so horrible for the original wives and the kids.

[@BrittanyNgo01]

Yeah, it's fairly good at the beginning (despite the polygamy angle) for everyone but once Robyn comes in, which is very early, it starts tanking from there

[@Wendigale]

First, I’d like to say I love your channel. Second, I am so completely distracted by the bottom three photos on the wall behind you (sharing circle, and two small photos side by side) because they are crooked. 😬

[@raimeyewens7518]

I rewatched season one a few months ago and the difference was night and day. Kody went from a happy go lucky goober to a unbelievable narcissistic rage monster. This last season he was awful. Each episode I thought he can’t get any worse. Then he would prove me wrong over and over. I have zero interest in watching him or Robyn anymore. I don’t want to support a person that’s emotionally/verbally abusive to a majority of his family

[@sharon8374]

I watched from the beginning and they promoted the "normalcy " in the beginning. I feel like we got misled if not lied to. Looking back now, its very clear the impending disaster.

[@IaneHowe]

There's a reason why we watched as long we have been and it was the lack of drama, abuse and abandoning. The true fans like the faked reality they sold us. He did a cameo saying he's monogamous and there will be no other wife. Kody wanted more kids the wives didn't he searched for a younger wife to have more kids.

[@skutovr]

yea! look who's back

[@meenachadha3766]

We also 4get with Robyn she had a wee bit of hollywood that Kody was smitten with

[@middlesismonica]

A new season of Love is Blind just dropped. I hope you'll do a review on it.

[@carolrogers29]

First off, I want to share with you how much I enjoy your channel. I’m as fascinated by the Browns as everyone else and have followed SWs from the beginning. One thing I’ve noticed is that Kody seems to enjoy interacting and parenting younger children more. You see how he’s more engaged in the earlier episodes. This may be part of why he enjoys Robyn’s family more as they still have little ones. Which begs the question, what will happen when they get older and have an opinion? I’d like to hear your thoughts on this. Thank you!

[@Jennifer_150]

Sadly, the only reason Robyn was ever courted into the family, was because Meri was desperate to revive a connection with Kody. She thought that by bringing him a new, hot, young concubine, he would praise her for it; and show Meri more attention and admiration. Crazy how things played out! 😮

[@lilwater3279]

😂

[@lcgc1980]

What comes out later: Christine begging Kody not to leave her when she was heavily pregnant with all those children. He'd be gone basically the entire weekend to court Robyn. What got me was how giddy and happy he was. He never seemed to stop and reflect on how hard plural marriage must be on his existing wives and how hard it would be to bring a new woman in. There was nothing there.

[@DizzyME13]

If you read the book, you will see they are wearing masks for the camera quite a bit in the beginning.

[@pam6116]

Now you might see what the long time viewers have been watching, waiting, knowing it's going to happen but when and how. The first episode is strangely Waltonesque but for all the mothers and then Robin happens. Why after 16 years of marriage and he blew it all up on purpose for Robyn we will never know.

[@elizabethnovak4951]

I appreciated your insight.

[@kathiedel4647]

Exactly, I believe ten years younger than the other wives, three already premade kids, many hours away from initial family, minor issues within set family...why would this work?

[@kelcihales9481]

I think he was already dating robyn when episode 1 was filmed

[@slayaw99]

Have you watched the episode where Meri and Kody see a fertility specialist? It seemed like Meri wanted to pursue it but Kody was reluctant. It was around the time Christine had her last baby and Janelle was already done. I wonder if Meri felt guilty she wasn’t able to have more kids because around that time they pursued Robin someone younger and seemingly able to have more children.

[@ariste01]

I actually only ever watched the first couple episodes. I've just kinda got caught up on what's happening now out of curiosity. But yeah I remember my reaction just being to shrug and think "ok if they're all adults and happy with the situation who am I to judge?"

[@KarenGraham-b5z]

There is a clip that was only shown once and never shown again. It is Christine questioning Cody, and I'm paraphrasing, "You told me I was the only one you would ever need". My bet is Christine demanded that be taken out. Regardless, Robyn was not truthful when she claims all three wives rejected Cody. Maybe that is what she was told.

[@terrylkumpf3894]

Look back when Robyn comes into the Family and talks how she was going to be ahead of the Family in one her behind the scenes when they talk about their feelings about the episode on the coach she does in beginning season with Robyn making her comments look at her now she the only wife left and has Mansion shopaholic which she was in her marriage! In fact her ex husband borrowed money to pay off her credit cards debt and what did she do she spend the money on shopping & not her credit card debt & left her ex husband with the debt & Janelle paid off her credit card debt so she could buy her house in Vegas

[@TheCoachmy]

❤As usual- too short!

[@katmonroe8144]

They started their downwards spiral when Meri divorced Kody so he could marry Robyn. Covid helped in isolating the families even more which showed the cracks in the relationships.

[@Beginnerreadsthebible]

I think he did love Christine, he just wasn't physically attracted to her (which is crazy to me, Christine is a beautiful woman). Now he's claiming otherwise.

[@dianecheney4141]

I remember when Jody was talking about marrying Robyn. And the first thing he says is that he prayed about it and God told him that he needed to marry Robyn or the family would collapse. I think he misunderstood the direction

[@MJBK675]

Where did Kody think Robyn and her kids would live? There wasn’t room in the Levi house……

[@LoreDeluge]

That is was why I started watching. New it was going to end with all the other wives leaving him. Covid finally pushed it to happen.

[@kimrichoux664]

Kody is a Mapulator

[@MichelleCallahan]

Did you notice how happy he and Meri are? Supposedly, she noticed that he needed another wife. He was Also! I remember thinking that this was going to explode. Especially when my 5 wives was on and you could see how he "ran" his marriages differently.

[@DesireLL-l3z]

Those first seasons they were putting on an act for the camera, except maybe Christine. Christine has always been outspoken about her feelings. But Kody, He lied so much. It’s all caught up to him now. When I watch the shows and the casting comes on, there is an obvious difference in music from where it was light and airy to now it’s ominous dark music.

[@kimrichoux664]

Omg I have watch them all.