I watched this show years ago and thought it was great. The 3 wives worked together well and I felt a little envious of them because they had their crap together and even with slight disagreements they were well and truly a family to be envious of!!! Then came Robyn. I continued to watch and saw the decline in the other wives and so many issues arising from the rise of Robyn as the newest wife and how many things she managed to manipulate and change along the way , she is rather good at working her magic and getting Kody to comply with everything whilst making it all look like his doing. After A few seasons of her I switched off as it just wasn't the same. I decided to tune back in recently 2021 and wow it's pretty hard to watch now as it well and truly is all about Robyn as I predicted. And Kody still has his head well and truly planted in her sandlot. And even more recently with Covid added to the situation and everyone having rules places on them. Oh except Robyn can have a Nanny ......... blerk!!!!!! It's the Robyn show in full swing! The other wives if you read this , life is way too short and there is still plenty of life to be had for you all with all your kids, you are no longer wives or partners you are minions and chess pieces in the life and times of Robyn and Kody - get out , get out now, run!!!!!
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miss_calais31 December 2021
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ingridwinter-316138 February 2022This is the story of five people who don't seem to like each other, do nothing but complain about each other and the choice they have made. Its getting too negative to watch anymore. They keep complaining about where they live, move, then complain about where they've gone. You know what they say, you can move but you take your problems with you.
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jamiesuddarthmckinley3 January 2022Sorry Cody only thinks of Robyn's kids he dont care how rest his kids feel only Robyn's sad a man can make that many children care more about one's that don't belong to u and the other ones u have with Robyn what about all the others he is selfish asshole I hope they all leave him ..
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brandyshain16 February 2021I thought the point of this show was to show the public that polygamy works. I've binged watched the entire show and I've yet to see anything that gives the impression that any of these women are happy. There is constant bickering and jealousy. Robin might be a *little* happy. It's painfully obvious that she's the favorite wife. She seems to be the only one out of all four that is even remotely comfortable in her relationship. None of the kids want to follow a polygamist lifestyle. Can't blame them.
I'm actually surprised they continued doing the show after Meri's catfishing scandal. What better way to prove that none of these women are getting what they need emotionally than to have one of the wives looking for love online..? Poor woman had seemingly finally found her way out and instead it was a scam. I guess when Kody says "love should be multiplied and not divided", he really just means the number of women HE can sleep with. It's obvious that Meri REALLY wants to be seen as the victim and not the married woman who was looking for love on the internet. She seemingly wants her family to help mend her broken heart. It's....awkward. It's also obvious that she offered to divorce Kody, bought the B&B on her own and tried to start a new relationship in hopes of getting away from the "family". It's easy to see why Kody has changed his opinion towards her. He realizes that she is no longer completely dependent on him. You can actually hear his ego shattering through your TV screen if you listen hard enough. The whole thing is really, really sad.
The easiest way to sum up this show is that you've got 4 drama queens wanting the main spotlight. I say 4 because Janelle couldn't care less. It's hard to tell if that is their real life personality or just their TV personality to keep the show interesting. In one episode, Christine talks about how many times Kody has moved the family during her time with him. The number of moves is astounding. Is Kody a polygamist because of a "calling" or just because he's never satisfied with anything..? Let those kids settle somewhere. You've already drag them through a lifetime of ridicule and shame due to your lifestyle. It has to be horrific for those kids to keep having to introduce themselves to new sets of friends and explain their home life, especially now that the fam has aired their problems on TV for a decade.
And last but not least, we have Kody's hair. It has always been a pitiful sight, but somehow he has outdone himself. He is now in his 50s and sporting a platinum spiral perm that he wears in a man bun most of the time. Good Lord. -
sanlib4518 October 2010That's what they should call this show, it's clearly his first love. He flips his hair around more than all of his wives and daughters combined have done (on air, anyway). I've watched every episode and I am far from traditional, my standards for lifestyle begin and end with happiness. I see Kody is giddy happy with his new wife but see the tears and struggles with his legal wife and some with his third wife and I just don't see the of religious doctrine that breaks hearts and gives a man a free pass to embark on a romantic phase that he admits he never experienced before wife number 4. The fact that he's feeling this now would hurt me horribly if I were his first wife, 2nd or 3rd. The fact that he's gleefully broadcasting this to the world on television makes it so much worst, add to that it would just be the ultimate humiliation. Wife 4 likes to say the polygamist lifestyle "rubs off" the rough spots. I just can't imagine agreeing with that. I might refer to that process more as a "wearing down" of aspects of self that should never be given up.
And the children. I have several and I can't count the times they've all needed something at the same time and I am fielding multiple conversations and requests all at once. No way he can be the father they deserve. Maybe he's not the worst father, maybe he's not abusive in a glaring sense of the word and maybe they have their doctrine to keep them warm at night. But no way is it all lollipops and gumdrops for the kids the way they seem to try to portray. What's glaring to me is how they can only feature so many of the kids in each segment. Nothing against the kids, what I've seen of them, they seem quite decent. -
MartianOctocretr58 August 2016There is coming a new monument to the United States, similar in theme and design to Mount Rushmore, that of the oracle of wisdom Kody Brown. His carved image will, as always, be surrounded by the lesser images of four women all fawning over him like lemmings.
In the arena of the genre of so called "reality" TV, there is a vast wasteland of garbage and idiocy. However, some of these reality TV shows manage to slither into sewers and crevices even lower than the rest. Sister Wives, featuring Kody Brown the holy oracle of polygamy along with his patriarchal empire, is the epitome of moronic reality shows.
If this sloppy mess of distressed emotions and constant social conflict was meant to put polygamy in a good light, it fails miserably. Kody can make up phrases like "multiple marriage" to legitimize his world of confusion," but the reactions of his four wives (one legal and three he calls "spiritual") belie his false pretense of harmony and success. And multiple marriage means exactly the same thing that polygamy does.
Nothing is ever calm in the four neighboring households "on the cul- de-sac" that defines Kody's realm. None of his kids seem happy, and one by one are moving as far from him as they can get. The women are griping all the time, and of course, instead of blaming his royal highness they stage childish cat fights among themselves to increase his ego of having women fighting over him. Listening to their carefully prepared speech is irritating too; you can just see Kody's disheveled hair and squinty eyes staring at them threateningly while they talk.
One could go on and on about how trashy these people and their arrangement are. Suffice it to say there are many other TV channels you could be watching instead of these imbeciles. -
parkerocoee18 December 2022From day one of this show, Kody gave me the creeps. The hair, the metallic pink car he had, the whole Mr. God's gift to women Peter Pan syndrome. I watched out of curiosity, out of sympathy for the wives and kids, then out of I cannot stand how this guy treats his wives and kids until a few years ago when I started throwing bricks at the TV screen every time his oh poor me botoxed face was on the screen until I couldn't take it anymore. I'm no psychiatrist, but can anyone just scream Kody is a Narcissistic a-hole with me? Good grief. HE is the problem and has now destroyed his "marriages" and his relationships with his children. He has also destroyed several of his children emotionally. I can now barely tolerate the commercials for the show. The only place his face belongs is on the south end of a north bound horse. Buh-bye Toady Kody!
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LukaBella101326 September 2021It's hard to tell if the drama is real or if it's for the sake of ratings..?? If the point in going public was to prove that polygamy works, this show fails. Miserably. The women are ALWAYS at odds crying, pouting and complaining about something. They keep track of what the other wives get for birthdays and anniversaries. Jealousy is front and center at all times and they have a therapist on call, if that tells you anything.
All of the wives have a specific role. Meri is the old friend (well, was the old friend). Janelle is the cash cow. Christine is the mother hen that raises the kids. Robyn is the bedroom wife.
If you've read that Robyn is the favorite, that is accurate. Kody only cares about Robyn, especially in the later seasons. The family seemed **somewhat** happy in the 1st season before Robyn came along. Everything fell apart after that. Robyn cries non-stop and acts like she's been the #1 since the beginning. She acts like she knows Kody better than anyone. She would be thrilled if the other wives just disappeared. She is now the legal wife, her kids are legally bound to the family and she has the biggest and nicest house. Kody spends all of his time at Robyn's house and complains that the expanding amount of jealousy of the other wives "ruins" his time with Robyn.
Meri is annoying af. She whines that she doesn't have more kids then whines when Kody wants more kids then whines that she doesn't want more kids. She really sucks attention from her infertility. She had the option of fertility treatments AND a surrogate. She turned them both down after a YEAR of "thinking about it" then went back to crying in every interview about being an "empty nester". She demands to live in 5+ bedroom houses even though she lives alone. I would be livid if I were a sister wife spitting out kids for Kody like a brood mare and Meri lives like a queen in her mansion. Alone. The catfishing incident is also pretty stupid. She found a man online she wanted to leave Kody for. She was making plans to leave the family and was building her own life and income with the B&B. Her online lover turns out to be a woman and now Meri wants the fam to reassure and comfort her. Make her feel wanted again. She repeatedly talks to them about it like she expects them to console her while she grieves the loss of her make-believe boyfriend. You can't make this stuff up.
Christine is a good mom. Seems very insecure, but I can see why. Kody uses her to raise the kids. Kody has no interest in her and she knows it. So does the viewer. Kody makes little to no effort with Christine and it is obvious throughout the entire show. She is constantly trying to adjust her personality to appeal to him. She has a kind-hearted spirit and she is soft-spoken. She really seems like a great mom.
Janelle is the business partner. She helps Kody support all 57 of his kids and wives. Very independent and seems emotionally checked out most of the time. From what I've read, her kids are all going on to earn masters degrees. Clearly, she is also an amazing mom despite the Kody/Robyn/Meri mess. Her older kids seemingly have had enough of their dads obvious favoritism towards Robyn.
The bottom line? Polygamy seems absolutely miserable. I don't condemn their lifestyle, it's their choice. Nobody is being forced to be unhappy. -
hereshopin7 October 2010True, it bravely parades a felony act right before our very eyes and most people can't understand why anyone would live in such a way, but Sister Wives is definitely interesting enough to catch and maintain your attention.
I spend most of the episodes trying to determine if these wives are truly as happy and pleased with their lifestyle as they constantly insist they are. Voices breaking from emotion are frequent and usually when describing how "rewarding" this life is but one can't help but wonder if there isn't something deeper and far less amiable at play as well.
The wives are more expressive than I had expected them to be regarding territorial issues and feelings of jealousy and they do admit to their occasional presence, but what they seem to consider the "fringe benefits" of their lifestyle,(help with their children, housework and lets' face it,someone to talk to) feels more to me like what is keeping their stronger emotions in check.
One does feel a bit sorry for these women as it often feels like they are being cheated, but if their expressions of satisfaction are genuine, are they really being robbed of anything? It is that steady, back and forth dilemma that as far as I'm concerned makes this show irresistible---despite it's moral or legal questionably. -
funbntampa19 February 2020I used to love this show, but it was a huge mistake to leave Vegas, at least without a better plan or roadmap in place.
Now its just all about disagreements and debates on how to or if they should "come back together as a family".
I was never a huge "Cody" fan, I really liked the wives and their support and friendship. It seems that this move to Flagstaff has ripped them apart and its just not the same.
I wish them all the best, but I am thinking about looking away from this train wreck. -
eprevodjenje25 November 2021Dear Lord, why, why would anyone marry that despicable, self-absorbed, narcissistic, grose man, let alone four smart women?!
Do they really have such low self-esteem?!🤔 I am saddened by the fact that he uses and manipulates these poor women for his selfish egotistical goals. -
terrie-abc13 March 2011a great view inside this fascinating lifestyle. While I would not be able to share my husband, I can totally see the benefits of having sister wives, and how that could really bring a lot to family life. These people are really amazing and I enjoy getting to know them through this show.
It seems to me that the wives really hold the family together more than the husband does. They share the load and manage the household together, including raising each others' children.
The honesty in which they discuss their feelings about the other wives is touching. I would be friends with these women - they are truly powerful and loving and honest and sensitive all at the same time. -
creenzie-7690031 March 2022Christine is a whinging brat who always wants her own way just get rid of her. She thinks everyone kiss her feet for gods sake shut up someone sow her mouth closed.
Update so Christine is leaving yay Robyn is very skilled at playing everyone janelle is ok but she seems to be hiding something Mary oh Mary she is the only decent wife and dumba$$ kody can't see it yes she got catfished but why because she was lonely and left out all the time. So Mary do yourself a favour find a man that is worth your time and don't be around woman who backstab you. -
mmiller-379-13681213 January 2015Kody's ego is so big that you can only enjoy the hubris if you feed it. I would feel sorry for the wives and kids if I didn't believe they were actually taking advantage of the gravy train that allows their affluence to be displayed as necessity.
In all of the episodes, their value statements and their re-creation of God to suit their own purposes, they are insulated and do not appear concerned with anyone else but themselves. Their righteous is so self-serving. Their lives are built around money and ego. Their self-absorption is not good for the kids - they can make their own choices for themselves.
It's a big world - lots of needs, lots of diversity, lots of real problems. This family does not live in this world. -
lcherish17 January 2022His son poured his heart out to him and he reacted all about himself. Kody is disgusting. I don't believe in plural marriage and he has shown why it doesn't work. The sad part is their children suffer.
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This family has always been a fascinating sort of train wreck. I have been engrossed in every season and grew to really like the individual people, and always hoped for more follow up seasons to keep up on the Brown family, but I'm not sure I can watch much more unless these two things are changed:
1. The catfishing situation and the Meri/Mariah situation has been beaten to death and is still going... and going... and going... still being dragged on endlessly even though it happened 4 years ago- I can't watch any more of that because now it's just incredibly annoying. Meri was my favorite one in the beginning back in 2010 because she was so down to earth and relatable, but she's SO victimy now and always suspecting that everyone in her family is out to get her, and she can't seem to see how her behavior in her relationships is often quite toxic and inflammatory, and she really needs some intensive therapy on her own to get herself through this midlife crisis and out of this major victim mode. I feel like she changed at the time of the divorce and turned into a completely different person... and has felt like the left out, abandoned victim ever since. But please, no more catfish stuff. That dead horse has been beaten down to nothing and you're killing us regular viewers with it.
And...
2. This show is SOOOOO far behind real life that I have looked things up online to get details. The current episodes aren't current at all. So Axel should only be a few months old according to the episodes playing now but in reality he's almost two. Meri didn't JUST open the B&B, it's been open for more than a year, and there's been another wedding and another pregnancy, and a major relocation several months ago, but we probably won't see that until 2021. It's so far behind real life. I wish they would try to catch up, at least a bit. I could understand being a few months behind but not this far behind.
I have to say that Christine keeps me watching. She's down to earth and I love how she puts Kody and all of his gigantic attention-seeking narcissism in his place (like "this is NOT about you Kody"). She seems so real. I love how she goofs around, even tackling Meri, because she makes the show fun. And her honesty is refreshing- the best part of the show. Janelle is a sweet lady but so emotionally detached that I don't see how she has any relationships at all, and I hope she can heal from whatever childhood trauma made her so entirely afraid to be vulnerable and connected to other people, because she obviously has a good heart. Robyn is nice and seems sincere too. Polygamy is clearly a miserable way to live, no matter what the show's intro script says. Holy cow. Never in a million years could I live that way. But still, a train wreck that is interesting to watch. Take out the catfish, get Meri individual counseling, catch up a bit (seriously!), and then keep it coming! -
angmartinsen15 December 2022For a TV show that started off to show the world how "normal" polygamists are, I think they've failed. I've been married to the same man for 15 years and there is more crying in one episode than I have cried in the totality of my marriage. This lifestyle is so unfair to the wives (& more so to the children who are forced to live it) but their self-esteem is so low, that they think being miserable all of the time is normal. I think Mari was possibly the worst... constantly crying... she had to have a wet bar in the LV house, yet they aren't allowed to drink? She cries over not having more children yet does nothing to change her situation (I wonder if she even realized she needs to have sex with her husband for that to ever happen, FYI Mari... crying constantly = not so sexy).
I read that 3 of the 4 wives are now currently split from Kody, so there's some positive.. who cares if it took a couple of decades for these airheads to wake up to the fact that this fundamentalist church only benefits the men & quite clearly leaves the women without an ounce of self-respect. -
downtownblah9 October 2011I have watched two episodes. During the first one, I could not help but think some of the major themes of "Big Love," (minus the compound) were present and thought the show was just okay, not great. However, after viewing the next episode, I was annoyed and bored because it repeated roughly 60 percent of the prior episode. Soap operas do some repeating but this show takes this technique to a whole new level.
If you kind of liked "Sister Wives," you will really enjoy renting "Big Love." If you really liked "Sister Wives," then you should see a neurologist.
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the_nephilim7115 April 2019Stuff like this is what gives TV a bad name. I can't think of any reason any reasonable person would watch this dreadful show.
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joanamarah12 February 2022I enjoy watching the series but I think like everybody who watches the season, I hate Cody. He is so horrible and such a bully it's sometimes really sad to watch the wives being treated so badly. Glad that Christine has left but not sure where the series are going to go now.
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rlatson2713 December 2022Four wives, one man, & 23 kids devolved over 10+ yrs in front of the cameras... It's a slow moving reality show, that revolves around a narcissistic man who plays victim every episode... These women were raised/groomed to be susceptible to a twisted "religious cult" known as the UAB, nicknamed "The Work", & considered to be an off shoot of fundamentalist Mormonism... It's a cult. Two of the wives were born into this, one wife was a sister in law before marrying this guy, & one wife was married to a Jessup "polygamy royalty".... It's all kinds of upheaval, drama, & trauma for their offspring!... Total trainwreck.
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allworkpeace20 March 2011Having read reviewers who insist polygamy must remain illegal, I had to provide my vote for tolerance for the lifestyle of people who don't hurt anybody or cheat anyone. That's the Browns, pure and simple. Kody and his four wives entered the relationship as consenting adults, and they're raising all their children with two primary rules: they'll be educated to the extent they choose, and they'll choose whether they'll be polygamists as adults.
I've written articles about the fact that illegality of polygamy protects people who break other, much worse laws, such as spouse and child abuse and defrauding the government.
I understand polygamy doesn't sit well with many people, but something must be done to protect children from being forced into marriage, especially with older men, and prevent tax and welfare cheating. Some sort of legal registration of these relationships could protect everyone and let people live their chosen lifestyle in peace.
With all the negative press about abusive groups like the Warren Jeffs clan, it's refreshing to see people like the Browns living the polygamous lifestyle without hurting anyone. -
wood-233101 December 2022The show, shows a different perspective to relationships. Interesting to watch, honestly. Regardless, the more you watch, the more you realize Kody sucks as a husband. Four wife's but as you watch, it's incredibly obvious Kody cares about only one wife. Janelle and Mary should just give up and move on. Christine should feel so proud of herself for not allowing him to treat her like she's a chore. I know the show is not up to date as I write this, that being said, I hope both Mary and Janelle have left Kody with the family he loves most and spends the most time with. His younger children, that matter much much more than, in his words, "his grown children". I love that his children still try regardless of Kody only trying for Robin's kids. Not bashing Robin, or their babies, it's not her fault her husband sucks.
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ChaCha4417 October 2010The success of the HBO show Big Love and the many bestselling books about the FLDS and Warren Jeffs has put the spotlight on a topic we Americans find very interesting. So here in this era of reality shows, we have the Brown family who consist of one husband, Kody Brown and his 3 wives and many children who live polygamy in a very non sensational way. The premise is timely and intriguing. They all live under one roof in a lovely, spacious home and all the Moms (and Dad) take good care of all the kids seeing that they get enough to eat, are educated and even the girls are encouraged to go to college and be whatever they want to be. Unlike what we've been accustomed to believe regarding polygamy in the US, they seem to be able to afford their many children. The show gives us a glimpse of a seemingly, normal family who just happen to be in the process of taking on a new sister wife, Robyn a 30 year old woman with 3 children of her own.
I can forgive a lot and there is much I can overlook but the one thing that can't be overlooked is how uninteresting this show is and maybe that's the point, to show America that "normal" polygamous families do exist and they seem to be a lot like us. They make sure their kids get up for school on time, prepare breakfast, go to work, cook dinner, make sure the kids to their homework and oh yeah, share their Daddy with the other Mommies who live with them and try to hold in the jealously in trying to deal with dividing their limited time with their husband with yet another sister wife. Understandably they want to be seen as separate from the child brides who leave school at 13 to marry old man who can't support their enormous families. Well they've got me to like this nice family and while I don't approve of their lifestyle on a personal level, I do accept their right to live their lives. But as entertainment, this show is not even as good as the worst Brady Bunch episode. -
shandra10200012 January 2022At least Christine and Janelle don't let Covid control their lives, they have faith in Jesus and not fear. The way Cody and Robyn are dealing with this issue is going to ruin their family. It's sad they don't have loyalty and respect for Janelle and Christine.