[narrator] Previously on Sister Wives...
No, we're not engaged.
And here we are, looking at wedding venues.
Great place to have a wedding.
I'd marry you here.
[Ysabel] It is moving extremely fast.
Faster than I think. I would like it.
[Meri] My plan is to renovate the carriage house
and just kind of run my business out of there.
You're not gonna see any of the... anything before the final reveal.
-You understand that, right? -Um...
I've always been very well aware that I'm a control freak,
and I know that that's something that need to...
let go of a little bit.
[Christine] The property needs to be paid off.
So how serious is anybody really about living on that property?
Is anyone really gonna live there?
He's not talking to me about it.
So, I think I'm gonna have to lawyer up.
[Kody] I am embarrassed that my divorces
have created contemptuous enemies.
-Oh! -[indistinct chatter]
-Aw! -No!
[Kody] For me now,
My prayer was just, like, save me and Robyn.
[chuckles softly] I feel like the idiot that got left behind.
[gasps] Hi!
Give me a hug.
David's gonna come over for dinner.
All my kids are coming over.
Some of my kids are great with David.
Some of my kids are like, "Mmm..."
on the fence a bit.
-Sounds delicious. -[Christine] You down? Cool.
And then David will just be here any minute,
and please be nice this time. [chuckling]
-"This time"? -"Be nice."
-[Christine laughing] -[Ysabel] We're always sweet to him.
Paedon and Gwendlyn have not met David yet.
Uh, but Gwendlyn is not here tonight, Paedon is,
so he's gonna meet him for the first time.
He's never had this meal before, so I that'll be fun.
-Yeah? -How's the Brown family meal?
After Christmas, the kids talked about
how they missed all of our traditions.
So, I felt like it was important to bring some of them back.
Some of the ones that the other moms did.
So there's something that Meri used to do.
But Janelle actually called them haystacks.
Hawaiian haystacks?
It's just chow mein noodles.
And then it's chicken and cheese and soup, almonds,
and some people put pineapple on it, which is disgusting.
-I think the rice should be done, too. -[doorbell rings]
-Hey! --[Aspyn] Who's here?
-[Mykelti] Hoo-hoo! -Oh, my gosh, behave yourselves!
It's a man!
[Christine] Oh, my gosh.
[Paedon] I'm really excited to meet David.
I suspect that immediately, as soon as he walks in,
all four of us are gonna immediately insult him in some way
to just establish, "That's right. This is who we are."
[Christine] You know, I'm a little nervous.
I'm a little bit nervous that they're not gonna behave.
[sighs] Look, this is important for them to get along.
I'm just saying.
They're already crazy.
-Hello. -[Christine] Hi, baby.
-How are you? -Not too bad.
Good. Hi.
Our relationship's moving really fast.
We've been together for a couple of months.
Mom's boyfriend is here!
[Tony] Ooh!
[Christine] This is it. I'm going to marry David.
I just am.
Hello, Richard.
Richard? [chuckles]
Who's Richard?
His name is David. Nobody's Richard.
What show is that from?
I'm... I... I just called you Richard.
God, he's old.
He's... Is he too old for Mom?
I think he's too old for Mom.
David, did you like any of the venues you saw in Moab?
Yes. I really loved the Red Cliff Lodge.
It was a really cool place.
Is it big enough for the 700 guests she'll have?
-Seven hundred... -[David] You're talking 700.
-[Mykelti] ...guests? -I don't think there's 700.
-[chuckles] -[Tony] No, I could believe it.
Ours was 400-plus.
-Oh, we had polygamy. That's fair. -They know lots of people.
[chuckles]
-Seven hundred-- -I have that too, so...
Yeah, that's right. There's polygamy on your side.
David actually has two sisters who lived polygamy.
He never did or wanted to or anything like that.
And his sisters don't live it anymore.
They haven't for, like, 30 years.
My oldest sister, she got divorced from her husband,
and my other sister,
kind of got divorced, but wasn't really divorced.
And then her husband passed away.
Um, so that's how she got out of polygamy.
[Mykelti] You have a date?
[Aspyn] Yeah. What's the date?
The 22nd of October.
[Tony and Mykelti] October?
That's the day before, um, my husband's birthday.
-Well, we're not celebrating his birthday, okay? -No, don't do it.
-Don't do it. -Hello. [chuckles]
So, we're looking at October in Moab.
To get October in Moab,
you have to get your wedding venue right away
because it fills up.
'Cause October is crazy in Moab.
So, yes. We are getting married.
[chuckling] We have a wedding date.
But we're not engaged yet.
I am surprised by how fast things are going.
My mom did just get out of a...
what, 25-year relationship,
and then starts talking about getting married.
It does seem really, really, really fast.
Does David need to ask your dad for blessing?
-'Cause that's how it works, right? -[Christine] David...
-David did ask my dad. -[David] I did.
-[Aspyn] What? Already? -[Tony] Whoa, wait a second. Already?
David asked my dad if he could marry me.
It meant the world to me.
So, I... he got along really well with my dad.
Like, it was a great conversation.
And then David's like,
"So, you know, I'd like to ask for your blessing,"
and my dad just reaches over and he goes, "Yes."
-[all laughing] -[Tony chuckling] Whoa...
So fast?
My dad's like... [mimicking male voice] "Yeah, yeah,
of course, you can marry Chris.
That's great. You know, you can marry Chris."
And just like that. I mean, just like that.
And then my dad made him a plate of food.
-And brought him a plate of food. -[Aspyn] Wow.
-[Tony] Oh, man. -Grandpa, who takes 10 minutes to rise from a chair...
-[chuckling] I know. -...got up to make him a plate of food?
-[David] Yeah. -I know.
Yeah. Only me, nobody else.
Yeah, it was... It was cool, but it was a really, really good experience for sure.
It's getting serious.
[Christine] It's getting serious.
-Getting serious. -[Mykelti] Maybe it's been serous
since you guys went on your first date
and you got mad that he wouldn't kiss you on the date.
-That was the second date. -[David] Second date.
Yeah. Gosh, Mykelti.
Look at... second date we went to see The Little Mermaid.
There is a song, "Kiss the Girl."
It's all about... all these little animals
swimming and singing,
trying to convince him to kiss her.
It's the perfect opportunity to kiss a girl, okay?
It just is.
And he didn't.
I'm not that type of guy.
I'm gonna be a gentleman, and I'm gonna wait.
And she just has to wait, too,
whether she likes it or not.
I am going to put it all out there.
I was married to this... to a guy
for, like, 20-odd years
with so much uncertainty.
And I am not entering a relationship with uncertainty.
The third date, he made up for it. And it's fine, though.
Wait, you kissed on the second date?
Third date. We kissed on the third date.
Oh, you kissed on... Wait,
it's three dates, and then sex.
That's the rule.
-Tony, thanks for that. -[Tony] I'm just saying.
-Really appreciate that. -[Tony] That's the rules.
I think that my siblings and I, we're all very much humorous with each other.
We're all quick witted. For somebody to, like, click with us really well,
they have to give and take with the sarcasm,
with the barbs, back and forth,
and David picked that up, day one.
Do you guys fart in front of each other yet?
Uh...
-I don't think so. -No, not yet.
But I could-- that easily could be done.
-You guys haven't farted in front of each other yet? -Okay. Do you...
Do you talk to him while he's pooping on the toilet?
-[Christine] God, no. -Why not?
-[Christine] Why would I do that? -I don't do that.
-I think it's weird. -[Christine] No.
I wouldn't do that with my girlfriends
-or my kids or anybody. -Really?
Now, have my texted? Oh, yeah.
[chuckling]
It was very clear to me that Christine's whole goal in leaving me
was to find her soulmate.
So, I expect that once she was out of here and in Utah,
she would be dating.
And I have not heard anything about it.
I'm actually not interested in it.
I'm just. like, "wish you well."
-[Mykelti] Now, can we start eating? -Go, make your food.
-That's beautiful, Mom. -[Aspyn] So you get it.
Do you layer this stuff?
It has to be done just right
because the flavors have to not fight each other.
-They have to blend with each other. -Exactly.
-Uh-huh. -[Christine] I love you so much, babe.
Let's blend these flavors.
[Aspyn] No!
[all laughing]
-"Let's blend these flavors"? -[chuckling]
Uh, I'm not really used to seeing my mom,
uh, be affectionate with somebody,
and I haven't seen it in a while I feel like, so...
I remember Mom dancing with Dad
in the kitchen, in Vegas.
But, um, it's nobody new.
And so that's what's different to me.
And so when she does it, I'm extremely caught off guard.
I'm just... you know what? I'm just testing them.
They have to get used to it.
It's just what's going to happen.
To be comfortable in front of my kids.
They kiss in front of me.
I'm going to kiss in front of them.
You guys are all good.
Wait, you guys are all good with us getting married then, apparently.
Good? Good?
[indistinct crosstalk]
-Hold on. -Tony, I knew... I knew this was coming.
I think I'm gonna need to get to know him better.
I'm just not ready.
[Mykelti] We have six months after Gwendlyn's wedding,
-it's not-- -[Tony] It's just too close.
Mykelti and Tony tease me all the time
because I was, like... put the brakes hard on their relationship.
-[Kody] Mr. Tony... -[Christine] Mr. Tony.
...has, um, asked for Mykelti's hand in marriage.
I would be a little more comfortable with...
December.
It will be a difficult experience for me
to have you guys celebrated it...
only two months after doing Madison's wedding.
Okay, that's gonna clobber me.
I remember what it was like being on the other side,
and not understanding, at all,
why you guys had to rush.
Like, "why do you have to rush?
What's the big deal?" And now I'm like,
"We need to rush. This is ridiculous." You know, whatever.
Yes, I do completely support it.
But like, if I didn't, would that matter?
-No. -Yeah, I didn't think so.
Paedon's having a hard time.
Then Ysabel's having a hard time
with how fast we're moving.
She likes David,
but she just thinks it's moving really fast.
When are you meeting Janelle and her boys?
-Next weekend. -And some of them--
-[Aspyn] Really? -Yeah, next weekend. Yeah.
-All of them or-- -Whoever can make it.
Janelle fully... Janelle fully supports this relationship.
I sent her a picture of David and us together,
and I talked with her about it,
and she's gonna meet David next weekend, too.
I've never met him...
[chuckles] but I hear really good things about him.
He was a guy whose wife died,
and he raised eight kids on his own.
So, to me, that's like this huge,
shining thing about who he is, right? So...
And he has a relationship with all his kids still.
Anything else we should know about you?
[Mykelti] How many tattoos do you have?
Oh, yeah, tattoos. I was looking for someone bald with tattoos
and driving a motorcycle.
-So we're gonna get tattoos. Yes, it's true. -Whoa.
You have the perfect leather pants...
-for riding. -I know, I know. I have my leather pants.
How cliche and cheesy is that?
Matching tattoos? That's adorable.
It's... might as well get one, and I'm happy that she's getting one
with someone she cares about,
but also that's really weird.
Oh, my gosh, she's gonna push me over.
Yeah, I am.
[Kody] I've been sitting here thinking about Christine,
not in the regret place anymore.
I'm sitting back, looking back,
"Wow, we had some fun times."
There were some special times.
I would have loved to have had a breakup where we could have stayed friends,
but I think the reason we couldn't was because I just felt like
every step of it was a betrayal.
And because of that, I don't know if I'll ever...
get to be in a good place with her.
Listen. You're making it very difficult.
You're fired.
-[David] "You're fired"? -Hey, you're fired.
-[Paedon] You cannot fire your daughter. -[David chuckling]
[Paedon] David seems like a really good guy.
I see a future being there,
but also anything could happen.
Yeah, it does still feel like it's moving fast, a little bit too fast.
It makes me happy to see my mom happy.
Um...
But do I think it's fast? Yes.
I still think it's fast.
It's my 55th birthday.
I've lost a sense of direction for my life.
[Robyn] Kody's been a very angry,
lost person.
I feel like he's struggling right now...
but it's not who he is.
It's my 55th birthday...
today.
And, um... I've had a...
interesting life.
I remember five years ago, on my birthday, thinking,
"Okay, I'm halfway through.
Um, what do I wanna do for the rest of my life?
What do I wanna be for the rest of my life?"
Last night, I was up late with Robyn.
We were having a discussion about our values.
And the fact that I've struggled with mine...
through the divorce process,
everything that's happened...
I've lost a sense of direction for my life.
There's a struggle that I have had
because I had this big picture that got... shattered.
But I have a safe,
kind and sweet place
with my wife, Robyn.
And then I have tons of guilt
because I'm not more involved
with everybody else that's out there.
Uh, Kody's been a very angry...
upset, um...
uh... [sighs]
a very lost person
in the last few years.
And... I have to recognize it for what it is.
It's just him in a painful place,
and him in place of fear,
that I will leave him, too.
What was my purpose ten, fifteen,
twenty years ago, thirty years ago?
It was always...
my family, my children.
When I was younger, I was so naive
coming into plural marriage,
I guess, idealistic,
that I think I saw myself,
sort of, surrounded by children
and surrounded by wives.
I literally imagined...
that my five, six oldest
would be living across the street,
in homes with their spouses.
I mean, this is literally what I imagined.
Hmm.
That fantasy all came out of...
the affection I felt for my children.
To me, it wasn't a plural-family thing,
it was just enjoying-my-family thing.
I'm hoping that they will not reject this,
as some of them won't even talk to me.
But my new goal will be back to being Dad.
Incidentally, I'm meeting with Janelle tomorrow...
for lunch to talk about
business and property.
I hope that's good.
[Robyn] Can you remember who you are?
Remember the guy that I met?
The guy who... I saw
loving his kids.
And, uh, I feel like...
he's struggling with that right now...
because he's so hurt.
But it's not who he is.
[Kody] So that will be my new thing.
This... today is my 55th birthday,
and I have...
with God,
in covenant form,
reasserted myself...
to, from here on out,
be the loving father and the dad that...
that has always given me purpose in my life.
Onward and upward with the goals in life,
and making my family whole again.
That's my desire.
So, David told me a couple of...
well, weeks ago, honestly, he's like,
"I think it's time for us to go jewelry shopping,"
and I'm like...
"Okay, let's go jewellery shopping!"
And then he goes, "Well, ring shopping."
And I'm like, "Oh, my gosh."
So, here we are.
And today, we're going ring shopping.
So, we're not engaged.
We're just looking at rings.
-Hi. -Hi. I'm Lisa.
-I'm David. -Thank you so much.
[both] Nice to meet you.
-Congratulations. -Thank you.
But I've never gone ring shopping.
Kody just got the ring,
and he brought it home.
I'm not one for surprises.
What I like is time spent doing things.
So, I love the idea,
love the idea of ring shopping.
I talked to you on the phone, and I knew
that you like the marquise-cut diamond,
so I pulled a few marquise cuts...
different sizes.
I have no idea what's popular, trendy, modern.
All I know is what I like.
And it's the diamond shape, specifically,
and then it's just some, uh, different colors of metals.
That's what I'm tending to gravitate more towards.
[Lisa] Yes, so we could make it your own design,
exactly how you want.
We do it on a computerized CAD system now.
So, my first ring with Kody,
like, the engagement ring, was a Claddagh ring,
the Irish wedding ring.
It symbolizes love, loyalty, friendship.
And that was my engagement ring.
They can give you options there.
Well, if you design it, just do two different options...
-Oh. -...so that you can set the look and see.
-Yeah. -[Lisa] Yeah, exactly.
I think if I get remarried,
I seriously would, probably, just do a gold band.
I just always was more simple.
I'll have to give him some guidelines
of what I do and I don't like.
I don't like a marquise.
I do like square.
I... This is my favorite. I like the twisty thing...
-like, the different metals and stuff. -[David] Yeah.
[Christine] I really like that.
Yeah, but I have no idea if Christine's dating,
I imagine that she would be,
specifically because that was her goal in leaving.
It was to go find a soulmate.
To be fair, I was asked once before,
"When do you think it's okay for Christine to start dating?"
And I'm like, "the day she left." [chuckles]
-Okay. I'm just so excited. -[both chuckle softly]
[both] Mmm.
-So, am I. -Yeah, baby.
Yep. It's gonna be a good day. Great day. Awesome day.
In plural marriage, with the weddings...
you don't feel celebrated.
I just got married. And that was it.
And I didn't invite a lot of people.
It's just what was accepted and what was done.
When you're a plural wife, the focus isn't on you,
and it's not supposed to be on you.
It's supposed to be on the family.
But then when I left Kody,
I really thought about the next relationship
and what it would look like.
And I wanted all of it.
The bridal shower,
or the wedding shower and...
I just want to do it all.
Everybody should get what they want.
For me, it's...
If I ever get married again,
it's gonna be on the top of a mountain somewhere,
and it's gonna be simple. And I just want a gold ring,
and maybe we'll get married in our jeans.
I'm sure there will come a time where I will
you know, think about that a little bit more.
But right now, it's just...
It's kind of strange to think about those things.
Okay, rings for him, too.
We didn't talk about that.
Okay. I... I have all kinds of bands over here.
Um, there's different metals.
Tungsten, titanium, cobalt chrome.
That one... Let's see in the middle.
-[Lisa] The black? -[David] But I like...
Yeah, the black one there.
That's nice. I like it.
-I like the-- -I like that one right there.
Yeah, that's gorgeous.
I liked the black ring 'cause it was cool.
Like, um... my first ring I had was gold.
And it was all right.
You know, I was married once before.
I just, kind of, just wanted something different.
What about a stripe of the black metal on my ring?
-[Lisa] You could do that. -What about that?
-Oh... -And match and mix them.
-Wow. -Let's do the black.
-Let's do that. -That'll be really cool.
[Christine softly] Yes!
[all laughing]
Yeah, so David and I both picked out our rings.
David has a black ring,
and then my ring has yellow gold, platinum,
and then the marquise, and put them black in there.
It... it's beautiful.
I didn't know I was, kind of, an edgy kind of a person,
and it appears I am.
-Congratulations. -Thank you so much. So good to meet you.
...and I told you I could marry you tonight?
Yeah, I do.
-Well, I was ready then. -I know.
I was single for too long.
Yeah.
And I'm very unhappy.
But now I'm very happy.
Same.
[Janelle] The clock is really ticking on this note,
and we owe this money.
If I have to take action legally, I will.
What? What about us?
What about you living on the property?
What about you and me?
Janelle and I talking...
about reconciliation...
is a bull... [bleep] pipe dream from both of us.
Oh, we have you sitting right here, right?
So the holidays are over with,
and I'm... going to go have lunch with Kody.
I haven't seen him in person for a long time.
The clock is really ticking on this note,
and we owe this money.
Because of the breakdown in the family,
there is no communication,
there is no cooperation.
There's nothing.
-Hi. -Hey. How's it going?
-[Janelle] Good. -[chuckling]
So... [chuckles] this is intimate.
At this point, I'm really hoping Kody has something to say
or some sort of concrete plan,
because I don't trust very much.
So, I've already started to make contingency plans.
If I have to take action legally, I will.
I've talked to only one lawyer in town, and there are a lot of them.
So what's... what's the occasion?
What's... what's going on?
Um, well...
I know that you've been...
like, not wanting to necessarily discuss
the property, but we need to.
Let's, kind of, put our heads together 'cause it's coming up.
I mean, it's almost February.
We've got months to go.
-Um... -We have really only about three-and-a-half months.
-[Kody] Yeah. -And so if...
If we don't have the cash to pay it off,
we're gonna need to do some different financing.
If we can't make this balloon payment that's coming up,
in, like, three-and-a-half, four months,
technically, they could take the whole property back
'cause we signed a really bad contract.
We were not smart.
[Kody] Christine left, and because of the equity in her home,
she traded that for her equity in Coyote Pass.
So now Coyote Pass has just got four owners.
How are we going to divide, yada yada yada...
We're still going through that process,
and Janelle is like, "Well, we've got to pay it off.
We've got to pay it off. Got to pay it off."
Well, I don't feel like doing you any favors, Janelle.
But I know we have to pay it off.
So I have thought about...
Are you interested in buying me out?
Well, wait a second. Um...
You jumped to the end. [chuckles]
What? What about us?
What about you living on the property?
What about you and me?
I don't... Honey, I don't think
we even exist in the same universe anymore.
Like, I think you're awesome.
And whenever we talk, I still feel that, like...
you've got this little... this little...
hook in me or whatever,
but I've been so happy that I don't...
I don't foresee...
I don't foresee a long-term thing for us.
I don't even know who he is anymore, really.
Like, he hasn't been in my house for two years.
Mmm. We haven't really talked about our relationship.
We've had some conversations. It's not like
-we've not talked. -Yeah, no, but that's not really...
having a conversation about our relationship.
We have had so many conversations
where I've said, "It's done. We're done. We're not compatible,"
and he's agreed. And he's like, "Yeah, it's really sad."
I don't I... I...
Like, why are we talking about it then?
I feel like it's almost like a diversion tactic.
Here's the thing,
the things that have gone on, my relationship with Christine,
my relationship with Meri...
Meri and I, fortunately,
are in a place where we'll always be friends.
-I'll never say a bad thing about Meri... again. -[Janelle] Mmm-hmm.
Janelle and I talking...
about reconciliation...
is a bull... [bleep] pipe dream from both of us.
I talk about reconciling with her
because I'd like to be back in graces with my children.
But I know that reconciling with her
would require some kind of power game
where I gave her all the power in the relationship,
which I think is fair because I had it for so many years.
But I'm not interested in that.
I think it's... it's a fake discussion for both of us.
And the reason is, is 'cause I think both of us,
I'm telling you my heart's truth,
don't want to be the one that's accountable for breaking up.
He wants a wife that acts differently than I do. [chuckles]
So, uh... it's... It's over.
It's over. I...
I guess I don't need some finality piece to say that., so...
You know, you complain about my independence,
and I will complain about your...
selfishness and self-absorbed...
you're a little bit...
Is that in the past two years, with the divorce?
-No, just-- -[Kody] You feel like I always was?
Maybe you always were.
And there's a big question of the kids.
The kids now talk about the dad they grew up with
versus who you are now.
Well, they've shut me out,
and they're going based upon...
recency bias.
They're going based upon what happened during COVID.
You know, even through the ebbs and flows in our relationship,
he was always a good dad.
That always endeared him to me.
But now, I don't know how I would ever reconcile with him,
and not... have him not have a relationship with my kids. No.
I'm gonna always choose my kids. [chuckles softly]
I'm always gonna choose my kids.
I always felt like your life centered so much about Robyn's house.
Well, in the past two years, Robyn's been this place that things were safe.
Kody, even before that, it felt like there was...
I wasn't as important.
I don't know, I feel like any time Kody makes a choice
and they don't like it, I get blamed.
There's this new concept
that I... have Kody just wrapped around my little finger,
and I'm... doing evil spells on him,
and I'm... [laughs] Ridiculous.
If you know Kody Brown, you know he's not to be controlled.
And that's right. Your life is very much centered around the little kids,
-and... and all of that. -Always was.
-Always was, But I-- -When you don't have little kids,
does that mean that, you know, the generation gap
between you and Robyn is too much to...
-to actually bridge? -I... I don't find
I have much in common...
with her.
And I feel like...
um...
I feel like it's a problem that I'm not...
And then Kody, there's these times when...
I can remember, one time we were traveling... I think it was my birthday.
And you started getting mad at me about a conversation
that you and... I had had with her
that I don't know how you knew about...
unless she came to you and told you.
So, I had a conversation with Robyn years ago
when she was getting ready to buy the house.
And I just said to her, "Please, if you cannot... buy something
that's gonna chew through our resources."
And, you know, we all agreed she was amiable with me,
but apparently...
she went and, uh, told on me to Kody,
And Kody's like, "Well, you were so mean to Robyn about blah, blah, blah."
And I'm like, "Uh... Well, I don't know how you know that.
I don't know how you know about that conversation.
I didn't ever say anything to you about it," so...
So I didn't tattle on Janelle.
I just told Kody that Janelle and I were in agreement
about not buying my home.
And then it turned into some big, huge thing,
and I got into trouble with Janelle
because Kody got after her.
It was just that her and I agreed,
and I thought that was important to tell him.
Don't go down that road.
We're trying to heal things.
More destruction isn't gonna help us here.
Okay, then I... If you... If I can't talk freely,
then let's just leave it as I don't really want to.
This happens every time.
I... the kids talk to him about Robyn
or I talk to him, it's like,
he just doesn't wanna go there.
That's his sacred cow.
She's perfect.
Don't dare talk about her.
And I'm like, "Well, dude, how do you expect to be in a plural marriage with me?"
If you have this... this person that you worship,
That's part of being a husband in a plural marriage.
You have to be able to hear everybody equally.
So today is my birthday,
and I get to finally see
my carriage house all done.
[Blair] You've a workout area.
-You've got a yoga area. -Oh, my God. Wait.
-And we can do my pole dancing... -[Blair] TRX, yes.
-I mean, TRX... -[Jenn laughing]
I'm officially a single woman,
and that's really been weird
to wrap my head around.
It's my birthday!
So today is my birthday,
and I get to finally see my carriage house all done.
Blair has been here working on it,
and Jenn has really taken on the role of contractor.
She's done an amazing job.
This is like a very, very good birthday present for me this year.
It's just good timing.
It's all good timing.
It's only been just about a month
since I officially split from Kody.
I'm grieving a loss
of what I thought was going to be forever.
That is just weird.
I don't know what other word to put to it,
except for it's just weird.
-Hey. -We're ready for you.
[Meri] I'm so ready.
-[Jenn] I can't just cry in face. -[Blair] Deep breath.
-I haven't cried-- -You're already getting teary eyed.
I'm so excited.
So the carriage house is going to be my work space.
I run an online clothing business
and then upstairs is going to be a gym for me.
This space has just been storage.
It was a cement floor, and just basic walls,
like they weren't even painted, and I cannot wait to see it.
-Okay. -Are you ready?
[Meri] Yes.
I have some high expectations for this.
I have seen some of the work that Blair does.
I am so excited to see this.
After you.
Oh, it's really pretty.
It's really pretty.
Oh, my God.
[laughs]
My God.
It's completely transformed.
Holy [bleep]!
This is the most amazing transformation.
Like, I can't stop looking at all the things,
all the detail, all the things that he's hung up on the wall.
But one of the best parts about it is the countertop.
I'm dying. It's amazing.
Amazing.
I need you to direct your eye to that up corner right there.
[sighs]
[Meri] She's just hanging out.
-[Blair] Had to be front and center looking over you. -[Jenn] Uh-huh.
So when my mom passed away,
we had a bunch of her favorite shirts,
and we had them made into these memory bears.
This is so good.
[Blair] I'm so glad you like it.
[crying] It is so good.
[Blair] Oh. You deserve it.
[Meri] It keeps my mom close.
She loved the B&B.
She loved living here,
so it's just appropriate to have this out here.
-Thank you for all the [bleep] you had to deal with. -[laughing]
You know, it's no secret that Kody and I have had struggles
in our relationship for a lot of years.
All that money, we just don't have it.
Here's the thing.
The answer is yes, on... on conditions,
but we don't have it now.
So in the springtime, I think we might be able to revisit this.
[Janelle] I don't know. I mean, I don't know a timeframe.
I'm not gonna wait until the spring.
I can't wait until the spring.
So I'm actually,
we'll probably leave right now and go do a sale.
And start making that other $40,000 and just, like, bust my butt.
So don't expect me to feed any family functions, or anything,
because I need to do it.
In the years since, like, I really have been
doing basically everything in my life...
alone.
I've been very independent.
I've been very confident in what I've been doing, you know,
and it's something that I've had to kind of grow into.
Having this home back in the family
has really been a big part of that.
Oh, my gosh.
So for my workouts, I have my stationary bike.
I have a lot of weights.
I do a lot of strength training.
It's my space that I'm gonna go in and just, you know,
whether it's working or working out
or just, like, being me, like, it's just mine. It's all mine.
And we can do my pole dancing.
-I mean, TRX... -[Jenn laughing]
I'm officially a single woman,
and that's really been weird to wrap my head around.
I'm not ready to look into dating.
It's so new right now, like, I'm not ready for that.
So Meri's reaction was everything we had hoped it would be.
-And more. -There were tears, and that made me happy
because she's, like--
-She's good about controlling her emotions. -[Blair] Right.
-And she deserves it, so. -Yeah.
I feel so in charge.
-Now I'm at the head-- -Well, this is your space, so you are in charge.
If they don't want you at your table-- at their table, make your own.
-[Blair] Here it is. -[Jenn] You made your own.
Come join me at my table, my friends.
Join me at my table.
Hello. Welcome.
I don't have to be somewhere where I'm not wanted.
I'm gonna have my own table,
and the people who want to be with me will be in my life.
And I am so happy about the life that I'm creating
and the table that I have.
[Jenn] Yes.
[all cheering]
Okay, So I did call that lawyer that you talked to.
Oh.
Janelle has a card that says "victim" on it.
She likes to play it.
I don't know. But I keep thinking
that you and I could make this work.
In some regards, especially coming from the culture that we come from,
he's a failure to have lost all his marriages except for the one.
Here's the thing, Kody. The fact that there's these sacred cows
that I can't talk about freely to you,
about my emotions and my feelings
is a big indicator of some things that are wrong.
But you can't talk to me about your feelings and your emotions.
No, but there's a bias,
and I... and I... I don't want to do that anymore.
A bias.
Janelle has a card. It says "victim" on it.
She likes to play it.
I just think that's such a man thing, a male thing to do.
Like, here I am, a woman who's really just trying to speak up
and advocate and protect herself,
and it's labeled as something negative, victim behavior in this case.
But I just don't know if we really work.
Because I don't feel like I ever would be on an equal playing ground.
-I want to be able to talk-- -The playing field is always equal.
Okay, see, this is...
This is why I don't think--
It's like I can't even... I can't explain to you
and you're still... you're getting mad
when I'm bringing up certain subjects.
I'm not getting angry about certain subjects.
-So I just feel like-- -And there are no sacred cows.
My primary motivation,
for Janelle and I reconciling would be for our family.
I... I...
But for us to reconcile,
I will want her and I to partner with each other.
It's not been a real partnership ever.
I almost don't really consider us married anymore.
I mean, we're married.
-Well, then-- -My spiritual belief says that we're married--
That's-- Let's... Let's cut the bull[bleep] about what you just--
No, you have to know, I really struggle with how to proceed here.
Because I know I don't want to go back.
I don't want to be married to him anymore,
but yet I don't even know who to go ask
for a release.
However, I do know that Meri
was able to just get a spiritual release,
and we are both in the same boat.
We haven't been part of that congregation for a long time.
So maybe I... maybe I can.
Maybe I can get one.
[sighs]
I think maybe it's just the pressure of the faith.
Maybe it's the idea that I don't want to have another failure.
I don't know. But I keep thinking that you and I could make this work.
I think you and I would have to be different people.
Ah.
You know, Kody keeps bringing up this.
Could we get back together again?
And I just don't think it's really driven by any real emotion.
Because if we were truly heartbroken,
you would be seeing a lot more distress,
a lot more effort on both sides.
All I can think is that it's somehow driven by his ego.
In some regards, especially coming from the culture that we come from,
he's a failure to have lost all his marriages except for the one.
What do you really want to do?
Do you want to build out there, or would you like me to buy it?
Probably the money.
But if the land is what I get, then I'm happy to build out there.
In fact, I thought if I took that four-acre piece,
I'd probably just build a house right up on the hill.
Forget the casino.
If you build out there, you will be calling me every week.
I know, that's part of it too.
I'm not sure I can do that independently.
Do you want to try a love affair again?
[laughs]
The property shouldn't be the motivation there.
-That's tough. -I need my autonomy. I need my independence.
You know what I mean? I just do.
If she builds on Coyote Pass...
[clears throat]
...I believe that Robyn and I will go,
"Wait a second.
The ex-wife is on Coyote Pass.
Why are we going to go on to Coyote Pass?"
If Janelle built on Coyote Pass,
it would set me free, I think,
because I would leave this area.
If you buy me out, then I can go where Maddie is,
or you know I have options.
-Which I have thought about. -Mm-hmm.
Moving closer to the grandkids.
[Kody] Hmm.
Why didn't she call me to tell me she was having a baby?
The kids are all feeling very estranged from you.
Maddie has observed to me that Kody has not been out
to see her kids since Evie was born.
And Evie's three.
Maddie's like, "Why would I tell him that I'm having another one?"
He hasn't really shown that much interest in the other two.
Oh. They're talking like I've done something, kind of, evil to them.
I'm missing something here.
You know, I just-- I can--
There's a lot of nuances, and I can't be in the middle.
Jealousy and gossip.
No, I think there's a lot more to it.
[Kody] I was a hero for 25 years with these kids.
And now I'm not.
I don't know. I don't know the answers to this.
I know that it's been a hard process and that I am moving forward
with a lot of disappointment in failure.
But hope that we can patch up some of the heartbreak.
Okay, so I did call that lawyer that you talked to
a few years ago
because he's the only real... real estate guy in town.
Oh.
He said he would meet with both of us
because he's talked to you a few years ago.
He felt more comfortable if we were both in the office together.
And it would be simply a fact-finding thing.
Like, what we can do, what the constraints are.
You know, even have him look at the contract we have.
I... I think Janelle
would do anything she could to screw me,
so she's afraid I'll try to screw her.
[laughs]
And so where I'm at is, I'm bitter.
And I don't care. [laughs]
We've got to head off the nine-alarm fire.
-Yeah. -And then we can talk about--
Just talk to the lawyer after we've got more information.
-Okay. All right. -Okay.
That's good with me.
And again, there's no definite, like, yeah, we're going to do this.
[Kody] I have made an effort for you for years.
And what did you give me?
You betrayed me.
She teamed up with Christine when Christine was leaving.
She gave Christine her empathy, her sympathy,
her kindness, her attention, her time.
So you worry about what you're gonna do,
and I'll worry about what I'm gonna do.
-So, hey, I'll see you later. -Bye.
Okay, maybe it's time for me to lawyer up.
[Kody reading]
Kody and I have officially said it's not working.
I mean, I wish things, you know, in the family
could have gone a different way.
Yeah, me, too.
I've had some definite cutting-ties moments.
-This is Savanah, one of my girls. -[David] Hi.
And then this is Gabe, one of my boys.
I hope that Meri and Janelle are moving on with however their future looks.
Hey, Dad, mom's new boyfriend's gonna be there.
-Hello. -[Robyn] It was a little shocking.
Christine on their side and we'll just try to not bother them.
[Kody] I can't imagine that for me and Robyn,
this is going to be a pleasant experience at all.