We have three episodes in season 19 sister Wives And here’s what we can tell you.
Kody Brown hasn’t changed at all.
At the beginning of this season, many fans questioned how the show could continue with Kody no longer married to 3 of his 4 wives. Granted, this season will begin in 2022, just weeks after his split from Mary.
But the fact is that it feels strange to watch a show about plural marriage, where there is nothing like it. Instead, we are witnessing the messy consequences a father has for adult relationships with his children.
And he’s doing a terrible job. Just ask his wife.
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We rejoin the Brown family shortly after Mykelti gives birth to her twins. What should be a happy moment for the family turns out to be a little more… complicated.
Mykelti is still close to Kody’s last wife Robyn and invited her to stay with him during and in the days following the birth. This made things awkward with her own mother, Christine, who was also there for her daughter.
Interestingly, Cody consistently portrays his former teammates as bitter, angry, but especially rude to Robin.
But when Robin and Christine find themselves face to face as new grandmothers helping Michaela, nothing could seem further from the truth. Christine is kind to Robin, even praising her for sleeping in the closet to be closer to the twins.
Janelle echoed this sentiment, stating that it might be possible for them all to “peacefully cooperate.”
When it’s time to go back home, Robin cries in her car as she drives away. “I love being a grandmother,” she says, knowing that her time with Mykelti and Christine is a reflection of what she’s lost.
Cody, who didn’t join him, says simple in his confessional
“I am having difficulty connecting with all my children.
one with four thanks
A week after the twins’ birth, the family joins in for their personal Thanksgiving celebration. Christine’s family is in Utah, Jenelle’s kids are in Las Vegas, and Kody and Robyn settled in for their first Thanksgiving alone with their kids.
Mary, whom Robin had invited to join him, declined. “I’m not a family member,” Mary insists in her confessional. Later, it is revealed that Mary was very ill that day and spent the entire day alone, about which Robin feels incredibly guilty.
But not Cody. No, he seems very happy with his little gathering. “I feel safe,” he told the camera. “We’re all in a place of respect for each other.”
And it seems that’s just what Cody wants: respect and harmony. Seems reasonable, until you realize why that’s not the case with the rest of his kids.
Then Robin comes forward to remind him.
Cody and Robyn’s “Heat Exchange”
Suddenly, the screen fades to black and the audience is told that the camera arrived at the same time as Cody was leaving the house after a “heated argument” with Robyn.
When he returns, the cameras are on as Robyn talks to Cody about not having access to the kids.
You see, most of his children with his ex-wives are in their 20s. Some are even married and have children of their own. Due to conflicts during COVID and divorce from their mothers, many of Kody’s children are angry at him.
And Cody is willing to blame everyone but himself for it.
As the argument continues he tells Robin, “I’m not going to sit here and fight with you and have our relationship fall apart because of these people who have created the greatest authority in my life.”
By “these people” he means basically anyone. His ex-partners, his children – at one point he name-drops his daughter Madison, who has probably set very clear boundaries with him above all else. So much so that at Logan’s wedding, she made sure her children had no interaction with him.
Janelle explains that Madison and her other children feel that Cody has “abandoned” them and that he is too inconsiderate to be a part of their lives. They want more from him than he is willing to give, then and now.
But Robin sees it as Cody’s responsibility to try harder. She knows firsthand what it’s like to be a child of divorce and feel that your father has abandoned you. She doesn’t want this for Kody’s kids.
Cody, victim
But the truth is that Kody cannot emotionally cope with his children and their “contempt.” For one thing, he refuses to admit that he’s done anything wrong.
“I am only guilty of not falling madly in love with his mother,” he insists again and again.
He adds, “Some people think that parent-child relationships shouldn’t be reciprocated, but as they grow into adults, yes, they do.”
And there it is: Cody feels like a victim. Instead of listening to his children and hearing their complaints, he is paying attention to how they are making him feel by not turning a blind eye or being unwaveringly loyal to him.
In fact, Kody even admits that he can’t handle adult conversations with his kids about their feelings.
“I’m so angry about what happened that if I talk to my kids, I’m worried they’ll blame me… I’m just bitter, I’m angry at heart.
Robin forces him to promise that he will keep trying, even telling him that she is starting to lose respect for him because he is not trying hard enough to be the kind of father he is. is what his children need.
He promises her that he will try, but he also knows that he is “not going to fix it today, tomorrow, next week”.
And the truth is, as we all know from the way he described his relationship with Garrison before his death, in some respects he never got a chance to get it right.