[narrator] Previously on Sister Wives.
So, you told us, originally,
that you were going to keep a place here.
Oh, I'll be up in Parowan.
We had that discussion about where our relationship is at.
Yeah, I'm not interested in faking a relationship.
No, that's not me saying I can't work on it.
Well, don't blame me for not loving you.
I was doing my duty.
Blame yourself if I don't love you, okay?
[woman] Are you gonna make mud pies?
[Janelle] I love this property.
It's like everything that we had wanted in a piece.
Maddie, look how big this property is. It goes clear back.
[Robyn] If Janelle were to move, it would devastate me.
I don't know how to let this all go,
and I have not let go of Janelle.
So, I'm excited to where this is going to be going to.
I'm really excited.
I'm going to move forward and find happiness and joy
outside of my club.
Because it was my club, and I got kicked out of it.
[theme music playing]
[light clinking]
Meri's decided to move to Utah, to Parowan.
She's just doing those kind of things
that you do when your life changes.
She's giving a bunch of her living room furniture
to her brother-in-law, Nathan, and her sister, Rebecca.
Nathan happens to be my best friend.
And I'm gonna take the trailer over, we're gonna load that up,
and then, Nathan's gonna take it to their place.
Yeah, they definitely are in the loop of what's going on with us. [chuckles]
-Hey! -Hi!
-[Kody] It's like... [laughs] -[indistinct chatter]
...I helped Christine move out.
I helped her load the trailer,
it was our last fight, I think.
More than anything, those are going with me this trip.
-They are. -Well, I wouldn't--
-I would wait, and then-- -No, I know you wouldn't.
-Everything-- -Kody, I know. Thank you.
I'm going to be in charge of this.
This... this whole thing, this whole divorce thing,
I don't know the rules, [scoffs]
I don't know what it's supposed to be like.
I can't tell you,
other than, well, I'm gonna help Meri
do whatever she needs to do.
I told her to call me anytime.
[Meri] Have a seat.
-Would you like this furniture? -[Rebecca] I really like...
-I would. -Do you love it?
-Do you want to take it home with you? -[Rebecca] I would love it.
-[Meri] Yes, for sure. -So, are you like... sure?
I feel like this has been such...
-a part of your house forever. [chuckling] -[Meri] No.
-It's a little weird. -[Meri] Yeah, Kody and I got this
when we first moved to Vegas.
So, why do you need to let it go?
So... [sighs]
Um, I'm going to be moving out to the bed and breakfast.
-You are? -Yeah.
So, Kody and I, I mean, I know that you guys know that,
obviously, there's been issues,
but we have finalized the separation.
-[Rebecca] Like, official? -Done, done, done.
Like, it's done. Yeah.
-[exhales] -[Nathan] How do you mean?
After 32 years, I'm a single woman.
[chuckles]
When-- How old were you when you got married?
Nineteen.
So, 32 years, so...
You know, it is actually really...
strange [chuckles] to be single
after over three decades.
You know, the last time I was single
was when I was 19, you know?
So, this is definitely different.
I'm still trying to get used to it,
and get my head wrapped around it.
[laughs] Like, it's kind of weird.
How are you feeling about it?
I've had a lot of varying emotions.
I cried a lot the week after.
I went through the church process,
and got it, like, terminated.
Did they handle that well?
Like, do you feel like they were fair,
and, like, listened to you, or how was the process?
It was a good process for me.
Kody might say otherwise. [laughs]
-[Rebecca laughing] -We had already had the divorce.
Divorce and divorce, so, basically, I'm a double D now.
[laughing]
[Rebecca] Double D Meri.
[women laughing]
Yeah, I mean,
it's kind of interesting, because I did go through that,
a legal divorce, you know, years ago,
for the benefit of Robyn and her kids.
Okay, Meri, if you could just sign right here?
[softly] Okay.
[Meri] That was very hard, emotionally.
I believe that Kody
really misunderstands my emotion.
He has said that he thinks it is
because I lost some sort of power,
and part of me is like,
"Oh, I didn't know you gave me power." [scoffing]
It's like, I didn't know that I had any power of being the first wife.
You know? Like, that...
That was really kind of weird and insulting,
because it had nothing to do with that.
The legal terminology is really weird.
"It is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed
that all parties are granted a final decree of divorce...
...between Meri and Kody are dissolved, set aside,
and forever held for naught."
It was really just kind of a mind game on me.
At the same time,
I knew that mine and Kody's relationship
was not in a solid place.
And so, it was a very scary moment for me, too,
because I didn't know what was going to change.
You know, I knew it was scary for some of my sister wives, too, you know?
I remember, he had a conversation with Janelle,
and she was concerned about things changing.
And...
[sighs]
they did. [scoffs]
You know?
So, you're obviously getting rid of a lot of things.
What are you going to do with the stuff that's died in the 32 years of memory?
[chuckling] So, Kody was here the other day,
and he's like, "You're not keeping this? Isn't it sentimental?"
-Sentimental for a... -[Rebecca] Sentimental to you.
-Divorce? -...broken marriage?
Is that how you see it?
It didn't-- Well, it is.
[Robyn] Mary moving to Parowan is really painful and hard,
but, like, my heart has gone out to her so much,
as about how long she's kind of been hanging on.
Like, I just really want her to find happiness, too.
Was it, like, amiable or awkward?
Yeah. So, he and I were on a conversation,
you know, on a phone call the other day,
and we were disagreeing about something.
And he was trying to say this is the point
where our relationship started failing,
and I was like, "No, it was a lot different for me."
And he was, like, very much disagreeing.
And I said, "That's not how it was for me," and, "Goodbye."
I'm not going to engage in when he's getting all riled up like that.
-[Rebecca] Yeah. -It just does me no purpose.
And it does us no purpose.
Can you even really pinpoint a time, though?
I don't think there is one defining moment
-to be honest with you. -[Rebecca] Agreed.
-Yeah. Yeah. -I don't think that you can.
Kody has said different times
for his defining moment...
-[Rebecca] Yeah. -I mean, let's just talk about catfishing, right?
-[Rebecca laughs] -It's like, "Mm, but what led up to that?"
What about comments that Kody has said
that... [scoffs] the problem, the storm that was Meri
started, you know, a year or two
after the marriage started.
-How's it going? -Pretty good.
-How was your day? -Good.
You know, my... my day was really,
-really quite nice. -Good.
[Kody] We were dysfunctional from the beginning.
I don't know what happened.
Meri, yeah, talks about...
we were great when we were together.
If this is great, then maybe I don't want it.
It's a little bit confusing to me
that Kody has this narrative now
that there was never any good times.
We have lots of video.
We have lots of photos.
There was good in our relationship.
There was a lot of it.
Have you had a chance to talk with, like, Christine and Janelle, or...
No.
Yeah, we're not... we're not sister wives anymore.
I just don't know. There's a lot of things
that I have to wrap my head around and figure out,
like what to do with, you know?
He doesn't seem like
the same happy-go-lucky person...
-No, he doesn't. -...that I am super-familiar with.
-He's looking sad. -Well, the person you marry is not the person you divorce.
That's true, and also...
He really doesn't seem like the happy person that he used to be.
[splutters]
I'm angry.
You know, it's like...
It's not that I'm grumpy or yelling or doing something,
it's that I have resting [bleep] face.
[Janelle] Kody's always been kind of intense,
even when he's just talking seriously,
you know, he tends to have this face.
[exclaims] I call it his murder face. I hate it.
I'm like, "You can't use the murder face on the kids."
He's like, "Get in your pajamas!"
I'm like, "That's too scary. Take it back a notch."
Lift the eyebrows.
"Okay, get in your pajamas."
[laughs]
So, it looks like he's here.
"We're about to pull up," but he says he needs your help.
It's gonna be awkward.
I mean, it's gonna be awkward.
[Kody] Meri and I, we've been awkward for a long time.
I don't know if it'll be awkward forever,
or if it's even going to be awkward today.
Avoid the ice.
How's it going?
- [speaking other language] -[in English] Hey, man, good to see you.
Kody?
[Nathan chuckles]
-Kody? -[distant indistinct chatter]
-[Kody clears throat] -How's it going for you, bro?
-Mm, it's going all right. -[Meri] Yoo-hoo!
-Yoo-hoo! I know, right? -[both laughing]
Kody, this is all ice. You might want to back up more.
I'm coming to look at it.
[Meri] As I'm getting rid of things,
it's actually getting rid of something in me
that I feel like I need to get rid of
so that I can move on to whatever I'm moving on to.
-Hi, Rebecca. How are you? Nice to see you. -Hey. Good. How are you?
-You, too. -[Kody] I'm good.
-Hey, Meri, don't fall and hurt yourself. -[Meri] Hi.
-I'm having a go of it. -[Kody] Good.
So, um, you know what we ought to do,
is just get a shovel and just move this real quick,
or I'll drive over it.
But we should drop the ramp just right here.
He and I are divorced now, and I'm moving away.
Like, what... I don't know what it's going to look like.
I love that you picked Moab.
I'm from Moab. I love rock climbing.
What I like about Moab, it's that you're going, like,
200 million years ago when the dinosaurs roamed.
That's like... that's our kind of people.
-Yeah, we like adventurous couples. -[indistinct chatter]
I've gone down there and taken a few ladies with me,
and they never want to go back.
And so, I said, "The one that will love Moab like I do,
that's the one I'll marry."
[upbeat country music playing]
[Christine] Let's get out.
How was that drive?
-[David] It was wonderful. -[Christine] It was long.
Today, David and I are going to Moab.
We're going to look at wedding venues!
It's the end of January.
We met the beginning of December,
but, no, we're looking at wedding venues today.
[indistinct chatter]
It's David, me, his son, Max,
Ysabel, and Truely.
-Hey, guys. -[Christine] Hi!
Welcome to the Red Earth venue.
Thank you. It's lovely to be here.
-Hi. Hi. Christine. -Angela. Good to meet you, Christine.
-Nice to meet you. -David.
-David. Okay, and we got kids. -Kids.
I'm really happy for her. She's sparkling and glowing.
And he is absolutely smitten with her, and he should be.
And he's incredible with Truely,
and his children are phenomenal.
But... it is moving extremely fast.
Faster than I think I would like it.
Okay. Well, great. I hear you guys are engaged.
Not engaged yet.
-Okay, but close-ish? -But we've got to get the--
-We gotta get the venue down, you know? -[chuckles] Yeah.
We're not engaged yet.
But you've got to get your, like...
the wedding venue locked down, you know?
He's already locked me down.
But the wedding venue, he's really got to get that locked down.
-You know, you have-- -We don't know when to do when stuff.
-Yes. -We know that we need to get the venue,
so we know when to tell people
-to mark it on their calendar, right? -Yes.
-No, totally. That makes sense for sure. -[Christine] Yeah. Yeah.
-Well, congratulations, regardless. -Thank you.
-Planning a wedding is exciting. -Yes.
Okay, so Christine came out, and she was telling us about David.
It seems kind of soon, but It's just one of those things, I guess.
"If you know, you know, " they say.
Hey, we've been dating for a good...
like, six weeks to two months already.
Oh, yeah, we're on top of it.
We are not taking it slow. I'm 50.
I mean, I'm like, you must be somewhat adventurous
-if you're kind of going for Moab, then-- -I... I'm from Moab.
I love rock climbing.
Generally, the people that are drawn here,
are the adventurous types.
[David] What I like about Moab, besides the Red Cliffs,
it's that you're going, like,
200 million years ago when the dinosaurs roamed.
[Angela] So, yeah, we'll go on in,
we can come check out the space...
[David] And I wanted to share it with somebody.
Um, in fact, I've gone down there
and taken a few ladies with me,
and they never want to go back.
And so I said, "The one that will love Moab like I do,
that's the one I'll marry."
[Christine] Ah, nice.
-[grunts] Oh, my God, again? -I'm sorry, Mom.
-I didn't mean to push you. -Oh, my gosh!
-[Truely] I didn't mean to push you again. -She keeps coming in between--
-I didn't mean to push you. -You know, Truely,
we're gonna be together, I don't know what to tell you.
I don't know if Kody knows anything about David and I. I have no idea.
No, he stopped telling me about things that were happening
in his life a long time ago.
You know, I don't update him on anything.
So, the whole thing is not to decorate.
-You let everything decorate. -Oh, you can absolutely decorate.
But we wanted this space to be kind of a neutral palette.
-[Christine] Yes. -These are all, like, clay tiles,
handmade clay tiles, each individually placed
kind of to reflect the...
You know, they have, like, a desert look, but they're neutral,
so you can bring in colorful florals, you can be vibrant,
you can be... you can be very neutral.
We just kind of wanted it to be an open canvas.
[Kody] In our religion, marriages are supposed to be eternal. [scoffs] Okay?
Why do you have people who don't know each other get married
if you think you're stuck forever?
Not just for life, but for eternity?
I've heard rumors about Christine dating,
I've heard rumors, um, that he's Christine's soulmate.
She's very excited about the relationship.
I'm offended for her on the idea that
she would be stuck with me for eternity
when her soulmate was out there to be found.
-So, these are just giant pivot doors. -[David] Oh, that's cool.
-Just kind of rotate it just like that. -[Christine] Whoa!
[daughters] What?
[David] My kids, a few of them had doubts
because I dated so long,
they thought I was just another... number.
But the way that you take care of me, the way you do things,
I never got treated like that before.
So I knew then, it was like, "What, we're going to wait for
another month, two months?"
We have a lot of vacations to go on.
[both chuckle]
[Angela] So, yeah, essentially, you guys can open up this whole back wall.
So, the pivot doors, the accordion style doors
and then, that pivot door right there.
That's 1,800 square feet inside,
-and then 2,300 square feet outside. -Oh, my gosh.
So, it just kind of makes it
-this nice indoor-outdoor space. -Perfect.
When Kody and I got married, I was the third wife
in a plural family.
So, to me, it was really inappropriate
for us to have anything really, really big.
Like, our church really taught
that the first marriage could have anything that it wanted.
But the second, third couldn't.
They were, like, hush-hush.
Isn't that ridiculous?
In a church that supports polygamous marriages,
you would think that every marriage deserved recognition.
And a big, huge party. It is still a wedding, you know?
Anyway, they don't.
A lot of the pressure to marry Christine,
I feel like came from-- I had known her for a long time.
And I knew she wanted to be in my family.
I really liked her family.
She was... she was...
mm, polygamy royalty.
The whole "polygamous royalty" thing,
that came from Kody.
I never cared about that.
How many people does it, like... can you put here?
Yeah, so, venue capacity is 120.
-That's what we have tables and chairs for. -Okay.
We don't necessarily cap it.
Um, like if you did want to increase, you can.
We just recommend opening that back wall.
-We have a massive situation. Like, we have a lot of kids... -Okay.
-Yes. -...and a huge family.
We have a lot of people coming to our wedding.
We don't know exactly how many.
I don't know how big it's going to get. No idea.
You can even expand out here, if you want a larger dining space...
-Sure. -...and, kind of, increase it up to,
I don't know, 200 people or whatever.
So, as beautiful as Red Earth is,
and Angela's been wonderful,
it's just... we just need bigger.
-You don't want to trip again. -[chuckles] Oh, my gosh.
-[Angela] So good to meet you guys! -Good to meet you, too!
-[Angela] Congratulations. -Thank you.
This won't work for us. We're going to have to
just keep looking for another place.
But we have somewhere else we're going to be going to today.
When Sonny and Cher got divorced, I was six,
and it broke my heart, it freaked me out.
It's like, divorce, it saddened me.
This isn't supposed to be part of the story
that I'm writing about myself.
We crashed the ship...
and that does...
make me terribly sad.
[Kody] So have you got a shovel,
-or is it just your-- -[Christine] Yep.
[Kody] Oh, wait, I got shovels.
-You know, I have a shovel. -I had to... I had to dig that out.
-Oh, gosh, it's been a morning. -[Rebecca] Oh. What's that?
-[laughs] -Everybody notices.
-Well, it's because... -Well, it's because
-it's a new thing. -...you wore a necklace.
-Yeah, I haven't seen it before. -You don't wear necklaces.
-This is a new thing. -Yeah, it just...
-Well, listen, I... -I just want to know what it means.
-I'm curious. -A person gets a divorce, what are they going to do?
They're gonna start changing.
It feels like I'm moving my ex-wife out of her house.
It's not necessarily awkward,
but it's just what it is.
Do I keep turning?
-[Christine] Dude, please. -[Nathan] I'll shuffle quick.
[Christine] Holy freaking freak.
-Freak, freak, freak. -We're okay, dear.
[Christine] A little bit more.
[Christine and Nathan] And stop.
[Nathan] Perfect.
He said what he wanted to do, and he's done it.
[Christine] Well, he's so amazing.
-Damn! I wish I was married to him. -[Rebecca chuckles]
I got to thank you on behalf of my wife.
You've made her a very happy woman.
[splutters] Ah, it's just...
I'm just glad Rebecca's happy with the furniture.
She's excited.
-Yeah, there's one woman happy in my life now. -[both chuckle]
[Christine] I'm happy.
[Kody laughing] Rebecca...
-Hallelujah! -[Nathan] True! True!
Uh, thanks, Kody, for all of this,
that I can get new furniture.
He was talking about Robyn.
I... I don't know what to say. I mean,
I... it was a little self-deprecating,
but Robyn and I are having our own struggle.
We're both mourning this experience that we're having,
and we're struggling in different ways,
we're mourning in different ways.
Hmm, here's an irony.
I'm pretty much sure I sold that dream to you.
The whole family dream, the big family dream.
I'm not sure I...
I'm still embracing that dream in any way.
Well, I am.
[Kody] Robyn doesn't seem happy.
I don't believe that's an indicator about our relationship...
specifically.
I think it's about a big picture.
Okay.
-Okay. -All right, what do we got going on?
-[Rebecca] Will you show him? -All right, well, we've got this furniture.
Can I get a drink of water first, Meri?
-I've been... -Can you ask, "please"?
-...running that thing... -[Rebecca laughs]
-...all over. -[Christine] Just kidding.
Of course.
[Kody laughing]
-What? -Nothing, it's just funny.
[laughing] Thank you.
-It's funny? You asked. -[Kody] No, it's just--
-Thank you. -I deliver.
[Meri chuckling]
[Kody] Meri seems a little lighter.
You know, the pressure's off of Meri.
By all indications,
I think Meri might start to feel better.
I'm glad one woman's happy.
It feels like he's projecting a little bit
because maybe he feels like
the pressure is off of him. [chuckles]
Because, let's be real,
Kody doesn't know me.
[Rebekah] We were kind of...
We had a conversation earlier about how to, like...
split our loyalties.
[Meri] I basically... I basically...
You don't have to split
-loyalties with me, Meri. -Mary can [indistinct]
...Nathan can stay with you. [laughs]
[Kody] Oh, okay.
-I told Nathan-- -Oh, that's actually a great idea.
I told Nathan, "You're going to have to choose."
I chose the blonde with the long hair.
[Kody] Wow!
Oh, my goodness.
Well, everybody's got a good sense of humor about it.
It's just final.
It's been what it is for so many years.
-It's sad. -Why is it sad to you?
Just the end of an era, you know, just...
Whether it works or not,
it's still sad when it doesn't work.
You know, I literally have good days and bad days.
And for a couple of years,
I think they were all bad days.
Okay, fine,
we're going to grow up now.
We're going to say, "Divorce happens.
Yeah, you're pissed off about it,
but we're going to grow up now
and put on a smiley face."
I think his realization after I took the steps
for the separation through the church,
I think that realization kind of hit him
a little bit different than maybe he expected.
Different than I expected it to hit him.
Like, I think he was just shocked.
Like he was like, "Wait, like--"
[Rebekah] That you actually went and did
that part of it? Or...
Yeah, he was like, "Why did it happen so fast?"
-[chuckles] You know what I mean? -[Kody] Mmm... Maybe.
Maybe it's like, you know, I sort of understand.
I sort of get it.
I was surprised.
[Rebekah] Well, I mean, from looking in...
And honestly...
Well, I don't know where you and Janelle stand.
As far as I've heard, you're separated.
I don't know if there's any...
No, she's just not interested in a relationship.
She's just, plumb, not interested in a relationship.
They were... It was more like they left.
What do you mean "in this situation"?
I mean, so you're saying it's my own darn fault?
I was like, "Well, yeah, because you're the one
that said you didn't want to be married to her." [laughs]
-[Kody] I know, but-- -[Rebekah] You know? I mean...
-[Kody] I mean, there's a reason-- -With this situation, it's--
It's like, you can keep going down that road,
and nothing's going to change.
And I'm not blaming.
It's just like we...
That's not a road for us any longer.
And that is sad.
I'm guilty of marrying people I wasn't in love with.
I just think that he has amnesia
[chuckles] when it comes to the past
because he...
You know, you just can't keep up
that kind of pretense for 20 years.
I know what happened.
He can say whatever he wants.
It's fine.
Because I just don't care anymore. [chuckles]
This is Kody's current theme,
and that is that he never loved
me or Janelle or Christine.
It's getting to the point that it's annoying.
Gosh, Kody, just man up
and be honest.
I know that I put everything that I could into it
and I would still put into it.
But I also know that it's not something
that is comfortable for him
or right for him or good for him,
and that's not fair to either of us.
I don't always know what to believe.
The eternal marriage.
I think the, "Don't get divorced.
Jesus said not to get divorced."
But it's a big concept.
I don't know what to think about it.
Other than it offends me to think
that I would be stuck with those three women.
It literally does.
It's like, it offends me
to think that God would cause me
or them to suffer.
Let's let's hang on that and stop making people
stay in these terrible relationships.
When Sonny and Cher got divorced, I was six.
Five. I was five.
And it broke my heart.
It freaked me out. I was, like,
"Divorce is the biggest evil of..."
You know, it was just something that saddened me.
At six and seven years old,
I had no awareness that the idea,
the concept of divorce
was real.
Sonny and Cher getting a divorce...
Devastating.
Like, "Does that really happen?"
This isn't supposed to be part of the story
that I'm writing about myself.
You know what I mean?
You know, everybody's... Their story...
You're the author of your story.
My story has taken a turn.
We've ridden the wave.
We've crashed the ship.
We've survived, we're on the shore,
but we crashed the ship.
That's the realization.
We crashed the ship.
And that does...
make me terribly sad.
[indistinct conversation]
[Ysabel] Oh, my gosh.
It makes me just a little bit uncomfortable...
Oh, what the heck?
-Trueley! -Aargh!
They always look away or harass us when we kiss,
but it's not going to stop us.
No, we're not engaged.
And here we are, looking at wedding venues.
[David] I love going to Moab.
That's my favorite place to go.
Because we started talking about wedding places
and venues.
And so you said, "Yeah, I'd like to go check it out."
I'm like, "Yes!"
I don't care where we go.
I just care about my dress.
I'm walking down the aisle to you.
Well, if that's the case, so why didn't we go to Vegas, then?
-I don't want a Vegas wedding. -[laughs]
Oh, my gosh.
[woman] Hello. Good morning.
-Hi. Good morning. -Hello, how are you?
-Hi. -Are you David and Christine?
-[David and Christine] Yes, we are. -I'm Shelley.
-Oh, hi! Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.
-Hi.
-Good to meet you. -How was your drive in?
-Lovely. It's beautiful. -Wonderful.
I think you guys are looking at fall dates, kind of.
-[Christine] We are. Yeah. -[David] Yeah. Yeah.
All right. So I'm going to show you some venue options.
I do know your party is quite large...
-Yes. -[Shelley] ...so we'll have to find
-some different solutions with that. -Okay.
But I'll show you all the areas
-and show you a few rooms. -[Christine] Wonderful.
And then kind of go from there.
I think I was more in on the plan than you were,
because I just said, "You ready to look at rings?"
And you went, "What?"
It's like, I was aggressive at first,
but then you were like,
"We need to get rings, we need to look--
Let's go look at wedding venues."
And it was like, "Okay. Okay."
Oh, yes!
[David] This is cool.
So this is what we call the Colorado Room.
[Christine] Okay, so how many people in this room?
[Shelley] We can do rectangle tables.
We had a wedding in December
that we fit 190 people in here.
-Okay. -That was utilizing the stage
as kind of like your head table.
Okay, so we're thinking a minimum of 350.
We were-- [chuckles]
My daughter was just saying yesterday, they had...
450 invitations were sent out for her wedding.
And she's like, "Considering how big your family is
and David's family,
you're looking at, like, 700 people, probably."
I mean, that's ridiculous.
We don't want... That's insane.
-[Shelley laughs] -So we will need--
That's a lot of people.
[Christine] We have really big families.
I have six kids, but then I have...
We have 18 kids all together in my family.
-And then David has... -I have eight kids.
Their spouses.
-Yes. -Grandkids.
When you're part of David's life, you're family.
If you want to limit it to 300,
you only get to pick 150 people.
[chuckles]
If we did it here or out there...
Have the wedding, and have, like, a tent,
can you fit more people outside?
Definitely, yes.
Christine deserves to have a nice, big wedding
that she never had,
and that's the thing that I want to give to her.
Even though it would be cheaper to go to Vegas.
Just saying.
-Oh, this is cool out here. -[Christine laughs]
This is beautiful.
[Shelley] This is where the bride would come out, typically.
-[Christine] Yeah. -[Shelley] And do her grand entrance here.
[Christine chuckles]
[Shelley] So we've got the wedding deck.
You can't beat this view.
-It's beautiful. -No, you can't.
[Kody] My wedding day with Christine was... [sighs]
I'll be honest with you, I was very sad.
I struggled to get work off for it.
I had two wives in total.
One of them was pregnant.
And when I arrived, I had a 1,000-yard stare
with a bride that I...
was marrying in some form of obligation.
I realize now that
that was not fair to Christine.
I'm wearing sneakers to your wedding.
You can wear whatever you want to our wedding, baby.
It probably would be advisable in the grass.
If you wear heels, you'll sink in it.
Yeah. No, I want you comfortable.
[David] She's gone.
So this is our wedding deck area.
This is where the chairs and everything...
You would come out here.
And then, I was thinking,
if you are going to have that many people,
we would want to utilize this grass area...
-[Christine] Yes -[Shelley] ...and possibly...
What we call our River Deck down below.
So we can go...
I'll take you guys down there to show you all that.
-We can walk down here? -If we want to walk down here--
Yeah. I'll take you guys to the stage
-and you can check it out. -So this is where I would be to walk.
-[Shelley] Yes. -Oh, what the heck?
-Trueley! -Aargh!
[all laughing]
[Christine] Ha-ha! What's up, sucker?
[chuckles] We've got Ysabel and Max and Trueley with us.
-Yeah. -They always look away
or harass us when we kiss.
But it's not going to stop us.
No, Trueley likes to break us up
-from that. -She does.
But it just means she wants to be hugged tighter.
[David] See how big this place is right here.
Can have a lot of people out here.
Beautiful. Oh, God, not again.
Yes, we would need to utilize probably most of this area.
[David chuckles]
Especially if you're to have almost 700 people.
-[laughs] -Yeah.
They don't like it necessarily,
but they don't not like it either.
I think they like it, but it's just awkward to them
that they see you being affectionate...
-Yeah. Have your kids, like... -...with somebody.
Did Max see be affectionate with somebody?
Yeah, they did.
We won't go down that road.
[laughs]
We won't go there. [chuckles]
You guys are looking at a Sunday, right?
Is that when you're wanting it?
-Sunday, Saturday is fine. -Okay.
The first available, this fall,
that I have would be...
would be October 8th.
During that time, in October,
just everything is green, blooming.
-In October it's green here? -Yes, yes.
I can show you some pictures of mine.
-So you can-- [laughs] -[Christine] Okay.
-So you can see how green it is? -That'd be cool.
Well, he saw a wedding here one time,
and that's where he thought, like--
Oh, yeah. Like I said, I seen a wedding here,
and I thought it'd be so cool to have a wedding here.
Little did I know that it could be me.
[Shelley laughs] That it could be you.
[David] Mmm-hmm.
[Ysabel] Oh, my gosh.
I think I'm still not used to my mom
being so affectionate with somebody else.
Like, my dad and her...
Not to, like, compare their relationship.
But to me, this is what I'm familiar with.
So my dad and her weren't...
They didn't hold hands in public.
It makes me just a little bit uncomfortable,
but, like, not in, like, a bad way.
Yeah, it feels fast, but I've moved on,
kind of. [chuckles]
I'm really excited to walk down the aisle.
I've never had that experience before.
Like, when I got married before,
it's just a religious ceremony,
it's all indoors.
Nope, I've never walked down the aisle. Never.
Never had the walk-down.
So when Maddie got married,
and we were all there at her wedding...
I was like, "Gosh,
this would have been great to get, actually,"
I even told Kody, I'm like,
"If we ever get married again..."
Because I assumed I would just marry him again.
You know, like a recommitment, whatever.
"...I really want to walk down the aisle."
And he's like, "Okay," so...
Anyway, it didn't happen. It's fine.
This would just be awesome to have, like,
a walking down the aisle thing.
So I'm super excited.
Because I've never done that before.
[Janelle] So when we married before in our church,
it's not a big deal,
like, there's not a big walk down the aisle.
It's a religious ceremony, and then afterwards,
you have kind of little bit of a party.
We had a small, very, very small get-together
at his mother's house.
I didn't even have a dress.
I thought I'd get you a ring.
-Yeah, and you want to do that? -[chuckles]
You won't like this at all. It's a string.
It's a...[gasps]
Kody, at the time that I was getting to know him and stuff,
he had talked about how Christine and Janelle
didn't get what they deserved.
And he said, "Marriage should be celebrated,
and I've learned my lesson.
And I'm not going to do that again."
And I did it for the sake of him
and what he wanted
and what he believed and thought.
My wedding day and my reception
was not about me.
It wasn't about Kody and me.
It was about celebrating a marriage,
and it was about the family, and I made sure of that.
Trueley, stand up there under that arch right there.
[David] Pretend you're doing nothing.
[David chuckles]
[Christine chuckles]
See how cool this is up here.
This is really cool, baby.
Great place to have a wedding.
I'd marry you here.
I'd marry you, too.
[chuckles] Mmm.
You know what? I've got a lot of vibes and feelings
and thoughts about this experience
that tend to make me feel bitter,
and so it's hard for me to even talk about
my wedding day with Christine.
[chuckles] God. I'm going to keep you.
What I remember about the experience
was that it was a very sad day.
And when we broke up at the end,
it really made me question my life a lot.
[Christine chuckles]
[David] Really, really pretty.
[Christine] Oh baby, it's beautiful.
-[David] So are you. -[Christine laughs]
[David] I love you.
[Christine] I love you.
-[David] I love you. -[Christine sighs]
It's interesting to me
that Meri and I are safe enough
with each other right now to joke around.
Yeah, you literally only have to use
your leg and butt muscles.
[all laughing]
Why is our relationship now easier
than it was three months ago?
Or six years ago?
[Shelley] This is what we call our Deluxe King Cabins.
[Christine] Oh!
These have been completely gutted and remodeled.
[Christine] I don't care where we get married.
It doesn't matter to me.
But now that I've seen Red Cliffs Lodge...
Oh, the outside, walking down the hill,
now it's very important.
Now I'm like, "Oh, this is what I want now."
But let's go ahead and go in, and I can show you this room.
Yes, so this is our Deluxe King Cabin.
One of the biggest reasons
we want to have our wedding here, though,
not just the view or the hill or anything like that,
because it's a lodge.
So our guests can stay here.
So this is what I would recommend
for the bride and groom.
Nice.
-It's cozy. -It is cozy.
It's warm and cozy in here.
This is my first big wedding.
My kids have had great weddings.
Oh, my gosh, they were gorgeous.
Just being around them was amazing,
and planning them was fun.
[crowd cheering]
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Brush.
[Christine] It was so great. So Maddie was first.
It was a beautiful day.
It was bohemian and outdoor,
and lace everywhere,
and it was just ethereal.
It is now my pleasure to present to you
Mr. and Mrs. Padron.
Yes! We are married.
[Christine] And then Mykelti's was a party.
Big, huge party.
It was amazing.
And then Aspyn's was magical.
It was very romantic.
So being in those was when I realized...
"Kind of cool to have a soulmate.
It'd be even cooler to have a really big wedding.
But back then, it wasn't in my mind
that I would leave Kody to get the wedding.
I was more like, "Eh, it would have been nice,
but it's just not going to happen."
But now it's going to happen.
I'm gonna get a big wedding.
[indistinct conversation]
Have a seat fully and deeply on this couch.
Okay.
-[Meri] Wow. -Did you see the pump?
Oh! I did have to pump. Okay.
Okay.
I sprang from the couch. Whoa!
-[laughs] -I sprung!
You did not... [indistinct]
[Meri chuckles] You guys are so dumb.
It's interesting to me
that Meri and I are safe enough
with each other right now to joke around.
There's a burden that's been lifted
somehow or another, at least in this moment.
Yeah, you literally only have to use
your leg and butt muscles.
[all laughing]
Why is our relationship now easier
than it was three months ago?
Or six years ago?
-Hey, Meri. -[Meri] Yeah?
[Kody] We want to put the coffee table in next.
You want to grab a tape for me?
Yes.
It's weird. I have no idea.
[Christine] It is gorgeous.
We'll go in there in just a second.
Is that a mini hot tub?
-It is a mini hot tub. -[Christine] What?
-Yes! -Yay!
-[David] We're not getting in it, okay? -[Christine] What?
-[David] Too cold. -Yes!
Oh, come on, baby, this will be perfect.
-[chuckles] -That's it. We have to stay in this one.
I know you have your RV and everything,
but I think this might be happening.
-Oh, yeah? It's cold. -Well...
I ain't going in there right now.
-Well, no, babe. We're not [indistinct]. -This is not Polar Express.
In plural marriages,
some of the people try to make them
as traditional as they can.
When Robin and I got married,
she did not want to do the whole traditional thing.
She wanted, basically, a private elopement.
And I was like, "No, I'm tired of hiding plural marriage.
I want a celebration."
[inaudible]
When Kody and Robyn got married,
oh, it was awesome.
It was a great day.
Robyn was an incredible plural wife.
Like, she, like, said, you know,
"I want everybody to have a special day.
I want it to be a family day, a family celebration."
I've been to many plural weddings
where they weren't...
Where they looked like they were
really difficult for the other wives.
Maybe that's why plural weddings
are more hush-hush.
Because the wives really have a hard day that day.
We got you a little welcome-to-the-club gift.
My main goal was to make sure that...
that I was not that
sister wife that was insensitive.
They were involved in every single piece of it,
and I wanted them to feel safe and comfortable.
And I have had them say that it was, to my face.
Yeah, like they're all moving on. [chuckles]
[scoffs] I feel like the idiot that got left behind.
And then we've got your king bedroom
-with a full walk-in closet. -Oh!
Yes. Yes.
I like this.
-[Christine] This is nice. -[David] I like this a lot.
-Just checking the bed. That's all. -[chuckles] God.
[Shelley chuckles] It's got to be comfortable, right?
-That's right. -It has to be comfortable.
This is really cool. This is beautiful.
You definitely did a good job
of redoing it, it's really nice.
-[Christine] Thanks. -You're welcome.
[softly] I really like it a lot.
I like it a lot, too.
-[softly] Yeah. -[chuckles]
[Christine] So we'll invite Janelle to our wedding.
And then Janelle's kids.
Leon, for sure.
Meri's child.
I am not ready to be around Meri and Robyn and Kody yet.
Perfect. Thank you.
Thank you. I think I...
After all this, I think we at least deserve a hug now, right?
-Yes! -[indistinct] a handshake.
-Okay. -[Christine laughs]
I gave that a hug.
[David] No problem.
Oh, it was great meeting you guys.
Great to meet you, too.
And I hope that you choose Red Cliffs for your...
for your venue and your beautiful wedding.
-Yes, we will. -Thank you.
Thank you very much.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
For our wedding, the biggest hope...
[exhales] to have everybody there.
Really having all of our kids there to support us
and just being surrounded by family,
that's the vision.
All right, see you.
-She'll see you at home, Nathan. -I don't even know--
Do we have time for lunch on the way?
[Nathan] Absolutely.
Awesome.
I've been wearing my pain on my sleeve
for two, three years.
I really am tired of the pain.
Maybe it's a really good idea just to lighten up.
And that's what it is.
It's like, when your heart's dark,
you just got to lighten up.
And I know this will pass.
I know it will.
But I've already gone through,
like, the destruction of my family.
But who cares?
That's happened. It's been dark.
And I will move through this.
[laughs] And then I fell.
[David chuckles]
Okay, pictures.
One, two, three. Say cheese!
-Cheese! -Cheese.
[Christine] I've never felt this special before.
It's incredible to feel loved.
And to feel special.
And to plan a beautiful day,
knowing that you're marrying the love of your life.
Oh, gosh.
I had no idea. It's amazing.
I wish this for everybody.
[Kody] Next time, on Sister Wives.
So today is my birthday,
and I get to finally see my carriage house.
And we can do my...
-[man] TRX. -...pole dancing.
-I mean, TRX. -[woman laughs]
I'm officially a single woman,
and that's weird to wrap my head around.
[Christine] David's going to come over for dinner.
Some of my kids are great with David,
some of my kids are like, "Hmm..."
It does seem really, really, really fast.
I always felt like your life centered
so much about Robyn's house.
That's his sacred cow.
"She's perfect. Don't dare talk about her."
I'm like, "Well, dude, how do you expect
to be in a plural marriage with me,
if you have this person that you worship?"
Janelle has a card that says "victim" on it.
She likes to play it.