‘Sister Wives’_ Episode 4 Recap
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00:00I'm not abandoning my children.
00:02They have betrayed me.
00:04Inadvertently, maybe.
00:05But they're kids and they're trying to-
00:07No, they're adults.
00:08They're your kids, though.
00:10I know.
00:10Oh, I'm having a hard time not, like, feeling like
00:15losing respect for you a little bit.
00:19The Brown family just got two new members,
00:22but will the arrival of the twins bring everyone closer together?
00:25In this week's episode of Sister Wives,
00:28fans get to see McKelty adjust to life at home with her twins.
00:32But although tensions are still high between Christine and Robin,
00:35Janelle is happy that Robin was there to help McKelty
00:37after she got back from the hospital.
00:39I'm really grateful that, you know, Robin could be there
00:41and she really was helpful, it sounds like,
00:44especially with those first few hours.
00:48I can remember when Logan was born,
00:50Christine was brand new in the family.
00:52She and Cody had just married a few months ahead.
00:54And I remember Christine keeping Logan for me one night.
00:57And that was the most awesome thing,
00:59because, like, I could sleep.
01:00And so having somebody do that while you're at home
01:03in your own bed resting is huge.
01:07Look, I will say, when it comes to the kids,
01:09we really hope that we can all co-parent together peacefully.
01:13Although Christine still isn't comfortable with Robin being around,
01:16Robin and Cody hope that the twins' arrival
01:19will help bring them closer to the rest of the family.
01:21The family's in a weird place,
01:23as I guess you would expect from a divorce.
01:26The struggles that we have had have been so foreign
01:30from what our family was.
01:33It's been such a sweet experience being a part of all of this
01:37and being there at the hospital
01:41and helping taking care of the babies
01:43and getting to bond with them.
01:47And I just really love being a grandma.
01:52I'm having a very difficult time
01:54connecting with all of my kids.
01:56And, of course, twins being born
01:58is going to give us all something special,
02:01something maybe that heals,
02:04helps to, you know, move things forward.
02:07The twins were born right before Thanksgiving,
02:09which was the first time the Brown family
02:11was completely apart for that holiday.
02:13And as a rift continues between Cody and his kids,
02:16tensions are brewing between Cody and Robin
02:19as they got in an explosive fight
02:22about his relationship with his family.
02:24I just don't understand why you're not, like,
02:28like, just talking to the kids as much as you can.
02:30Like, I just don't know why you're not
02:32reaching out to them more.
02:35This has been going on for so long.
02:37They're trash-talking.
02:38Well, they're hurting.
02:40Robin, you saw how they were at the wedding.
02:45I recently went to a family wedding.
02:47The whole family was there.
02:48There was so much animosity from some of my family.
02:52There's a couple of my kids
02:53wouldn't even engage me at the wedding,
02:55some of them wouldn't even talk to me.
02:57But some of the kids have flat-out rejected me.
02:59I know.
02:59You saw Madison take her kids
03:01and scuttle them away from me.
03:03Yeah, I saw.
03:04She never told me she was pregnant.
03:05She never told me she was going to have a baby.
03:08Although Cody claims the kids are icing him out,
03:11Janelle says not quite.
03:13The only thing the kids are upset with him
03:15is the way he has treated his family,
03:17the way he has completely, like, ditched out.
03:20And really, Maddie doesn't have any contact with him.
03:22She is very protective of her children.
03:24Cody has not been there since Evie was born.
03:27And Evie's three and a half.
03:29And she didn't want him to just drop in and, like, be like,
03:32oh, I'm your grandpa, and then be like, what?
03:35Who is this guy?
03:36Like, you know what I mean?
03:37It's unrealistic expectation for grandparents
03:39to be in their grandchildren's lives all the time,
03:41especially if you move your children
03:46to an entirely different coast.
03:48I have work and a life in Flagstaff.
03:51They're purposefully leaving me out of their lives
03:55to punish me for a crime I did not commit.
03:59But Cody's estranged relationship with his kids
04:02is hitting close to home for Robin.
04:05You know that my biological father did not.
04:07I know.
04:08And do what he was supposed to as far as a dad is concerned.
04:11Yeah, but I've not been doing that.
04:15I'm not abandoning my children.
04:17They have betrayed me.
04:19Inadvertently, maybe.
04:20But they're kids, and they're trying to.
04:22No, they're adults.
04:23They're your kids, though.
04:24I know.
04:25They're still young.
04:26But they have animosity.
04:27I do not want to talk to a person
04:29who sits there with so much contempt.
04:33They need you.
04:34They can have me.
04:36They just don't need to treat me like crap to get me.
04:40They are purposefully leaving me out of their lives
04:43to punish me for a crime I did not commit.
04:47And turns out the situation is impacting
04:50how Robin sees Cody.
04:52Oh, I'm having a hard time not, like,
04:56feeling like losing respect for you a little bit.
05:00It's just, I'm trying to be careful and being honest, but.
05:03Robin, did I, do you know of something I did wrong?
05:07Besides not falling madly in love with their mothers?
05:10Oh, every, okay, I'm sorry,
05:12but there's two sides to all of it, okay?
05:14I know that you weren't perfect in those marriages.
05:17They weren't either, okay?
05:18I'm not, but I'm not, I don't think,
05:21Let's go from there.
05:22But every one of those kids who has shut me out
05:26is blaming me for what happened, or you,
05:31which is a bunch of crap.
05:32And I don't need to sit down with them
05:34and have to defend you.
05:36But Cody doesn't think he's to blame.
05:38This argument, this disparity in relationship
05:43with my children is specifically, in my mind,
05:48because of talk.
05:50There's this whirlwind of disappointment
05:53from the family breaking up or whatever.
05:56And it's like, well, blame dad.
05:58Dad screwed up.
06:00Right, I did screw up.
06:04I gave up.
06:06I gave up on love because it wasn't enough love.
06:08And I'm pretty sure they're gonna say that's dad's fault.
06:13And well, you can blame me and I'm fine.
06:17Just don't bring contempt to our conversation.
06:21I'm so angry about what has happened
06:24that if I talk to my kids,
06:26I'm worried that they'll trigger me with an accusation.
06:30Really, I'll be honest with you.
06:32I don't have the bandwidth yet to go to God in gratitude
06:38and try and fill my love tank with the spirit of God.
06:41I'm just bitter right now.
06:43Okay, I'm not gonna argue with you anymore.
06:45I'm too hot-headed right now, Robert.
06:47All I'll do is more damage.
06:48Okay, I just want to know you're trying, okay?
06:51Okay.
06:52Because these relationships do need to get mended.
06:56You know what, Robert?
06:57We've had such a struggle with this.
07:00I'd almost rather just take some time
07:02to get in a better place with you and me
07:04because I've been in this place for a very, very long time
07:07and it's hurt us more than it's hurt them.
07:10As Robin and Cody are going head-to-head,
07:12Christine is falling in love with her now-husband, David.
07:16We've been talking for like a month.
07:19I signed up for a dating website
07:21that is for people with kids.
07:25It's crazy, I'm so excited.
07:26The first time that I got on, I met David.
07:29His pictures were beautiful.
07:31It was him with these eyes.
07:33Pictures do not do him justice.
07:34His eyes were beautiful.
07:36And I told him, oh my gosh,
07:37we're walking into the restaurant and I go,
07:39I just have to tell you,
07:40I think your eyes are beautiful just like that.
07:43And so we met up at a breakfast place
07:45and we sat down at a table and he's like,
07:48this is kind of far away, let's get closer to each other.
07:50I'm like, okay.
07:51So we scooted our chairs closer to each other
07:54and we just started talking about everything.