Sister Wives Season 18 Episode 6 Recap: Shocking Moments
Sister Wives season 18 episode 6 gave a look into the fallout of Janelle Brown & Kody Brown's fight, and put love on the horizon for Christine Brown.
- Sister Wives season 18 episode 6 focuses on the fallout of Kody and Janelle’s argument, revealing their first post-fight conversation.
- Christine opens up about her decision to consult a professional matchmaker in hopes of finding a relationship outside of her marriage to Kody.
- Meri discusses her plans to temporarily move to Utah for her business and expresses her concerns about her relationship with Kody.
Sister Wives season 18 episode 6, “The Understatement Of The Year”, provided a look at the Brown family during the Valentine’s Day season and gave Kody Brown and Janelle Brown some closure in their relationship. While the fallout from Kody’s divorce from Christine Brown has been a huge point of contention in his other relationships, no one has been hit as hard from the fallout as Janelle. Janelle, unlike Robyn Brown and Meri Brown, has dealt with anger and irrationality from Kody, especially in the wake of her deciding to defend her children. After an argument during Sister Wives season 18 episode 3, Kody and Janelle have been maintaining distance.
Although Kody’s relationship with Janelle has been the focal point of the season thus far, Sister Wives season 18 has also explored the rest of his wives in relation to the Brown family at large. One of the most interesting reality TV series of the moment, Sister Wives has been seeing Meri hoping to repair her marriage to Kody while Robyn refuses to take any of the blame for their family’s fallout. While the entire Brown family are moving in different directions, it has been interesting to see their feelings surrounding their new family dynamic come to light.
Christine Revealed She’s Enlisted A Professional Matchmaker
While the rest of the Brown family were dealing with their own issues in Flagstaff, Christine was holding court with her children in Salt Lake City. Christine and a few of her older children, including Mykelti Padon and Aspen Thompson, all took part in a night of painting together as Christine spoke about the importance of keeping her children close. She explained that watching her kids become parents has been a deep joy in her life, but she’s looking for love in a romantic sense, too.
Christine explained to her children that she made the choice to consult a professional matchmaker because her track record when it comes to romantic love hasn’t been incredible in the past. Though her marriage to Kody was fruitful and gave her a family, she shared that she wasn’t exactly in a “romantic” marriage. She seemed excited about the prospect of meeting someone new, explaining, ”I want bald, tattoos, and driving a motorcycle…I’m just looking for something Kody never was.” Christine’s children all seemed supportive of her decision, hopeful for their mother’s future.
Janelle And Kody Had Their First Post-Fight Conversation
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Although Kody and Janelle have been avoiding each other for the majority of the time covered on Sister Wives after their massive argument, they finally decided ti was time to clear the air. For Kody, he understood that the fight was a blow-up that didn’t necessarily need to happen. He planned to go into their conversation as clear-headed and apologetic as possible. Janelle, on the other hand, was incredibly nervous to see Kody. Unsure where they stood and worried about their communication, Janelle was concerned that she was still too upset for them to have a productive conversation.
Meri Checked In About Her Business Plans & Relationship
Meri revealed during Sister Wives season 18 episode 5 that she would be moving temporarily to Utah for her business. She was candid about her relationship with Kody, explaining her worries about moving away from the family homestead in Flagstaff even temporarily. “I’d like my relationship with Kody to get to a place where we have, like, a good marriage relationship, but that’s not where it is right now,” Meri explained. “I feel like when I tell him I’m going to be moving my business up to the B&B, he’s going to interpret that as [me being] done with this relationship. That’s not where I am.”
Kody And Janelle Were Awkward Around Each Other
When Kody and Janelle finally sat down for a meal together, it was incredibly awkward from the jump. Kody was clearly more open to talking than Janelle, neither knew the best way to get the ball rolling when it came to actually discussing what had happened between them. Kody tried to open up with Janelle, but she was too closed off for him to start sharing. Janelle, who offered the olive branch to Kody that they “both did our fair share of screaming,” insinuating they were both to blame for how difficult their conversation had gone. Kody jumped in quickly to explain himself, sharing he was “embarrassed about my behavior.”
It was clear that Kody didn’t feel good about his reactions in the fight with Janelle, and knew that he’d made her uncomfortable with how aggressive he’d gotten. He continually explained that his divorce from Christine left him feeling triggered by any argument he was having, and though that wasn’t Janelle’s fault, he didn’t know how to deal with it outside of taking his anger out on her. In a rare moment of clarity from Kody, it felt clear that he knew he’d been much too rough on Janelle and hadn’t given her an emotionally stable way to discuss their real issues with him.
Janelle And Kody Both Admitted They Weren’t Entirely Right
While Janelle felt strongly that the argument was more on Kody’s shoulders than her own, she was clear in the fact that there were two sides to the issue and Kody couldn’t take the blame entirely. “It was ugly and sad,” Janelle admitted of their argument, finally open to talking with her husband about the issues rather than keeping them to herself. Kody, for his part, took the majority of the blame and tried to explain his actions.
“I am realizing that I am…morphing or transmuting grief into anger,” Kody shared. He explained that he’s been feeling tremendously triggered, but that isn’t Janelle’s fault, especially in the moment of conflict. “I realize that I’m just…not a safe place for you to have a conversation. Just one trigger after another setting me off.” While Janelle seemed to already understand that it wasn’t just the issue at hand bothering Kody, she didn’t have much sympathy for him about the issues with Christine conflating with his own issues with her, explaining that by now he should know how to separate his marriages.
Janelle Told Kody She Wanted To Stay Separated
Janelle explained that while she was feeling better about her situation with Kody, it was clear to her that being separate was the right call for now. “I really do think I want to stay separated for now,” Janelle shared with a surprised Kody. “Just know that I need to be separate right now. I still have a lot of affection for you.” Although Janelle felt satisfied with the conversation between herself and Kody, she wasn’t ready to move forward one on one yet. She offered counseling for the pair, and Kody was quick to accept through his shock.
“I’m sort of surprised that she doesn’t want to reconcile, that she wants to stay separated.” Kody shared in a Sister Wives interview segment. He went on to explain this isn’t the first time he and Janelle have been separated. “We’ve been separated…two or three times in the past. I always felt like that was because she couldn’t manage the relationship with her sister wives, I never felt like that was over me.” It seems that for the first time, Kody may actually be taking the blame in a tricky situation in one of his marriages. Unfortunately for Kody, it may be too little, too late.
Kody And Janelle Admitted They Missed Each Other
Though the outcome wasn’t the best for Kody and Janelle, who will continue to be separated on Sister Wives season 18, it wasn’t all bad news for the couple. The pair got to a point where they were able to truly talk about what was going on between them, and even seemed affectionate with one another by the end of their conversation. Janelle shared that she truly does have love for Kody, explaining “if there was nothing going on but he and I and we were on some desert island, we would be great…but life is not like that.”
Kody, for his part, tried to reassure Janelle about the future. “You and I are married,” he explained, “you and I are going to work this out…there will be a safe space here.” While the conversation went well for Janelle, Kody explained that it wasn’t the outcome he’d been hoping for, sharing, “it went better than Janelle expected, [but] I thought we would reconcile right here.” Janelle ended things off sounding hopeful for her future, with or without Kody. The Sister Wives star explained that, “if [Kody] wanted it, I might maybe try to work on it. But if he doesn’t want it…I think there’s something better for me.”
