The BEST episodes of Escaping Polygamy

#1 - Sister From the Same Mister

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/15/2019

Rosie, a young FLDS woman, reaches out to her older sister and former member, Yolanda, for help leaving the group behind. The decision is painful as once Rosie leaves, ties with her beloved mother will be severed due to the religion's teachings that anyone who escapes is considered an enemy of the church. With Jessica and Yolanda's help, Rosie tries to secretly escape, but the situation begins to fall apart when the team realizes Rosie's mother may have caught onto the plan.

#2 - A Risky Reunion

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/23/2018

Shanell and Jessica are contacted by Isaac Jeffs, son of FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs, as he asks for help finding his mother, who was ripped away from him by the religion.

#3 - Confronting the Faith

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/13/2018

Andrea and Amanda receive word from Lorin, a young FLDS man looking to escape the group. Lorin disagrees with the strict rules banning marriage and wants to leave for love, but his highly confrontational plan to escape during a crowded church service concerns everyone involved.

#4 - A Daughter's Revolt

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/20/2018

MaryAnn, a rule-breaking FLDS woman, reaches out to Jessica and Amanda about leaving the polygamous group. However, when MaryAnn's family receives word of her plan to escape, the girls must take action sooner than expected.

#5 - Mommy Dearest

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/8/2019

#6 - Top Ten Escapes

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/22/2019

Sisters Andrea, Jessica and Shanell relive past escapes, unveil never-before-seen moments and catch up with the people who have escaped polygamy and are now living a life away from the polygamous group they so bravely left behind.

#7 - Forbidden Love

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/30/2018

An escapee from the FLDS polygamist cult asks Jessica and Amanda for help in getting her boyfriend out; the trip into unknown FLDS territory does not go as planned.

#8 - A Father's Secret

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/6/2018

Jessica and Andrea receive word from Jesse, a father desperate to escape the AUB polygamous group. As Jesse and his family try to escape, an explosive secret about Jesse's dark past is revealed and puts the entire team in danger. Meanwhile, former FLDS members, Megan and Chris, discuss the highs and lows of a life outside the group.

#9 - My Cousin, My Lover

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/1/2019

Jessica recruits Rachel Jeffs, daughter of notorious leader Warren Jeffs, to help FLDS member, Carole, to escape a "house of repentance."

#10 - After the Escape: Broken Family

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/2017

#11 - Sons of the Prophet

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/16/2018

Raymond Jeffs, son of the infamous FLDS prophet, Warren Jeffs, pleads for the girls' help with getting his only brother, Isaac, out of the group. The team quickly discovers Isaac is closely monitored by a group of men who are taught to fight outsiders at all costs, and tempers flare when the plan to break him out is exposed. Later, Mattie, a young woman who recently escaped the FLDS, reunites with the mother she left behind in the group.

#12 - Honor thy Father

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2016

The father of a former member gets help when his daughter worries he is in danger under The Order's watch.

#13 - Trouble for Mom

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/2016

The women help a young man escape, but must confront his emotional mother after she makes a plea for him to stay.

#14 - Rebel With a Cause

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/2018

Shanell and Kollene get word that a young FLDS woman, Mattie, needs their help. Caught for breaking the cult's harsh rules, Mattie is living in isolation and wants to escape the religion to avoid an impending move further into seclusion. However, with neighbors monitoring her every move and the threat of her strict father dropping by at any time, a quick and clean escape may be impossible.

#15 - Family Under Fire

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2017

Jessica and Andrea receive word from Jesse, a father desperate to escape the polygamous group known as the AUB--a group that all but forces their members into a life of polygamy. As Jesse and his family try to escape, an explosive secret about Jesse's dark past in the group is revealed and puts the entire team in danger. Suddenly everyone not only fears for the success of the mission, but they fear for their lives.

#16 - Not Without My Daughter

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2016

The women help a young mother in an abusive relationship, but need to find her daughter before they can escape the FLDS cult, leading to a dramatic and emotional rescue.

#17 - Escaping Wedlock

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/25/2018

A young girl is desperate to escape the Kingston clan to avoid an unwanted marriage to her older cousin. But her status as a minor presents legal hurdles that work against her mission to break free.

#18 - The Cost of Temptation

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/2016

Two siblings of Jessica and Shanell are tempted back to The Order by their father.

#19 - Little Sister

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/11/2015

Shanell receives a letter from her fourteen-year-old half-sister crying out for help and threatening suicide. The sister is struggling with her life inside the Order and desperately wants out by any means.

#20 - The Prophet's Daughter

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/2/2018

Rachel Jeffs, daughter of Warren Jeffs of FLDS, reaches out to Jessica and Amanda for their help in rescuing her sister from a remote, hidden compound. Meanwhile, Ava, a former Kingston clan member, fights to legally sever ties with her polygamous parents who want to marry her off to an older cousin.

#21 - Yolanda

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/2015

The girls learn of a girl named Yolanda needing their help to escape from the notorious FLDS compound. With a plan in place to get her out, the biggest hurdle they face now is to remain as under the radar and out of sight as possible.

#22 - Crossing Enemy Lines, Part 2

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/2016

Conclusion. A snowstorm inhibits the team's efforts and the women fear they've been spotted while trying to help the daughter of an FLDS prophet escape from a remote South Dakota compound.

#23 - After the Escape: Struggling to Survive

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/31/2017

Five people who left polygamous cults share the difficulties of living on the outside. Sisters Ariel and Vanna reveal a shocking secret, Amanda’s brother Eskel discovers a new calling in life, and Shanell’s aunt Kathy faces a dramatic custody battle for her children. Meanwhile, Lizzy finds herself back in the grips of the cult and Leah, who left the AUB group, has embraced a new attitude on love and life.

#24 - Give Me Back My Daughters, Pt. 1

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/2017

Jessica and Kollene must brave the threatening FLDS town of Colorado City, AZ when Suzette, a mother who escaped the infamous polygamist cult, reaches out for help to save the two daughters she left behind. After a cult insider reveals the eldest daughter's secret location, group members become suspicious as the team races against the clock in a risky, near-impossible mission to reunite a mother with her daughter.

#25 - After the Escape: Fighting for Freedom

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/2017

Follow-up with four people who left polygamous cults.