The WORST episodes of Escaping Polygamy

#1 - Not Without My Sister

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2016

Two sisters get help to escape an FLDS polygamist cult in Colorado City, but things take a dangerous turn when the Bishop's office learns of their plan.

#2 - Crossing Enemy Lines, Part 1

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2016

Part 1 of 2. The women help the daughter of an FLDS prophet escape from a remote South Dakota compound.

#3 - Rachel

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2015

Rachel is in desperate need of breaking free from the Order. Rachel's two sisters escaped the polygamous cult years ago and now Rachel wants to leave too. But Rachel is torn between leaving other brothers and sisters behind and losing her mother's love along the way. With an extremely small time frame, the girls must plan a quiet, middle-of-the night escape while Rachel's family sleeps.

#4 - The Prophet's Son

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/2017

Jessica meets with Raymond Jeffs, son of Warren Jeffs, the notorious leader and prophet of the FLDS polygamist cult. Raymond pleads for their help getting his only brother, Isaac, out of the group. The team quickly discovers the prophet’s son is being closely monitored by a group of FLDS men who are taught to fight outsiders at all costs, and tensions flare when the plan to break him out is exposed.

#5 - 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.

#6 - Give Me Back My Daughters, Pt. 2

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2017

Jessica and Kollene continue the dangerous mission of helping Suzette find her daughter, Rosie, who years ago chose the religion over her very own mother. Complications develop when they realize Suzette’s manipulative and potentially violent sister-wife is guarding Rosie’s every move. Meanwhile, Jessica takes a public and political stance against polygamy in a controversial hearing before Utah legislature.

#7 - The Insider

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/2016

An insider provides a tip about a possible raid of The Order, but risks getting caught in the process.

#8 - Melanie

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/2015

The girls face a challenge when one of their sisters, Melanie, contacts them about needing to leave the Order. Originally planning to wait for the most opportune moment to quietly get their sister out, plans quickly change and the escape attempt must happen amid a chaotic and violent backdrop.

#9 - After the Escape: Temptation to Return

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/14/2017

#10 - Exposing the Cult

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/2018

Jessica and Andrea get a call from their sister, Jennifer, who is being forced to marry someone she doesn't love; everyone must act quickly to get Jennifer out of town before The Order figures out yet another Kingston daughter is leaving. A last minute stop at The Order bank leads to a dramatic confrontation with its members over their corrupt financial system.

#11 - Fight Like a Mother

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2016

The women help a mother escape a group that forces mothers to cut ties with children who have left, but must overcome other members assigned to watch her at all times.

#12 - Kathy

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/21/2015

Shanell's aunt Kathy has decided to leave the Order after having raised sixteen children under the umbrella of the notorious cult. Kathy's youngest daughter is now of age in the Kingston Clan and ready to be married off, so Shanell must intervene and get her family into hiding as quickly as possible.

#13 - 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.

#14 - After the Escape: Fighting for Freedom

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

#15 - Priscilla

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/4/2015

A seventeen-year-old girl must flee from Utah to Nevada to escape from the clutches of polygamy and Utah's runaway laws. Having unsuccessfully attempted to escape before, Priscilla is adamant about leaving once and for all, but knows she needs the help of her friends outside the Order. With the threat of getting caught at any second by Order members or law enforcement, Priscilla's escape attempt must happen quickly.

#16 - 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.

#17 - 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.

#18 - After the Escape: Struggling to Survive

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

#19 - Father's Wrath

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2016

In the second season premiere, the women help one of their sisters escape, but the plan goes awry when they stop at The Order bank and face a dramatic confrontation about finances.

#20 - 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.

#21 - 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.

#22 - 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.

#23 - 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.

#24 - 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.

#25 - 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."