The WORST episodes of Sister Wives
Every episode of Sister Wives ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Sister Wives!
Kody Brown, with his four wives Meri, Janelle, Robyn and Christine and their combined 17 children, attempt to navigate life as a "normal" family in a society that shuns their lifestyle. From their unconventional family structure and living arrangements to financial challenges, each half hour episode exposes the inner workings of a polygamist household, revealing the unexpectedly tight-knit and loving relationships between Kody's wives. The series also captures the intense dynamics surrounding a man juggling three wives while attempting to keep it a secret from the outside world- but the general public is not the only challenge that the Brown family unit is facing.
#2 - A Not So Merry Christmas
Season 14 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/26/2020
It’s Christmas and the family is divided over Kody’s pitch to live in one house. There’s a big surprise when a pregnancy is revealed. Later the family confronts the fact that their houses in Vegas are not selling. Their finances are at a breaking point.
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#3 - An Awkward Valentine's Day
Season 14 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2020
Kody pushes the idea of building one big house, but the Sister Wives are divided. Then it’s Valentine’s Day a very awkward holiday for a polygamist. Lastly, at Kody’s birthday party, Mariah and her girlfriend show up with a major announcement!
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#4 - Why Not One House?
Season 14 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2020
Janelle moves (again!) to be closer to her Sister Wives. Kody won’t let go of his dream to live all under one roof but the wives can’t agree to do it. Robyn wonders if they have failed as polygamists if they can’t live together.
#5 - Doubting Polygamy
Season 14 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2020
Kody tells his friend Kyle, a polygamist who’s first wife left him, that he is feeling jaded about polygamy. Kody’s wives are refusing to all live under one roof and the roller-coaster ride of houses sold, lost and stalled has everyone at a boiling point.
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#6 - This Land Is Your Land...or Hers?
Season 14 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2020
Robyn, Meri and Kody have a huge fight over who will get which piece of land. Janelle worries the whole family won’t get access to the pond. Tempers flare and everyone is lashing out at everyone else in the worst fight the family has ever had.
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#7 - A Breaking Point
Season 14 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2020
Just as Robyn’s family has adjusted to Flagstaff they learn that the owner is selling their rental house. They have 60 days to leave. Robyn and Kody fight in front of the kids over it and Aurora has a full-on panic attack perhaps her worst ever.
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#8 - Being Gay And Religious
Season 14 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/2020
The Sister Wives visit Mariah and her fiancée, Audrey, in Chicago. Meri opens up about how badly she behaved when Mariah first came out as gay and Mariah confesses about her struggles growing up gay in their polygamist church.
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#9 - Robyn vs. Kody
Season 14 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/2020
Robyn’s rental house has been sold out from under her and she has only 28 days to find a new home. There are no rentals and tensions run high as Kody insists they buy. Not wanting to slow down building homes on Coyote Pass, Robyn refuses. It’s an impasse.
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#10 - The Heat Is On
Season 14 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/29/2020
A forest fire is bearing down on Meri’s house and she’s freaking out. Meri prepares to evacuate. Robyn is just days away from losing her rental and tensions are high with Kody. Lastly, Madison is having contractions and thinks the baby is coming tonight!
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#11 - Baby Steps
Season 14 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/5/2020
Maddie thinks she’s in labor, but it’s a false alarm, so Kody heads back to Flagstaff. Kody and Robyn are at wits’ end over their struggle to close on her house. Then, Kody and Meri head to their therapist in Vegas, where the brutal truth comes out.
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#12 - Two Moms, Their Daughter, And A Baby
Season 14 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/12/2020
Kody and Robyn are struggling with the bank as the mortgage process is not designed for plural marriage. Then in North Carolina, Maddie’s water breaks – at the mall. Evie K is born, but when she has problems breathing, an ambulance is called.
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#13 - Being Strong Or Being A Bitch
Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2021
Janelle gathers Kody and the wives to talk about their increasingly tense family dynamic. Kody gets honest and says he doesn’t want to advocate for polygamy anymore, and Robyn and Christine open up about their own insecurities as they question everything.
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#14 - Felons No More
Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2021
The Browns visit their polygamist friends to discuss the sudden and exciting possibility that polygamy will be decriminalized in Utah. The car trip to get there is a mess, but once there, the excitement is palpable. Could the family relocate back to Utah?
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#15 - Robyn the Peacemaker
Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2021
Mariah and Audrey are in town and share an exciting announcement with the family; Robyn tries to help Kody patch things up with Meri after their big fight on the property, but Kody pushes back and doesn’t seem interested in fixing things.
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#16 - The Basement Wife
Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/7/2021
Robyn questions why Christine said the family “hates” her when they all gather. Mariah and Audrey look at wedding venues, and they say that anyone who disapproves of their same-sex marriage isn’t invited. Then, COVID-19 fears sweep the country.
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#17 - Confessions
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/15/2016
Meri is not at all over the trauma of the recent catfishing incident and yet decides to attempt a therapy session with Janelle, hoping to work through conflicts from long ago. Janelle is very nervous that the therapy might open up old wounds.
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#20 - Can I Light You Up?
Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/4/2021
Kody finally returns to Janelle's house, but the larger family conflict over COVID-19 rules continues to grow; it's Kody and Meri's 30th anniversary, and Kody shows no interest in rekindling a romance, despite Meri's intense interest.
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#22 - Polygamy Hell
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/18/2021
Conflict grows over Kody's COVID-19 rules; Janelle's efforts to improve communication reveal that Kody is losing faith in his wives ever getting along; Christine makes a shocking confession that could impact the entire family.
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#23 - Everything's Upside Down
Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2021
The pandemic is pulling the Brown family apart, and tensions rise; Kody refuses to travel with Christine for Ysabel's surgery; Christine gathers the wives for a pitch to move back to Utah, which ends in tears as she questions her marriage to Kody.
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#24 - There's No Me in Polygamy
Season 16 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/21/2021
After rejecting Christine's idea of moving back to Utah, Kody checks in with Janelle and Robyn. Then, Kody says he now wants his own lot on the property, and the family discusses the possibility of spending the holidays apart.
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#25 - Four Wives, Three Fires
Season 16 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/28/2021
Janelle's kids have strong opinions about Kody's COVID rules, and Kody makes a surprise visit to Meri's. Then, Kody organises an outdoor get-together for the whole family -- their first time seeing each other in months.
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