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Sister Wives fans have watched the Brown family collapse season by season. But as the show evolves, the question remains if longtime viewers get the ending they want: to watch Kody and Robyn Brown pay the piper for how their actions destroyed an entire family.

Why do Robyn and Kody Brown continue to win?

Through 19 seasons of Sister Wives, Robyn and Kody Brown have broken down their polygamist family piece by piece. The couple now admits to falling deeply in love from the moment they met. Still, they played Meri, Janelle, and Christine Brown, and their shared children financially and emotionally for years.

As the show evolved, Kody’s wives and many of their adult children revealed how he preferred Robyn and her children over the rest of his family. Kody decided he no longer wanted to be a husband, or parent, to his OG wives and their shared 13 offspring. Viewers learned the depths of Kody’s public deception. Then Christine left her spiritual marriage, followed by Janelle and Meri.

Today, Robyn and Kody appear to be ahead of the game still, purchasing a new home worth over $2 million in Flagstaff, Arizona. Their prior home sold on Nov. 4, 2024, for $1.7 million. The couple also has a stranglehold on the family’s shared Coyote Pass property, even though Meri and Janelle want to sell.

However, Robyn and Kody still have to face the music for what they’ve done legally and in the court of public opinion. Christine has taken Kody to court for child support for their youngest daughter, Truely. And in the public’s eyes, both Kody and Robyn’s actions are irredeemable. Even after the show finally ends, their reputations are terminally tarnished.

Why hasn’t TLC pulled the plug on ‘Sister Wives’?

Kody Brown has become the most hated man on reality television. He’s almost as loathsome as TLC’s former leading father figure, Jim Bob Duggar.

So why hasn’t TLC pulled the plug on Sister Wives after deceiving the public about this family from season one? The reason is that the series is number one on the network with an average of 1 million viewers per episode.

However, viewers criticize season 19 for being perpetually boring. It’s a story of four people who live separate lives, instead of a family.

The season has shifted to stories that include Christine and David Wooley’s wedding planning, Janelle’s intent to recoup her monetary losses from Kody, Meri’s new life in Utah, and Kody and Robyn attempting to rewrite the story of their relationship.

And, the series hasn’t gotten to the part of the season fans are dreading: how TLC will address Garrison Brown’s death. This installment will be the make-or-break moment for Kody and Robyn’s public perception as fans see just how they and the family, reacted to his passing for the first time.

What fans want most of all is for Robyn and Kody to be culpable in their actions. It’s one thing to fall in love. But it’s another to allegedly become greedier and financially exploit their family members.

Viewers share their thoughts on Kody and Robyn’s destruction

Robyn and Kody Brown of TLC's 'Sister Wives'
Robyn and Kody Brown of TLC’s ‘Sister Wives’ | TLC
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After years of watching Kody Brown and his accomplice Robyn, appear to financially and emotionally ruin the Brown family, viewers are looking for accountability. They shared their thoughts on Reddit.

“Sister Wives is a story that was set up to challenge what we all think we know about polygamy. And in the end, it just proved what we thought was true all along. Polygamy is a misogynistic system where women are disempowered and exploited, financially and emotionally. There is neither enough money nor love to support and sustain the children involved,” wrote one viewer.

A second penned, “They may still have the show but everyone hates them and watches for the other wives. Kody will always have three failed marriages. And he and Robyn will grow old and bitter together. Works for me!”

“We’ll get it when the show is done and Kody and Robyn lose everything. Then the autobiographical books will come out and expose them,” deduced a third viewer.

Finally, a fourth viewer stated, “To see Kody and Robyn truly fail, the show has to stop. And it’s hard to stop until they get their comeuppance.”

Sister Wives airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.

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