Kody Brown isn’t going down until he’s burned every bridge.
In the explosive trailer for the show’s 19th season, the former polygamist patriarch is still jonesing for a fight on Sister Wives now that three of his four wives—Christine Brown, Janelle Brown and Meri Brown—have called it quits.
And he’s most ruthless when it comes to Meri, his first wife who officially ended their spiritual marriage in early 2023 after years of estrangement.
“It’s not divorce that sucks,” Kody tells Meri in the new trailer for season 19 of the TLC show. “It’s marrying the wrong person.”
Meri’s calling shenanigans, telling viewers in her confessional interview, “What sucks is marrying the wrong person and not having the decency to tell her until 32 years later.”
However, Kody’s not going down without a fight or biting comment. After saying in his confessional interview, “I wish I wouldn’t have ever married her,” the father of 18 tells his ex, “Listen, it’s confusing from day one.”
This time, Meri isn’t letting Kody get away with it, shooting back, “That’s bulls--t. That is so not fair to me. I would rather you have told me, Kody, years ago.”
But, true to form, Kody isn’t willing to shoulder any of the blame when it comes to his failed marriages.
“Blame yourself if I don’t love you, OK?” he shouts in one confessional moment, adding in another, “What did I do to deserve this? What did I do wrong?”
Repeating the phrase he’s used for the past few seasons, Kody calls the situation with his exes “total civil war,” as Christine and Janelle continue their friendship after leaving him while his only remaining wife, Robyn Brown, admits, “I feel like the idiot that got left behind.”
Despite Kody’s repeated attempts to convince her to return, Janelle, who separated from Kody in 2022, has moved on and is most focused on getting her money back for the family’s undeveloped Coyote Pass property.
And in the footage filmed in early to mid-2023, Christine is all about her new then-boyfriend, David Woolley, who gets to meet the estranged family at a party. (The couple went on to tie the knot in October 2023.)
As Meri succinctly puts it, “I need to find a man.”
Sister Wives’ season 19 premiere airs Sunday, Sept. 15 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.
For more on the complicated love lives of the Sister Wives cast, read on.
Kody Brown & Robyn Brown
"She looked like a soccer mom," Kody Brown once joked on Sister Wives of meeting then-single mom Robyn in 2009. "She had a van, three kids and was divorced. I thought, 'I didn't need a van, a divorced woman, and three kids in my life—that's just trouble.'"
More than a decade and a half on, though, they're still kicking it, with the pair adding son Solomon and daughter Ariella to the squad.
As for bringing on other teammates, it's not in the game plan. "I really, really struggle with it because it feels, like, 'Oh, well. Those didn't work. So, on to [someone] new,'" Robyn said on the December 2024 Sister Wives: One on One special of Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown leaving the fold. "That's hard for me. That's really, really hard for me. It feels disrespectful."
Meri Brown
In January 2024, a year after she and Kody announced their breakup, Meri revealed on Instagram that she had begun dating Amos Andrews the previous October. But in February 2024, Meri confirmed on Instagram that they had called it quits.
Christine Brown Woolley
She got the man and the family. Going official with her and David Woolley's romance on Valentine's Day 2023, Christine shared, "I finally found the love of my life, David. The first time he held me close, it felt like my soul took its first breath. He's wonderful and kind, incredible with my children and an adorable grandpa. I never dreamed I could find a love like this."
Two months later he added to the fantasy with a spring proposal. "David treats me like a queen and tells me I'm beautiful everyday," Christine told People. "I've never been in love like this before and the world seems like a brighter place with him in it."
Tying the knot in Utah on Oct. 7, 2023, she wrote, "I'm so blessed! I've married my best friend."
Madison Brown Brush
The first of the 18 Brown children to walk down the aisle, Janelle's eldest daughter wed Caleb Brush at a 2016 outdoor wedding in Montana captured by TLC's cameras. Nearly 10 years later, the two have multiplied their love with Emilia joining older siblings Axel, Evie and Josephine in March 2025.
“Our sweet girl took her time, keeping us all in suspense, but when she decided it was time—she didn’t waste a second," North Carolina-based Maddie wrote on Instagram. "Born on 3/14, she arrived absolutely perfect.”
Leon Brown
Four years after their engagement aired on the TLC reality show, Meri's only child settled in Denver with Audrey Kriss.
"My sweetest symphony," Leon raved of their partner in 2022. "Life with you truly is so sweet." Echoed Audrey, "Being your partner and watching your growth and coming into yourself over the years has been an honor and joy."
Logan Brown
Eldest Brown kid Logan got the gang back together when he married longtime girlfriend Michelle Petty in Arizona in 2022. "It was a beautiful day and this mama's heart was mush the whole time," Janelle shared on Instagram of her son's wedding. "You always have such a sense of peace when your children find amazing life partners."
Mykelti Brown
More than six years after her 2016 wedding to Antonio "Tony" Padron, Mykelti joked that they'd already tested the limits of their marriage vows by welcoming twins Archer and Ace into the fold in November 2022.
"We have 3 kids and 4 moves under our belt," Mykelti, who is also mom to eldest daughter Avalon, wrote on Instagram at the time. "A whole lot of good times and some hard times #surprisetwins But here we are still doing this whole marriage thing."
Aspyn Brown
Since their 2018 wedding, Christine's oldest daughter and husband Mitch Thompson have traveled everywhere from Paris to Alaska. But in December 2022, they put down roots, with Mitch sharing on Instagram, "We bought our first home! Just in time for Christmas."
Aspyn announced her pregnancy with the couple's first baby in April 2025.
Gwendlyn Brown
Before hitting their one-year anniversary, Christine's third oldest daughter and love Beatriz Queiroz went to the happiest place on earth and marked six months together with chocolate fondue. Then came the really sweet part, with Gwendlyn sharing a glimpse at the candlelit, rose-filled proposal on Instagram in November 2022, writing simply, "i'm engaged!!"
The couple wed in July 2023, captioning a photo from the ceremony: "Say hello to mrs (x2) queiroz."