“I Was Just Last”: Christine Breaks Down as Sister Wives OG3 Reunite in Season 21 Episode 2

The second episode of Sister Wives Season 21, titled “Been There, Done That,” aired Sunday, October 12 — and it gave fans something they had not seen in years: Christine Brown Woolley, Janelle Brown, and Meri Brown sitting in the same room together, looking through old family photos. Per TV Insider, it was the first time the three former sister wives had been face-to-face since Season 17, when Christine walked out of a family meeting. The nostalgia was real. So was the pain.

The First Reunion in Years

Christine made it clear from the start that she was not there to socialize. According to reports on the episode, she arrived with an agenda: reclaiming family photos and memories she felt she had lost in the split. The three women looked through boxes of old pictures, many featuring Kody and their children. “His children were the center of his universe back then,” Janelle said, per People. “And I mean he loved us; he loved his wives. But his children were his joy.”

One Photo, Old Pain: “I Was Just Last”

Things turned when Meri and Janelle suggested recreating an old family portrait. Christine froze — and then said the line that will define this episode: she felt the photo captured the old “hierarchy of wives,” with Meri on top, Janelle in the middle, and herself on the bottom. “I was just last. I was put on the bottom,” she said.

Meri looked genuinely sorry and said she felt bad that the photo had caused those emotions. But the moment laid bare how the same family history left three women with three very different memories — and how the wounds of plural marriage have not fully healed, even after the divorces.

Janelle’s Dating Reality Check

Janelle spent much of the episode confronting her own future. The 57-year-old revealed she was briefly married before Kody — to Meri’s older brother, no less — a marriage that lasted barely a year. Now, facing the prospect of dating again, she was blunt: she called dating apps “pure objectification” and said she is not interested in being judged on a profile and a photo.

Her red flags are now crystal clear. Remembering how image-obsessed Kody had been, Janelle said she wants “someone who is normal” — and that “kindness is the key.” She also visited a relationship consultant — one who, per episode recaps, specializes in counseling polygamists and swingers — to work through what she actually wants next. And on Kody’s “apology tour” from last season? “There’s been no contact since,” Janelle said. “So I’m like, yeah, whatever.”

Meri & Ron: Raft Date and Red Flags?

Meri, meanwhile, floated down a river on a raft date with Ron, the man she met at a speed-dating event and has been quietly dating for months. Per episode recaps, Ron opened up about his avoidant behavior when relationships get serious — and fans are already split. After everything Meri survived with Kody, is a man who admits he pulls away when things deepen really the right choice for her? The episode leaves that question hanging.

Kody & Robyn’s Empty Chairs

The three women also addressed the elephant in the room: Kody and Robyn’s confirmed exit from the show after 16 years. Meri guessed the couple simply wanted to live their own lives and set boundaries. Christine framed it as people moving on. Janelle’s reaction? One word: “Woohoo.”

The reunion ended warmly enough — Meri said it was good to remember the good times instead of only the anger. But Christine’s tears over one old photo tell the real story: these women may share a history, but they are still carrying it very differently.

So here is the question splitting the fandom this week: was Christine right that the old photo exposed a real hierarchy — Meri on top, Janelle in the middle, Christine at the bottom? Or was that structure just in her head, and the photo was nothing more than an old family portrait? Pick your side below.