Sister Wives Season 14 opens with Meri Brown in a twist of fate, as it’s Kody Brown who puts the brakes on the relationship and not Meri. The first wife is a bit despondent after learning Kody Brown doesn’t want to work on their fragile relationship.

So it doesn’t look like it’s Meri Brown ending things with her shared husband as fans across social media believe. Kody seems to hold a contingency over her head that Meri Brown can’t or won’t meet. A very indignant-sounding Kody Brown claims he can’t be honest with Meri because she won’t change.

This Sister Wives scene doesn’t appear to turn out well. It looks like the tension between Meri Brown and Kody Brown shows up again in several scenes from the season preview.

Sister Wives: Kody Brown Puts His Foot Down With Meri Brown

There doesn’t seem to be even a tad of romance flickering between the Sister Wives matriarch and patriarch. Kody and Meri continue with counseling. They see the same therapist who they worked with before. Meri lays it all out for the counselor that it’s Kody who refuses to work on their relationship.

Meri Brown doesn’t think the husband she shares with three other women is interested in fixing their deteriorated relationship. Kody Brown is stuck on one thing and this causes a roadblock that just won’t budge.

Kody Brown puts his foot down. He tells the therapist he won’t go any further because Meri won’t stop seeing herself as a victim. So what does Papa Brown want Meri Brown to do? The patriarch isn’t the first family member to address this with Meri.