Kody Brown

"Sometimes, I don't like this."

Pretty much. Being married to one woman is hard enough. Imagine four! Or think about sharing your husband with three other women. Not what we signed up for ...

Only for Kody Brown and his quartet of spouses, they did sign up for it. This is what they do, and like all of us, their lives feature drama and tension beneath the surface.

Unlike all of us, there's a TLC show devoted to the Browns ...

So what went down last night? While Kody was excited to announce the sex of Robyn's baby, he reflected on the problems he faced with his first three marriages.

Marriages that are still going on, of course.

Christine, with whom he's currently having serious marital discord, expressed frustration with the family's new Las Vegas living situation. It's been an adjustment.

She is lonely. She feels Kody coddles Robyn, although she adores Kody and Robyn. It's just that he leaves for four days at a time, and frankly that blows (our words).

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If last week's Sister Wives season premiere taught us anything, it's that life in a polygamist household entails a different spin on some of life's rites of passage.

Case in point from last night's episode: "The Talk."

As in the talk about s-e-x. How does a man with four wives and 17 kids (or something, we lost count) broach this topic? What values does Kody Brown instill?

In the living room of one of the family's new Nevada homes, the Brown Bomber took charge, telling the kids he doesn't want them to date in high school.

That did not exactly go over well.

"You should not be sexual until you've graduated high school ever," he said, adding that he'd "prefer" they wait until marriage to become sexually active.

"I don't really want to talk about my daughters marrying ... or dating," Brown says later. Understandable, given that he's married four people's daughters.

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New state, bigger family, same drama baby. On the Season 3 premiere of Sister Wives, Kody Brown and his many spouses settled in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In four different homes, all close to each other.

The biggest development since we last heard from the giant family is that Kody and Robyn are expecting. That leads to complications with the other wives, of course, such as the jealousy from Robyn's BFF Meri, who can't bear more kids.

Robyn approached her about it personally, however, and Meri showed her true colors like the classy lady that she is. She even lamented in her response that people feel they have to be so sensitive to her regarding the child-bearing topic.

Everybody in the family was pretty psyched about the news, save for teenagers Aspen, Hunter and Maddie. You know teenagers, though. Always brooding.

Since Robyn's three kids have a different father, this is really her first with Kody Brown, and a big step in terms of being indoctrinated into the family unit.

What else went on in the premiere?

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Sister Wives' Kody Brown wants to take the State of Utah to court, according to reports, challenging the legitimacy of bigamy laws that ban his lifestyle.

Brown and his four-wife "plural" family claim they're filing a suit against Utah, challenging the state's bigamy law. Whether he'll succeed is another story.

Their family attorney, who will file the lawsuit, posted the following on his website: "We are not demanding the recognition of polygamous marriage."

The lawyer continues, "We are only challenging the right of the state to prosecute people for private relations and demanding equal treatment with other private citizens in living their lives according to their own beliefs."

"It is a legal challenge designed to benefit not just polygamists but all citizens who wish to live their lives according to their own values - even if those values may run counter to those of the majority in the state."

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Kody Brown of TLC's Sister Wives and the fourth of four wives, Robyn, are expecting another baby! Congratulations to the couple ... and the whole family!

"You should've seen the look on his face when we found out," said Robyn Brown, who has three kids of her own from a prior marriage. "It was priceless."

The baby, due in October, will be the first for Kody and Robyn. It will be the 17th for Brown, including her kids and Kody's with his three other wives.

Kody and Robyn Brown (middle) are expecting!

Kody and Robyn, who moved to Vegas with the rest of his fundamentalist Mormon family in January, got married last year on Season 1 of Sister Wives.

Kody is also married to Meri, the legal wife, Janelle, and Christine.

He and the Wives have been under investigation ever since their polygamist lifestyle started being broadcast on TLC, but no charges have been filed yet.

Polygamy is illegal, technically, but if no minors are being corrupted or other crimes are involved, Utah or Nevada authorities rarely if ever prosecute.

What do you think? Should they be?

Still under police investigation, TLC Sister Wives polygamist Kody Brown is taking his four wives and 19 kids straight out of Utah and into Nevada.

Sources close to the Browns say that they will be relocating to the Silver State so he and his gigantic brood can "explore new job opportunities."

Of course, scrutiny over their lifestyle may also play a role. Cohabitation between a man and his unlicensed "wives" is not a crime in Nevada.

ONE MAN, FOUR WIVES: Kody Brown's life is like a less attractive Big Love.

Brown family attorney Jonathan Turley says that to this point, neither Kody nor his wives have been hit with charges stemming from the Utah investigation.

Bigamy is a crime in Utah, however it is rarely prosecuted on its own merit because there would be many more cases than officials could possibly deal with.

Unless one of the wives is a minor or there are other crimes involved, which don't appear to apply to the Browns, it's likely they'll be off the hook.

What do you think? Should they be prosecuted?

TLC's Sister Wives has been picked up for a second season. Whether prosecutors in Utah throw a wrench into it with bigamy charges remains to be seen.

Kody Brown and his four wives have come under scrutiny from law enforcement and members of their own community for broadcasting their lives on TV.

The Browns have been under investigation for two months - and counting.

"We're in no rush to get this filed," says Donna Kelly, a deputy county attorney for Utah County. "You can expect a decision in the next 60 to 90 days."

Although polygamy is illegal, officials rarely get involved due to the sheer number of cases in Utah unless there's child abuse, incest, abuse or fraud.

"We don't go looking for cases like this," says Kelly. "But the Browns have definitely made it easier for us by admitting to felonies on national TV."

Kody recently wed Robyn Sullivan on Sister Wives, upping the wife tally to four. What do you think? Should the Sister Wives cast be prosecuted?

With four wives and 16 kids, Kody Brown is used to complicated situations. But facing a legal crackdown in the form of a felony bigamy investigation is different.

"I just hope," he tells People, "They don't put me in jail for loving four women."

Since TLC's Sister Wives began depicting his polygamist ways, the affable Kody, who just married Robyn Sullivan to up the wife count to four, has felt the heat.

MRS. BROWNS: This real-life drama is reminiscent of Big Love, or vice versa.

It's a rare occurrence to see someone prosecuted for polygamy in Utah, but the Browns have hired a lawyer to defend Kody - and by association, their lifestyle.

Brown and wives say they knew the legal dangers of going public on the TLC show, but wanted to take the risk to show a different side of polygamist culture.

"We understand the outrage and confusion over our lifestyle," says Sullivan, the fourth Mrs. Kody Brown. "We're Frankenstein and freaks to a lot of people."

What do you think? Should the Brows be prosecuted?

Kody Brown and Robyn Sullivan are now married, making her one of TLC's Sister Wives. Three Sister Wives and One Sister Fiancee didn't have the same ring to it.

The Utah polygamist, who is under criminal investigation for, well, being a polygamist, officially tied the knot with Sullivan in Utah, upping the wife count to four.

Robyn didn't enter the family by herself at the private ceremony. She has three kids from a previous marriage, joining Kody's 13 kids with the other three wives.

Kody Brown married Robyn Sullivan! The one on the far right!

TLC cameras were not allowed to capture the actual ceremony, but the reception will be on the controversial reality show documenting Kody Brown and wives.

Some of the drama leading up to the wedding will also be featured on this Sunday's episode. But the real drama may come if the D.A. charges the whole family.

That doesn't look likely unless there's a crime beyond plural marriage. While illegal, there are so many cases like the Browns' that they're rarely prosecuted.

What do you think? Should they be charged?

Will the cast of Sister Wives, a TLC show documenting four women married to the same dude, Kody Brown, face criminal charges for their bigamous lifestyle?

That all depends.

A review of Utah bigamy cases indicates that few, if any people have ever been prosecuted for that alone. It is against the law, but the state won't touch it.

If there's a collateral crime like child endangerment involved, however, then action might be taken. So as long as Brown & Co. are clean, they'll likely skate.

The bottom line is that there are so polygamous families in Utah, officials just don't have resources to go after them unless a more serious crime is in play.

Most are law-abiding people otherwise, so it's a real gray area unless there is a child bride, false imprisonment or anything violent behavior coming to light.

In the kase of Kody Brown and his Sister Wives, they are currently the subjects of a state bigamy investigation simply because of their TLC reality show.

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