I really want to see what is going on with Teen Mom OG, but I’m not sure I’m in the mood for two hours of this so I will probably watch some now and save some for tomorrow (Sunday). I love that Farrah is losing her mind over the ratings though. I didn’t even know the show was premiering until someone on Twitter mentioned it. So um… breaking news! It is back! And to the first time comment who told me to stop wasting my time recapping MTV shows, so that I can recap 90 Day fiancée instead, you probably should read the commenting rules.
Maci
The season begins with Maci and Taylor discussing Ryan’s erratic and threatening behavior. Ryan threatened to shoot up the house that Maci and Taylor and Bentley live in. So they file a police report. Jen and Larry are still in denial and think that Ryan still needs to be around Bentley. They seem to think that Taylor is equally at fault.
Maci and Taylor were nervous about going to court. The judge gives Ryan a protection order to Maci, Taylor and their kids but not Bentley. He can still go to Bentley’s games.
Bristol
The first little bit of this show was cut off by MTV because it was a late night rerun and they were running behind. I don’t get how they run behind overnight, but they do. At the very beginning Bristol was arguing with her husband and said that she was worried that he was unstable and might harm himself. That pissed him off so he left. They have recently filed for divorce. She is all too familiar with PTSD since her brother Track is also struggling. I just realized that the cut off part might have just been the opening. Anyway, Dakota was the only surviving member of his platoon in Afghanistan. Wow. That has to be a lot to process. Oh look! Sarah Palin is on the first episode. It’s Willow’s engagement party? Bridal show? Something in Arizona. Willow got married this past weekend I think, the day after Track was arrested.
While Bristol is in Arizona, Dakota is in Kentucky visiting his parents. They have a huge house. Dakota was 17 when he enlisted. His dad says in the first few months after he returned from war, he slept with a pistol in his hand all night.
Dakota and Bristol continue to butt heads over his anxiety. In this case I think Bristol could be a bit more accommodating with Dakota. Not to the point that Tyler does when dealing with Catelynn, but a lot more than she seems to be in this one episode. He is literally asking her for support and help when he is having panic attacks and she responds by telling him she is tired of hearing “it’s my anxiety” when he says something mean to her. They are both pleading their cases to production. It’s kind of sad. He says he apologizes and recognizes when he says mean things She says she is tired of being a punching bag. She wonders if it is anxiety or if he is just being a dick. He mentions the date he watched his entire platoon dies twice in this brief scene. If I were his therapist I’d send him to a military support group where he could talk to other people who have been in such horrific situations. Clearly, Bristol doesn’t know how to receive and support such a situation. This is a bit too serious and tragic for Teem Mom.
Catelynn
Catelynn is still in Arizona at rehab. I have anxiety and depression and I find this ridiculous. She came home after two months just to turn around and go back for another month and a half. Tyler is at the end of his rope. He’s clearly gaining weight. Catelynn needs to get her treatment locally. Especially after two months at the Arizona treatment center.
Watching Tyler as a single dad with Nova asking all of the time for her mommy is heartbreaking. Then Catelynn calls to catch Tyler up on her nature walks and then has to get off the phone to watch a movie. It’s just ridiculous. And sad. And now she is pregnant again. Later Tyler tells his mother that Catelynn is skipping her classes at the treatment facility. Tyler says he is losing sympathy for Catelynn.
Tyler goes to see a therapist and tells her that he has not been happy in his marriage for a couple of years. He says that Catelynn did not discuss returning to rehab with him, she just announced that was what was going to happen and left him holding the bag again. The therapist big advice is “you need something to change for you to be happy.” I really should hang out a shingle and take a few hundred dollars an hour for my services. It would be better than this.
Amber
We are on baby watch with Amber and Andrew. Amber says that things are going well with Andrew and with Gary. Baby James was born a few days earlier than expected. This means that Andrew gets to start being a single father earlier. Amber’s labor was less than three hours and not particularly difficult.
Andrew literally tells production that every day with Amber is a joy and he loves being in charge of the baby and staying up the baby all night to feed him. Does he really feel that way? Later Gary brings Leah and his family over to meet Andrew’s son. Amber tells another producer that every day with Andrew and the baby is amazing. She regrets missing this experience with Leah. She sort of blames Gary of all people for that.
Cheyenne
Lots of people are asking why Cheyenne is on this show. I wonder the same thing myself. She is from Are You The One? After a paternity test it was determined that Cory Wharton fathered the baby after a hookup on MTV’s The Challenge Rivals III reunion. They were not in a serious relationship and are not now. She is dating a guy named Zach who apparently lives with her.
Cory and Cheyenne are splitting custody four days with Cheyenne and three days with Cory. Cory will pay her $250 a month. Cory is not happy with Zach spending more time with his kid than he is. They randomly deny that they hook up in front of the cameras. They are totally hooking up. She totally doesn’t seem that into Zach at all. It’s only a matter of time. The problem, if you want to call it that, is that Cory is not ready to settle down.
As it turns out, the last half an hour was an after show. The most important thing that happened on on the after show was Catelynn seemingly having no compassion for Tyler’s experiences while she was in Arizona. She says that the reason there were rumors on social media that they were divorcing was because people just can’t believe that couples can be together that long. Even when she mentions that she can relate to Dakota, she never really expresses who difficult her illness was for Tyler and Nova. She says that she was doing “a lot” in therapy.
Cory pops up after Cheyenne says that the door is not fully closed regarding a relationship with Cory. They oddly thank Catelynn for joining them and send her off during a commercial but Bristol, Cheyenne and Cory, aka everyone else, stays for the final segment. That was very odd. Nothing really happened after that other than a preview of next week.
I really wish that Tyler would get rid of Catelynn already. She treats him like shit and couldn’t care less about anybody other than herself.
I hope Andrew asked for a paternity test on baby James, he kind of looks like Matt in some of the latest pics.
I think that Cheyenne is on the show to give Corey more air time which is alright with me, I always thought he was a cutie.
Don’t know what to say about Bristol and Dakota. I cannot imagine what Dakota has gone through and what it is like inside his head. It seems that they were in therapy before they decided to divorce so maybe Bristol has just had enough, I dunno.
I feel so sorry for Tyler. Seems like he is the person everyone leans on but he doesn’t have anyone giving back. At some point Nova is going to resent Catelynn too. Amber is too annoying for words. Poor Maci and Taylor! They have to be worried for their family.
Between Tyler sending his dad, wife and sister to rehab I’m amazed at how well he holds it together for Nova. It seems like Catelynn getting pregnant so quickly after spending 4 months in rehab wouldn’t be that great of an idea. But these girls get pregnant at the drop of a hat. Bristol’s story was surprisingly interesting. I expected to not care at all about her or her story. The scene in the car and at home with her husband were almost uncomfortable to watch.
Tyler has looked miserable for more than two years. In fact, he’s not seemed happy for most of their marriage. I believe he was very good at trying to make it seem like things were OK, but it finally caught up with him. I don’t think either of them ever got over the regret and trauma of giving their first daughter up for adoption. I truly believe it has gnawed away at them, especially since they have a semi-open adoption and are able to see how much she looks like Catelynn and Nova. Catelynn has been very self-centered during her troubles and rehab, but I think that’s the way it usually goes – the person needing therapy is encouraged to concentrate on nothing more than getting better. However, that put a huge amount of stress on Tyler. I read that he became quite content when Catelynn was gone – he was getting into a good routine with Nova, and it was difficult when she came home, only to turn around and leave again. Now she’s pregnant, which apparently wasn’t good news to him at first. Sadly, I think it’s only a matter of time until their relationship implodes, but I wish for the best – they’re really still young kids.
I just can’t with Cheyenne. Boo hoo you were 24…
Cheyenne needs job and I guess this is it. The Challenge and AYTO don’t pay that well, especially for first season newbies. I think she went pretty far on The Challenge though, so maybe she can make a career out of it like Cory.
When Cheyenne said she was a stay at home mom I was kind of surprised only because I didn’t think she was making that kind of money on the other MTV shows. The house they showed she lives in is pretty nice too but I think you mentioned she lives with her sister or something. I still think it’s weird she’s on the show. I watch The Challenge seasons faithfully and it’s weird to see these people on Teen Mom now. Javi tried out for The Challenge so I guess MTV just recycles their talent into their other shows.
And she has a nanny, apparently! One kid, 3 parent types. And a fucking nanny. Must be nice.
Thanks for recapping this TT, I always love to read your point of view 🙂 I feel very badly for Dakota. Seems like Bristol has the “suck it up” attitude going on. Can you even imagine how truly horrific it would be to see all your friends die in front of you? The PTSD he’s suffering from breaks my heart. I feel like Bristol is using that situation to gain sympathy from the audience. Imagine Sarah Palin as a mother in law? :0 That has its own kind of PTSD.
Amber is still the EXACT same kind of marginal mother she was before. I have NEVER EVER seen any adult sleep and lay around on the couch the way she does! She is going to leave all the real parenting to Andrew. I hope he knows what hes in for.
Catelynn needs a hard smack to the head from her therapist and a stern talking to about how her behavior and irresponsibility is affecting her child and husband! No matter what steps they give her from whatever mental health program she is in, she never follows through. I cant imagine how hard it must be for Tyler to shoulder all these burdens from his dad, sister and wife.
Bristol’s situation is so sad and wish they had stayed together. Dakota is a Marine and Metal of Honor winner. A hero to the max. They both needed counseling to deal with this and it’s ashame they had two kids so quickly. I wish him the best and thank him for his service.
Catelynn needs to grow up and lay off the weed. Just makes her fat and lazy. She is in a vicious cycle. Tyler is doing great with Nova. Poor little thing crying for her mother and Catelynn seems so detached. Why another baby?
Taylor got fed up with Ryan’s nasty texts and told him off. Ryan threatening to shoot him and the house was the last straw for MTV and with Maci threatening to also quit. Ryan is in rehab for six months now and Mac living with her parents ready to pop. Ryan’s parents sitting in the golf cart playing dumb was embarrassing.
Amber baby is so cute. No doubt who the father is with that head of hair. Leah has grown and is so smart. Gary and his wife are doing a great job. Amber trying to blame Gary for not seeing Leah more often will be a problem. Leah has made her choice.
I can’t believe Cate would compare her struggles with Dakota’s. She should google him to see why he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He lost his fellow servicemen but ignored orders and went under fire to save many more.
Cate is supposedly so traumatized from her childhood because her dad always left. Willl the same thing happen to Nova when she grows up? Sounds like a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Personally and unfortunately the show is ruined having Cory, Cheyenne, Bristol on it.
They should’ve/could’ve let it be.
Everyone always seems to hate “new people” on any reality show. At least for their first season.
I’m enjoying the new people. I thought I might like Bristol but they are not giving her a very positive edit.
I did not expect to like Cheyenne, but I don’t mind seeing her and Cory who seem to be a match and may eventually work things out.
I like the new stories breaking up the old moms’ stories.
The problem is that there are other shows to compare them to. Cheyenne, Cory, and Bristol have been on other shows and had different personalities. Especially having Cory on a current show.
Bristol I liked in her prior show “Life’s a Tripp”. But this is more about a marriage and PTSD than a Teen Mom. Its casting is just making no sense to me.
I agree with everyone about Dakota’s situation, I can’t imagine how he feels, but can
imagine how very hard it must be for him day to day having to live and relive with this.
It reminds me of Kailyn and Javi’s situaltion when he went away, just before he left she filed for divorce, I thought how heartless she was for doing this, because they would then argue about when he could see the kids and all, my gosh if my man was going to be deployed I would be allowing him to see them whenever he wanted to, yet she always gave him a hard time, and when he came back this last time and he was at (his) the house to pick up a few things, and she gave him his mail and all his stuff was in the garage, she didn’t even want him reading his mail there, maybe it was in case Chris was gonna be coming over, or maybe he was already there hiding in the closet or something, anyway my point is maybe its just me but I have always found Kailyn to be a nasty bitch with him, when she wants him around she’s all good but if he says the wrong thing watch out, she really gives it to him, telling him he can leave now, she just doesn’t have a heart when it comes to Javi I think. I will stop this post and do another one, so its not soo long, sorry TT, I know how you hate that.
I have a question for you all, and hopefully you remember, or at least know what I am talking about but remember when Ryan came home from rehab and him and Mac and his mom and dad were sitting outside eating and talking about Bentley and they were going on about how Maci wasn’t letting Ryan see Bentley unless he was tested and then Larry who was really pissed at Maci, he came out and made a comment about her, something that he knew, So does anyone remember this, and possibly what he was talking or hinting about? its been driving me crazy all this time, I remember how pissed off he was at Ryan and was acting like he could care less about him and it didn’t even matter if he ever saw him again so I can’t imagine what info he would have on Maci, it was almost a little blackmail (ish) of him I thought. So anyone know what I am or what he was talking about?
I remember that and it was shut down really quick. Anything would be a guess, but if Maci lived with Ryan during his drug use, chances are, she indulged.
Someone who doesn’t use usually doesn’t live with someone who does, and gets engaged.
Ryan wasn’t doing heroin when he was with Maci. We have watch his descent into addiction over the last few years well after they had split.
Ryan and his parents both like to claim that Maci gets a good edit that makes Ryan look bad and she’s a real bitch and they never show it on TV. His parents blame her leaving him for his “depression.” The real issue is his depression coupled with way too much Teen Mom money to spend on drugs and other non essential items since he stayed living at home and not working and not having to pay his parents a dime.
It’s so sad that Tyler has always been living up to the “omg, such a great boyfriend pressure” he said that since 16 and pregnant, he’s kind of gotten that description to live up to.
And if he doesn’t worry about Catelynn and make her priority, than he’s not THAT GUY. Its very sad, and I hope he can dig his way out.
Catelynn needs to love him enough, be less selfish, because she knows that is what he needs. To be himself, not super boyfriend. Its going to ruin him.
Well said. Agree 100%.
Omg!!!! Nelson is on here? This sucks, they both are on The Challenge right now. It was such a bad decision, ugh.
One of my favorite shows may have been ruined. I’m sad.
Tyler deserves to be married to an adult woman who wants to be a partner in the marriage. Catelynn does not want to assume that role. Tyler should be free to take Nova and find a life that makes him happy. Sadly, there will be another baby to think of now. Two little kids are a LOT of work for one person. Catelynn has got Tyler baby-trapped but good. Tyler might have no choice but to leave with two kids– I can’t tell you how enraging it is to get no help from someone who is supposed to be a partner.
This is just an observation that’s based off of reading recaps and comments for teen mom OG, while not actually watching the show for the past couple of years.
I think it’s interesting how differently Dakota’s mental health issues and Caitlyn’s mental health issues are covered. There seems to be an undercurrent running through comments that Dakota’s issues are valid while Caitlyn’s aren’t and I wonder if it’s because Caitlyn is a woman whose depression and anxiety come from women’s issues while Dakota’s come from more manly issues. Caitlyn struggles with her mental health because of her childhood—where I believe I remember hearing that she was sexually assaulted, and she was left to be a caretaker for her little brother when her mom was using, coupled with the trauma of giving a baby up for adoption and experiencing postnatal depression. These are generally things that affect women. Dakota’s mental health issues come from combat and war which we generally associate with men. Both of them are relying heavily on their partner to take care of their children while they struggle with their mental health. Yet, people are generally much more supportive of Dakota and consider his mental health struggles to be absolutely real and valid. Whereas Caitlyn gets a lot of negative comments, much less support, and she has people questioning whether she even has mental health issues (or if what she went through is a good enough reason to have issues, or if what she’s gone through justifies the length of time that she’s needed to address her issues). So I’m wondering if there is an underlying gender bias that we might all have internalized and if that is coloring our thoughts and reactions when it comes to these two and who we support.
It could also be that we’ve seen Dakota in only one episode. We haven’t seen him struggle for years and years like we have Caitlyn. We haven’t seen him go off to treatment again and again. Maybe in a few years, if he is still struggling as much as he is now, people will become frustrated with him like they are with Caitlyn.
This comment isn’t meant to suggest that Caitlyn has it worse than Dakota, or that she has had to deal with more than Dakota, or anything like that. It’s not meant to make everyone feel sorry for Caitlyn again, or to change anyone’s opinions. I was just thinking about the gender dynamic, especially in light of what’s been going on in the media and in our government lately.
Oh please. Half of us here have anxiety and depression and childhood sexual abuse. We do not leave our lives behind four months out of the year for our spouse to deal with raising a child so that we can take nature walks and watch movies in Arizona.
Dakota isn’t off at a spa doing yoga while Bristol takes care of the children. He’s at their games and being a parent. He’s taking them on trips to see their grandparents while she is off at a Bachelorette party (oddly in Arizona if I recall correctly).
Catelynn has previous spent a few years on the couch doing nothing and causing more anxiety for everyone around her including her kid. Catelynn was released from her treatment facility AFTER STAYING FOR AN EXTRA MONTH AT HER REQUEST and told to seek outpatient therapy at home and get back to her responsibilities. Because either MTV or the rehab facility is footing her bill she thinks she can basically just live there and do nothing to help herself or raise her child or help her husband who had the EXACT same childhood he did causing him to attempt suicide at age 11. He is taking care of his child, he is taking care of his father who never took care of him and is tolerating his extremely selfish wife the best he can.
That is why Catelynn doesn’t get the sympathy that a war hero who is suffering from PTSD from serving his country and still attempting to keep his family together and supporting his children. Not because Catelynn is a poor female victim of misogynistic thinking. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with today’s political climate. A climate you seem very confused about.
I couldn’t agree more. Amen, TT! Amen.
I love TT’s response to that long-winded nonsense so much, I want to marry it.
I feel sorry for Tyler and his itty bitty head. I kid. I think his situation is horrible and their marriage is doomed. I think it’s disgusting she got pregnant again.
I didn’t expect to see such heaviness with Bristol Palin. I think that family is…maybe I’ll just keep that one to myself. But Dakota needs real help, that’s clear.
I couldn’t get past the first paragraph about Cheyenne. You don’t know who the daddy is? GTFOutta here. They pay you for that?
Amen!!!! I have lost all my patience with catelyn. We all dont have the luxury to run away from life when stuff gets real. Over her. Get a real job, get off the couch, cook a healthy meal and be a parent. Your kid will see this someday. She seems so detached from nova when she is around her. Let’s pop out another kid after I haven’t been home for months at a time and haven’t spent time with the kid I already have. Grow up a trap baby isn’t going to save your marriage. You were selfish and the damage is done. I give it 2 years tops till Tyler leaves.
I didn’t have a problem with Catelynn going to the treatment center to get her shit together the first time. Then she stayed twice as long as she should have. AND she didn’t want to leave. AND she refused to get an out patient therapist. AND THEN she decided to go back for a few more weeks.
NOPE. Even the treatment center keeps telling her she has to face the real world. She’ll go back again the second the baby is born if not before.
I think she is getting more treatment than alot of veterans receive. I have experienced some of the same things she has so I do have sympathy for her. But you still have to deal with everyday life and your responsibilities as a parent.
Agree with every word you said ! Also I am just not a fan of Bristol . I get she’s tired and all, but really how can you just run out of sympathy for your spouse ,
your main person in this world ,who had the trauma of watching his entire platoon die (traumatically ) I get it he can use that in every argument . And HE GETS TO. Hell yes ! anyone who is human would have years of anxiety after something like that. She seems too superficial to comprehend that. And her mother .ugh. Dakota is better off in his recovery . Have some grit britsol , some perseverance- your husband sure has hell did .
No one gets on my nerves like Caitlyn. She is so privileged (for doing NOTHING) and yet is always depressed and jetting off for retreat therapies. Like Tyler says, she wants a pig, she gets a pig, she wants a horse, she gets a horse. She’s like a child. It’s all about her all the time. She’s using her anxiety or whatever it is as an excuse not to be present and do the hard work of raising her child.
Maci better hope Ryan doesn’t get sober or she’d have no story. Her whole story for as long as I’ve watched the show has revolved around Ryan. We learn nothing about her life–just how they’re dealing with Ryan’s latest screw up.
I feel sorry for Bristol and her ex husband. Obviously he is dealing with a lot of emotional distress and she has her hands full raising children. She appears to have nothing left for him. I think Dakota is a full time job.
When your ex gets addicted to heroin and threatens to kill you and your entire family, that’s kind of the lead story.