Summary
- Dannielle is afraid of losing Garrick and hinted that she allowed polygamy to preserve their relationship.
- Garrick’s unorthodox biblical views justify polygamy as he pursues multiple wives.
- Garrick’s new interest in Nathalie shows he is only focused on her, reflecting a threat to Garrick and Dannielle’s bond.
Looking for Sister Wife season 5 reintroduces viewers to Garrick Merrifield, the show’s most notorious villain, and his wife Dannielle Merrifield. Viewers were first introduced to Garrick and Dannielle in Season 3 when the pair dated Roberta Pacha. To complicate matters, Roberta lived in Brazil and spoke little English, so they had to rely almost entirely on translator apps.
Garrick and Dannielle continued to see Roberta throughout Looking for Sister Wife season 4 and even introduced Roberta to their teenage sons. Unfortunately, Roberta cashed in on the couple and left them via text message by the end of the season. Garrick and Danielle are back to try their luck again Looking for Sister Wife season 5. Having learned nothing from his marriage to Roberta, they proposed to Nathalia, another Brazilian woman who does not speak English. Although Dannielle pretends to support Garrick’s desire to have more wives, she may have her own reason for agreeing to polygamy.
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Dannielle is afraid of losing Garrick
He may have already lost her
Although Garrick claims that he practices polygamy because it is God’s will, Dannielle may have more worldly reasons for agreeing to live in a polygamous marriage. During episode 7 Looking for Sister Wife in Season 5, Dannielle addressed her reasons directly. He complained that Nathalia was not a good sister-wife to Dannielle, causing a fight between Garrick and Dannielle.
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Honestly, I think I’m just in a place where I don’t know where my relationship with Garrick is
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When Garrick leaves to spend a month in Brazil with Nathalia, a tearful Dannielle stays home to wonder. “Honestly, I think I’m just in a place where I don’t know where my relationship with Garrick is“, Dannielle explains. After watching this season, it’s easy to speculate Dannielle agreed to let Garrick take more wives in her misguided attempt to keep Garrick from leaving him. Dannielle sensed Garrick’s dissatisfaction with their marriage and decided that the only way to stop him from leaving her was to let him pursue other women.
Dannielle & Garrick’s journey
He is not a Bible scholar
Garrick and Dannielle were married for 13 years, in a monogamous relationship, and have two children together: Geremiah and Solomon. The couple’s decision to explore polygamy stemmed from Garrick’s unique biblical interpretation. Garrick and Dannielle are Christians, not Mormons, and Garrick is inspired by the Bible to open his marriage to another wife. Unaffiliated with a particular religion, Garrick cited polygamous people in the Bible as embracing God as part of his will to become polygamous.
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Many scriptures, terms that say he fills you with the holy spirit, that’s actually a sexual term. It actually means that sperms go into intimacy like that
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During Looking for Sister Wife season 5 premiere, Garrick explains how his Bible reading led him to polygamy. Dannielle sat next to him during the interview, Garrick says:Many scriptures, terms that say he fills you with the holy spirit, that’s actually a sexual term. It actually means that sperms go into intimacy like that.”
As Dannielle tries not to laugh, she continues:
And even scientifically, we’ve found that when a man and a woman become one, and his sperm goes into the woman and her DNA becomes part of that.”
What happened to Roberta?
The Merrifields were played
After Looking for Sister Wife season 4, Roberta left Garrick and Dannielle via text message. The separation was surprising to the Merrifields, who had made several life changes to accommodate Roberta. Not only had the Merrifields moved to a larger home to make room for Roberta, but Garrick divorced Dannielle to marry Roberta so she could come to the United States.
Roberta, ironically jealous that they wanted a third wife, finally abandoned them at the end of the year.
Looking for Sister Wife
season 4, after accepting thousands of dollars from them.
What we know about Nathalia
Out with the Old, In with the New
Looking for Sister Wife season 5 found Garrick and Dannielle already dating Nathalia, a new Brazilian woman. Just like Roberta, with whom the Merrifields had to communicate entirely through translator phone apps, Nathalia doesn’t speak much English. The language barrier adds another layer of struggle to the already complex dynamics of a polygamous relationship. Unlike season 3 and 4 Looking for sister wives, Dannielle is less than enthusiastic about jumping into plural marriage and is still stinging from her experience with Roberta.
Another difference between Roberta and Nathalia is that Roberta seemed more committed to developing a sisterhood with Dannielle. On the other hand, Nathalia is completely focused on Garrick. Her behavior suggests that she is more interested in keeping Garrick alone than being a second wife. Garrick is going to Brazil alone to spend a month alone with Nathalia, so it is unclear what will become of the Merrifield marriage.
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I really feel that God promised our family more than Dannielle
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I mean, years ago I had a vision that I had five wives and they were good
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Does Garrick want more wives?
Most certainly
During the fourth period Looking for Sister Wife season 5, Nathalia takes Dannielle aside to ask if Dannielle has doubts about the marriage moving forward. When Dannielle admitted she was afraid, Garrick was visibly annoyed that Dannielle was being honest with Nathalia and hinted that he was trying to sabotage the dynamic. In a one-on-one interview with the producers, Garrick says:I really feel that God promised our family more than Dannielle.” He added: “I mean, years ago I had a vision that I had five wives and they were good.”
Garrick has made it clear that he intends to take several more wives and has conveniently emphasized that it is God’s will. Dannielle initially agreed to live in a plural marriage, probably hoping to keep her husband, but he is now reconsidering his choices. If things don’t change, Garrick and Dannielle will be on their way to ending their relationship sooner rather than later Looking for Sister Wife season 5 finale.
Merrifield’s romantic views:
season 3 |
Robert |
season 4 |
Roberta, Lea |
season 5 |
Nathalia |
Looking for Sister Wife
airs Mondays at 9:00 PM EDT on TLC.
Looking for Sister Wife
Seeking Sister Wife is a reality television series created for TLC that focuses on polygamous families. The program focuses on families who have recently welcomed another “sister wife” into the family, as well as husbands who are looking for a new addition to the family. It shows “sister wives” trying to adjust to existing family dynamics and a completely new lifestyle.
- Throw
- Dimitri Snowden, Ashley Snowden, Jeff Alldredge, Vanessa Alldredge, Sharis Alldredge, Colton Winder, Tami Winder, Sophie Winder, Garrick Merrifield, Dannielle Merrifield
- Publication date
- January 14, 2018
- The seasons
- 4
- Network
- TLC
- Streaming services
- TLC GO