The portrayal of polyamory in pop culture feels increasingly hopeless. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) A reality TV show I'd been watching for 17 seasons finally got interesting when it admitted the entire concept wasn't working.Sister Wives has followed Kody Brown's Mormon polygamous family since 2010, but in 2021, one of his wives left. Then another, and another, and another. Now, he's monogamous.In a voiceover during the TLC series' opening credits, Brown states that "love should be multiplied, not divided.