There was actually a lot to check in on this week, Magda’s last before her wedding on Sunday. Stress and decisions and the usual last-minute organizational mishegoss have so frazzled the bride-to-be that she’s immersed herself in more Duggar skul-Duggery in order to seem less insane. And Doug is back from nine days and 1,400 miles around the Four Corners, with no keyboards, no wi-fi, and nowhere to hide from his most intrusive neuroses.

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Will Magda’s wedding ring arrive on time? What’s it like to wake up on the edge of Glen Canyon (and why isn’t that a character on Days of Our Lives)? And will Doug actually serve as Magda’s maid of honor?

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