Is Taylor Frankie Paul in ‘SLOMW’ Season 5? How the Show Breaks Down Her Messy Legal Drama With Dakota Mortensen

Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered with Taylor Frankie Paul absent after a legal dispute with ex Dakota Mortensen caused a two-month production pause in March 2026.Taylor revealed she rekindled feelings for Dakota after her Bachelorette engagement to Doug Mason, calling their connection an “addiction” before calling off the engagement.The season ended with Taylor and Dakota’s heated argument, MomTok in “shambles,”and uncertainty about Taylor’s return.Spoilers for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives ahead.Whether you ride for MomTok or have a very “Hi, I’m not watching, but I still want to know” vibe when it comes to The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, I’m thrilled to report that season 5 of the hit Hulu series is finally here. The new season finally addresses the elephant in the room: Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen’s messy domestic dispute.SLOMW cut right to the chase during the season premiere, where a message popped up before fans watched the drama unfold on camera.“In May 2026, the Secret Lives cast returned to finish filming interviews following a 2-month production pause … without Taylor,” the message reads, before flashing back to January.Most of the season’s storylines were limited to the weeks leading up to production being paused amid Taylor and Dakota’s legal drama. In March, TMZ reported that production had “hit an unexpected pause” on the show due to a “blowup” between the former couple that was “intense enough that filming couldn’t continue as planned.”The following month, authorities confirmed to Us Weekly that Taylor would not be charged for her incident with Dakota, and filming continued without her or Whitney Leavitt.Pool//Getty ImagesHowever, TFP still spoke for a few confessionals, where she confirmed her rocky relationship timeline with Dakota after she got engaged to Doug Mason on her scrapped season of The Bachelorette.“I came home [in January]. Night one we were texting … and then I don’t know how it got to the point where he came over to my house, and it was late,” Taylor said, admitting that she had hooked up with Dakota after The Bachelorette.“That is where things get trickier, because I still have feelings,” she said of Dakota, though she was in a new relationship with Doug. “When you have an addiction, there’s not a lot that is more powerful than that drug.”She ended up calling off her engagement and seemingly rekindled a romance with her other ex, Ben Lambert, throughout season 5. The last viewers saw of Taylor was when she and Dakota had a heated argument about their relationship in front of their friends, and she later told Mayci Neely that Dakota was “trying to ruin her life.”During the final moments of the season, which only included five episodes because of the production pause, the rest of MomTok admitted the group was “in shambles.” It’s unclear whether Taylor will return to the show, but there was one last message before the episodes wrapped: “To Be Continued.”