Posted by Dustin on 08.04.2008 at 9:15 pm

Because I’m running late with this week’s “Army Wives” post, I’m doing it a little different. I’m blending the summary/recap and my thoughts together. It’s also a bit shorter than the norm. Everything huge basically happened at the very end of this show.

Trevor continued to strive to get better so he could return to Iraq and was popping pills like they were candy. He was temporarily assigned a job on post as Joan’s driver. He didn’t seem to appreciate the job, obviously feeling it was not glamorous, which in my opinion is going to just serve to make him work harder to get through his physical therapy. That of course means he’s going to pop even more pills.

Roxy enrolled in a class Roland was teaching to get her GED. Earlier in the episode she had made a comment to Trevor about how the kids were running her ragged and she dreams of a night at a 5 star spa. He wanted to do something nice for her, so he bought all these relaxing candles and fountains to set up a quiet room for her. He then wanted to cook dinner, but failed, as he wasn’t a cook and thought it would be as easy as following the recipe. Claudia Joy and Roland came to his rescue with food.

Unfortunately Roxy ended up going out with some girls after class, not knowing about Trevor’s surprise. When she came home, surprise, he had fallen asleep. However he wasn’t mad at her. He understood, saying she missed hanging out after school growing up, so she was making up for it now. Honestly I was shocked, I thought he’d blow a gasket over the time he wasted doing all this, which would be a sign of the pill dependency.

A reporter came to see Pam, she worked at the paper on base. She wanted to interview Pam, do a story about, well her story. Pam didn’t think she had a story to tell, but agreed. The story came out and Pam was a hit, at least with her family. Chase joked he always wanted to be married to an airbrushed cover-girl. Her daughter asked her to go to career day this year, which was usually Chase’s thing. Pam decided to take her daughter’s class to the radio station where she had them all take turns interviewing Chase about his job. It was a cute compromise so that both parents were involved.

Emmalynn met a boy in this episode, a senior who was from a high school off post. Michael and Claudia Joy needed to meet him before she could go out and see him on dates, so he came over for dinner one night. Micheal asked him what he wanted to do, and of course he didn’t know. Yes they went the predictable “I’m a musician, I want to travel around for a year before college and get life experience” route with the strict army father who obviously doesn’t want to hear those answers at all.

Later Emma saw him on base with a girl in the army, and there was a hand holding incident . . . so it appeared. Emma was upset and later confronted him about it, on advice from her mom that there could be a reasonable explanation. He said that they had been friends since 1st grade and that was it. He was only interested in her and only wanted her as his girlfriend. Frankly I didn’t buy it at all, and I’ll discuss why in a bit.

Denise and Claudia Joy had a talk, with Denise admitting to kissing Getty. Shockingly Claudia Joy seemed to be very understanding! Me thinks everyone in town knows Frank is a jerk and Denise is better off without him honestly. Denise pretended to be sick one day to avoid Getty, but he knew what she was doing. He told her he could see this was making things hard for her, so he was leaving the hospital in a week. He did say if she wanted to see him or talk about this thing, she could find him in all the usual spots.

Meanwhile Joan and that jerk whose name I never remember but is trying to take her job ended up teaming up this week to deal with a serious issue on base. It seems there was a drug operation going around and soldiers were selling drugs to kids at the base school. A bust was made and Jeremy was one of three soldiers brought in! He swore to Denise he was innocent, and she believed him. She put off telling Frank as long as she could, and when she did, he apparently didn’t believe Jeremy was innocent and he thought Denise was gullible for believing him. Typical Frank! Later Jeremy found out his mom told Frank and he made comments about how he was sure dad thought he was guilty and probably got her thinking it too.

As it turned out, Jeremy and one of the others were innocent. One of the three was guilty and cracked, saying he hid the drugs hoping he wouldn’t be caught. Joan got the guy to crack, and her partner guy sucked up saying he was learning at the foot of the master. However the operation wasn’t over, this was just a small time supplier. There were more, and they had to keep on working. This is where we return to Emmalynn’s boyfriend. I just think something is going on with him and the girl he met on base. When I first saw their interactions I didn’t think he was cheating, I thought he was scoring drugs. It looked like a hand-off was going on. Off course he doesn’t go to school on base, but that is no biggie. I think he’s a drug user.

At Lamaze class, Joan told Roland how the guy at work was kissing her butt today with his compliments. Roland thought maybe he was sincere. Joan still doesn’t trust the guy at all. Suddenly she got a cramp . . . something was wrong with the baby!

Denise headed to the hospital and got a text from Getty, who was at the diner. She texted back saying she’d come meet him, but then Frank called her. Frank felt things at home weren’t good, not between them or with Jeremy. He got leave and would be home tomorrow to straighten things out. She quickly texted Getty back saying she couldn’t come after all. Upset, Getty sped off on his bike. As Denise was leaving the hospital, an accident victim was brought in. He was in critical condition, already coded once, and they didn’t expect him to live. It was Getty!

In The Coming Weeks
Getty lives and is in the hospital all beat up. Denise is seen kissing his hand at hospital by Frank!
Pam tells her new reporter friend how lonely it gets with Chase gone. She says there are ways to satisfy things, and leans in to kiss her!
Pam tells Roxy about the kiss, who is stunned and says she can’t be serious!
Trevor digs for pills in the bedroom drawers and Roxy catches him. She wonders what he’s looking for as she holds an empty bottle.