Army Wives: Someone *Hearts* Pam
Finally, after a brief hiatus, “Army Wives” returned with a new episode this week.
Roxy got the idea to throw Joan a baby shower, but Roland didn’t think she’d go for that at all. She suggested she give him one instead. He said he would ask Joan. Joan, who was busy baby-proofing their entire house, agreed. However she wanted no cutsey games. At the shower though, through their gifts, the wives made her see that baby gifts can be practical yet at the same time cute. They made her also see that she has to take the time to enjoy this experience instead of planning everything.
Roxy remained concerned about Trevor and his pills. He snapped at her, but quickly apologized and said he wouldn’t take them anymore. However after news of a friend’s death in Iraq, Roxy found him passed out with the bottle next to him. She asked how many he took and he blew up, throwing and breaking things before breaking down sobbing himself.
Denise reminded Frank about marriage counseling. Suddenly he was having cold feet about talking to someone they didn’t know, but he agreed. They meet with the Chaplin on base, and that’s when all hell broke lose. Frank blamed Denise for the problems in their marriage and specifically her going back to work. That was when it all started and he wanted it to end. Denise said people grow and change, so do marriages. Frank didn’t think so, marriage was a bedrock, she signed up for him to take care of her and that was that. Denise felt they needed a separation, time apart to sort things out. He screamed he was going to Iraq in five days, is that distance far enough for her? Frank told her she would have to tell the boy, which she said she would. However as she prepared to tell Jeremy, he dropped the news that he too was deploying to Iraq. Not wanting him concerned with this while over there, she didn’t tell him.
Claudia Joy’s dad showed up this week and tried to convince Claudia Joy that her mother was exaggerating their troubles and he was getting it all under control. He insisted on taking them all out to dinner, which Michael later found out he put on his tab at the restaurant. Claudia Joy thought maybe he didn’t have the money on him, she was sure he’d pay him back. Michael tried to make her see she can see no fault in her father, but she refused to hear it. However when Emmalynn confessed to her mom that grandpa wanted to dip into the college fund he set up for, she saw the light. She confronted both her parents, saying this was their problem and they had to fix it . . . she couldn’t be in the middle or let it affect her family anymore. She also told her dad that until he got help, mom wouldn’t be coming back to him and she didn’t blame her.
The final storyline of the hour was a new mystery involving Pam. A man named Tim began calling into her show, showering her with praise. Later he left flowers on her doorstep with the note “You’re even prettier in person.” Then he ordered her a drink at Roxy’s, but ran off before she could see him. Finally he was inside her house, but she scared him off. That was when Pam finally called the MP for help. However they told her there was no evidence that this break-in was her stalker. She knew that, she was a cop once too. Pam ended up breaking down in tears after the police left.
My Thoughts
This was a good episode because of Denise and Pam’s story lines. The others I thought were a little weak. I mean Joan’s shower was the cute filler story, Trevor and the pills have been dragging, while Claudia Joy’s story was predictable. If it hadn’t been a few weeks since we saw the show then I might not have liked this episode as much.
As I suspected a few weeks ago, I’m gunna have to strip Frank of his bonus points! When he went off on Denise in the office about how he wanted her to stop working and go back to the way it was, what she signed up for, I was just stunned. Was this a marriage or the Army? I think Frank has them confused. I thought right there that marriage’s fate was sealed. Later though Denise couldn’t tell Jeremy about the separation because he’s going off to Iraq too. With Frank and Jeremy both in Iraq, I’m thinking someone is going to be critically injured.
Pam’s storyline was probably my favorite, because it introduced a mystery into the show. Who is her stalker? I wonder if Tim is someone we know? I was trying to think who it could be, who she had run into that a big wasn’t made of, but am drawing a blank. This is a creepy storyline. The previews next week have the kids getting involved, which makes it go into scary land. When the MP showed up and didn’t seem to want to help or believe Pam, ooh I was angry! I can’t wait till Pam goes into cop mode and starts kicking some butt.
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