Posted by Dustin on 11.04.2008 at 8:05 pm

This Sunday was the season 2 finale of “Army Wives.” We now have to wait till next Summer to find out what will happen. Ack! I am not a patient person. Unlike last season though, which ended with a stunning bang, this one built up and lead to a lot of aggravation in my opinion. None of the cliffhangers were shocking, they were very predictable. That is what made it aggravating.

Claudia Joy had to tell everyone about her move, and Denise was the most upset. Joan soon found herself impacted by the Holden’s leaving. The new general to be brought in was a big fan and old friend of Evan Conners, which meant . . . yup . . . he appointed Evan to Joan’s job. Even more bad news came Joan’s way, she was being sent back to Iraq. Heartbreak ensued as she realized she’d miss everything in her daughter’s life.

Betty’s nephew turned up at the bar and originally claimed he inherited Betty’s shares, he was now her partner. However it was easy to see where this one was going. He offered to buy out Roxy’s shares, saying she should take the money as she didn’t have a legal right to this place and he could just take it. Nice try, but I’m pretty sure in many states a verbal agreement does hold up. Plus Roxy has so many people who can testify on her behalf that it was Betty’s wishes she was her partner and made her such. Grrrr the nephew is annoying me to no end already! This is definately a way to get Claudia Joy back into law again.

Pamela got herself into a world of trouble on he air with a caller. The caller was having issues that her career was coming second to her husbands. Pamela flat out told her she married into the army, it’s what she had to deal with. She then made the mistake of commenting perhaps not working and raising her kids wasn’t such a bad thing. That irked working moms who didn’t have a choice, they needed the money. It was clear Pamela’s own frustrations with her own life and Chase were being vented on air, and it got her into trouble with listeners. Then Evan came along, told Pamela basically she was fired and put his wife on the air in her slot, giving her her own show! Oh no he didn’t! Oh YES he did! Pamela’s fight with Chase over her job also again makes me think we’ll finally see her return to being a cop.

Denise and Mac got closer, until his ex-girlfriend showed up. Denise ran out to let them talk. The girlfriend had had a change of heart, and later confronted Denise swearing she would get Mac back. I thought she was going to shoot Denise at the door ala Amy Fisher to be honest. Over in Iraq, Jeremy caught his dad sending the female soldier out the door the next morning. She was basically doing the walk of shame. Jeremy was fuming, he of course didn’t know about the separation.

Finally the big day of the move arrived. Emmalynn, who claimed to have made peace with this and that she and her boyfriend would simply go back to being pen-pals for awhile, went missing. It turned out they were running away together, the guy was driving. So not only has she run off with a soldier, he’s apparently gone AWAL! Not good for them. I expected them to have the last scene of them being married. However it doesn’t mean that isn’t where they are heading too.

All in all, no real shocks. From the beginning of the show, you could predict how it was all going to play out. That frustrated and aggravated me. That and the fact that it wasn’t just one “OMG” moment at the end we are left wondering what will happen, it was several “this blows chunks” moments because everyone’s lives have been trashed it seems.