Posted by Dustin on 09.01.2009 at 4:02 pm

First a quick cap of the show, then some thoughts . . .

Roland tried to spend some quality time with Joan, setting up a romantic evening for them. However the oysters he got were apparently off code, and they ended up with food poisoning.

Trevor began working as a recruiter, but wasn’t very good on his first day. Furthermore the guy in charge seemed like a real jerk, yelling at Trevor for failing to sign up every person who walked in the door. In the end, a high school student he tried talking to earlier in the show, who ignored him along with her friends, returned at the end to talk to him.

Claudia Joy was trying to adjust to her new diet and lifestyle, and was a cranky mess, snapping at Emmalynn whenever she tried to help. Michael said she’d be like this until her blood sugars stabilized and she adjusted to the meds. Claudia Joy also tried to keep the truth from everyone, but when she fainted at Denise’s house, and her purse spilled, Denise figured the truth out. Claudia Joy felt ashamed, but Denise said she shouldn’t be.

Frank learned that Denise saved Claudia Joy’s life in the accident, and he was very proud of her. He also didn’t want them falling back into old habbits, thinking she should start working again. Denise was thrilled, and she is looking into becoming a paramedic after helping out in the accident.

Finally Pamela was worried when Chase failed to return home. She saw other members of Delta Force on base, and she became paranoid. Claudia Joy made calls and found out Chase was on base in some top secret fascility. Pamela couldn’t get an answer as to why, she she stalked the place and refused to leave. At the end they gave her clearance and took her into a locked room to see her husband. She was stunned, and by the nurses around, clearly Chase had been hurt or something . . . .

My Thoughts
So my first thoughts on Chase were that he had entered some spy operation and had plastic surgery. However in the previews it showed him in bed, with a very bruised face. Later we saw him apparently home as Pamela was yelling at him along the lines of “What else have you been keeping from me over the years?” Maybe he is a double agent? Maybe he has another wife in another country or something! Who knows . . .

I loved the idea of Denise working as a paramedic, and loved it even more that Frank told her to go back to work!

From the previews it would seem Jeremy’s friend ends up getting killed, and he takes it pretty hard. I guess because of his lack to make the promise? It almost looked like Jeremy was going to take his own life! I really hope the show doesn’t go there!

Finally, this story with Claudia Joy is irking me. I feel like the show put this out there to spread awareness about Type II Diabetes, but it’s coming off unrealistic. I just can’t believe all of the sudden these symptoms all at once are affecting Claudia Joy, like these dizzy spells wouldn’t have been happening before, along with mood swings. I mean given how well she kept her cool with Emmalynn all those weeks, I’d think she would have knocked the kid’s head off!