Posted by Dustin on 04.14.2010 at 8:36 pm

As usual I’m behind with my thoughts. First off, it was so great to have “Army Wives” back! How I’ve missed them. We also got some resolutions to last years cliff hangers.

Jeremy’s suicide attempt failed. He didn’t even hit himself, we don’t know what the gun discharged into actually. But when the MP showed up, Denise ratted him out in a sense to try and keep him out of trouble. It didn’t work though, as they are on a base dealing with Military Law. Jeremy was eventually taken to a hospital and put on suicide watch though. Roland took over his case, and by the end of the show he broke down and admitted he felt horrible because he was glad it was his friend who died and not him.

It looked like we got a neat quick rap up . . . but not so fast. From the previews I suspect Denise tries to get Jeremy discharged from the army. Looks like that will be the storyline for awhile, will they let him go or not? I have a feeling this will put Denise back at odds with Michael!

Pam and Chase remained on the outs. She took the kids on the vacation she promised, but Chase backed out of because of work. The eldest daughter has not only figured out her parents are fighting, but it looks like she’s on mom’s side. Chase talked to both Roxy and Trevor about the issues. He confided to Trevor how he had worked so hard for this job, and it seemed nothing Trevor said about other rewards such as time with your family mattered much to Chase. In the end Pamela said she wanted Chase to quit Delta, that she couldn’t be a single parent anymore basically. She expected his answer when he returned from his latest assignment.

I can’t see them breaking up these two, as it would mean Pam is out . . . or would it? I don’t know. I keep expecting her to want to go back to work, with the kids older it could happen. I could see her being a civilian employed by the base security somehow. Without Chase would it continue to work? She ultimately wouldn’t be an Army Wife. I hope Chase does the right thing, but right now he’s my new “Frank,” IE the guy who is all about the army and only the army, family comes second.

Claudia Joy found out she was up for a Spencer Award, the highest honor an Army Wife can earn from the government. She then found out she’s competing against her arch nemesis Loraine! Ack, the monster is back! Okay really, Loraine? How long has she been married to her current husband? Not that long! I had issues there, but this is fiction and of course they had to create drama. Let’s just hope that other wife from last season isn’t also nominated, the one that took over when Michael left. SHIVERS!

The cliff hanger was Joan’s story. She was wounded saving a fellow soldier over in Iraq, was flown to Germany, and may lose her sight. She was in the OR as the show ended. As with Pam and Chase, I can’t see her being discharged. Desk duty though . . . possibly. I can also see the same conflict with Roland that Trevor and Roxy had last season because of that, so I hope they don’t rehash that storyline again.

And that’s how Sue . . . wait never mind. Wrong show!