First of all, I was very glad to get back to our regularly scheduled Army Wives this week. Not to take anything away from those of you who enjoyed last week’s divergence, but clearly there was a lot of drama to get to this week, and I for one was anxiously awaiting it.
I like that Pamela has something interesting going on in her life, with Chase and his torture/helicopter crash drama, but don’t you think she’s pushing a bit too much? I understand that she’s frustrated, and that she feels in general that he shuts her out, but think about it this way: if he was captured and tortured, for any amount of time, shouldn’t she give him the space to deal with it however he needs to, instead of hounding him for the details?
No, he shouldn’t waste his limited time at home with his family, but maybe Chase is trying to distance himself from them now that he’s come so close to the end. Or maybe he just needs to breath a little bit. Either way, I think Pamela was way out of line getting on his case like that.
It was nice to see how sad Michael looked when he said goodbye to Joan. He really is just a good guy. Joan’s barring Roland from seeing her off at the airfield (couldn’t someone baby-sit Sarah Elizabeth?) was a lot too selfish, though not out of character for her, but I think she’s right that it would have been a mistake to bring the baby to see her off. Not that Joan really “lost control” at home, but either way.
And I have to agree with Roland and Claudia Joy — no good could come from telling Joan that the baby was sick, either while or after she was in the hospital. As a commander of men, does she need to worry even more acutely about her daughter while she’s in combat? Michael may have been speaking from the perspective of wanting to be informed — I thought that would turn into some kind of fight — but Claudia Joy was right to say that those left behind need to be able to control the flow of information.
This entire plot between Trevor and Kanessa (Sonequa Martin) got me to thinking a lot about where the line is between taking advantage of kids with no other options, versus selling the military as a viable one. I’m not making a statement, or any sort of judgment call whatsoever; I was merely wondering how right it was for Trevor to basically tell Kanessa that the Army was her only option in life.
Yes, he sold it to her as a means to an end. True enough. But the means involves some very dangerous stuff. Clearly a recruiter isn’t going to lay out the military alongside college, or a job, and let you pick and choose — that’s not in their best interest. But isn’t there an argument to be made against looking for kids who are stuck in society’s perpetual cycle (not to say that he did that), and telling them that only the military can save them now? Just my thought for the day.
Oh, and Roxy? Shut up and realize that Trevor took a job that will keep him home from war. So he’s busy with a lot of work-related stuff … he’s not going to be deployed again. Hello?!?
Lastly, just a word on the thus far unmentioned major story this week — Jeremy may have grown since joining the Army, but it doesn’t make up for who he was or what he did. They’re wasting an emotional story on a character who I feel no empathy for. And, to be quite frank, one that Denise and Frank shouldn’t feel anything for, either.
Season three’s coming to a close soon — I wonder who gets this year’s cliffhanger….
Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Sep 29, 2009 @ 15:00 EST5EDT
