According to Access Hollywood, Wynonna Judd will appear as herself on a May 16th episode of “Army Wives” and will sing two songs in an army fund raiser at Ft. Marshall.
The new season begins airing in April and will be 18 episodes long.
“Army Wives” is returning very early this year it seems. The show, which Lifetime usually airs as a Summer show, begins its fourth season on April 14th!
So last night was the season 3 “Army Wives” finale, and just like the previous seasons, it was the last few minutes that left us with the “Oh Ma Gaw!” moments. Here is sort of a bullet point rundown of the major moments . . . .
-Roland learned that Price was wanted by the FBI for the bombing of a federal building back when he was a student.
- The army decided to ban soldiers from a section of the town strip where army personnel were causing disruptions as it was bad PR. Thanks to Jeremy, The Hump was on the list of banned establishments.
- Roxy lost most of her business, and found out The Hump has been banned for a year. On top of that, she’s pregnant and was afraid to tell Trevor, who realized maybe now wasn’t the time to have a baby.
- Roxy found out about Viola’s offer to sing in the club in Atlanta and pushed her to take it.
- Pamela had it with Chase after he missed his daughter’s dance recite to help a work buddy. She said it wouldn’t be long before the kids also notice even when he’s here, he’s not really with them. He proposed a family trip to Myrtle Beach to get things back on track.
- Lenore the gossip monger returned to base as the new wife of General Ludwig, the man who had come to evaluate Ft Marshall as a possible candidate for being shut down.
- Michael was promoted to a two star general.
- Pamela learned Chase took a new training assignment as he was one of three guys specially picked. She warned him if he left and disappointed the kids again, they would not be waiting when he came home.
– The Final Moments –
- Roxy told Trevor about the baby, he was of course thrilled.
- In Iraq, Joan’s troop was ambushed and an insurgent fired a rocket launcher, blowing up a jeep she had taken cover behind.
- Chase came home to find Pamela and the kids gone, Pamela had packed her drawers and closet!
- Jeremy unlocked his father’s service revolver from a box. Denise and Frank pulled up in the driveway and as they walked toward the house they heard the gunshot!
My Thoughts
Ahhhhh! This show knows how to leave us hanging for a year at a time doesn’t it?
My guess is Price was a phony all along, never finishing school or really being a doctor. That’s why he needed Roland, to have someone who could write scripts.
Okay, so both Joan and Jeremy landed in mortal danger. Will one or both die? I can’t see Joan getting killed . . . wounded yes. But Jeremy? I hate to say it, but he could be a goner.
I didn’t think Viola would actually leave The Hump! I hope she finds a way to come back, I really liked her.
I don’t think it was fair that the army did that to Roxy’s business, or the others. How about baring any trouble making soldiers from them? Seems an unfair way to punish the good soldiers as well as the business owners who aren’t the problem!
Will they close Ft Marshall? That one was never resolved, and I think we know they won’t. It would be the end of the show!
Because I’m behind, and don’t want to get further behind, I’m doing a more of a thoughts post with some recap added in on the latest “Army Wives.”
First up, Michael got the news that Ft Marshall was on the shortlist of bases the Army might cut. Um, yeah since that would be the end of the show, I think all of us know that one isn’t going to happen.
Jeremy continued to deal with the loss of his friend, which was made worse this week when he learned the LeBlanc’s adopted Lucky. I felt so bad for Jeremy, who then got drunk and started a fight at the hump. Next week’s previews for the finale said we’ll be left speechless by a scene. I think Denise standing in front of her house with her hand over her mouth either says it all, or is a big misleading teaser. A lot of the stuff that happened in this episode was “drama’d-up” in last week’s previews for sure.
Trevor continued to coach and help the overweight out-of-shape kid, who passed all the tests he needed to get into the army. I just am worried that something will happen to this kid, like a heart attack or something, and will send Trevor into a downward spiral of guilt.
Roland and Price got arrested this week because of a patient and racist cops. OMG I was so cursing when all this went down, but it lead to a bigger story. Price, knowing the local cops had his prints, had to flee . . . the country I’m guessing as he grabbed his passport. He wouldn’t tell Roland why, because the less he knew the better. I’m thinking Price wasn’t a doctor at all, and that’s why he ran. He did mean well and want to help people, but either his license was revoked or he was a fraud.
Violet had to fill in for a singer who called out sick at The Hump, and shocked Roxy with how amazing she was. A talent scout was in the audience and made her an offer to sing in his club in Atlanta, which she refused. He wasn’t going to give up though. Are we going to lose Violet? My guess is no, as she’ll probably become the permanent singer at The Hump instead, as well as Roxy’s official business partner.
Finally the FRG competed in a golf tournament, one in which Denise was determined to win. However they had to replace players on their team with Roxy and Pamela, both who weren’t the best players. Denise lost it on poor Roxy, screaming at her for losing the game for them. Denise had to apologize, but Roxy was glad to know she wasn’t the only one to lose her Shhhhhh every once and awhile. I was hating Denise up until this part and Roxy’s line to her, which in fact made me giggle.
So this week we got a new episode of “Army Wives.” Not that last week’s wasn’t new, but it was mostly a filler episode as it was on Emmy night. This one advanced the current wives’ stories. As usual, first a mini-recap and then some thoughts.
Joan headed off to war this week, saying goodbye to Sarah Elizabeth and Roland. Soon after she left, Sarah Elizabeth came down with a serious case of pneumonia. She of course was saved by Army Doc guest star Linden Ashby (Melrose Place, Mortal Kombat). When Joan called Roland though, he told her nothing was wrong. When Michael found out, he felt Roland should be honest with Joan. Claudia Joy told Michael as their spouses, when they are in the field they don’t know how hard it is for them to manage on their own, and they have to make sure their spirits are kept up and they aren’t distracted by problems at home they can do nothing about. Michael of course wanted to know what Claudia Joy kept from him, but she wasn’t about to open up that can of worms.
Trevor continue to be devoted to making sure his first recruit Kinesa was signed up and sworn in. Of course she had more family issues, her sister OD’d and she was the only one to take care of her kids. In the end, Trevor convinced Kinesa to join up. Roxy however was not to pleased as she thought with Trevor staying home he’d have more time for their family. He however was bailing on family outings, even working on the weekends.
Jeremy came home this week and remained troubled by his friend’s death. He went to see his friend’s parents, to give them some things of his, as well as explain what happened. They didn’t blame him, even though he blamed himself. These scenes were just heartbreaking! Meanwhile Denise was studying for her paramedic qualifying tests.
Finally Pamela remained worried that Chase wouldn’t talk to her about what really happened to him. Worse yet, he was going out with Delta Force buddies, yet giving Pamela other stories as to where he was. When she point blank caught him in a lie, she was appalled. She realized how easy lying had become to him, even to her, and she wondered what other things he was keeping from her.
My Thoughts
So this one has been bothering me for awhile, but really hit home this week. I do NOT like the whole Trevor as a recruiter storyline. I know they tried to play it out as him helping a troubled youth better her life, but I felt it unfortunately came across as Trevor doing whatever it took to sign her up. It was like watching a car salesman do whatever necessary to make the sale.
Okay at the end of the show, Kinessa boarded a bus to go off to Army training. Wasn’t she just in high school 2 weeks ago?
Something tells me I’m not the only one a bit peeved with Trevor. Thanks to him becoming a workaholic, I am thinking Roxy is going to secretly go back on birth control, only to get caught by Trevor.
The previews for next week look amazing and full of drama. What was with Roland being arrested? Something tells me that jerk Price is involved!
As usual, a quick recap, then some thoughts . . .
First up, Claudia Joy was STILL not accepting her diabetes. Michael and Emmalynn got her this fancy medic alert bracelet, knowing she wouldn’t go for the plain jane one, but she was miffed by the gift. It was later at Emmalynn’s hockey practice where she met the captain of the JV team did she finally accept things. The captain also had diabetes, and was taking her readings and giving insulin to herself in the stands while Claudia Joy was nearby. They struck up a conversation, and well, Claudia Joy basically realized that a teenager was coping with this disease while she was acting like a child about it. She finally told the girls about it, showing them how to use the insulin should anything happen to her while she was with them, and later put on her bracelet.
Pam visited with a beat-up Chase at the army hospital, where he claimed he was involved in a helicopter crash and couldn’t contact her until he was debriefed. He was released and allowed to go home, where the kids were terrified when they saw how badly beat-up he was. Later when Pamela was helping him get into bed, one of his bandages came off. She saw burn marks and realized there was no helicopter crash. She was a cop, she knows the signs, he was tortured. When confronted, he said he was in a helicopter crash, leave it. Clearly he wasn’t allowed to tell her what happened.
Trevor continued to try and persuade the girl from the local high school to sign up for the army, do what was best for her, not worry about her family and how they expected her to support them. He had Joan talk with her, as Joan came from a similar environment. After seeing how important Joan had become and learning what she had done in the army, the girl officially signed up and became Trevor’s first recruit.
Meanwhile Trevor, because he hadn’t deployed, reminded Roxy of a deal they had made. When he was home, they’d work on another kid. Roxy wasn’t sure and admitted to Pamela how she had spent so long trying to find the right father for her boys, she didn’t want things to change. Pamela realized Roxy was afraid Trevor would favor the new baby as it was biologically his, and that she was being silly. Later after watching Trevor with the boys she chose to throw away her birth control.
Joan got her orders from Michael this week, she officially ships out next week! She broke down in tears as she held her baby.
Denise began working as a paramedic-in-training and got high praise from her supervisor. Meanwhile over in Iraq, Jeremy’s friend was killed while on patrol. Jeremy was feeling guilty as his friend was in the turret of the Humvee, where only moments before Jeremy was. Jeremy let him go up as he kept complaining his feet were hurting from walking beside the Humvee. Jeremy called home and his parents tried to keep Jeremy from blaming himself. Jeremy said he’d be home in a week, they were both supposed to be going home.
My thoughts . . .
First up, Trevor and his recruits. While he’s on a high right now that he signed that girl, I think things are going to come crashing down for him. That overweight teen who can’t seem to keep up with the PT group, but is pushing himself? Yeah for some reason I see a health scare coming up with him, and Trevor getting into hot water for it.
As for Roxy and the baby . . . will she really get pregnant? Probably, but clearly it’s also going have some kind of drama involved. She’ll probably find out she’s pregnant when Trevor ends up being taken off recruiting and shipped back out!
I’m very glad Claudia Joy came clean with everyone and is dealing with her diabetes better, as watching her act the way she was . . . well I was growing tired of it. Claudia Joy is the strongest woman on this show, I felt this was almost out of character for her really. I mean she had a worse time dealing with this than Amanda’s death it seemed!
I feel bad for Pamela as she knows Chase is lying to her, but she also has to realize this is what she married into. As a former cop, she has to also know she wouldn’t have been able to share details of cases or stake-outs with Chase either. But yes, it still sucks for her or anyone in this situation 
Next week’s episode looks like a total filler, a 40ths themed episode which goes back in time. I think somebody has been watching too much “Designing Women” at Lifetime!
After the jump are the official listings for the remaining episodes of “Army Wives.” Spoilers!
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!
Because of my illness this week, and it’s so late at this point, I’m simply doing a quick thoughts post on the latest “Army Wives” rather than a recap and a thoughts.
I don’t have too much to comment on Roxy’s older son’s jealousy of Finn, it was pretty much a filler storyline.
Trevor’s reluctance to agree to his friends request to call his family should something happen to him (and vice versa) just spells trouble. Yeah, someone is gunna end up having to make a call for sure now. I’ve been worried about Trevor all season, so this isn’t good.
I loved seeing Michael apologize to Denise and thank her for saving Claudia Joy’s life, but could he at least shake her hand or give the woman a hug!
Finally Claudia Joy found out that she has Type II Diabetes. Okay, now I know it’s a serious medical condition and all . . . but I was expecting something huge like a brain tumor. Of course we know they aren’t going to give her something that would kill her, as she is the major star of the show.
Finally the previews show Pamela worried as she hasn’t heard from Chase in awhile, and then a black car rolls up to her house. Have they killed Chase? Given there are still a few episodes left to the season, I can’t see them doing this now. I could see them thinking he’s dead, only to find out he’s not. Honestly though, I’ve been wondering when they would tackle the story of one of the “Army Wives” no longer being an army wife.
LOL on Lost, I knew they would never be able to give a satisfactory answer and half the fans would be ticked Otherwside I have to watch online. Do you think NBC has a hit on their hands with "Parenthood?"
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