Posted by Dustin on 07.07.2008 at 10:35 pm

In this episode, the remains of a long lost Vietnam vet were found and set to be returned home. The only living relative was the man’s daughter, who happened to be stationed on the base. When Michael went to see her though, he was shocked that she would not be attending. As it turned out, her father died before she was even born, she never knew him. Her mother remarried and that is the man she considered her father. She also said her biological father was a foster kid, so as far as she knew he had no other family.

Claudia Joy later talked to her, psychoanalyzing her and suggesting perhaps the reason she enlisted was to feel some kind of connection to the father she didn’t know. The woman did not seem to appreciate this at all. She also told Claudia Joy her step-father was black, so she was constantly reminded he wasn’t her birth father. She said she didn’t need to join the army to try and feel close to her birth dad.

Meanwhile Trevor came home this week and everyone was calling him a hero, which he was having a hard time with. He didn’t want to talk about what happened, but the army sent a press liaison over to basically coach him and arrange for a press tour with him.

Trevor went on Pam’s show and said he did what he was trained to do, what anyone would have done, and he doesn’t think that makes him a hero. He talked about the people the army has on hire, the scientists who go out and find the remains of long lost soldiers. He said they were heroes because they were bringing people home, and he told everyone to attend the memorial for the Vietnam vet. In the end, many people attended the vet’s funeral services, including his daughter.

Also going on, Joan met the guy who was set to replace her while she was on maternity leave. She was shocked he was starting training so early. She noticed he had no combat patch, and he grumbled how he feels he would have been promoted to colonel by now had he seen combat. Joan became worried, she saw the guy as a climber, someone who would do whatever it took to climb the ranks and she felt he might be after her job on his way up the ladder.

Over in Iraq, Frank talked to a guy whose wife left him . . . while he was in Iraq. Frank began to worry, he talked to Denise about the changes in her that he was seeing and how they scared him. He tried his best to convince her to sell her bike, and she seemed to agree.

Later Denise was furious when a man showed up to buy the bike. She found out Frank had not only took it upon himself to put a listing in the base paper, but agreed on a price with the guy over email! Denise said her bike was not for sale and she was livid.

Later Getti met Denise at a restaurant where she was having breakfast. He talked about how he had to go all over town to find this place, which she mentioned had great pancakes. He joined her, but then they got a call about an incoming trauma. Unfortunately Denise had been so into riding around she didn’t realize she was out of gas. Getti told her to hop on the back of his bike and they’d go in together, which is what they did.

In The Coming Weeks

My Thoughts
This seemed to be a pretty slow episode honestly. I’m thinking it’s the calm before the storm when some serious you-know-what hits the fan. Unfortunately I really don’t have much to comment on.

My usual annoyance and dislike of Joan was traded in for loathing and disgust for Frank. When he pulled that stunt with the bike sale I was in total shock. At that moment I started having very bad thoughts about Frank, specifically very bad things happening to him. I’m beginning to think we are going to have are very first “Army Wives” divorce coming up soon.