Army Wives: Casino Night and Stuff
Roland’s mother was still around for this episode, but was getting ready to head back home to her job. Joan and Roland hadn’t started looking for a nanny, she suggested they start now. Joan of course had an insane list of qualifications, and they all hated everyone who applied for the job. They asked her to stay, but she said she had her own job, which she liked. In the end Roland decided to leave his job to stay home with their daughter. Joan was thankful and Roland’s mother was proud of him.
Denise befriended the wife of an injured soldier (guest star Rumer Willis) at the hospital. Her husband was probably going to be blind and for sure was going to be discharged. She had no idea what hey would do, she didn’t work and now he wouldn’t be able to either. There were plans for her to go back to school, but later on. Denise got the idea to set up a program to help army wives in the these situations. There were programs to help wounded soldiers transition, but not for the wives. Michael approved the program, and he finally apologized to Denise for the way he treated her. He admitted her marriage to Frank was not an army issue, and he loved them both no matter what happened.
Emmalyn continued with her pen-pal program, only to learn her pen-pal Logan was coming home. She wanted to meet him, hoping he want to meet her. He did, and when they met, they hugged. This was seen by Jennifer Conners (the bitch wife) who used it to make trouble. She told Claudia Joy how she saw Emmalynn with her soldier boyfriend, but Claudia Joy said they were just pen pals. Jennifer pointed out they shared a serious hug. This of course got Michael a bit upset, threatening to court marshall this guy if he was out of line with his daughter. Claudia Joy thought they were just kids. Michael said she was a minor, he was an enlisted adult, this was illegal.
Jennifer also found out Claudia Joy was planning a Casino Night fundraiser. She suggested they have a minimum table buy in, but Claudia Joy felt that would discourage people from playing or having fun. Jennifer had done this before, assuring Claudia Joy people would play and they’d raise more money. Claudia Joy agreed, but said bingo would remain open to anyone.
At casino night everything was a hit, Jennifer’s suggestions worked. The proceeds in part went to Denise’s new program and to help the one wife pay tuition to go back to school. Jennifer also had a talk with Emmalynn, about her pen pal. She told her a story about a former love she had when younger, how he was older, how her mom hated it, and how he tragically died. Basically she encouraged Emmalynn to be with her guy. Emmalynn called Logan and they met at the park, holding hands and walking off together.
Pam and Chase were dealing with their angry son, whose birthday was coming up. Chase agreed to a party, whatever he wanted. However he was called off on a mission, and the son wanted no party. Roxy convinced Pam to plan one anyways and sneak it up on him, which she did at the pool. Fortunately Chase returned home just in time for the pool party.
Finally Trevor was fearing he may be discharged from the army. If that happened he wanted to move to Wyoming and start over. Roxy pointed out she had the bar, a job here, all their friends were here. Trevor felt so was the army, and he didn’t want to be here if he couldn’t be a part of that. He also reminded her how they always expected him to be transferred at some point. Roxy called Betty up to ask her what she thought. Betty told her to do it, sell her half of the bar and walk away. Betty said had she not spent her life in that bar maybe she would have had a man and been happy. Betty pretended she was at some resort, but in reality she was in the hospital. It seems the cancer was back, though she didn’t tell Roxy.
Roxy went to tell Trevor she’d move, but he decided they didn’t have to. After talking to his sponsor, he realized he can still serve the army, but as a civilian. They they went for the check-up to get the news on whether Trevor would be discharged.
My thoughts . . .
All in all I thought this episode was good, but it didn’t push the story forward too much.
The whole Roland/Joan/Roland’s mom story was boring in my opinion. I don’t have anything to add to it.
It seems they are setting Pam and Chase up for some serious marital issues because of Chase’s job. That’s been coming for awhile in my opinion.
Trevor actually annoyed me for most of this episode. If he was discharged all he could think about was himself and what was best for him, not Roxy or the kids. Fortunately he came to his senses, but only because he realized he could work as a civilian and still be part of the army. So basically they could stay, because it worked out for Trevor. Not too impressed!
I am beginning to wonder if they really are going to discharge Trevor and go along with this story, to have one of the army wives become a non-army wife. It would be interesting.
It also looks like they plan to kill Betty off. My guess is the season finale. I love Betty, I don’t want to see her go! However I honestly expected her to die at the end of last season.
Denise’s story also didn’t seem to serve much of a purpose other than some kind of educational awareness for the public. Next week Mac, the guy who gave her the bike, returns. Oh boy! Not what Denise needs right now honestly! I can see this causing issues for her and Frank for sure.
Finally Jennifer Conners, wow is this one a piece of work. She just seems to enjoy making Claudia Joy’s life difficult. What the heck did CJ ever do to her? I can’t figure out what her game or plan is, unless she wants to take over the FRG. It has to be bigger, I wonder if she plans to try and get her husband promoted somehow?
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