Just a few weeks ago, I absently wondered how the writers planned to dovetail a lot of aimless wandering into season-ending cliffhangers on Army Wives. Well, not only did they do so, but they managed to give each and every player a question for us to ponder over the hiatus. Well, almost.
Roxy and Trevor are “worried about money,” but the show’s website hyped that more than the episode did … I don’t think I would have realized that that was their “thing” had I not been looking at the episode summary. Sure, there’s the baby, but that’s more a development — and plot for next season — than anything else.
Speaking of which, is it only on TV that women “wait for the right time” to tell their husbands that they’re expecting? It seems to me like a process he’d be involved in, not in the dark for. And “accident” or no, I hate when shows have the pregnancy first revealed to a random person (in this case Viola) because the expectant mother is bursting at the seams and can’t keep the secret; why should their husbands get screwed like that? What did they do to deserve that?
Michael (and I guess Claudia Joy?) is dealing with the possibility that Fort Marshall is going to be closed. Yes, it’s sad, but in the meantime Michael was promoted to Major General, so it’s not like his job is in jeopardy. And it doesn’t really affect Claudia Joy directly, even if it means Lenore Baker (Rhoda Griffis) is back on post for a month.
Roland was supposed to seem overwhelmed with work and taking care of Sarah Elizabeth, with Joan deployed and Price (Clifton Powell) missing, but I must have missed that. And, seriously … Price’s wanted by the FBI for a 1980 protest? Are shows still using that ridiculous garbage as plot?
Of course Roland’s real cliffhanger, although he doesn’t know it, is the fire that Joan came under in Iraq, specifically the surface-to-surface missile launched at her position. I was a bit curious as to why a Lieutenant Colonel was out of her armored vehicle manning a post, even if they were stopped to deal with a situation, but if that’s protocol, it’s extremely commendable. What wasn’t laudable was Joan’s method of dealing with the Sheikh whose assistance she needed in order to protect her troops.
First of all, puffing her chest about all the obstacles she’s overcome relates little to common courtesy that should be paid when you’re a stranger in a strange land. Second, to come to his home without covering your hair? It is accepted far and wide that we adopt the customs of local people and places, particularly when they are religious ones. It was extremely disrespectful of Joan not to cover her hair for the meeting, and I don’t imagine there’s a single women in the military who wouldn’t have done so. That was a glaring omission on the part of the writers, and left me with a terrible taste in my mouth.
Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Oct 12, 2009 @ 13:00 EST5EDT
