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The series begins with Roxy (Sally Pressman) moving onto the base after marrying a soldier following a four-day courtship. There she forms an unlikely friendship with a diverse group of spouses, including a powerful colonel's wife (Kim Delaney).
Roxy deals with the news that Trevor has been deployed, then helps Denise with defensive training after she catches Jeremy attacking his mother. Pamela is forced to care for the twins while the biological parents are out of town. Joan's erratic behavior causes concern for Roland.
Denise confronts her son about his abusive behavior. Roxy runs into her ex, who refuses to sign the paperwork relinquishing his parental rights. Pamela comes clean about her pregnancy in a public announcement. Joan deals with a soldier under her command who has a mental breakdown.
Denise waits for news on her husband as word of his downed chopper spreads. Roland and Claudia Joy are held hostage by a disturbed soldier who has a secret past with Joan.
Roxy learns a secret about Marilyn; Pamela gets bad news at Claudia Joy's Independence Day picnic; Roland asks Colonel Holden to be lenient on Joan, who is considering retiring rather than face court-martial.
Denise gets a surprise; Claudia Joy is concerned about Amanda's relationship with Jeremy; Roxy's mother shows up unannounced.
Roxy's mother pays an unexpected visit and asks Pamela to help her plan a birthday party for Roxy to prove she has changed. Jeremy decides to enlist, upsetting his mother, while the Holdens try to stop his budding romance with Amanda by telling her of his past abusive behavior.
The Holdens plan a family vacation to get Amanda away from Jeremy; Denise decides to return to work as a hospital nurse; Pamela runs into an old friend while Roxy makes a new one, a recently widowed single mother who must leave the post due to her husband's death.
Joan returns home early, determined to get her marriage back on track. Denise misses Major Weatherford's party, where Claudia Joy overhears a heated, domestic dispute between Lenore Baker and her husband moments before he collapses, leaving Michael temporarily in charge at Ft. Marshall.
Being between a rock and a hard place would probably be easier for Claudia Joy than standing between Michael and her friend, Hannah (Ann Cusack), a war widow. Hannah is determined to testify before Congress on the possible cover-up of the friendly-fire death of her husband, and the issue causes strife on the base. But no one feels more conflicted than Claudia Joy, whose loyalty to her husband is pitted against her loyalty to---and personal feelings for---her friend.
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Cast & Crew
Denise Sherwood
Joan Burton
Patricia Moran
Michael Holden
Trevor LeBlanc
Critic Reviews for Army Wives Season 1
All Critics (17) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (4)
While lacking the satirical humor of [Desperate] Housewives and the edge of [The] Unit, the show is serviceable in its storytelling, quite well-done in its production and better than well-done in its acting.
Stand ready to salute the best new drama series in Lifetime's lifetime.
The show succeeds on a number of levels and builds on a well-crafted premise pilot.
At a certain point, the soapy qualities could kick in and bring these characters to life, but as it stands, Army Wives feels as empty as expressing "Support the troops" sentiments on a bumper sticker.
The effects of war on the home front are unmistakable and are dealt with in a surprisingly straightforward manner.
Army Wives is evidence of the channel's good shopping sense as opposed to production savvy.
The producers of Army Wives seem determined to deliver a conscientious depiction of life for military families. They need to remember they aren't making a documentary.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with a good soap opera. It's just that Army Wives doesn't start out as a particularly good soap opera.
What begins as a guilty pleasure becomes a legitimately enthralling series by the end of its fourth episode.
It tells entertaining stories that combine fiction with the very real drama associated with marrying into a military life.
Army Wives offers an intriguing premise that's bogged down in its execution by uninspired, unimaginative stories.
The Army wives know how to make it last.
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