"Previously on "army wives"... wow,amanda,you look... great." "You're the one going towest point,mr.Officer,sir." "I don't know about that." "Is your father home?" "I hit my mother again,sir." "I should wipe this floorwith your ass." "You tell your fatherwhat you did." "Why is it okayfor me to marry trevor, and yet I can't let him adopt my kids?" "Because they're your kids." "what I did over there-- if you knew,you wouldn't love me." "Do you hear that?" "She's crying." "We have to help them." "We did help them." "You did this." "I had a soldier admittedfor a psych evaluation." "He sort of lost it." "Were you in any danger?" "Nope." "Is there anything I can do?" "No." "here's the fileyou requested,dr." "Burton." "Look,I gotta go,okay?" "My time is up." "I love you,frank,always." "Always,always,babe." "Claudia joy,may I speakto you for a moment,please?" "There's been an accident." "It was a black hawk." "I'm sorry to tell you,frank was aboard the chopper that went down." "they don't know yet if frank is one of the missingor one of the dead." "When will we know something?" "we should haveI.D.S on the deceased within 24 to 48 hours." "I need to go home." "You can't be alone." "You stay here." "We have plenty of room." "I need to be in my home." "Frank might try to call." "Then I'm coming with you." "Sweetheart,wait." "You know what?" "I reallydon't need you to come." "I wanna come." "Maybe we shouldcall jeremy first." "You know what?" "After allhe's put me through," "I couldn't care lessabout jeremy right now." "Thanks for inviting meto the movie,amanda." "I had to." "You had "the face" on." "What?" ""The face"--the one that says," ""I'm buying a ticketto the australian outback and going to livewith the bush people." "" A lot of people have itafter talking to my dad." "Well,we just had someserious things to talk about.That's all." "Look,anyways,I should go." "It's good seeing you again,amanda." "You,too,emmalin." "Jeremy... is everything okay?" "We can go get a coffeeor something." "That's all right." "I'll see you around." "Jeremy,man." "What are youdoing here?" "Haven't you heard?" "Heard what?" "A black hawk went down in iraq." "They're sayingyour dad was onboard." "Jeremy!" "Well,if frank's oneof the missing,then what?" "Each situation is different." "Could take days,weeks..." "weeks?" "Sometimes even monthsbefore we find 'em." "I'll tell you this,though,ladies" "I'm gonna do everythingin my power to bringthose soldiers home." "Mom!" "Mom!" "mom!" "Are you all right,honey?" "Yeah,I think so." "Mom!" "What's--what's going on?" "She's in shock,sweetheart." "Do you know anything?" "I'm sorry." "We don'T." "Come on." "Let's go inside." "Mom?" "Denise?" "Denise?" "What are you doing?" "There was no word from frank." "I have to go there." "You need to stay here." "Frank would comefor me if I was hurt,so I have to go therefor him,to be where he is." "Mom,are--are you crazy?" "You can't go to iraq." "You of all peopleshould not be telling me what to do right now." "Mom,what isthe matter with you?" "Your father might be dead,jeremy." "That's what'sthe matter with me." "And you know what?" "The last time I spoke to him,I lied to him about you, telling himwhat a good son you are,going to west point." "I lied to my husband,and I get to live with that for the rest of my life." "And you... you hit me,jeremy." "You hit meand you betrayed him." "And you get to live with thatfor the rest of your life." "Now get out of my way...both of you." "Denise!" "Claudia joy,I haveto get to the airport." "No,you're not." "You're notleaving this house, you're not gettingon an airplane and you're not flying to iraq." "You're stayingright here with me." "Army Wives Season 1 Episode 4" "28 seconds." "Not bad." "One out of the black." "Damn it." "I spend eight hours a day for the last six weeks just shooting, and I always pull the last one." "It's like I have a mental block or something." "Okay,chase,you dragged me out here at the crack of dawn." "I know it's an emergency,but what aren't you telling me?" "You know I can't answer that,pamela." "I'm not stupid,chase." "I know delta has to send ground support to iraq to recover major sherwood and those men." "Pamela,don't ask me to talk about this." "But that's what we're doing here." "You're going to iraq,right?" "All I can tell you is that if they need me,I'm gone." "So that's it?" "There's no warning?" "No good-bye?" "None." "Absolutely no contact when I'm away." "Not even e-mails." "Yeah,well,that sucks." "You're an excellent shooter, chase,with perfect trajectory, till you take that final shot,and then you blinked,pulling your eye off the line." "So you're right." "It is a mental block." "Relax." "Shoot between the heartbeats." "Your turn." "you've been awake all night,haven't you?" "anything?" "No." "what do we got?" ""Dear god,bring frank home." "" I added the "dear god" part." "I think it would work." "Yes." "It's perfect." "What about you?" "I did the clouds." "well,finn,I have to say, they are the most absolutely bestest orange clouds that I have ever seen." "Now let's get thesewritten up,okay?" "'Cause we wanna surprisemrs.Sherwood first thing." "Your pens have stoppedwriting." "Why is that?" "Look." "Oh,looky here." "Must be chit time again." "Let me ask youa question,todd." "Do you ever eat?" "Sleep?" "Shower?" "Anything other than... yeah.I guess thatred and blue lawns are against code." "Mm-hmm." "Sorry." "Thank you." "Hey,are you trying towallpaper the house with these?" "You knowif we get enough of 'em, they're gonna kick us off the post." "We'll just moveinto the hump bar." "It'll be fine." "Okay." "We're done with the other sign!" "Yay!" "It says,"I love you,denise." """I love you,denis." "" here." "Hand me that pen." "What's wrong with it?" "Uh,it's a french word,buddy." "They're hard to spell." "Ready?" "Just a little "E." "" perfect." "Okay." "Good." "Take 'em to the car." "hey." "run to the car--car, car,car,car,car." "I'll be right there." "sometimes I love those boysso much it hurts,you know?" "Yeah." "I know." "That's why I'm gonna mailthe adoption papers today... because you do know." "thank you." "Thank you so muchfor doing this." "Get any sleep?" "I know this is hard,jeremy,and you're scaredabout your dad,but,uh, your motherneeds you right now." "She may not show it." "She may not ever say it." "But you justkeep showing up." "You keep taking itno matter what she says." "It's your turnto be there for her now." "Yes,ma'am." "I will be." "intel confirmsit was a modified R.P.G. Near fallujah thatbrought the chopper down." "The insurgents were displaying charred piecesof the wreckage to the press, having a real celebration." "And what aboutthe casualties?" "Still no I.D." "Thank you for calling." "Roland..." "hmm?" "I know that you and denise sherwood are good friends, but if she's lucky,her husband's already dead." "How can you say that,joan?" "You don't know whatthey do to prisoners." "I do." "All nine of those soldierscome from this post." "The hospital is gonna beinundated with people today,just looking for hope." "And I'm gonna give itto them... because there'salways hope,joan." "Evenin the bleakest of worlds,there's hope." "I know sergeant belgradtried to kill himself in front of you." "And,no,his file didn'ttell me what happened to the two of youin afghanistan." "But I do know this,joan." "Regardless of what happened,even if it meansour marriage is over," "I'm damn lucky thatmy wife came home alive." "here you go." "Oh,thank you." "You're welcome." "So how will we knowif frank's alive?" "Thank you." "The news." "You mean,we watch T.V. To find outwhat happened to her husband?" "Yeah,it's beenlike that for a while-- ever sincethe news went 24/7." "The media breaks thestory before the C.A.O.Can even get here." "What's a C.A.O.?" "Casualty assistance officers." "You know,the men in green suits that walk up to your door,knock,tell you your husband's dead?" "hi." "hi." "I'm so sorry." "Thank you." "Ma'am." "We're here for you." "Thank you." "denise." "I... keep thinking,I got the "X."" "From that shirley jackson story,"the lottery," where they stonethe woman to death." "You just never thinkit's gonna happen to you, and then... you draw the "x,"and you're the one." "it's cold." "roland." "Hey." "I forgot food." "Is that bad?" "Oh,no worries." "It's good to see you." "Likewise." "Is she all right?" "You mean,now that she'snot going to the airport?" "She didn't sleep all night." "It's understandable." "Look,if you get a chance,stop by my office today." "I'll write hera prescription for a sedative." "It'll help keep her calm." "Good." "Thanks." "Sure." "roland." "I'm so sorry,denise." "Is there anything I can do?" "tell all these people to leave." "You serious?" "'Cause I will,if you want me to." "You know,I am serious." "in fact,I will do it myself." "I'm sleep-deprived.I'm stressed.I'm" "I'm pissed off,and I don't really carewhat people think anymore." "It's very liberating." "Thank you all for coming." "I know what it's like... stopping your lifeto make a cake from scratch for someone you barely know... thinking,that poor woman." "Her husband is dead." "She's just gonefrom major's wife to just another widow, and in six months,she'll have to move off-post,no longer welcome here, and someone else will move into this housebecause,well,that's the way it goes." "Dad isn't dead." "But you'd like that,wouldn't you?" "That would solveall your problems." "Please,everyone,just go." "I need to be alonefor a while." "I know." "Yeah,I knowwhat the rules are,michael." "But please,if you learn anything,call me immediately." "I do not want a strangerwalking up to this house telling deniseher husband died." "I love you,too." "So we leave her alone?" "For now." "Sometimes you have to takepeople at their word, even if it means leavingwhen they ask you to." "So I guess we all just stayin touch throughout the day, and,uh,when she's up to it,we'll come back." "I'll be at the hospital if anybody needs me." "I'll see you there." "All right." "So what are yougonna do now?" "Are you asking meon a date?" "Yeah,if you think I'm hot." "Well,my kids are at school, and I don't have to beat work until later,so I'm all yours." "What's wrong?" "Chase.Um, he's in delta force,and they're sendinga team to iraq... so he could beon a plane right now,and I wouldn't even know it." "I better step it up then..." "maybe show youa little skin." "that's not bad." "I'm recusing myselffrom the belgrad case." "If you run into any problems,please see dr." "Morgan." "Everything's fine." "It's justa conflict of interest." "I'll leave the flleon your desk." "Thank you,dr." "Burton." "Yahtzee." "Thank you." "Hello." "Hi." "Perfect timing." "So these sedatives,do they come in economy size?" "Absolutely.Banana flavored also." "Banana?" "Absolutely." "you know,roland,I am worried about her." "Family is everythingto denise." "She's had some problemswith her son,and--and now this with frank." "I don't know how much moreshe can handle." "Joan's suffering,too." "I was afraid so." "Is there anything you can do?" "Not until she asks for help,and even then,I can't treat herfor obvious reasons." "I would like to think thatno matter what we do, regardless of the medicationand the therapy, that who we are fundamentally is what gets usthrough a crisis." "It's why some people crumble and why some peoplethrive and excel." "It's our core,and I would liketo think that never changes." "I can't imagine how I'd copein those situations." "But then you think what we allgo through on a daily basis, and it's a miracle any of usare still standing." "Can I buy you a quick lunch?" "I would like that." "Can you go now?" "hey,what are you doing?" "Who are you?" "Sit down right there on the floor." "Easy." "Right now!" "Get your wife on the phone." "sergeant belgrad." "Dr. Burton,get your wifeon the phone,or I shoot your friend." "colonel burton." "I'm here with your husband,and I have a gun pointedat his head,and it's loaded." "Belgrad?" "Tell her." "he's tellingthe truth,joan." "I'm with claudia joy at the hospital." "Do you believe me now?" "Whatever you want,this isn't the way-- youhave 30 minutesto get here,or they both die." "girl,you've gota lot of hair." "Yeah,and I'd like to keepit all if you don't mind." "Ow!" "Stay still." "I willtu you blonde,I promise." "You know,when I was talking date,I was thinking drinkswith umbrellas,you know?" "Just so you know." "I'm sure you were,boozy." "where'd you getthe skills anyway?" "Marda's bar and hair salon." "Ooh." "That's right." "That's my mom marda." "She's an alcoholic hairstylist." "Oh.Well,that explains a lot." "shut--uh-oh." "good,maybe I'llleave you there." "Take that." "And turn that down." "roxy's beauty supply.Can.." ". what?" "this ismajor sherwood's wife." "Oh,my god." "Mom,what is it?" "That was amanda." "I have to go to the hospital." "Claudia joy was taken hostage." "I'll go with you." "please exitthe building." "Move!" "Four-pointon that structure!" "get me the suspect!" "Get me eyes on!" "yes,sir." "Colonel holden." "What do we got,major?" "Psych patient,sergeant peter belgrad, assaulted an M.P.,Took his weapon." "Is currently holdinga civilian doctor and an unidentified femalehostage in his office." "Belgrad?" "I just called his C.O. The other day about him." "She said she handled it." "I summoned delta." "They're sending shooters." "There's belgrad's C.O.Soldier,stand down." "Let her through." "Belgrad's got roland in there..." "roland?" "And claudia joy." "I'm sorry,sir." "is--is someone gonna tell uswhat the hell is going on?" "He gave you a deadline?" "Yes,sir.Half-hour." "When was that?" "Ten minutes ago." "All units of bravo one,be advised--intel update." "The suspect has givena 20-minute deadline before he startskilling hostages." "Alpha one,prepare for rescue assault." "bravo control,this is alpha one." "We arein position and ready." "Roger that,alpha one." "Sierra one,status?" "Over." "control from sierra one." "We have movement in the window." "Three tangos--male in lab coat,male in t-shirt,holding a pistol,female in a light blouse." "We have a clean shot." "Roger that,sierra one.Stand by." "Sierra one,standing by." "do you--you want meto answer it?" "did I tell you to answer it?" "you should answer it." "Why are you talking?" "I don't know." "I figured if I'm gonnadie before lunch, I might as wellget my two cents in." "it stopped." "Might have beenlieutenant colonel burton." "I do wanna talk to her." "Why?" "Why do you wannatalk to my wife?" "That's between me and her." "And us,being that we're here." "I don't like itwhen you talk." "Claudia joy holden?" "You're colonel holden's wife?" "All right.You met with belgrad." "Your report saidhe was suicidal." "Was thereanything else going on?" "He pulleda sidearm on me,sir." "Why the helldidn't you report that?" "I know this guy." "He is a good soldier." "I-I thought he couldpull himself together." "I was wrong." "Burton,what the hellis the matter with you?" "You completelyviolated protocol,and now that decisioncould get my wife killed." "Sir." "dad,you're gonna save her,right?" "Girls..." "Listen." " daddy,please." "Everything's gonna beokay,all right?" "I promise you." "Mrs.Sherwood's over there." "I need you to stay with her.Please." "what do you want?" "This is major george steuer." "Is this sergeant belgrad?" "Where's burton?" "She's there with you,right?" "She's on her way." "Glad you picked up,sergeant." "How are things?" "You have 15 minutes." "Look,we've got roadblocks up." "We're gonna need an additional half-hour to get her here." "I said 15 minutes!" "he hung up." "They're stalling me!" "After everythingI did for them!" "This country!" "This war!" "And for what?" "They don't knowwhat's going on out there." "No one has any ideawhat we go through." "Wait a minute." "Holden... it was colonel holden'sdaughter on the T.V." ",Protesting the war,right?" "That's right." "It was." "See,she has my sympathies." "I was proud of her." "She made people think." "Because you're right... no one does knowwhat's going on over there." "And we're all affected by it." "Everyone feels the same." "It doesn't matterwhat you believe." "The pain is the same." "control from sierra one." "Target has stepped out of range." "We no longerhave a clean shot." "we have one narrow vectoring the room." "I've lost visual contact." "Roger that,sierra one." "Report when youreacquire the target." "Looks like we've gottago in through the door." "Let me go in there,sir." "It's me he wants." "Not an option." "He holds me responsible for something that happened." "What are you talking about?" "Just let me go in." "I can reason with him." "Burton,if you know something about what's going onin that man's head, you better start talking,and I mean now." "you wannatalk to my wife,right?" "Before I left the housethis morning... she told meshe has no more hope." "Is that how you feel,peter?" "That's no way to be." "I mean,there's always hope." "Without it,I-I wouldn't-- I wouldn't have made it back." "Then we think alike." "Because hopeis the only thing that's been keeping megoing home every night." "My wife wantsto end our marriage." "She's having a hard time,just like you are." "You married,peter?" "Yeah." "She left me a week ago." "She took my kids." "Said she couldn'tlive with me anymore." "What's your wife's name?" "Sarah." "I named a mountainafter her." "A mountain?" "Our platoon wasoccupying a firebase on the border of pakistanand afghanistan." "And we were--we werealready 3,000 feet up." "And then they sent usanother 3,000 feet to look for cavesfor counterreconnaissance." "And I told themthat I was gonna run straight upwithout stopping." "No one believed me." "Halfway up the mountain,it started to rain,and they're yellingat me to stop." "But I--but I kept going, and I reached the top." "I could--I could barely breathe." "And I looked straightinto the heart of pakistan." "Lieutenant colonel burtoncame up to me and told me since I wasthe first one up" ",that I gotto name the mountain." "So I took out my knife... and I carved "mount sarah"into the rock." "When was that?" "One year ago." "what else happened,peter?" "Tell me about the little girl." "Who told you about that?" "Uh,you told dr." "Carter." "He told me." "I'm his supervisor." "Orit's not right." "What's not right?" "We should have saved her." "Belgrad's patrol wasambushed in kandahar." "He took shrapnelto the chest,lost a lot of blood." "His unit was outnumbered, so they did what they could." "They left himwith an afghan family,promised to return and headed backfor reinforcements." "The area was so hot,it took daysto mount a rescue." "This family--they-- they took good care of him... particularlythis one little girl." "I guess she was about... 10." "She cleaned my wounds." "She even cut up her own blanketto--to make bandages." "I mean,her familyshared everything they had." "And when I say poor,I mean no electricity, dirt floor,the same meal for days." "So when I got betterand I left,I promised them that I would beback to help them." "I processed belgrad'srequest to aid the family." "We thoughtreturning to the village would be a good opportunityto develop local intel." "So we packed up household items,some medical supplies,and we headed out." "We thoughtthe area was pacified,but when wepulled up to the village,there was smoke." "We take coverbehind this rise." "And no one sees us,but we can see themperfectly." "Who?" "The insurgents.They're--they're total savages." "and they'retaking revenge on them because they hadhelped an american because they had helped me." "sir!" "You have to help them!" "And we're justwatching it happen." "There were at leasta dozen hostiles,heavily armed." "I had four men." "The rules of engagementare clear-- do not interferewith civilian affairs." "So I gave the order." ""Maintain cover." "" You believeshe said that?" "Ev they're beating peopleand burning huts, and she orders usto stay put,to do nothing." "and then they take her." "They take the little girl." "And in--in frontof the whole village,they rape her." "And she's screaming." "I-I can--I can still hear it." "then belgrad... stands up." "I can tell that he's goingto betray our position." "so I tackle him." "It took three of usto hold him down." "She's screaming." "She's just screaming." "But burton won't let me go." "Then I hear shots." "and I know she's gone, and I didn't stop it." "see,I" " I didn't save her." "After the girl was... after the girl was killed... and belgrad was contained... we withdrew." "you acted correctly,burton." "Did I?" "You protected your men." "she's a little girl." "And I didn't save her,and I should have saved her." "You couldn'T." "Yes,I could have." "Except for burton." "It was her fault." "Do you hear me?" "It was wrongto stay there like cowards." "No,peter.Just listen to me." "It was wrong." "War doeshorrible things to people,but it shouldn'tkeep us from being human." "Burton--she wouldn't let me-- she wouldn't let me go!" "I know." "But I'm a--I'm a solider,and she wouldn't let me go!" "Look,I understand now." "She was following orders." "That was wrong." "Maybe it was." "Maybe there are higher orders that we allneed to be following." "We're down to five minutes." "Belgrad disconnected the phone." "The snipers don't have a shot." "I'm sending in the assault team." "What are the chances the hostages survivethe assault team?" "90%,sir." "That's not good enough." "We got a few more minutes." "Let's seewhat the snipers come up with." "Yes,sir." "Sierra one,report immediately when youreacquire... hey,peter." "Why don't youput down the gun?" "And we'll keep talking." "control from sierra one." "We have reacquired target." "We have a clean shot." "Sierra one,bravo.Stand by." "Standing by." "Colonel?" "Yep." "Deadline's up in one minute." "Subject is noncommunicative." "I'm orderinga sniper-initiated assault." "Do it." "Sierra one,this is bravo." "You are clear.Repeat,you are clear,operation pink mist." "listen to me." "You're alive... becausethat little girl saved you." "110 meters." "Confirming 110 meters." "Is thiswhat she would've wanted?" "Two clicks up." "To have you hurt someone elsebecause of her?" "What do you want from joan?" "I don't know." "Damn it." "I-I need herto say she's sorry." "She is sorry,peter." "I know she is." "control from alpha one." "We have one subject down." "Hostages are recovered." "Repeat,hostages are recovered." "All operators are accounted for." "We are clear." "sierra one,go ahead and break down." "Report to rally pointfor debrief." "let's go." "I don't want to see you go no,I don't want to be alone are you hurt?" "It's okay." "You're okay." "it's okay." "It's okay." "It's all right." "All right." "Ka claudia joy,you have to go." "where?" "You have to be debriefed." "It won't take long." "It's okay." "Girls,she's okay." "Your mom is okay." "claudia joy!" "The End Army Wives Season 1 Episode 4"