There’s only so much mileage to be had from scenes in which everything stops while the characters focus on news footage from Iraq. As for the other guys, they range from meek to mighty, from selfless to selfish. Brown), a psychiatrist and the lone man among the “Wives,” to assert himself more with his wife, Joan (Wendy Davis), an alcoholic with post-traumatic stress, but their story has great potential. I’m still waiting for Roland Burton (Sterling K. Other regulars in the ensemble are Denise Sherwood (Catherine Bell), who tries to camouflage signs of physical abuse while raising a rebellious son, and Pamela Moran (Brigid Brannagh), who fears that the money she earns as a surrogate is being squandered by her irresponsible husband.Įven the men have texture and depth, a welcome departure from much of the fare on Lifetime. Katherine Fugate’s script creates many well-drawn characters, particularly Kim Delaney’s Claudia Joy Holden, the senior member of the group, and Sally Pressman’s Roxy LeBlanc, the free-spirited newcomer, newly married after a whirlwind courtship. The show succeeds on a number of levels and builds on a well-crafted premise pilot. The series, based on the book by Tanya Biank (who serves as consultant) takes the familiar Lifetime themes of sisterhood and mutual support and superimposes them on a culture with its own rigidly enforced social code. If so, that bodes well for “Army Wives,” a series about a group of women (and one man) who help each other get through the unique domestic problems associated with military life. Perhaps, then, viewers are ready for dramas about warfare and military sacrifice but not those rooted in the nitty-gritty details of the chaos and complexity of fighting in the Middle East. Meanwhile, two other series - “The Unit” on CBS and “24” on Fox - have succeeded with general anti-terrorist themes that were only loosely connected to the reality of the Iraq War. Delaney stars in "Army Wives," a dramatized the lives of soldiers fighting a war while the fighting was still taking place. Actress Kim Delaney poses as she arrives at the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills Februfile photo.
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