Army Wives (2007–2013): Season 1, Episode 13 - Goodbye Stranger - full transcript

Previously on Army Wives...

Roxy, Sergeant Polarski.

This is the wife. Marilyn.

Now I am hallucinating.

You work here?

She was with a man.

The kind of man
who wasn't her husband.

I didn't tell anybody
about your stupid affair.

But you know what?
If you're so unhappy in your marriage,

why don't you do us all a favor
and get a divorce!

I wish I could.



There was a patient that needed me.
I couldn't leave her.

Look, it won't always be this bad.

When I get my degree,
the hours will become more regular.

I'm officially
an unpaid employee of the US Army.

This is Have At It. You are on the air.

Brigadier General
Michael James Holden.

Not yet.

The promotion ceremony's next week.
That makes it official.

But it does have a nice ring to it.

Joan and I have separated.

Let's just call this what it is.

It's a divorce.

I've been thinking I might defer a year.

This wouldn't have anything to do
with Jeremy, would it?



Your mother told me about your plan
to skip college this fall.

- It's a possibility.
- Whatever it is, I don't like it.

Amanda's not in her room.

What?

I can't believe you're here.

Something wrong?

Jeremy. I don't know how to say this.

I just knew it had to be in person.

It's just that I'm leaving for UVA
in a few days

and you'll be off to Fort Dix for training

and college is at least four years
and I just...

You don't want to be stuck with me.

With a soldier boyfriend

when you could be partying it up
on campus, is that it?

It's not like that.

- I love you, Jeremy.
- Then we can make this work.

By sending e-mails?
Talking on the phone?

We won't be able to see each other
for months at a time.

It's harder here
than I ever thought that it would be.

You're the only thing that's
getting me through basic.

Amanda, please don't do this.

Jeremy, you have to understand.

It's just that I've always had a plan.

Go to college,
make something of my life.

And then I fell in love with you
and it all just got crazy.

I thought about following you
to Fort Dix. But I can't.

I have to get my degree. I just...

I can't quit school like my mom did
to get married and have kids.

- So your mind's made up?
- Yeah.

This is what I want. I'm sorry.

I don't know
what I'm gonna do without you.

All right. Let's go.
- I win. Loser face.

We're going to Macon.
- How far is the drive?

Four and a half hours.

We're going to Macon
to eat all the bacon

With them it's gonna be
a little more like eight hours.

Do you remember the trek
from Tuscaloosa?

How could I forget?

T.J. Threw up on me twice,
Finn peed on me,

and you broke the dial
fighting me over the radio station.

- Good times.
- Good times.

We'll have even more of them when
we meet your parents for the first time.

Last chance to back out.

One little word: Marda. Mother.

No amount of in-laws
could scare me after that.

PFC LeBlanc.

Yes, Sergeant Ski.

Yeah, I'm pretty much ready.

Okay. Thank you, sir.

Rox. My deployment's been moved up.

What's that mean?

It means we can't go
to Macon anymore.

We're gonna have to do it
some other time, okay?

- When are you going to leave?
- Two days.

- What time?
- They don't tell you the time yet.

They're gonna call me on the day
with the exact hour.

Guys, I am so sorry.

Hey.

There's no excuse for you
taking off like this again.

I don't know what's gotten
into you anymore.

Can you please help me understand
what's going on here?

I just had to take care
of something else.

Something else?
You're on a 7:45 train to UVA tonight.

There's no time for something else.

I changed my ticket for tomorrow night.

Mom, you know, I'm dealing with a lot
of things that you have no idea about.

Believe it or not, I was your age once.
I do have some idea.

No, you don't. And even if I told you,
you would never even listen anyway.

All you want to do is try to fix things,
and I don't want you to fix me.

Do you hear yourself, Amanda?

Do you hear your tone of voice
when you speak to me?

I'm only trying to help you.

But the more I give, the worse it gets.

You have made it very clear

you don't respect some of the choices
I've made in my life,

but I am still your mother.

I'm still the person
who has taken care of you for 18 years.

I don't deserve this.

I'm sorry, Mom.

You're right.
I'm sorry I've been acting like this.

It's just all so overwhelming.
I don't know what to do anymore.

I think I'm pregnant, Mom.

- Does Jeremy know?
- No. I couldn't tell him.

I just broke up with him.

- I didn't want him to feel responsible.
- He is responsible.

- When did you take the test?
- I haven't yet.

Will you please stay with me?

That's right.

You're letting the kids
near your face with a razor?

They're plastic, Mommy.

Don't tell them,
they still got the razor guards on them.

Daddy! That's cheating!

Hey, does this mean my husband
is home from the East,

and he's going to hang
with us for awhile?

Yep. Daddy's home.

Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!

Come on. Yeah.

UVA doesn't know how lucky they are.

- Why?
- Why?

Because they're getting the best

political science major
they'll ever have.

Mom. Don't exaggerate.

I'm not. I'm serious.

I can see the woman you're gonna be.

You haven't caught sight of her yet,
but she's just around the corner.

And I'm damn glad
that test was negative.

- You've heard of condoms, right?
- Yes.

Congratulations on getting
your RN degree, baby.

Thank you.
You gonna jump out of a cake next?

No, I don't think so. Well, you look
better in a bikini than I do.

Honey, I know that I was hard on you
at first about going back to work.

But you've done good.

And I am very proud of you,
Nurse Sherwood.

Thank you.

Major Sherwood.

Yes, sir. I understand, sir.

I deploy in two days.
We're on the clock now, baby.

All right.
Alpha Company is up first today.

They're gonna be using
203s and frags.

So load up six cases of each.

This is the second munitions theft on
an Army post in the last six months.

Yes, sir, it is.

And you're sure this is a theft,
not a miscount?

Yes, sir. The seals on the crates
were clearly tampered with.

What exactly was taken?

Well, sir, after conducting
a complete inventory,

we found these items still missing.

Three Claymore directional
mines with detonators,

two white phosphorous grenades,

three 81 mm mortar rounds
and four frags.

- Suspects?
- We have 12 possibles.

- All soldiers?
- Yes, sir.

Our chief suspect is
PFC Adam Montgomery, sir.

His battalion only had one man
on post at the time.

Why is that?
There should always be two.

Bring him in for questioning.

Sir, chatter believes
that Fort Marshall may be a target.

- Has Intel confirmed this?
- No. Not yet.

Sir, we need to cancel
your promotion ceremony tonight.

Especially with all our top brass
in one room.

We need to promote you immediately.

We have to plus up our FPCON Alpha.

We got terrorists in our backyard.

- Hey. Hey, you.
- Hey back.

Look, about the sex talk.

I've been getting calls from the top
brass asking you to tone it down.

- The show's popular.
- Yes, but...

So we're doing something right.

And in three, two, one...

Hey, everybody.
This is Have At It with Pamela Moran.

I was just told no more sex talk.

So, no sex talk. Okay?

If you've got sex problems, take
your sex problems somewhere else.

So what else is there?

Hang on, folks. I'll be right back.

- You want me to say this on the air?
- Yes.

And they'll need you,
and your reassurance,

and your honesty more than ever now.

Sorry about that, folks.

Okay, so in case you're wondering
why it's been so busy

on Fort Marshall today,

it's because we've gone
to FPCON Alpha Plus.

And we know Alpha relates
to the global threat of terrorism.

But, hell.
We've gone to Alpha Plus here before.

We've bought the gas masks,
we've stocked up on bottled water.

But there's still one thing that
we can never really be prepared for.

And that's the fear.
How do we handle the fear?

My son, Lucas, once asked me if
the bad guys were gonna blow us up.

How do you answer that? How do you
explain terrorism to your kid?

How do you explain that at any time,
any place,

someone could just decide
to take us all out?

And that's why terrorism works.

Because we can't explain it.
We can't predict it.

It can happen anytime,
anywhere, by anyone.

So, all we can do is trust
that the military has our backs.

And then we let it go.

Because the only way to stop the fear
is by living.

Just living. Being with your family,
your friends, your community.

Look, there is nothing
we can do about it.

Except to seize the day.

We live while we can. Laugh
while we can. Love while we can.

And that, my friends,
is how we all beat terrorism.

So, have at it.

- I will always remember this day.
- Why?

Because terrorists are trying
to blow us up and we're flying a kite.

I bet it would really piss them off.

Probably.

But this is a big park.
No structures to blow up.

What does FPCON Alpha Plus
mean anyway?

It's the first phase of a terrorist alert.
Don't let strangers into your quarters.

Pay close attention
to radio and television.

So, basically be hyper-aware

or use the skills that I learned
cracking heads in a bar.

Yeah. Pretty much.

- I can't wait for tonight.
- Me, neither.

What about your son?
Did you get that arranged?

Yes. I sent him to Florida
with my mother.

He'll be safer that way.

We'll pick him up tomorrow
and I'll get the lawyers involved.

Don't you think you should just
tell George that you're leaving?

I can't. You don't know him.

When he first found out about us,
he lost it.

It's different on post.

When a wife has an affair,

it's like she's a traitor
to the country or something.

- Everyone hates her.
- Are you sure you wanna do this?

I married a man I don't like,
who doesn't like me.

I almost lost
the only man I've ever loved.

So, yeah, Eddie. I am ready for this.

- Where should we meet?
- The Hump Bar. Where else?

You okay?
- Should I be?

I mean, my husband's leaving me and
they won't even give me a return date.

They never give you the exact date
until a few days before his return,

but they should give you
a rough timetable.

What about you, Denise?
How are you doing?

- I'm used to it by now.
- I know.

But that doesn't make it any easier.

Yeah, you're right.
Thank you for asking.

More tea?
- Betty, when's your surgery?

- She's not having it anymore.
- Why not?

She's short three grand.

I keep telling her to sell the Hump Bar,
but she won't.

This place has been truer to me than
any man I've ever been with, Roxy,

I can't sell it.

It's better that we just
both go out together.

There has to be something we can do.

- Yeah.
Forget it.

I mean, besides, who needs surgery?
It's like putting lipstick on a pig.

Betty.

So why did you call us
all here, Roland?

Yeah. Trevor's off making me
his power of attorney,

so come out with it,
so I can go meet him.

Well, I was in Chicago yesterday.

I took a job at Northwestern.
And I leased an apartment.

So that means I'm leaving tomorrow.

So, just like that, you're leaving?

It's the right thing to do
under the circumstances.

Wow.

That's one of the hardest things
about Army life.

Seeing your friends come and go.

Can I just say you suck?
Is that appropriate?

All right. Now it is.

Our husbands are deploying

and now the only man in our harem
is leaving, too.

- Cheers.
Cheers.

Cheers.
- Cheers.

Move forward.
Present your ID, please.

One right here
without security pass on it.

Call it in.

- Hi.
- Hey.

- I wanted to see you before you left.
- It's good to see you, Joan.

They're lucky to have you
for an X O here.

Thank you.

I left the address
for my new place in Chicago.

The movers will be here first thing
in the morning to pick up the boxes.

- Bye, Joan.
- Bye, Roland.

Roland.

I'm pregnant.

What are we gonna do?

Just what we're doing.

You're gonna leave for Chicago,
we're gonna get a divorce.

This is not about changing plans.

It's about me doing the honorable thing
and telling you the truth.

Are you gonna keep the baby?

I don't know.

But whatever happens,
we'll talk about it.

You got a plane to catch. You better go.

Okay.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Division Intel has determined
the target is Fort Marshall.

Most likely a large area where
crowds gather. On an aircraft or a bus.

Intel suspects that the terrorists
contacted one of our soldiers

who needed some extra cash,
getting him to steal the munitions.

What have you got for me, Burton?

NIS and the FBI have been tracking
a terrorist cell here on the East coast

for about the last six days now.

My counterpart at Camp LeJeune

confirms that the MO of the theft
is the same.

If one of our own are selling munitions
to terrorists, there must be a drop.

Any luck intercepting that?

Yes, sir.
We were able to decode their e-mail.

The munitions exchange will take place
within the next 24 hours.

Intel is still trying to figure out
time and location, sir.

Go to FPCON Bravo, now.

If the terrorists
are using an inside man,

we have to assume that they are aware
of our deployment schedule.

Notify G4. We need to move
all our deploying troops out sooner.

Get all battalions ready
to leave tonight.

Once those munitions change hands,

we have no control over
where they'll use them. Go. All of you.

Yes, sir.

We're at FPCON Bravo.

Does that mean the terrorists
are gonna kill us now?

No. So don't you worry.

What, should we cancel tonight?
I mean, is it safe to leave the boys?

It's still safe.
We don't have to be indoors yet.

Okay.

What's the next ABC, Daddy?

The next is Charlie.

Which means all dependents
have to start leaving the post.

Hey, I hope you guys
haven't changed your plans.

Nope. But apparently we're one letter
closer to the Holiday Inn.

Good girl.

Pamela, thank you so much
for watching them.

We should go.
Get back early before it gets dark.

Okay.

This threat thing
is really freaking me out.

I know. But what you're doing tonight
is important. Believe me.

- Now go. Your man is waiting.
- Okay.

What are you doing, Marilyn?

I'm leaving you, George.

For that guy you were with last week?

You were seen, Marilyn.
Did you screw him in the car?

Were you thinking about screwing him
this afternoon at the park, huh?

You had an affair, Marilyn.
You said it was over.

I took you back.

But you lied to me.

Humiliated me in front of my men.
They're laughing at me.

Telling me
that I can't keep my wife in line.

Let me go. Please.

I paid for that car. It's mine.

Fine. You can have it.

More.
- All right. All right.

You're not supposed
to open the door now, Mommy.

Yeah. Those are the rules.

Got that.

You're not Roxy. Where's Roxy?
I want Roxy.

- What's going on, Marilyn?
- Can I come inside? Please?

All right.

You're Jake's mommy, right?

Right. Hi.

All right. Adult talk.
Go to the boys' room. Go.

So, what's this all about?

I'm leaving my husband.
And I'm scared.

I went to Angie's house,
but she's not there.

I need a car. Eddie's waiting for me.

I can't leave him there.
He'll think I didn't show up. Please.

I think by now
you know which car is mine.

Thank you.

Mrs. Roxy LeBlanc.
We got married at city hall.

We never had a chance
to say our vows.

And you never got to wear
a wedding dress.

So here it goes.

"Roxy.

"Sometimes I think
I've spent most of my life asleep.

"Not taking any chances or any risks. "

I think jumping out of an airplane
is a risk.

- You're not supposed to interrupt me.
- Sorry.

"It's one thing to jump out
of an airplane.

"It's another to really love someone.

"Then I met you
and you made sense of me. "

You are who I'm fighting for.

You are who I'm coming home to.

Roxy, I love you.

You are the love of my life.

Okay.

"Dear Trevor. "

LeBlanc.

Okay.

I deploy in an hour.

Moran.

I can't believe
you cooked dinner. Thank you.

Well, what's it take to mash potatoes?

Major Sherwood.

Red corvette.

- You're leaving.
- One hour.

They must have moved up
the deployment

because of the terrorist threat.

This is gonna be hard on the soldiers
and their families.

"I've been scared many times
and tried to be brave.

"It's lonely here in the desert.
Family memories are what I save. "

Where's my Daddy?

I don't know. He should've been here
to pick you up by now.

Husband. Return home immediately.

- Any idea where we're headed?
- Only that it's out of the country.

Please stay.

Well, you know I have to go.

But I'm gonna come back
as soon as I can.

And when I come home,

I'm gonna tell you guys stories
about everything I've seen.

So be brave for me, okay?

Take care of your mom.

She's gonna need you.

Come here.

- I love you.
- Come on. Let's go.

What's the matter, buddy?

It's just that we've never had
a real daddy before.

I love you.

Come on, baby.

He doesn't want them
to go to the plane.

Yeah. Chase is like that, too.

They just want their goodbyes
to be in private.

Well, it seems odd
not having Jeremy here.

I sent him an e-mail.
Told him how proud of him I am.

And after all we've been through,
it feels like we're getting our boy back.

Oh, Frank.
I know that meant so much to him.

But it is strange not having him here.

You know, the last time
I saw you off alone was 19 years ago,

two days after you proposed.

I remember. I remember.

I felt nervous
because I wasn't sure you'd say yes.

Now I'm just nervous.

You're nervous? Come on, now.
No fear.

What is it, sweetheart?

I don't know, baby.
I'm just worried about us.

You know, you've changed so much
and I just...

I guess I'm just worried that

there's just not gonna be room for me
when I get back.

Oh, Frank.

I've never needed you more
and I have never loved you more.

Thank you.

- I love you.
- I love you, too.

Say them.

- Here?
- Yeah. Come on.

- "Dear Trevor. " It's not really a note.
- Go on.

"Dear Trevor. When you walked
into that bar in Alabama,

"I knew my life
was gonna change forever.

"I just didn't know how much.

"But here I am beside you.
Holding your hand.

"In love with you.

"Promising to be with you forever.

"And hoping that forever means
a very long time. "

Come back to me, Trevor. Please.

I love you.

Now, ladies and gentlemen,
mount up. Go!

Tell Emmalin she's a skank for being
at camp instead of saying goodbye.

Skank. Got it.

Thank God.
We were just about to leave.

I don't think
the two of you should leave tonight.

I have to go, Dad.
Registration's tomorrow.

Most of my stuff has already shipped.

This is the last train out
that'll get me there on time.

We shouldn't have agreed to this.
We should've driven you ourselves.

Dad, I don't want you to.
I want to do this on my own. Please.

We'll be fine, Michael.

In fact, if you think about it,
we're safer off post than here.

Now, kiss your daughter goodbye
before she gets on the train.

- And you got that?
- Yeah.

Sorry. I didn't realize
I'd feel this choked up.

Our first-born going off to college.

I'm gonna miss you so much.

I'm gonna miss you too, Dad.

Be careful, you two.

- See you later.
- Okay.

What are we doing here?

I have to give this check to Betty.

She needs it for an operation.

Still fixing people?

I can't stop myself, can I?

I'll only be a minute.

What are you two doing here?

Trevor's gone. I can't go home like this.

I got to get it together for my kids.

You can and you will.

Thank you.

- And I suppose you're just fine.
- Oh, just fine.

That's better. And now, I need a drink.

I've got to go. Amanda's waiting.

Roland, what are you doing here?
I thought your flight was tonight.

It was. I was driving to the airport
and I saw everyone's car here,

so, I stopped by.

What's wrong?

Joan's pregnant.

Oh.