Luke Bartelme

Joan and Roland face new challenges when Joan returns to work; Denise and Frank both continue to explore their separation.

Denise is put under stress but this time not from Jeremy's abusive behavior. Her husband's chopper has been downed and she waits for news about him. Meanwhile, a soldier takes Roland and Claudia hostage.

Roxy's mother returns with a new man; Joan and Roland leave their daughter with Claudia Joy and Michael so they can have a date night; Claudia Joy and Michael face their own parenting problems; Pamela helps Roxy at the bar.

Roxy learns that Marilyn Polarski is having an affair; Pamela is devastated when Chase is suddenly called away on a Delta Force mission; Joan is torn between retiring from the Army or facing a possible court-martial.

Denise befriends the wife of a young soldier who has been injured in Iraq; Joan and Roland struggle to find a nanny for Sarah Elizabeth; Emmalin meets her pen pal, Logan, on the way to school.

Denise gets a welcome surprise; Claudia Joy and Michael are concerned with their daughter's relationship with Jeremy; Trevor injures himself which puts his deployment on hold.