Sophie goes into labour just before the dessert bar's grand opening and is eager to have Max and Caroline there. The girls also run into problems when they fail to get a liquor license for their new venue.
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.
The Holdens face major changes; Pamela questions her decision to marry into the Army; Roland must help a former patient; Frank remains overseas leaving Denise more time to question her marriage.
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.
Evan Connor's wife, Jennifer, arrives on post hoping to get involved in the FRG; Denise decides to redecorate the house and get a tattoo; Roland's mother comes to visit the new baby.