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Date Posted: 08:33:43 08/20/07 Mon
Author: Jubellant
Subject: Sadly, only one episode to go, boo hiss! I loved Denise's role this week although she wasn't the heart of the storyline. Loved how she reached out to Joan and how she intuitively was able to read between the lines. She qualified she was Roland's friend but that did not stop her from calling him out on his behaviour and demonstrating there was a cost for his choices. She was not about to carry on the friendship as if nothing had happened. She actually got him to look a little ashamed instead of projecting everything onto his wife. Glad she pointed out that Joan looked really hurt because up to now it seemed for him to be all about himself. How could insignificant Lenore get to CJ? I was glad that Denise reminded her who has been there from the beginning.

I am so disappointed with how Roland has been written lately. This behaviour seems so out of character for him but maybe like Denise he is starting to stand up for his wants in life. In his case he chose a destructive route to achieve this. I still think his hostage crisis triggered these actions and he decided to live in the moment however inappropriate. That he is projecting his bad choices as being his wife's fault is just plain cowardly. I really felt for Joan this week especially when she said she has no female friends since college. Her begging Roland to make this work was getting to me until I realized she is probably trying to hang on to the only friend she really has. I just hated the picnic between her and Roland (so inappropriate the whole diary thing), the fact that he goes to Michael and stands up for his wife because the Army means so much to her and then privately condemns her for career aspirations. He says he believed her when she said she wanted to make a difference in the world and now that she is doing that he holds it over her head. He gives her ultimatums instead of trying to work out solutions. I let Joan's slip as far as her handling of the Peter Belgrad situation slide, but now they have her being distracted because of personal issues? I don't buy this as women who reach the level she has, know they have to be that much better at their jobs and would be able to separate personal life from the job. Women are good at multi-tasking and though it wouldn't be easy I am sure Joan would be able to don the mask of professionalism once on the job. Roxy's line to Trevor are you high, cracked me up. Boy do those two have to play catch up on things they should have asked before getting hitched. Loved that Pamela had her spouse around for a change and I think I like her character next best to D-girl's. Lenore continued to be her usual pathetic self can't believe CJ let her words make her doubt her friends! Well one more to go. It's been one he** of a ride so far. After soon to be 13 action packed episodes, what will they do next season?? I can't wait to see!!

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[> I buy Joan's slip up only because it's myriad of things that are affecting her, and not just the separation with Roland. In the space of just a few months, she's come home from a warzone riddled with guilt for allowing a little girl to be brutalized and murdered, she's had the Belgrad situation, treatment for PTSD, and then finds out Roland couldn't keep it in his pants while she was off trying to get the treatment that he recommended. That's a lot for one person to take on. If it was just the thing with Roland or Belgrad alone I'd agree with you, but it's all of those things built up. -- Theresa, 10:09:35 08/20/07 Mon [1]


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[> I'm also disappointed in Roland's behaviour & his indifferent attitude. I also am tired of them making Joan the screw-up, like because she's a woman she can't handle the job when something personal gets in the way. That bothered me last night, but I'm glad Joan was able to fix things. I don't know if Roland himself is suffering some sort of PST, but he just seems to have done a complete 180 & isn't the Roland that I loved the first couple of episodes. Yeah was a little disappointed that the ep was Denise lite, but her impact was felt, especially when she told Claudia Joy that she could trust her. Its gotta be tough for Denise to know the truth behind Roland & Joan's separation, & though she ackowledges Roland's cheating, Denise also isn't taking sides. Inside... -- Jennifer, 12:56:45 08/20/07 Mon [1]

I was also kinda mad at Chase, but he redeemed himself my apologizing to Pamela. I can't believe there's only one ep left!


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[> I have played ep# 13 6 times. When do we start speculating what happens in the Hump Bar and what will happen next season? -- Linda R, 23:02:55 09/02/07 Sun [1]


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