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Date Posted: 09:48:55 07/24/07 Tue
Author: Theresa
Subject: My goodness Roland!

I was so angry with Roland. He was one of my favorites, but now he's not. The comment he made right before we saw the "roll in the hay" proves that he knew full well what he was doing. Yes he's been through a lot, but so have so many other people and they're able to keep it in their pants. And think back to that scene for a minute. He seriously gave it to that woman. How many positions did they do before it was over? None of it was loving, none of it was out of pure lonliness. He had something to prove. Agression to get out. Was he trying to hurt Joan? Was he's just horny? Is that how he usually is in bed? WHOA on all counts.

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[> I think it was anger, desperation, and loneliness, all rolled into one. I'm quite torn about him now, and definitely disappointed. But (inside) -- Colie, 10:15:50 07/24/07 Tue [1]

...by the same token, I also continue to feel bad for him. He couldn't talk to his wife, because she had her own problems, and he tried to be there for her, while nobody was there for him. Add to this the shock of having someone shot right in front of him, and I can understand that he's losing it. He seems immensely private in general; I mean, last week's epi was the first time, I think, that we saw him tell anybody about what *he* was feeling at Roxy's b'day party. When he said this line about how lonely he is, it just broke my heart because there seemed to be so much quiet desperation in him.

Usually, he asks how everybody else is, offers advice, but doesn't divulge anything about himself. Yes, he is friends with the four other wives, but let's face it, when it comes to deeper issues, there's Denise and Claudia Joy, there's Roxy and Pamela - who does Roland have? I think the hostage situation had a much graver effect on him than he allows himself to admit... He's a psychiatrist; he probably thinks he cand deal with it all on his own. And all things swirled together made him lose his grip on himself, despite knowing that what he was doing was wrong.
Now, I'm not trying to condone his behavior; he never ever should have let it get this far. But desire and sex are a powerful thing... The scenes were so desperate and raw that I think he has a lot of issues that he has kept bottled up...
I'll stop here now because I'm getting rambly and forgot my actual point, LOL! :-D


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[> Roland seemed too be withdrawing somewhat from the other wives lately. He was jogging, then trying to join a basketball team all in an attempt to I think release pent-up emotions and energy. It would have been good for him to be around the other males with the basketball outlet. Some viewers are hoping this is just a fantasy in Roland's mind that we saw. The behaviour seemed so out of character for him.especially as Joan is working on her issues. It will be interesting to see if he comes clean with Joan about it. This act had nothing to do with love, it was something done on a pirmal level with a person he would probably never see again. A reporter to boot! I too was disappointed bigtime with Roland, -- Jubellant, 11:09:00 07/24/07 Tue [1]


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[> Ditto Theresa. I don't care what emotional stuff he's dealing with. His friends were there calling him and trying to talk to him, but he didn't answer their calls or phone them back. While yes, I felt bad for him during the bar scene that night, he still was weak and screwed the pooch on this one big time. I know he has issues of his own to work out, but he knew it was wrong before he did it. He was celibate for two years, things were going well with Joan before she left and he couldn't keep it in his pants for 30 days, Give Me A Break! Roland does confess it to Joan, but I sure hope he does it before she makes the final decision to give up her career. This will definitely cause problems with their marriage. -- Kathy, 13:27:27 07/24/07 Tue [1]


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[> [> That's what's so odd about that - he made it through two years without Joan, and now not even for thirty days - makes me think that there must be something really extreme going on in his head for him to succumb to temptation... Unless, well, we don't actually know what he did those two years, do we?! He is (was?!) so sweet that we would've never imagined him cheating, but maybe there are these two sides to his personality? I mean, the 'ease' with which he chatted on the phone with Joan afterwards was somewhat disconcerting! -- Colie, 13:53:43 07/24/07 Tue [1]


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[> I couldn't even watch that part of the episode. I fastforwarded the TiVo until it was done. I didn't want to witness his fall from being a good "wife" to a "fallen woman". -- KatRose (), 10:25:31 07/25/07 Wed [1]

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