Army Wives: A Final Salute Page #6

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I wore the same shoes, I think,

and the same earrings

and same purse

for, like, three years.

Where the, uh...?

Plasma TV?

I returned it.

Along with everything else.

And I paid my father back.

And you didn't think to ask me?

I thought about it,

and I did it anyway.

Pamela and Chase,

that relationship

depicted a real relationship

in life.

Almost literally a fight

to stay together.

They knew they had

a connectedness,

but they also both knew,

I think,

that "This stuff isn't easy.

I'm not gonna pretend it is."

You're not always awesome.

You're not always great."

Children:
oh, beautiful

for spacious skies

Brannagh:
We did

the Fourth of July episode,

and it was the first time

we showed Chase leaving Pamela

to deploy with Delta Force.

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

Davidson:

You know, missions come up

for Delta soldiers very quickly,

and the communication

between husband and wife

can just be cut off.

Brannagh:
So, it was the first

time he leaves with no notice,

without her having any knowledge

of where he's going.

And you can imagine what

that does to a relationship.

Brannagh:
Just the idea that

that could be your life

and that you could handle

that...

When we talk to any family

in Special Ops,

they absolutely said

that it was as harsh

as you imagine that it is.

Mommy, I wish daddy were here.

Davidson:
There's a certain

commitment that soldiers make.

Me, too.

But marrying a woman

who is so smart,

so driven, doesn't necessarily

even need Chase...

That made it really interesting.

[ Gunshots ]

Your turn.

She liked to remind me

just about every other episode

that she used to be a cop.

Reminds me of my cop days.

I was a cop over a decade ago.

I was a good cop.

I did have a whole life

before all of this.

[ Laughs ]

We laughed a lot about that

until she finally became a cop

again.

[ Rock music plays ]

Boy:
Whoa, mom.

Cool.

You look like you're gonna go

trick-or-treating.

Great. [ Chuckling ] Thanks.

It was always sort of

in the background

that Pamela would have to

go back to work,

you know,

find her own passion again.

And then it became just,

you know, two people pulling.

And when two people are pulling,

it's gonna break.

I need you around more, Chase.

I want you to... quit Delta.

That was always a struggle

between them.

I've loved you for as long

as I can remember, Pamela.

But I don't know

how to fix this.

I don't, either.

Ultimately, we stayed in touch

with each other,

and we stayed communicating

in a healthy way...

much healthier way

when we separated, I think.

Being apart,

I'm seeing things different now.

And I know that something's

missing in my life.

I think that was a huge part

of Chase's maturation

as a character.

I choose you.

Chase:

How would you guys feel

if your mom and I

got back together?

- Oh, my gosh!

- [ Squeals ]

Brannagh:

They both had to remember

that the reason they were there,

the reason they'd been fighting

all these years

is that the family unit

is more important to them

than that individual need.

That was a great arch

to be able to talk about

is that marriage

getting back together.

whoa-oh

Davidson:

I just remember being up there

and seeing her

walk down the aisle.

It's a very powerful thing

to go through.

Best wedding ever.

My hardest to forget, anyway.

It was great.

It was special.

[ Cheers and applause ]

"Army Wives" was like

a friendship almost.

Even though

they were characters,

I could relate to them,

I could find that familiar face

wherever I lived.

I think they absolutely

got right the camaraderie

of the military spouses,

the army wives.

There's a sense that

you look out for one another.

The way that they took care

of each other, loved each other,

supported each other,

were there on the good days,

the bad days, the hard days.

And you can truly see, you know,

how they get each other.

If you needed help,

you knew that they were

the type of family

if you called them at 4:00 AM,

broke down on the side

of the road,

they'd be there in a heartbeat.

To us.

Thank God we found each other.

Yeah. Cheers.

[ Chuckles ]

I have gotten so much feedback

from, like, army wives saying,

"Your group is

my group of friends."

And they felt like

we were hanging out with them.

I came as soon as I could.

How's it going?

Well, we think the top part

of this one might work,

but we need something

less fitted on the bottom.

Brannagh:
It didn't matter

if you were wealthy.

It didn't matter if you were

man, woman, black, white.

The bond of friendship

is created

from something

that is indescribable.

Pamela, take your clothes off.

What? I...

Moran, we can do this the easy way

or we can do this the hard way.

Okay.

Pressman:
Each one of us had

a very different personality

and a very different

relationship

with being an army wife.

And I think

that was important to show,

like, a broad spectrum

of personalities.

For the first time, Trevor and I

did not have sex last night.

What do y'all have

to say about that?

I'm impressed.

I'm jealous.

I'm speechless.

I'm not here.

Please leave a message.

- [ Laughter ]

- We all have different relationships,

the characters with each other.

- Definitely.

- All friends.

Some were closer,

but everybody is still on

the same page.

Oh, my God.

It was always

Roxy, Pamela, four kids,

and a dog.

- It was like...

- Hanging clothes on the...

I was just thinking the same thing,

hanging the clothes, doing the...

Brannagh:
But we were always

very comfortable in it, though.

We just felt like a couple of poor

kids, like, in the background.

But we would just be like,

"Shut up!"

Katie, let go

of your brother's neck!

Come here!

Pressman:
Whereas, like,

Claudia Joy and Denise are like,

"Um, can you...

can you quiet that down?"

Um, I was thinking

pet-it fours.

- Petit.

- Petit? Petit fours.

I read about them

in Country Living.

I thought we were talking

hot dogs and chips

and now we're at petit fours?

How did we get there?

There's a lot of humor to it,

also.

There was a lot of, you know,

camaraderie between the girls.

Not how you play this game.

Roxy:
Oh.

It is to reveal something

that no one would guess

about you.

Like have you named

your lady parts?

Um...

China.

China?

As in, only the best dine

on my fine China.

[ Laughter ]

Did you steal that

from somebody?

No, I had to teach my niece

how to treat herself nicely.

And I said, "That's China"

because it's precious

and it's fragile."

It's fine China.

[ Both laugh ]

Okay, well, mine used to be

A Day At The Beach.

What about you, Roxy?

- Uh, she's had so many names.

- Come on.

But now I'm going

with Rattlesnake Canyon.

[ Laughter ]

Brown:
It was sort of like

Claudia Joy and Denise,

and then you have

Pamela and Roxy.

And Roland was just friend

to all.

[ Sighs ] Our husbands

are deploying

and now the only man

in our harem is leaving, too.

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