I think the gossip and cattiness is dead on. The bartender who married an Army guy she knew 4 days...I had to laugh, in real life it would be a stripper. That said, she's one of my favorites. As a former dependent of a retired Marine, a former AF SSgt and now a Air Force wife, I find this show both brutally incorrect and laughably honest. I do agree about the lack of different nationalities. Just when I want to be a cynic about the whole show, I find myself feeling for them because I have been in pretty much all of their shoes. It is just a show, I can forgive the inaccuracies. It's just nice to see the military portrayed as flawed but striving to make the world better.
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jaimie_vd_moosdijk11 December 2010I love army wives, it's really weird to see the difference between countries. I live in the Netherlands and my boyfriend was in the military here. In the USA it's normal to live on the base while here it's normal that you sleep there but go home in the weekends. you don't have your own home just a room you need to share with somebody from the same group. Also i read everywhere and all the time how army wives really shows life on a army base as an army wife. I think it's really sad that every time you've just made friends and just starting to know everybody you have to move again. They also have similarities, there are people that live on the base here to, but because our country is so small it's not necessary (sorry for my bad English) you can drive threw my country within 3 hours, so why live on a base. I think, what i have seen from this realistic show, that living on a base brings the soldiers and there wives/girlfriends together, especially in times of war and deployment i think that is a plus in your country. This is the first show were i can feel and see that is't real. i want to give my respects to all of you. I don't know if i could do it, all tho, when the love is real you stand by your guy even if that means you have to give up some things you love, that earns respect! one last thing: I recommend this show, even if you are not an army wife, the story, drama and fun that's in it makes you fall in love with those woman every time you see them.
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alison-pliske17 June 2007I am also a USMA grad. Unlike a previous poster, I served in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of "rear detachment." Also, unlike him, I am a woman. The problems posed are fairly accurate, especially the problems between the lieutenant colonel wife and her civilian doctor husband, and the problems posed by young enlisted soldiers marrying young women they barely know right before deploying. The only thing I don't agree with is the portrayal that senior officer wives get preferential treatment, for example, in the medical clinic. Then again, I'm a woman, and only a Captain, so who knows, maybe this does happen. I have certainly heard horror stories from my MPs who pulled over a colonel's wife who tries to "pull rank." I am excited to see the rest of the season!
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DanRem122124 December 2012I'm a guy and I'll be honest: I DID NOT think I would like this show. I was bored one day browsing on Netflix and ran across this show. Being a Veteran myself, I decided to watch it just out of curiosity.
All I can say is: WOW what an incredible show. I don't even care if it's considered a chick flick. The show is so realistic with how it displays the Army life. Even having been in the Army, I didn't realize that the wives/caregivers had to do almost as much as we had to.
The way this show brings up the emotions is incredible. The emotions never feel forced like how some actors are when they have to cry. This seems all too natural. I definitely recommend to anyone, but especially if you were or are in the Army. Check it out. -
jjd_02142 July 2007I absolutely love this show. I'm the wife of a Guardsman but we live very close to Ft. Campbell, Kentucky and more than half of our church is stationed here. I realize that a lot of the comments here discuss technical issues like uniforms and those issues have already been addressed. If the actors went to jail for impersonating officers, we wouldn't have a great show! As far as story lines, exactly as said, it's a TV show first and foremost and it's supposed to be a little exaggerated. As for the show in general, I think it addresses the biggest issue of them all. It's fine and dandy for the country to "Support the troops" and what they do overseas. But no one ever takes into the consideration what the wives and families of these soldiers must sacrifice for the same cause. Year long or better deployments, in harm's way, forced into single parenthood, the worry of ever seeing the man you love alive again. As Claudia Joy Holden said in her speech at the July 4th picnic, "We serve too". And she's absolutely right. I can't tell you how heartbreaking it is to see women at my church week after week, holding their heads high, keeping it together for their children. And yes, they always manage to bring something for our socials! One woman picked up her child in the nursery shortly before her husband was due home from Iraq and said that her 1 year old was excited about seeing his father...for the first time. If that's not sacrifice, I don't know what is. Watch the show and enjoy it. Don't ruin it for yourself by dwelling on the petty things. Realize what you're watching is true life and should really be respected. God bless our troops!
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scrabtree-36 August 2007I have been on 3 sides of this fight. I have been in the military myself, then I married an enlisted man and finally my enlisted husband became an officer. As for the comments that the "male" officer had to say, all I can say is, you were never a wife. Every wife, both enlisted and officer has their own stories to tell. I can tell you from personal experiences that the show is text book cases for any wife of the military and many husbands of the military. It's a great show that responds well for the wives and children of the military and the experiences and hardships that they face each day. I have watched wives begin affairs or come close to it, I have watched as wives marched in to the commander's office demanding the commander lay off their husband and yes, I have seen officer's wives get differential treatment at a medical facility. The thing to remember, although the military network is a much tighter network, so many of these things also take place in the civilian world...so why would it be so hard to believe?
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srfrazee5 June 2007I disagree with the first review of the show. As an Army Wife myself, I can say that the show was relatively realistic in our portrayal. The plot lines were interesting. Remember, it's only the first show. They're not going to jump into everything at once. Sit back and watch the show develop. While I understand that the first reviewer dealt with Army Wives, he WASN'T an Army Wife. It's an entirely different world. Again, that was the pilot episode. It makes no sense to jump into everything right away. Let the show develop, then decide if you like the show. I personally felt no disservice. Also, you were an officer. Much of the show was based on the Private's wife as she entered the military world. Being an enlisted wife is much different than being an officer's wife. I can safely say this with experience.
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busy_bee4118 October 2012I love this show!!!! Its warm and funny and also very serious in some areas of the show. I found myself sobbing along with the characters and laughing with them as well at some of the situations they got into and thinking "yep thats exactly how things are sometimes." And Shhhhhhhh don't tell anyone but my partner was hooked as well, although he insists he was only watching the war scenes lol...Bring on season 7!!!!! I'm super excited!!! The end of season 6 left me jumping up and down screaming at the TV saying "WHY WHY WHY must you do this to me" because i don't think any TV has left me hanging like this for a long time. 2013 cant come quick enough for season 7.
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harleydude119 August 2007I absolutely love the show. I am retired Air Force, and I also happen to work on the old Navy Base here in Charleston where they film the show. I see them pretty regularly and have always thought Catherine Bell made every show she has been in. I can't wait to run into her somewhere and tell her how much I enjoy her work. It is nice to see the buildings and surroundings where I work every week on TV. The Physical Training field where the son was going through basic training at " Fort Benning" is right on the road to work for me every morning. I am happy to see the old Navy Base being used for something everyone can enjoy.Keep Army Wives here in Charleston for another season!! Love the show...Dave
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cmtaylor53114 August 2008I recently discovered this show and watched the entire first season and the first three of the second all in three days! The characters are so dynamic and interesting and I fall more in love with them every episode. I love the wide span of characteristics each person develops. I love how even though most of the wives are from different backgrounds they came together and bonded and seem to be the best of friends. They are all so different but yet share a common in fear in losing their husbands! This show isn't something seen on TV much anymore. Its hard to find a good show that is truly about its characters and how they touch each other heart. I don't know when the last time i watched a show that truly got to me and made me wonder if my friends husbands in the army and air force feel this same thing every time there husbands aren't with them!
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bigjersec91 July 2007Although this show shows a different side of the the military life, it has an awful way of portraying us as soldiers. I recently watched an episode about a guy holding two people hostage while reliving an experience in Afganistan. Though PTSD affects so many of us returning from the war, it seems that the show wants to portray us as insane people. We are soldiers fighting a war that was ordered to us to fight. I am proud to be a veteran of the OIF III War, but I am not insane. I only hope that people watching this program realize we have a job and a devotion of duty to our country. We follow orders and perform jobs many of the American population would not endure. We go to war as men and women, we return as men and women; only now we hold emotional scars. Thank you for this program, but realize this is a portral of a small percentage of those who return. The nightmares of the things I have done plague my dreams forever, but I am proud of what we have done, and be proud of those who fight for your freedom. God Bless America and God Bless You All.
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krzy240729 July 2007I personally think that this is one of the best summer shows on TV this season. It's dramatic (but not so much that you just want to call up the writers and be like, yeah that wouldn't happen), can make you cry, laugh and it's something I really look forward to Sunday night. All the characters are really likable and relatable which I really like. Though they are all different from each other they all kind of "mesh" together. Overall, I would definitely recommend this to anyone, it's a show for any generation. Some people are saying that it's very unrealistic in the sense of uniforms and such, but you just have to keep in mind that it's TV, it's never going to be 100% realistic, it never has been and never will be. So yeah, great show in my opinion!!
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red_velvet_glove29 May 2013(My spoilers talk about incidents happening in the show, but never name who the involved characters are so the store is not ruined for anyone) This show is OK at best. Occasionally it is funny, but it is usually predictable, dull and not inventive at all. It also is a bad role model for young women who might be in a similar situation. So far, the show's attitude towards self respect is sickening. If your husband cheats on you and has a baby with another woman, then, for the love of self respect, DO NOT get back with him. Nobody deserves to be treated that way. There has been everything in this show from domestic violence, cheating, lack of loyalty and respect towards your spouse and the show's answer is always that the wife should suck it up, take the abuse and sit there quietly. This is very saddening to see on a show nowadays, and I think sends the wrong message to young women. The show is not good enough to excuse this kind of message and I wish I had not wasted time watching what I did of it.
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Hammerchick7704723 May 2008This is one of the most realistic and compelling stories.Todays T.V. is so full of things that are realistic. Being a daughter of an Active Duty member means a lot. In the final episode of the 1st season when all the members get deployed my mom and brother cried. Having just gotten our soldier home it was still very emotional. I still found myself in tears and holding my breath when the bomb is showed. Being on a base thing happen that make you ask yourself Why. I though i was safer. No one will ever get the chance to know the feeling of what it is like to have some one leave you and go into danger. Its a hard thing to live with but Army Wives showed others what we deal with on a daily basis. I swear who ever wrote the story did a great job from portraying the enlisted to officer issues to the true service of the line of duty.
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shylovin53115 August 2008I had been hearing all the buzz surround this new show called "Army Wives" and just had to check it out! I wasn't expecting to much considering it is on Lifetime. I watched the first episode and it was So-So but then about three or four episodes in I just fell in love! It was completely brilliant. It is one of those shows missing of late on TV clouded by mind-depleting reality horrors! Its one of those rare shows that touches the heart! I think the cast is brilliant and all have great chemistry together! I love Roxy and Pamela and their friendship so much. I will not lie and admit to the fact that Im a sucker for the Roxy and Trevor romance! Its just so sweet and something we all want in life! And not to mention the Drew and Sally have a fierce connection on screen together! Overall for the Type of Show it is and the network it is on I rated it as a Ten! Wildy unexpected that I fell in love! I would Recommend to all!
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codamax17 August 2018One of my favorite all Time series. Most Of the wife's and kids don't get near enough praise. Maybe I will write a new one and send a couple of episodes in :)
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texas_robin8210 July 2020Absolutely love this show is one of my favorites. Just wish the last season lived up to the rest of them.
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I absolutely live this series! All kinds of emotions are created in this, happy, sad, funny and many more ! I would definitely recommend this series. I also found it very informative about the US Army. Some good cast to .
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mike3103 June 2007This is important subject matter. It deserves important attention. After watching the premiere, it is obvious that the makers of the show have gone for the "Melrose Place" angle. They cloak the melodrama in the trappings of important issues. Sad, sad, sad. I am a veteran. I am a USMA grad. I once had the unpleasant but important task of serving as the rear detachment commander for an active duty Army unit which was deployed overseas. My job was to deal with...among other things...the wives and families left behind by the soldiers. Based on my experience, it seems to me that those responsible for the show do address real and complex issues, but they don't give them the appropriate amount of attention. The plot lines are not realistic, and they do a disservice to real Army wives. Out.
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shadeaux_kat8 June 2008Tonight was the season 2 premiere of our beloved Army Wives. I have to say I watched it twice and I balled like a baby thru the last ten minutes the first time and when it came on again every scene with Claudia Joy and Amanda made me cry again. First of all you think it's bad enough with Marilyn dying but we saw that coming at the end of last season. Joan being nice to Roland is, to me, a bunch of crap because she's not gonna chose him over her career. I know how Roxy felt. I was an army wife for a while and I know that not knowing is worse than knowing. Joan being a beotch like that kinda ticked me off though. Pamela is our glue right now her and Denise. They are holding it together no matter how bad it hurts. I feel sorry for Jeremy too. Losing Amanda is like losing a part of all of our hearts. I can't imagine a better way to open the season though even as I wish Amanda was still with us. And I'll be waiting every week to see more.
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ecowheelie23 May 2011Where do I begin? It is definitely written by women for women. The psychiatrist acts like a woman; it's the only way they could make him one of the girls. Everything is fraught with emotion, even the soldiers are overly emotional. While it is OK for men to be emotional ... sorry but, THAT emotional. And wouldn't the men have a few issues with this handsome psychiatrist hanging with their wives when they are deployed? The inaccuracies bother me big time. Those of you in the service please correct me where I am wrong but --- Frank made it to Lt. Col without a graduate degree? Didn't Michael get his second star awfully quick? really, the wives of enlisted men and officers hang together as these women do. So, they ignore the hierarchy of the military? The illegal immigrant wife of a serviceman gets forgiven for immigration fraud when there is nothing in the law that would allow this? AND the wife of the post commander goes off the reservation to help her? OK, you get my point.
My big problem is that it focuses the military experience on these whiny and simplistic wives and ignores the realities of war. It is my observation that the significant others are far more concerned about their loved ones safety than is portrayed here. It gives us all the self-serving jingoism regarding service in the United States military, service that is handled much too simplistically and in an embarrassingly politically correct fashion.
These men and women and their wives and husbands deserve a better show. Too many of these brave men and women return with injuries that they would not have survived a decade ago or hidden impairments like PTSD and are greeted with terrible discrimination (have you looked at how physically inaccessible our colleges are to those with mobility impairments?). The problems they face are intense and complicated.
Every problem on this show, however, is solved quickly and easily. Roxie betrays Trevor while he's away (not sexually but, emotionally). One evening of talk, hugging, and sex and --- surprise --- all is forgiven. Really? What's her name, the brunette, is grieving the loss of her son, runs away for a couple of days, and --- she's fine!! Really? Joy doesn't tell Michael about her surgery and, well, he's terribly understanding. Really? My wife does that to me and, after being assured she's OK, I get pi$$ed at her for not trusting that I can handle it. These men can go to war and watch their buddies get killed but, are too fragile to handle these things? Really? OK, you get my point. The men and women who risk it all to preserve our freedoms and the loved ones that they leave behind deserve better than this trite, simplistic, and Oprahfied show.
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connor73976 August 2007I love this show and have watched each week. the characters are each great and the diff personality's make it so fun-
my only concern is instead of going in direction of --just sex !
i would like to see more family direction- the kids - what is happening with son that went away to join military - no one even talks about missing him or how he is - the daughter that was in love with him and had sex before he left for military - the little kids that some have -- all the wives go thru trying to do everything and keep the family solid - the program last week was like all they each do is have sex or talk about sex- we want to see this program make it to the leading show - so just give us a little more real life struggles and concerns and issues- because this show -is A WINNER ! -
kmlclj11 June 2007I myself was an army wife of an enlisted solider. As I watched this show it brought back many memories and made me laugh at times. It is so true the way the wives are portrayed. Even down to the way the homes are decorated and set apart. The officer wife going in to see the doctor before the PFC's wife, so true. The two women sitting back and talking about the pregnant girl, you really do find those on every post. The writers have really done a good job. I do not watch the show and critique every pin, patch, or award heck my husband many of times had to correct soldiers for the wrong uniform. Just sit back and enjoy the show and be proud that you were apart of that and can tell find the mistakes.
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hannah8700-121 June 2008"Army Wives" is television's finest! I love everything about this show. It touches and reaches me on such a personal and emotional level. No other show has moved me to tears quite like this one. At first I thought that it was going to be entirely based on the army but it's actually the exact opposite. It's about real life and real women who have to fight their own battles to keep their family together. And it's hard to pick and choose favorites too. Every couple or family has their own special uniqueness and personality that draws you in and keeps you coming back each week for more. In the beginning you're introduced to five different families and each episode you learn more and more about their lives and what they've lived through and each one tells their own story. Eventually you just get so involved and wrapped up in all the people and their lives. Most of all though, the show is about friendship and how each wife finds a kindred spirit in the other. They're all there for one another during the good times and the bad. All of them are strong and independent women who go through so much but still manage to move on with their lives with a courage and bravery that comes only from the heart. This is so much more than just a show. Every episode leaves you wanting more. In fact, I even went out and bought the complete first season so that I'll always have every episode. A show of this caliber doesn't come around too often and this is one that I hope will last a very long time.
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jae_lynn7926 September 2007I am an ex military wife 2 times out. My first husband was in the Air Force and my second in the ARMY. Neither of which have worked out, but not due to the military either time. I happen to LOVE the show. Yes, there are uniform discrepancies. Yes, there are protocol discrepancies. Yes, the rumor mill seems to be outrageous. But it's a television show. I have thought for years that there should be a reality show about the lives of military families. Military families have a very unique family life and it takes one heck of a woman to take on that responsibility for her family. Speaking from personal experience the rumor mill can seem just as outrageous when you and your family are the focus of the gossip. Watching officer's walk right into the ER while you've been sitting in the waiting room for 4 hours is NOT unheard of. And I love Roxy's lack of military knowledge, it puts a very realistic edge on her character. It doesn't always make sense in the military and that is another obstacle that you must deal with as a military family. Yeah yeah yeah you're all reading this going...but you've tried and failed twice...but I am a firm believer that the military is not what ended either of my marriages, it was the person behind the uniform that ended them. I still love the military life, and love me a man in uniform. All in all I think the show is great and gives America a glimpse of the lives of the wives of those who are serving. Big kudos from me and I can't wait for next season.