Richard L. Fister

Joan struggles with her decision to terminate her pregnancy; Roxy takes Betty in while she recovers from the bombing; Pamela is frustrated by Chase's ongoing secrets about his work.

Finn develops a schoolboy crush on Claudia Joy and asks her out on a date; Denise bonds with a wounded soldier named Mac; Chase tells Pamela and their kids that he has to leave on another mission.

Roland is offered a job as a high school counselor; Denise makes a new friend; Joan informs her troops of her pregnancy.

Claudia Joy learns the reason for her mother's visit; Roxy, Denise, Claudia Joy and Pamela throw Roland and Joan a baby shower; Denise pleads with Frank to go with her to marital counseling; Trevor learns the fate of one of his fellow soldiers.

Claudia Joy's mother makes an unexpected visit; Roland counsels a lonely teenager whose father was recently killed in Iraq; Roxy panics before taking her GED test.

Claudia Joy and Denise serve as companions for the widower of a former senator; Roland finds a way to comfort Joan about her upcoming deployment; Roxy tries to impress the principal at a private school.