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Army Wives
- Lifetime Television
- Genre: Drama
Common Sense Media says
Soapy drama about being married to the military.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this drama about military spouses has strong sexual innuendo, some upsetting scenes of a teen physically abusing his mother, and lots of drinking (some in response to post traumatic stress), While current events in the Middle East provide a backdrop for the show, at its heart, the series is a fictional drama about life as an Army wife (or husband) -- not the current war.
What's the story?
ARMY WIVES revolves around a group of Army wives (and one army husband) who become friends while facing the many challenges of living on an active Army post. The group's key members are strong, well-respected Claudia (Kim Delaney); devoted wife and mother Denise (Catherine Bell), saucy, independent newcomer Roxy (Sally Pressman); former police officer Pamela (Brigid Brannagh), and psychiatrist Roland (Sterling K. Brown), who must rebuild his marriage when his wife returns from Afghanistan. Life on the base is dictated by military rules but the wives (and husbands) follow their own code of behavior. Along with rumors, gossip, and female competition, there are also personal challenges such as abuse, ex-husbands, and financial problems. While their issues may differ, they all share the same anxieties. They're expected to stay strong, but their fears of losing a spouse in the Middle East are compounded by their inability to express those fears freely. Even those who reunite with their partners face realities like post traumatic stress disorder and eroded marriages.
Is it any good?
As is the case with other Lifetime series, Army Wives focuses primarily on the lives of women. The series isn't designed as a political statement on current events; instead, it tells entertaining stories that combine fiction with the very real drama associated with marrying into a military life.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about how the media portrays the military. In general, is it positive or negative? How can you tell?
Do you think this show reinforces the general public's ideas about life
in the Army or dispels them?What are the challenges
and benefits of living on a military post or base?How do
military families cope with having a loved one serving in a war zone?
What can communities do to help these families?
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AGE
Army Wives not the real world
In the real world, these army wives wouldn't survive a day. They just aren't tough enough. Officer wives DO NOT hang out with enlisted wives EVER!! What a wife does or doesn't do has no bearing on whether her husband makes rank, as suggested in the first episode. Wives do not shop for the husbands specific deployment items. Things like this are just ridiculous, and give military wives a bad name. Also, we don't hang back and cheat on our husbands while they are gone (the show hasn't said that yet, but I am sure its coming) And when bad things happen to our husbands, we know it long before it hits CNN. What we do is ferociously protect our families, our children and our friends, just as our spouses ferociously protect the United States of America.
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a true to life issue
I would like to se this issue from both sides of the same coin.Thusbands with out the wifes and vies versa
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A must watch for military spouses
I am a military wife and this is a great show. I can identify with some of the things not all of course. I think it is a must see show for all military spouses. This is great and I am glad they came out with something for military spouses. I think that they should ask military spouses about some of the issues and do the shows on that. It is a great show that I can see being on for a long time.
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The best summer show on TV
I was active duty Air Force and married to an active duty Air Force Sergeant. While I do see a lot of creative license being taken (the XO's wife is probably not going to be great buddies with an E-2's wife), I see a lot of reality as well. I had friends from all walks of life and worked on projects with the wives of enlisted and officers alike. Yes, by the way we did buy our husband's deployment clothing supplies (me, just cause it was easier to buy mine and his together). The gossip can run rampant, and whether anyone wants to admit it or not, cheating is an issue not only with the ones left home, but the ones on deployment as well. Appropriate fodder for children? No. It would be a huge bore to them anyway. Yes, it's a soapy guilty pleasure for a Sunday night. :)
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No Thanks! I live the Real Army Wives which is Nothing Like the Show!
As a military spouse, I do not like this show at all! It misleads the general public about what we really go through as military families. While it is fiction people actually having a hard time remembering that. I can't tell the amount of people who ask do you do that like on Army Wives? It's so annoying. I always say I don't watch that show and please remember it fiction. They also don't get a lot of facts about the military right either. Especially when it comes to FRG and Budget Rules!
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A GREAT show.
I realy love this show. I think it mixes drama with a little comedy. Most of the wives are good role models and leaders. I reccomend this show to you if you are about 13 or older.
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Army wives disrespectful soft porn
I was horrified as I watched the treatment of how Army wives and on-duty women are supposed to behave. A female Lt. Col having sex in a bathroom stall; a young wife who spilled on her dress walking around in the ladies room in a thong. Come on! If you want to show the lives of Army wives and women in the military, tell the story without cheap sex shots.
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It will make you watch every sunday
I love the show and it finally puts out there the hardships that the wife has to go through while her husband or wife is away. I know because I had to give birth to my daughter while my husband was deployed in Iraq. It shows what we must do, and that we have to be strong for the other. Its hard to deal with deployment it shows that and makes you realize that bad things do happen over there. So all I can end with is Support our Troops and Pray for Their Safety!
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Kid, 9 years old
September 26, 2011
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Odd, and advisories packed TV show
Bad show..quite bad storyline. Violent, sexual and mildly profane. Not the best show I ever saw
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Good show... With real issues. There are teens in it, 2 kids and it shows how they deal with the army.. Sex isnt explicit, it is implied.. They show lots of kissing and before/ after sex.. But it is tastefully done not as bad as half the shows out there tpray.
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| TV rating: | NR |
| Network: | Lifetime Television |
| Cast: | Brigid Brannagh, Kim Delaney, Sally Pressman |
| Genre: | Drama |
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