With her husband and daughter both dealing with issues, Claudia Joy is caught in the middle. David has a hard first day of school and ends up in detention there and grounded at home, mostly because he's accustomed to keeping his own counsel. When he later runs away in frustration, T.J.'s help makes all the difference. Denise returns to work at Mercer Hospital to find Jeremy's fiancée on staff. Tonya rebuffs Denise's friendly overtures until the perfect present punctures her reserve. Chase tells Trevor that he's already an outstanding leader; does he really want to deal with the politics that go along with being an officer? When Pamela is in a firefight at work, it makes the news, live, and Chase gets a little taste of what it was like for her when he was on a Delta Force mission. Roxy supports Trevor's decision about applying for OCS, no matter which way he decides, as long as he makes his own decision and remembers that he's not Chase, nor is he Col. Sherwood.