With deployment around the corner, the families are all struggling in their own ways. Denise and Frank find out the sex of their baby. Joan has a particularly hard time dealing with her recovery and inability to deploy with her unit. Pamela explores the idea of dating again.

Emmalin gets permission to return to the ice and meets a new friend who helps her make a highlight video to college coaches. Joan gets clearance from her doctor's to spend her first full day alone with Sarah Elizabeth. Pamela finds herself participating in a speed dating event at the Hump Bar. In the homestretch of her pregnancy, Denise is uncomfortable and unable to sleep due to the stress of Frank and Jeremy being overseas.