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| | The New Yorker: The Critics: On Television |
 | | Jonas is the lead dog of the pack, and his wife, Molly (Regina Taylor), is the alpha female on the home front, but the man holding both leashes is Colonel Tom Ryan, the commander of the unit and the de-facto commander of his men’s families. |
 | | When the men are home, they’re on hold, waiting for the next mission, and occasionally lashing out at their spouses. |
 | | There are no apparent rewards for this life; it just is. Molly says, at one point, that the life of the soldiers and their wives is “the history of the world.” It is also, unfortunately, the story of the way we live now. |
| www.newyorker.com /critics/television/articles/060501crte_television (830 words) |
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