"They knew what they signed up for!" she said.
I agree even though I can understand, from a purely human viewpoint, why a spouse would find that the lifestyle, which appeared manageable years earlier, has become more and more wearing over the years.
However, I like the second wives for both Captain Gregson and Captain Stottlemeyer: Paige and Trudy (T.J).
In both cases, the captains end up with wives who are willing to take the "captain" alongside the man. They marry the profession.
Paige was a police officer herself and knows what she is getting into--as does Gregson who willingly marries a woman with ALS.
At the wedding of Trudy and Stottlemeyer, she pins his badge on him.
In all fairness, age is a factor here, which is why second marriages are quite often successful. Both women enter into the marriages with a clear focus. And both men have reached the pinnacles of their career and have no desire to go further.
*Interesting side-note about second marriages. Much criticism is leveled at Hollywood divorces but in truth, many second marriages in Hollywood are quite long-lasting. There are more outliers, like Elizabeth Taylor, but there are just as many committed relationships. (There are also a large number of successfully unmarried, which also reflects non-Hollywood-life, but that's a post for another time...)
