7th Heaven s01e21 Episode Script

- Don't forget to floss.
- The bathroom? - Finished.
- Is Matt washing the car? He knows you want him to and he does value his life, so I'm guessing yes.
- And is Mary? - She's vacuuming.
Lucy is changing sheets like she's Florence Nightingale.
I'm nervous about Daddy coming.
I want everything to be perfect.
Everything's gonna be fine.
I'm making chicken soup, his favourite.
He probably hasn't had it since - What are Simon and Ruthie doing? - Simon and Ruthie? What are they supposed to be doing? Come on, girl.
You saw how Mom was about Grandpa coming.
If you don't let us do it, she's gonna send you to Groom World and Mister Pete.
We know how you hate Mister Pete.
- What did you? - I'll take care of this.
Let me just go put on my bathing suit.
Kidding.
Go.
All will be washed.
How much trouble are we in, on a scale of one to ten, ten being boarding school? Like we could afford boarding school.
Your mom's just nervous.
Grandpa hasn't been here for a long time.
- Since Grandma died.
- Right.
- Poor Grandpa.
All sad and alone.
- Yeah.
Don't worry, Ginger.
Eric, Annie and the kids are gonna fall in love with you.
- Sure? - Of course.
I did.
OK.
[GASPS.]
Mary, why is there a grab bag of junk under the couch? The vacuum doesn't fit under there.
I'm sorry.
I should have either moved it or got the attachment thing.
I'll do it.
- What are we doing? - Going to the park.
We have to clean the park for Grandpa, too? No, you're going to the park just to play.
That's good, cos the park is really big.
I'll have this done by the time you get back.
Tell you what.
You two go to the park and I'll finish up here, OK? I'm sorry I'm such a grouch.
Grandpa's coming and Mom's nervous because it's his first visit since - I know.
- Be back in half an hour.
No problem.
But I just don't know why you wanna do it all yourself.
You wanna help? Find that guy a home.
Oh.
I hate to tell you this, but I think I just gave your husband away.
Simon, give me that.
What's the big deal? It's a Cosmo, not a Playboy.
- You're too young to be reading it.
- Knowledge is power.
You're right, and my knowledge of your having that, and the threat of passing that knowledge along to Mom, gives me all the power.
Now fork it over.
It's not like you're worried about me seeing anything bad.
Maybe I am, maybe I'm not.
There's no reason to be snippy about it.
Hm! Grandpa's plane's a half-hour late.
Did you call your mom and tell her? I need a quarter.
I didn't bring any change.
I wasn't expecting tolls.
Excuse me.
Do you have change for a dollar? That wasn't a line.
I really do need change.
- It's not nice to sneak up on people.
- Oh, really? A little blonde rinse would give your hair a very good new look.
- You think? - Yep.
There's a free sample right inside there.
Nice potato.
Some people actually eat those.
I found it under my couch.
See, our grandpa's coming to visit and I was supposed to vacuum - The most boring story in the world.
- The most boring? No.
Top ten, maybe.
- You wanna hang out with us? - Not allowed to talk to strangers.
That's right.
I guess we shouldn't be strangers anymore, then we can talk.
- I'm Wilson and this is Billy.
- I'm Mary and this is Ruthie.
OK? I guess, but let's not get too chummy.
Wanna play cars? Wilson's a cool name.
How'd your parents come up with it? That would be a boring story.
It'd be fun if we did something special in honour of Grandpa's visit.
- Uh-huh.
How special? - Well Like, what if I put a little something in my hair? A touch of blonde to lighten it up.
Your hair is so pretty.
Is this a Jimmy Moon thing? - No.
I just sort of feel like a change.
- I'll think about it.
- You're the coolest.
- Thinking about is not a yes.
But it's close.
Hi.
Did you just stuff everything in the closet? - No way, Mom.
- Good boy.
I stuffed everything in the drawers.
I'm going to go check.
It better at least look clean.
- Did Lucy ask you about her hair? - Yeah.
I said I'd think about it.
So you play in school.
The coach says I'm her only prospect for a scholarship.
- You must be pretty good.
- Oh, I gotta go.
I was supposed to have Ruthie back ten minutes ago.
Would you like to go to a movie tonight? I know your grandfather's coming in, but I just like hanging out with you.
- A couple of hours, tops.
- I'll have to ask my parents.
I could ask them for you.
Parents like me.
No, I'll do it.
Let me give you my number.
Excellent.
- Where's Dad? - Well, he's right behind me, honey.
Honey, maybe we should just talk for a sec before he comes in.
- Why? What's wrong? Is he OK? - Yeah.
He's doing surprisingly well.
- Where's my little girl? - Daddy! Oh! I've missed you so much.
Annie, this is my girlfriend, Ginger.
Ginger, this is my little girl, Annie.
It's just buffet style, so serve yourself and grab a seat, OK? - Mom's acting really weird.
- Weird? She's freaking out.
Well, why don't I say a quick blessing? We thank you for this food, Lord, and any other help you can pass our way would be greatly appreciated with an eye toward peace and harmony.
Amen.
Annie, this soup looks just delicious.
My mother taught me how to make it.
- Well, I'd love to get the recipe.
- I'll bet you would.
Matt came close to a smooth landing with a great-looking girl at the airport.
- You were cramping my style.
- RUTHIE: Mary met a boy at the park.
- She gave him her phone number.
- MARY: He was with his brother.
He goes to private school.
He's 17, and he's just really nice.
- LUCY: Did he ask you out? - Yes, but I told him Grandpa was here.
I'm sure it'd be OK, since Grandpa brought a date.
Well, Ginger and I don't want to interfere with anyone's plans.
We're going over to our hotel after lunch anyway.
Eric, Annie, we were hoping to take you to dinner.
Hotel? You're going to stay in a hotel? Well, we got a great two-for-one deal through our travel club.
So, you guys are planning to do a little travelling together, huh? Sounds pretty neat.
- Yeah, neat.
- Really neat.
- Way neat.
- Yeah, travelling can sure be - Neat? - Neat.
- MARY: Ginger is nice and you know it.
- So she wasn't horrible.
- She's cool.
- She sure is.
- She's OK.
- She's cool and she's really pretty.
- Cool and pretty.
- She's sort of pretty, I guess.
- You guess? - Oh, give us a break.
So Ginger's cool and pretty.
But, still, if Mom doesn't like her, I don't either.
- So she'll let you colour your hair.
- She'll let me colour my hair.
- I have to ask her at the right time.
- What are you, nuts? [PHONE.]
Hello? Oh, hi, Wilson.
[KISSING NOISES.]
And then Grandpa hit on you? That is so cool.
What was his line? Well, we were both having dinner alone at a restaurant and he came over and asked me if I was waiting for anybody.
I said I wasn't and he asked if he could join me.
- Smooth move, Grandpa.
- I still have a couple.
And that was three months ago? Wow! - Are you guys gonna get married? - Well, I don't know, Simon.
I think it's a little soon to be talking about marriage.
But you're going steady, right? - Yeah.
Yeah, I guess we are.
- I hope so.
- Do you have any kids? - Three sons.
- Any grandkids? - A bunch.
Have they met Grandpa? Did they like him? Not a bit.
- Hated me the minute I walked in.
- Why? - They think I wanna be their grandpa.
- Do you? No, son.
No one can take the place of someone who's passed away.
I guess.
It's tricky, though.
It's very tricky, Simon.
Speaking of tricks, does Happy know any new ones? Does she ever.
We're like two away from getting on The Letterman Show.
Foot, foot, foot.
Happy, come on.
- Mom, you OK? - No.
- The trash is done.
What else can I do? - Just one more thing, honey.
Take Ginger out to the airport and put her on the next plane back to Phoenix.
You're being awfully tough on Ginger.
It's six months since Grandma died.
It was a shock, but she seems really very nice.
- It's probably just a fling, anyway.
- Fling? No, my father does not fling.
Right, right.
I know.
What I meant was GRANDPA: Annie, could you or Eric run us to the hotel? - We'd like to get settled in.
- Matt can take you.
Swell.
Hey, how do you kids like Ginger? She's something, huh? She's just swell, Dad.
Come on, Grandpa.
We'd better get going.
We'll make that dinner reservation.
I don't need a hug! I need to vent! No hugging.
Venting.
Got it.
Fire away.
How could he start seeing another woman this soon? What about my feelings, the children's? - Last, and least, my feelings.
- No jokes, no hugs.
- Just venting.
- Sorry.
It's like he has no respect for my mother's memory.
Just plain disrespect.
- Can I put some rinse in my hair? - Unforgivable.
Yeah, it's fine.
I'm gonna call the hotel.
I bet you they are staying in the same room.
Uh-huh.
Honey, they're not staying in the same room.
Hello? Is a Charles Jackson registered there? Yes.
And a Ginger Ginger What was that home wrecker's last name? - I didn't catch it.
- Ginger somebody.
How can you not know? How many Gingers do you have? Is there a Ginger convention in town or something? He doesn't know.
Huh! - What kind of hotel is that? - Take a deep breath and relax.
Bite me.
Bite me? I tried to tell you that you can't surprise people with us.
She would have been just as upset if I'd told her before.
Once Annie gets to know you, she'll be fine.
- That's the girl that blew me off.
- GRANDPA: Pull over.
Park the car.
Walk up to the door and introduce yourself.
You've gotta be bold in matters of the heart.
That's how I met Ginger.
OK, maybe you're right.
If this doesn't work, it'll just be our little secret.
[DOORBELL.]
- Can I help you? - Hi.
I'm Matt Camden.
This is gonna sound weird, but was that girl your daughter? - She is.
- I saw her this morning at the airport.
I tried to talk, but she wouldn't give me the time of day, but I was driving by and thought maybe I should take a chance, but now I feel like a complete idiot and I'm really sorry, but I've never seen your daughter around and she seems really cool I'm sorry.
Should I go? That is the most I've ever heard a person say in one sentence.
Why don't you come in and say all that to Heather? I think half would probably be enough.
I'm Donna Cain.
- I'll go get Heather.
- OK.
Matt, sit down.
This is Heather.
Hi.
I'm Matt Camden.
I saw you at the airport with my dad.
He's a minister, not that that means anything.
My grandpa's plane was late.
We didn't have change to call my mom.
That's why I asked you for change, but also you're really pretty and seemed like somebody who I wanted to meet, and I sound like an idiot.
Heather says: Thank you.
That was really gutsy to come up here.
But now what? I was hoping maybe we could go out sometime or something.
I'm only home for a short time.
I go to a school for the deaf back east.
I only have this short time with my mom.
Heather, it might be nice for you to get to know people in the neighbourhood, especially since you'll be home here all summer.
Are you sure you wanna go out with me now that you know I'm deaf? Yeah.
Yes.
Have you ever gone out with a deaf girl before? I've never gone out with a hearing person.
I don't think it would work out.
I think it would be good for you to get to know some hearing people.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I can be your starter hearing person.
Um, I'm supposed to go to a party.
Maybe you wanna go with me and then we could get something to eat.
I didn't catch that last one.
Oh, um Heather says OK, she'll give it a try, but if it sucks, she warned you.
Come by at 7.
30.
How do you say, "Sounds great"? This.
Didn't you learn any sign language from Sesame Street? What are you so nervous about? You're probably better off with a girl that can't hear what you're saying.
One day you're gonna fall madly in love.
I'm gonna remember this and be no help.
- Nice try, but I've seen your work.
- What do you mean by that? I don't recall your ever getting past a third date with the same chick, right? Maybe this time's different.
You gotta remember something.
- Hi.
Hello.
How are you? - I'm fine.
How are you? Oh, OK.
I think I remember one.
- Yeah.
OK, yeah.
What does it mean? - Turtle.
- Didn't you learn any human stuff? - I'm giving you what I know.
- I haven't seen Sesame Street in years.
- I gotta get going.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
You're gonna need it.
She's gonna think he's an idiot.
Honey, aren't you gonna change to go out to dinner? If I change, it would mean I was planning to go out to dinner.
OK, I know there's no right answer to this, so I'm going with a simple why not, honey? - Not hungry.
- You're not hungry, you're not hungry.
Have you called your dad and told him? He didn't tell me he was tomcatting around with that woman.
- You can't just ignore your father.
- Watch me.
[DOORBELL.]
That's probably Mary's date.
You wanna meet him? If you were on a first date, would you wanna meet me now? OK, I can do this.
No problem.
[SIGHS.]
I got it.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi there.
You must be Mr Camden.
- And you must be Mary's date, Artie.
- Actually, I'm Mary's date, Wilson.
- Dad.
Right.
Sorry.
Artie was last night.
Tell him you're kidding.
You're not funny.
I'm kidding and I'm not funny.
She hasn't had a date for months.
- Dad! - OK, I'm kidding.
I'm still not funny.
- Nice to meet you, Wilson.
- Pleasure.
These are for you.
- And these are for you.
- Thanks.
So, where are you thinking of taking my daughter tonight? Well, I'm thinking about a movie, but movies are bad first dates cos you can't talk.
If I'm gonna get anywhere, I should lay on the charm down at Eddie's Pool Hall.
- Did you say get anywhere? - We're just gonna play pool or pinball.
I play a little pool now and then myself.
Yeah, I'm not very good.
I just enjoy it.
We could have a friendly game sometime.
I don't think so.
- Volvo, huh? - Yeah.
It was the family car.
I bought it off my dad with money I earned from my jobs.
- What kind of jobs? - The ice is getting real thin.
I'm a lifeguard at the local Y.
I also teach children's swimming classes.
- Can we go now? - You seem like a very nice young man.
But we don't really know you, we haven't seen you around and we don't let Mary go out with strangers.
You know my father.
He's your ophthalmologist.
- Jeffrey West is your father? - Yes, sir.
That's too bad.
He's a really nice guy.
Which hurts my argument for not letting you go out with Mary.
I was hoping it would.
And if that's not enough, I wrote down my beeper number, just in case you start to flip out.
- Very thoughtful but not necessary.
- OK.
I'll take it, just so I have it, since you wrote it down and everything.
Have a good time.
- Candy? - Not hungry.
Is he nice? Yeah, he is nice.
My guess is Mary's gonna rip his heart out.
[PHONE.]
Yeah? This is Charles.
Ginger and I are getting pretty hungry.
We were wondering when we can expect you.
That's a good question.
Here's the thing, Charles.
Let me tell you how well I know my daughter.
- She's in the room with you, right? - Uh-huh.
She's pouting, mean as a rattlesnake, her face buried in a magazine, and she's furious with me.
Actually, it's the paper, but right.
Well, Ginger and I are gonna go out and have dinner and we'll talk to you kids tomorrow.
Don't worry about Annie and me.
We'll work it out.
We're here for a week.
I mean, what's not to like about Ginger, huh? We'll talk to you tomorrow.
- I don't wanna talk about it.
- Fair enough.
- She makes your father happy.
- And I bet I know how.
He loves you more than anything in the world.
I know.
I hate her.
I really hate her.
Let me get that.
Sorry.
This isn't gonna be easy.
Oh.
[MUSIC BLARES.]
[MUSIC OFF.]
[MUSIC RESUMES.]
You know, I'm only gonna let you win so many.
- Then I destroy you.
- Thanks for the 90,000-point lead.
Oh, no.
Just ignore these guys.
They're huge jerks.
- This guy hittin' on you? - No, but thanks for caring.
Bye, Michael.
Listen, I'm not hitting on her.
We're kinda like, you know, out on a date.
OK, a date.
What is it, beauty and the beast night? - Whatever.
- Come on, Wilson.
Let's go.
Didn't Michael tell you I don't play this? Hey.
I guess you feel like a real man now, huh, pal? - Don't even listen.
- Sorry, I already did.
I don't like blonde hair on anyone but Mommy.
I didn't do it for you.
A woman needs a change now and then.
I'll bet Jimmy Moon won't like it either.
Don't listen to her.
Jimmy Moon will like the blonde hair.
He'll go nuts.
Guys love blondes.
- You better be right about this.
- Please.
I know what I'm talking about.
- [POP MUSIC.]
- [CHATTER.]
Hey.
She's not deaf.
She's just goofing on him.
How does he know what she's saying? What'd you do? - Nothing.
- What's wrong with your chick? If it's something you did, run next time you see me.
Heather, stop.
Wait a minute.
Wait, please.
"Home.
Now.
" [KNOCKING.]
Oh.
Hi, Ginger.
Hi, Annie.
I was wondering if we could talk.
I don't think so.
- I'm sorry.
- So am I.
- I better go.
- No, no, no.
Come in.
We'll fix this.
I don't know how, but we'll fix this.
My wife's a terrific person.
You just have to give her time to come around.
Maybe I'm trying too hard.
I just so wanted it to work.
When Charles popped into my life, it was like an ocean breeze, Eric.
He made me feel so free, so alive.
- You're in love with him.
- Yes.
I suppose I am.
You see, we were hoping if our families approved that maybe we could make some plans.
You know, at our age, the future is now.
But neither family seems to approve, so I don't know where that leaves us.
It leaves you together and in love, which is the best place two people can be.
We came too soon.
Look, don't go rushing back to Arizona just yet.
Have a little faith.
Things have a way of working out around here.
Mm-hm.
Thanks, Eric.
No problem.
- Luce? - Dad.
- Luce? - Dad.
Gee, Luce.
I know.
Why did you let me do this? Me? This is the rinse that I went into the kitchen and I asked you.
Oh, right, sure.
- It's not permanent, is it? - No, but it won't just wash out.
I see.
OK, well, I think it's a nice change of pace.
You can get a new perspective for a day or two.
It won't wash out in a day or two! OK, that's good, because real perspective takes longer.
Why don't we see how it looks over a bowl of ice cream? I'd rather be under the bowl.
[KNOCKING.]
- Mom? - Um, not right now, Simon.
Why don't you like Ginger? - What makes you think that? - Come on, Mom.
I do kind of know you.
You know, Grandpa said that Ginger's sons hate him, too.
Really? Why? They think that Grandpa is trying to replace their dad.
Yeah.
I know exactly how they feel.
- What was I supposed to do? - Let me handle it.
- I was the one they were picking on.
- No.
They were really picking on me.
- They were just using you to do it.
- Yet the insults were aimed at me.
- What's going on? - Nothing.
Some guys from her school were hassling me.
She stepped in like Rambo before I could defend myself.
- You want me to talk to her? - Who are you? - Sorry.
Matt, older brother.
- Wilson.
I used to date your sister.
When you see Lucy, tell her she never looked better, or I'm a dead man.
Don't even think about giving me a lecture.
Wow! What'd you do to make your hair look so blonde and, um, beautiful? If you're lying, I will be killing Simon tonight.
[GROWLS.]
It's some kind of colour stuff.
You put it on your hair and it does that.
How was your date? - It didn't turn out so good.
- What happened? I'm not quite sure.
So go find out.
Give her a call.
Oh, right.
I forgot.
Well, you'll straighten it out.
I'm open to suggestions.
Call her house and invite Heather and her mother to church tomorrow.
What a shock you'd suggest church.
It's possible church isn't the answer to every problem.
It's also possible it is.
Mrs Cain? Matt Camden.
Do you like church? Hi, buddy.
Hi.
- I'm sorry.
- Me, too.
I'm Annie Camden, another person in the universe.
- Right.
This is my mom.
- Of course.
Hi.
- Who are you, slugger? - Billy.
Hi, Billy.
We're real glad to have you and your big brother with us.
I think I'll go inside and get seats for everyone.
Thanks, Mrs Camden.
- I was hoping I'd see you here.
- I'm glad you came.
Me, too.
- We should probably go in.
- Yeah.
Mary I wanted to tell you before, but I was afraid you wouldn't go out with me.
Billy isn't my little brother.
He's my son.
[ORGAN PLAYS.]
Mom, wait.
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
Mary!