7th Heaven s02e19 Episode Script

Here's to a romantic breakfast for two.
- Remind me to give you a raise.
- If you handled the money, I would.
That's right, that's your department.
I'll give you another ten bucks a week but that's it.
It's so nice to be alone.
It's so peaceful.
So quiet.
- What's wrong? - Nothing.
And even if it's something, we don't know about it.
So let's just be grateful for what we have and enjoy it.
I can do that.
- Looks like a lot of bills.
- Oh.
Great.
- Bill, bill, bill.
- I paid these.
I could use that ten bucks in advance.
Can I owe you? - With interest? - Tons of interest.
- I'm in.
- Yes.
Way to go.
- He didn't look too happy.
- So it must be the college near us.
Oh.
Jeff Olsen really said I was cute? You're sure? Cute, not pretty? Just cute.
I guess I can take cute.
Cute is for a kid.
I'm more of a "A woman whose sexual nature is hidden beneath her perkiness?" - Give me that.
- "Just because I'm petite, doesn't mean my emotions are petite.
" I can't take it anymore.
You know Matt's gonna wanna live on campus.
Can't, can't, can't.
Well, he can if he gets a job, job, job.
Job? Can't, can't, can't.
I need a saw or some heavy rope or barbed wire.
- I've got tape and paper clips.
- Tape.
Where's the tape? It's in the cabinet next to the oven.
I don't even wanna know.
Hey, look what I found.
Can I keep her? Nothing, not even her name? Nope, she doesn't talk.
She never said anything.
I was just walking down the street and she came right up to me.
- So can we keep her? - No, Simon, I don't think so.
That's not fair.
You let Grandma and the Colonel keep George.
- Well, that was different.
- I don't see how.
Well, it was different because George was an orphan.
You think she has parents? What kind of parents would let their kid go wandering the streets, hungry and dirty like that? I'm sure she's an orphan.
I can feel it in my bones.
I think we owe it to the child to go a little beyond that.
Why? Even if she does have parents, they shouldn't get her back.
When something belongs to you, you have to take care of it.
- And that's the law.
- Mm.
Not exactly.
If I didn't take care of Happy, - you wouldn't let me keep her.
Right? - Right.
If I didn't feed her and let her go wandering the streets, a dogcatcher would catch her, take her to the pound, and some other family would get her.
Why isn't it that the same for a kid? Your heart's in the right place, Simon.
But I'm still going to have to do the best I can to locate her family.
I know.
But if no one claims her, can we keep her? Well, for the girl's sake, let's just pray we find her parents.
You're on your own on that one, Dad.
I want her.
Mm.
Wait.
Which one of these dresses would you like to wear? I like that one too.
And it matches your eyes.
You're gonna look very pretty in it.
What are we doing? Well, I'm taking control of my own destiny.
Because it looks like you're putting black tape on the floor.
Well, I'm dividing the room, okay? I need to stake out my territory.
I need my own space.
Well, don't get any ideas about moving into my room.
I just got Simon out of there and I love it.
I bet you do.
But if I were you, I'd watch out.
- What do you mean? - If that kid Simon found moves in, she'll be your new roommate.
Welcome to the Camden Boarding House.
Simon's friend isn't moving in with us, is she? No, honey.
We're just looking for her parents.
I can help you look if you want.
I'm good at finding things.
That's very sweet.
I'll let you know.
I wanna tell you, I have a date tonight.
- I thought we'd just hang out here.
- Fine.
Mom, what I mean is, we're gonna hang out in my room.
Sure, I mean, it's more like an apartment than a room anyway.
I mean, there's plenty of places to sit and move around.
Besides, you're almost 18.
We've done our job, we trust you.
I'm glad you see it that way.
I'm looking for privacy.
Of course, privacy.
Good for everyone now and then.
And, by the way, congratulations on getting accepted to college, son.
Yeah, it's great.
I mean, especially if I decide not to go out of state.
You know I got accepted out of state too? Yeah, but this is a better school.
I mean, this is a great school.
Why would you even need to go out of state? Yeah, why would I do a crazy thing like that? Um, he has a date tonight and they're going to "hang out" in his room.
This is just a test to see if he can find an excuse to go away to college.
I know.
And we are going to pass this test if it kills us.
I'm gonna go to the police station and look through missing-children reports, help out with the search, maybe speed things up.
I don't guess Simon's too happy about that.
No, he's not.
Breakfast again tomorrow? It's a date.
Anyone and everyone knows that a diary is private.
No.
What anyone and everyone knows is that you don't leave your diary lying around with no lock on it.
I didn't know I needed a lock.
You do if you don't want people to keep reading.
Keep? Keep reading? You've done this before? Not only have I done it before, probably everyone in the entire family has sneaked a peek at it because you keep leaving it all over the house.
I never realised I was living with people I couldn't trust.
As soon as Matt moves out of here, I'm moving up to the attic.
No, I'm sorry.
I'm the oldest, I'm next in line.
Mom and Dad are not going by oldest on this one.
They almost let Simon move up there, why wouldn't they let me? Maybe it's because of your sexual side lurking underneath your perkiness? You shut up and stay out of my business! That'll be easy.
I'll just leave.
Something that you can't do.
Because, if you haven't noticed, the door is on my side of the room.
Huh.
Let me in! Wow.
You look nice.
Happy.
Happy, sit up.
Sit up.
Yeah, I can be pretty funny.
- Some might even say charming.
- Yeah, right, Prince Charming.
- What are we doing? - We are busy.
- Did she crack yet? - Crack? Talk, speak, move her lips and make sounds.
Not a word.
Maybe I can get her to talk and tell us where her real family is.
Forget it.
She's staying.
And don't get any ideas about sharing her.
I found her, she's mine.
Fine.
But don't get any ideas about her sleeping in my room.
Why should I? See you.
- You can start looking through these.
- All of these are missing children? Just the ones we haven't put on the computer database yet.
My baby! Somebody do something.
Somebody help me.
I've lost my little girl.
She needs me.
I need her.
- I've gotta get her back.
- Can you describe your daughter? Brown hair.
About this high.
She's got big, beautiful, blue eyes.
Name's Sarah.
Sarah James.
Have you seen my Sarah? Hey.
I'm telling you, I need a drink.
I hurt.
I'm in pain.
I told you, Mr.
James, I can't get you a drink.
- Maybe I can help, Kat.
- You're welcome to try.
- Who are you? - I'm Eric Camden, Joe.
I'm a minister.
- I have your daughter.
- You found my Sarah? My son found your daughter out on the street.
She was tired and hungry.
- She looked like she needed help.
- The only thing she needs is me.
You can't keep her, you know? She's mine.
I'm gonna get her back.
Since you obviously have a little problem, maybe your daughter would be better off with her mother? Look, I don't have a problem.
You have a problem.
No one knows where her mother is.
And even if you did, she left us when Sarah was just a baby.
So the only parent Sarah knows is me.
She loves drunk, old me.
And nobody's gonna keep us apart.
Nobody.
Mom, this is Molly.
Molly, this is my mom.
- Hi, Molly.
- Hi.
- I'm Annie, really nice to meet you.
- Hi.
You don't know Matt from school? - Actually, Molly already graduated.
- I'm 23.
We met at a coffee shop.
I work there, as a foam girl, making cappuccinos and, you know, things that need foam.
It's really fun but it doesn't pay that much, so I still live in my parents' pad too.
Oh.
You know, I thought we'd go up to my place.
You know, listen to some music, just relax.
You know, chill.
Unless, of course, you two would like to chill with your father and me.
- Sound of Music.
- Maybe some other time.
Absolutely.
Rodgers and Hammerstein are so dope.
Dope.
Even if it kills us.
Okay, time-out.
Did you see that? Matt is taking a girl up to his room.
A girl to his room to do God knows what.
Do you think Mom and Dad know? They couldn't know.
If they knew, they'd stop it, wouldn't they? Is there a new world order? Hello? Are you listening to me? Matt is taking a woman up to his room.
Are you gonna answer me or not? I would love to talk about Matt and what I know about his little friend, but it seems that the line that you've drawn across the middle of the floor has some kind of sound barrier in it.
So why don't you write it in your diary and I'll read it when I get a chance? This is my room.
It's pretty impressive, isn't it? You can stay here as long as you like.
Really.
As long as you like.
I was starting to worry.
Did you talk to the father? Yep.
And Simon's little friend Sarah.
The police are trying to track down the mother now.
We're hoping she's not in the same condition the father is.
I'd like her here before the hospital runs out of excuses for detaining him.
The police aren't gonna let him take Sarah back? I hope not.
I'm hoping Social Services will intervene.
- And if they do? - He'll have to go through rehab and prove he's a fit father.
- And if he does that? - They'll return Sarah to him.
- But if he doesn't? - They'll put her in a foster home.
What are we doing? We are not doing anything and you are going back downstairs.
I don't have anything to do.
Can I hang out with you guys? Please, please, please? - No.
- Sure.
Is this your little sister? I have never seen her before in my life.
He did so.
I'm Ruthie.
What's your name? - Molly.
- And my name's Matt.
Bye, Ruthie.
Molly's a pretty name.
I have a doll named Molly but she doesn't have a head anymore.
- What happened to it? - I pulled it off.
That is so radical.
I used to pull the heads off my dolls too.
She's awesome.
How can you stand it? I can't.
Excuse me, I'll be right back.
- There's no bathroom up here.
- Oh.
- Will one of you please watch Ruthie? - Why should I? Do you see the circumstances I have to live in? The people who live in the slums of Calcutta have more privacy and they live on the street.
I don't wanna do anything that's gonna encourage you to stay home next year since I'm, you know, looking forward to taking over your room.
You're not getting that room.
I'm getting it.
And I'm putting a vault up there and locking my diary in it.
You two are completely mental.
Hey.
How's everything going with your date? Well, Ruthie's having a blast.
Does that count? - What? - Ruthie.
She interrupted everything.
I'll get her.
What's with the viper twins? They've got tape down the middle of their room.
I'll take care of it.
- Shut your mouth.
- What? I'll be back.
So how about those apostles? - What? - Just trying to make conversation.
Interrupted everything, huh? - I would never have sex in this house.
- Good to hear.
Although "in this house" kind of opens a can of worms.
Care to chat? How about those apostles? You're not the boss of me.
You're wrong.
I am the oldest.
I am the boss.
I can tell you, Simon and Ruthie to do something and you have to do it too.
Why don't you pick on them instead of me? Because you're right here in the room with me.
For your information, I am the boss of everyone.
If Matt goes away to school, can I have his room? - Mom, I'm next in line.
- You're fighting over nothing.
Matt's not going away to school.
What? Mom, Matt's way too old to be living at home.
- He's 17.
- Almost 18 and going on 30.
Do you know that there's a woman upstairs in his room? Yes.
And did you know she's 23 and still living at home with her parents? There's no way I'll still be living at home when I'm 23.
Yeah, no way.
Well, at least you two agree on something.
That's a start.
You know, you guys just apologise to each other and move on.
I'm sorry I ever trusted you.
Well, I'm sorry that you're petite because I'd love to pummel your un-petite emotions right out of your little body.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
Well, you know where the line was and you'd better not cross it.
Come on, you got it.
Come on.
- Excuse me.
- Hey, Annie.
Wanna see the new dance step Molly showed me? Some other time maybe.
Molly pulls the heads off her dolls too.
Isn't that nice? Well, sweetie, I think that Molly and Matt, - they wanna be alone now, so - I don't mind kids.
I can't wait to have some of my own.
- Thanks, Mom.
- Yeah.
You sure you guys don't wanna see that film? - Mom - Yeah.
- Come on.
- Thank you.
Sorry, Molly.
We'll bust a move some other time.
Yeah.
Some other time.
You know, you are really sweet, but I'm 23 and I live at home with my parents, so I try not to date guys who live at home with their parents.
My parents aren't like your parents.
They're trying to get me to stay home.
and your parents are trying to get you to move out.
- Hey there.
Hey, Dad.
- We need to talk.
- Her too? Actually, her has a name.
It's Sarah.
Sarah James.
- Isn't that right, honey? - Yes.
Please take me back to my daddy.
He needs me.
I shouldn't have left him alone.
It's okay, he's a daddy.
Daddies can take care of themselves.
But my daddy is sick and we run out of food all the time.
So he needs me to go with him and ask people for money so we could buy stuff.
What kind of sick? What's wrong with him? I don't know but if he doesn't drink a lot, he hurts real bad.
We can't let her go home even if she wants to.
Promise me we won't? What time did Molly leave? - I don't know.
And don't ask Matt.
We have to act like we're fine with this whole entertain-the-woman- in-the-room thing.
Well, I just hope she didn't hear us when she left.
What is it about stress that is such a? It's like such a - Turn on? - Yeah.
There's been a lot of stress around here.
Yeah.
It's a good thing we're married.
You know, it's not so much the girl in the room that I mind as it is the girl in the room that's right over my head.
Well, we could renovate and move him to the garage.
Yeah, or we could let him go away to school.
- These are my choices? - Afraid so.
The girl in the room doesn't really bother me that much.
Liar.
- Where are you going? - I'm meeting Sgt.
Michaels at Sarah's.
No, he needs my help.
It's official police business.
Yeah.
- Liar.
Liar.
Liar.
- That's No, it's police business.
Judge was reluctant to give a warrant since I haven't shown sufficient cause.
Eric, I think we should leave this to Social Services.
Just wanna check it out.
- What are you looking for? - Sufficient cause? Who knows? There might be other people living here - and the other people might let us in.
- And then what? I don't know.
What's that over there? - Come on.
- Come on.
Oh.
Look, the door's open.
Suspect's down in county That's for me.
I'll be right back.
What do you want first, the good news or the bad? - Give me the bad.
- Well, there's no mother.
She OD'd in the Bowery two years ago, Manhattan.
But there's some good news? There's news that might be good, depending.
Joe James's mother is alive, so Sarah has a grandmother.
We just don't know what condition she's in.
- Well, let's find out.
- Yeah.
Just say it.
I have to get out of here.
It's like a prison.
Well, don't hold back, Matt.
Tell me how you really feel.
It's time for me to be on my own.
Well, I guess there's always the University of Texas.
Tennessee.
University of Tennessee.
Yeah.
I mean, I guess you could get a job and pay for the dorm - or share an apartment or something.
- And you and Dad would be okay? Tell me how you really feel.
You know the choices.
And you've worked very hard.
And I trust you to do the right thing.
I just don't think you should go to school all the way across the country just to get a little independence from your family.
I'll think about it.
Molly stayed over? Yeah.
But she just slept.
I slept in the living room.
The blankets are still folded up at the end of the couch if you check.
I gotta check on Simon and Sarah right now but we'll talk about this later.
Right.
When Dad gets home.
Lucy, let me in.
- Look, what are you? - Lucy locked me out.
Lucy.
Open this door right now.
What is wrong with you two? Did I not just explain last night that I am the boss? And the boss says to apologise and move on.
I just needed a minute to put something away, so I locked the door.
- Shoe box, top shelf, top box.
- She reads my diary.
I don't go and get it out of the shoe box and read it.
I just read it when she leaves it lying all over the room.
It's just stupid stuff like she's petite but she's thinking about sex all the time.
Don't yell at me.
Matt's the one with a girl in his room.
He slept downstairs.
I saw him.
Maybe we need to talk about sex.
- Really? - We're not having sex with anyone.
I can see that you might be tempted to some time in the future.
Well, can we wait and talk about it then? - I just ate.
- Well, okay.
Then maybe you'll tell us about the good stuff? - Good stuff? - What? You have basketball.
I don't know.
I don't know what the stuff is.
I just know biology.
Let me just say this for right now.
I remember this dark, stormy night in this house I feel a flashback coming on.
And we had been here a few years but it was still spooky because the lights went out and your dad didn't get home until very late.
Just after I put one of you to bed after your midnight feeding in fact.
And he came in apologising for leaving me alone.
He had been with Mrs.
Bink at the hospital.
She had heart surgery.
And he said that that was ironic.
And I didn't understand why it was ironic.
And he laughed because he said that I had forgotten that that day was Valentine's Day.
And I had forgotten.
I mean, I was a young mom and I was just too busy to remember.
And he took a Hershey bar out of his coat pocket and said that that was all he had time to get.
He'd gotten it at the machine at the hospital.
And I just remember that when we kissed, the rain seemed to stop.
And your father, he put his arms around me, and I felt so loved and so protected and so happy.
- That's the good stuff? - I'm getting to that.
You're the good stuff.
That's the night that you were conceived.
- I was conceived on Valentine's Day? - Well, an hour or so after.
This is so cool.
Why didn't you ever tell me before? Well, I just felt that this was the time to point out that when you really love someone completely and you're committed and responsible, that's when sex is good.
Really good.
Well, what about me? How was I conceived? You're not old enough to hear that one.
Maybe I'll tell you at your wedding.
I was conceived on Valentine's Day.
This should make for some good diary entries.
I love living alone I love my space, my place Because it's my room All my own Alone, alone I love my room I love living alone I love my space, my place Because it's my room All my own Alone, alone - How are things going? No matter what I do, she just keeps asking me to take her home.
My daddy will be worried.
He needs me to take care of him.
Honey, everything is gonna be okay.
Simon's daddy is out trying to get your daddy some help right now.
Sarah, I'd like you to meet someone.
Sarah? It's me, Grandma.
I'm your daddy's mommy.
No.
Where's my daddy? I want my daddy.
You see? Sarah doesn't want to be with me.
The child's afraid of me.
All that time I spent wondering where she was and what she'd look like, It doesn't matter.
It's too late.
He's isolated her from everyone just like he isolated himself.
It's hopeless, Reverend, just like my son is hopeless.
Nothing's hopeless.
Trust me, I'm in the hope business.
I'm old.
I can't take Sarah with me if she isn't willing to go.
And what happens when Joe gets drunk and comes to take her back? Even if he doesn't, who's gonna take her when I'm not around anymore? The important thing is you're here for Sarah now.
The rest, we'll figure out.
We have time.
I want to see my daddy.
Please don't let that Grandma lady take me away.
What do you say you and me and that Grandma lady go into the kitchen and bake up a batch of your favourite cookies? That way, we'll get to know her.
I bet she's really nice.
And you're not going anywhere tonight.
You're staying right here.
Hey, baking cookies is a lot of fun, huh? Um Look, I'll be right back.
It's gonna be okay.
Look, Sarah's grandmother's here but she doesn't know her.
So Mom is gonna take Sarah into the kitchen with her grandmother, do some baking, work the Mom magic, and I need you to help.
I'll pass.
I was looking forward to a little quality alone time tonight.
Look, I know I was rude before about sharing Sarah and everything, but she needs someone to show her how to do all that grandmother- and mother-daughter stuff.
I think you're the only person for the job.
Is she going to go live with her grandma? I hope so.
It's better than her dad taking her back.
- I thought you were keeping her.
- I want to, but If you love someone, you have to let them go.
And I love Sarah, and as hard as it is, it's best if she goes with her grandmother.
- What are you doing tonight? - If you heard my date slept over, we weren't doing anything.
I slept downstairs.
I know.
Your mom filled me in when I called home this afternoon.
- Do we have to talk? - Yeah.
But not here.
- Where? - Come on, we're going on a mission.
Okay, you two, I need a cup of sugar.
What about the egg? Can we break it? Of course.
See, I told you.
Moms are cool and grandmas are the coolest.
They'll let you do just about anything.
they never yell at you, and they let you eat anything you want.
Are you okay? - Yes.
And no.
I can't tell you how many times I've dreamed about this.
It's gonna be okay.
I used to say that about my son, but it never was.
It never was.
Oh! I thought this would be a good place to talk to you about the importance of a college education, moving away from home, not drinking or doing drugs, responsibility, marriage, sex, children, setting a good example for your brother and sisters.
That kind of stuff.
Shall we? Oh, boy.
I thought I'd give you a ride home.
And then later, if you like, I'll take you to meet a friend of mine, Bill W.
There's no way I'm going to AA.
So you and Bill W.
can shove it.
- You afraid it might work? - I don't really wanna live like I live, so I'm always trying to change and I'm always failing.
Failing doesn't bother Sarah.
That girl loves me.
The question is, do you love her? Why don't you get lost? I don't need a ride home.
No, you don't.
You can always walk or take the bus.
Welcoming committee? - It looks different about this place.
- You noticed it.
- Welcome home, Joe.
- Welcome home, Joe.
I rewired everything so you won't have to borrow electricity anymore.
And I fixed the plumbing.
Everything's been scrubbed and disinfected.
I don't think you'll have pest problems.
They've all been sprayed or trapped.
And we put an old bed that we had in our garage in your bedroom so you don't have to sleep on the floor.
And it has new sheets and a new blanket.
And I took some Church funds and caught you up with the gas and water companies.
Oh.
Ruthie, show him the best part.
And lots of food.
I picked out the chocolate milk myself.
Why? Why would you do this? Daddy, I missed you.
- You look good, Daddy.
- Yes, Joe, you do look good.
Sarah, please go outside for a little bit and let Daddy talk with Grandma.
Okay? She's just a little girl.
She can't take care of you anymore.
Joe, I wanna take her home with me.
I want you to tell her to go, make it okay for her.
Why would I give away the only person in this world who loves me? Oh, Joe.
I love you.
I've always loved you.
But more than that, someone upstairs must love you like his own son to find people like this to take you on.
I spoke to our deacons and we're gonna make you a Church project.
Someone from Church is going to come here every day to drive you to your AA meetings.
Then you're gonna get a hot meal from our Meals on Wheels programme.
And hoping to see you in church every Sunday.
We'll even give you a ride.
What if I don't wanna be a Church project? Well, then Social Services is gonna make you a project.
And so is the Police Department.
Your daughter can't stay with you.
It's either your mother or a foster home.
But I love her.
I love Sarah.
If you mean that, then just do the right thing.
As hard as it is, do the right thing.
Honey, you've been taking care of me for a really long time, but I think I need more help than a little girl can give me.
- I wasn't doing a good job? - No, no, no.
See, I wasn't doing a good job.
It's your turn to be taken care of.
And Grandma's great at taking care of people, honey.
Do me a favour and let your grandma take you home for a while, okay? I'll miss you.
But you deserve a better place to live, with some new toys and some pretty dresses.
I don't need new toys or dresses.
I need you.
Sweetheart, that's why I'm gonna stay here and get some help.
But I don't think I'll be much good at it unless I know you're with my mom.
That way, I won't worry about you.
I love you, Daddy.
I love you too.
You get Sarah and her grandmother home? Yeah.
They're gonna be fine.
- What's all this? - This is Thanksgiving.
You're a few months late, aren't you? Actually, we're early.
We didn't wanna wait till November to say "thank you.
" Yeah, thanks for letting me have my own room.
And thank you for never letting me wander the streets, hungry and dirty, looking for food.
And thank you for telling me about that stormy Valentine's night.
It seemed like the right time.
It made me feel really special.
You always make me feel really special.
You know, after I get through crying and yelling about being me.
And I wanna thank you for making me share a room with her because having a sister who has the guts to be vulnerable like that is some kind of weird blessing.
I think we know what you're thankful for.
Did you tell them? I'm thankful Mom and Dad are gonna let me go away to school next year.
I'm going to Tennessee, as long as I can get a job and pay for my own living expenses.
We wanted Matt to make up his own mind and that's what he decided.
We'll miss him but we want him to be happy.
So maybe it is time for him to leave the nest.
We won't see you for years? No, I'll be home every Christmas and every summer, I promise.
So this could be the last Thanksgiving together for a while.
- So can I have the attic? - No way, it's mine.
I was supposed to have it in the first place.
- No, me.
- Maybe I want it.
- No, no, you guys.
No, I'm the oldest.
- No, no, no.
Excuse me, can I?