7th Heaven s05e03 Episode Script

Uh, you have a busy day ahead.
No busier than your day.
You've had a really busy week.
I know.
You have a busy week every week.
I was thinking that maybe you might want to go out tonight for awhile without me.
Really? Really.
How'd you know? How'd I know what? How'd you know I was feeling a little confined.
Well, I didn't know.
Ah, you knew.
No, I didn't, really.
Come on, honey, you always know when I need a night out.
Well, I know now.
No, I just I just need to commune with a little male energy.
You know? Hang out with the guys.
Talk the talk, walk the walk.
Well, you should do that.
Thanks.
I will.
What are you gonna do? Well, I was thinking since you're going out, that, uh, maybe I could get some work done on my term paper.
Oh, that's good.
It's just that I need to get the idea for the paper approved by my professor first.
So, talk to him.
Yeah, I will.
It's just that the only time he had available was 7:00 tonight.
Uh, in his office, after his last class.
All right.
Red flag on the play.
the only time he has available? The only time.
I doubt it.
You're gonna be out with your friends anyway.
It's just going to be a short meeting, half-hour, maybe less.
Simon, Lucy, Mary can baby-sit.
No, I can't baby-sit.
I have a date.
At least I hope I do.
Lou-Lou, hottest babe in the sophomore class.
Better known to you as Lou-Ellen Almire who goes to our church.
She's hot? Sorry, but when did Lou-Ellen get hot? This summer.
And where are you planning to go? Wherever Lou-Lou will let me take her.
And, uh, how are you going to take Lou-Lou anywhere? Your father and I have plans this evening.
I wasn't planning on asking you guys.
Well, Mary has a two-seater car and either Mary or Lucy has to baby-sit.
I'll baby-sit.
I'll find some guy at school with a car who has a date and we'll double.
That's how it's done.
Not unless I know the guy with a car.
Why is Mary's car in the driveway? Isn't she supposed to be at work? Or did she get fired again? Time for school.
What's up? Uh, you tell us.
Is it your day off? Did you get fired? Building burn down? Business close for an epidemic? Uh-uh.
Quit? I just got another job, that's all.
I'm working at Pete's Pizza.
I just I didn't like the pool hall.
I kept getting the day shift and well, I like the night life.
I like to boogie.
Is it me or is she starting to spin? I need a parent time-out.
So we'll take the night off.
And we'll regroup and refocus when we're refreshed.
Yeah.
'Cause she is starting to spin.
Spin.
When I see their happy faces Smiling back at me 7th Heaven I know there's no greater feeling Than the love of family Where can you go When the world don't treat you right? The answer is home That's the one place that you'll find 7th Heaven Mmm, 7th Heaven 7th Heaven.
He's an untamed park He's wise and knowledgeable A real piece of art How it taunts me How I find it Horribly wrong To keep happy When the savory Love is prolonged Ha, ha-ha, ha, ha I'm full of emotion, higher devotion Full of emotion Full of emotion, higher devotion Full of emotion Wish I could dance like that.
Well, maybe they teach dancing at your new fancy school.
Not that kind of dancing.
Shouldn't you be on your way to school? I'm in a car pool.
It's like a welcome wagon.
A bunch of girls all come together in a van and pick me up.
So they can have time to get to know me.
It's supposed to help me not feel so new.
Well, that's really nice.
Yeah, they're all nice girls.
But they're not my big sister.
Could we please do something together this weekend? Like tonight? We haven't done anything together in a really long time.
Well, unfortunately, I have to work.
Well, what time do you get off? Um, sometime around midnight.
They want me to work a double shift tonight, 12:00 to 12:00.
Well, maybe we can do something then.
Yeah, maybe we could.
I could bring a pizza home with me, and I could wake you up and we could have a midnight snack.
Yeah, then you could sleep over in my room.
Okay.
It's a date.
Ruthie, honey, your ride is here.
Lou, it's Eric Camden.
I was just wondering what you're doing tonight.
Why, is there a problem? No, no problem.
I just thought we could, you know, shoot a game of pool, hang out.
By ourselves? You could bring some of the guys along if you want.
What guys? I don't know, some of the church guys.
What church guys? The guys, you know, who come to church.
Unfortunately, I already have plans with my wife.
We always go out Friday night.
Okay, well, maybe some other time.
Eric Camden wanted me to go shoot some pool with him tonight.
Huh! Are you going? No.
I'm never quite comfortable with Eric on a social level.
I'm always afraid I'm gonna slip up and curse or something.
If you want to let yourself off the hook, I'm not too comfortable with the idea of the two of you hanging out together anyway.
I don't mind if you do some church work together, but outside of that I'd say it sounds like trouble.
Trouble? The man deals with trouble all the time.
Trouble just comes to him.
What if it comes to him and he's with you? Glenoak Hospital.
Yes, hello, I was wondering if it'd be possible to have Matt Camden paged.
One moment, please.
Camden, on line four.
This is Matt Camden.
Hey, glad they found you.
You want to go out and shoot a little pool tonight? Who is this? What? Dad? Yeah.
You want to go shoot some pool tonight? With you? Yes, with me.
I mean, if you want, you can bring John along.
You called me at work to go play pool? I'm sorry, were you in the middle of something? Just emptying a bedpan, but still you've never called me at work.
Why do you want to go play pool, is someone in the family in trouble? Is it Mary, Lucy or Simon? No, no one's in trouble.
I'm just looking to get out for a little while.
You never do that.
That's why I'm doing it.
What does Mom think? She suggested it.
Why? Because she's meeting with her professor tonight.
On a Friday night? Are you okay with that? Yeah, if that's what she wants to do.
Uh, so, the two of you are having problems.
We're not having problems.
Matt Camden, you have a call on line six.
Matt Camden, call on line six.
I have I have to go.
Well, look, if you're not doing anything Matt Camden.
You've got to help me out.
Who is this? Simon.
Simon Camden, your brother.
Why are you calling me at work? I need a favor.
Yeah, I need a favor, too.
Tell the family not to call me here.
I'm going to get in trouble.
I'll tell them.
Look, I need you to drive me on a date tonight.
It's with No.
20 big ones.
You drive us to the movies, you pick us up.
I don't care what you do with the rest of your time.
$20.
00.
Be at the house at 7:00.
Wait, wait, wait a minute.
You two aren't going to be making out in the back seat, are you? Matt Camden, you have a call on line three.
Matt Camden, you have a call on line three.
Mom? What makes you think it's Mom? It's Lucy.
Why are you calling me on this number? I'm going to lose my job! Calm down.
I just wanted to know if you would please baby-sit Sam and David tonight.
I told Mom I would, but I suddenly got a date.
Who's your date? You don't know him.
He's my lab partner in my family class.
Lab partner in a family class? Huh? What's the lab? Sex? Did they disrupt your lobotomy so you could take this call? What's wrong with you? I have to pretend I'm married, and we have this egg that's supposed to be a baby, and we have to, like, watch it or something so we can see how much trouble it is to be parents.
No.
I'm on my way.
Hi, wife.
Hi, husband.
I called my brother, but he turned me down.
I can always come over to your house and help you baby-sit.
What's one more kid? I'll have to ask my mom, but I'm sure it won't be a problem.
Put the kids to bed, and then watch a video.
Whatever you say, dear.
All right.
But don't try and make out with me in front of your brother or anything.
I'm not going to spend Friday night making out in the back of a car while some old guy watches us.
I wouldn't dream of it.
I don't know why I'm doing this.
Probably 'cause you're so cute.
Here you go.
Hey, you want to sit down and have a piece with us? No, I don't.
Can can I get you something else? Yeah, I'll have your phone number written on your underwear.
Having fun yet? Not really.
Let my wife handle them.
She's good with those types.
Frances is your wife? Not Frances.
No one calls her Frances.
It's Frankie.
We've been married for a year.
But you look so young.
We are young.
Frankie's your age, and I'm 21.
You know, I thought about getting married last year.
What changed your mind? Just wasn't ready.
Yeah, neither was I, but the baby changed all that.
Hey, Mary! We're saving a piece for you.
Whoo! Do you who you're talking to? Minister's daughter.
Give her a break.
Behave yourself.
And if we don't? Then you're all going to Hell.
Oh! I mean it.
Sorry, Mary.
What did you say to them? Nothing.
Don't worry about it.
Look, all you have to worry about is getting through the dinner rush, then the movie rush, then we're home free.
Yeah.
That seems like forever.
Yeah, the first night's always the roughest.
But Pete's a nice guy and, hey, he leaves at 11:00.
We get to close up.
You want to stick around for a beer? No, thanks.
It'll be fun.
We have the whole place to ourselves.
We just turn up the music, kick back a cool one.
It's kind of a Friday night ritual.
I'm underage, and I don't want to get Johnny in trouble for selling alcohol to a minor.
I'm not going to sell it to you.
I'm going to give it to you.
Come on.
Just one.
I promise, we'll have a real good time.
What's the movie rated? It's PG-13.
Have you told Matt what time and where to pick you up? I'll tell him when he gets here.
If I told him any sooner, he'd just forget.
Okay.
What did I miss? Well, Matt's driving Simon on his date.
Oh, that's nice.
He couldn't play pool with me, but he can drive Simon on his date.
I'm paying him.
Oh.
Who are you going to play pool with? I couldn't get anyone to go.
Everybody's busy.
Did you call the new priest at the little Catholic Church? No.
I just didn't feel like being on my best behavior.
You know what I mean.
The guy's new in town, and he's a priest.
Did you call Rabbi Stein? It's Friday night.
Um.
Hey, what about the guy that took over the little church on the corner? You know, the good-looking single guy? Well, he is.
No.
I just didn't feel like hanging out with any of those guys.
Takes me all night to get comfortable, and I always feel like I'm going to slip up and do something antireligious.
So you're just going to go out alone? Yeah.
Just going to go shoot some pool by myself.
Oh, you know what? I'll cancel.
I'll come with you.
Or not? Why don't we do this? Why don't you go to your meeting, and I'll go to the pool hall, and when you're done with your meeting, you come over and we'll shoot a game together? You haven't let me shoot a game with you since I scratched the felt off the Buckman's table.
New table.
So I'll meet you at 8:00.
Great.
I'm taking off.
I'm going to go to the library before my meeting.
Okay.
I'll see you at 8:00.
Okay.
Bye.
Good-bye.
Luce! I got him.
I got him.
Come on.
Big jump.
My lab partner in my family class is coming over to help me baby-sit.
Well What's what's lab in family class? Sex? No, no.
We have to pretend to be a married couple for 24 hours.
He's not sleeping over.
But thanks for trusting me.
I've got to go.
When is this husband coming over? Oh, he should be here any minute with our baby.
The egg thing? Are you going to be able to keep an eye on Ruthie, the twins and an egg all at once? Not a problem.
Where are the boys? They crawled back upstairs.
Hey, you going to bed already? Soon.
I have to get up at midnight.
Mary's bringing home a pizza, and we're having a sleepover.
It's going to be great.
Would you like me to set an alarm clock for you so you wake up? You're the best dad ever.
It seems like just yesterday, Mary was your age.
Two more.
Three iced teas and a lemonade.
How's it going? I can't believe what I'm making in tips.
Yeah.
Friday night's the best.
Are you going to hang out with us after work? You know, I really can't.
I told my little sister that I'd be home by midnight with pizza.
Perfect.
I used to work in the kitchen.
I'll put in a pizza for you, and we'll have a drink while we wait for it.
There you go.
Thanks.
Don't you have to get home to the baby? Not on Friday night.
Her Mom thinks we're open till 1:00.
Gives us an extra hour.
Okay, that probably didn't sound so responsible.
But, believe me, it's tough working and raising a kid.
Frankie gets totally stressed out.
She needs the hour, man.
We both do.
And she could use a friend.
I mean, it's been really hard on her.
All her friends pretty much ditched her when we got pregnant.
So what do you say? One beer? I don't know about the beer, but I will stick around long enough to get the pizza.
It's 7:00.
I hope you're on your way.
Hey, what time is Matt coming? He's supposed to be here now.
If you don't want to wait, I'm happy to drive you.
Sophomore.
Hot babe.
You can't drive us.
Well, I'll be at the pool hall if you change your mind.
Hey, this is Matt and John.
Leave us a message at the beep.
Hey, your friends at table seven are looking for you.
I got them their drinks, but they want you.
They're regulars.
They probably just want to know how the baby's doing.
I'm just going to finish my cigarette.
You want one? Oh, no thanks.
I don't smoke.
I started when I was, like, 12.
But I quit after I found out I was pregnant.
But, as soon as I popped Mercy out, I lit up again.
Mercy.
What a great name.
She's a great baby.
She's so good.
She never cries.
Probably because my mom watches her most of the time.
She's good with babies.
It's teenagers she can't handle.
I better get inside.
Okay.
Annie.
What would you like to drink? Nothing really.
Water's fine for me.
Okay.
A bottle of water and a bottle of the nice Chianti.
Please, have a seat.
Oh, well, I might need to refer to my notes.
After we eat.
Well, it's just that I have to meet my husband in an hour at the pool hall.
No problem.
Outside of Italy, this is the best place to get lasagna.
I already ate when I fed the kids.
So you'll try a little? I already ordered.
How many kids do you have? Seven.
From two to 21.
Seven? Do you plan to stop there? Well, our dining room table seats 12, so who knows? Funny woman.
Thanks.
Reverend Camden! Don't you recognize us outside of church? You know, I didn't, but I do now.
Hi, Pat, Devon, Lela.
Cheryl, how are you? Better now that you're here.
Look, you've got to help me out.
Um, we're playing doubles but I have to get home.
I have a date.
How about taking my place? Uh Please! Why not? Thanks.
Great.
Thanks.
Good luck, it's your shot.
Yeah, we're solids.
Solids, huh? Can you hold that? Yeah.
Thank you.
Solids, huh? Watch this.
Where are you? Where's Lucy? She's suppose to be watching Sam and David.
I think her husband just got here.
Well, don't look at me, I found them that way.
Oh, come on.
It's bath time.
Have I told you how lovely you look tonight, dear? Shut up.
I thought you weren't hungry.
It's just so good to eat someone else's cooking.
Uh, I'd love to try yours.
My? Cooking.
Of course.
You'll have to come to dinner sometime.
No, I can't.
I really don't like children.
But, you teach Early Childhood Education.
To adults.
I like adults.
I was supposed to be at the pool hall an hour ago.
Well, you can't leave before dessert.
Here, call him.
No, I can't.
But you still haven't told me about your paper.
Yes! Reverend Camden? Yes.
You've got a phone call.
Thanks.
This is Reverend Camden.
How may I be of service? Hi, it's Annie.
Hey, how you doing? Well, I was just calling to apologize.
Professor Hatch and I are just finishing up our dinner.
Oh, it's not a problem.
Take all the time you need.
I'll see you when you get here.
Date still on? Not exactly.
She told me to call her back when I get my license.
Sorry.
I would have helped you out, but we've kind of had our hands full all night.
It's not your fault.
It's Matt's fault.
Are you sure Matt committed to taking you? Oh, I'm sure.
You don't think he's been in some kind of terrible accident or anything, do you? Nah, I don't either.
But I'd sure love to know what could possibly be more important than Lou-Lou.
It wasn't such a terrible evening, was it? No, not at all.
It was fun.
I love be married to you.
You're a very good mother.
Thanks.
And you're a very good father.
Hello.
Hey, Lucy, how are things going? Oh, things are fine.
We're just getting Sam and David to bed.
They have their juice? Yes, they had juice.
So, you don't need me? Not really.
Why? Well, I'm on my way to the pool hall, but I'm running so late I thought maybe I'd just come straight home.
Everything's fine.
Uh, is Simon home yet? Never left.
Matt never picked him up.
Well, did Matt call? No, and Simon called him a hundred times.
Uh, well, maybe he had to work.
Maybe.
Simon paged him at the hospital, but he didn't answer.
Well, he's been telling us not to call him there anymore.
Maybe he's just not answering the page.
Or maybe he just forgot.
Poor Simon.
Yeah.
Poor, poor, popular, good looking, charismatic Simon, who could hang out with any girl in his class, but insists on going out with sophomores.
I don't think I'd worry too much about him.
Okay, well, I'm going to head over to the pool hall.
Call me if you need me.
Oh, Luce, I forgot, how's your baby? My baby? Oh, no.
Where's the egg? Simon Have you seen the egg? I haven't seen the egg.
I haven't seen Matt.
I haven't seen Lou-Lou.
It's not like it can walk.
Where did you leave it? It was in the kitchen.
It's not in the kitchen.
Um, wait, Ruthie.
Shh.
Hi.
Have you seen our baby? Baby.
Hmm You mean this? Yes.
I don't think so.
Ruthie, give it to me.
Why should I? If it was a real kid, something could have happened to her while you weren't watching.
Let me try.
You know, Ruthie, we have to report on what we are doing with that egg every 15 minutes.
I'd hate to report that for 15 minutes we were begging you to give us our daughter back.
Ruthie Camden, and dumb is not my middle name.
Ruthie, give me the egg.
It's gonna look bad enough that we've left her alone for hours.
Don't make it any worse.
Please.
Well, than I guess I'll just have to report that because you two were working you found a responsible baby-sitter.
That sounded good.
Except we're actually supposed to be spending time with the egg.
Yeah, yeah, but like all parents, who are supposed to spend time with their kids, you two got a little over-committed and had to get some help.
No harm done.
As long as you realize teenagers aren't meant to be parents.
That's all you really have to put in the report.
It's the purpose of the whole thing, isn't it? She goes to private school.
Hi.
How was your evening? Oh, it was fine.
And yours? Fine.
Yeah, I played pool with some people from the church.
Some women people.
Devon, Pat and Cheryl.
Oh, they're very nice, very good looking, very single people.
You jealous? Maybe a little.
I didn't plan to spend the evening with them.
It just happened.
Well, I didn't mean to spend the evening with my professor.
That just happened, too.
Well, I find myself just a tad bit jealous, too.
Really? Yeah.
Can jealousy be a good thing? Can flirting be a good thing.
Were you flirting? Maybe a little.
But you know in an old married guy, minister kind of way.
I was maybe flirting a little, too, in a "I'm a wife, mother of seven children", "but it still boosts my ego "when another man finds me attractive" sort of way.
Buy you a drink? Yeah, I'll just have a cup of coffee.
We should head home.
There's nothing wrong at the house, is there? No, I'm just anxious to get to bed.
But you just said you'd have a cup of coffee.
Oh, I get it.
Two cups of coffee.
Is anything wrong? I left my house to get some milk and Oh, no, I have to go.
I was suppose to drive my kid brother somewhere hours ago.
You should call him.
No, I'm sorry, but I've got to go.
I hope you call me, okay? Matt, I don't have your number.
You don't have my number.
How could I not give you my number? Is that Matt? About that number.
Yeah, right.
Uh, that would be my parents.
Ah, and that would be my cue to exit.
So, that's why you forgot about Simon.
How mad is he? I don't know.
I haven't talked to him.
All right, I'm on my way.
As long as you're on your way home, you want to do us a favor? Make sure Lucy's date leaves at midnight and don't let Mary keep Ruthie up too late.
Mary's bringing home pizza after work and they're having a little sleepover.
Okay.
Where are you two gonna be? Where are we gonna be? Want to get a room? At a hotel.
I know a guy.
What kind of pizza did you want to take home? Um, Ruthie likes hamburger, sausage and pepperoni.
Uh, an all-meat special.
My favorite.
I'll throw it in the oven right now.
Thanks.
And what kind of beer did you want? Um I don't know.
Something light.
I forgot.
I just completely forgot.
I'm sorry.
You know, I never even really said I'd do it.
You never said you wouldn't.
Yeah, but I never said I would.
You should have called me back this afternoon and reminded me.
Yeah, it's all my fault.
No, it's all my fault.
In the back of my mind, I knew I was supposed to drive you somewhere, but I Not somewhere.
On a date with Lou-Lou, a sophomore.
Now, she'll probably never even talk to me again.
I'm sorry.
I'm really, really sorry.
I left the house to get some milk and I And you saw a woman.
And your woman is more important than my woman.
Yeah, but not more important than you, man.
Yeah, nice try.
Come on, come here, hey, look.
I'll drive you next weekend, promise.
For free? Free.
Promise? Promise.
All right.
Huh? Hey, what's this doing here? That's Lucy's daughter.
Oh, yeah? So, uh that would be her husband that she's kissing on the front porch.
Yep.
Well, what do you think of him? He's actually okay.
Yeah? Oh, look who finally made it home.
You can't take your eyes off them for a second.
This is the busiest night.
It won't be this busy again till next Friday.
Well, that's okay, I made a lot of money.
You still live at home, right? Right now, yeah.
I haven't made up my mind about what I want to do with my life.
I wish I had made up my mind with what I was going to do with my life.
I'm a mother for the rest of my life.
I would love to see Mercy sometime.
Hey, you can see her whenever you want.
Especially, if you want to baby-sit.
Don't hit Mary up for baby-sitting.
We just met her.
No, I could baby-sit sometime.
I have six siblings.
I know how to take care of kids.
See, Frankie's mom is great to help us out, but that's only when we're working.
She doesn't believe in giving us free baby-sitting just so we can have a life.
Of course, Mercy's our life now and that's fine.
It's not like I created her all by myself.
And it's not like I didn't marry you.
Well, if that pizza's ready, I should really be going.
I didn't realize the time, I really gotta run.
Whoa.
Don't tell me you're that lightweight.
No, I'm I'm just really tired.
But, um, thanks for getting me through my first day of work.
We'll see you tomorrow.
Think she's okay to drive? I think she's had one beer and we've had more than one beer.
So you're not driving her home.
But nice try.
Why are you here? I was just checking up on you.
What time is it? It's almost 12:30.
You should get some sleep.
No, I've got to get up.
Is Mary home? No, she's not home yet.
She probably got stuck at work.
We're having a party.
Maybe you should party tomorrow night.
No, Mary said tonight.
She said she'd be here.
She'll be here.
Being married to you is really an adventure.
A wonderful, wonderful adventure.
Thank you very much, Mrs.
Camden.
And did you call our adventurous kids? Mm-hmm, I spoke with Matt.
Simon's forgiven him, but he has to drive Simon on a date for free next weekend.
That might happen, yeah.
What else? Matt dropped Lucy's egg.
Well, good.
That'll just drive the point home.
Uh-huh.
And Sam and David are safe in bed.
And Ruthie? She's waiting for Mary.
Why am I not surprised? Spin.
Spin.
Maybe Mary's just running late from work.
I told Matt to call us here when she gets home.
But Matt's not us.
And we're going home.
Camden.
As in Reverend Camden? Do you go to our church? Sometimes.
You, uh, definitely didn't come to a complete stop at that stop sign.
I know.
Well, I'm sorry, I was just trying to get home.
And Ruthie is waiting for me to bring her this pizza.
I'm sorry.
I was just in a hurry and You playing ball this year? Uh, no, I'm not in school right now.
I decided not to go to college.
I just haven't made up my mind what I want to do with the rest of life, so, in the meantime, I'm working.
I just didn't want to waste my time or my parent's money.
Well, uh, you might want to waste just a little more time at those stop signs.
Look, I'm gonna let you off with a warning this time.
But, uh, don't do it again, okay? I won't.
Honest.
Thank you.
Don't ever get in so much of a hurry that, uh, you're not careful.
I want you to be able to eat pizza with your sister for the rest of your life.
Yeah, I do, too.
Okay.
Oh, I didn't see you there.
Yet here we are.
sitting in the kitchen, waiting for our daughter to get home.
Uh, is Ruthie asleep? Yeah, she's asleep but she's expecting you to wake her up.
I ran late from work.
And so you must be punished.
What? For being late from work? And the penalty is two slices of pizza.
So you're kidding.
About your being punished, yes, the two slices of pizza, no.
Good night.
Good night.
Cold.
Cold.
And she smelled like cigarette smoke.
Thus, the breath spray.
I wonder where she's been? I don't know.
But we're going to have to keep watching her as she continues down her self-constructed, treacherous road.
Well, fasten your seat belt.
It's going to be a bumpy ride.
Hey, Ruthie, I've got pizza.
What time is it? It's really late.
Some other time.
Okay.
Some other time.
Now, go back to sleep.
I love you.
If you loved me, you'd have been home at midnight.