7th Heaven s05e05 Episode Script
Blind
You look familiar.
You look familiar, too.
I used to work here at the library.
Kim.
Oh, well that must be why I recognized you.
Matt.
Matt Camden? Yeah.
You use to date Heather Kane, right? Heather's deaf, right? So, um do you want to take a break and get a cup of coffee? No, thank you.
Come on, please, please? I have to have a sleepover tomorrow night for my two best friends.
Your two best friends? Yeah, Rachel's my best friend from my new school and Sarah's my best friend from my old school.
Well, honey, it's been a really busy week.
Um, why don't you have them over next weekend? Maybe I could help out with Ruthie's sleepover.
You're volunteering to be in charge? Please volunteer, please! Well, I don't have any plans for tomorrow night, so sure.
I'll be in charge.
Yes! Wow, you have no idea what you're getting into.
They'll come over after dinner, eat some popcorn, watch a video and go to bed.
Hello? Oh, hi, Julie, what's up? Hank wants you to help him move his office? Hold on a sec.
Do you want to baby-sit for Julie all day tomorrow? It's her lucky day.
I'm available and broke.
Broke? You're broke? What time do you need me at your place? I love you and I don't want to hurt your feelings but lately, you've been a little unfocused and irresponsible.
Honestly, I'm not sure I want to leave you in charge of Erica.
Just give me a chance to prove I'm responsible.
Please? Okay.
Thanks.
Hey, we didn't say anything.
Now, when you say you're broke, what exactly does that mean? 7th Heaven 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.
Hello? - Mary? - Hey, Frankie.
Do you think you could baby-sit Mercy today? I hate to ask, but since we got arrested my mother won't baby-sit anymore.
And, uh, you're my only friend.
I don't know who else to ask.
I would, but I'm already babysitting for my aunt and uncle all day.
But that's perfect, what's one more kid? No, my aunt would not like that.
So don't tell her.
I can't do that.
I'm sorry.
Sarah and Rachel are coming over.
Yes, I know.
Your friends are coming over tonight.
No, they're coming over now.
Wh it's still morning.
So? Sleepovers happen at night.
Thus the name "sleepover.
" If they happened during the day, it would be called a "dayover.
" I wanted my sleepover to be special.
Sarah and Rachel will be here all day and all night.
Cool, huh? Are you sure you can handle this? Of course I can handle this.
As a matter of fact, I can handle the whole house.
Yeah, why don't you and Dad take today off? I'll take care of Ruthie's sleepover and Sam and David.
What do you think of my hair? It looks nice.
I'm a freshman in high school, I do not want to look nice.
Sorry, you do look nice.
Well, I'm tired of being nice.
Well, I want a new image.
I want to be a new Simon.
A manlier Simon, a cooler Simon.
So which Simon is going to help me with Ruthie's sleepover? It'll be fun! Nice try, Tom Sawyer, but I'm not going to help you with Ruthie's sleepover.
Hmm.
This? No.
This? Yeah, good choice, good choice.
Oh, quick, you've got to help me get the boys dressed.
We've got to get out of the house as soon as possible.
Lucy just volunteered to baby-sit.
She's going to take care of Ruthie's friends and watch Sam and David, but we have to leave before she changes her mind or finds someone to spend the day making out with.
Lucy can do that, take care of everyone? She has Simon to back her up, and she promised to page us if she needs anything.
So we get the whole day to ourselves? I love Lucy.
Me, too.
Okay, the phone rings and someone asks if we're at home, what do you do? I say you're "not available" and ask to take a message.
But what if Look you guys have been grilling me since I got here with "what ifs.
" I'm not 12.
I'm 18 and I know how to baby-sit.
I know how to answer the phone and the door, and I also know that Mom and Dad are a phone call away and so are the police.
So stop worrying and leave, or I will.
Okay, we're going out to dinner after we finish at the hospital.
So we won't be home until about 9:00 or 10:00.
Not if you don't leave.
And no visitors, okay? I won't even use the phone.
Unless of course, I need to call the police.
I'm sorry.
We're just a little nervous.
We've never left the baby all day before.
And yet, you hide it so well.
Bye-bye, good girl.
Hello.
Bye-bye.
Oh, bye-bye, sweetie.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Yeah.
I'm not charging enough.
I met this woman at the library, and I think Heather might've said something to her.
Something about me, something bad.
When I asked her out, she said no.
Heather must've said something.
I don't think Heather would ever say anything bad about you.
No, no, she must have.
Heather isn't capable of saying anything bad about anybody.
She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
She dumped me at the altar.
Not marrying you was a nice thing, a rational thing.
A good thing; It was not a mean thing.
You know, this sounds oddly familiar.
You meet a girl, you ask her out.
She says "no" and it drives you crazy.
Just face it.
You, my friend, cannot deal well with rejection.
That is that's not true.
No, no.
Oh, no, you've got that look in your eye.
What look? That look that says you're about to do something stupid.
Something you're going to regret.
No, I'm going out.
To do something stupid.
Stupid.
I need to do something to change my image.
Everyone sees me as this nice little kid.
I'm not a kid, I'm a freshman in high school, I'm a man.
Yeah, we're men.
A kid can't grow a mustache.
A kid doesn't have a deep voice.
A kid doesn't think about girls all the time.
And I do mean all the time.
Well, maybe you should change your hair.
I tried.
I need to do something radical, something big.
Something that when people see me they think to themselves, "There's a man.
" What about a tattoo? That may be a bit too manly.
Frankie, what are you doing here? I called the house and your sister told me where you were.
Well, I wish you would have called first.
My aunt and uncle don't want me to have any visitors.
They're not here.
And I'm not a visitor, I'm a friend.
Okay, you can come in, but just for a minute.
Look, I came all this way to beg you in person.
Please watch Mercy, please? Be my friend, do me this one favor.
Look, I just need an hour.
And your sister said your aunt and uncle are going to be gone all day.
I think Johnnie's cheating on me.
I want to follow him.
Catch him in the act.
But I can't do that unless you watch Mercy.
Just for an hour, right? Two hours, max.
Don't mess this up.
I won't, I won't.
I'll just go get Mercy.
You left her in the car? I rolled the window down.
Man you're the best friend ever.
Or the stupidest friend ever.
You know, we need to savor this.
Yeah.
We are actually out on a Saturday afternoon with nothing to do.
This is big, this is wonderful.
It's going to be a big, wonderful day.
Do you know them? Well yes, I do.
I, I met him last week when I got him out of jail.
That's Frankie and Johnnie? Well, that's Johnnie, but it's not Frankie.
As a condition of their release from jail, Frankie and Johnnie were supposed to attend the drug and alcohol counseling, which started today.
Well, maybe he's already gone.
The outpatient program is eight consecutive Saturdays from 9:00 to 5:00.
Big, wonderful Saturday? As soon as I ruin his.
Why would anyone wear shoes this high? Well, you have to when you date boys.
Why? To be as tall as the boy.
Oh, I guess I'll just date short people.
How short? Pretty short.
Not circus short, but short.
No, definitely not circus short.
Rachel will be here pretty soon.
I can't wait for you to meet her.
I thought it was just going to be us.
It is going to be us Us and Rachel.
I don't like kids.
I like adults.
Adults can drive you places, and adults have money, and adults can get you into PG-13 movies.
Adults are good.
Kids not so good.
But I'm a kid.
Well, you're different.
I should just go.
Come on, I want you to meet Rachel.
I want us all to be friends.
Look who's here.
Rachel.
Rachel, this is Sarah.
Sarah, this is Rachel.
What do you say you guys go outside and I'll prepare a picnic lunch for you? I don't eat outside.
It's a bug thing.
Then we'll have an indoor picnic.
With orange soda? I love orange soda.
I don't like orange soda, and neither does Ruthie.
Ruthie likes orange soda.
Anybody want a cookie? Ruthie is my best friend and I think I'd know if she likes orange soda.
Well, she was my best friend first.
But you obviously don't know her as well as I do.
Yes, I do.
No, you don't.
Really tasty cookies They're still warm.
Yum.
What's Ruthie's favorite color? Blue.
Purple.
What does she want to be when she grows up? A vet.
Queen Elizabeth! I told you you don't know her.
I know her.
She's a dancer and an artist, and she loves to ride horses.
She's my best friend.
She likes to write stories, ride bikes, and explore.
That's the real Ruthie.
That's the Ruthie who's my best friend.
Ruthie isn't who you think she is.
No, Ruthie isn't who you think she is.
Do you like to ride bikes, write stories, and drink orange soda? Ugh! I told you I don't like kids.
Well, they seem to be getting along great.
What are you? Blind? What do you think? I think Mom's going to kill you when she finds out you cut the sleeves off of one of your good church shirts.
It's my shirt.
Not until you pay for it, which you're going to have to do when Mom sees you cut the sleeves off.
Hello.
They're not available.
May I take a message? Hank, I know it's you.
Hi.
Hi.
Is everything okay? You called five minutes ago.
Julie called ten minutes ago.
Everything is fine.
Good.
That was your daddy.
He's crazy, but he loves you.
Not funny.
I am definitely not charging enough.
Are we just going to follow him around all day? Oh, look, I know you wanted to spend the day just being free and having fun, but I gave my word to the court and I put my reputation on the line to get Frankie and Johnnie out of jail.
He promised me he'd go to counseling.
Why don't you just go over and talk to him? That's not how I do it.
I don't want to ruin your Saturday, so if, if you want to go, we can go.
Mary promised that she'd stay away from him, right? Yeah, Mary promised, but she promises a lot of things.
Pass the menu.
Okay, Heather wasn't home.
So you weren't able to do anything stupid.
I went to the library and got Kim's phone number.
So you were able to do something stupid.
Yeah, I told the head librarian that Kim took one of my books and I needed to get it back because I have a test tomorrow.
That's why I needed her phone number.
I'm good.
Hey, James Bond, you didn't save the world.
You got an elderly woman with a hearing aid to give you a phone number.
And an address.
You know, I can't decide which to do: Call her or just go over to her apartment.
Ah, the decisions of a stalker.
Well, I'm not stalking her.
I just want to talk to her.
You say "to-ma-to," I say "to-mah-to.
" Hello? Hi, Kim, it's Matt Camden from the library.
How did you get my number? It's unlisted.
The head librarian gave it to me.
She shouldn't have done that.
It's unlisted for a reason.
Look, no offense, but just please leave me alone.
Okay? Maybe she thinks I'm on the rebound from Heather.
Yeah, yeah, that's it.
Maybe she just doesn't like you.
Hello? How's everything going? Oh, I'm fine, the babies are fine.
I just wish everyone would stop calling.
Babies? Oh, did I say "babies"? Yes, you said "babies.
" Oh it's a mistake.
It's, uh, it's just Erica.
No one else, no other babies.
Okay.
Well, I'd better go.
Bye.
That was called lying to your mother.
Speaking of mommies, where is yours? Huh? The clothes thing isn't working, the hair thing isn't working.
Maybe I should just give up.
All right, no, I think I know something that you could do Something manly, but it is pretty radical.
Can you get out of the house? Uh, m-my parents aren't home.
Good, because this is definitely not something your parents would let you do.
Cool, where do I have to go? my cousin's house, I'll meet you there.
I'm on my way.
Mary seems to be doing okay.
And Lucy and Simon? Well, Simon is not helping Lucy much, but it sounds like she's got everything under control.
Thank you.
Look, I know the menu says free refills, but I think I'm going to have to cut you guys off.
So, uh, what are you going to do about Johnnie? Well aside from smoking a carton of cigarettes and half-making out with a woman who isn't his wife, he's not really doing anything.
So are you going to confront him? Not yet.
Timing is everything.
I basically have two choices: Drink it or leave it alone.
You're right.
What was I thinking? No beer.
I-I don't even know why I opened it.
I mean, I would, I would like a beer, b-but now would not be the time for one.
But if I don't drink it, it'll just go to waste.
That seems wrong.
Hey, Johnnie.
Hey, you're that priest guy who, uh Minister.
I-I'm a minister, and-and I'm Mary's father, Eric Camden, and, yes, I'm the person who got you out of jail last week.
Hey, thanks, man.
I owe you.
Have you forgotten about your drug and alcohol counseling session today? Was that today? Yeah, I really don't need that counseling crap.
Really? Yeah.
No.
Hey I knew it.
I knew you were cheating on me.
I wasn't cheating.
Reverend Camden.
Hi.
I should have dumped you when I had the chance, and I should have done it before you ruined my life.
Oh, come on.
Don't say that, because it isn't true.
You ruined my life, so shut up.
I'll say what I want, you two-timing loser.
Don't call me a loser.
Loser! I said shut up! Let's all just take a time out.
Loser! I said shut up.
Make me.
I will.
Tough words for a loser.
Oh! Oh! Reverend Camden, do you want me to call the police? Uh, no Is he all right? Is he okay? I told you, timing is everything.
He looks like he's all right.
Oh.
How's the sleepover going? It's so bad, I wish I could leave.
Sorry.
No matter what I do, Rachel and Sarah just hate each other.
So, now I have two best friends who can't stand to be in the same room.
Maybe I could talk to Sarah and Rachel.
I don't think that will do any good.
Have you seen Simon? I-I haven't seen him for hours.
Where could he be? So, what do you think? I like it.
Are you Matt Camden? Yeah, I'm-I'm looking for Kim.
I'm Kim's brother.
Oh, I-I didn't know she lived with her brother.
I don't live here.
She asked me to come over.
Oh, uh, well, is-is Kim home? I-I wanted to talk to her.
She doesn't want to talk to you.
She's scared of you.
Look, I just wanted to Just leave, okay? I just wanted to talk to her.
What's wrong with you? What kind of guy harasses a blind woman? Blind? Yes, blind.
Kim, my sister, has RP Retinitis pigmentosa.
I don't know.
Maybe you should talk to her.
I'm sorry.
Look, you promised me and the judge and the police, no more drugs, no more drinking, no more fighting, no more trouble, and because you promised all of that, I used my good word, and I got you out of jail, so you could do what? Mess around with your girlfriend? Beat up your wife? What are you doing? What do you mean? What are you doing with that man? Johnnie is a great husband and father.
He tried to hit you.
He would have hit you if my husband hadn't stepped in.
But I love him, okay? Do you love your baby? Of course I love her.
Then why do you keep putting her at risk? If Johnnie had hit you, or someone had called the police, you and Johnnie would be in jail right now.
If that happened, what would happen to Mercy? You don't understand what Frankie's like.
She's always fighting with me, and the baby's always crying.
She calls me lazy, and sometimes, I just can't take it.
That's what happened today.
You know, we had a fight, and I left.
I mean, none of this is my fault.
I-I didn't want a baby.
I didn't want to get married.
But you did want to have sex? Right? That you did want.
You just didn't want the responsibility that comes with the sex.
Great husbands don't smoke pot, cheat, hit their wives.
Open your eyes, Frankie, and see who you're really married to before it's too late.
When you look in the mirror, what kind of a man do you see looking back at you? 'Cause I see a man with a lot of problems, none of which he's willing to address.
I see a man in trouble, on the edge.
A man who's capable of hitting his wife, maybe even his baby.
I see a man with a substance abuse problem.
I see a man who lies and cheats and makes excuses.
I see a man who lied to me and who lies to himself every day.
I see a man who needs help but refuses to get any.
Are you actually suggesting that I leave Johnnie? I can't raise a kid on my own.
You can't raise a kid with a man who hits you.
You can't.
Mercy will grow up thinking that's what women do They get hit.
Is that what you want to teach her? He needs help.
You need help.
You have to see that.
I love him.
Do you love yourself enough to give up a life that's hurting your daughter? Can I ask what happened? Well, about six months ago, it started getting harder for me to see at night, so, I went to the eye doctor, and after a bunch of tests, he diagnosed me as being in the early stages of retinitis pigmentosa.
RP? Wow.
I can still see in very bright light, but I do have night blindness.
I'm lucky my RP is progressing very slowly.
If I'm very lucky, this will be as bad as my eyesight will get.
Some people with RP lose their eyesight completely in a matter of months.
Other people lose a percentage of their eyesight permanently.
There's about 70 different types of RP.
Well, is there some cure for RP or some medical treatment? No, there's no cure.
But there's a lot of promising research.
And hopefully, scientists will come up with something.
So, you-you didn't want to have coffee with me because you have RP? Not exactly.
I thought maybe you were into women with disabilities.
What? Well, Heather's deaf, and I'm I'm-I'm not into women with disabilities.
I'm just into women.
So, you-you don't want to date me, the friends thing probably won't work.
We could become study partners.
Maybe we just got off to a bad start, but I don't really feel comfortable studying with you.
Sorry.
Okay.
So, can I still speak to you if I see you on campus? Not if I see you first.
That was a joke.
I've lost my sight, not my sense of humor.
So, all you can tell us, Operator, is that the phone is off the hook? Yes.
Yes.
Thank you.
I'm sure everything's fine.
Right.
Right, nothing to worry about.
You get the check, I'll get the car.
We haven't ordered.
Right, let's go.
Ruthie will be back in a couple of minutes.
So? We need to talk.
Okay.
Look, this house isn't big enough for the both of us.
True.
One of us has to leave.
True.
Bye.
I'm not leaving.
Well, I'm not leaving.
Look, both of us can't be Ruthie's best friend.
Best implies one, not two.
One of us has to stop being Ruthie's friend.
I have been watching and listening to you guys all day, and a couple of things are clear.
You both like Ruthie, and you both have a different relationship with Ruthie.
Which happens.
Different people see different things in you and bring out different qualities, and No offense, but if I wanted a back-to-school-special lecture, I'd turn on my TV.
Okay, you, be quiet for a second and listen to me.
And, you Well, you like adults, and I'm an adult, a very tired adult who's tired of having to listen to you and Rachel fight.
I need a time-out.
An adult time-out.
Which will only happen if you both go home.
Now! Right away.
I will call your parents, I will tell them whatever you want me to tell them, but, please, just go home.
I promise Ruthie will have you both over again separately.
Okay.
Okay.
Ruthie, your friends want to talk to you.
I'm sorry for everything.
And for cheating on you, for almost hitting you, for everything.
I know you're sorry.
Unless we tell Mary's parents what they want to hear, we're never going to get rid of them.
Let me do the talking.
Johnnie and I are going to sign up for marriage counseling.
We both see that we're in way over our heads, and we need some professional help.
And we're going to show up for all of our court-appointed drug and alcohol counseling.
We'll find out how we can make up for missing today.
We're serious about cleaning up our lives.
And Johnnie swears that he'll never hit me or anyone else again.
My fighting days are over.
Hmm.
We'd like to thank you both for helping us again.
Yeah, thanks.
Annie and I would greatly appreciate it if you stayed away from Mary until you I won't even call Mary until Johnnie and I are doing better.
I'm sorry, but how did Mary ever become friends with those two? They have absolutely nothing in common with her.
She doesn't have anything in common with them, right? Where have you been? I've been looking for you for hours! I went out.
You went out? You aren't allowed to just go out on a Saturday night by yourself! Why are you so happy? Oh, come on.
Don't you see something different about me? Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? Come on, look.
I don't see anything different.
You didn't.
I did.
You didn't! My friend Jim has a cousin who does ear piercing and tattoos.
Tattoos? No, no, no, I didn't get a tattoo.
I ju I just pierced my ear.
Just pierced your ear? Mom and Dad are gonna kill you! Or me, or the both of us.
Hi, I'm Simon Simon Camden.
Super cool guy.
Mr.
Cool.
Yeah.
What is going on here?! You're home early.
How long have you been upstairs? And who does this baby belong to? And more importantly, who does this belong to? I put Erica down.
She seems to be okay.
I knew we shouldn't have gone out.
I knew it.
Nothing happened.
Please, don't overreact.
Mercy is my friend Frankie's baby.
Would that be your recently arrested, pot-smoking friend, Frankie? The police dropped the charges.
I don't care.
Frankie had an emergency, and she didn't have anyone to leave the baby with.
Oh, this was a mistake.
I'm never leaving Erica again, ever! Please, don't say that.
We come home, the house is a mess, the baby is a mess, there's another baby here we don't even know, and after we told you no visitors, you have a friend over who was arrested for drug possession.
And you were drinking! What is wrong with you? The beer wasn't mine, it was Frankie's.
Frankie drank it.
That's your defense? "The beer belongs to my pot-smoking friend.
" How stupid do you think we are? Okay, let's forget the fact that I'm a recovering alcoholic and the sight of alcohol in my house doesn't exactly make me happy.
Let's assume you're telling the truth; It's not your beer.
Let's talk about how you, my underage niece, would come to have another underage friend who has beer.
What is going on with you? Who are you? Look, I am really sorry for tonight.
And I swear, if you will just forget about the whole evening The beer, the babies, my friend Frankie I give you my word that it will never happen again.
I think you should go home.
Don't tell Mom and Dad about tonight.
We have to think about that.
Great.
Just, just think about it.
Please.
And, uh, don't worry about paying me.
Tonight's no charge.
Go home, Mary.
What happened to your eye? It's a long story.
The kitchen looks great.
How's everything going? There's leftover dinner in the fridge, Sam and David are in bed, the living room is picked up, and I just threw in a load of clothes.
Great.
Well, I got something not so great to tell you about.
Oh.
Who beat you up? Uh, nobody beat me up.
Uh, somebody hit me by accident.
Can I touch it? No.
Uh, you cannot touch it.
How's the sleepover going? It's over.
Rachel and Sarah went home.
Sarah and Rachel's parents picked them up an hour ago.
No one was having any fun.
Oh.
You don't seem that upset about it.
Sarah and Rachel don't like each other.
But they both like me, so it's okay.
Oh.
She's good.
And not so good.
Wow! What'd you do? I got my ear pierced.
Sorry.
Looks like a girl.
So, how did your evening of stalking go? She's blind.
Okay.
Did you mean it when you said you're never gonna leave Erica again? Yes and no.
Just give me time.
You know, I don't know if I believe Mary.
I think we should tell Eric and Annie about her About the beer and that she's still hanging out with Frankie.
I hate to get her in trouble.
If this were an isolated incident She wasn't drunk.
She could be telling the truth.
But if she is in trouble and we don't do anything, how are we gonna feel later? That we knew she was in trouble and we did nothing.
But if I take it out, the hole will close up.
Exactly.
That's not fair! Why can't I keep the earring? Because you look like a girl.
Night.
Sleep tight.
You went out of the house tonight without our permission.
You went to the house of someone we don't know and have never met.
At that house, you allowed that someone, who we don't know, to pierce your ear.
Be grateful that the only thing we're doing is making you take your earring out.
Fine.
I'm really sorry.
I tried to take care of everyone, but I screwed up.
I'm sorry about Simon and the earring.
You weren't in charge of Simon.
Simon was in charge of Simon.
He may see himself as a man, but he has to act like a man before anyone else is gonna see him that way.
A man would've helped you tonight.
A man wouldn't have sneaked out of the house and gotten his ear pierced without permission.
You did a great job, Luce, a really great job.
Thanks.
So are you available next weekend? Man, I got to get a boyfriend.
You hit my Dad? Great.
It's okay.
We promised we'd do that counseling crap and stop drinking.
And that's it.
Your parents bought it.
Oh, and they made us promise not to hang out with you, too.
If my aunt or uncle tells my mom or dad that I was babysitting for you or that I had that beer, they're going to Stop worrying.
They won't say anything.
You need to just kick back and relax a little.
You're way too tense.
The last time you guys helped me kick back a little, a cop stopped me on the way home.
I'm not drinking.
No, I'm not talking about beer.
You said you and Johnnie weren't gonna smoke pot anymore.
We're quitting.
We just don't want to waste the rest of the stash.
So, after we're finished smoking it all, that's it, no more.
Do you want to join us? It's just like having a beer.
It chills you, but you don't lose control.
But don't do anything you don't want to do.
Yeah, if you don't want any, that's just more for us.
So what do you say?
You look familiar, too.
I used to work here at the library.
Kim.
Oh, well that must be why I recognized you.
Matt.
Matt Camden? Yeah.
You use to date Heather Kane, right? Heather's deaf, right? So, um do you want to take a break and get a cup of coffee? No, thank you.
Come on, please, please? I have to have a sleepover tomorrow night for my two best friends.
Your two best friends? Yeah, Rachel's my best friend from my new school and Sarah's my best friend from my old school.
Well, honey, it's been a really busy week.
Um, why don't you have them over next weekend? Maybe I could help out with Ruthie's sleepover.
You're volunteering to be in charge? Please volunteer, please! Well, I don't have any plans for tomorrow night, so sure.
I'll be in charge.
Yes! Wow, you have no idea what you're getting into.
They'll come over after dinner, eat some popcorn, watch a video and go to bed.
Hello? Oh, hi, Julie, what's up? Hank wants you to help him move his office? Hold on a sec.
Do you want to baby-sit for Julie all day tomorrow? It's her lucky day.
I'm available and broke.
Broke? You're broke? What time do you need me at your place? I love you and I don't want to hurt your feelings but lately, you've been a little unfocused and irresponsible.
Honestly, I'm not sure I want to leave you in charge of Erica.
Just give me a chance to prove I'm responsible.
Please? Okay.
Thanks.
Hey, we didn't say anything.
Now, when you say you're broke, what exactly does that mean? 7th Heaven 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.
Hello? - Mary? - Hey, Frankie.
Do you think you could baby-sit Mercy today? I hate to ask, but since we got arrested my mother won't baby-sit anymore.
And, uh, you're my only friend.
I don't know who else to ask.
I would, but I'm already babysitting for my aunt and uncle all day.
But that's perfect, what's one more kid? No, my aunt would not like that.
So don't tell her.
I can't do that.
I'm sorry.
Sarah and Rachel are coming over.
Yes, I know.
Your friends are coming over tonight.
No, they're coming over now.
Wh it's still morning.
So? Sleepovers happen at night.
Thus the name "sleepover.
" If they happened during the day, it would be called a "dayover.
" I wanted my sleepover to be special.
Sarah and Rachel will be here all day and all night.
Cool, huh? Are you sure you can handle this? Of course I can handle this.
As a matter of fact, I can handle the whole house.
Yeah, why don't you and Dad take today off? I'll take care of Ruthie's sleepover and Sam and David.
What do you think of my hair? It looks nice.
I'm a freshman in high school, I do not want to look nice.
Sorry, you do look nice.
Well, I'm tired of being nice.
Well, I want a new image.
I want to be a new Simon.
A manlier Simon, a cooler Simon.
So which Simon is going to help me with Ruthie's sleepover? It'll be fun! Nice try, Tom Sawyer, but I'm not going to help you with Ruthie's sleepover.
Hmm.
This? No.
This? Yeah, good choice, good choice.
Oh, quick, you've got to help me get the boys dressed.
We've got to get out of the house as soon as possible.
Lucy just volunteered to baby-sit.
She's going to take care of Ruthie's friends and watch Sam and David, but we have to leave before she changes her mind or finds someone to spend the day making out with.
Lucy can do that, take care of everyone? She has Simon to back her up, and she promised to page us if she needs anything.
So we get the whole day to ourselves? I love Lucy.
Me, too.
Okay, the phone rings and someone asks if we're at home, what do you do? I say you're "not available" and ask to take a message.
But what if Look you guys have been grilling me since I got here with "what ifs.
" I'm not 12.
I'm 18 and I know how to baby-sit.
I know how to answer the phone and the door, and I also know that Mom and Dad are a phone call away and so are the police.
So stop worrying and leave, or I will.
Okay, we're going out to dinner after we finish at the hospital.
So we won't be home until about 9:00 or 10:00.
Not if you don't leave.
And no visitors, okay? I won't even use the phone.
Unless of course, I need to call the police.
I'm sorry.
We're just a little nervous.
We've never left the baby all day before.
And yet, you hide it so well.
Bye-bye, good girl.
Hello.
Bye-bye.
Oh, bye-bye, sweetie.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Yeah.
I'm not charging enough.
I met this woman at the library, and I think Heather might've said something to her.
Something about me, something bad.
When I asked her out, she said no.
Heather must've said something.
I don't think Heather would ever say anything bad about you.
No, no, she must have.
Heather isn't capable of saying anything bad about anybody.
She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
She dumped me at the altar.
Not marrying you was a nice thing, a rational thing.
A good thing; It was not a mean thing.
You know, this sounds oddly familiar.
You meet a girl, you ask her out.
She says "no" and it drives you crazy.
Just face it.
You, my friend, cannot deal well with rejection.
That is that's not true.
No, no.
Oh, no, you've got that look in your eye.
What look? That look that says you're about to do something stupid.
Something you're going to regret.
No, I'm going out.
To do something stupid.
Stupid.
I need to do something to change my image.
Everyone sees me as this nice little kid.
I'm not a kid, I'm a freshman in high school, I'm a man.
Yeah, we're men.
A kid can't grow a mustache.
A kid doesn't have a deep voice.
A kid doesn't think about girls all the time.
And I do mean all the time.
Well, maybe you should change your hair.
I tried.
I need to do something radical, something big.
Something that when people see me they think to themselves, "There's a man.
" What about a tattoo? That may be a bit too manly.
Frankie, what are you doing here? I called the house and your sister told me where you were.
Well, I wish you would have called first.
My aunt and uncle don't want me to have any visitors.
They're not here.
And I'm not a visitor, I'm a friend.
Okay, you can come in, but just for a minute.
Look, I came all this way to beg you in person.
Please watch Mercy, please? Be my friend, do me this one favor.
Look, I just need an hour.
And your sister said your aunt and uncle are going to be gone all day.
I think Johnnie's cheating on me.
I want to follow him.
Catch him in the act.
But I can't do that unless you watch Mercy.
Just for an hour, right? Two hours, max.
Don't mess this up.
I won't, I won't.
I'll just go get Mercy.
You left her in the car? I rolled the window down.
Man you're the best friend ever.
Or the stupidest friend ever.
You know, we need to savor this.
Yeah.
We are actually out on a Saturday afternoon with nothing to do.
This is big, this is wonderful.
It's going to be a big, wonderful day.
Do you know them? Well yes, I do.
I, I met him last week when I got him out of jail.
That's Frankie and Johnnie? Well, that's Johnnie, but it's not Frankie.
As a condition of their release from jail, Frankie and Johnnie were supposed to attend the drug and alcohol counseling, which started today.
Well, maybe he's already gone.
The outpatient program is eight consecutive Saturdays from 9:00 to 5:00.
Big, wonderful Saturday? As soon as I ruin his.
Why would anyone wear shoes this high? Well, you have to when you date boys.
Why? To be as tall as the boy.
Oh, I guess I'll just date short people.
How short? Pretty short.
Not circus short, but short.
No, definitely not circus short.
Rachel will be here pretty soon.
I can't wait for you to meet her.
I thought it was just going to be us.
It is going to be us Us and Rachel.
I don't like kids.
I like adults.
Adults can drive you places, and adults have money, and adults can get you into PG-13 movies.
Adults are good.
Kids not so good.
But I'm a kid.
Well, you're different.
I should just go.
Come on, I want you to meet Rachel.
I want us all to be friends.
Look who's here.
Rachel.
Rachel, this is Sarah.
Sarah, this is Rachel.
What do you say you guys go outside and I'll prepare a picnic lunch for you? I don't eat outside.
It's a bug thing.
Then we'll have an indoor picnic.
With orange soda? I love orange soda.
I don't like orange soda, and neither does Ruthie.
Ruthie likes orange soda.
Anybody want a cookie? Ruthie is my best friend and I think I'd know if she likes orange soda.
Well, she was my best friend first.
But you obviously don't know her as well as I do.
Yes, I do.
No, you don't.
Really tasty cookies They're still warm.
Yum.
What's Ruthie's favorite color? Blue.
Purple.
What does she want to be when she grows up? A vet.
Queen Elizabeth! I told you you don't know her.
I know her.
She's a dancer and an artist, and she loves to ride horses.
She's my best friend.
She likes to write stories, ride bikes, and explore.
That's the real Ruthie.
That's the Ruthie who's my best friend.
Ruthie isn't who you think she is.
No, Ruthie isn't who you think she is.
Do you like to ride bikes, write stories, and drink orange soda? Ugh! I told you I don't like kids.
Well, they seem to be getting along great.
What are you? Blind? What do you think? I think Mom's going to kill you when she finds out you cut the sleeves off of one of your good church shirts.
It's my shirt.
Not until you pay for it, which you're going to have to do when Mom sees you cut the sleeves off.
Hello.
They're not available.
May I take a message? Hank, I know it's you.
Hi.
Hi.
Is everything okay? You called five minutes ago.
Julie called ten minutes ago.
Everything is fine.
Good.
That was your daddy.
He's crazy, but he loves you.
Not funny.
I am definitely not charging enough.
Are we just going to follow him around all day? Oh, look, I know you wanted to spend the day just being free and having fun, but I gave my word to the court and I put my reputation on the line to get Frankie and Johnnie out of jail.
He promised me he'd go to counseling.
Why don't you just go over and talk to him? That's not how I do it.
I don't want to ruin your Saturday, so if, if you want to go, we can go.
Mary promised that she'd stay away from him, right? Yeah, Mary promised, but she promises a lot of things.
Pass the menu.
Okay, Heather wasn't home.
So you weren't able to do anything stupid.
I went to the library and got Kim's phone number.
So you were able to do something stupid.
Yeah, I told the head librarian that Kim took one of my books and I needed to get it back because I have a test tomorrow.
That's why I needed her phone number.
I'm good.
Hey, James Bond, you didn't save the world.
You got an elderly woman with a hearing aid to give you a phone number.
And an address.
You know, I can't decide which to do: Call her or just go over to her apartment.
Ah, the decisions of a stalker.
Well, I'm not stalking her.
I just want to talk to her.
You say "to-ma-to," I say "to-mah-to.
" Hello? Hi, Kim, it's Matt Camden from the library.
How did you get my number? It's unlisted.
The head librarian gave it to me.
She shouldn't have done that.
It's unlisted for a reason.
Look, no offense, but just please leave me alone.
Okay? Maybe she thinks I'm on the rebound from Heather.
Yeah, yeah, that's it.
Maybe she just doesn't like you.
Hello? How's everything going? Oh, I'm fine, the babies are fine.
I just wish everyone would stop calling.
Babies? Oh, did I say "babies"? Yes, you said "babies.
" Oh it's a mistake.
It's, uh, it's just Erica.
No one else, no other babies.
Okay.
Well, I'd better go.
Bye.
That was called lying to your mother.
Speaking of mommies, where is yours? Huh? The clothes thing isn't working, the hair thing isn't working.
Maybe I should just give up.
All right, no, I think I know something that you could do Something manly, but it is pretty radical.
Can you get out of the house? Uh, m-my parents aren't home.
Good, because this is definitely not something your parents would let you do.
Cool, where do I have to go? my cousin's house, I'll meet you there.
I'm on my way.
Mary seems to be doing okay.
And Lucy and Simon? Well, Simon is not helping Lucy much, but it sounds like she's got everything under control.
Thank you.
Look, I know the menu says free refills, but I think I'm going to have to cut you guys off.
So, uh, what are you going to do about Johnnie? Well aside from smoking a carton of cigarettes and half-making out with a woman who isn't his wife, he's not really doing anything.
So are you going to confront him? Not yet.
Timing is everything.
I basically have two choices: Drink it or leave it alone.
You're right.
What was I thinking? No beer.
I-I don't even know why I opened it.
I mean, I would, I would like a beer, b-but now would not be the time for one.
But if I don't drink it, it'll just go to waste.
That seems wrong.
Hey, Johnnie.
Hey, you're that priest guy who, uh Minister.
I-I'm a minister, and-and I'm Mary's father, Eric Camden, and, yes, I'm the person who got you out of jail last week.
Hey, thanks, man.
I owe you.
Have you forgotten about your drug and alcohol counseling session today? Was that today? Yeah, I really don't need that counseling crap.
Really? Yeah.
No.
Hey I knew it.
I knew you were cheating on me.
I wasn't cheating.
Reverend Camden.
Hi.
I should have dumped you when I had the chance, and I should have done it before you ruined my life.
Oh, come on.
Don't say that, because it isn't true.
You ruined my life, so shut up.
I'll say what I want, you two-timing loser.
Don't call me a loser.
Loser! I said shut up! Let's all just take a time out.
Loser! I said shut up.
Make me.
I will.
Tough words for a loser.
Oh! Oh! Reverend Camden, do you want me to call the police? Uh, no Is he all right? Is he okay? I told you, timing is everything.
He looks like he's all right.
Oh.
How's the sleepover going? It's so bad, I wish I could leave.
Sorry.
No matter what I do, Rachel and Sarah just hate each other.
So, now I have two best friends who can't stand to be in the same room.
Maybe I could talk to Sarah and Rachel.
I don't think that will do any good.
Have you seen Simon? I-I haven't seen him for hours.
Where could he be? So, what do you think? I like it.
Are you Matt Camden? Yeah, I'm-I'm looking for Kim.
I'm Kim's brother.
Oh, I-I didn't know she lived with her brother.
I don't live here.
She asked me to come over.
Oh, uh, well, is-is Kim home? I-I wanted to talk to her.
She doesn't want to talk to you.
She's scared of you.
Look, I just wanted to Just leave, okay? I just wanted to talk to her.
What's wrong with you? What kind of guy harasses a blind woman? Blind? Yes, blind.
Kim, my sister, has RP Retinitis pigmentosa.
I don't know.
Maybe you should talk to her.
I'm sorry.
Look, you promised me and the judge and the police, no more drugs, no more drinking, no more fighting, no more trouble, and because you promised all of that, I used my good word, and I got you out of jail, so you could do what? Mess around with your girlfriend? Beat up your wife? What are you doing? What do you mean? What are you doing with that man? Johnnie is a great husband and father.
He tried to hit you.
He would have hit you if my husband hadn't stepped in.
But I love him, okay? Do you love your baby? Of course I love her.
Then why do you keep putting her at risk? If Johnnie had hit you, or someone had called the police, you and Johnnie would be in jail right now.
If that happened, what would happen to Mercy? You don't understand what Frankie's like.
She's always fighting with me, and the baby's always crying.
She calls me lazy, and sometimes, I just can't take it.
That's what happened today.
You know, we had a fight, and I left.
I mean, none of this is my fault.
I-I didn't want a baby.
I didn't want to get married.
But you did want to have sex? Right? That you did want.
You just didn't want the responsibility that comes with the sex.
Great husbands don't smoke pot, cheat, hit their wives.
Open your eyes, Frankie, and see who you're really married to before it's too late.
When you look in the mirror, what kind of a man do you see looking back at you? 'Cause I see a man with a lot of problems, none of which he's willing to address.
I see a man in trouble, on the edge.
A man who's capable of hitting his wife, maybe even his baby.
I see a man with a substance abuse problem.
I see a man who lies and cheats and makes excuses.
I see a man who lied to me and who lies to himself every day.
I see a man who needs help but refuses to get any.
Are you actually suggesting that I leave Johnnie? I can't raise a kid on my own.
You can't raise a kid with a man who hits you.
You can't.
Mercy will grow up thinking that's what women do They get hit.
Is that what you want to teach her? He needs help.
You need help.
You have to see that.
I love him.
Do you love yourself enough to give up a life that's hurting your daughter? Can I ask what happened? Well, about six months ago, it started getting harder for me to see at night, so, I went to the eye doctor, and after a bunch of tests, he diagnosed me as being in the early stages of retinitis pigmentosa.
RP? Wow.
I can still see in very bright light, but I do have night blindness.
I'm lucky my RP is progressing very slowly.
If I'm very lucky, this will be as bad as my eyesight will get.
Some people with RP lose their eyesight completely in a matter of months.
Other people lose a percentage of their eyesight permanently.
There's about 70 different types of RP.
Well, is there some cure for RP or some medical treatment? No, there's no cure.
But there's a lot of promising research.
And hopefully, scientists will come up with something.
So, you-you didn't want to have coffee with me because you have RP? Not exactly.
I thought maybe you were into women with disabilities.
What? Well, Heather's deaf, and I'm I'm-I'm not into women with disabilities.
I'm just into women.
So, you-you don't want to date me, the friends thing probably won't work.
We could become study partners.
Maybe we just got off to a bad start, but I don't really feel comfortable studying with you.
Sorry.
Okay.
So, can I still speak to you if I see you on campus? Not if I see you first.
That was a joke.
I've lost my sight, not my sense of humor.
So, all you can tell us, Operator, is that the phone is off the hook? Yes.
Yes.
Thank you.
I'm sure everything's fine.
Right.
Right, nothing to worry about.
You get the check, I'll get the car.
We haven't ordered.
Right, let's go.
Ruthie will be back in a couple of minutes.
So? We need to talk.
Okay.
Look, this house isn't big enough for the both of us.
True.
One of us has to leave.
True.
Bye.
I'm not leaving.
Well, I'm not leaving.
Look, both of us can't be Ruthie's best friend.
Best implies one, not two.
One of us has to stop being Ruthie's friend.
I have been watching and listening to you guys all day, and a couple of things are clear.
You both like Ruthie, and you both have a different relationship with Ruthie.
Which happens.
Different people see different things in you and bring out different qualities, and No offense, but if I wanted a back-to-school-special lecture, I'd turn on my TV.
Okay, you, be quiet for a second and listen to me.
And, you Well, you like adults, and I'm an adult, a very tired adult who's tired of having to listen to you and Rachel fight.
I need a time-out.
An adult time-out.
Which will only happen if you both go home.
Now! Right away.
I will call your parents, I will tell them whatever you want me to tell them, but, please, just go home.
I promise Ruthie will have you both over again separately.
Okay.
Okay.
Ruthie, your friends want to talk to you.
I'm sorry for everything.
And for cheating on you, for almost hitting you, for everything.
I know you're sorry.
Unless we tell Mary's parents what they want to hear, we're never going to get rid of them.
Let me do the talking.
Johnnie and I are going to sign up for marriage counseling.
We both see that we're in way over our heads, and we need some professional help.
And we're going to show up for all of our court-appointed drug and alcohol counseling.
We'll find out how we can make up for missing today.
We're serious about cleaning up our lives.
And Johnnie swears that he'll never hit me or anyone else again.
My fighting days are over.
Hmm.
We'd like to thank you both for helping us again.
Yeah, thanks.
Annie and I would greatly appreciate it if you stayed away from Mary until you I won't even call Mary until Johnnie and I are doing better.
I'm sorry, but how did Mary ever become friends with those two? They have absolutely nothing in common with her.
She doesn't have anything in common with them, right? Where have you been? I've been looking for you for hours! I went out.
You went out? You aren't allowed to just go out on a Saturday night by yourself! Why are you so happy? Oh, come on.
Don't you see something different about me? Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? Come on, look.
I don't see anything different.
You didn't.
I did.
You didn't! My friend Jim has a cousin who does ear piercing and tattoos.
Tattoos? No, no, no, I didn't get a tattoo.
I ju I just pierced my ear.
Just pierced your ear? Mom and Dad are gonna kill you! Or me, or the both of us.
Hi, I'm Simon Simon Camden.
Super cool guy.
Mr.
Cool.
Yeah.
What is going on here?! You're home early.
How long have you been upstairs? And who does this baby belong to? And more importantly, who does this belong to? I put Erica down.
She seems to be okay.
I knew we shouldn't have gone out.
I knew it.
Nothing happened.
Please, don't overreact.
Mercy is my friend Frankie's baby.
Would that be your recently arrested, pot-smoking friend, Frankie? The police dropped the charges.
I don't care.
Frankie had an emergency, and she didn't have anyone to leave the baby with.
Oh, this was a mistake.
I'm never leaving Erica again, ever! Please, don't say that.
We come home, the house is a mess, the baby is a mess, there's another baby here we don't even know, and after we told you no visitors, you have a friend over who was arrested for drug possession.
And you were drinking! What is wrong with you? The beer wasn't mine, it was Frankie's.
Frankie drank it.
That's your defense? "The beer belongs to my pot-smoking friend.
" How stupid do you think we are? Okay, let's forget the fact that I'm a recovering alcoholic and the sight of alcohol in my house doesn't exactly make me happy.
Let's assume you're telling the truth; It's not your beer.
Let's talk about how you, my underage niece, would come to have another underage friend who has beer.
What is going on with you? Who are you? Look, I am really sorry for tonight.
And I swear, if you will just forget about the whole evening The beer, the babies, my friend Frankie I give you my word that it will never happen again.
I think you should go home.
Don't tell Mom and Dad about tonight.
We have to think about that.
Great.
Just, just think about it.
Please.
And, uh, don't worry about paying me.
Tonight's no charge.
Go home, Mary.
What happened to your eye? It's a long story.
The kitchen looks great.
How's everything going? There's leftover dinner in the fridge, Sam and David are in bed, the living room is picked up, and I just threw in a load of clothes.
Great.
Well, I got something not so great to tell you about.
Oh.
Who beat you up? Uh, nobody beat me up.
Uh, somebody hit me by accident.
Can I touch it? No.
Uh, you cannot touch it.
How's the sleepover going? It's over.
Rachel and Sarah went home.
Sarah and Rachel's parents picked them up an hour ago.
No one was having any fun.
Oh.
You don't seem that upset about it.
Sarah and Rachel don't like each other.
But they both like me, so it's okay.
Oh.
She's good.
And not so good.
Wow! What'd you do? I got my ear pierced.
Sorry.
Looks like a girl.
So, how did your evening of stalking go? She's blind.
Okay.
Did you mean it when you said you're never gonna leave Erica again? Yes and no.
Just give me time.
You know, I don't know if I believe Mary.
I think we should tell Eric and Annie about her About the beer and that she's still hanging out with Frankie.
I hate to get her in trouble.
If this were an isolated incident She wasn't drunk.
She could be telling the truth.
But if she is in trouble and we don't do anything, how are we gonna feel later? That we knew she was in trouble and we did nothing.
But if I take it out, the hole will close up.
Exactly.
That's not fair! Why can't I keep the earring? Because you look like a girl.
Night.
Sleep tight.
You went out of the house tonight without our permission.
You went to the house of someone we don't know and have never met.
At that house, you allowed that someone, who we don't know, to pierce your ear.
Be grateful that the only thing we're doing is making you take your earring out.
Fine.
I'm really sorry.
I tried to take care of everyone, but I screwed up.
I'm sorry about Simon and the earring.
You weren't in charge of Simon.
Simon was in charge of Simon.
He may see himself as a man, but he has to act like a man before anyone else is gonna see him that way.
A man would've helped you tonight.
A man wouldn't have sneaked out of the house and gotten his ear pierced without permission.
You did a great job, Luce, a really great job.
Thanks.
So are you available next weekend? Man, I got to get a boyfriend.
You hit my Dad? Great.
It's okay.
We promised we'd do that counseling crap and stop drinking.
And that's it.
Your parents bought it.
Oh, and they made us promise not to hang out with you, too.
If my aunt or uncle tells my mom or dad that I was babysitting for you or that I had that beer, they're going to Stop worrying.
They won't say anything.
You need to just kick back and relax a little.
You're way too tense.
The last time you guys helped me kick back a little, a cop stopped me on the way home.
I'm not drinking.
No, I'm not talking about beer.
You said you and Johnnie weren't gonna smoke pot anymore.
We're quitting.
We just don't want to waste the rest of the stash.
So, after we're finished smoking it all, that's it, no more.
Do you want to join us? It's just like having a beer.
It chills you, but you don't lose control.
But don't do anything you don't want to do.
Yeah, if you don't want any, that's just more for us.
So what do you say?