7th Heaven s06e08 Episode Script

He was never your boyfriend.
- Yes, he was.
Okay, if he was your boyfriend, he sure got over you quickly.
So? You know, they say if a widower remarries soon after his wife dies, that means that he was happily married.
You're not dead.
Ugh.
But, you know, you might as well be.
Well, you might as well be too.
I'm not the one who wants him back.
And you're the one who's jealous.
You may or may not want him back, but you are definitely jealous.
You're not the one who should be jealous.
If I were jealous, I'd have every right, because I was with Robbie a lot longer than you were with Robbie.
So? You just broke up with your fiancé, or married him, so why should you have a right to be jealous of my old boyfriend? - He's my old boyfriend.
- He's my old boyfriend too.
And whether we were together for ten minutes or ten years, it doesn't change anything.
- Yes, it does.
Don't be ridiculous.
- You're the one being ridiculous.
You're both being ridiculous.
And I'd go in there, but a man's gotta know his limitations.
You have no right to be jealous of her.
What? You're the one who has no right to be jealous of her.
- Who says I'm jealous? - I do.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
- Well, I'm not.
- Yes, you are.
I am not the jealous type.
- Oh, and I am? - Yes, you are.
- Since when? - Since I came home.
I am not jealous of my own sister.
I'm just angry that you've shown up and expect to be treated like royalty or something.
Hi, Joy.
Sorry to interrupt all the fun, but Ruthie, Matt and, uh, Lucy have a garage to go to.
Well, what about her, huh? Are you gonna punish her too? We were both fighting.
Lunch should be ready shortly.
There's been a little problem.
It has nothing to do with you or me or us.
It's all about her.
- My family wants to meet you tonight.
- They didn't wanna know about me.
- Now they do.
- What changed their minds? I changed their minds.
- I told them I'm in love with you.
- I'm in love with you, which is why they didn't wanna know about me.
I didn't tell them you're in love with me.
I told them I'm in love with you.
I'll let you tell them yourself tonight at dinner.
Is dinner a good time for that kind of thing? I mean, there's no doubt in my mind that I'm in love with you.
But maybe they could hear that better if they got to know me a little better.
My parents, they're a little old-fashioned.
They wanna know that the man I'm going out with is serious and his intention is marriage.
They're not gonna buy that you wanna marry me unless you're in love with me.
Isn't it gonna make them nervous, all this talk about love and marriage? Is it making you nervous? No, not at all.
Don't worry, they just want the intent.
And then a long, long courtship and an even longer engagement.
But that's what they want, not what I want.
I wanna sing and dance and have a good time.
Which is why they want that other stuff.
Exactly.
- What? - I need you to go into the house.
Um - Say you have to go to the bathroom.
- I just went.
Well, go again.
I need you to get something.
And sneak a snack for me.
I need the pencil sharpener.
Sneak that out too.
And see if you can con Mom into letting us back in our rooms.
Sorry, can't do it.
And you know why I can't? Because I don't want to.
You got me in trouble, and now I think that, in return, the rest of you should go in, apologise to Mom, and even to Mary, and let me have the garage apartment.
- What? - We're not apologising.
Not until Mary apologises or Mom stops treating her like the prodigal son.
You don't understand.
This is no longer a standoff between us and Mom, or even Mary.
This is a game of survivor.
We're all here to claim our territory, but only one person can win the garage apartment.
And I intend to be that person.
I can outlast you, all of you.
I can stay out here for weeks with a single change of clothing and my allowance, if I have to.
But I probably won't have to, because I know you.
You're all creatures of comfort.
Can you stay out here for weeks? Daddy would love some of that, but that is rich in fat, and Daddy can't have fat, because Daddy has a lot of fat in his heart, and it made him sick.
But he's better now.
Daddy just wants one bite.
- No.
- It's mine.
They're going to need a bath.
Well, yeah, that shouldn't be a problem, considering the number of kids sharing the bathroom these days.
You have a problem with my punishing the children without your approval? No, no.
I You and I have never waited around for the other's approval, but But you have a problem with the reason I'm punishing the children? No, I don't have a problem with that, but Then what's the problem? That you didn't have enough time at church to include the rest of the children in your story about Mary and her return home? Well, I don't want the garage apartment for my own.
I can understand why they're upset about your giving it to Mary.
- We don't even know if Mary needs it.
- They don't know that she doesn't.
Maybe she and Wilson need it.
I got the feeling from Wilson that they broke up and he's just letting Mary tell us.
And I gotta wonder why that is.
Because it suggests that, whatever the why, it won't be something we like.
I'm going to withhold judgement, maybe even just give it up completely, because people do make mistakes.
Well, yes, they do.
And my mistake was trying to point out your mistakes.
It's like a tunnel of sound.
Whatever's said in here just goes right up there.
What is my mistake, Eric? We sent her away for a reason, Annie.
She was headed for trouble.
And although she avoided trouble by living with my parents, I'm not so sure she's back on track or that she'll ever get back on track, because she doesn't seem to realise that she has a few problems.
What do you feel her problems are? I feel her problems are that she's irresponsible, self-centred and inconsiderate of other family members.
I think she wants to be responsible, and that's something.
I think it's good for her to be self-centred right now.
It's good for her to focus on herself and come to love herself because that's the first step in loving others.
And I don't think she's inconsiderate of other family members.
On the contrary, I think other family members, including you, are inconsiderate of her and her needs at this time.
So we can just agree to disagree about Mary and who she is and what her future holds.
But I think that Matt and Lucy and Simon and Ruthie are all in agreement.
With you.
And you are wrong, just like you were wrong about Nixon.
He should've apologised.
Tunnel of sound.
- Tunnel of sound.
Tunnel of sound.
Where are you going? - I'm going out for some fresh air.
- Do you really wanna do that? Why wouldn't I wanna do that? Because, one, you're only going to torture yourself by spying on Robbie and Joy, and two, if you're not here to protect your territory, I don't know what'll happen to it.
I can't help you.
It's me against these two.
Don't we have it hard enough without turning on each other? She is the weakest link.
Robbie.
So where's your friend? - Do you mean Joy? - Who else would I mean? - Mary.
- Are you friends with Mary? I'm not not friends with Mary.
- Are we friends? - Of course we're friends.
I have to go over to Joy's house for dinner tonight.
What do you think I should wear? I need to make a good impression.
I have to tell her parents I wanna marry her.
We are not friends.
- Hi, Robbie.
- Hi.
You think that's all you have to do, is just put on Joy's pants, and you'll get him back? Hey, I'm talking to you.
You're not just gonna come back here and just take everything away from us.
Oh.
Doesn't look like the fresh air agreed with you.
- Are you okay? - I'm fine.
I'm guessing that, once again, nothing is hurt but your pride.
- Your stuff's in your basket.
- And just why is it in the basket? Not that this day could get any worse.
Uh, you've been voted out of the garage.
Since when do we vote who stays and who goes from the garage? Since you went out for some fresh air.
But before you go, we'd love to hear what happened.
- Matt, were you in on this? - It was his idea.
Wait.
They wanted to toss your things on the driveway and lock you out.
I suggested we vote.
- You'd do that? - Yep.
Well, I needed to throw the balance our way.
- "Our way"? Who is "our"? - The guys, Matt and me.
Yeah.
And yet I, the girl, will still win.
Even if you do win, Mom will never let you have the apartment at your age.
But it'll be in my power to let one of those two have it.
And believe me, I'll get something for it.
Fine.
Sooner or later, you're all gonna lose anyway.
I may as well be comfortable while you're losing.
- What are you doing? - I'm looking for aspirin.
Oh.
Do you know where Mom and Mary are? They're upstairs.
What's? - I'm here to apologise.
- For? For questioning my mother's wisdom, for being so selfish, and for not being nicer to Mary.
- She just beat the stuffing out of you.
- No, she didn't.
Oh.
I'm a very scrappy fighter.
- If you say so.
- I am.
And now I feel better.
So much better, that I can humiliate myself with the aforementioned lies.
- Lies? - I'm sorry for questioning Mom.
- But the other stuff, not so much.
- Yeah, but if they're lies Do you ever apologise to Mom when you know you're right and she's wrong? Then why can't I apologise to Mary? You were right, and we were wrong.
I apologise for trying to take what you wanted Mary to have.
So may I please have my old room back? Of course, if I apologise to Mary too.
Of course.
- Did the others kick you out? - Pretty much.
What are you doing? - What are you doing? Aren't you supposed to be in the garage? I came in to apologise.
Sorry about everything.
Hey, that is so sincere.
No.
Uh I am sincere.
I'm sorry about everything that happened since you came home.
It wasn't exactly a warm welcome.
It may look easy being the prodigal son, but it's probably not.
- What are you talking about? - You do know that Dad was talking about all of us when he gave that sermon? I know he was talking about you, Matt, Simon and Ruthie.
You're the one who went off in search of yourself.
- You're the prodigal son.
- No.
He wasn't talking about me.
Yes, he was.
I didn't go off in search of anything.
I got kicked out of here.
- Yeah, but - But what? You kicked me out.
And you're the one who left on her own to go to New York.
You're the prodigal son.
You went out in search of yourself and came back with a better idea of who you are, and even more determined to be what you wanna be.
I got nothing.
Except a couple of college credits that won't transfer, and a boyfriend who dumped me.
Wilson dumped you? I got caught kissing this other guy.
And then, to make it up to him, I tried to get him to marry me.
- This other guy? - No, Wilson.
And I thought he was going to, too.
But, no, he feels that I'm not ready to be his wife and Billy's mother.
And after everything I did for him.
- You got caught kissing another guy? - A fireman.
It was stupid.
I'm stupid.
And the Colonel told me they were going away for the weekend, and if I didn't have the good sense to get on an airplane and go home, he would drive me to the airport on Monday.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
You're not stupid.
And I love you.
And I'm sorry about Wilson.
And I'm sorry about Jeremy.
- Thanks.
- So, what are we gonna do about Joy? There's nothing we can do but wish Robbie luck and hope everything works out for him.
See? You're living your life from that good place in your heart, just like Dad was talking about.
I don't have that good place.
I don't wish Robbie well.
And I hope it doesn't work out.
And that's who I am.
I'm not the prodigal son.
Yeah, but you have to admit, Mom thinks you are, or at least she treats you like you are.
Yeah, Mom's been so great.
It's nice to be the favourite again.
Yeah, always nice when that comes around.
And yet I did nothing to deserve it.
I am still crazy, irresponsible, bad Mary.
And after all this time, I don't think I've learned squat.
What is it gonna take to get my life in order, huh, Luce? I don't know.
But whatever it takes for all of us to get our lives in order, I'm pretty sure we can get it right here at home.
Sam and David are all washed up, and I think they might actually nap.
Did you wanna tell me something? Because I wanna tell you something.
I was wrong, and you were right.
I resented your being nicer to Mary than you have been to me, and I admit to officially hoisting myself on my own petard.
I've been sanctimonious and judgemental and, in general, a boob.
I apologise to you and beg you to allow me to take you and our dear Mary out to dinner tonight as a token of my affection for both of you.
Or, if you prefer, I'll volunteer my services as babysitter so that you and our lovely daughter can have a welcome-back dinner alone, just the two of you, and catch up on everything in each other's lives.
You are the best husband on the face of the earth.
Oh.
Why don't we get the girls to babysit? You and I can go out to dinner alone and catch up on everything in each other's lives.
Dinner alone? I feel like crying.
Sorry.
- Wow.
- Hey.
- Thanks.
- Where you going? I'm having dinner with Joy's family at her house.
I'm gonna pick up some flowers for her mother, but I don't know what to bring her father.
Any suggestions? - That's a tough one.
- Yeah.
Hopefully I'll think of something on the way.
I think flowers for the mother will be fine.
You don't have to do anything else.
Just be yourself.
- So did you like her? - I think she's wonderful.
I have a good feeling about her.
- Then wish me luck.
- Good luck.
Oh, I hope her family likes him for, oh, so many reasons.
- Two of them being Mary and Lucy? - You betcha.
If we pool our money and get the family bucket of chicken, we'll get more pieces per person, and we can save some for breakfast.
We don't need to pool our money.
We're not gonna last that long.
And when I say "we," I mean you two guys.
So who wants to take me out for a steak? You think you can buy a steak on your allowance? - Mm, steak taco? - That's more like it.
- We're all gonna go together.
- Yeah, I know.
I'm coming.
- It's really loud in here, huh? - Yeah, it is.
I'd hate to be the one who has to pay me for this lousy apartment.
You know, why don't we just vote her out now? Because I have your wallets.
- She is sneaky.
- The sneakiest.
Why don't you give up? You'll never win.
Besides, we all know it's only right that this should all be mine.
You've had your own apartment.
You've been out, and you've come back.
I have to get out.
I have to get out to survive.
And once I do, unlike you and Mary, that's it for me.
I'm never coming back.
Yeah.
I remember 15.
Let's go.
A Mr.
Robbie Palmer, sir.
Welcome.
Are you, uh? Are you? Am I in the right place? I'm Ramon, Joy's father.
But you can call me Mr.
Reyes.
Sit down.
We'll talk.
Then I'll let you know if you're in the right place.
How is it that a young man like yourself does not smoke, does not drink, does not do drugs, and does not have a girlfriend? I smoked at one time, but I gave that up.
And I've had a drink once or twice, but I gave that up.
But I never, never did drugs.
- And I've had girlfriends.
- But you gave them up too? Uh, they gave me up, actually.
But it doesn't matter, because I was never really I wasn't - It's just that, well, I'm - Tell him.
Tell me what? And come and sit with us if you're gonna join in the conversation.
- You were going to tell me? - Well Joy wants me to tell you that I'm in love with her, but that doesn't seem appropriate to me.
So you're not in love with her, why? Well, even if I am, you being the father and everything, you may want me to prove that before I can say that.
- And how are you going to prove that? - Oh, no.
Not by By respectfully pursuing a relationship with your daughter.
And by "respectfully pursuing," you mean? I don't wanna have a physical relationship with your daughter before we have a commitment to marry each other.
I like to hear that, especially since you've known my daughter a whole week.
But for now, you say all the right things.
- At least you're that smart.
- I mean what I say, really.
- You go to church? - Every Sunday.
I do.
All right.
I give up.
You're in the right house.
But I'm going to save "welcome to the family" until I see if your word is good.
Good man.
I was wrong, and you were right.
But not in the way that you think.
Still, music to my ears.
Mary's not the prodigal son.
And I made a mistake in treating her as if she were.
She never left to go and discover herself.
She didn't go out into the world and get into trouble and hit rock bottom and then come crawling home for forgiveness.
She never did that.
She showed signs of getting in trouble, and we sent her to your parents before she had a chance to do something that she or we would regret.
And you know what? It worked, Eric.
And I don't think we've ever given ourselves any credit for doing the right thing and saving her from hitting rock bottom.
Now, maybe she didn't learn anything.
But I think part of the reason that she claims that is that she's afraid to say she did.
She's afraid to make another mistake.
You know, for a guy who just got an apology, I'm feeling pretty lousy.
It's a lecture couched in an apology.
I think if we can just let Mary discover who she is and what she wants to do, surrounded with love, you know, guided by our genius, then maybe she will learn something.
Maybe she'll even contribute something to the world.
Let's just aim for Glenoak.
It's not like I don't want him to be happy.
Wilson or Robbie? - Robbie.
Yeah, me neither.
I just don't want him to be happy until I'm happy.
- It's too soon.
- Way too soon.
Wilson and I just broke up.
You guys just broke up, you and Robbie.
Of course, meeting Joy's family is just a date.
It's not like Robbie's really fallen in love.
Yeah, but he thinks he has.
He told me this is the love of his life.
But that's ridiculous.
He just met her a week ago.
I know.
But if it's true, if Robbie has fallen in love with Joy, then he can fall out of love just like that.
Is that what made you kiss that other guy? You fell out of love with Wilson? No, I just felt like kissing that other guy.
I don't think it had anything to do with Wilson.
Still, it was the wrong thing to do, or so it seemed.
- "So it seemed"? - Oh, it was wrong to kiss that guy.
But, ultimately, it led to my coming back here, and this isn't wrong.
I mean, this is where I should be.
It also kept Wilson from making a big mistake by marrying me.
I love Wilson West.
He's handsome, he's sexy, he's smart, he's considerate, he's responsible.
I mean, he's perfect.
And I'm not.
And I shouldn't be with him and Billy.
Are you punishing yourself for making a mistake? What? Was I supposed to wait for you guys to punish me? Good people sometimes make bad mistakes.
It happens.
But when it happens, what do you do? - It's done.
- Seriously? You realise you made a mistake, and you make an apology.
A sincere apology, one that comes from your heart.
And then, if you can, you make amends.
You do something.
Or, at the very least, you just move on with a commitment not to make the same mistake again.
Luce, I am really sorry about what happened last year.
And I'm sorry I couldn't see how selfish I was and how my irresponsibility was affecting everyone else around me.
I don't know how I'm gonna make it up to you guys, but I will.
And you think you haven't changed.
- What are you staring at? - Is he starting to lose his hair? It looks thinner in the front, doesn't it? Yeah.
Yeah, it does.
- Probably a vitamin-A deficiency.
- Could be.
We haven't been out here 24 hours.
I don't have a vitamin-A deficiency.
Maybe it's just the car fumes.
- You're just trying to get me to leave.
- Maybe we should take a vote.
We're men.
This is a game for men.
You don't wanna play the game with a little girl, do you? It wouldn't be fair.
And even if you won, you'd feel too guilty about beating Ruthie out of the apartment to enjoy it.
So let's be men, and let's do the right thing.
Let's vote her out.
Matt, did you know I still have apple pie from Burger King? Vote Simon out, and half of it is yours.
No.
You're gonna have to leave.
It's Yes.
Wait.
Now how are you gonna get me out? Oh, I'm sure I'll think of something.
- Sorry.
- It's okay.
The garage apartment was never gonna be mine, anyway.
No, I'm sorry about acting like such a doofus last year and screwing things up for everyone.
And thanks for letting me come back home.
And I'm really gonna try to be a better sister.
Wow.
What was that? Oh, yeah.
Wilson dumped me, for a good reason.
I kissed another guy.
This isn't laced with a laxative or anything, is it? No.
No need for that.
This is a game of strategy.
- Have you got a minute? - I've got all the time in the world.
But eventually, Matt will have to go to work.
Eventually, you'll have to go to school.
Oh, my, I feel a little cold coming on.
I might have to just stay right where I am.
You were saying? I came out here to say I'm sorry about how stupid I acted last fall.
I don't wanna go to college, but I do wanna do something with my life, and I'm back here to do it.
And I hope I won't get in your way.
- So you and Wilson? - Broke up.
I kissed another guy, and then I panicked and begged Wilson to marry me.
I'm nuts.
We're all nuts.
Thanks for coming back.
We missed you.
- I love you, Ruthie.
- I love you too.
- I'm so sorry about all this.
- Me too.
I think Matt and I should quit kidding around here and give you back the apartment that Mom wanted you to have.
I think she's right.
I think you're gonna need a little space and time after all you've been through.
I'm so sorry.
Psych.
- I knew she was gonna do that.
- No, you didn't.
You're not getting away that easily.
- Okay, what? - Sit down.
I wanna talk to you.
First of all, I don't know how sincere Ruthie's apology was in there, but I'm sorry about everything.
I'm glad you're home.
I love you.
Secondly, what's with you kissing another guy when you're in love with Wilson? What's that all about? It's about, it was never meant to be.
So you think you made the wrong choice? No, I think I did the right thing coming back here.
And besides, I had to come back here anyway because the Colonel pretty much told me, "Boot camp's over.
Go home.
" I meant, do you think you made the wrong choice when you chose Wilson over Robbie? I don't know what you're talking about.
I guess you were the first one to recognise Robbie's potential to be a better person, so you won't be surprised when I tell you I think you just didn't have the guts to choose him instead of Wilson.
I mean, you'd already made so many mistakes.
You didn't wanna choose the bad boy over the responsible single father and his kid.
Not to mention it was a greater risk to choose Robbie because you two had messed things up over and over again, right? - I really love Wilson and Billy.
- But you aren't in love with Wilson.
Yeah, well, I was comfortable with Wilson, and happy.
Well, then why did you kiss another guy? You still have feelings for Robbie, don't you? Okay, I do.
- But I wouldn't call it love.
- Would you call it regret? This place is great.
Pretty good.
Thank you.
I'm not 21.
I don't think we can come in here.
Besides, I don't drink.
I don't know if your dad would approve.
You're too cute.
This is my dad's club.
He's an entertainment lawyer.
- This is one of his investments.
- I thought he didn't approve of your being in entertainment.
He didn't want you to be a singer.
I don't think he or anybody else could stop me.
I have to do this.
You're on my mind Had another sleepless night And all I think about Is that I want you here and now All I wanna say Is that I want you in my life I need you to hold me Make me feel so right There's no other love Oh, yeah You're everything that I'm looking for And more So tell me why Why are you so shy? When you're walking right by I get this feeling inside Baby, I want you But I don't know what to say I see you every day When you come around my way I want you to know That I'm in love with you So, baby, come on, come on Come on, come on And tell me how you feel My friends say That I'm wasting my time But I don't listen to them 'Cause I know you're gonna be mine They don't understand The feelings inside All I want from you Is that you give me a sign Tell me how you feel Tell me how you feel - I wonder if Robbie got home.
- Nope, he's not back yet.
How's everything at the house? Did you and Lucy make up? Lucy and I, Simon and I, Matt and I, Ruthie and I, Sam and David and I, and Happy and I.
The only people that I haven't apologised to are the two of you.
I am really sorry that I let everyone down.
And I'm sorry that, as a part of this wonderful family, I didn't realise that doing all the things that led to my getting asked to leave would affect everyone and not just me.
I apologise.
From the bottom of my heart, I apologise.
And I wanna thank you for letting me go and live with the Colonel and Ruth.
And I'm not the greatest student of life, but I must've learned something.
And I wanna be here now.
And I hope you'll give me a chance to do better, because I can do better.
And I wanna start by giving you a cheque for the car payments that you paid for me those first few months.
I added interest.
Thank you.
I I accept.
And, uh, I wanna apologise to you too.
I think I could've cut you some slack when you showed up here, but instead, I Don't cut me any slack.
Stay tough.
- I need that.
- Okay.
Good night.
Wait.
What did she mean by that? I mean I still need you.
- The tunnel of sound.
- The tunnel of sound.
Oh.
I think I owe you an apology too, about the garage and being jealous, and Not necessary.
I love you, Simon.
Love you too.
Hi.
Back in the house? I am extremely, extremely sorry for the way I treated you.
It was disrespectful, and I will never not do what you tell me to do again for the rest of my life.
The thing about apologies is you don't wanna make any promises you can't keep.
I am extremely, extremely sorry for the way I treated you.
It was disrespectful Thank you, Simon.
I love you.
Love you too.
- You all back in the house? - Uh, not Ruthie.
Ruthie's a survivor.
I'm embarrassed for acting the way I did.
I'm responsible for leading the coup, and it was a bad example for my brother and sisters.
And I regret my bad, bad, bad decision, as well as defying you.
I apologised to Mary for making her feel unwelcome.
She and I are okay.
And I hope you and I are okay.
Will you forgive me? - Who is it? It's your father.
Please come in.
- So you won.
Don't worry, I have no illusions of keeping this place.
I fully intend to apologise to Mom and to beg her to let me back in the house.
And I apologised to Mary already.
Well, you wanna come back in with me? No, I'm gonna wait till I hear Robbie's car pull in and time my exit with his.
That way, I can walk into the house with him, catch up on his evening.
- It's getting kind of late.
- Don't you wanna know - how his evening was? - Yeah, but I can ask him myself.
He tells me things he doesn't tell anyone else.
Do you plan on telling me the things he tells you that he doesn't tell anyone else? No.
Robbie and I have a special relationship.
- But I'm your dear father.
- Yeah.
So All right, just tell your dear father what you think is gonna happen with Robbie and Joy.
Well, I think that he's already in love.
But I think those two are gonna fall deeply, madly in love and wanna get married.
And when they come to you to ask you to join them together in holy matrimony, then things around here are gonna get really interesting.
You really think Robbie's gonna ask Joy to marry him? Hey, I don't want it to happen.
I wanna keep him in the family myself.
But did you see her? Yeah.
But I don't know what to say Yeah I see you every day - When you come around my way - You come around my way I want you to know - That I'm in love with you - I know So, baby, come on, come on Come on And tell me how you feel - Baby, I want you Baby, I want you But I don't know what to say I see you every day When you come around my way I want you to know That I'm in love with you So, baby, come on, come on And tell me how you feel