7th Heaven s06e13 Episode Script

Hey, Morris.
All right, man.
What's up, man? Morris.
Hey.
How do you do that? - Do what? - Be so popular.
Everybody knows you.
Everybody likes you.
You hang out with the coolest kids in school.
Face it, man, if this school had a king, you'd be it.
Well, you Hey, people know you too.
People know me as some school do-gooder.
- Saint Simon, son of a minister.
- Maybe, but that could be cool too.
I mean, you're always doing the right thing, even if it doesn't make you the most popular guy.
And doing what's right counts for something.
Yeah, it counts for me having no fun this year.
I'm tired of doing the right thing.
I want people to like me because I'm wild and crazy and fun.
You know, not because I'm good.
I wanna hang out with your friends.
Your friends are the best.
- You don't even know my friends.
- They're popular and they have fun.
What else do I need to know? You hear the news? My parents took off for the weekend.
- Which means? - Party.
- Everybody party.
Oh, yeah I already lined up the women.
It's gonna be a blowout.
- So are you in? - Oh, I'm so in, I'm already there.
Yeah, I'm in too.
Tom, Mike, you know Simon.
Simon Camden.
You're that minister's kid.
My dad's a minister, yeah.
I don't think you'd feel comfortable at my party.
It's not gonna be a religious affair.
My dad's the minister, not me.
So you wanna come to my party, huh? Okay.
Okay, fine.
Come.
Great.
I'll get the address from Morris.
I better get going, I don't wanna miss my bus.
I can miss my bus.
- We're out of here.
- Yeah.
I'll see you guys later.
I'll call you later.
Right.
I'll see you tonight.
What are you doing? He wants to come to the party, let him come.
Simon Camden's not ready for one of your parties.
Yeah, that's why it will be fun to have him there.
No, no, no.
- You can't be serious.
- Oh, I'm serious.
You don't know this boy, Mike, I don't know his parents, and you said everyone at the party is going to be a senior.
The answer is no.
Oh, come on, Mom.
Not everybody is gonna be a senior.
And if I go, I'll get to know Mike and his friends.
I desperately wanna know Mike and I want him and his friends to know me.
I want them to like me.
Can you understand? Since when do you desperately want someone to like you? Did you ever go to high school? If you did, you'd know that high school is about getting people to like you, and finding a group and fitting in.
Then find another group, a group your own age.
- Because the answer is no.
- Thanks for ruining my life.
Come on, Luce, why are you so upset? Luce? Stop.
Let's talk about it.
What's going on? Lucy is a little upset with me.
No, I'm a lot upset with her.
- Mary and I enrolled in school today.
- Is this true? We have the same classes, all the same classes.
What did you do, dig through my stuff, find my class schedule and copy it? Unbelievable.
Luce, maybe you're getting upset over nothing.
You and Mary are both freshmen and freshman usually take the same classes, right? The Sacred Quest? Mary is taking a class, my class, The Sacred Quest.
It's an exploration into the spiritual roots of each student's life in the context of various religious traditions.
- The professor's a total babe.
- Mom, tell her she can't do this.
Tell her she cannot hijack my life.
She has to live her own life.
She has to take her own classes.
I really think the two of you should work this out.
Oh, way to wimp out on me.
Thanks.
You are not going out with me and my friends.
- They invited me.
- No.
You invited yourself.
Jill and Barb are my friends.
Take your own classes, make your own friends.
But I like your classes and your friends.
I need nice people to hang out with.
I don't wanna get mixed up with the wrong crowd again.
Maybe you can take Mary with you tonight just this once.
Ugh! Hi, miss Kitty.
I'm gonna take a few upstairs to hold me over.
What are you doing? I'm deciding if I wanna see my future or not.
I got back letters from two of the medical schools I applied to.
Oh, is that all? Well, these letters are from Columbia University and NYU.
The two schools I really wanna go to.
They're also two of the toughest schools to get into, and if they accept me, well, that means They like you? They really, really like you? I mean, if I don't get in to Columbia or NYU, - I'm not sure I wanna be a doctor.
- That's crazy.
- Crazy maybe, but it's how I feel.
- Open the envelopes.
Come on, let's find out if you're gonna be a doctor.
No, I opened them.
I just can't make myself read the letters.
I'll do it for you.
I'm not sure you're ready for what's in these envelopes.
When I think you're ready, I'll give them to you.
- I'll help you with that.
- Did Simon talk to you? Mm-hm.
- Is he still upset? - He was upset? - Oh, extremely upset.
Didn't Simon tell you that I told him he couldn't go to this senior party he wants to go to? - Oops.
- "Oops," what? Well, I didn't know you said no and I said yes.
Go upstairs, tell Simon you talked to me, nice try, - but the answer's still no.
- Yeah.
Why aren't you going? Okay, he shouldn't have come to me after you'd already said no but maybe you shouldn't have said no.
Your forehead's not hot, but that has to be the fever talking.
Come on, it's just a party.
He just wants to make friends.
No.
We have to let Simon grow up some time.
Yes, but not tonight.
You know, he'll be with his friend Morris, and he's older, he'll look after Simon.
We don't know Morris.
Well, that's why I told Simon that we have to meet Morris - before they go out.
- No.
Oh, I get it.
This is you wishing you had whooped it up more in high school and college.
And this is about you wishing you'd whooped it up less in high school and college.
Fine, if you want him to go, he can go.
But if the police bring him back home after he's been out vandalising the school gym with his new "friends," don't come crying to me about it.
Okay.
Oh, come on, don't do this to me.
I had to beg my parents to let me go to this party.
Yeah, but I don't think you're ready for this kind of party.
What are you talking about? These guys are wild and so are the people that hang out with them.
- And they drink, they smoke, they - I'm not as innocent as I seem.
I can be around people who are smoking and drinking.
I am ready for this, so do me a favour, don't hold me back.
This is my chance to be a part of your very cool group of friends.
- Fine.
Let me give you the address.
- There is just one more thing.
My dad will only let me go if you take me and if you come by the house and meet him and my mom before we go.
When did we start dating? Oh, please just help me out this once.
Okay.
But you owe me.
You get me into this party, I'll owe you for life.
- How much did you hear? - Smoking and drinking? You're only in 10th grade, Simon.
You cannot go to this party.
I'm not gonna smoke or drink.
Let me tell you something about saying no It's almost impossible.
You gonna tell Mom and Dad about what you overheard? No, but I wish you'd change your mind.
No way.
I'm going and I'm gonna have a good time.
- You are not coming with me.
- Yes, I am.
- You're not coming with me.
- Yes, I am.
Okay, give me my letters back.
- No.
- Yes.
You're not ready.
- So you're saying I didn't get in? - No.
- So you're saying I did get in? - No.
What are you saying? That you're not ready for those envelopes.
Trust me, you'll thank me for this later.
- So you're going to the party? - Would you stop worrying? Remember, I was raised by Eric and Annie Camden, the uber-parents of Glenoak.
I know right from wrong.
I'm gonna be fine.
Mary was raised by our uber-parents too.
I'm not Mary.
Great, you've met Morris.
Let's go.
I'll be home by curfew.
Before you and Simon go to this party tonight, I need to know what your intentions are.
- Intentions? Yes.
Do you intend to drink? Do you intend to smoke? Do you intend to partake in any illegal activity? Do you intend to watch over my son and make sure no harm comes to him? Do you intend to have him home before his curfew? Hey, I'm just giving him a ride.
No, you're not just giving him a ride.
You're in charge of him.
Come on, Dad, help me out here.
No, Simon.
No more help from your father.
I didn't want you to go to this party, but I'm going to let you go.
But only if your friend Morris tells me that he's going to watch out for you tonight.
Sure, whatever.
I'll keep an eye on him.
- Do I have your word? - Yeah.
You have my word.
Good.
- Let's get out of here.
- Hey, be careful.
Remember I have your word.
Oh.
And don't put the family in the van and come and follow me to this party.
I'm gonna be fine.
Don't you think you were hard on Morris? No.
Look, Simon's gonna be okay.
Well, if he isn't, I'm gonna hold you personally responsible.
I'm gonna get something to drink.
You want something? - You mean a beer? - No, not a beer, a soda.
Sure.
Hey.
You wanna have a little fun? Hey, Simon, having a good time? Oh, I'm having a great time.
I really like hanging out with you.
This is a great party, it's a super party, it's The real party's out back.
Come on.
He's not ready for out back yet.
I'm ready for out back.
I am.
Follow me.
- Welcome to the real party.
- Oh, Mike, maybe he doesn't drink.
Yeah, I don't drink.
Well, there's punch over there.
- Cool, I like punch.
- Oh, help yourself.
Get the big cup.
Bottoms up.
- My friends aren't here yet.
- This is a bar.
- So? - We shouldn't be in here.
We're not old enough to drink and even if we were, we don't drink.
We can be in a bar and not drink.
And remember, the only reason I let you come with me was because you promised you wouldn't embarrass me.
My friends are older and mature and Drunks.
Did you know we were coming to a bar? Is that why you didn't want me to come? Hey, Lucy.
Glad you made it.
Sorry we're late.
Couldn't find a parking space.
- Isn't this place great? - It's a bar.
- You remember my sister, Mary.
- It's not just a bar, it's the bar.
- We're not old enough to drink.
- Oh, that won't be a problem.
Barb knows the bartender.
If we order the drinks, they won't care if you drink them.
Okay, who's buying the first pitcher? - I will.
Cool.
What are you doing? I'm hanging out with my older, mature friends who like to drink.
- So you drink? - No.
But maybe tonight I will.
Okay, enough already.
Give me back my letters or I'm telling Mom and Dad.
If you were gonna tell Mom and Dad, you'd have done it at dinner.
You don't want Mom and Dad to know you got those letters.
Probably because you don't want to remind them that you are really leaving Glenoak.
Or maybe just don't want them to know, in case you didn't get in, so you can save face.
But whatever it is, you don't want them to know.
So basically, I own you.
- Give me my letters.
- Don't worry.
When I think you're ready I'll give them to you.
And until then? Have you thought about what you wanna do if you don't go to medical school? - Who's buying the next round? - I got it.
You haven't even touched your beer.
Are you all right? It's your sister, isn't it? I don't understand, if she doesn't wanna drink, why doesn't she leave? I don't know.
Let me go ask her.
Hey.
Okay, you win.
I'm gonna go.
I'm gonna come back and pick you up.
I don't want your drunk friends giving you a ride home.
You can't leave.
If you leave, they're gonna expect me to drink, and I'm gonna have to drink because I'm gonna be a minister.
What? If I wanna help the people, I have to be one of the people.
I have to blend, fit in.
And if that means drinking That is so crazy, it sounds like something I would say.
Please don't leave me.
So it's not so bad having a sister around? - Especially a sober sister, huh? - So you'll stay? No.
We're leaving.
Look, Lucy's leaving right now because Well, if she doesn't, I'm gonna tell my parents that she was drinking and she'll get in big trouble.
Man, your sister is mean.
Tell me about it.
- Lucy.
- Sorry, I have to go.
To say that you owe me would be the biggest understatement of your life.
But do yourself a favour, dump those two.
They're bad, and you know I know bad.
Why did we leave the party? I was having fun.
Because you're drunk, and you were totally out of control.
I told you, you weren't ready for this kind of party.
I can't be drunk, it was just punch.
No, not just punch.
Punch made with grain alcohol.
I can't believe you're still standing.
And I can't believe I let this happen.
I'm drunk? Cool.
You won't think it's cool when you're puking your guts out on the front lawn.
And speaking of your front lawn, I really wanna walk you up to the door to make sure you get home okay.
But if I do, well, your mom might hurt me.
So you think you can make it on your own? It's just a couple houses back.
Yes, I can make it on my own.
Just take me home and drop me off.
You are home.
Well, thanks for the ride.
Are you sure you're gonna be okay? The first step's a big one.
Hey.
- Hi.
What's going on with you and Ruthie tonight? - Nothing.
- Where are you off to? Nowhere.
Ice cream.
I have a craving.
I do too.
I wanna know if Simon's okay.
Think you can pick me up some piece of mind? No problem.
Okay.
Where are you going? Ice cream.
- You should leave Simon alone.
- I will as soon as I see that he's okay.
What the? Hi.
- No, I think you're drunk.
- I know, I just found out.
Oh, no, it's Dad.
What do we do? Hey, what's going on? Nothing.
Could you pick up some Rocky Road for Sam and David? Sure, no problem.
Now what are we gonna do? I don't feel so good.
- Neither does my car.
I didn't know there was alcohol in the punch.
- Honest.
- I told you not to go to that party.
Okay.
- So, what are you guys gonna do? We're thinking.
We're thinking.
Well, think faster.
I'm starting to feel sick again.
Let's get him inside, tell Mom and Dad, and take him to a bathroom.
- I agree.
- Wait.
Do we have to tell Mom and Dad Simon screwed up? I mean, it wasn't really his fault.
He didn't know the punch had alcohol in it.
Yeah, and I'll never drink punch at a party again, ever.
I've learned my lesson.
Come on, let's cover for him, just this once.
Please, he went to that party.
He knew what kind of people were gonna be there.
He's responsible.
He's guilty.
Let's turn him in.
Okay, so our choices are turn him in or cover for him.
- Let's vote.
- Vote on what? Hey, what smells? You should go inside.
You're not old enough to deal with this.
I'm either old enough, or I'm talking.
The choice is yours.
Fine, you can stay.
Simon I drank too much tonight at a party.
- What's the big deal about that? - I drank too much alcohol.
Why would you do a stupid thing like that? - I didn't know it was alcohol.
- How could you not know? Let's vote.
Those in favour of telling Mom and Dad? You will thank me for this someday.
No, I won't.
Okay, those in favour of hiding this from Mom and Dad and saving Simon's butt? I don't think we should let you get away with this, but I don't think we should turn you in so I'm not voting, - but I guess I'm helping.
- Oh, thanks, man.
Don't push it.
Look, I figure if we sneak him into the house, sober him up and then sneak him back out just before his curfew, then he could pretend he came home from the party like nothing ever happened.
- Good plan.
- Really good plan.
Like Matt said, don't push it.
We have to keep an eye on Mom and Dad.
I'll take the first shift.
Sneak him in, get him to a bathroom.
One of you stay with him.
That way, if Mom and Dad knock on the door, you can answer for Simon.
Take shifts.
I'll take the first shift.
I'll stick with Matt, help with Mom and Dad.
All right, just give me and Ruthie five minutes, then move him in the house.
They split up.
Where's Dad? - Just leave Dad to me.
- Okay.
Hi.
Hi.
Where's the ice cream? Ice cream.
Yes, your father asked you to pick up some ice cream at the Dairy Shack.
Oh, I didn't go to the Dairy Shack.
Where'd you go? - Out.
- Yes, but out where? I forgot.
- You just got back.
- Yes.
- Okay, what's going on? - Nothing.
Fine, whatever.
Okay, I'm gonna get the twins upstairs - and give them a bath.
- No, you can't.
No, I heard excessive bathing is bad for toddlers.
Well, it's been one day since their last bath.
That's hardly excessive.
Hey, you say tomato, the experts say "tomato.
" What is going on? Is this about the envelopes from Columbia and NYU? - You know about that? - I know about everything.
- Do you wanna talk about it? - Sure.
Okay, just as soon as I give the boys a bath.
No.
I wanna talk to you now.
Can't you just skip the bath tonight, just this once? Okay, I can skip the bath.
- But I do need to get them to bed.
- No.
I wanna put my brothers to bed.
Okay, fine.
You can put them to bed.
And you wait for me right here.
You won't move.
- Promise? - Yes, I promise.
Okay.
Faster, faster, faster.
- We're toast.
- The twins' room.
Run.
- What do we do now? - Pray.
Dad.
Dad.
- I need to talk to you.
- Ruthie.
Thank you, God.
- Okay, I just need - No, not later.
Now.
It's important.
Very, very important.
I need to talk to you about sex.
Yes, I said sex.
Okay.
And I need to talk to you about it in private.
- She's good.
- I've never been prouder.
Okay, let's go up to your room.
We're going up to my room.
Who are you talking to? You.
Okay, get Simon into the bathroom.
Lucy can help me with Sam and David.
Come on.
Okay, I've got a question.
About sex? Yeah.
Are you sure you don't wanna ask your mother about this? No, I wanna talk to you.
Okay.
So, what's your question? Why don't you guess? You want me to guess the question that you have about sex? Yeah.
Because? Are you embarrassed? Yeah, that's it.
I'm embarrassed.
Start guessing.
I can take care of the boys, get back to Mom.
All right.
After you put the boys down, come down and help me with Mom.
You know, maybe we should have let Simon get in trouble.
Maybe, but if he's learned his lesson, what's the point of punishing him? But what if he hasn't learned his lesson? That's got to be the last of it.
I hope so.
So why'd you vote against me? Why'd you wanna turn me in? Simon, unless you get in trouble, you're never going to think you ever really were in trouble.
And you're probably just gonna go out and do something like this again.
And maybe next time you'll do something more stupid.
So instead of just being hungover with your head in a toilet, you'll be dead or you'll kill some innocent person.
- Way to bring the room down.
- This isn't a joke.
Sorry.
You don't get it.
You just don't get it.
And you know why that I know that you don't get it? Because for over a year, I didn't get it.
I thought you wanted to talk to me about those letters.
I do.
- Hi.
- Oh, hi, Lucy.
- Did you wanna talk to Mom? - Yeah.
Hi.
What do you need to talk to me about? I Yes, you? Might Yes, you might? - Get back together with Robbie.
- What? You can ask your mother and me anything about anything.
- You know that.
- Reproduction.
Reproduction? Yeah, reproduction.
That's my question.
But what about reproduction? Why can't cats mate with dogs? Okay.
Here, put this on.
Then button up your coat and maybe Mom and Dad won't notice you changed.
I couldn't hold Mom any longer.
She's on her way up here.
Yes? - Matt? Why are you in the bathroom with Mary? I don't know.
- He needed some help.
- With what? My hair.
I hate my hair.
- Mary's great with hair.
Yeah.
Lucy? Hi, Mom.
- Is Mary doing your hair too? - No, I'm very happy with my hair.
Well, when you all get done doing your hair, - I want to talk to you.
Okay.
You think she's onto us? Okay, here's the thing about cats and dogs.
A cat is a cat, and a dog is a dog.
And Well, they don't usually like each other.
Well, what if a cat was really attracted to a dog? What then? What's going on? Well, Ruthie had a question about sex, but I think I covered it.
I have another question.
Can Happy still have puppies? Yes.
Thanks.
Good talk, Dad.
- Something's going on.
- Oh, yeah.
Shh.
There's someone at the door.
Wait, who cares? Whoever it is will keep Mom and Dad busy.
I don't know where the rest of you are but we got it.
Just say you ate some shellfish and it didn't agree with you.
Okay, breath check.
It isn't pretty, but it'll do.
Well, I hope we did the right thing tonight.
Who thinks we did the right thing tonight? Yeah, we screwed up.
Like I said, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to just drop him off and run, but he was drunk and I was scared.
I came back because I gave Mrs.
Camden my word and I wanted to apologise.
I know I should have done the right thing a couple of hours ago, but doing the right thing is kind of new to me.
So it took me a little longer to make my way back here.
I'm I'm so sorry.
- Simon was drunk.
- Yeah, Simon was very drunk.
My friends like to serve this grain alcohol punch at all their parties.
By the time I found him out back, well, he was gone.
He was way gone.
I think my friends were messing with him.
I don't know, sometimes they could be real jerks.
So is Simon okay? Oh, I Great party.
Thanks for letting me go.
But I'm really beat, so I'm gonna go to bed now.
Is something wrong? Drunk? You were drunk? And you all tried to hide this from your mother and me? Go upstairs.
We'll deal with you later.
I have no idea where to start.
Tonight wasn't my fault.
Okay, I know where to start.
It wasn't my fault.
Whose fault was it? - The guys who made the punch.
- Ah.
Look, I'll never do it again.
I promise.
How can you promise that when you supposedly have no control over what happened tonight? Well, all right.
To start with, you're grounded until further notice.
It's home, school, church.
That's all.
All right? No parties, no after-school activities, no anything.
Until when? Until we can trust you again.
- You can trust me, you can.
- Well, right now I think the only thing we can trust is if you get in the same situation, that you're going to use the same bad judgement and come home drunk again.
You're overreacting.
And you're underreacting.
Fine.
I'm grounded for life.
Can I go upstairs now? Yeah.
I've been expecting you.
I got in, didn't I? Yup, both schools.
Partial scholarship to Columbia and full scholarship to NYU.
Congratulations, doc.
You see, I think the reason you didn't wanna open those envelopes wasn't because you were afraid you didn't get in, you were afraid you did get in.
You've been part of this family forever, and you've been going to school in Glenoak your whole life.
And now you have to go away, far away and make your way by yourself.
You'll have a whole new group of friends to fit in with and make like you.
It's kind of overwhelming.
You knew the second you opened those envelopes that your future is real.
And I thought that maybe you needed more time to get used to your future.
- How'd you get to be so smart? - I've no idea.
But, boy, if I'm not the smartest member of this family.
- I'm gonna miss you.
- Yeah, you are gonna miss me.
You know, you've been throwing up most of the night, so we haven't had a chance to talk.
- What is wrong with you, huh? - I didn't know I was drinking alcohol.
Well, you should have figured it out.
What kind of role model are you trying to be? - I'm not a role model.
- Yes, you are.
Sam and David and I all look up to you.
And with Matt leaving, and he is leaving, you're the resident big brother of the house.
Robbie's here and that's great, but I depend on you.
And tonight you let me down.
You let everyone down.
I'm sorry.
- Is that what you wanna hear? - No, I don't wanna hear anything.
What I want is for you to stop trying so hard to fit in with other people, and start trying harder to fit in around here.
I want you to sober up for real and start becoming a man.
The kind of man I can look up to.
Do you think Mom and Dad will punish us for helping Simon? They're gonna be spending all their punishment energy on Simon for a long time.
I'm not going to hang out with Jill and Barb anymore.
And in case I didn't say thank you for tonight, thanks.
Making friends has always come easily for you.
- Not so much for me.
- You're wrong.
Everyone likes you.
You're the nice one.
And you're the popular one.
Can we switch? Can I be you just for a little while? It's ironic that you wanna be me when I've been trying to be you.
The reason I signed up for classes so late was because I was afraid.
Afraid to make another mistake.
Because that's what I do, I make mistakes.
But you don't make mistakes.
You do everything right.
So I thought if I took your classes, and if I hung out with your friends, I wouldn't screw up my life this time.
Wow.
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I make plenty of mistakes.
Jeremy, Robbie, Robbie's brother, Robbie's other brother to name a few.
- I am far from perfect.
- I know.
But still I'd like to take classes with you if you wouldn't mind.
I wouldn't mind.
Thanks.
I really thought that if we got through Mary's troubles, we'd be in the clear, because all the other kids saw what happened to Mary and they don't want that to happen to them.
I don't want what happened to Mary to happen to me.
Don't send me to Buffalo, please? I owe you both an apology.
Tonight was totally my fault.
I suspected that the punch wasn't just punch but instead of stopping, I kept drinking because while I was drinking, everyone accepted me and liked me.
And I liked that.
I just wanted to fit in so badly.
Change my image.
You know, have fun.
And did you? - Did you change your image? - Yeah.
I went from school do-gooder to school do-gooder who got drunk and is still just a do-gooder.
I thought any image would be better than do-gooder, but I was wrong.
I was stupid.
Then I came home, convinced myself that I didn't do anything wrong and I involved everyone in the cover-up.
You know, I never really got it but now I get it.
Tonight was totally and unquestionably my fault.
I alone am to blame.
I'm so sorry.
And please, don't punish everyone for my mistake.
Punish me.
Punish me all you want.
And don't blame Morris.
He is a good guy.
It's not his fault that I screwed up.
I don't know what I'm gonna have to do to gain your trust again.
But whatever it is, I'm gonna do it.
Well, this evening just got a little better.
You were right, you know.
I know.
No, not just about the party.
I just said yes to Simon because my dad always said no to me.
But in my own defence, I had to say I really thought that Simon was mature enough to handle tonight.
He really has matured so much since September.
We got to see that maturity disappear in one night.
But you were right too.
I only said no to Simon because, well, I was a little wild in high school and college.
A lot wild.
Okay, a lot wild.
I think we were both right and wrong.
I mean, our intentions were good, but our executions were a little sloppy.
- Yeah.
You were more wrong.
- Oh, absolutely.
So are we gonna punish the kids for aiding and abetting Simon? I think we should not punish them, but not tell them until tomorrow.
That way, they'll think they're being punished, which will be almost like being punished.
- Parents of the year.
- No, just parents.