7th Heaven s01e09 Episode Script

- Good move, Hoowie.
- [KNOCKING.]
- Hold your breath.
I need something.
- Why? It's just the chicken pox.
It'll be the last time.
Mom said I don't have to hold my breath.
I know a little bit more about the chicken pox than Mom does.
You don't have to tell her I said that.
Hold your breath.
I'll be out in two seconds.
Please.
OK.
- You breathed.
- Just out.
- You just did it again.
- I can't help it.
It just does it.
If you're so worried, why don't you just hold your own breath? [ROCK MUSIC ON CAR RADIO.]
Either there's too much bass or I'm having a heart attack.
[SPARKING AND BUZZING.]
It must be a loose wire.
Pull over.
Alrighty dity.
- Mom.
- Just a second.
I got it.
Yes! All right.
This is gonna be the easiest robbery you're ever going to have.
- You want it, you got it.
- Your money.
- Here's my purse.
- Give me your wallet, man.
Give me your wallet! Give me the jewellery.
Now the ring.
I want your ring, too.
I can't get it.
I can't get Oh! [MATT BREATHES HEAVILY.]
POLICE RADIO: Unit 419, please respond to a 21 1.
Valleymeads Road.
Victims calling from neighbours at C1 156, Valleymeads Road.
Medium height, medium weight.
We'll see what we can do.
In the meantime, change the locks.
And it wouldn't hurt you to check out the local victim support group.
Thanks.
We're gonna do everything we can.
I know.
Thanks for everything, guys.
- Including getting there so quickly.
- No problem.
Good night.
So, how are you doing? Fine.
Thankful to be alive.
I'm just fine.
I'm gonna go check on Ruthie.
I'll be up in a minute.
How about you? - How are you doing? - I'm fine.
I'm just tired.
Well, you've been through a lot.
I think I'm gonna go hit the sack.
OK.
He did what robbers do.
They take your stuff.
Stuff is all replaceable.
- Even your wedding ring? - Even my wedding ring.
You and Daddy are still married, though? Ring or no ring, he's stuck with me.
Simon, I don't think your precautions are going to work.
You were exposed to the chicken pox.
It's just a matter of time until, you know.
- I prefer to see the glass half full.
- I do, too.
It's better for you to get them now than when you're older.
It would be better if I didn't sleep in here with the cootie carrier and never get them.
- I'm not the cootie carrier.
- Are too.
Listen, you were exposed a week ago at Sunday school, probably.
So the odds are against me.
That's OK.
That's how I like it.
- Good luck, Simon.
- Yeah, good luck, Simon.
Good night, sweetie.
- Were you scared, Ma? - What? - When that guy robbed you? - No.
It wasn't that scary.
So, you guys get some sleep, OK? I love you.
[KNOCKING.]
- How are Mom and Matt? - They'll be OK.
Are you in a play, Luce? Cat on a Hot Tin Roof? No.
I'm thinking about wearing this to school.
- I don't think so.
- Come on, Dad.
- How old are you again? - 12.
- Uh, no.
- But I'm announcing my candidacy.
I have to get everyone's attention.
Say something that gets everybody's attention.
Yeah, right.
Like that ever works.
Martin Luther King got attention with his "I have a dream" speech.
John Kennedy did OK with his "Ask not" speech.
Dad, I've read her speech.
She needs the dress.
Thanks.
You know, I have spoken in public a few times and I bet I have a couple of speeches that could still juice up a crowd.
I have one from seminary school.
It's electric.
Speaking of electric, Dad, did you know that Mary's getting a tattoo? What? Well, not getting getting.
Thinking about getting.
Talking to you about thinking about getting.
It's gonna be a short talk.
Some girls on the team and I want to get the school's mascot tattooed here.
A small, tiny, microscopic size.
You knew your mom would say no, so I could talk her into it for you.
Exactly.
One of the girl's brothers is a licensed tattoo artist.
- He's doing them for free.
- They're free? - You out of your mind? - Everyone's getting them.
If I don't, it'll be bad for team spirit.
This house is a tattoo-free zone.
Not now, not ever.
You got it? Yeah.
And don't play one parent against the other.
- OK.
Sorry, Dad.
- You had to try.
- Good night.
- Night.
- Good night.
- Good night.
I would have been scared.
Not me.
Red Lightning isn't afraid of anything.
- Then he's lucky.
- It's not luck.
It's his ring.
It protects him from almost everything.
Except for the chicken pox.
Does this outfit say, "I'm honest, dependable and hardworking?" - It did when I wore it.
- You had a lot more to say it with.
How about this one? Charisma, empathy, leadership? You're asking a lot from a jumper.
Now what? Mary, there's a guy running around with the keys to our house.
There's nothing to worry about.
- Are you sure? - Yes, I'm sure.
- What are you doing? - Saying my prayers.
Your prayers have the word "vote" in them? That's between me and God.
Weeks ago I said that Ruthie shouldn't move in with me.
But did anyone listen? No.
What happens when nobody listens? Someone gets hurt.
- I hope you're happy.
- Go back to bed.
I'll bring you some juice when I'm finished with these.
- Hey, leopard boy.
- Don't make me breathe on you.
Go ahead.
I've had the chicken pox.
- Me, too.
- I'm powerless? Yeah.
Yeah? ANNIE: Hey, don't scratch.
All right.
What's with the robe? So I won't spill anything on my outfit.
Let's see it.
She's announcing her candidacy for class president.
Not in that, she's not.
[SIGHS.]
- So, how are you doing, Mom? - Try me.
I was asking out of concern, but now you mention it, some girls are getting a wildcat tattooed on their ankle.
- It would be a really small, tiny - Not on that ankle.
- Mom.
- No.
- No what? - No tattoo.
Sorry, Dad.
Hey, Dad, can I borrow your car keys? Don't forget to have copies made on your way home.
OK.
I'm gonna go start the car.
Tell Lucy to get a move on it.
Why are you going in so early, Dad? The choirmaster wants to talk to me about something.
- Maybe he wants you to fire Mittens.
- Mittens? Mrs Hinkle, the organist.
It sounds like she's wearing mittens when she plays.
Thick ones.
See you later.
[ANNIE LAUGHS.]
- Good luck today.
- Yeah, right.
Mrs Hinkle has been a member of the church family for years.
- It's gotta be something else.
- Maybe.
So, see you at lunch? Some of us are itchier than others, but we're all fine, OK? I just want things to get back to normal.
OK.
Matt? Hey.
Hey.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
I just can't pull it together.
Matt, last night a man put a gun to your head and threatened your life.
Now, it would be nearly impossible for anyone to just pull it together a few hours after a trauma like that.
I couldn't move, think.
I could barely breathe.
Those are all normal fear responses.
Not for Mom.
She stayed so cool and handled everything while I just sat there and let some piece of garbage take all our stuff.
What do you think you should have done? I don't know.
Something.
Anything but sit there while some guy rips off Mom's ring.
You have nothing to be ashamed of.
Whatever you did was perfect.
Because it got you both back home.
And, you know, it was just her ring.
It wasn't our marriage.
It feels like my life's never gonna be the same.
It might not be.
But time will help, and so will talking about it.
If not to me, then to the people at victim support.
- You're not alone with this, Matt.
- Yeah.
Well, I guess today's a good day for a sick day, huh? So why don't you go back inside? Tell your sisters if they're not out here in 30 seconds, we're gonna sing.
- In rounds.
- OK.
Hey, Dad.
Thanks.
No problem.
- I'll call you later.
- OK.
[CHATTER.]
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS.]
- You're running against me? - I'm running for president.
- It's nothing personal.
- It is personal.
I'm making crime and safety the key issues in my campaign.
- Me, too.
- What? - They're topical issues in the '90s.
- They've touched my family.
- They've touched me, too.
- How? Through you.
Something you won't have to worry about.
- Fine.
- Fine.
So, how's Matt doing? Oh, as well as can be expected, I guess.
It's terrifying for someone his age to face his own mortality.
It usually is at any age.
I was robbed once in the parking lot of my school.
I was a lot more upset than you for a lot longer.
Yeah, I'm just as surprised as you are that I'm not more wound up about this.
Maybe it's because everything happened so fast.
I didn't have time to do anything but react.
Now I have nothing to react to.
Maybe.
I do feel naked without my wedding ring.
You and that ring have been through a lot together.
- 18 years of kids, cleaning, laundry.
- Ugh.
When you put it that way, I'm surprised the ring didn't run away years ago.
I gotta get going.
Leaving the kids with the big kids too long is asking for it.
You'll call, right? And if you feel like talking or digging a moat I promise.
Let Eric know that we're all just fine.
He did ask you to check up on us? I just came by for a cup of tea.
- How late is Eric planning to work? - He'll be at the office till six.
- Wanna phone him? - I'll call him from home.
Give that man's sad plan some dignity.
Bye, hon.
Bye.
What are you doing? Hoowie and I can only sleep on my Hello Kitty pillow.
Then you better quit throwing it up here.
[HAPPY WHINES.]
- Mom's changing the locks.
- So? Remember when she fooled with the TV and we had game shows from Japan? Mom likes to do mechanical stuff.
It's a woman thing.
I don't like sleeping down there.
I'm afraid of the dark.
- Since when? - Since Mom started changing the locks.
- Get a night light.
- It's not enough.
- It's scary.
- There's nothing to be afraid of.
Easy for you to say.
I'm on the bottom.
If the robber does come, he'll get me first.
But if I'm over here Then it would be easier for him just to grab me.
Yeah.
- Mary.
- Hey, guys.
You're going with us to get tattoos later? - I'll be there.
- Cool.
See you after school.
Yeah.
[CHOIR SINGS HYMN.]
[MRS HINKLE PLAYS WRONG TUNE.]
Oops.
[RESUMES PLAYING CORRECT TUNE.]
- [SINGING RESUMES.]
- [MOUTHS.]
Keep an eye on Simon and Ruthie while I pick up the girls.
You're busy.
I'll go get them.
I can't stay in the house forever.
Stay as long as you need to.
After an afternoon with Simon and Ruthie, I need to get out of the house.
Are you sure? I lost Candy Land to Ruthie's imaginary friend.
Hoowie cheats.
Everybody knows that.
- I called victim support.
- Was it helpful? Just making the call was.
I'm going down later.
Do you wanna go? If that's what you want.
I would do anything to make this go away for you.
I know.
But I think the key is doing it for myself.
One after-school pick-up at a time.
- Matt went to victim support today.
- Oh, yeah? How'd it go? Well, he picked the girls up from school this afternoon.
No small feat under the best of circumstances.
What about you? Listen, I want you to stop worrying about me.
Maybe it didn't hit me as hard because I'm older, but whatever the reason, I'm fine.
OK.
But we're gonna have to do something about this.
Yeah.
I saw the chequebook.
We'll have to do something about it next month.
How about you? How was your day? Well, your sources were right.
The choirmaster wants me to fire Mrs Hinkle.
I hadn't noticed that her playing had taken a turn for the unusual.
That's because you listen with this.
I'm gonna grab a snack.
Want me to bring you something? - I'll have whatever you're having.
- You got it.
[WHISPERS.]
Good girl.
It's OK.
There we go.
Mom took Happy.
Mm? Why are you up here? [BEEP.]
Come on, Happy.
Stay with me.
[HYMN ON ORGAN.]
[MRS HINKLE PLAYS WRONG NOTES.]
[RESUMES CORRECT TUNE.]
[STOPS PLAYING.]
Did I disturb you? I didn't mean to disturb you.
I had no idea you'd be here this afternoon.
- You weren't disturbing me.
- Good.
I like to sneak in and warm up a little before Sunday service.
Gladys Bink told me about what happened with Matt and Annie.
I do hope she wasn't lying when she said they were fine.
She does that sometimes.
No, she wasn't lying.
Everybody's fine.
We were very lucky.
We all need to be lucky from time to time.
Everyone in my bridge club is now carrying pepper spray.
I got the large size.
I'm a quick draw.
I could bring down a rogue elephant if I had to.
Well, let's hope you never have to.
I sprayed the postman and the man who checks the gas meter, twice.
Oh.
Well, speaking of pepper spray, you don't have it on you now, do you? No, I only carry it when I deposit my cheque.
Well, that's probably a good idea.
It occurred to me that maybe we should start talking about your future.
Your years of dedication and service to this church have been deeply appreciated, but it would be selfish to continue to ask for more from someone who's already given so much.
- Are you firing me? - No, no.
But we need to start thinking about your retirement.
You're right, of course.
Would it be all right if I played this Sunday? My swan song, as it were? I didn't mean you should leave by Sunday.
- Think about it.
We'll talk some more.
- No.
Sunday's fine, thank you.
I know this was hard for you.
[PLAYS CHOPSTICKS.]
This should help with the itching.
You wouldn't do this to me for a joke? Nobody wants you in school more than I do.
- Thanks, Mom.
- Mary and I are going to the store.
- Can you get me something? - Anything.
- Red light bulbs.
- Whatever.
Thanks.
[WHINES.]
If you're so itchy, you should get in.
I'll even let you go first.
Hey.
What are you doing here? Everything OK? Yeah.
Just wondered if I could talk to you for a minute.
- Sure.
- Here? I do a lot of talking and listening here.
What's on your mind? Well, Lucy's always telling me how you help people, and I need your help.
- To do what? - To break up with Lucy, officially.
Breaking up with my daughter isn't the kind of help she was referring to.
I know, but I thought you could keep Lucy from seeing me.
So she could be mad at me instead of being mad at you? An unintentional but admittedly fortunate by-product.
I don't think I can do this, Jimmy.
Breaking up is part of the growing-up process.
You should get used to it.
But I don't wanna hurt Lucy, and you're a great talker.
I just don't know how I can do this.
- God works in mysterious ways.
- He does.
Well, don't you know any of 'em? Hey.
Excuse me.
- You left these on the counter.
- Get away from her! - Sorry.
- He returned your sunglasses.
You left them on the counter.
Thanks.
Sorry about this.
He was standing behind us in line.
The guy with all the paper towels.
It's OK, Mom.
Everything's gonna be OK.
Mom? Am I done yet? Mom? She's not home.
She's still at the store.
Get Matt.
- Am I done yet? - You look like a giant corn dog.
Come on.
Let's get you in the shower.
- But I just had a bath.
- Come on.
ERIC: I heard about the grocery store.
I love her, but the kid's got a big mouth.
Thank goodness somebody around here does.
What's going on? I guess in your language, "fine" means terrified and anguished.
I really thought it was fine, but then, pow, it just hit me.
The truth? Maybe.
- The truth is that it's my fault.
- How? If I'd put the wires together properly, they wouldn't have got loose and we wouldn't have pulled over.
Sometimes bad things happen and it's nobody's fault.
You know that.
I know that I can't get the image of that gun next to my son out of my head.
I know that if one thing had been different, if a leaf had fallen on his shoulder or a gust of wind had kicked up, that man could have killed my son.
You can't focus on what could've been.
You focus on what is.
You're OK and Matt's OK.
God was looking out for both of you.
We have to have faith that He always will.
You're right.
I know you're right.
But I don't know how to stop being afraid.
Mom was afraid? I thought Mom and Dad never get scared.
I guess you were wrong.
She was and so was I.
Why did she say she wasn't scared? I don't know.
Maybe she thought the truth would scare you.
- I could have handled it.
- Mom didn't know that.
- You'll tell her for me? - No, you will.
I'm sorry it happened to you.
Thanks.
But I'm not gonna share this with you.
[HAPPY WHINES.]
What's with her? Happy keeps trying to convince me that she has the chicken pox.
- Maybe it's fleas.
- Can I get fleas? - Yep.
- Oh, great.
- [PHONE.]
- I'll get it.
Hello? Mrs Camden, this is Officer McQuire.
We have a man in custody.
Could you and Matt come down in the morning and look at a line-up? No problem.
- Who was that? - Wrong number.
Oh.
OK.
Dry-cleaners, cash machine, talk with Lucy.
- What? - I'm just off to run some errands.
So I understand.
And talk with Lucy? Errand of mercy.
Jimmy's gonna break up with her.
- Straight from the horse's mouth.
- I don't care about the horse.
- Stay out of it.
- I don't want her to be hurt.
And having her dad break up with her is somehow less painful and humiliating? - I'm a great talker.
- Not at the moment.
I have a gift for this sort of thing.
Look how well it went with Mrs Hinkle.
Mittens was only retiring, not about to be dumped by her first real boyfriend.
- Ready? - Yeah, OK.
Let's go.
So? What do you think? OK.
I'm just getting warmed up.
- Not bad, huh? - Just a minute.
Hey, Jimmy.
What's going on? Nothing much.
Just wondered if I could talk to Lucy.
She's not here.
She left a while ago to talk with her father.
Oh.
Queen Anne tulips.
These'll be pretty.
He told you, didn't he? Is it OK if I wait for Lucy to come home? Sure.
[CAR DOORS CLOSE.]
I don't think we're ready to see you yet.
You, with me.
You, talk.
Yeah, OK.
Thanks.
Were we supposed to look at a line-up at the police station this morning? Officer McQuire said he called last night.
He did.
I - Forgot? - No.
I'll tell Mary we're going out for a while.
I'll get the car.
Maybe the break-up was good for us.
It gave me a chance to do some thinking.
- About what? - About us.
About our relationship.
The minute things get a little rough, you have my dad break up with me.
That was a bad, bad idea.
I know.
Lucy, forget whatever hurtful words your father used to break your heart for me.
I'm your man.
- Really? - Uh-huh.
I'm withdrawing from the election.
Our relationship is more important.
Our relationship? I withdraw, too.
- I'll call you tomorrow.
- OK.
Do you recognise any of these men? ERIC: Take your time.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know it until just now, but I never really looked at him.
How about you? - Sorry.
- ERIC: You did the right thing.
The guy might have thought you were trying to remember his face.
You're right.
A guilty guy might walk out of here and do the same thing to someone else.
They might not be as lucky as we were.
- Thank you for coming down.
- You're welcome.
And I'm sorry about the mix-up earlier.
It happens.
More often than you know.
Oh.
Hey.
How'd it go? - Not great.
I couldn't ID the guy.
- I'm sorry.
Me, too.
Oh, man.
You did it anyway.
You look like our daughter and that looks like a tattoo.
It can't be our daughter.
We told her not to get a tattoo.
- I can't believe you did that.
- Your lack of respect is astounding.
You just ignore everything we say? No.
Not everything.
Look.
It comes off when I sweat.
Everybody was getting them and I thought it'd be a good compromise.
Hm.
- I didn't even see that one coming.
- Wait.
I shouldn't have messed with your minds.
No, well, yes, but no.
- He had a tattoo.
- What? The man who robbed us, he had a tattoo.
Could you ask them to roll their sleeves up, please? Step forward, roll up your sleeves and extend your arms in front of you.
That's him.
Number four.
- Are you sure? - That's the tattoo.
MATT: Yeah, that's him.
MCQUIRE: Will you testify to that? Yes.
[HYMN ON ORGAN.]
He said it was heartburn, but I know a heart attack when I feel one.
I nearly itched my leg off till my doctor discovered it was shingles.
- What's good is corn starch.
- Really? I'm getting over the chicken pox.
Don't even get me started.
My mom turned me onto it.
She knows all the stuff.
I'll bet you she knows more about prostates than that kid doctor I go to.
SIMON: I'm sure.
I'll ask her at dinner.
That was truly wonderful.
You're welcome to stay on as long as you'd like.
I know, and I have.
It took you long enough to let me go.
I'm not about to let you out of it now.
You've lost me.
I've wanted some time off for years.
But I couldn't just walk away from the church.
I'd go to hell.
But getting fired from the church is another story.
I'll drop off my keys on Friday afternoon.
- I'll be there.
- I know.
You're always in the office on Friday afternoon.
Not bad for an old lady with mittens on her hands, right? Not bad at all.
- Dad, can I talk to you for a second? - Yeah, sure.
- I need you to help me.
- Will we need passports and new names? - No, Dad, not this time.
- Then how can I help? - I'm gonna take the girls home.
- Sure.
What about your brother? He's outside talking to some guys about prostates, so don't forget him.
Not possible.
We have that victim support meeting.
- Three o'clock.
- I'll see you later.
- Bye, guys.
- See you at home.
- OK.
- Bye, Daddy.
Bye-bye.
A friend of mine gave me something so you wouldn't be afraid ever again.
[BEEP.]
And this way, everyone'll know you're still spoken for.
You know, until we get another one.
- I love you.
- I love you.