7th Heaven s01e13 Episode Script

"Girls and boys, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day.
" - Ready to go to bed? - No, we're reading.
Oh, OK.
"Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry.
" I'm gonna go to bed now.
I'll leave the night light on so you can see.
- OK.
Thank you.
- OK.
"Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
The" You know, Mom, if you're tired, I could read to Ruthie in our room.
Honey, would you like to join us? Why not? Here, Simon.
You read.
Love to.
"The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn.
Where's the little boy Who looks after the sheep?" - Hi, honey.
- How was the boxing match? Anyone get their eyes cut open? No, it was just a Golden Gloves tournament.
Just kids.
It wasn't really that rough.
- Did the kid you went to see win? - Yep.
TKO, third round.
Are you mad at him for winning? No, sweetie.
No.
I should just avoid sporting events altogether.
Let me guess.
Nobody knew the words to The Star-Spangled Banner.
Oh, boy.
I know that gets to you, doesn't it, Dad? I can't figure out why nobody knows the words to the national anthem.
People should know the words or leave the country.
Not people who just got here.
People whose families have been here Good night.
I think I'll finish reading her the story in our room.
This country is going to hell, the moral fibre being torn to shreds.
Half the country doesn't know The Pledge of Allegiance, can't spell "allegiance".
A-L-L-E-G-I-A-N-C-E.
See? That's why I love you.
Forget the book.
We have to learn The Star-Stapled Banner.
It's Spangled.
You'll learn it when you go to school.
- I have to learn it now.
- Why? Daddy'll make me leave the country.
- He didn't mean that.
I'll get him.
- No.
OK.
Fine.
Listen, by tomorrow he'll forget he said anything about that.
What if he doesn't? I'll have to move.
You won't.
I can teach it to you.
It's a piece of cake.
- Go ahead.
- We'll start tomorrow.
No.
Tonight.
Please.
OK.
Er Just repeat after me.
Oh, say can you see - Who's José? - What José? You said José, can you see? - You want some pancakes? - On a weekday? What's wrong? Did you and Dad have a fight? I can't take this kind of stress in the morning.
I am stressed out as it is.
Your father went to the Golden Gloves last night.
No one knew the national anthem.
I'll have three.
Yeah, me, too.
My stomach can only take one at the most.
How's the essay on The Crucible coming? It's not.
What? I'm not in a bad mood.
- Good.
I need to ask you a favour.
- No.
I'm kidding.
What is it? Mary and I would like to go to dinner with John and Keesha.
- What's the occasion? - No occasion.
We just haven't seen them for a while.
We thought we'd grab a burger.
- Where? - The Varsity.
He's now covered who, what, when, where and why.
Well, I guess it's OK.
Could we have 20 bucks? - Do you know the national anthem? - They both know the words.
- Why isn't Lucy going with you? - She's got a paper due tomorrow.
They could go another night, but why wreck my "middle child being left out syndrome" by including me now? Well, she's got a point.
[MOUTHS.]
OK, where were we? Oh, yeah.
What so proudly we hailed What so proudly we hm I can't say that word.
It's a bad word.
No.
"Hailed" isn't a bad word.
Neither is "hell" unless you say something like, "Go to hell.
" What did you say? Erm I was just trying to explain that "hell" is not a bad word.
It's just how you use it, like if you say, "There's a heaven and a hell", that would be OK, right? That would be OK, but that's not what I heard you say.
I'm guilty of using a bad example.
- And a bad word.
Sorry, Dad.
- Me, too.
Dad, you're not still mad about that whole national anthem thing, are you? Simon, I hate to admit it, but I am.
- MATT: Simon.
School.
Let's go.
- Gotta run, Dad.
See you.
Me, too.
And Judge Danforth represents what in the play? No one? No one sees Danforth representing power? Unyielding authority? Anything? Anyone? [SCHOOL BELL.]
Sorry.
I'm a little behind on my math homework.
My concern is with this class.
Have you written your essay yet? Is there any possibility that I could get one extra day to turn it in? When I went to the library this morning, I couldn't get on a computer because they were taken.
You went to the library this morning for a paper due tomorrow? - I've been kind of busy.
- Psst.
Not busy with boyfriend stuff.
It's just that I've had a lot of homework lately.
With cheerleading and all, I got a little behind.
The paper is due tomorrow.
You're flirting with my girlfriend again.
I can't help myself.
I told you how I feel about her.
Well, stop.
- Hey, where's Mary? - She'll be out in a minute.
- Great.
Thanks.
- She's running out of time.
- The banquet's next week.
- I know.
Mary's hasn't stolen anything from The Varsity.
- She'll take care of it.
- The most coveted item is the glass.
Thanks for the tip.
- Is it me or is Corey a pain? - She's a pain.
We appreciate you letting us use you as a cover, but you don't have to go.
We're going.
We wanna see it.
If we were to cancel, my dad would know something was up.
The worst he thinks is we have an underground civil-rights movement.
- We'll see you tonight.
- Don't be late.
- The manager has to be there.
- Who makes up the rules? - The cool group.
- Yeah, right.
I'm never gonna get this paper finished.
I got absolutely nothing accomplished at lunch time.
I had Mrs Penn in the eighth grade.
I think I still have the paper I wrote.
Use my bibliography for the research.
This won't help.
I can't go to the library now.
Use all the same quotes and references.
- Just write a new essay.
- [KNOCKING.]
- Ready? - Yeah.
Good luck on your paper.
- Have fun.
- We'll take you next time.
Promise.
Have a good time, but be home by ten.
Dinner's ready.
Thanks, but I'm going to eat in my room so I can finish my paper.
- You don't have to do this.
- I do have to do this.
Every kid on every team in the entire school has something from this place.
- Have you ever taken anything? - I never saw the point.
I'd be too afraid I'd get caught.
Everybody knows that if anybody gets caught, I'm the one they'll blame.
Everyone go to the car.
If anyone's gonna be caught, I want it to be me.
We're not quite finished yet.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Take it now.
If we leave, everyone in here is gonna know what you're doing.
All right, now, put this box in the trunk and drop if off to Lucy at cheerleading practice after school, OK? What's this? That's a glass.
- Did you buy it at The Varsity? - No, I didn't buy it.
Did you take it without paying for it? Everybody takes something.
It's like a school ritual.
It's like stealing.
No, it is stealing.
Take it back.
- I'll take it back.
- Apologise to the manager.
And you and I will talk about the consequences.
You're making way too big a deal of this.
The glass is worth, what, two bucks? This is about taking somebody else's property.
What's going on? Dad found out that I took the glass.
I have to take it back and apologise.
- Did you know about this? - No.
[SCHOOL BELL.]
Lucy.
I know how anxious you were about this paper, and I see how tired you are.
So I made a point of reading your essay first.
It's very good.
Especially considering you didn't start writing it until yesterday.
Thank you.
Really, thanks.
I'd like to speak to the manager, please.
Mr Ryland.
- Can I help you? - I'm very sorry.
I took this glass last night and I feel badly about it, so I'm returning it.
- It was the wrong thing to do.
- Apology unaccepted.
That's right, un-accepted.
I'm pressing charges.
Oh, Jimmy Moon called.
And Dwight called three times.
And Matt forgot to drop off the refreshments.
Well, he probably had a lot on his mind.
- Well, I'm sure Lucy will understand.
- I'm worried.
He's not home yet.
For us, a trip to the diner is a trip to the diner.
For Matt, it's an excursion, a vacation, fantasy land.
He'll be fine.
[SNIFFLES.]
Matt forgot to bring refreshments.
As if my life isn't bad enough already.
What's wrong? I'm thinking about quitting basketball.
- Why? - I just am, that's all.
It's too much pressure.
Just hang in there.
It'll be OK.
I don't need any of your cheerleading right now.
Actually, I'm thinking about dropping cheerleading.
Why, because I'm quitting the basketball team? Can't you do anything by yourself? [LUCY SNIFFLES.]
I have a confession to make.
This is really ridiculous.
We can't both cry at once.
- I can't help it.
- Fine.
Then I'll stop.
So what do you wanna confess? I took your paper on The Crucible and I paraphrased it.
That wasn't such a great idea.
She's gonna remember my paper.
She didn't.
I wish she had, but she didn't.
And I got a B plus, and I feel guilty.
Yeah, I'm having the same problem.
It's not your fault.
You were just trying to be helpful.
No, that's not what I feel guilty about.
- [PHONE.]
- Don't answer it.
I think it's Dwight.
Hello.
Are you OK? Is that Matt? We'll be right there.
- Is he OK? - Yes.
He's at the police station.
He's been arrested for petty larceny.
The glass? [DOG BARKS.]
- I'd like to talk to Matt alone.
- Sure.
Matt, I'm sorry this happened.
You wanted to teach me a lesson.
You should be happy.
I didn't know this was gonna happen.
I'm gonna talk to this guy.
- I think he's taken this a bit too far.
- Forget it.
I'm trying to be on your side.
Cut me a little slack.
Like you ever cut me any slack? I can't think about anything but Matt.
Well, I feel terrible.
It's all my fault.
- How is it your fault? - [KNOCKING.]
Hey, Matt.
We heard what happened.
Can I talk to you alone? Matt, I can't let you do this.
I have to tell Mom and Dad that I took the glass.
The guy would probably have you arrested and I can't let that happen.
- I'm older, I'm a guy, I can take it.
- I can take it, too.
I don't know what'll happen in court, but I don't want it to happen to you.
I should have never let you take the glass.
Yeah, well, I should have never asked you to help me.
So stupid.
I don't even wanna be on the basketball team anymore.
- I'm just gonna quit.
- You're not gonna quit after all this.
- I get it.
- What? Everybody's gonna think I stole the glass for you.
You don't wanna look like a jerk, so you have to quit.
That's not why I was quitting.
I don't like feeling pressured into doing stuff like this.
But too bad if I don't fit in with the rest of the team.
I'm still as good a player.
And after all this, I'm staying.
I think you should.
Hey, Matt? I wish I'd felt like this before I got you into trouble.
Don't worry about it.
I'm in trouble all the time anyway.
I see.
Maybe that'll work.
You want me to go with you? OK.
Good luck.
That was Eric Camden.
Tell me everything you know about a glass being stolen from The Varsity.
I asked you first.
Then I'm gonna ask your sister.
And I'm not kidding around.
The manager pressed charges and Matt got arrested.
- Matt didn't steal anything.
- I know Matt didn't steal anything.
Tell me everything you know.
You're putting me on the spot.
Keesha, too.
I'm sorry.
You wanna tell me everything you know? All I know is I didn't take anything.
And I didn't either.
You both know more than that.
So do I.
Every year when they ask me to be the chaplain at the athletic banquet, I notice that it looks like the diner catered it.
Matt's not playing basketball or football, is he? So Matt didn't take the glass.
Mary took the glass.
You didn't tell Reverend Camden? No, but that doesn't mean I won't.
I don't know what I'm gonna do yet.
Don't make any plans for the next three weekends.
You know, you two went along for the ride, knowing what was gonna happen, and thinking it would be real cool to be in on it.
You don't sit by and let a friend do something stupid, much less encourage them.
I think I'd better warn Matt.
[PHONE.]
Yeah.
- I heard the bad news.
- How? I just got home.
Your dad called.
My dad knows Mary took the glass.
My dad does the athletic banquet every year.
He put two and two together.
- Did he tell my dad? - I wouldn't put it past him.
- He restricted us for three weeks.
- I'm really sorry.
It's nothing compared to the trouble you're in.
- I wish we'd used better judgment.
- Tell me about it.
- You may wanna talk to my dad.
- I don't know.
- Just a suggestion.
- Have to think about that one.
I wanted to let you know, so you won't be all surprised.
- I appreciate it, thanks.
- No problem.
Wait.
I didn't mean to pry.
I saw the grade and normally I'd be very proud of you.
- But? - But if I'm not mistaken, you took this from one of Mary's old papers.
I remember because she compared the Salem trials to the McCarthy hearings.
I'm surprised Mrs Penn didn't remember.
Yeah.
Me, too.
Sit down.
I think you're taking on too much.
Cheerleading and Jimmy Moon come second to your education.
I kind of broke up with Jimmy because of the Dwight situation.
Again? Why didn't you just tell Dwight you wanna be friends with him? You do just wanna be friends with Dwight, right? Well, it's kinda nice that he likes me.
Do you think that's fair to Dwight or Jimmy? No, but Dwight doesn't seem to mind.
- Sure he minds.
- OK, I'll tell him.
You have to tell Mrs Penn you copied Mary's paper.
Couldn't I just never do it again? Fine.
I'll tell her.
But can we leave Dad out of this one? He's already on overload with Matt.
I don't like to do that, but you're right, he's stretched to the limit right now.
So, just this one time.
I don't know how I got myself into this mess.
I'm so stressed out.
When I feel stressed, I prioritise what I need to do and tackle one task at a time.
What could you be stressed out about? Think it's easy taking care of five kids, a husband and three dogs? Yeah.
[RUTH HUMS THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.]
I can't sing anymore.
I'm done, I'm finished, I'm kaput.
Fine.
Who needs you? Whose broad stripes and bright stars Through the hm, hm, hm, fight.
- Perilous fight.
- What's perilous mean? - It means dangerous.
- Why don't they just say that? - That's how they talked.
- Why? I don't know why.
I just wanna get some sleep.
Through the dangerous fight You can't change the words.
It's our national anthem.
- Nobody understands it.
- It's not meant to be understood.
It's like opera.
I understand Oprah.
I watch her on TV.
- Can I help you? - Yeah, hi.
I'm Eric Camden.
- I'm Matt's father.
- I'm not dropping the charges.
- Hear me out.
- OK, but I'm not dropping the charges.
My son knows he was wrong.
That's why he apologised.
- Matt's learned his lesson.
- That's not the problem.
The rest of those kids haven't learned anything.
I lose thousands of dollars every year.
If I raised the price of the food, I'd have no customers.
Kids shouldn't steal.
If they do, there are consequences.
They think they can get away with anything.
Those other kids didn't apologise to you.
Matt tried to do the right thing and he's getting punished for it.
- What kind of message is that? - It says there are consequences.
That's the message I'd like to get out.
You got a problem with that? I do.
Isn't the law about justice and mercy as well as punishment? We'll find that out tomorrow in court.
Guess so.
The judge can't be too hard on him.
Matt's never been in trouble before.
Never been in trouble before? I can't believe you'd see it that way.
He's been getting into more and more trouble, only now he's just plummeted into the legal realm.
Do you want me to talk to this diner guy? He's not gonna change his mind.
Kids get a rush out of taking his stuff because Bob's a jerk.
- As long as they have a good reason.
- I'd like to leave early.
- I have some things to take care of.
- Like what? I feel like I need to talk to somebody, like a counsellor or something.
- Why can't you just talk to me? - It's you I need to talk about.
I just wanna talk to somebody who'll be more objective.
Matt.
I'm right here.
I'm listening.
Talk to me.
You tell kids to talk to you when they can't talk to their parents.
Why can't I talk to somebody? OK, fine.
Er I'll take the other kids in.
Just be home right after school.
- We have to be at the court at four.
- I'm well aware.
I don't know where I went wrong.
- He's not talking to me either.
- You two aren't having a problem.
You really think there's a teenage kid anywhere who's not having a problem with at least one of his parents? Matt and I got off track and it's like there's no getting back.
We have periods when everything's fine and then something goes wrong again.
It's always two steps forward and one step back with this kid.
Now he won't even argue with me.
He wants to talk to somebody else.
Well, don't worry.
Whatever's wrong, the mother usually gets blamed.
Maybe the counselling will help.
Yeah, maybe.
[KNOCKING.]
- Hi, Matt.
- Hi.
Is Mrs Hamilton home? No.
Did you wanna talk to her? - I wanted to talk to you alone.
- Come on in.
You sure you shouldn't be talking to your father? I can't.
I don't know if I'm gonna be any easier.
I know.
I just thought I'd give it a shot.
OK, go.
Look, I just wanted to ask you not to tell my dad that Mary stole that glass.
Sooner or later the truth has a way of coming out.
Your dad might find it easier coming from you.
Or not knowing it at all.
You don't know my dad as a dad, only as a friend.
Matt, the court issue is gonna be resolved today.
You're stuck with your dad for life.
Maybe you should throw the cards on the table, tell your dad what happened, and then tell him how you feel about getting blamed for it.
I can't.
Not until after the hearing.
- But you will talk to him.
- I guess.
- Yeah, yeah, I'll talk to him.
- OK.
If you straighten things out with your dad, I'll see what I can do about that court hearing.
- How are you gonna do that? - I have a plan.
Whether it'll work or not is another matter.
Does your dad know you were coming to talk to me? - No.
Are you gonna tell him? - No, you can tell him.
When you tell him everything else.
I have a confession to make.
I took Mary's old paper and I paraphrased it.
I deserve an F instead of a B plus.
I'm sorry.
It won't happen again.
I'm prioritising my life, and this class is at the top of my list.
Honesty.
How refreshing.
I'm very proud of you, Lucy.
Now, you could take an F for plagiarising or you could go home tonight and write another paper, hand it in tomorrow.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you.
Here's how it is.
Jimmy, I like you as a boyfriend.
And, Dwight, I like you as a friend.
Deal with it.
Why aren't you at cheerleading practice? I told them I had family obligations.
I'm going to court.
- It's best if Mary and Lucy stay home.
- I'm not staying home.
I thought you would baby-sit.
I wanna be there with Matt.
Please.
I do too.
- Maybe it would be good for you.
- This isn't necessary.
I know, but I'll see if Mrs Romero can baby-sit.
- Shouldn't me and Ruthie be there? - You're a little too young.
Let's go call Mrs Romero.
Listen, when we go to court, keep your mouth shut, let me handle this.
After court, I'm telling Mom and Dad.
I can't take this anymore.
I'll tell Dad.
You talk to them afterwards.
- What if they send you to jail? - Then I don't have to talk to Dad.
Matt, this isn't funny.
Yeah, I know.
I just can't wait till it's over.
- I'm sweating bullets.
- I know you must be.
I just want you to know I'm on your side.
No matter how much trouble you get into, I care about you more than you know.
Then how come I never feel that way? I feel like you're waiting to yell at me.
I'm not as bad as you think I am.
I think you sometimes exercise bad judgment.
- There's a difference.
- It doesn't feel different.
It feels like you've been mad at me my whole life.
What? My dad's always telling me what I should do differently, what he would do in the same situation.
I never realised I was doing the same thing.
I'm much better at talking than listening when it comes to you.
I screw up, but sometimes you yell at me even when it's not my fault.
- I feel like I can't defend myself.
- I hear you.
I just hope you realise that whenever I'm angry with you, your fault, my fault, nobody's fault, it doesn't mean I don't love you, OK? When this is all over, there's something I have to tell you.
You're gonna be mad.
I'll keep in mind what you said.
Is there anything I could say that would make you tell me now? - No.
- OK.
Just so I know.
- What are you doing? - Making a present for Daddy.
It's a flag.
You think he'll like it? You wanted to sing The Star-Spangled Banner and you don't know it.
- I could teach it to you.
- No, you don't understand.
I've been trying to teach her for a week.
She just doesn't get it.
Do you know how the song was written? - No.
When'd you learn it? - When I became a citizen.
- Was it hard? - Yes, it was hard.
- Do you want me to tell the story? - Is it long? No, Simon.
A man named Francis Scott Key wrote the song.
He was a lawyer and he liked to write verses, but it was just a hobby.
Mr Key was on a ship and saw the British attacking Fort McHenry in the Baltimore harbour.
[IMITATES EXPLOSIONS.]
It was night.
In the morning, he saw that the American flag was still waving.
Oh.
You mean by the dawn's early light? Unbelievable.
Next case, Matt Camden.
- Are mother and father present? - We're both present.
Please, come forward.
Is this the first time you've stolen or the first time you've gotten caught? This is the first time he's stolen, and he returned it and he apologised.
I see.
It's the Reverend Camden.
This is my courtroom, not your church.
I'm sorry.
But maybe you can explain how your son came to be such a bad example to the community.
Wait.
I can't let you do this.
I stole it.
I took the glass.
- And you are? - Matt's sister, Mary Camden.
I took the glass to take to the athletic banquet.
It's sort of an initiation.
Matt was just covering for me, but I can't let him do it.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
- Were either of you aware of this? - No.
Hey, arrest them.
That's all my stuff.
We haven't seen this before.
Please approach the bench.
Coming through.
Gangway.
Coming through.
Coming through.
Your Honour, they're a bunch of little thieves.
I'm pressing charges.
I want them in jail.
- Could I say something? - Oh, you're asking first.
I like that.
Be my guest.
Do you need any help at The Varsity? I just have a feeling there's a bunch of kids I might be able to get to volunteer to come over and scrub the place down, clean the parking lot, pick up trash, if maybe you'd drop the charges.
- I'm not willing to drop the charges.
- Do you want your things back? Or should we hold them till we try all these young men and women who volunteered to step forward and do the right thing? - Fine.
I'll drop the charges.
- [APPLAUSE.]
But I want my stuff back.
And you shall have it.
All of you, hand over the merchandise and sign up with the court clerk so the reverend knows how many volunteers he has.
And then I never want to see any of you in my courtroom again.
Court adjourned.
Thanks.
- Thanks, everyone.
- We got you in trouble.
Sorry.
Is this what you were going to tell me about? I'm sorry.
I jumped to the wrong conclusion.
- No wonder you were so angry.
- It's OK, Dad.
I love you, too.
There's something else you should know.
Oh, boy.
It was Reverend Hamilton who I talked to this morning.
I hope you don't mind.
If you were gonna talk to somebody, he'd be first on my list.
Well, come on.
We better sign in.
- I don't know how to thank you.
- I owe you a few favours.
- You're quite the miracle worker.
- It wasn't that hard.
I went to the school, talked to the coaches.
Matt and I had a conversation that could change the way we relate to each other.
Good conversation today, bad conversation tomorrow.
Let me at least hang onto my dream for an hour or two.
Mom, should we tell Dad about the paper? I'm rewriting it but, still, it was wrong.
We've heard all the confessions we can take.
Why don't you volunteer to clean the diner when Matt and Mary go down there? I'll be there.
I'm proud of Matt for being a good brother, and of Mary for being honest under very frightening circumstances.
- Could you do me a favour? - What? I'm new at this sort of thing.
Could I be the one to tell them how proud of them we are? OK.
- So they didn't send you to jail.
- No.
- Me neither.
- It was great.
They called Matt up and then Mary confessed I know how happy you were to be included, but can't this wait? Me and Ruthie got a surprise for you.
I don't know if I can take another surprise.
- Oh, sure you can.
- Come on.
Come on, guys.
You're supposed to stand, but to get the full effect, sit on the couch.
- Ready? - Ready.
Hit it, sister.
[MOUTHS.]
[SHE SINGS THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.]
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.]