7th Heaven s06e15 Episode Script

What? Trying to find a bride? No, I'm just reading one of the articles.
Uh-huh.
- I was.
- You went out and bought a Brides magazine to read the articles? - Maybe.
What's it to you? - Okay, what article? Right now, I happen to be reading an article about how women met their future husbands.
- So you are looking for a bride.
- Look, I'm just reading, okay? Okay.
Okay, okay, I'm looking for my future bride.
Isn't getting into med school enough for now? - You have to have a bride too? - Yeah, I've decided I do.
And the next woman I go out with, I'm going with that intent, to marry her.
I'm never again going one date past the date that says I can't marry the woman.
It just seems odd to me this is the thing you've chosen to worry about.
What's so odd about it? I mean, like Dad always says, what work you do and who you love.
Now I know what work I'm gonna do, I wanna be in love and I wanna be married.
Medical school is difficult enough without having the responsibility of a wife and a family, isn't it? Is a responsibility a burden? I think not.
It's what Amanda asked David when he was afraid to make a commitment.
He asked her to marry him the next day.
You're not gonna go out and do anything stupid, are you? I might.
All right.
Hey, do you have a date tonight? - I do.
- Good.
You should get out and enjoy yourself more.
You won't have much time once you start med school.
- I agree.
- So? Come on, who are you going out with? It's someone new, a woman in one of my study groups.
- You can bring her by if you want.
- Oh, may I? Come on, what would it hurt? I'll keep that in mind.
Thanks.
What? Could we borrow your Brides magazine? Well, you could, but why would you need to? I bet you money we'll get married before he does.
How much money? What do we care if he gets married? He's not getting married till he gets out of medical school, years from now.
And you don't think we'll be married before he gets out of medical school? It's not likely.
Forty-five, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50.
What, you didn't have a single large bill? Perhaps if you had notified the bank during banking hours, I could have come up with a five or ten.
You're just getting rid of your ones.
Come on.
If you have to have bills larger than ones, stop by the real bank and use your bank card.
No, I don't have time.
I happen to have a couple of 20s.
The only large bills I have.
- I'll take them.
- Hey, that's 90 bucks.
- You asked for 50.
- I changed my mind.
You know I'm good for it.
Look, I'll give it back to you tomorrow.
Wait, you plan to spend 90 bucks on some chick you've never even gone out with before? Maybe I'd like to at least have the option.
- Ninety bucks? - Ninety bucks.
You better marry her.
- Robbie or Ruthie? - I got it from Ruthie.
Obviously, she got it from Robbie.
You actually bought a Brides magazine? No, I got it out of the waiting room at the clinic, if you must know.
Good night.
Thank you.
I think you're aware that I have someplace to go.
- Is she pretty? - Yes.
- Is she smart? - Yes.
- Blonde? - Yes.
- Is she marriage material? - Yes.
Well, no, I don't know.
- But I intend to find out.
- Yeah, that's what I've heard.
- Do Mom and Dad know? - Have you told them? I wouldn't share your information with Mom and Dad.
- Just Simon, Mary and Lucy? - And David and Sam.
But they won't tell anyone.
They can't tell anyone.
They can't communicate.
Okay.
Well, thanks for not telling Mom and Dad, but I have to go now.
- Be careful out there.
- What's that supposed to mean? It means don't get married just to be getting married.
Promise.
- I mean it.
- I said I promise.
- You didn't mean it.
- Yes, I did.
Now, I'm not gonna be getting married just to be getting married.
If I get married, it's because I met the right woman and I'm in love and I wanna share my life with her.
- You worry me.
- You worry me.
I worry everyone.
What, with my brain and my good looks, there's no telling what I could do.
- Can I go now? - Don't do anything stupid.
I told Robbie I wouldn't.
- Tell me.
- I won't do anything stupid.
I wish I could believe that.
Oh, by the way, that lady from the clinic called.
- What lady? - The boss lady.
- She wants you to come in.
- Well, I can't go in.
I have a date.
That's exactly what I told her.
There you go.
- Marry.
- Matt marry.
Matt marry? Yeah, I don't think so.
- Yes, yes.
- Yes, yes.
Book.
What book? Bride book.
Brides book? Yeah.
Matt has a Brides book? Matt.
- Where'd you get this? - From Matt.
Hm.
- No, more like Lucy and Mary.
- No.
No.
No.
Yes, yes.
Lucy and Mary wanna be brides.
- Matt.
- Matt.
Do you know anything about this magazine? It's a Brides magazine.
Where'd you find that? Well, Sam and David gave it to me.
They keep saying it's Matt's book.
- Is it Matt's book? - It must be, if they say so.
Hey, I was just looking for that.
Why? Matt was reading it before.
It sounded pretty interesting.
Hey, wait.
I wanna know what Matt was doing with that magazine.
- He brought it home from work.
- But why? You might as well know, Matt's looking for a bride.
Matt's looking for a bride? Yeah.
Well, I hardly think that Matt needs to be getting married and trying to go to medical school at the same time.
- Yeah.
- That's what I told him.
Who's he going out with? - Some new chick.
- New? That's good.
Not necessarily.
From what Matt said, John asked Susan to get married on their first date.
Oh, but the good news is, he got called into work.
- And is he going? - Couldn't say.
You know Matt.
He probably went to work.
Yeah.
the doctor will see you.
- Hey, did you call me? - Yep.
We have a Red Cross blood drive tomorrow, and we need you.
But that's why they scheduled me tomorrow and didn't schedule me tonight.
Someone called in sick.
Then I scheduled you.
Suit up.
Time's a-wasting.
- Well, I have a date.
- That's so sweet.
Suit up.
Time's a-wasting.
- It wasn't just any date.
- Well, I'm sure.
Not just anyone would go out with you.
You know, I happen to be looking for a wife.
You didn't expect to find her in one night, did you? Maybe.
I mean, can't you get anyone else? Believe me, I tried everyone else.
Hey, this is Matt.
Look, I'm really sorry but they called me at the last minute to work.
Could we reschedule? Thanks.
Bye.
So I hear you're looking for a wife.
So you're serious? You're looking for a wife? Yes, I'm serious.
So, specifically, what are you looking for in a wife? I'm looking for someone who can understand the demands of medical school, be supportive, realising that eventually, the sacrifices will pay off.
Someone who's kind and generous, patient and forgiving.
And a sense of humour would be nice.
What are you looking for in a husband? What makes you think I'm looking for a husband? Well, isn't everyone looking for someone? No.
But if I were looking for a husband, I'd want someone who can understand the demands of medical school and be supportive, realising that eventually the sacrifices will pay off.
Someone who's kind and generous and patient and forgiving.
And, oh, yeah, a sense of humour would be nice.
Weren't you quoting what Kathleen said to Marshall in an article in Brides magazine, June 2000? The issue was sitting out in the waiting area.
You didn't happen to take it home with you, did you? - Why, were you reading it? - That's your answer, a question? I thought you weren't looking for a husband.
If you're not looking for a husband, why were you reading Brides magazine? Isn't everyone looking for someone? You can't just repeat what I say.
Yeah, right in there.
- So are you dating anyone? - I'm always dating someone.
- Are you dating anyone? - Well, I was dating someone.
- Why aren't you dating now? - Because it wasn't going anywhere.
I felt like I wasn't ready.
But I wasn't ready because she wasn't the right woman, although she was a nice enough woman.
Or maybe you can't make a commitment.
No, I can make a commitment.
I'm committed.
- To what? - I'm committed to finding the right woman.
- Do you mean perfect or right? - No, I'm not looking for perfect.
I'm looking for someone I can share my life with.
And when you find her? When I find her, then I'm gonna ask her to marry me.
Ever ask a woman to marry you before? Maybe.
Okay, once.
How far did you get with the wedding plans? To the altar.
Wow.
- And then you backed out? - She backed out.
Oh.
Ouch.
No, we're still friends.
What? What, that's not good? "We're still friends" is not good? Were you thinking about getting married and going to school, or getting engaged and going to school at the same time, and then later, after medical school, getting married? - The first one.
- Good to know.
You mean you're thinking about getting married and going to medical school at the same time the first year, second year or third year? - All years.
- What field of study? I wanna be a gynaecologist.
Obstetrician/gynaecologist.
I love women.
I love life.
I wanna deliver babies.
I see.
And how many babies do you want from your wife? I'm not sure.
I could go with as few as one, as many as seven.
- Doc? - Matt? Well, who's dying? Well, I don't know.
Sooner or later everyone, I imagine.
Don't you just have a habit of showing up when there's a life-and-death crisis? Well, my work's always been about life.
Is somebody having a life crisis around here? - Well, I think I am.
- You think? If it were a real crisis, wouldn't you know? Well, I wanna get married.
Is that a crisis? Depends on who you're marrying.
Who you marrying? - Oh, she's nice.
- Who's nice? - That woman that just walked by.
- No, I wasn't talking about her.
Who were you talking about? I don't know.
I just wanna get married.
Well, good for you.
Marriage is a wonderful thing.
Someone to love and someone to love you unconditionally all of your life.
I don't know what's come over me.
I feel compelled to get married now.
- So get married, right now.
- But that's crazy, isn't it? I mean, to decide to get married and find a woman and get married? Well, what would be the sane way to go about doing it? I don't know.
I mean, you meet someone, you fall in love, you get married.
I like her.
You know her? I met her tonight.
Her name's Sarah.
So fall in love with Sarah.
Marry Sarah.
She's nice.
I don't know her.
I was talking about this woman I was supposed to go out with tonight.
- Well, do you know her? - No.
Then take the other one.
Take Sarah.
Look, you know that I know women, so take my advice.
Sarah's a keeper.
- You're locking up, right, Camden? - Yeah, I'll lock up.
And I hope you're wearing your dancing shoes.
Of course.
Go for it, kid.
So, uh, are you gonna ask me out for a cup of coffee, or what? Where do you think Matt is? I don't know, but we're not waiting up for him, are we? Do you think he went to work or out on a date? He went to work.
- I called.
- And you're just now telling me that? - You could have called.
- But I didn't.
Matt just seemed He wouldn't.
He wouldn't.
He wouldn't.
He wouldn't.
He wouldn't.
No.
What? You don't like sugar in coffee? - I didn't say anything.
- Well, do you? - I don't.
I like it black.
- How can you drink it black? - I like it.
- Try it with a little sugar in it.
Taste it.
It's very good.
- You liked it better black? - Yes.
I find that hard to believe.
I do.
How many brothers and sisters do you have? None.
I'm an only child.
How many kids are in your family? Seven.
I'm the oldest.
So that's why you said you'd be willing to have seven children.
Do you like being in a big family? Well, most of the time.
You like being an only child? No.
It's like living in a spotlight.
I'm the focus of my parents' every obsession.
Am I eating enough? Am I sleeping enough? Am I warm enough? Cold enough? It's endless.
I can't wait to get away.
But at the same time, it's gonna be hard to leave.
I'm going to school at Columbia.
Wait, so am I.
Yeah, but it's not gonna be easy for me to leave my brothers and sisters.
- How old are they? - Well, Mary's 20.
Lucy's 19.
Simon's 15.
Ruthie's 11.
And Sam and David, the twins, are 3.
Wow.
- Where'd you grow up? - I grew up in Flatbush, in Brooklyn.
My family moved here the year that I started high school, but my grandparents still live there.
I've lived in the same house all my life.
Do you still live at home? - Me too.
- What does your father do? He's a rabbi.
- What does your father do? - He's a minister, you know, for a Protestant church.
I see.
Protestant's not Catholic, right? No, Protestant ministers marry, Catholic priests don't.
Both have Jesus.
Oh, yeah, I thought so.
Not that I know much about it, obviously.
You know, I have to say, I didn't see that coming.
Neither did I.
You had no hint that I was Jewish? Well, it never occurred to me.
You thought I was Jewish? I had false hope.
You know, I've never understood the term "false hope.
" I mean, what is that? I mean, if you hope, you hope, right? If the thing you hope for turns out the way you want it, then you have true hope.
And if it doesn't, you have false hope? - You sure you aren't Jewish? - I'm sure.
So I guess I should say, "Thank you for the coffee, and have a nice life.
" Well, I never said I was looking for someone for my father to marry.
I'm looking for someone for me to marry.
I wasn't thinking about your father.
I was thinking about my father.
Oh.
So I should say, "Thank you for the coffee, and have a nice life"? You should if you never wanna see me again.
I wanna see you again.
So tomorrow night, you pick me up at 7, and you'll meet my family, and then we'll drop by your house and meet your family, and we'll go from there.
No, how about I pick you up at 7 and meet your family, and then we'll drop by my house and you can meet my family? - You have control issues? - No.
Do you have control issues? I have no issues.
I just thought maybe you would never ask.
It's not like you asked me for coffee, although I wanted you to.
Aren't you gonna drink that? Oh, I don't like coffee, even with sugar in it.
- I can pay you back for it if you want.
- No, that's okay.
A coffee's a cheap date whether you drink it or not.
So this is a date? We came in separate cars.
So we'll make tomorrow night a real date.
That depends.
Where are you taking me tomorrow night? If we're gonna meet each other's parents, then we should probably plan on going out for dinner.
I mean, unless you wanna eat with my family or your family and I prefer we spend most of the evening with each other.
Truthfully, you make me a little nervous, and I don't know if I can eat dinner with you.
And you make me a little nervous.
But we should eat dinner together, see what that's like.
I like red meat.
It doesn't have to be steak.
- I like hamburgers.
- I do too.
I just wish he'd come home.
Are we gonna sleep if he doesn't come home? No.
You wanna go look for him? Where would I go look for him? Where would we look for him? Where would we look for him? Hi.
- I came in the front door.
- Where have you been? Well, I was at work, and then I was out with Sarah.
A woman you'll meet tomorrow night.
Are you gonna marry her? I might.
So Sarah says you're looking for a wife.
I am looking for a wife.
And you're looking outside your faith for a wife.
Well, I wasn't intending to look outside my faith or inside my faith.
I mean, what's really important is that one have faith, right? In this particular case, the case involving my daughter, it's important that you, my young man, are of the Jewish faith.
And I'm certain you understand why.
Uh I'll take that as a no, that you don't understand, but I can explain.
- So how's it going? - How would you expect? I would expect that everything is going fine since this is a friend of mine.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
This is not just a friend of yours.
This is a friend of yours that you're hoping will be a husband of yours.
I shouldn't have said anything.
You must be Matt.
How lovely to meet you.
You understand why we don't want our daughter to marry you, don't you? Uh Again, a no, huh? Let me see if I can explain.
We can explain.
Neither of you should explain.
We should go.
No, please, you go now, he might not understand.
You might not understand.
Our dream is for you to have a nice Jewish husband and raise nice Jewish children and carry on our nice Jewish faith, of which this friend of yours you wanna marry knows nothing.
- I could learn, couldn't I? You could.
But hey, you're going to medical school, huh? I mean, you're gonna have enough learning for a lifetime.
What with all those names of the new germs and diseases.
It's overwhelming.
Seriously, Matt, my wife and I don't mean to offend you.
However, this is our daughter, our only daughter.
We just don't think it's appropriate that you're taking her out with the intent to find out if the two of you are compatible as man and wife.
- What, he should take me to bed? - Oh, God.
Oy, veh.
Would you lighten up, everyone? Sarah, what your father is trying to say is why go out to dinner to find out something you already know? Matt is a lovely man who is not for you.
Isn't that right, Matt? Despite the differences in our religions, I'm very interested in your daughter, and I'm very serious about wanting to be married at this time in my life.
However, I admit, we just met, and we don't know each other that well, but I would like to get to know her better.
I don't like him for you.
I would like him to have someone else.
A nice someone else.
Because he should have nice.
He's a nice man, but I don't like him for you.
What your mother said.
It's been wonderful having you meet Matt.
We're going to dinner now.
Enjoy the evening.
Matt? Thank you for your honesty.
Sarah, darling, take a sweater.
It's cold outside.
He's not that bad.
It's hard not to like him.
Still.
She's our only daughter, and we want her to be happy.
She can be just as happy married to a Jew.
Yeah, just give me a second to recover.
Thanks for the warning, by the way.
I should have warned you my parents are not gonna let me go out with you without giving you a hard time? Yes, but not now, before I came over.
You look pale.
They hate me.
What are you talking about? They let me go.
- What? - Come on.
Let's go meet the Camdens and compare notes.
So Matt was telling us that you two just met last night.
I overheard him say that he was looking for a wife, so I figured, what the heck, I'd ask him out for a cup of coffee.
- What could it hurt? - Sure, what can it hurt? Yeah, but I mean, you two are both going off to medical school next year.
You're both gonna be studying to be doctors and, well It would be a lot to take on.
Yeah, it's just that I can't imagine going through medical school and planning a wedding.
It's all very - Challenging.
- Yes, if not - Risky.
- Exactly.
Yet I have to say that while I had never considered it before, marriage could offer some stability and security and comfort during a very challenging time.
It might be nice to come home from a horrible day at school and long hours at a hospital and be with a husband or a wife who's going through the same thing.
I don't know.
It could work, don't you think? Yeah, it could.
But you two are just on your first real date.
So I'm sure after you spend more and more time together, you'll be able to make a good decision that will affect the rest of your lives.
On the other hand, how much can you really know about each other if you don't make a commitment to be with each other for the rest of your lives? I'm sure the two of you really didn't know each other until you got married, and you've been married over 20 years.
You're still getting to know each other.
I mean, if you had just been dating, when times got tough, you probably would have gone your separate ways.
You can't seriously be thinking about making a decision about marriage on your first date.
- Maybe.
- Maybe? Okay, maybe, but maybe not.
I mean, it's not likely.
It's more unlikely.
The odds are that you won't make this kind of decision on your first date or even your second or third.
It's more likely that you'll make that decision after many dates.
Many, many dates.
At least, say, six months of dates.
- Are you getting hungry? - Starving.
Okay.
It was very nice meeting you.
- Nice meeting you.
- Nice meeting you.
Shalom.
- They wouldn't.
- No, they wouldn't.
I mean, he's impulsive, but he's not insane.
He's a very intelligent young man.
He's going to medical school on a scholarship.
- Did she say, "Shalom"? - Did she say, "Shalom"? Hold on.
Hold on.
You didn't forget to tell them I was Jewish, did you? You know, I don't think it ever came up.
You didn't tell them my father's a rabbi? - Why not? - Why? Because I'm Jewish, and my father's a rabbi.
Well, it doesn't matter to me, so why would it matter to them? It matters to me.
Well, you want me to go back in and tell them? - Would you? - If that's what you want.
You're not telling them, because you've decided we'd never work out.
You're only taking me to dinner because you said you would.
You intend to take me home and never call me again.
I'll tell you something.
I don't like hamburgers that much.
- Why don't you just get in the car? - And furthermore, I haven't said that I find you to be so attractive that I would do something stupid like Marry you.
Could you do that again? I could do that for the rest of my life.
But just so you know, my entire family's probably watching.
I don't care.
Matt.
Hey, they look good together.
Matt.
You're his father.
Do something.
- Like what? - Like anything.
Just stop them before they do something they may regret the rest of their lives.
Better hurry up.
They're in the car.
Matt.
So you think he's been here, and we think he's coming.
That's how I see it.
Okay, that works for me.
How can you be Republican? Well, I don't know.
I interned for Hillary Clinton.
And that drove you to vote Republican? I wasn't driven to it.
I like Bush.
I voted for Bush.
Your father has to be a Democrat.
- Why? - Because.
- Is he? - He is.
So is my father, and so am I.
I could never vote for a Republican.
Unless Rumsfeld runs for something.
- What? So I like Rumsfeld.
- Well, he was appointed by Bush.
Okay, I like Bush too.
I admit it.
But I am still a Democrat.
It doesn't sound like you're a Democrat.
I am.
Are you sure? Yankees.
I don't care who won the World Series.
The Yankees are the greatest baseball team in America.
I don't follow baseball.
Okay, this could be a problem, because I am a huge Yankees fan.
- I watch every game.
- Now, how could that be a problem? - Are you kidding? - No.
It's baseball.
It's life.
It's everything.
So when we're in school in New York, when we both happen to have the day off, we'll go to Yankee Stadium, you can teach me about baseball.
What? I have to teach you about Jews, and I have to teach you about baseball? What are your options unless you marry a Jew who knows baseball? I could do that.
But let's say that I don't want to.
What are you gonna teach me? I'm very good at ironing.
You know anything about ironing? I'm trying to be serious, and you wanna talk about ironing? All right, so let's get serious.
You think you could marry someone who's not Jewish? I never considered it before.
And then last night, you walked into my life.
And I find you so attractive and considerate and passionate that I find myself wondering what it would be like to be married to you.
At the same time, I am so frightened by the idea of being with someone who is so different from my family.
And you? You could marry someone who's Jewish? Because make no mistake about it, Matt, I am Jewish.
I don't know if I could marry someone Jewish.
But I know I could marry you, and I know you're Jewish.
I respect who you are.
I have no desire to change you or what you believe.
Don't make me cry.
I want dessert.
I couldn't stop thinking about you all night last night.
I couldn't stop thinking about you all day today.
I pictured us in school together.
I pictured us graduating, starting our own practise together, having children together, growing old together.
I did the same thing.
But every time I got to the holidays, I wondered, could I live with a Christmas tree? Really, in my mind, this became an obstacle of gigantic proportion.
A Christmas tree is nice.
Our family always has a Christmas tree, one my dad gets someplace cheap, and it's filled with a bunch of old ornaments we made ourselves.
But I don't care about having or not having a Christmas tree, because the true meaning of Christmas is that God keeps his promises and has given all of us the gifts of love and life.
And we can share those gifts, even though you're Jewish and I'm Christian.
I'm not saying there wouldn't be challenges for the two of us.
I'm just saying that we both have a foundation for meeting all of life's challenges, if that's what we decide we wanna do.
Okay, really, you're gonna make me cry.
All right.
New subject.
Did I mention I don't have any money? I don't mean for dinner.
I can pay for dinner.
But I have to have a scholarship in order to go to med school, or a student loan, and I have to work.
It's not something I do for fun or for experience.
My family isn't rich, as you can probably tell.
And I don't have any money other than a couple hundred dollars, and there are no hidden assets like a trust fund or stocks or any of that stuff.
I'm pretty good with what little money I do have, and I don't spend more than I make, and I don't use credit.
Yeah, I just wanted to be truthful about my finances.
Then I guess I should be truthful.
I guess I'm what people call What's the word? Wealthy.
And I don't mean my parents are wealthy, I mean, I'm wealthy, and I do have a trust fund, and I do have considerable savings, and I have investments.
Now you're gonna make me cry.
You know, I've never even talked to anyone about money before, outside my family.
It's kind of a relief to know that I can.
It's so, uh It's so intimate.
I think we can talk about sex now.
Yeah.
I think we should.
We could.
We could talk about sex every night this week? We've done pretty well so far.
I agree, but maybe we've talked about it enough.
We'll go out every night this week and not talk about sex.
Either way, if we date every night this week, my parents are definitely gonna think that we're serious about each other.
I think we are serious about each other.
What will your parents think? That I'm in love with you.
It's a little too soon for that, don't you think? I just thought since we were talking about getting married I don't want you to tell me that you love me until or unless we say "I do.
" I don't know if I'll be able to wait that long.
Well, how long do you think that would be? Let's just make a deal.
Let's agree that I get to be the one to pop the question.
Oh, like I would ask you? There would be something wrong with that? Do we have a deal? If that's what you want.
That's what I want.
Okay, but do it right when you do it, like, a real proposal.
- If you decide to ask me.
- Well, should I ask your father first? No.
I'd like you to be alive for the wedding, not to mention the honeymoon.
Sarah? Matt? - Will you marry me? - When? When? As soon as you want.
You set the date.
Yes.
I accept.
I will.
Oh, I do.
Maybe I'll just go stand in the middle of the street just so we don't miss him.
I can go with you.
- Me too.
We'll go too.
What are you, nuts? It's not gonna do any good for all of us to go out and stand in the street in our pyjamas.
She's right.
There's nothing we can do.
You know, we can't all just stand here looking out the window until he comes home.
- Maybe he's not coming home.
- Oh, don't say that.
I was thinking the same thing.
I think he's crazy enough to run off and get married.
I almost did.
So he's not me, but he could do something as stupid as I would.
I mean, he is my brother.
Why is everyone looking at me? Because while Matt might do something as stupid as you would, he wouldn't do something stupider than you would.
- I'm not so sure.
- Thank you.
He's known this woman a little more than 24 hours.
I think you better call the police.
- What are the police gonna do? I don't know.
But if they can make us go to bed, I'm all for calling them.
- You can go to bed.
- But not before the rest of you.
Fine.
Enough.
We'll all go to bed.