7th Heaven (1996)
Follows the Camden family as the minister father and stay-at-home mother deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.
Cast: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Beverley Mitchell, Happy, Mackenzie Rosman, David Gallagher, Barry Watson, Lorenzo Brino, Nikolas Brino, Jessica Biel, George Stults
And Away We Go
Now Eric is miraculously cured, the colonel sends him a celebration gift: an RV. He impulsively decides to take it on an unplanned maiden trip, for which the other residents soon sign on, the only limitation being one suitcase and three personal items each.
Good News for Almost Everyone
Eric and Annie rush to the hospital after Eric wakes up with a good feeling about his heart condition. Unsure whether her parents are at the hospital due to good news or bad news, Lucy is a undle of nerves, and it's up to Kevin to keep her thinking positively as they wait for news.
Nothing Says Lovin' Like Something from the Oven
Eric tries to reassure T-Bone there is no reason to move out, Ruthie doesn't hate him and her spending much time with Martin doesn't have to mean anything.
Some Break-Ups and Some Get-Togethers
When Ruthie asks T-Bone to help her get a job at his movie theater, to earn enough for an anniversary present reciprocating his engagement ring, he tells colleague Mac that he wants to use Eric's permission to break up with Ruthie but doesn't know how.
Inked
T-Bone feels a bit insecure to learn the only thing stopping Ruthie from having her tattoo with his name removed by a doctor is lack of money while her parents firmly refuse to help pay and she is reluctant to take a job for her skin-integrity.
Small Miracles
When a frantic Ruthie loses the tiny diamond from the promise ring that T-Bone gave her, she takes it as a sign that maybe they shouldn't be together and enlists the entire household to search for the missing stone. Meanwhile, Eric and Lucy independently come across a mysterious black bird and interpret it as a sign of bad things to come.
Gimme' That Ol' Time Religion
When they realize that Ruthie has a secret and T-Bone won't talk, the Camden parents fear her sudden religious interest means something bad, even if their denial of sex is sincere.
Tit for Tat
Colonel John Camden and his wife Ruth are staying over on their way to Hawaii, unannounced. Fearing they will spill the beans, Lucy wants to skip town with Kevin supposedly to help Simon, asking Sandy to cover church service, so she stays in their place with baby Aaron; she's warm to boy-friend Dr. Jonathan Sanderson, chilly to Martin.
Deacon Blues
T-Bone needs a drivers license to have some privacy with Ruthie, so he asks Kevin to give him practice lessons, but gets a torture version. Annie doesn't believe Lou's announcement the deacons want youth-friendlier church services because of a $16,000 budget deviation.
Script Number Two Hundred Thirty-Four
While Eric and Lucy sneak off fishing, pretending it's for a 'church stuff' seminar, Kevin must give advice -which he does in scary terms- to poor T-Bone, whose snooty girlfriend Ruthie (ab)uses him to cause jealousy with her sort-of-ex Mac.
Can I Just Get Something to Eat
Kevin feels Lucy is too lazy to shop groceries as she keeps promising, she hates him buying wholesale and throws out everything officially past its expiration date, he is pragmatical about his New Year's resolution to save money before they have a second baby.
Christmas!
Eric was looking forward to possibly his last Christmas with the whole Camden clan, but wakes up a few days earlier in heaven as a rather Glenoaks-like town, welcomed by his loving mother-in-law and deceased people who appreciate the efforts he spent on them and their loved ones.
You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til He's Gone
Now Eric is terminal, he tells his parishioners the truth, even when it hurts, yet it seems to work out almost miraculously on several counts. Lucy takes a trip with Kevin.
Thanks and Giving
Eric reprimand Ruthie for bitching about US airport security post 9-11, till it proves so strict they miss their flight home for Thanksgiving because of Lucy and Mary's past airport incidents, then hearing port authority security agent Keaton can't get home the reverend improvises his wedding right there.
And I'll Take the Low Road
At home, Kevin has a hard time teaching the twins pets like their hamsters are for life when they want to dump them on him; Lucy ultimately finds out their motive: they think daddy needs help.
You Take the High Road
Eric has finally decided to tell the children about his heart condition. He and Annie are flying to Scotland, so Ruthie is frantic, she doesn't want to return home but stay 'normal', not a 'preacher's kid'.
Broken Hearts and Promises
Misery all the way while Eric stubbornly keeps hiding his heart problems for Annie, the only one he wanted to know ever, even after a misunderstanding brings paramedics rushing, but ends up telling the truth to Kevin who manages to make him take his long-delayed cardiology check up.
The Replacements
Lucy Camden Kinkirk tells two girls that they won't get access to the pregnancy home apartments, neither through her nor Annie but such cheap rent remains a prize worth fighting for.
Don't Ax, Don't Tell
While Annie is still way, reverend Eric Camden keeps behaving weirdly, so his nosy daughter Lucy forces her unwilling, privacy-respecting husband Kevin to help her find out what's going on.
A Pain in the Neck
Now Annie is away for four weeks, Eric wakes up with a stiff neck but already promised the twins to sleep a night in a tent in the garden- not so easy as it sounds, especially when the dog Happy goes missing, actually tagging along with Kevin's canines.
Tonight's Specials Are...
Reverend Eric Camden feels old after the twins' young teacher mistakes him for their grandfather and being unable to keep up physically with wife Annie's sexual appetite.
Turn, Turn, Turn
Now the kids are all been away several months, except for Sam and David. The oldsters feel rather awkward, most of all young stay at home dad, Kevin Kinkirk. Kevin is an amazing help in every respect, and thinks of starting a house renovation business with enthusiastic Annie.