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Annie told Eric that she had already enrolled in a college class so she could earn teaching credentials in early childhood education. Eric got upset because of it and was also upset that Mary wasn't going to school. He figured out later that he was mostly upset about Mary.

Lucy started her senior year of High School and was excited that Andrew Nayloss would be back from Europe. However, she found out from other kids at school that Andrew was not coming home. Andrew showed up at Lucy's house that night and told her that when he found out that Lucy had been dating so many guys over the summer, that he got angry and got a girl in Paris pregnant and was going back. Simon is in his freshman year of High School and was not excited about it because Nigel was in a different school district and Deena was in a different state. At school, Simon saw his friend Jim who invited Simon to go to a cheerleaders event that evening. Eric caught Simon with a backpack full of toilet paper, but allowed Simon to go. Simon and Jim later showed up at the Camden's house with Sgt. Michaels. Ruthie started fourth grade to find she had been stuck in class with the same teacher she had the year before who called her stupid. Later, Ruthie got the chance to speak to her class and stood on her teacher's desk to preach about kids rights.

Matt came home and confessed to Eric that he and Heather had planned to elope last May, but she backed out at the last minute. He had been upset with her ever since. Later that night, Annie tried to break up with Matt for Heather and Matt realized it. The two of them finally talked and broke up.

Mary didn't like that she couldn't borrow a car to go to her new job at the pool hall. She was so impressed with her first day tips that she went out and bought a very expensive car to her parents disappointment.

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Matt got a D on his organic chemistry test and blamed everyone he could think of except himself as an excuse so he wouldn't have to admit he didn't understand the material. Matt finally went to the professor and asked for help and admitted to John that he was blaming others for his own lack of understanding.

Annie had her first big test and got an A. Eric really picked up and helped around the house. Eric and Annie got a note from Ruthie's principal for them to come in to a meeting. Eric went to find out that Ruthie had tested off the charts in a basic skills test, meaning she was extremely intelligent. The principal felt she would do better at Eleanor Roosevelt private school for girls. Ruthie didn't want to go, but after a visit to the school, she decided she did want to go. Ruthie was able to go on a full scholarship so her family didn't have to pay.

Lucy was nominated for homecoming queen and loved High School. Simon however was tardy on his first day of school because he got confused in the hallways and hated high school. In an effort to help Simon out, she let Simon help her with her campaign to become homecoming queen and that helped boost his social status. Lucy found out that he promised an underclassman girl that Lucy would go to her party. A friend informed Lucy that if she went to the party, she would lose the votes of the upperclassmen. Lucy agreed to go to the party anyway because she loved her brother more.

Mary was fired from the pool hall. She lied at first and didn't let her family know she'd been fired. The Colonel showed up at the house and no one knew why at first, but learned that it was about Mary. When the Colonel took Mary to the pool hall to get some food, Mary admitted that she'd been fired, but lied about the reasons. Mary thought the Colonel was offering to help her by giving her money to pay her debts, but he refused to give her money. His offer to help was to help her through school, but she turned him down flat, getting angry that he wouldn't give her money. On the phone, Mary literally screamed at someone warning her what would happen if she didn't make her payments on time.

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It's Friday morning and Eric and Annie talked about their plans for the evening. Eric planned to spend the night out with guys and Annie had a 7 PM appointment with her professor. Simon had a date with a sophomore girl named Lulu and Lucy volunteered to baby-sit. Ruthie noticed Mary's car in the driveway and when Mary came down, Eric and Annie asked about her job and Mary lied by telling them she quit the pool hall (she had actually been fired) and that she had a new job at Pete's Pizza. Ruthie and Mary talked before Ruthie left for school and they planned for Mary to bring home a pizza that night and spend the night in Ruthie's room. Eric called Lou, a deacon from the church, to see if he would play pool with him that evening. Lou said no and then talked with his wife and both agreed that they felt uncomfortable with Lou hanging out with Eric on a social level. Eric tried calling several other people with no success. Eric finally called Matt at work, but had to hang up on him to answer another call. It was Simon who asked Matt to drive him that evening on a date and Matt agreed for $20. He had to hang up on Simon to take yet another call and it was Lucy asking him to baby-sit for him so she could work on a school project taking care of an egg with a guy from class. Matt told Lucy no and hung up to get back to work, upset that they were all calling him at work. At Pete's Pizza, Mary made friends with a couple of co-workers, a married couple named Frankie and Johnny who asked Mary to stay later to have a beer.

That night, Eric told Annie that he couldn't find any guys to hang out with. Eric didn't want to hang out with any other pastor or religious leader for the same reason Lou didn't want to hang out with Eric. Lucy told her parents that her lab partner from school who was pretending to be her husband was coming over to help baby-sit. When Annie got to the professor's office, she found a note asking her to join the professor at a cafe. Matt forgot about his promise to Simon and didn't show up. Simon kept trying to call Matt, but Matt was out. Annie arrived at the cafe to find her professor had ordered her dinner. She told him she had to meet her husband at the pool hall soon. At the pool hall, Eric found four young ladies from church playing pool. One had to leave and asked Eric to take her place. He agreed and spent the evening playing pool with them. As Matt was walking outside drinking milk from a paper sack, he saw a pretty woman dancing inside a building. She motioned for him to come in but he shook his head no. At home, Simon was still trying to call Matt, Ruthie had the egg, and the twins got flour all over themselves.

Annie lost track of time and soon realized that she was supposed to meet Eric at the pool hall an hour before. The professor pointed out that she hadn't even showed him her assignment yet. Annie called Eric at the pool hall who told her to stay. Matt ended up going into the building and danced with the lady. Annie called home and talked to Lucy to find out that everything was okay and that Matt had never come by to pick up Simon. When Annie asked about Lucy's baby (the egg) she freaked out as her and her classmate searched the house for it. They went to Ruthie's room where Ruthie was pretending to be asleep. She startled Lucy and showed her the egg. Ruthie gave them a lecture before she gave them back the egg.

Annie arrived at the pool hall to find Eric sitting alone at a table. He told Eric about the ladies he spent the evening playing pool with. They both admitted to feeling a little jealous of the other and also flirting that evening. As Matt was dancing, he suddenly remembered his promise to Simon. He left the building to go home but the girl followed him out to get his phone number. He then kissed her as Eric and Annie walked around the corner. He gave her the number and she left before his parents reached him. Eric asked Matt to make sure all the kids were taken care of and after Matt left, Annie asked Eric where they were going and he said to go get a room.

Pete's Pizza closed and Frankie tossed a pizza in the oven for Mary. Johnny asked Mary what kind of beer she wanted and Mary told him she wanted something light and he handed her a beer. Matt got home and apologized to Simon and promised to drive him the next weekend for free. Matt then found Lucy's egg in the living room and started tossing it in the air. When Lucy walked in, Matt lost his concentration and dropped the egg. Mary lost track of time and headed home, but when she stood up, almost lost her balance. Eric and Annie in the hotel room decided to go home that night. Mary got pulled over for not making a complete stop at a stop sign. The officer let her off with a warning. Mary got home at one in the morning and found her parents in the kitchen waiting for her. They took some pizza before Mary headed upstairs. She woke Ruthie up, but Ruthie didn't want to get up for the party because it was so late.

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Lucy brought home a bunch of college catalogs so she could apply for early acceptance and Eric was very happy. Lucy invited over a guy, Mike, she met in the counselor's office at school so they could go over catalogs together. Mike made an offer to show Lucy how to fill out college applications in a way that maximized the possibility of acceptance in return for her being his date for every major event for the rest of their senior year. Lucy wasn't so sure because they didn't know each other and had never been on a date, but finally agreed.

Mary's lost her job from Pete's Pizza, but is still hanging out with Frankie and Johnny. She spent all day at their trailer and while there, she saw Frankie smoke marijuana. After Mary got home, Lucy could smell smoke on her. Mary changed the subject by telling Lucy that her new friend Mike Pierce use to be in her grade but missed a year of school because he was in a hospital because he tried to kill himself. Eric got a phone call from a police officer later that night telling him that Frankie and Johnny had been arrested for possession of marijuana. Eric talked to Mary later and Mary lied that her new friends didn't smoke pot. When Eric confronted her with the truth, Mary told him that she saw Frankie smoke it that evening and that she didn't immediately leave, but that she didn't smoke any with her. Eric went and helped them out. He met Mike at the door on the way out and Mike told him that he had tried to kill himself and after Eric left, Mike talked to Lucy about it.

Simon took Matt up on his free offer to drive Simon on a date. Simon made a quick date with a Spelling Bee champ from school named Marsha. However, Simon got annoyed when Marsha took total interest in Matt and not him. When Simon and Marsha came out of the movie, they saw Matt and Marsha invited Matt with them to get pizza. Simon tried to keep Matt away, but Marsha insisted and Matt agreed. Simon walked Marsha to the door and he was ready to walk back to the car, but she stopped him and kissed him. However, as she kissed him, she turned so she could see Matt's reaction. Afterwards, Matt suggested they go to the promenade to pick up chicks. Simon agreed and by doing so, disobeyed his mom. Marsha later called the Camden's house and talked to Eric and asked to talked to Matt and Eric informed her that he lived on his own. She then asked for Matt's phone number and Eric told her that Matt didn't give them his phone number but that he would give him hers. She said it was listed and he asked what time they dropped her off. When Simon got home, he held out a piece of paper and told Eric that he got a phone number. Eric took the paper and ate it and told him that Annie had told him not to hang out with Matt to pick up chicks.

Ruthie secretly wrote in a diary that she kept well hidden. She was writing in it for school. She snuck around the house and wrote down things about other family members. Lucy later informed Eric and Annie that Ruthie was keeping a diary and that she had watched them having sex and wrote about it. Annie took the page out and told Ruthie that it was not funny, but Ruthie kept saying it was funny. Annie then came across Matt and Simon in the hall and Matt informed her that all the kids had seen them at some point in their lives.

Eric and Annie watched a movie together when the rest of the kids didn't want to do a family movie night.

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Friday Night:
Matt saw a girl in the library, Kim, who seemed asked if he had dated Heather and then ignored him.

Ruthie asked if she could have her two best friends spend the night. Rachel from her new school and Sarah from her old school. Annie agreed when Lucy volunteered to take responsibility for them.

Julie called Annie who handed the phone to Mary who asked Aunt Julie to baby-sit Eric the next day while Hank and Julie were moving Hank's office. Julie was hesitant because of Mary's recent behavior, but finally agreed.

Saturday:
Ruthie informed Annie and Lucy that her two friends would also be spending the entire day over which Lucy didn't like. Eric and Annie were thrilled at Lucy's taking over so they could have the whole day to themselves. Lucy asked Simon to help her, but he said he wouldn't. When Rachel and Sarah arrived, they hated each other. Lucy got fed up with the two girls fighting with each other and sent both of them home that evening before the actual sleep over.

Simon was determined to change his image from nice-looking to tough looking. Simon cut the sleeves off of one of his good church shirts and Lucy told him it was a bad idea because mom would make him pay for it. Simon's friend talked him in to going out with him and Simon got his ear pierced. Simon got home and Lucy lectured him for going out without anyone knowing. She freaked when she saw the earring. Ruthie laughed at it and said he looked like a girl. Eric and Annie told him he had to take it out and he was upset about it but said fine. Eric and Annie asked Lucy if she was available the next weekend and she said that she needed to get a boyfriend.

Frankie called Mary at home and asked her to baby-sit her daughter Mercy. Mary told her that she couldn't because she was baby-sitting for her aunt and uncle and they wouldn't like it. Frankie told Mary to lie, but Mary refused. Mary arrived at the Hastings home and was drilled over what to do in any situation. They told Mary that they'd go out for dinner and wouldn't be back until 9-10 that night. Frankie came over and asked Mary in person to baby-sit for her. She said that she thought Johnny was cheating on her and needed one hour, two max, to follow him and find out. Mary agreed and was surprised that Frankie had left Mercy alone in the car. Mary got annoyed that everyone kept calling to check up on her. When going through Mercy's bag, she found a beer bottle. She then fretted over drinking it or not after she opened it. Later as Hank and Julie were at the restaurant waiting to order, they tried to call Mary only to find that the phone was off the hook. They decided to leave right then to go home. Hank and Julie came home to find two babies left unattended with the phone off the hook as well as an empty beer bottle. Mary rushed downstairs when she heard them. Mary told them that Frankie drank the beer. They sent Mary home and she asked them not to tell her parents. Mary went to Frankie and Johnny's and hung out, even though Eric told them to stay away from Mary.

When Eric and Annie were out, they saw Johnny with another woman and Johnny was suppose to be in drug and alcohol counseling at that moment with Frankie as terms of their agreement for getting out of jail. They followed him around and finally followed him into the pool hall. Annie wanted Eric to just go over and talk to them so they could stop following them around, but Eric said that wasn't his way of doing things. Eric finally went over and talked to Johnny when Annie stepped out of the room. As they talked, Frankie came in and saw the girl that Johnny ushered out. The two got into a big argument and started yelling at each other. When Johnny grabbed Frankie's shirt, Eric jumped in the middle to make him let go of her and Johnny hit Eric in the face. Annie rushed to Eric to see if he was okay and the pool hall manager asked Eric if he wanted him to call the police. Eric said no and Eric ended up talking with Johnny while Annie talked with Frankie. Frankie and Johnny apologized to each other and decided to tell Eric and Annie exactly what they wanted to hear. Eric and Annie knew though that they were telling them what they wanted to hear. Eric asked them to stay away from Mary.

Matt talked to John about what happened at the library. He thought Heather must have said something to the girl. Matt went out and got Kim's phone number by telling the head librarian that Kim had his book that he needed back. He called and she was upset because her number was unlisted for a reason. She told him to leave him alone and hung up, but Matt didn't give up. Matt went over to the apartment and Kim's brother met him at the door. He said that Kim had asked him to come over and told Matt that Kim was blind. He let Matt in to talk to Kim. Kim explained to him about her eye disease RP. She thought Matt was into women with disabilities which is why he seemed interested in her. They agreed to be casual acquaintances.

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Mary's problems were causing tensions around the Camden house. Eric and Annie were fighting which made the kids uncomfortable and nervous.

Lucy answered the phone and a lady asked for Mary. Lucy told her that Mary wasn't there and the lady asked who she was. Lucy asked who was calling and the lady answered, "I asked first." Lucy hung up and when the phone rang again, didn't answer it. Simon came in and told Lucy it was for her and the lady called her Mary. Lucy informed her that she was Mary's sister Lucy, but the lady wouldn't believe her. She asked Lucy, calling her Mary, why she wouldn't pay her credit card bill. Lucy finally hung up on her again when the lady wouldn't be convinced that she wasn't Mary. When Mary finally got home, Lucy told her about it and told Mary to pay her bill. Mary said okay and asked Lucy to loan her fifty bucks. Lucy said no and Mary reacted like a total jerk to her. She then asked Simon for fifty bucks who told her no. The phone rang and Lucy gave Mary the phone, telling her it was the collection agency. Mary tossed it back and Lucy gave it back, telling her to take care of it. Mary hung up before taking the call. Ruthie then got her attention and told her that she could give Mary her $20 in birthday money. Mary took the money. Lucy, Simon, and Ruthie didn't know what to do, so they called Matt. He came over and they met. Later, the collection lady called and Matt pretended to be her attorney. After the call, Ruthie came up with the idea to use Sam and David's savings fund to pay Mary's bill.

While her siblings all worried over Mary's situation, Mary blew her money at the movie theater. Mary got home and they gave her the money from the piggy banks. When Mary paid off her credit debt, she allowed them to raise her credit line which raised her interest rates while lowering her monthly payments. At the car place, she signed up to have her loan extended. It would lower monthly payments, but make her pay more in the long run. After leaving the car insurance place, she saw a help wanted sign in a window and went in and got hired. A lady then walked in and told him he couldn't hire anybody and would have to call Mary and tell her that. When Mary got home, she told them that she got a new job and that everything was going to change for her. After getting to her room, Mary got a phone call telling her that the position had already been filled. Lucy asked who was on the phone and Mary said that it was a wrong number.

At the police station, Sgt. Michaels told everyone that they were going to set up road blocks for possible drunk drivers. After he was done, one officer went up and talked to Sgt. Michaels about when he pulled over Mary Camden. Sgt. Michaels later found Eric and told him about what the officer told him. They ate at Pete's Pizza and the owner told Eric about why he fired Mary. He also told them that Mary, Frankie, and Johnny had all lied to him about staying away from each other. Eric later was at Julie's house and Julie told him about the baby-sitting incident.

At their apartment, John expressed to Matt that he was upset with Mary because she tried to borrow a significant amount of money from him which he didn't loan her. He also saw her a couple nights before at the promenade with a couple of people who were drinking beer and smoking. Matt thanked John for telling him.

At the market, Annie saw an insurance agent from her church who told her that Mary was driving without insurance. Annie stopped at the pool hall later and found out that Mary had lied about quitting, but was actually fired. Annie stopped at the hospital in search of Eric and found Hank. He took her to his office and told them about Mary's trouble when she baby-sat for them.

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Eric and Annie were on a mission to find out where Mary got the money to pay her debts. They questioned everyone they can think of, including the kids. The kids lied about it to their parents, claiming that they didn't know, even going so far as an elaborate cover up to the truth. However, Eric and Annie were on to the fact that their kids knew more than they were telling and the kids found out. Eric and Annie invited Rev. Hamilton and his wife over for the evening and while they were there, Annie and Patricia walked into the twins room to find Ruthie filling the twins piggy banks with rice. The Hamilton's showed themselves out as Ruthie tried to cover up the truth by taking the blame on herself, before Matt finally let it out and Lucy and Simon were there as well. They finally admitted that they all conspired with Mary to take the twins savings of $500 to pay Mary's debts. Eric and Annie had a meeting with them and waited for Mary to come home. Mary had been gone a lot, claiming to be out looking for a job, but throughout the episode, we saw her at the movie theater, seeing the same film over and over again.

When Mary finally came home, Matt, Lucy, Simon, and Ruthie, mostly in tears, shared their feelings and thoughts with Mary. Eric and Annie finally dismissed the other kids so they could get down to business with Mary. Eric and Annie informed Mary then that they had made the decision to send her to Buffalo to live with the Colonel and Ruth. They informed Mary that she was flying out that night and that two suitcases were waiting for her in her room so she could pack. She got very upset and refused to say good-bye to any of her brothers or sisters. At the airport, she made it clear that she blamed her dad solely for this decision. Once she boarded the plane, Eric finally broke down crying as Annie sought to comfort him.

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The episode opened in church on Sunday morning where as Eric preached, many people in the congregation told terrible, untrue rumors about Mary. After church, Eric and Annie talk about Mary in his church office and overhear a couple ladies walk by, gossiping. Outside church, Matt meets a woman in a wedding dress who asked directions to St. Monica's Church. As Lucy and Ruthie served drinks inside the church, they had to face two teenagers who were talking about the gossip and wanted to know the truth, but Lucy didn't want to talk about it. Meanwhile, Simon's friend told him that he could use Mary's "bad girl" reputation to get the girls and got him set up with the Murphy twins (played by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen).

At home, Annie told Eric that she was going out with Robin (an old boyfriend). Eric was against it, but Annie went anyway. Lucy's boyfriend Mike came over to study and told her that she could make up a rumor to diverge people's attention from gossiping about Mary. Lucy decided not to, but Ruthie who overheard the conversation decided to try it and spread all sorts of untrue rumors to her school principal about her family. She said that Lucy had a lot of disabilities, Simon was mute, that Matt lived in his car and had been in jail, that Eric lost his job and they don't have any money and her mom is an alcoholic. Matt re-met the woman in a wedding dress in the pool hall and decided he was going to marry her, but she left before he got her name.

One of the gossiping church members, Mrs. Beaker, brought her niece who was a family counselor to the Camden house, thinking Eric and Annie might want someone to talk to about Mary. Lucy struggled with Mike being her boyfriend because of all the gossip that went around about him since he had tried to kill himself. She broke off their date for the dance. Simon and his friend managed to get a date with the Murphy sisters. They planned to meet each other at the promenade since the girls dad wouldn't let them go out except with groups. Simon was surprised that they weren't going to meet up with a group, but that the twins had tricked their dad. The girls ended up causing all sorts of trouble for Simon as he watched them shop-lift, took the blame for one of the girls pinching someone, snuck into a movie with them, and ran off before paying the check at a restaurant. Sgt. Michaels finally caught up with them.

When Eric went out to Baskin Robbins for ice cream, Ruthie's principal confronted him about what Ruthie had told her. Mrs. Beaker and her niece walked in the pool hall to find Annie sitting at a table with another man. They got a table and called more ladies from the church who joined them. They had more to gossip when they saw Eric walk in with Ruthie's principal. The principal sat down with Robin while Eric and Annie went off to talk about Ruthie. As they talked, Eric spotted the ladies from church all staring at them. Eric, fed up with them, went over and told them that they were dating other people, Annie - her ex-boyfriend and Eric - Ruthie's principal. He told them the truth about Mary going to his parents because of financial trouble and that they were just using that up as a cover-up story. Later, Mrs. Beaker went to Eric and apologized. An employee at the pool hall called Matt to tell him the woman's name and where and when she wanted to meet him. She wasn't there, but when he got home he found her in his apartment with John. John left and they spent the night doing nothing but kissing.

Sgt. Michaels beeped Eric because he had Simon at the promenade and they left to go there. They then went to the school dance where they found Ruthie and confronted her on her lying. After confronting her, they decided to stay and Eric and Annie danced with each other.

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Matt got a note from Heather that she wanted to meet with him and he was anxious about it. He thought Heather wanted him back and he didn't want to start a relationship with her again. Matt found Simon hanging out on a sidewalk with a bad group of guys from his school listening to bad rap. He tried to take Simon home, but Simon refused and told Matt that it wasn't his business who his friends were and what music he listened to. Back at his apartment, Eric showed up to give Matt some pants that Annie bought for him. There Matt told Eric about the letter from Heather and hinted that Simon's new friends from school and choice of music could be trouble.

In a record store, one of Simon's friends called Lucy a really bad name and slapped her on the rear. Lucy saw the guy with Simon outside the store and confronted him about it, but Simon saw nothing wrong with what his friend Norton did to her. Annie walked up to them on the street and Norton rudely approached her, but she scared him off.

At church, Robbie brought Cheryl into meet Eric and told him that they wanted to get married. Back home, Simon and Annie talked to Eric about Simon's friend Norton who harassed Lucy and harassed and threatened Annie. Annie left and Eric had a serious talk with Simon, but didn't get through to his son. Afterwards, Annie talked to Eric about Robbie's engagement to Cheryl. Eric left to talk with them and Lucy and Ruthie asked Annie for permission to go to the concert which she granted. John had an argument with a doctor at the hospital over a CD he wanted John to play. John was able to get the doctor to accept his point of view. After the doctor walked away, a girl named Priscilla Carter walked up to meet him and invited him for coffee in the cafeteria.

Annie found Matt with Simon in Simon's room and Simon said that Matt came to pick him up. Simon pleaded with Annie to let Matt take Simon to confront Norton before she stormed off to confront him and his mom. Annie reluctantly agreed and noticed Matt was wearing the new pants she bought him. Matt brought up the letter he got from Heather. While talking with Robbie and Cheryl, he learned that Robbie's mom had just taken off and Robbie was living with Cheryl. Eric asked if the reason they wanted to get married was because they were living together. Robbie admitted that they were going to have a baby.

Lucy called for Ruthie to go to the concert and Ruthie came downstairs dressed procatively like the band members of the concert they were going to. Eric and Annie walked in and refused to let her leave like that and Ruthie refused to change. Annie stood her ground and Ruthie rushed upstairs. At Matt's apartment, Matt and Simon talked about the issues involved with the kind of music Simon was listening to while they waited for Simon to show up. At home, Lucy went up to Ruthie's room and told her they could still make the concert. She still refused to change and Annie walked in to talk with her girls and was able to get through to Ruthie. Back at the apartment, John showed up smiling and told them that he just came from a date with Miss Right who he believed would be his future bride. Matt told John that Simon's friend Norton was coming over and John said that he forgot to tell Matt that Heather was coming over. They all quickly rushed downstairs and outside where they saw the guys surrounding Heather who had Norton pinned with his arm behind his back. She let go of Norton and Simon tackled him to the ground. A woman cop showed up and arrested Norton.

At home, Cheryl showed up to talk to Eric alone. She told him that she wasn't pregnant, but didn't tell Robbie because she was afraid he wouldn't marry her if he found out she wasn't. Matt finally talked with Heather who told him that she was dating someone. Outside the apartment, John had a heart to heart with Simon until Annie showed up to pick Simon up. Simon got in the car and before they took off, Simon apologized. Back home, Eric had a heart to heart with Robbie in the back yard. They were interrupted by Lucy and Ruthie who were getting back from going out to a hamburger drive-in.

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Eric stopped on the street to listen to a woman playing guitar and singing for money. We he leaned over to drop money in her guitar case, he saw Robbie sitting in an alley doing homework. Eric was going to leave him, but then took him to get something to eat. They had a talk and Eric invited him home with him to the surprise of the whole family, especially Annie when Eric brought Robbie in when Annie was wearing lingerie. When Robbie was in the kitchen, he saw Lucy come down in her underwear. Eric talked over it with Annie and she agreed to let Robbie stay the night. Eric took Robbie to a homeless shelter, but didn't like what he saw, so he took Robbie back home to let him live with them. Robbie took Ruthie's room and Ruthie moved up to the attic with Lucy.

Simon was mysteriously talking on the phone to some girl all through the episode. At the end of the episode, she came by the house to pick up Simon for a date and Eric was surprised that she was older than Simon and drove there.

Matt was annoyed by John and Priscilla's kissing and so Matt went back to his parents house and was upset to find Robbie. He finally went back to his apartment to see John propose marriage to Priscilla.

Lucy's friend Mike got accepted to college and Lucy hadn't heard anything for herself. Mike came over to tell Lucy and Lucy got jealous when she assumed Mike had been out on a date with someone else. Later Lucy got her letter in the mail, but was too nervous to open it. She felt that she needed to apologize to Mike for being rude and went over to his house. There she met Mike's mom who suffered from major depression.

Mary kept calling the house to talk to Annie but Ruthie kept hanging up on her. When Annie found out, she got angry at Ruthie. When Robbie picked up the first time, Mary assumed that she had the wrong number. The second time she got Robbie she assumed that Robbie was there because he was dating Lucy. Robbie figured it was better that Mary believed that than to know he was living there.

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Saturday:

Mary's in Buffalo and Robbie's living with the Camden's after Eric found him homeless. Mary assumes that Lucy is dating Robbie and calls Matt at his apartment to ask. Matt has no clue and mentions to Mary that Robbie (her ex-boyfriend whom she still likes) is living there. Matt's roommate John Hamilton pleads with Matt after he hangs up to stay for the evening to meet his girlfriend's parents. Matt, who doesn't want to meet them, sticks with his decision to go home for the night.

Mary calls Ruthie and bribes her to give her information about Robbie and Lucy. Ruthie confirms to Mary that Robbie and Lucy aren't dating and Ruthie makes it obvious that she likes Robbie. After hanging up, Ruthie asks Robbie if he's going out with Lucy and he tells her no. Ruthie then goes and asks Lucy who also confirms that they are not a couple and strongly tells Ruthie that there is no way that she'd ever go out with Robbie. Ruthie is pleased and Lucy suspects that Ruthie has a reason for asking that she's not telling.

Eric presses Robbie to help out around the house and Robbie really pulls through and helps out a lot. Annie begins to feel upset that she's no longer needed because Robbie and her kids are all taking care of everything. Eric suspects that she feels this way because Ginger is completely taking care of Annie's dad and Annie wants to help take care of him. Annie pleads with Eric to get Robbie a job so he can move out because she wants to feel needed. Eric tells her he's working on it and he is, but it's Saturday and he can't get as much done.

Eric and Annie both are upset that Mary hasn't been calling them and feels more left out when they learn that Matt and Ruthie have both talked to her on the phone. Eric decides to use Robbie to call her and Robbie is finally able to convince Mary that he and Lucy are not dating. Mary doesn't mind that Robbie's living there which was the fear of Eric and Annie. Robbie tells Mary she should call her dad.

Matt ends up going to Heather's house where she's with her new boyfriend. Matt makes himself welcome when it's obvious he's not, but Heather plays a good hostess to him. When John shows up to beg Matt to come meet his girlfriend's parents, Heather's boyfriend makes up a story that the girlfriend is the daughter of the owner of Carter's Sheets and is very wealthy. Matt jumps at the opportunity then for a good meal and leaves.

Robbie and Simon go out for pizza so that Robbie could gain financial advice from Simon. He tells Simon that he already has a job working at a day care which goes along with his major for early childhood development, the same major as Annie. Robbie tells Simon that he loves kids and wants to work with them. He tells Simon about his idea for using all his money so far on airline tickets for a day.

Matt shows up late to his apartment and apologizes to John for missing his girlfriends parents. John, depressed, tells Matt how he blew it with her parents which all started because of the lie that was told about what her parents did. Her parents were rich, but did not manufacture sheets. As a result of their disapproval of him, they cut their daughter off totally financially. She ended up showing up at the apartment to move in with John. John confirms that he doesn't believe in pre-marital relations, but her parents have forced this. John kicks Matt out.

Robbie and Simon come home and Simon hurries upstairs leaving Robbie alone in the kitchen with Eric and Annie. Robbie tells them about his job which pleases them. He then tells them that he bought plane tickets for Annie, David, and Sam to fly down to be with Annie's dad for a day. He realized Annie needed to be needed and didn't want to leave the twins behind. Annie thanks him and tells him he doesn't have to rush out to find his own place. Mary calls and talks to Eric who is glad to finally hear from her. She then asks to talk to Annie. Matt shows up and tells his parents that he's moving back in, but his parents walk off smiling, not caring that he's coming back home or his reasons.

Upstairs, Ruthie spies Robbie reading the love letter she left for him on the pillow. Ruthie priorly had a talk with Lucy and Lucy talked Ruthie out of pursuing the romance. Ruthie rushes in, in an attempt to cover herself and tells Robbie that it's Lucy's handwriting. Robbie, sighing, tells Ruthie that he should talk to Lucy (obviously starting to think that the rumor about them dating was because she liked him). Lucy walks in at that moment and Ruthie runs out. Robbie, shaking his head, says they need to talk. Lucy, totally confused finally figures it out after a few seconds when realizing he's under the impression that she wrote the love note with only three words on it, "I love you." Realizing that's the impression he's getting, she can't get the words out that Ruthie wrote it, but runs out of the room with the sense of the thought "I'm gonna kill her!" being felt.

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Annie tries to get Eric out of the house so she can clean while he sits on their bed writing his sermon. Knowing that she's up to something but not knowing what, he gives in and leaves. Before leaving the house however, he calls to talk to Mary and George informs Eric that she's left to come back home. George hangs up as Ruth scolds him for telling Eric. When Eric continues to keep trying to call back for more details, Ruth and George don't pick up the phone until later when George forgets then tries speaking in Spanish to Eric.

Eric leaves the house in a bad mood, not sure why Mary's left his parents. Annie, knowing he's not in a good mood, gets Matt and Simon to run an errand for Eric to take an elderly lady to the hospital. Matt asks her why she came and she tells Matt and Simon to go away because she has a date. Matt doesn't believe her and hunts her down throughout the hospital until he finds out she came in for a mammogram. Simon inquires as to what a mammogram is and is told. Lucy goes to her friend Mike's house to watch his depressed mom who doesn't ever speak. After Mike leaves, his mom finally speaks to Lucy and begs Lucy to persuade Mike to put her in an institution and get on with his life. Lucy explains the situation to Mike and shares her story of when her friend died how she blamed herself. Mike goes to talk with his mom and assures her that it's not her fault that his father committed suicide or that he had attempted it.

Ruthie is suppose to help Annie clean the house, but chooses to sit around and watch TV instead. When Annie keeps after her to work, she gets up. Hearing a noise at the front door, she opens it to find a baby abandoned on their porch. She sneaks the baby up to her room until Annie discovers what's going on. Robbie walks in on Annie and Ruthie and recognizes the baby as Mercy - Johnny and Frankie's daughter. Annie, angry, says that she'll take care of it. Robbie discovers that Mary's flight is long delayed and calls Eric to confide in him that Mary is coming home and that he was going to pick her up but now Eric will have to. Eric at this point believes that Mary is coming home to see Robbie.

Annie goes to Pete's Pizza and finds Johnny's uncle. She tells him that the baby was abandoned on her porch. When Johnny shows up, Annie gets angry at him, believing he hit Frankie and she dropped the baby at her house for safety. Johnny gets angry and leaves. Annie finds him outside and he confides that Frankie ran off with a drug dealer and though he's never hit Mercy, he has become afraid of his temper and left her there till he could cool down. Annie tells him that he needs to swallow his pride and turn to his own parents for help.

Eric greets Mary at the airport and asks about her and Robbie. Mary is surprised that Eric hasn't figured out the real reason for her trip was because of his birthday. Eric then realizes that today is his birthday. Because of her delays, Mary can't stay more than one hour before her return flight leaves, so Eric spends it with her before heading home. At home he walks into a dark kitchen to greet his family and Robbie who all yell, "surprise!" He tells them about Mary's situation as to why she's not there. As the family all moves to the living room, Lucy stops Eric to tell him that she's decided she wants to be a minister. The two of them follow the rest to the living room where many guest stars from the show have returned for a huge birthday celebration. Eric's old band sings "Happy Birthday" to him then sings the 7th Heaven theme song as Eric makes his way around the room shaking hands and hugging people.

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Lucy got her acceptance letter to college and as their agreement stated, she and Mike had their first kiss. However, Mike told her that it was like kissing his sister. He then went on to ask Lucy to help set him up. Eric got home and Lucy told him that she wanted to talk to mom because it was a guy thing. Eric chased her and she told him about what Mike told her after they kissed. He told her that it was great and she got frustrated and went to find Annie in the bathroom giving the twins a bath where she was trying to get them to call her mama. Lucy told her it could wait. Lucy found Ruthie sitting on the stairs to the attic and she asked Lucy how things were going in the bathroom.

Matt got home to find out that Robbie was going out to play pool with John. Robbie invited Matt along but Matt refused, feeling a little bit jealous. Matt went to Simon and asked him to go out and play pool, but Simon refused because he had to study. At the pool hall, John told Robbie that he was miserable because Priscilla was changing everything at the apartment and driving him crazy. Matt found Simon studying and asked to help him study, but Simon told him it was Shakespeare, but that Matt wanted to find someone to play pool with. He found Matt, but Matt didn't feel like playing anymore. Matt went up and found Lucy and Ruthie in their room to talk to Lucy. Ruthie informed Eric that she had talked with Lucy about it. Mike called and Lucy waved her dad out. Mike asked Lucy to set him up with a specific girl and in return, he would set her up with someone. After they hung up, Eric walked back in and Lucy told him about the setting up for each other that they were doing. Eric left when he realized that Lucy didn't want to talk and Lucy and Ruthie looked at the picture of the girl Mike wanted to be set up with. The girl turned out to have a major acne problem.

Annie took the boys into their room and asked them to call her mama. She then went into her room to find Eric and they realized they were both upset. Annie let it out that she was upset that the twins weren't calling her mama. Simon peeked in to see that Ruthie had taught the twins to call her mama. The next morning, Ruthie went down into the kitchen and the twins started calling her mama while Annie was standing there. Annie glared at Ruthie and Ruthie left for school.

Lucy found the girl at school that Mike liked, Alana, and set her up with Mike. She thought at first that it was a prank, but when Lucy assured her that it was not, Alan started to tell all things she liked about Mike. As a result, Lucy started to feel jealous. Eric went to the hospital and found Matt. He then told Matt that he felt a little jealous of Annie because it seemed all the kids went to her with their problems. At home, the twins called Ruthie mama. Ruthie asked Annie if any of her kids ever called an older sibling mama and Annie told her no. After school, Mike found Lucy and Simon outside the school. Mike thanked her for setting them up, Alana had already talked to him. Simon went to wait by the car to let them talk. Lucy then kissed Mike and Simon saw that Alana was watching. That night, Mike came by Lucy's house and asked her what she did because Alana never showed up for their date. Lucy didn't know why, but admitted that she told Simon that she had felt jealous. Matt and Simon headed out to play pool and invited Robbie, but Robbie turned down the invitation. After talking, Matt decided to go talk to John and Robbie and Simon went to the pool hall. After Robbie and Simon left, Annie told Matt about the whole mama situation. Annie told him that she was jealous of Eric because the twins called him dada. Matt laughed and told her that Eric was jealous of her.

Robbie and Simon arrived at the pool hall and Simon saw Alana. He went over to talk to her and told her the truth about what happened. He talked her into going back to his house with him to wait for Lucy and Mike. Annie went to find Eric and they talked about their jealous feelings towards one another. Simon interrupted them kissing and asked for Eric's help. He asked Eric to talk to Alana. He talked with her to realize that she really didn't need his help. Matt arrived at the apartment to see how Priscilla had changed everything. He laughed and gloated over the fact that John was miserable because of her. He was happy because he realized that John would never forget about him.

Mike and Lucy came home and the truth came out about what happened. Mike and Alana left for their date, but before leaving, Mike told Lucy that they were still good friends. John came home and Priscilla confronted him. Annie ran into the twins room to find that the twins were calling Ruthie mama. She asked why and Simon spoke up that Ruthie had taught them to do it. Ruthie ran out and Annie chased her. Lucy asked Simon why he didn't say something sooner and he said that he didn't know that the twins calling Ruthie mama upset Annie. Matt arrived at the pool hall to find Robbie and sat down and talked with him. John showed up and they talked as they played pool. Annie finally found Ruthie and asked if Ruthie was in someway upset with her. Ruthie told her that the only reason that she did it was to make a joke.

:Lucy talked to her dad and Annie walked by to see them hugging and was happy for him. Mike and Alana talked about how many kids they wanted on their date. Lucy answered the door to meet the guy Mike set her up with - Jeremy. She invited him in for some cocoa so they could talk.

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It was Valentine's Day and the twins second birthday. Robbie had a date with Cheryl that he didn't want anyone to know about. They ended up just sitting and talking before calling it an evening. Deena was in town staying at her aunt's house and Simon called her to ask her out. She thought she was asking her to double and she brought her boyfriend. He ended up not going out. Deena later showed up at the house and asked Simon to just be friends. He took her into the back yard to talk. Ruthie called Bert to invite him to the twins birthday party, but when she showed up at his house, he was sick so she went back home. Later Bert showed up with a horse to give Ruthie a ride. Lucy went out with her boyfriend Jeremy. They had a nice dinner where Lucy's old boyrfriends Rod and Jimmy were working. Later they saw Jordan on a sidewalk. Finally Jeremy took her to a club where she got to sing on stage, though Jeremy was the only audience member. Matt asked Robbie to get his date to get him a date, but she couldn't. So Matt decided to hang out with John and Priscilla. Priscilla wanted him to come but John didn't want him to. Priscilla wanted Matt there so she could work up the courage to tell John that she had once been married, which she eventually told him after Matt left. Later Cheryl thought of someone and hooked Matt up with a lady who didn't work out.

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Mary called home to let the family know she was coming home. Her reason for returning was to ask Robbie to move to Buffalo with her, but he refused. Mary was upset when no one seemed happy to see her. Meanwhile, Lucy freaked out when she found a condom in a wallet that she pulled out of the dirty laundry. She asked Matt if it was his and when it wasn't, they figured it was Robbie's and that he planned to use it with Mary. The condom turned out to be Simon's and the family rushed to Sasha's house to spy on him. When Simon saw Matt peaking in the window, Simon ran out and chased Matt down the street. Passing them, Robbie jumped out of the car Mary was driving and chased Simon. Eric finally caught up with them and the truth came out that Simon wasn't planning on using the condom and had asked Robbie to give it to him. Annie, Mary, and Lucy ended the show with a heart to heart.

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Lucy told her friend Ashley's mom Serena on the phone that she was upset because the man of her dreams, Jeremy, had moved back to New York. After Serena gave the phone to Ashley, she asked about the three of them going out to play pool and Lucy excitedly agreed while Ashley was not excited. Eric walked into Simon's room to find him and his friend listening to loud music. He turned it off and told Simon to get his paper finished. When he got downstairs, Ruthie asked him again to get a make-up kit which he informed her she was too young for make-up. When Eric made his way into the kitchen where Annie and the twins were, he answered a knock at the side door to meet Robbie Palmer's dad Ed. Later, Ruthie asked her mom who Robbie's father was and tried to ask her again about getting a make-up kit. Eric interrupted them and Ruthie left, leaving Eric to talk with Annie about the situation with the Palmer's. They both went to the living room where they had coffee with Ed.

Simon went down into the kitchen and found his mom making sandwiches. She asked him if he finished his paper and he went back up right as Ashley's mom knocked on the back door to pick up Lucy. Annie was surprised and uncomfortable with the idea of Lucy going out with her. Eric walked in and was also surprised about the situation. Ruthie called Mary in New York to ask her about how she could get the make-up kit, but Mary refused to help get her sister into trouble. After they hung up, Matt walked into Ruthie's room and she conned him into taking her out, making him believe Ruthie wanted to buy a present for their mom.

At the pool hall, Lucy found Serena to be more and more cool while it became clear that Ashley did not like her mom's loose lifestyle. They both agreed to go with Serena to a party with a man Serena just met. Robbie came home and was excited to see his dad. Eric and Annie quickly picked up that Rick was a very dishonest individual. Eric and Annie invited Ed to spend the night in their house. Simon told Annie he was going out with Keith, then asked her and she told him he had to finish his paper first and then they would talk.

Robbie and Ed went out to have coffee and Ed lied to his son about why he left, but made Robbie believe him. Lucy told her mom about her evening and asked her permission to go to a party that evening again with Ashley and Serena. Annie continued to express her dislike for Serena, but allowed Lucy to make her own decisions and Lucy decided to go to the party. Ruthie called Mary to tell her about how she got the make-up kit, but Mary continued to tell her to take it back and confess. Lucy left and then Simon tried to leave as a group of his friends showed up. Annie asked Simon if he finished his paper and he said almost and Annie refused to let him go out. Simon got angry, thinking his mom embarrassed him in front of his friends. Annie got angry back and Simon went upstairs to work on his paper. Meanwhile, as Eric was straightening his office at church, Robbie's mom called him and told Eric the truth about Ed.

Back at the house, Robbie and Ed came home and Robbie told Annie that he and Ed rented an apartment and would be moving into it together. When Eric got home, Annie informed him about Lucy, Simon, and Robbie. Eric and Annie were in agreement that Robbie could not move in with his dad because his dad was bad news. It suddenly dawned on them that Robbie had become another one of their children. Meanwhile, Lucy and Ashley are not enjoying the adult party at all, bothered that some older guys had been hitting on them. Annie went to Simon's room to talk with him about the paper and found him acting immature about the situation. As she went out into the hall, she found Ruthie with make-up stuck on her face and Ruthie confessed to buying make-up. Annie took her to get the make-up cleaned off. Meanwhile, Robbie went to tell Eric what he believed was good news - he was moving in with his dad. Eric told him that he couldn't trust his dad, but Robbie got defensive as Ed eavesdropped.

In the bathroom, Ashley apologized to Lucy for her mom and Lucy finally realized that Ashley was upset about her mom. When Matt got home, Annie informed him that Ruthie lied to him to get him to take her out to buy make-up. Matt decided to confront and punish Ruthie. Eric confronted Ed in the back yard, but Ed would not listen. Mary called Ruthie right after Matt confronted her and tried to comfort her. Annie brought the paper back to Simon after reading it and was disappointed at Simon's effort. She gave him a lecture about working up to his potential. The phone rang and Annie answered it to hear Lucy ask her to pick them up from the party. Robbie called his mom and found out some truths about his dad.

As Annie, Lucy, and Ashley left the party, Annie confronted Serena about how to be a mom. Meanwhile, Eric came back in the house and talked with Robbie in the kitchen. Robbie decided not to move in with his dad and Eric and Robbie had their first hug as they really began for the first time to see each other as father and son.

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Matt had to meet with a psychiatrist as a part of his entrance into medical school. Matt was afraid that he might be certifiably nuts and didn't want to face the psychiatrist. He asked Lucy's friend Mike for advice, then Eric. Matt went to the office in the hospital and started talking to the man in the office who asked Matt to call him Doc. It turned out that he wasn't a real psychiatrist, but a patient. But he helped Matt out tremendously.

Ruthie got Robbie to take her back to her school though he didn't know why. At school, Robbie realized it was a conference meeting with the principal. The principal allowed Robbie to be in the meeting with Ruthie. The meeting was about the fact that Ruthie was late to homeroom every morning. Ruthie refused to tell, but Robbie figured out that she was covering for someone. Robbie tried to get one of Ruthie's parents to come, but the principal had already called Annie and Annie asked for Robbie to take charge. Robbie finally got her to tell him, but told the principal that he couldn't tell either. The truth came out, Lucy was bringing food to a girl at school whose mom had been out of work and couldn't afford to buy food. They were going to stop though since the girl's mom got a job.

Simon asked Lucy for advice on how to dump Sasha. He told her that Annie wouldn't let him go out with her anymore and that backfired on him when Sasha showed up at their home to talk to Annie about it. However, Sasha was so loose in her thinking that Annie didn't want her to go out with Simon. Sasha finally broke up with Simon.

Eric met a man in the hospital who was told that he had six weeks to live. He then confronted the doctor who told him that, then a higher authority. When Eric heard Matt tell him about Doc, he decided to hook Doc up with the terminally ill patient in the hospital.

Lucy shared an article with Annie that was in a parents magazine about kids who are comedians turning into criminals. Annie got paranoid that Ruthie might become one. Later, when she realized Ruthie was conning everyone, she asked Eric to talk with her. They realized the article was written by a comedian.

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Robbie met a girl named Marie who looked just like Mary. Mary saw Wilson in Buffalo. Robbie made Mary feel jealous when he told her about Marie. Mary decided not to tell Robbie about Wilson because of it. Ruthie became the spy who decided to gossip about everything she heard to Lucy and Simon. Matt met Cheryl, Robbie's ex-girlfriend working in a restaurant and spent the evening talking with her. Robbie found out that Mary was out with Wilson by talking to the Colonel on the phone. At home, Lucy was upset because Jeremy had never called her. But in Buffalo as Mary waited for her train, she met Jeremy sitting on a bench. At home, Matt avoided telling Robbie about Cheryl. Robbie finally called Mary and confronted her about Wilson. He told Mary that she should come home, but she said she wasn't ready to.

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Serena dropped by Eric's office wanting to be counseled. When Eric got home, Annie told him not to counsel her and he finally agreed. When Serena called later that night, he told her that he would be referring her to someone else for counseling. The next day, Serena stopped by the house and blamed Annie for Eric's decision not to counsel her and Annie shut the door on her. At school, Serena's daughter Ashley expressed to Lucy that she was upset that Eric was referring her mom to someone else. At home, Annie told Eric about Serena's visit and Lucy overheard. Later, Lucy approached Annie, angry at her for making Eric not counsel Serena, but Annie refused to talk to Lucy about it. Later, Annie went ahead and told Eric to counsel Serena, but told him to apologize to her when Serena made her move. Annie also talked to Lucy and made up with her.

Cheryl told Matt that they wouldn't go out again until he told Robbie that they were dating. Matt tried, but never told Robbie, and showed up at Cheryl's place anyway. He told her that he didn't tell Robbie, but that he was sure Robbie knew. Cheryl let him come in anyway. Meanwhile, Robbie hadn't told Matt that he had a class with Heather and that they were studying together. When Matt showed up at the hospital, he found Robbie. He asked Robbie why he was there and Robbie told him that he was in a class with Heather and they were studying together. He told Matt that Heather had been sick and that evening as they were studying, she got sick again and he took her there to the hospital. John and Heather came up to them and Robbie told Matt that they were not dating. Matt, angry, walked away.

Simon found out that Annie had told Sasha's mom that he was a virgin and now everyone around school new and people were calling him "Virgin Camden." Simon got angry and upset with Annie over it, but forgave her when many girls started calling him for dates because he had such a good reputation.

Ruthie was having trouble making friends. She tried to make a friend with the girl she had brought food to a few weeks before (Julia), but Julia didn't want anything to do with Ruthie for fear that Ruthie would tell her new, rich friends that she had once been poor. Ruthie confided in Annie and Annie called Julia's mom. Julia called Ruthie and told her that her mom said that they had to be friends, but clearly Julia didn't want to be friends with Ruthie. Knowing that, Ruthie told Julia she could just tell her mom that they were friends and they wouldn't really be. Julia's mom overheard it and called Annie. Annie confronted Ruthie who explained it and Annie was impressed that Ruthie had so much self-esteem.

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The episode opened at 4:00 am on a dark and stormy night. Everyone was asleep except for Eric who was sitting at the kitchen table. He stood up and what he had written in his personal journal was:

"Tuesday 4 AM

I can not get this
revelation out of my
mind, or the possible
consequences when it's revealed."

The next morning, Eric went to Rev. Hamilton's church to tell him what's been going on. He went through the events of the day before starting in the kitchen with a phone call that Annie had with Ginger. She was suspicious that something was wrong. Ruthie assumed that her grandpa and Ginger were breaking up and started the rumor. Ruthie also was passing around a petition for all students everywhere to sign a petition to save one of her favorite teachers from being fired. Annie signed it, but Eric was weary and wanted to talk to Ruthie's principal first. Robbie came down and told Eric that he wasn't registered to vote and Eric got angry and told him to get registered. Annie told Eric that she would love for her dad to move in with them while Eric was less than thrilled with the idea.

Morgan interrupted Eric's story and he continued with the phone call he had with Ruthie's principal. She refused to tell him what was going on. Eric hung up after his father-in-law walked in. Charles acted funny and got very upset when Eric told him that Annie didn't like Wilson because he was a teenage father. Charles finally told Eric that when he was a teenager, he got a girl pregnant. She was sent off and had a daughter, but Charles never saw them again. But now, his daughter had sought him out and he knew he had to tell Annie that she had a sister.

Eric drove by the Hamilton's church and saw Eric's van. She stopped in and overheard the end of Eric's conversation with Morgan. Eric realized he was late for a meeting with Ruthie's principal and rushed out. Annie then went up and asked Morgan if Eric was having an affair. Morgan told her no. Annie asked what was going on and Morgan told her that it was for Eric to tell her. Annie rushed after Eric, who knew she was there from seeing her van parked behind his, but took off as Annie chased after him, calling his name.

At school, Lucy and Simon found themselves in detention with a bunch of other people, but no one knew why. A teacher came in and told them they were in detention for signing Ruthie's petition. At home, Robbie and Matt saw the news covering Ruthie's petition. At school, Eric walked in on Ruthie yelling at her principal, showing her principal absolutely no respect. The principal couldn't believe that Ruthie thought she was unfair and a racist. She informed Ruthie that Ruthie did not have all the facts and information. After she left, Eric sided with the principal.

In detention, they all found out that it was a bogus detention. Everyone left except Lucy and Simon who asked the teacher what was going on. He informed them that he was the brother of the lady they all signed the petition to try and keep as a teacher. They got home and complained about the fake detention to their parents. Matt came in and told them it was a mistake to sign the petition. Grandpa then came in to everyone's surprise. Eric told him that he hadn't yet been able to tell Annie. They heard Robbie call that the news was on and everyone went in to see the teacher they all thought was being fired admit that she had advanced breast cancer and was resigning from her position to get medical treatment. She had allowed the kids to think she was being fired because she didn't want them to know the truth. Ruthie felt terrible and wanted to call her teacher, but Annie warned her that it wasn't a good idea.

Charles, Eric, and Annie sat down and talked after the kids all headed upstairs. Charles finally told Annie that she had an older half sister. Annie got very upset and stormed out and stated that she was her dad's only daughter. Eric and Annie talked more about it later and Annie finally agreed to meet her after she found out Eric had invited her over. At the hospital, Matt, Lucy, and Simon met with the teacher's brother. Morgan Hamilton walked in and told him of the volunteer efforts being made for his sister. Meanwhile, Ruthie called her principal to get advice on how to make her bad feelings go away.

Annie asked the kids to be there to meet her half sister. Robbie, because he could size people up quickly. Ruthie, because she was pretty good at judging character. Matt, because he could make Annie feel better if she got down. Lucy because she was a good listener when it came to matters of the heart. Simon because he was good at giving practical advice. The kids all liked feeling needed. There was a knock at the door and Eric and Annie answered to greet Charles and Annie's half sister, Lily. The kids learned that Lily's parents had recently died and since she was an only child, she had a hard time dealing with the grief. At someone's suggestion, she looked up her birth parents. She learned that her mother had already died, but her father was still alive. Annie dismissed herself to the kitchen and Charles went after her. Annie told him that this was the first time she looked at him as a person and not just her father and that she loved him more than ever.

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Mary called Robbie to tell him she was coming home for the summer, but he wasn't excited. John told his fiancé to invite her parents to the wedding which she didn't want to do. Cheryl tried to convince Matt to tell his family about her. Deena was back in town and she and Simon made a pack to be friends.

Wilson stopped Mary in the airport to beg her to stay, but she refused, claiming she was in love with Robbie. Cheryl overheard Matt at the hospital talking to John about not telling his family about her and she got upset. Simon got to Deena's where she told him her boyfriend just broke up with her. Robbie told Eric that he was in agreement with Annie's decision that she shouldn't date Mary over the summer while she was living in the same house. After he left, Serena dropped in unannounced and told him she was having a spiritual emergency. Lucy met with Jeremy at the pool hall to find out he was leaving for school in New York in the coming fall.

John's fiancé told him that here parents were already in town and would be coming to the wedding when she thought was bad. John sat down with her and told her that his favorite grandmother had to go to a hospital for some tests and his dad flew out to be with her. As Simon and Deena were out, they decided to start dating again. Cheryl found Matt at the hospital and broke up with him.

John's fiancé's parents met with them for dinner to tell them they supported their marriage and were going to help with it. Mary met Robbie at the airport who was less than excited to see her. At the church, Serena totally came on to Eric. Lou walked in and after she left, Lou cautioned Eric that he shouldn't see her anymore because she was after him. Lucy sought Mike out to cry about Jeremy. At home, Robbie told Mary that her parents said that as long as they live in the same house, they couldn't date. She said she would talk to them but Robbie told her not to because they might kick him out.

As Annie was working on making an apartment in the garage, James Carver from the church stopped by to help her out. Ruthie, concerned that he might come on to her, interrupted them and James left. She then went to apologize to him and told him that her mom was taken. Serena called Eric at the church and asked him to come by her house to finish their conversation and he agreed. Matt sought Cheryl out to confront her and she explained to him why she was upset before walking off. Lucy sought Jeremy out and proposed marriage to him and he agreed. At Serena's house, Serena told Eric that it was her 40th birthday. Eric agreed to stay to help fix her grill. Mary asked Annie about the rule and Annie told her that they never made such a rule. Matt walked in and told Annie, Mary, and Ruthie that he was dating Cheryl. Meanwhile, Jeremy and Lucy picked out an engagement ring.

James Carver came over to get his blueprints and Annie invited him to dinner. He agreed so long as he could help renovate the garage. Annie then paged Eric. Serena saw the page, but didn't tell Eric. Mary confronted Robbie about why he lied and he said that he was afraid that if they broke up again, he'd have to move out. Robbie told Mary that he had more experience with relationships because he has had adult relations. Mary then informed Robbie that she had so as well to keep up with him in hopes of getting him to stay her boyfriend. She then told Robbie about a specific guy she met in New York. Robbie believed she was lying, but Mary stuck to her story - saying they broke up because the guy, Jeremy, said he had a girlfriend. Matt showed up at Cheryl's and told her that he told his entire family that they were dating. Cheryl agreed to go with him to John's wedding and then invited Matt in to take him to the next level in their relationship.

Eric tried to leave and Serena made up a story to try and get him to stay. Serena finally came out and told Eric that she wanted him and believed he wanted her as well. Simon took Deena home to find her ex-boyfriend Tim there who wanted her back. John's fiancé came in to talk to John and complained to him that her parents were changing all their wedding plans around. John told her that he didn't think they could get married. As Annie and James worked on dinner, he confessed to her that he wanted to be with her and pulled her in to give him a quick kiss. He left as Jeremy and Lucy walked in. Mary and Robbie walked in still in an argument over whether or not she had had adult relations. Mary and Jeremy saw each other and it came out that Mary said she had had adult relations with him, which he denied and Lucy spilled it out that she was engaged. They got into a dispute as Wilson walked in to win Mary back. Ruthie walked in and asked what was for dinner and the episode ended.

Review by: 7th Heaven Joy

Simon walks all sad into his backyard and sees his sister Ruthie sitting at the picnic table with his dog Happy. Simon asks Ruthie what's going on and she runs a basic synopsis of what occurred in the previous episode "Chances...". She tells them that she doesn't know where dad is, but the guy working on building a room above the garage had fallen for mom, Matt's dating Cheryl, and both Wilson and Robbie were there and Mary had to choose between them and that she had told them that she had had "adult relations" with Lucy's now fiancé Jeremy when they were in New York. Upon hearing all this, Simon turns around and leaves deciding he doesn't want to get involved and tells Ruthie that if anyone asks where he is, to tell them that he's at Deena's.

When Eric gets home, Annie informs him about Mary's situation with the guys and that Lucy's engaged to Jeremy because she plans to move to New York with him and attend school and figured Eric and Annie wouldn't buy into the idea unless they went there engaged. Annie tells Eric that something strange happened to her and they need to talk about it, but then they hear the twins cry in the baby monitor and she stands up to leave. Right after she goes upstairs, James appears at the back door and tells Eric he needs to talk with him. James confesses in the den that he kissed Annie and is in love with her. When Annie comes down she notices that Eric has left the kitchen. She then hears a knock at the kitchen door and finds Serena. Serena says that she needs to talk with Annie and they go into the kitchen together where Serena admits that she has attempted for the past several weeks to seduce Eric and then just that day she had attempted to trick him into staying in her house to come straight out with it, but informs Annie that all he wanted to do was to counsel her.

Meanwhile, Mary tries to explain everything to Lucy and that what she said about having adult relations with Jeremy was a lie, but Lucy refuses to listen to Mary, sticking her foot in her mouth by telling Mary she'll never forgive her and wishes she wasn't her sister. Mary leaves, feeling helpless, and decides to track down Jeremy to explain things to him so he might smooth things over with Lucy. He meets her in the pool hall and they talk. Shortly later, Lucy shows up and sees the two of them together talking. Lucy, getting jealous, leaves and goes to a friend's house for support. Instead, her friend confesses to her that he's still in love with her and doesn't want to be just her friend and that if she won't be his girlfriend, he doesn't want to see her anymore. He literally throws Lucy out of the house. The next morning as everyone is getting ready for church, Mary comes up to Lucy and Ruthie's room. Ruthie takes her cue to leave, but listens in to later inform their parents of their conversation. Lucy tells Mary that she talked with Jeremy on the phone and that everything is alright between all of them. Mary is happy and they hug each other. At church, Lucy confirms to her friend that she and Jeremy are still engaged.

Meanwhile Matt is at Cheryl's house who keeps after Matt to hop in bed with her. Matt is clearly uncomfortable with the idea and insists that they just talk. They talk for awhile as Matt tries to get out of her why she hasn't told her friends that they are dating. Cheryl won't answer him unless he tells her why he won't get in bed with her. Later we see Matt come up to the second floor of the Camden's house and faces Eric. Matt wants to talk with Eric, but is too tired and goes to his room. Later, Annie walks in and hands the phone to Matt, telling him that it's Cheryl. Matt talks with Cheryl on the phone and we learn that they never did get into bed together. As a result, Cheryl breaks up with Matt. The next day, Matt shows up at her place and invites her to church with him. She thought they had broken up, but he tells her that he had never broken up with her. He informs her that the reason he didn't want to get in bed with her was that he took that matter very seriously and had decided already to wait until he was married to do that. He informs Cheryl that they barely know each other which is why he's so much into talking with her.

Meanwhile, Simon tries to deal with the rejection he faced with Deena. When he showed up at her house at the beginning of the show, her dad came out to meet him. Deena then comes out and asks Simon to let her dad take him home. At home, Eric and Annie give him space to cool off. Later, Simon sought Eric for advice, but Eric told him that he couldn't give advice for this. They hug and move on. At the end of the episode at church on Sunday morning, Deena confronts Simon and Simon informs her that he can't be just her friend. He tells her that initially he said that to her in hopes that she would come back to him, but he has decided that he can't sacrifice his heart in that way and if they can't be a couple, then they can't be friends because he loves her too much. Deena asks him what if she changes her mind and he informs her that it will be too late.

At church, Eric and Annie hook up James and Serena thinking they will make a good couple. Since Lucy is determined on keeping her engagement with Jeremy and moving to New York, Eric has contacted the seminary in New York that he attended and has gotten Lucy in. Mary breaks up with Robbie and the very last scene of the episode is Mary and Wilson standing in the kitchen as Wilson gets ready to leave. Wilson informs her that he still wants to continue their relationship together, but only if she comes back with him to New York. Mary stands there in thought and the episode ends.