You can tell it's Sweeps Month, all right, because those wacky WB promo producers are having fun with the teasers again, trying to make us believe that not only are the Camdens "one of America's favourite families" but also that they are about to be "exposed" in a "Camden family scandal." That leads me to suspect that the person who wrote this gem of a teaser must have failed to watch the episode it's promoting. Hell, has he or she ever seen the show? That's okay, I'll just go on believing it's a WB in-joke. There's no other explanation, really.
Before I begin the recap proper, I want to give a special shout-out to my new office chair. Spending time with the Camdens is a little less painful when I know I can take mindless-fun breaks to propel myself around my apartment -- and believe me, after a few viewings of 7th Heaven, mindless fun is about all I'm up for. Hmm, I can't think of any other diversionary tactics, and anyway, I can't avoid the show forever. Okay, here goes.
We start with Ruthie's teacher, Ms. Beasley, saying, "And they all lived happily ever after." The teacher's obviously been telling a fairy tale or something, but it occurs to me that those words pretty much summarize and dismiss the entire CamFam experience with one hatchet blow. She goes on to ask if the kids liked the story. They all happily yell, "Yeah!" Aren't they a little old to be so happy about story time? I'm not saying it's wrong to enjoy a good story; I'm just questioning -- and not for the first time -- if the writers have ever had any contact with something the rest of us call "reality," or if they've culled all their knowledge of human nature through children's literature from the 1950s. By the way, I'm a little freaked out by Ms. Beasley, because she's wearing this thing around her neck that looks somewhat like one of those S&M collars. She asks the class, "What makes a good story?" Oh, cool, maybe this will give us some insight into the writers' modus operandi. The first answer is, "It sounds real even if it's just made up." Hmm, surprising. That describes so few scenes of 7th Heaven from this season that I always just assumed the scenes that were realistic were a fluke. : "It's fun to listen to." Okay, I'll buy that. I really do derive a lot of pleasure from mocking this show, and I know many of you do too. The last response is, "You can learn something from it." There's a whole forum topic devoted to this very subject, so I won't even get into it, except to say that far too many views I've "learned" from watching 7th Heaven are too depressingly reactionary for me to discuss without crying. Ms. Beasley informs the kids that they are to come up with stories to tell in front of the class. She adds that the winner will receive five bucks, which causes the kids to cheer way too much. Is it even legal for teachers to give out monetary prizes like that? The bell rings, and as the students leave the classroom, Ruthie talks to a little blonde girl, who actually looks more like a little Dutch boy. I've never seen her before, and I have to say I do think it's kind of sad that Ruthie can't seem to keep any friends longer than one episode. Dutch Boy says she won't be able to think of a story, Ruthie offers to help her, and some really asinine jokes are made that I won't dignify by repeating.
RevCam's in his church office, talking on the phone. We don't immediately find out who he's talking to, but when he gets off the phone, Eric does a little dance and says "thank you" a couple of times. Then he points up to where the boom mic probably is and says, "Thank you!" I think it's really thoughtful of him to thank the crew and the equipment like that.
I fast-forward through the horrible opening credits and the commercial for that Disney Dinosaur film, which reminds me of the time I went to see Jurassic Park with my parents, and I was sitting to my mom, who has virtually no capacity for suspension of disbelief. Near the end of the movie, where the kids are being chased through the kitchen by the dinosaurs, my mom couldn't take it anymore, and she started laughing. She was trying to be polite and not laugh out loud, but that set me off too, which made her laugh even harder, until we were both doubled over in our seats with people all around staring at us, because that scene in the movie really isn't very funny. I haven't been able to watch any dinosaur movies since then, and I doubt I'll ever be able to watch them. Thanks, Mom. Anyway, that has nothing to do with 7th Heaven. I'm really sorry. It's just that I have to think of other things occasionally while I'm recapping or I'll lose my mind.
There's a really long establishing shot of the Camdens' humongous house. I've been pricing Toronto real estate lately, and I can tell you that around here, a house that big and attractive would run well over half a mil. Where does RevCam get the money for a house like that, especially when he's got seven kids to feed? What I really want to see is the episode where Eric gets arrested for embezzling church funds. ["Yeah, me too. Alas, I think that most churches 'own' a rectory or parsonage where the minister lives with his family. At least, mine did. But I still think we should see a RevCam check-kiting ep." -- Sars] Unfortunately, all we see tonight is RevCam walking into the foyer, closing the front door and catching his jacket in it. He shrugs out of the jacket, then attempts to pull it out of the door, a perplexed look on his face. Okaaay. I believe this is what some might call "physical comedy," but it's just making me think RevCam's not all that bright. Honestly, I think the door has a higher IQ than he does. After about twelve or thirteen years of this jacket-pulling, finally it's SuperMom to the rescue. She opens the door, thus freeing the recalcitrant jacket. RevCam's super-excited because a newspaper reporter named Sam Robbins wants to feature the CamFam in the "Family" section of the Glenoak paper. If a story like that appeared in one of our local papers, I'd be glad, because that would make it real easy to decide which section of the paper to use for lining the rabbit cage. RevCam says, "Sam wants to take it from the angle of what it's like to be part of a minister's family, and he wants to show that we're just regular family folks, just like anyone else." Aw, man, for real? And here I'd always thought the families of clergy were like celebrities and ate off nifty solid gold plates and had special superpowers or something. How sad to have my illusions shattered. Actually, most of the ministers' families I've known have been pretty normal, with the exception of our ex-neighbours, whose son used to relieve himself on our flowerbeds and ride his bike down the street while wearing a bucket on his head.
So anyway, RevCam is totally psyched about this interview. Annie looks a little worried, but she feigns excitement for Eric's sake. Dopey calls, and RevCam breathlessly shares the news. Why is he so excited about this, anyway? He claims it's because the article will draw more people to the church, but personally I suspect that since none of his children have had dates he could stalk them on during the past few episodes, the good reverend is just a little bored. Even Matt is skeptical of the article plan, and he's, well, dopey. He's sharper than usual, though, when he says the newspaper guy probably wants to dig up family dirt. RevCam asks, "What family dirt?" Annie smirks and shakes her head, but really, I want to know too: What family dirt?
Anyway, Dopey agrees to take part in the interview and then asks to speak to SuperMom. He wants to know how to get blood out of a shirt. Annie freaks, asking if he's been shot. He says, "Yes, and my first concern is my shirt." SuperMom says, "That's not funny." Yeah, she's right, but it's not nearly as unfunny as most of the so-called jokes on this show. Anyway, Dopey's asking for advice because he has a patient who got a little blood on her shirt from a blood test. SuperMom tells him to use soap and cold water, and he repeats the advice aloud for plot-forwarding purposes, because a vapidly pretty blonde orderly is standing behind him, creepily staring at him while she listens to his side of the conversation. While Dopey's hanging up the phone, the orderly rushes over to the elderly patient, Mrs. Bronstein, and ingratiatingly tells her about the soap and water trick. The patient thanks them, and Dopey offers to walk her to the parking lot. The orderly says she will walk the patient out instead, since she's going in that direction anyway. However, it turns out the new orderly doesn't even know where the parking lot is. Wacky and convoluted? You bet. I think there is supposed to be some purpose to this poorly written scene, though. We learn that the patient's husband is on the hospital's board of directors, and as the blonde chick is escorting her out, she starts badmouthing Matt to Mrs. Bronstein, calling him "unstable" and "erratic." From this, we can establish that the orderly is out to get Dopey for some reason. I might as well tell you from the outset, though, that we never find out why.
At Casa Camden, the kids all walk into the kitchen, where RevCam informs them of the big interview ahead. They look less than enthralled with the prospect of becoming famous to all three readers of the Glenoak "Family" section of the paper. As they all troop past the CamRents to go upstairs, each foretells nothing but "trouble" from this interview. RevCam makes some stupid crack about the twins being obligated enough to him to do the interview. Annie says she will go upstairs and kick some ass.
Drill Sergeant Annie informs the children that they will indeed be submitting to the newspaper interview, and that they should spend some time thinking up things to say that will not be embarrassing. When SuperMom leaves, Mary says something about the CamRents having no idea what the real world is like. She adds, "Getting involved with the press is a bad, bad idea." Damn, much as it pains me to admit it, that was pretty funny. For those of you who haven't read Jessica Biel's Gear article and seen the photos accompanying it, you'll just have to take my word for it. Mary plays it off like she's talking about the White House scandal, though, which makes it even funnier -- until Simon starts talking about how much weight Monica Lewinsky's lost. There's a stoopid and confusing exchange about women and morals and diets, which causes Mary to say all condescendingly that Ruthie's too young for the conversation. I wait for Ruthie to bitch-slap Mary, which is what I always wanted to do as a kid when someone said I was too young for something or other. Alas, I wait in vain. Mary and Lucy take off, and Ruthie asks Simon who Monica is. Is this for real? When Ruthie asks about the difference between politics and government, Simon says, "The government is the law, and politics is the way we get around the law." Okay, Simon, sorry the brain thing didn't work out for you, but at least you've still got your boyish good looks to get you by. Ruthie and I both look perplexed by this point. Simon says he has to go. I hope he's not leaving to get a pen and paper to write down that government bon mot.
Over at Dopey's swinging bachelor pad, John is watching some politician on TV. He starts ranting to Dopey about cultural appropriation, claiming the Caucasian politician is misquoting Harriet Tubman. But really, it's all about Dopey. He starts bitching about the new orderly, whose name is Elizabeth. Dopey is annoyed that she keeps following him around and "taking notes on everything [he does]." He insists that she likes him, though John tries to argue that maybe Elizabeth just wants to learn how to do her job right. He says Matt shouldn't be so selfish, adding, "Isn't that what we're all here for, to learn from each other?" Dopey asks if John's dating Harriet Tubman. John just looks at him as if to say, "Dopey, you're a freakin' moron." Dopey says, "No, I know, no longer living -- but a lot of your dates are like that." Why do I get the feeling that, while I'm laughing pretty hard right now, it's not at the part of the sentence that's supposed to be funny?
RevCam's reading in bed while Annie flits around the bedroom, dusting stuff, in case the newspaper photographer wants to take pictures of their bedroom. RevCam adopts something of a "whatever" attitude toward that notion, and for once I agree, although I don't think it's very nice of him to imply that SuperMom is crazy. The CamRents discuss the fact that the kids have been running back and forth between each other's rooms all evening. Annie theorizes that it's to plan nice things to say to the reporter about RevCam. Hey, do you think that might be some foreshadowing of the fact that, really, they're not?
Well, hot diggity dog, I was right! The kids are making each other promise not to tell the interviewer about all their shameful, sordid secrets: the abortions, the drug rehab, the felony convictions -- you know. Or at least they're telling each other to keep mum about things like Mary toilet-papering the gym, Simon pretending to try smoking, Ruthie cutting her friend's hair, and Lucy going on dates with actual boys! Yeah, you know, I'd want my siblings to keep quiet about stuff like that too, so that nobody would find out how fucking LAME I was. There's even more uncomic filler as SuperMom makes the kids promise to play nice during their interviews.
At the hospital, the Dopester notices that Elizabeth was about to take a patient out in a wheelchair with a faulty brake, so he gives her a mini-lecture on wheelchair safety and advises her to swap out the chair for another one. Then he runs off down the hall -- carrying scissors. Heh, I wish. Sharon the supervisor comes along and suspiciously notes that she thought Elizabeth was supposed to be taking a patient somewhere. Elizabeth gets all wide-eyed innocent and blames Matt for wanting to use a wheelchair with a faulty brake -- until Elizabeth stopped him, of course. It's a piss-poor acting job, but Sharon buys it and commends Elizabeth, while promising to have a little chat with Dopey. Then Elizabeth completely oversteps her bounds by telling Sharon that Dopey has a bad temper and has been working too many hours. Okay, now we have a possible reason for Elizabeth's shenanigans: she wants to work some of Dopey's hours. But again, we never find out her real motivation anyway, so who cares?
Brace yourself, because it's Ruthie time. Her blonde friend asks if Ruthie has come up with a story yet. Unfortunately for us, the viewing public, she has. It's an overly cutesy account of Aunt Julie's drinking problem, written in a way that's supposed to elicit hearty chuckles and a "kids say the darnedest things" reaction from the viewer. Ruthie natters on for a bit while the actor playing Dutch Boy does a good job of pretending to be interested. I'm too annoyed to even bother feigning interest, so I take a break to spin around in my new office chair. When Ruthie's done, Dutch Boy compliments the story and I clutch at my stomach. I could blame my sudden nausea on the spinning, but we all know it's really caused by Ruthie. ["And haven't we seen this on those chewy-granola-bar ads already?" -- Sars]
Sharon, Dopey's boss, calls SuperMom and says she's all concerned about Dopey. Who isn't!
Back at school, it's story time. When Ms. Beasley asks who wants to tell a story , Dutch Boy and Ruthie both raise their hands. The teacher calls on Dutch Boy, who turns out to be named Chrissie. I'll bet you couldn't see this plot twist from ten miles away, but Chrissie starts telling Ruthie's dumb-ass Aunt Julie story. I wander out to the balcony to see how our newly planted herbs made it through the thunderstorm. As I come back inside, Dutch Boy is just winding down. Ruthie shoots her a nasty look but stays quiet, for once.
Dopey's having lunch in the hospital cafeteria when SuperMom comes in with the twins. She's obviously trying to look all casual about being there, so she makes an excuse about having to send something to Aunt Julie via Hank. Dopey rudely asks her what she's sending to Aunt Julie, and Annie says it's a box of fancifully shaped sex toys. Actually, she doesn't, but that's what I would have said to shut him up if I were in Annie's shoes. Unfortunately, the writers just have her look nervous and evade Matt's annoying questioning. Dopey thinks she's come down to talk to him about the newspaper interview, so she latches onto that as an excuse. I laugh when Dopey asks, "Are you afraid I'll say something stupid?" I'd love to think it's a shout-out to MBTV, but I'll bet they don't like us enough to do that. Annie slips in a little lecture about Matt working too hard, which is the real reason she came to see him anyway.
As Annie leaves, Elizabeth and another female orderly walk in. Elizabeth says hi to Dopey, but he just touches his face a lot and looks away. She says, "The guy's a zombie -- which I prefer, by the way, to his other personality." I do think a zombie-like demeanor is an improvement over the typical Camden Nosy Parker personality, but I realize Elizabeth's still just trying to turn people against Dopey. John walks in and ask if Dopey would accompany him to meet with the "crackpot politician" John saw on TV earlier. John reiterates that he's pissed about cultural appropriation, while Dopey distracts him with statements that are supposed to be funny but are not. John remembers that he ran into SuperMom and she gave him ten bucks to give to Dopey. Elizabeth sees the money change hands and insists that Dopey is on drugs. But of course, I stopped caring about this plotline before it even began.
RevCam's in his office when Sam Robbins, the hardboiled reporter for the "Family" section of the Glenoak newspaper, drops by. As Eric gets up from his desk, he trips over his own feet. What does that have to do with anything that's going on? Your guess is as good as mine. Sam, who seems pretty slimy from the get-go, starts talking about how the article is supposed to be more of a journalistic wet kiss than an expose. RevCam is stupid enough to believe him, even when Sam promises that RevCam can have complete approval over the article and photos. I think RevCam's naiveté is supposed to be endearing. That's too bad, since I'd be more inclined to call it "irksome."
Sure enough, Sam asks leading questions of the kids and takes copious notes on everything they say. Mary starts talking about RevCam having connections, which kept her from serving time for the infamous gym incident. She also talks about meeting Robbie in her diversion program. For her finale, she takes the basketball she's been playing with and puts it under her shirt, making herself look pregnant. The photographer snaps away. I imagine Mary did this because she was nervous. Come on, though -- would any seventeen-year-old do that? No, really, I want to know.
Some of Mary's misdeeds actually are sort of nasty, but Lucy hasn't done anything to be ashamed of. That's why the writers have to scramble to tart up her story, but to little avail. They resort to the reporter dropping his pen in the hope that Lucy, who is sporting a low-cut T-shirt, will reach over to pick it up. Being a Camden, she is, of course, polite enough to take the bait, giving us an excellent view of her cleavage. It's an even better view when the camera returns to her after a shot of the newspaper photographer snapping pictures, since in the second shot there's a continuity mishap that ensures her hair doesn't block her breastal region.
Simon shares memories of getting suspended for flipping the bird and trying cigarettes. Ooh, nasty! Oh, he also talks about Deena and the never-ending hickey kerfuffle, but amazingly, no one strangles him for it. He pretends to smoke and the photographer takes his picture. Yawn.
I'm glad the writers don't try to insult us by making Ruthie's stupid peccadilloes (cutting her friend's hair, giving the twins eggs for their birthday) seem more serious than they really are. Instead they have her talk about her "drunk Aunt Judy." She claims that RevCam sobers people up by locking himself in a room with them, but I'm thinking that's way more likely to get people to start drinking.
I cheer up a little when I notice some commercials coming on, but then I see that the first one is that I-Zone camera one where the actors make dumb faces for every single photo that is taken of them. I'm really trying to clean up my language, but there's no way to describe that commercial other than "fucking appalling." I'm sure you'll be happy to know that after going out to the car to engage in a few hours of primal scream therapy, I am able to continue with the recap.
Dopey's trying to straighten up the apartment before the newspaper people arrive. John comes in and says something about the politician he's stalking. I'm remembering the time, years ago, when my sister and I went to see the movie Swing Kids. It had an interesting premise that wasn't very well done, and by the time the end came around, we were pretty pissed that we'd spent a thousand dollars, or whatever two tickets to the movies cost back then. The only thing that redeemed it, though, was a scene where a little kid starts waving an umbrella in the air while screaming, "Swing heil! Swing heil!" It was supposed to be triumphant and poignant and all, but it was such a crappy use of symbolism that my sister and I burst out laughing. As you can probably guess, we tried desperately to keep quiet, which just made the situation worse. Now, don't get me wrong -- I wasn't laughing at anything but bad filmmaking. I mean, say what you will about Spielberg, but Schindler's List still made me cry. My point is that, in the wrong hands, anything serious can be trivialized. Speaking of which, I totally missed John's speech. Oops! Dopey tries to get him to help with the cleaning. John blames the mess on Dopey and elects to leave, but not before making some crack about Dopey screwing up the interview like he screws up everything else. That may be true, but it's still a little cold to hear from your roommate. The newspaper guys arrive, and Sam nudges the photographer to take a picture of the messy apartment. Matt tries and fails to stop him. What I want to know is why they would stop with just a newspaper article for the "minister's son is a slob" angle. With a killer story like that, shouldn't they be trying to option the movie rights?
Over in the CamKitchen, RevCam and SuperMom still haven't figured out that the reporter is a slimeball. They're starting to get a slight inkling that something's wrong, since Sam spent so little time interviewing them, but RevCam brushes it all off by noting how glad he is that he will get story approval. Sucker. Ms. Beasley calls to bitch about Ruthie, but we don't immediately find out what the little demon spawn has done. See, it's Sweeps-ariffic suspense! RevCam doesn't care what Ruthie has done, but he's very interested in why Annie has rearranged the living-room furniture. SuperMom starts telling a story about being in the middle of rearranging when Dopey's boss called. RevCam shows more interest in Dopey's problems than in Ruthie's, even though Dopey is old enough to live on his own and, presumably, to solve his own problems. SuperMom goes into doormat mode and apologizes for not telling RevCam earlier, then relates that Dopey's boss is worried about him. This fascinating conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Ruthie. SuperMom reveals what Ms. Beasley told her: that Ruthie tried to steal the five-dollar story prize away from Chrissie. Ruthie gets all self-righteous as she explains about Chrissie stealing her story. She also informs them that she shared the delightful Aunt Julie story with the newspaper reporter. This finally reminds the CamRents to ask their rotten children about the interview experience. Way to go, CamRents!
"Humorous" music plays while the kids relate all the shitty things they said about their father. Unfortunately, this is an excuse for Annie to make way too many funny faces. I was starting to feel slightly bad for RevCam, but then I remembered how he forced his kids to participate in the interviews against their will. He was probably hoping to show off their clean-cut prissiness, even though he tried to play it off as drawing people into the church. So now I can't say that I'm able to dredge up much sympathy for him. Annie is not so discriminating, though. She indulges in some heavy-handed metaphor as she tells him that she and the kids are going to straighten out the living room furniture: "We're gonna put it all back, all back the way it was." You know, I can't help but wonder who the moron was that advised the writers of this episode to go comedic with it.
Aw, man, I'm just getting sadder and sadder as the episode continues. John is in some hospital lounge watching television. The evil politician comes on and says, "I have a dream." John turns off the TV and starts screaming, "You do not have a dream!" He shouts this again and again and gesticulates frantically, while the actor who plays him looks a little embarrassed by it all. Quite frankly, I'm embarrassed for him also. Since John is a friend of Dopey's, it looks Elizabeth is out to get him, too. She calls in a security guard, who leads John away.
RevCam pays a visit to Dopey's swingin' bachelor pad, where he complains to Dopey about the other kids. We learn that the reason Dopey moved out of the CamPound was to feel like a man. A man's responsibilities include entertaining women. This is all terribly dull, except for when Matt claims that he and Shana are broken up. I stopped paying attention to that particular saga a while back, but I did notice that Chickenhead was no longer in the opening credits. I try to imagine what kind of made-for-TV movie she'd be best in, but I find it hard to think of her in anything more than a bit part. I almost miss Dopey's great line about nobody wanting "to read about a squeaky-clean family." RevCam disagrees. Eh, what does he know? John arrives and tells them he has been fired because his boss thinks he and Matt are on drugs. You know, actually, RevCam's had quite a few good lines this week. Here, he says, "Why would anyone think Matt is on drugs?" Ha! Remember how Mary was talking about RevCam's connections? Well, I guess it extends to Matt's boss, because she spoke to Annie about Matt's "problems" rather than to Matt directly. That way she wouldn't have to make a notation on his record. Hey, screw the other nobody-orderlies! As long as Matt Camden is okay, all is right with the world. To his credit, Dopey wants people to butt out of his business. Then he has to go and wreck it all by claiming that he's so good at his job that Elizabeth keeps following him around and "worshipping" him. Oh, wait, maybe she's actually out to get him. Dopey can't decide. And I can't care.
The day Dopey is talking to his boss in her office. Sharon repeats Elizabeth's accusations, though she doesn't mention Elizabeth's name. Matt refutes the allegations, and his natural charm not only makes Sharon believe him but convinces her to re-hire John. Dopey's on a big-time goody-two-shoes kick, because he tells Sharon he doesn't even want to know why another orderly was badmouthing him. Like anyone would say that for real -- unless they want to get points for appearing noble. Sharon mentions a notation in Dopey's employment record about him climbing a tree to talk to a patient. The Dopester just smiles beatifically at this. Mercifully, he does not provide an explanation of what is assuredly a dull and self-righteous story. After Dopey leaves, Sharon calls up the elderly patient from before, Mrs. Bronstein. Apparently Sharon has been gossiping about her employees with Mrs. Bronstein. Oh, yeah, that's ethical. Her conclusion? "Matt Camden is a nice young man." Ugh, pass the Dramamine.
John is down at the headquarters of the evil politician, George Orfield. George is exceedingly dumb, and his campaign manager is a prick who assumes John is applying for a job and tells him he can't get into the campaign on the "minority thing" because Orfield's speechwriter is a black woman. John backs down when he hears this, though he does ask them if they know who Harriet Tubman is. Orfield wonders if that is the woman who writes his speeches, then he tells John to vote for him. I must say, this scene is at least halfway funny.
Ruthie bawls out Dutch Boy for stealing her story, while I fight a losing battle to stay awake.
RevCam is looking over the advance copy of Sam Robbins's article. He looks pained. It gets worse when he looks at the pictures. There's even one of him and SuperMom hugging. He's got his hands on her ass. Sam asks him if this is his "first experience with the media." RevCam spews some wacked-out shit about a camera crew and Ruthie sticking Tic-Tacs up her nose. Sam advises him that he's "not ready to go public."
It's Sunday, and the whole Camden clan (well, sans Matt, who never seems to show up) is walking down the aisle of the church while the members of the congregation smirk and mutter at them. Bet you'll never guess what happened. The newspaper article was printed after all. Imagine! RevCam still doesn't get it, though, and he believes Sam, who says that the article was printed without his knowledge. Whatever. Sam actually has the gall to stay for the sermon. That cracks me up. The headline of the article says, "Fallen Angels." That cracks me up too. There's a whole lot of filler -- we see shots of various family members looking at the article while everyone else mumbles in the background. Finally RevCam starts his sermon by asking, "Anyone here get the morning paper?" Everyone laughs way too much. Eric goes on to say that everything in the article is true, and that his family is not perfect. Because they are imperfect, they get to practice unconditional love, or something like that. After nattering on and on and on, RevCam eventually says that the article has rendered him speechless. I guess he's not so speechless that he can't tell everyone to hug each other. Then he introduces the "special choir member," Sandi Patty, who, I guess, is some kind of country or gospel singer. She's a good enough singer that I can stomach watching until the end, even with all the hugging going on. Oh, Simon seems to have a little trouble clapping to a beat, in case anyone's interested.
Is it the end of the season already? Why, I've been recapping 7th Heaven for seven months or so, and it only feels like two or three times that long! Well, episode's the season finale. And Robbie's back. I don't know about you, but I just can't enough of that sleazeball. Aw, yeah!