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7th Heaven Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1997 - 1998
Episode 1
Don't Take My Love Away
Mon, Sep 15, 199745 mins
Eric suddenly decides to celebrate his and Annie's 19th anniversary with a vow-renewal ceremony to make up for their spartan wedding; meanwhile, murder-victim's widow Nora Chambers tells him she wants to meet her husband's unrepentant killer Martin; Wilson West has been trying to help Mary all summer, but she only gets ruder and refuses to try to walk without crutches; Simon worries that the attic won't be ready for him to move into before school starts; Matt fights jealousy over Heather's Canadian houseguest; Lucy agonizes over Jimmy Moon dating another girl.
Episode 2
See You in September
Mon, Sep 22, 199745 mins
Eric and Annie selfishly expect the kids to start the school year on routine so they can enjoy a lazy day alone together, but ill-prepared means in trouble. Nazi-style principal Russell has plenty of collaborating staff to enforce draconian discipline for 'gang and drug offenses' according to absurd new rules none saw coming, such as Simon's cutlery earning a suspension for 'concealed weapons'. Only Mary is happy with an ex-Olympic new basketball coach Koper, who meanwhile terrorizes Matt because of the beeper his father forgot when he borrowed Matt's jacket. Simon's buddy system only helps against a potential bully. Lucy makes her own life hell while Mary rudely fails to work in new guy Marcus, a natural flirt. The whole school buzzes about Lucy's classmate Peter McKinley's apparent suicide attempt. In fact Eric, called in by the police, discovers it's a desperate cry for help after 13 years of deaf tyranny from his insensitive, clueless single mother.
Episode 3
I Love You
Mon, Sep 29, 199745 mins
Simon can't resist reading Matt's letters and thus discovers that big brother is secretly married to Heather. Eric can't resist spying on both, and thus falls into a trap. Wilson won't say "I love you" back to Mary, who refuses to understand that he'll only say that again within a relationship more serious than the one he had with Billy's late mother. Lucy's friend, new girl at school Laurie, is extremely timid due to her verbally-brutal mother, but how deep does the root of the harshness run?
Episode 4
Who Knew?
Mon, Oct 6, 199744 mins
A "cool" classmate slips Matt a joint, which he politely tucks away in his shirt pocket, but he accidentally loses it at home, where Eric finds it drooping from Happy's jaw. Annie stops him from accusing Matt with no proof, so they agree to probe the kids individually--and their guests, even Wilson, who contrasts brilliantly with Lucy's new Goth mate Rod. Hastily hiding the evidence causes a huge misunderstanding; then Annie's confession, first to Eric then to Matt, that she too once "experimented", backfires. Exhausted from trying to teach Ruthie how to do laundry, Simon gets furious when Matt confesses to spare his siblings drug tests. Eric's deaf rage only drives Matt away, and both are very near despair when providence seems to intervene.
Episode 5
Says Who?
Mon, Oct 13, 199745 mins
Simon is surprisingly successful with Eric's suggestion to show how mind-games can convince people of crazy ideas by pretending he's shrinking; when he's overheard, Matt turns the tables, only to be beaten in the end. Lucy invites her classmate Shelby to dinner, curious about rumors that she suffers from bulimia; Eric lets Mrs. Bing drag him into meddling in her friend Mrs. Hinkle's situation.
Episode 6
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Mon, Oct 20, 199744 mins
After receiving a letter he read to nobody from Heather, Matt borrows what he can from siblings (essentially the bank of Simon) to travel all the way to Philadelphia, but it's barely enough far a flight to Indianapolis and bus to Pittsburgh. Simon succumbs to peer pressure when every other classmate has a 'steady girl', only to seek a way out once he experiences Janice's bossing. He asks dumping advice from Mary, who manages to break up with Wilson over him 'pleasing her dad too much'. Grumpily single since Jimmy Moon dumped her, Lucy is eager to make mates with reputed heart-breaker Charlie Banks, who actually behaves like a gentleman. Kindergarten teacher madness peaks again with a note to the parents about (a) kissing (game) as potential sexual harassment.
Episode 7
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Mon, Nov 3, 199744 mins
Simon's gentle schoolmate Stan sleeps over but has a horrid nightmare. Simon promises to keep his friend's secret but big brother Matt, who already suspected Stan's weird sister Karen "Babydoll", spills the beans to Eric, who informs the incredulous parents that she is in a violent street gang. Meanwhile, Lucy and her friends just want to spend a fun day at the mall, maybe do a little boy-watching and get makeovers.
Episode 8
Do Something
Mon, Nov 10, 199744 mins
Terminally-ill preteen Steve's overprotective parents keep him constantly in hospital under permanent supervision, and despite Eric's objections, Matt takes a job spending time with him and gives their "wiser elders" a courageous demonstration in true altruism. Meanwhile, Simon sells cards to save up for his favorite comic-book action figure, and subcontracting to Ruthie yields remarkable results; and bakery-company chief David Friel wants to commercialize Annie's family muffin recipe, and the girls push her to accept as feminist self-evidence, only to share in the bitter experience of self-inflicted household-chore overload.
Episode 9
I Hate You
Mon, Nov 17, 199744 mins
Simon discovers friendly, generous old neighbor Charlotte Kerjesz has a concentration camp tattoo. Eric forbids Simon to ask her to help for a history assignment but realizes his son is right after hearing classmate Larry's father spreads holocaust denial. The Camdens are excited to meet Joanne, Matt's first girl since Heather dumped him. Considering her 'too perfect', jealous Lucy and Mary decoded flippantly to hate and ignore her. Joanne overhears them and dumps Matt over his lousy siblings, which stands even after apologies.
Episode 10
Truth or Dare
Mon, Nov 24, 199745 mins
Because Mary is desperate for a date with Matt's classmate Brian, who isn't interested in her, Matt pays him $20 to take her out for pizza. They have a good time--until Mary finds out about the plan. Meanwhile, Simon uses his own coaching method to teach Ruthie swimming in the bathtub to save her from embarrassing baby-class swimming lessons; and Eric finds that he can't fit into his jeans anymore, but when jogging only makes him hungry, he pays Matt to sneak in junk food.
Episode 11
Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way
Mon, Jan 12, 199845 mins
After a failed table-spread trick before the arrival of his new magic kit, the 'Great Simoni' can't convince Ruthie to act as his assistant because she'd rather wear the cape even without aspiring to become a magician; Lucy's grades slip as she starts hanging out with 'the laid-back crowd'; Eric's church is in the running for weekly local TV broadcasts if next Sunday's liturgy goes well, and he obsesses over writing the perfect sermon; Mary considers quitting basketball when Coach Koper is focused on a new star player; while Annie spends a long day running errands, Matt bows out of keeping order at home. After Ruthie answers a phone call from the Colonel and tells him what's going on, he turns up unexpectedly to 'assume domestic command.'
Episode 12
Rush to Judgment
Mon, Jan 19, 199860 mins
Simon get sort of addicted to golf, which causes trouble for him, Ruthie and various glass within their hitting reach. Matt and Lucy are fed up with Mary's adoration for coach Koper, whom they mistrust and dislike because of his condescending attitude towards English pupil Matt, who nevertheless does well on a James Joyce book-report. Mary sides with him when the siblings cry wolf over a hug but when she suddenly changes her tune after a shoulder massage, even the principal turns on Koper without any proof or actual incident. Eric hounds Lou, who insists the expenses for the nearly unattended Wednesday service can no longer be justified, to see the books. Annie finds $2,500 are missing but by the time the full truth gets known, both must side with 'thief' Lou and his secretly hard-tested family.
Episode 13
Stuck in the Middle with You
Mon, Jan 26, 199843 mins
Simon and Ruthie's hopes of keeping the pair of "pet" lizards Ruthie's classmate offered them for free are frustrated; Jimmy Moon has dumped his girl so Lucy hopes to get him back at last, but "biker" Rod decides to make his own move on her; Matt and Mary coach different suitors while Simon takes betting scores; Eric's group session for newlywed couples soon reveals their frustrations and he brings Annie in as a "good example", but something her surprise-visiting father offers them causes friction in their own marriage.
Episode 14
Red Tape
Mon, Feb 2, 199860 mins
Matt is as surprised about the sudden stream of calls from girls as his sisters about the cause, a dating ad in the school paper he knew nothing about, yet the editor refuses to retract it. Simon and Ruthie try out a pet products credit-card sent on dog Happy's name. Eric abuses a health crisis of tax official Smith, who is near retirement, to make him rectify an erroneous tax debt transfer.
Episode 15
Homecoming
Mon, Feb 9, 199845 mins
Even bright teacher's pet Simon is terrified by new bully science teacher Hunter to the point of faking illness to avoid a private meeting with her about his solar system model, which actually is part of a superb presentation. Softie Matt already turned down dates to the party after Mary's return to the basketball team, yet she complains to everyone, even hunky jock ex Richard, who ends up making her day.
Episode 16
It Takes a Village
Thu, Feb 26, 199844 mins
The reverends get their spouses to handle the annual two-families day so they can go play pool. In fact, Morgan arranges to finally meet his wife's ex Kevin, who turns out to be a happily-remarried Vietnam vet in a wheelchair. As Eric expected, all the kids want to do things without any parents, so only the youngest are dragged to a cartoon movie by the moms. Simon is excited about his first "make-out" party, yet terrified when it's time to step into the closet and probably kiss. Scott is 14 but looks 18 and tutors Lucy in math just so he can successfully treat Mary to a date, only to be kept on a string. Matt is surprised that the jazz club John dragged him to is his pal's singing-career-bid launchpad, unamused to be asked as support against Morgan. Lucy has her own date Rick, but chose the same cinema as Annie.
Episode 17
Nothing Endures But Change
Mon, Mar 2, 199845 mins
After Simon's school project volcano is carelessly ruined by brainless Ruthie, it's time for him to move to his own room. He's less happy with the isolated attic he's supposed to go to, but Matt agrees to move there and hand over his room, eager to 'move' to an out of state college anyway. Wilson calls Mary, but only to babysit Billy while he takes his date to her prom. Despite home advice, Mary performs miserably, yet Wilson returns early, having decided he only wants a girl who tells he family about Billy. Lucy desperately recruits enough big sibling support to get permission to go eat in town with two 'cool' sisters. Being driven in their car is forbidden, which turns out to be a life-saver, alas literally, leaving a guilt problem.
Episode 18
My Kinda Guy
Mon, Apr 6, 199842 mins
French exchange student Guillaume 'Guy' need a host family stat, so Eric volunteers his, without consulting anyone. Only the teenage daughters approve, given the French's lover reputation. That's also why Matt worries and volunteers as chaperone, only to find his date Michelle prefers Paris memories to 'plain' Matt's company. It's worst for Simon, who has to move back with Ruthie so long and gets tempted by her, yet blamed alone, to smoking the cigarettes they 'find' in Guy's luggage. Yet Guy is the first to lose his patience with all those 'stupid Americans'.
Episode 19
Time to Leave the Nest
Mon, Apr 13, 199845 mins
Simon finds little Sarah James wandering around on the streets and warmly wins her confidence while Eric and a cop friend search and find her pa, Joe, an unrepentant lush and decide that she needs a more stable environment. Meanwhile, Annie makes a last-ditch stand to talk Matt out of "moving out" to a Tennessee college; and Matt rudely intrudes on Ruthie's first "date", then scares off his own older date, Molly.
Episode 20
Like a Harlot
Mon, Apr 27, 199844 mins
Matt is set up on a blind date for the prom, and finds out she is considered the school tramp. Mary and Lucy have dates for the prom but it turns out disastrous.
Episode 21
Boyfriends
Mon, May 4, 199845 mins
Matt is edgy, telling only his sibling he found an out of state summer job so he'll leave home in days, not months. Simon finds a brilliant trick to train Happy for a TV pet food commercial, but there's a stage-fright complication. Mary rudely scolds Matt, unlike Wilson who leaves diplomatically, for getting physical at home, but her doctor notifies she's pregnant. Lucy cruelly keeps suitors Jimmy and Rod, who both chose Eric as career day model, dangling, but Wilson, who appreciates her help with Billie, arranges a date with Kenny, whom she may really want.
Episode 22
...And Girlfriends
Mon, May 11, 199844 mins
Matt worries now he's about to leave home, as self-absorbed, phone-glued Mary hasn't even got a clue what's happening with their younger siblings, nor is any use for either. Simon is heart-broken when Happy's original family head Jack Martin turns up and returns with a lawyer to claim the dog back. Eric considers his parents's surprise visit awkward and pointless as Matt won't be around to hold his valedictorian speech. The colonel however takes charge of an operation dog rescue inspired by Jimmy and Rod. Those two also undo Lucy's idiotic dumping of Kenny for being 'too perfect to be interested in her' and hold a remarkable church sermon. Matt changes his plans after a call from the colonel, learning about it and Annie's confession that Mary's pregnancy diagnosis got mixed up with her real one.