7th Heaven quotes

Frankie

It just seems so unfair. You make one little mistake, you know?

Mary

Yeah, I know. I made a big mistake once, too. I got arrested last year for trashing the school gym.

Frankie

[laughs] Arrested? You?

Mary

Yeah. I'm still on probation.

Frankie

Oh, so that's why you don't drink or smoke or anything.

Mary

Yeah, kind of.....but also because I feel so out of control, anyway--like I couldn't get my life back on track even if I wanted to. Not that I want to--I mean, it's not so bad, but it's just...

Frankie

Existing. Just existing. I know what you mean. Every time I make an effort to do something, it just feels like there's so much resistance...and I give up before I even start trying.

Mary

Maybe we could help each other. Maybe we could make an effort together. Maybe we could go to college and see if anything changes. I brought the brochures--do you want to look at them?

Frankie

No, not right now, I'm too out of it. Maybe some other time.

Mary

[disappointed] Yeah. Maybe some other time. [stands up]

Frankie

No, don't say it like that. Don't give up on me. I need a friend.

Mary

Well, I need a friend too.

Frankie

[on phone with Mary] Hey, your dad got us out. Thanks so much for getting him to help us.

Mary

You know, I was kind of surprised you called him.

Frankie

Yeah, well, I didn't know who else to call. After I got pregnant, my mom told me never to call her again if I got into trouble. Of course, your dad made me promise to talk to her, and to a counselor, and whatever. But at least I didn't have to call her from jail, you know? (pause) You are really lucky to have parents who are always there for you.

Mary

Dad, please. They really are my friends. Frankie is my friend! She asked me to bring over those college brochures tonight so we could look over them, and make a plan to go back to school.

Eric

And did you?

Mary

[pause] No.

Eric

Because she was too stoned? Mary, who are you and what are you doing with these people?

Mary

[about Frankie and Johnny] They are good people. They're both working, and they're trying to raise this kid, and it's really hard...

Eric

So hard that they have to smoke pot?

Mary

[about Frankie and Johnny] If you're not going to help them, I'll help them.

Eric

How? You don't have a job, you don't have any money. You have to help yourself before you can help anyone else!

Mary

[getting angry and defensive] I DON'T NEED ANY HELP!! AND IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO DOWN TO THE POLICE STATION AND GIVE THEM THE MONEY, THEN I'M GOING TO GET DOWN THERE AND FIND A WAY TO DO IT MYSELF! I will.

Eric

[stops Mary from leaving] You are NOT going down to the station and you are not gonna ever see these people, EVER!!!! But I will go and i will talk to them and do whatever i can other than give them money.

Frankie

I came all this way to beg you in person. Please watch Mercy. Please. Be my friend, and do me this one favor. I just need an hour, and your sister said your aunt and uncle would be gone all day. [pauses] I think Johnny's cheating on me. I want to follow him, catch him in the act. And I can't do that unless you watch Mercy.

Mary

[hesitates] One hour, right?

Frankie

Two hours max.

Mary

Please don't blow this.

Frankie

I won't. I won't. I'll just go get Mercy.

Mary

You left her in the car?

Frankie

I rolled the window down. Man, you're the best friend ever. [leaves]

Mary

Yeah, or the stupidest friend ever.

None of this is my fault. I didn't want a baby. I didn't want to get married.

Eric

But you did want sex, right? That you did want. You just didn't want the responsibility that comes with the sex.

Annie

What are you doing?

Frankie

What do you mean?

Annie

What are you doing with that man?

Frankie

Look, Johnny is a great husband and father.

Annie

He tried to hit you. He would have hit you if my husband hadn't stepped in.

Frankie

But I love him, okay?

Annie

Do you love Mercy?

Frankie

Of course I love her!

Annie

Then why do you keep putting her at risk? If Johnny had hit you, or if someone had called the police, you and Johnny would be in jail right now. If that happened, then what would happen to Mercy?

Frankie

Are you actually suggesting that I leave Johnny? I can't raise a kid on my own.

Annie

You can't stay with a man who hits you. You can't. Mercy will grow up thinking that's what women do: they get hit. Is that what you want to teach her?

Julie

This was a mistake. I'm never leaving Erica again, ever!

Mary

Please don't say that.

Hank

We come home, the house is a mess, the baby is a mess, there's another baby here we don't even know. You had guests over after we told you not to, and you were drinking. What is wrong with you?

Mary

The beer isn't mine, it's Frankie's. Frankie drank it.

Hank

That's your defense. "The beer belongs to my pot-smoking friend?" How stupid do you think we are?

Julie

Let's just forget the fact that I'm a recovering alcoholic, and that any trace of alcohol in my house doesn't exactly make me happy. Let's assume that you're telling the truth, it's not your beer. Let's talk about how you, my underage niece, happens to have be involved with an underage friend who has beer. What's happened to you? Who are you?

Julie

I don't know if I believe Mary.

Hank

I think we should tell Eric and Annie about her--about the beer, and that she's still hanging out with Frankie.

Julie

I hate to get her in trouble. If this were an isolated incident. She wasn't drunk. She could be telling the truth.

Hank

But if she is in trouble, and we don't say anything, how are we going to feel later? That we knew she was in trouble, and we did nothing.

Lucy

I'm sorry about tonight I was trying to watch everyone and I shouldn't have let Simon sneak out of the house.

Eric

It's not your fault you weren't in charge of Simon. Simon is in charge of Simon.

Simon

[about his earring] But if I take it out, the hole will close up!

Eric

Exactly!

Simon

That's not fair. Why can't I keep the earring?

Ruthie

Because you look like a girl!

Annie

You went out of the house tonight without our permission. You went to the house of someone we don't know and have never met. At that house you allowed that someone we don't know to pierce your ear.

Eric

Be grateful that the only thing we're doing is making you take out your earring out.

Simon

Fine!

Lucy

Why don't you girls go outside and play, and I'll set us up a picnic lunch?

I don't like eating outside. It's a bug thing.

Lucy

Okay. Well, then, we'll have a picnic indoors.

Sarah

With orange soda?

I don't like orange soda, and neither does Ruthie.

Sarah

Ruthie likes orange soda.

Lucy

Who wants a cookie?

Ruthie's my best friend, and I think I know if she likes orange soda!

Sarah

She was my best friend first.

But you obviously don't know her as well as I do!

Sarah

Yes, I do.

NO, YOU DON'T!

Lucy

Really. Taste a cookie. They're still warm.

What's Ruthie's favorite color?

Sarah

Purple.

Blue! What does she want to be when she grows up?

Sarah

A vet.

Queen Elizabeth! See, I told you that you didn't know her. I know her. She's my best friend!