7th Heaven (season 2)

7th Heaven (season 2)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	The WB
Original release	September 15, 1997 – May 11, 1998

The second season of The WB American television drama series 7th Heaven premiered on September 9, 1997 and concluded on May 11, 1998, with a total of 22 episodes.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Stephen Collins as Eric Camden
• Catherine Hicks as Annie Camden
• Barry Watson as Matt Camden
• Jessica Biel as Mary Camden
• Beverley Mitchell as Lucy Camden
• David Gallagher as Simon Camden
• Mackenzie Rosman as Ruthie Camden
• Happy as Happy the Dog

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
23	1	"Don't Take My Love Away"	Derek Blaskie	Brenda Hampton	September 15, 1997	01496022
Annie and Eric decide to renew their wedding vows on their upcoming nineteenth anniversary, but the kids don't share their enthusiasm. Lucy broods over the fact that Jimmy Moon is now dating her rival Ashleigh, while Mary is sour about knee rehab and is becoming distant with her boyfriend. Simon expresses a desire to move out of the room he shared with Ruthie. Eric does his best to offer closure to the widow of a murder victim.
24	2	"See You in September"	David Semel	Christopher Bird	September 22, 1997	01496023
Eric and Annie look forward to a quiet, more tranquil, household now that all five of the kids are starting a new school year but the first day of classes brings a traumatic experience for each of the Camden offspring: Matt is caught wearing his father's pager; Mary gives Lucy an aspirin; Simon is suspended for cutting his chicken with a butter knife; and Ruthie is nagged by her teacher about wearing a hat.
25	3	"I Love You"	Gabrielle Beaumont	Brenda Hampton	September 29, 1997	01496024
When Matt catches Simon and Ruthie snooping around in his private letters to his girlfriend Heather, he write a trap letter stating that he and Heather eloped, but the fake letter is found by Eric. Simon and Ruthie tell Mary about how Matt has told Heather he loves her and Mary tries to get Wilson to say that he loves her. Meanwhile at the market Annie and Lucy witness a mother yelling at her daughter, who is in Lucy's class, leading the family to allow the girl to spend night and teach her about love within a family.
26	4	"Who Knew?"	Gabrielle Beaumont	Greg Plageman	October 6, 1997	01496025
Eric is absolutely positive he knows which of his kids owns a marijuana joint that is dragged into the house by Happy, but Annie warns him not to jump to conclusions. Desperate to keep all of them in one place while he searches, Eric forbids Mary and Lucy from having guests after supper, but changes his mind in order to question Lucy's new boyfriend, Rod, about drugs. Lucy finds a joint in Annie's dresser drawer, and she and Mary suspect their parents are "stoners." Ruthie's attempt at doing her own laundry gives her a whole new wardrobe. Annie reveals a secret about her past to Matt. Eric eventually confronts Matt about the joint he found and while Matt admits he brought it back, he swears he had no intention of smoking it. Eric isn't convinced and drives Matt out of the house, only to see him at the church confessing, making Eric realize he was wrong about everything and promises from now on he will listen to whole story before making a final conclusion.
27	5	"Says Who?"	Harvey Laidman	Greg Plageman	October 13, 1997	01496026
Nosy neighbor Mrs. Bink (returning guest star Eileen Brennan) enlists Eric's aid in her quest to find out the true reason behind her best friend's (guest star Peg Phillips) sudden move to a retirement home. Simon and Ruthie embark on an experiment on the influence of cults, their challenge: convince Matt that Simon is shrinking, with unexpected results. Lucy is alarmed by rumors that a classmate may have an eating disorder.
28	6	"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"	Harry Harris	Brenda Hampton	October 20, 1997	01496027
Mary is headed for heartbreak when she splits up with long-time boyfriend Wilson. After receiving a "Dear John" letter from his girlfriend Heather, Matt begs his siblings for money, planning an impromptu flight to Philly in order to see her in person.
29	7	"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"	Joel J. Feigenbaum	Catherine LePard	November 3, 1997	01496028
Simon's friend Stan is in hot water when her sister's gang commitment horrifies her parents, and the girl is brutally beaten when she tries to retreat; Lucy dresses in adult clothes and flirts with a mall security guard and ends up in hot water with both Mary and Annie.
30	8	"Do Something"	Tony Mordente	Naomi Janzen	November 10, 1997	01496029
Pointed remarks from Lucy and Mary about self-fulfillment prompt Annie to accept the local baker's offer to buy her homemade muffin recipe. Matt's history of failed job attempts makes Eric reluctant to recommend his son as a much-needed hospital companion for the terminally ill son of two church members.
31	9	"I Hate You"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Brenda Hampton & Eleah Horwitz	November 17, 1997	01496030
Matt gets dumped by new girlfriend, Joanne, after she overhears Mary and Lucy criticizing her "perfect" appearance during a dinner at the Camdens. Ruthie practices her artistic skills on the wall of her and Simon's bedroom, and has a bad reaction when Annie punishes her. When a classmate says that his father denied the existence of the Holocaust, Simon befriend a Holocaust survivor, and tries to persuade her to talk to his history class as part of a homework assignment.
32	10	"Truth or Dare"	Les Sheldon	Brenda Hampton & Eleah Horwitz	November 24, 1997	01496031
Eric is determined to lose a little weight after struggling to fit into an old pair of jeans that are tight. Mary is angry to discover that her brother Matt paid a friend 20 dollars to take Mary out on a date. Lucy is thrilled that she and her friend, Shelby, have been invited to a popular girl's sleepover, but when she gets there she is humiliated by her ex's new girlfriend, who is also a guest.
33	11	"Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way"	Les Sheldon	Greg Plageman	January 12, 1998	01496032
Glen Oak Community Church has the opportunity to have a Sunday service televised and the pressure of having to write a five-star sermon is taking its toll on Eric, who holes himself up in his study. Annie realizes she cannot handle so many problems on her own, which include Simon's new career goal and Lucy failing a class. Hearing of the chaos Eric's father—"The Colonel" (returning guest star Peter Graves)—arrives from New York and uses old-style military teamwork to restore order in the household. Eric's sermon is interrupted when a mint gets stuck up Ruthie's nose, and she is taken to the hospital.
34	12	"Rush To Judgment"	Neema Barnette	Cristopher Bird	January 19, 1998	01496033
Annie and Eric want to find out what the story is when $2,500 suddenly disappear from the church treasury, and correctly suspect Lou Dalton (guest star Alan Fudge), but people's opinions of the grouchy church deacon soften when they learn his wife urged him to steal the money to care for their mentally disabled son. Coach Koper flirts with his student, Mary.
35	13	"Stuck In The Middle With You"	Harry Harris	Brenda Hampton	January 26, 1998	01496034
Lucy faces a tough decision when she finds that her ex-boyfriend, Jimmy Moon (guest star Matthew Linville), and new boyfriend, Rod, are vying for her affection. Meanwhile Annie and Eric set a bad example for the participants of a marriage-counseling group at the church.
36	14	"Red Tape"	Les Sheldon	Brenda Hampton	February 2, 1998	01496035
A mysterious personal ad in the school newspaper lands Matt with more female admirers than he can handle. Buy-one-get-one-free coupons give the Camdens a good reason to try out lunch at a new restaurant, but the coupons only cover the Blue Plate Special—liver and onions! Eric is intrigued by the attitude of a young boy, named Clarence, whom he meets at the local food bank. Tracking Clarence down, Eric discover that his mother Harriet was the waitress at the restaurant, who becomes involved with the family financial problems, which stem from her ex-husband's trouble with the IRS.
37	15	"Homecoming"	David J. Plenn	Catherine LePard	February 9, 1998	01496036
The only thing keeping Mary from getting back out on the basketball court after her knee surgery is the fear of failing in her comeback. In an attempt to assure Ruthie that nothing bad will happen to her on her first school field trip to the museum, Annie offers to come along as one of the parent volunteers, only to have them both get left behind because they are examining an art exhibit.
38	16	"It Takes A Village"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Sue Tenney	February 23, 1998	01496037
Simon and his buddy, Nigel, are thrilled—but a little apprehensive—when a popular classmate invites them to one of her famous "make-out" parties. On the same night, Lucy goes to the movies as a decoy, so a grounded Keesha Hamilton can sneak around with her boyfriend, which turns into a blind date when Keesha asks him to bring a friend for Lucy. However, thing turn ugly when Annie and Patricia decide to take Ruthie and Lynne to the same movie theater, and catch the teenagers making out.
39	17	"Nothing Endures But Change"	Stephen Collins	Heather Conkie	March 2, 1998	01496038
Lucy blackmails Matt into taking her to a restaurant to meet some friends, but, on the way there her friend gets in a car accident. Mary comes to the aid of her ex, Wilson (guest star Andrew Keegan), who is desperate to find a babysitter for his son in order to attend his senior prom. Sixth-grader, Simon, will do anything to get away from Ruthie, even if it means moving into the attic.
40	18	"My Kind Of Guy"	Joseph B. Wallenstein	Greg Plageman	April 6, 1998	01496039
The Camdens anticipate a good experience for everyone involved when they invite a French foreign-exchange student, named Guy, into their home, but the suave, charming and worldly boarder quickly wears out his welcome by finding a way to annoy and exasperate all five Camden children. Annie and Eric try to keep romance alive in their busy lives by writing each other gushy messages in an online chat room.
41	19	"Time To Leave The Nest"	Tony Mordente	Stephanie Simpson	April 13, 1998	01496040
Glen Oak organizes a search party when Simon brings a disheveled young girl home to the Camdens, whose parents are nowhere to be found. Matt is feeling slightly confined living his life in the small town under his parent's roof, and so he contemplates going to an out-of-state college.
42	20	"Like A Harlot"	Joel J. Feigenbaum	Sue Tenney	April 27, 1998	01496041
Mary and Lucy set themselves up for two disastrous dates. Eric volunteers Matt to escort his friend's daughter to senior prom, unaware that the girl is the proud owner of the worst reputation at the high school. Meanwhile, Ruthie is broken-hearted to learn the truth about her favorite costumed character, Snappy the Stegosaurus.
43	21	"Boyfriends…" (Part 1)	Burt Brinckerhoff	Brenda Hampton	May 4, 1998	01496042
Simon prepares Happy for a commercial, but she is seen by her old owners, who she ran away from. Meanwhile, Matt's brotherly instincts cause friction between Mary and her boyfriend, Wilson, when he expresses his concerns that Mary is having too much fun playing Mommy to Wilson's young son, Billy (twins Dylan and Casey Boersma). The situation intensifies when Annie receives a stunning phone call from Dr. Peterson, the Camden's pediatrician, who reports some unexpected results to Mary's routine physical exam. To be continued...
44	22	"…and Girlfriends" (Part 2)	Burt Brinckerhoff	Catherine LePard	May 11, 1998	01496043
It is high school graduation day for valedictorian Matt, who plans to leave home two months earlier than expected and take an internship in Washington D.C. with first lady Hillary Clinton, and is having trouble getting along with his siblings in his final days. Amid the sobering news of their son's early departure, Annie and Eric struggle to come to terms with news from the family doctor that Mary is pregnant. Also, the Camden kids concoct a plan with the Colonel and Grandma Ruth - who are in town for Matt's graduation - to get Happy back from her former owners. Plus, Annie's father shares some news about he and Ginger.