7th Heaven (TV Series)

With Honors (1999)

Stephen Collins: Rev. Eric Camden

Quotes 

• Rev. Eric Camden : [to Lucy]  Hey, how was the attendance office?

  Lucy Camden : It was fabulous, fun, fantastic.

  Annie Camden : Teenagers.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Yeah, if you don't like their mood, wait 10 minutes.

• Rev. Eric Camden : [to Jeff]  Look, I'm the minister at the Glenoak Community Church. And if there's a problem, I can help, I can...

  Jeff Patterson : No, thank you, but I think you should mind your own business.

  Rev. Eric Camden : When your son brought drugs into my house it became my business.

• Rev. Eric Camden : [to Ruthie]  So have you reconsidered my offer? 'cause if you really those walky talkies getting an allowance is the only way to go.

  Ruthie Camden : No, thank you. I don't need an allowance. I have a plan. And it's a lot easier than taking out the trash for the rest of my life.

  Annie Camden : She has a plan, should we be concerned?

  Rev. Eric Camden : Not concerned, afraid. Very afraid.

• Lucy Camden : [to her parents]  You have to help me. I don't want to work in the attendance office tomorrow!

  Annie Camden : Well, maybe you shouldn't have volunteered.

  Lucy Camden : But at the time I volunteered, I didn't realize I'd have to give up my study hall. I thought it was before school or something. I need my study hall!

  Rev. Eric Camden : To study?

  Lucy Camden : Yeah, sure. Plus, it's the only time I have before lunch to catch up with my friends and re-touch my makeup.

  [long pause, Eric and Annie are baffled] 

  Lucy Camden : So you're not going to help me?

• Mrs. Patterson : [to George]  I should have kicked you out. I should have told you that if you did drugs, you couldn't live with me, but I thought turning my back on my son made me a bad mother. But I was wrong. It made me a bad grandmother. Look, if you won't straighten up for me, do it for Lee. He's your son! You need to act like his father, and if you don't make me a promise, right that you will take the steps to clean up your life, then I will take custody of Lee, and you'll never see us again. And I don't want to do that. I just can't sit by and watch my grandson turn to drugs, the way my son did.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Admitting you have a problem is the first step. I think it's the hardest step, too.

  Mrs. Patterson : I'll be there for you every step of the way, and as long as you're clean and sober, you can live with me. But you've got to get a job. You've got to start contributing to the household.

  Jeff Patterson : I just... I don't know if I can do it.

  Lee Patterson : Dad, please. I already lost a mom. I don't want to lose you, too. I love you.