7th Heaven (TV Series)

Changes (2001)

Stephen Collins: Rev. Eric Camden

Quotes 

• Annie Camden : I am who I am, and that's who I am!

  Rev. Eric Camden : You're Popeye the sailor man, toot-toot!

• Rev. Eric Camden : [to Lucy]  You left home. You went to New York. You moved in with Jeremy and his family and without warning, boom, you were back on our doorstep. We'd like to know what happened.

  Lucy Camden : You know, it was a bad goodbye, a long terrible flight and I don't feel like talking about it.

  Rev. Eric Camden : What do you mean by "bad goodbye"?

  Lucy Camden : I am 18! I am an adult, I don't feel like talking about it!

• Rev. Eric Camden : Where's Simon?

  Ruthie Camden : He has friends who drive. We've seen the last of Simon.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Oh, oh. No, we haven't.

• Annie Camden : [to Eric]  I'm sorry. I just can't be there for you right now. I went to the doctor last week... and...

  Rev. Eric Camden : We're pregnant again, aren't we? Are we?

  Annie Camden : Eric, how could you think that?

  Rev. Eric Camden : Well, you're tired, you're hungry, you're eating weird.

  Annie Camden : So we're not pregnant! I'm starting to go through the change of life. I'm starting to get hot flashes. I can't sleep at night. And...

  Rev. Eric Camden : Menopause?

  Annie Camden : Well, technically I'm in peri-menopause.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Well, that's great. Thank you, Jesus!

• Rev. Eric Camden : [to Ruthie]  What's new?

  Ruthie Camden : Nothing really. I'm just a couple of years away from puberty. I'm pre-puberty, prepubescent, they call it. So, I'm going to be going through some changes.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Yes, you are. And I hope you know that whatever changes you're experiencing, that you can talk to me about them. Changes can be very exciting. Changes can be scary and sometimes we have very little control over the changes we experience. None, really. Except the way we react to those changes and controlling our reactions require a lot of conscious effort. So, we don't want to get too stressed out. We just have to stand back, observe what's going on, go with the flow, live life from moment to moment, doing the best we can do for who we are.

  Ruthie Camden : That's deep. Are we talking about you or me?

  Rev. Eric Camden : Everything pretty much. Do you have any questions?

  Ruthie Camden : Maybe later.

• Rev. Eric Camden : [to Matt]  What are you doing home?

  Matt Camden : Well, didn't Mom tell you? I got laid off.

• Lucy Camden : I don't feel like having dinner with everyone. I really don't feel like being around people, so I'm just gonna go pick up something. Is that a problem?

  Rev. Eric Camden : You know, I pulled a lot of strings to get you into Cobell Seminary. Are you planning on going back to New York and to Cobell?

  Lucy Camden : Isn't it enough that I'm not getting married? Do you want me to tell you I'm not going to college in New York? Is that what you want, more bad news? Okay, fine, I'm not going to Cobell! Are you happy?

  [storms out in tears] 

  Matt Camden : Well, it looks like not only is Lucy back, she's crying just the good old days. Some things never change, huh?

• Matt Camden : Dad, I haven't been out of work for 48 hours.

  Rev. Eric Camden : You can't afford to be out of work for 48 hours much less 72 hours or any amount of hours.

• Annie Camden : I don't know what's going on with me.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Annie, you're going be fine. Everything is going to be okay.

  Annie Camden : You don't know that. All we know is that everything is going to change!

  Rev. Eric Camden : [to himself]  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

• Rev. Eric Camden : [to Simon]  You know this isn't a conversation I want to have with my son who is six weeks away from getting his learner's permit.

  Simon Camden : Four weeks.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Six.

  Simon Camden : But you said four.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Now I say six.

  Simon Camden : But the law says I could have gotten it six weeks ago.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Yeah, but I'm the law here in this house. Six weeks?

  Simon Camden : But the law is the law outside of this house, and that law, the law that every other teenager relies on as protection from overbearing parents says otherwise.

  Rev. Eric Camden : And yet it's going to be six weeks and if your attitude doesn't change, it's going to be seven, eight or nine weeks depending on when you recognize that driving is a privilege.

  Simon Camden : Yes, driving is a privilege. It's a privilege that comes at 15 and is granted by the DMV.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Let me ask you something, do you live at the DMV? Do you eat at the DMV? Did the DMV buy you those sneakers that are in your closet that you never wear? And one more thing, is the DMV buying you dinner?