Eric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.Eric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.Eric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 24 wins & 57 nominations total
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- TriviaBefore working on the show, the dog "Happy" was a stray that was abused by her former male owner. Even though she was later rescued "Happy" still has a fear of men. Before the taping of every new season Stephen Collins, Barry Watson, and other adult male actors on the show have to spend some time with Happy for her to get used to them being around when doing scenes together.
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Kevin Kinkirk: Lucy Camden, will you marry me?
Lucy Camden: [to God] Thank you.
[to Kevin]
Lucy Camden: Yes, Kevin Kinkirk, I will marry you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frontline: The Merchants of Cool (2001)
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Heavy-Handed but Entertaining
If you read through the comments already posted (and there are many), you'll see that most people are very strongly polarized... people either love this show or hate it.
I, for one, am somewhere in the middle of the road about it.
It is heavy-handed. It takes an 'issue of the week', and involves each member of the family in some aspect of that issue... fidelity, drug use, abstinence from sex before marriage... then wraps everything up in a nice neat package before the end of the episode.
The way the issues are dealt with are both shallow and heavy-handed. You never have any doubt in your mind what issue the writers are bringing up this week; you never have any doubt what they thing the "right" thing to do is.
At the same time...
We're looking inside of a family that seems to genuinely care about each other. There's a father who's involved with his children, siblings who look after each other, and a mother who obviously loves her children... and her husband, even after seven children.
Yes, Matt needs a punch in the nose. Mary could stand a valium perscription. Lucy needs a little more maturity. And so on. But...
But I keep watching this show, episode after episode.
And I'm not entirely sure why.
I, for one, am somewhere in the middle of the road about it.
It is heavy-handed. It takes an 'issue of the week', and involves each member of the family in some aspect of that issue... fidelity, drug use, abstinence from sex before marriage... then wraps everything up in a nice neat package before the end of the episode.
The way the issues are dealt with are both shallow and heavy-handed. You never have any doubt in your mind what issue the writers are bringing up this week; you never have any doubt what they thing the "right" thing to do is.
At the same time...
We're looking inside of a family that seems to genuinely care about each other. There's a father who's involved with his children, siblings who look after each other, and a mother who obviously loves her children... and her husband, even after seven children.
Yes, Matt needs a punch in the nose. Mary could stand a valium perscription. Lucy needs a little more maturity. And so on. But...
But I keep watching this show, episode after episode.
And I'm not entirely sure why.
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- blue_jean
- Aug 20, 2001
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- 7th Heaven: Beginnings
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- First Christian Church of North Hollywood - 4390 Colfax Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Glen Oak Community Church)
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