Writer:	Brenda Hampton
Director:	Mark Sobel
Star:	Stephen Collins (Reverend Eric Camden),  Barry Watson (Dr. Matt Camden),  Beverley Mitchell (Lucy Camden-Kinkirk),  Mackenzie Rosman (Ruthie Camden),  Catherine Hicks (Annie Camden),  Jessica Biel (Mary Camden-Rivera),  David Gallagher (Simon Camden)
Recurring Role:	Graham Jarvis (Charles Jackson),  Alice Hirson (Jenny Jackson),  Matthew Linville (Jimmy Moon),  Ryan Bittle (Jeff)
Guest Star:	Ashlee Levitch (Renee Nicholson),  Rebecca Cross (Nurse),  Michael Cade (Lou),  Marilyn O'Connor (Mrs. Nash),  Jennifer Fenton (Jennifer),  David O'Donnell (Young Man),  Megan Paul (Wendy),  Cliff Bemis (Mr. Nicholson)

This episode marks the first appearance of recurring star Matthew Linville (Jimmy Moon). (edit) In Germany this episode is known as, "Honesty is the Best Policy", translated. (edit) The second episode, "Family Secrets" shows the in the house that appears in every episode, for the rest of the show's run. (edit) "7th Heaven" won the Movie Guide Award for Best New Series. (edit)

Ruthie: Is something wrong with Daddy?
Mary: What makes you think something's wrong?
Ruthie: Because when I woke up and went into the kitchen, he said "Good morning".
Mary: So? What's so strange about that?
Ruthie: Usually, when I come into the kitchen, he says "Good morning, pumpkin!".
Mary: Well, maybe he just forgot.
Ruthie: He never forgets unless he's mad. (edit) Matt: See ya.
Annie: See ya. Wouldn't wanna be ya. (edit) Ruthie: (coming in the door) What are we doing?
Simon: Uh... I'm making Dad a surprise.
Ruthie: What kind of surprise?
Simon: I'm fixing all of his shoes here, see .... (showing Ruthie the shoes Happy has eaten) So don't tell anyone, okay?
Ruthie: Okay.
Simon: You swear? (Ruthie nods)
Simon: Okay, fine. Just don't tell anyone.
Ruthie: Okay. (edit) Simon: Are you two going to have a baby?
Eric and Annie: Simon!
Renee: No, I'm, I'm gonna have a baby, but Matt's not the father.
Simon: Oh, well, there's some good news, huh?
Eric and Annie: Simon!
Simon: Um, would this be a good time to tell you that Happy's going to have puppies? And she's been eating your shoes, Dad? (edit) Annie: What happened to your shoes?
Eric: Oh, this....this nurse took them to the shoe shop to be stretched, only it closed for the weekend."
Annie: Was she pretty? (giving Eric his wedding ring him had forgotten by the bathroom sink) (edit)

Nitpick: How would Lucy know Jimmy Moon's telephone number when trying to call him? (edit) When Mary and Lucy are pretending to be pregnant and they sit down on the bed and the phone rings, they get up and jump for the phone before it rings. You have to catch it just right to notice. They jump for it less than a second before it but if your watching closely the you will notice (edit) After visiting the church in person, I realized this goof. First, a little about the structure of the church. To the left of the church we now see in 7H, is a garden (where the beginning of "Boyfriends" was filmed, for example). If you walk back more, there is another entrance to the building. (The building on the left is a rectory, I think.) If you enter the building through the garden entrance: straight ahead is a small chapel; to the left are offices and stairs leading downstairs; and to the right is the sanctuary, where 7H is filmed. That door will take you into the church on the front-left side, where the pulpit is.
Recall when Simon is selling lemonade. He is set up in that garden, and the parishioners enter the church through the entrance I mentioned above. However, if you remember, when his cup is full of money, he goes inside this entrance, and the next scene shows him coming in from the back of the church. This is an error. He should have entered from the front, left-side door near the pulpit. (edit) At the end of the episode when Renee (Ashlee Levitch) is singing, you can tell they recorded the sound at a different time as the lips and the words of the song do not match up in spots. Ashlee Levitch sung although it was most likely recorded on a sound stage. (edit)

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