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Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Episode Number: 29    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Monday November 3, 1997    Prod Code: 04297028
Simon becomes emotionally involved with his best friend's sister, Karen who's a gang member. Meanwhile, in a show of independence Lucy dons makeup and revealing wardrobe with her friends to meet guys at the mall and gets caught by Annie and Ruthie. In addition, Ruthie questions the speed of light to everyone in the family.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Catherine LePard
Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum
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)
Guest Star: Shiri Appleby (Karen),  Nicole Bilderback (Lauren),  Zachary Browne (Stanley),  Lynsey Bartilson (Terri),  Adrian Ricard (Joan),  H. Richard Greene (Joe),  Christine Healy (Unknown),  Jay Kopita (Security Guard: Jim)

Notes

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In France, this episode is known as Sooner or Later, translated. (edit)
In Germany this episode is known as, "Property of Friends, Bad Ones of Friends", translated. (edit)

Quotes

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Joe: We don't search our kids' rooms.
Eric: I don't search mine, either, but I can't be with them every minute. I've got to tell you, I don't always know what they're doing when I'm not around, and the possibilities and getting more and more frightening. (edit)
Joan: (to Karen) How can you do this? How? I work. Your father works two jobs, all so we can live in a safe neighborhood, so our kids will be safe! And all the time, the drugs, the violence, and the weapons were in our house? In our house?!?!>/i>
Joe: And you brought them in.
Joan: We have to protect Stan. No wonder he isn't sleeping. I'll take him to my mom's. He'll be safe there.
Karen: No, you don't have to!
Joe: I'll see if I can get a transfer. Maybe we can move.
Karen: No! Why are you doing this?
Joe: Haven't you heard? Our daughter is in a gang! There are weapons in our son's bed! He is in serious danger! We all are! (edit)
Mary: Wait, you're going to pick up Lucy now?
Annie: Yeah.
Mary: But she's not expecting you for another half hour.
Annie: That's why they call me Mom. (edit)
Ruthie: When's eventually?
Mary: Sometime in the future, but you're not sure when.
Ruthie: Is it for sure?
Mary: What?
Ruthie: Eventually? (edit)
Mary: You know you're the only person I know that gets that jazzed about going to the mall.
Lucy: It's not about just going to the mall, it's the whole mall experience. The neon, the blinking lights, the air...
Mary: The air is re-circulated. Probably a thousand times.
Lucy: I know. And it smells like...shopping. When I die, I want my ashes to be sprinkled from Level Eight so that way they'll blow around and some will land in the plants, and some will be sucked up into the vents, and some will land on that grill stuff on the escalators. And that way, part of me will be part of the mall forever. (edit)

Trivia

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Why did they syncronize watches when they were planning on walking together? (edit)
If Lucy turned 13 last January in "With a Little Help from My Friends", how can she be 14 now? Actually it makes more sense for her birthday to be in November as Annie once told Lucy that she was concieved on Valentine's Day. (9 months before November) (edit)

Allusions

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Episode Tittle: Girls Just Want to Have Fun

From the song and of the same name by 80's pop singer Cyndi Lauper which was also used in a movie with the same tittle.
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TV Announcer: "It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your kids are?"
This is often a public service announcment that airs on TV networks at 10 PM. (edit)
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Simon's friend's sister is in a gang and he becomes hevingly involved when Matt slips and thinks that his friends sister is in the gang and Simon makes Matt promise not to tell but he does anyways.
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