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Go Ask Alice

Episode Number: 163    Season Num: 8    First Aired: Monday November 17, 2003    Prod Code: 6200608163
Eric (Stephen Collins) is brought in by the school board to help investigate the local high school Principal, Ms. Jones (guest-star Meredith Baxter), when more than one concerned parent questions her behavior. When a female student disappears, all fingers point at Ms. Jones, but Eric believes strongly that the student's father may be the real culprit. Elsewhere, rumors about Martin (Tyler Hoechlin) upset Cecilia, who then regrets talking to Ruthie about her feelings.

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Writer: Shawn Kostanian, Brenda Hampton
Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum
Star: Tyler Hoechlin (Martin Brewer),  Nikolas Brino (David Camden),  Lorenzo Brino (Sam Camden),  Jeremy London (Dr. Chandler Hampton),  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz (Cecilia Smith),  George Stults (Kevin Kinkirk (recurring Season 6)),  Scotty Leavenworth (Peter Petrowski (recurring Season 7)),  Rachel Blanchard (Roxanne Richardson),  David Gallagher (Simon Camden),  Catherine Hicks (Annie Camden),  Mackenzie Rosman (Ruthie Camden),  Beverley Mitchell (Lucy Camden-Kinkirk),  Barry Watson (Dr. Matt Camden),  Stephen Collins (Reverend Eric Camden)
Recurring Role: Christopher Michael (Detective Michaels)
Guest Star: Elena Praskin (Student),  Dean J. West (College Student),  Brighton Ring (Raina),  Kimberly Scott (Greta),  Michael Holden (Father of Son with Speech Problem),  Stephanie Nash (Mother of Friend of Hypoglycemic Girl),  Debbie McLeod (Mother of Hypoglycemic Girl),  Kathleen Lloyd (Mrs. Miller),  Christopher Allport (Mr. Miller),  Corbin Allred (Griffith Miller),  Lee Garlington (Barber Shop Lady),  Madeline Zima (Alice Miller),  Timothy Davis-Reed (Dad #2),  Meredith Baxter Birney (Ms. Jones)

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The WB's offical description of this episode begins with the tagline "MEREDITH BAXTER ("FAMILY TIES") GUEST-STARS AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL UNDER SUSPICION". (edit)
In the first airing this episode earned a 5.0 Nielsen rating (or 7.9 million viewers) leading for the WB and earning a 72nd place for the week nationally. (edit)
Go Ask Alice is a true diary about a girl who is a drug addict. (edit)
This episode ended with a promo from Childhelp USA saying "If you need to help or information call the Childhelp USA, National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD." And also showed its website at www.childhelpusa.com. (edit)
Meredith Baxter ("Family Ties") who guest stars in this episode re-teams with Stephen Collins since the 1992 TV-movie A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story, which was based on a true story from the headlines. (edit)

Quotes

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Eric to Ms. Jones (easily saying): "Rules are meant to be broken."

Ms. Jones to Eric: "How about the Tenth Commanmments, were they meant to be broken? How about The Golden Rule?"



Cecilia to Kevin: Hey, who died and made him president of Ms. Jones' fan club?!"- Martin



Kevin to Eric (About the phone): "How come no one in this family says goodbye? They just finish what they're saying and hang up. Now I've started doint it. People outside the family think I'm nuts."

Eric to Kevin: "It's a bad habit."

Eric to Kevin: "Save me a bite of that will ya?"- (Kevin reveals no pie)



Roxanne to Kevin: "People who don't like rules don't just break one rule."



Lady to Chandler: "You knew I was lying all along, didn't you?"

Chandler to Lady: "I suspected, if people will tell one lie they're going to tell another."



Eric to Det. Michaels: "He's lying. You know that, don't you?"

Det. Michaels to Eric: "Yep, but we don;t let him know that."- Mr. Miller



Eric to Mr. Miller: "Only God can help you now."

Griffith to Alice: "I'm sorry this happened to you."

Alice to Griffith: "I'm sorry this happened to *us*."

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Ruthie to Cecilia: "Is everything ok?"

Cecilia to Ruthie: "Yeah! Now that I've been complete honest with myself. You really do give great advice Ruthie evan know your 13."

Ruthie to Cecilia: "I've had a lot of experince."



Martin to Ruthie & Peter: "You guys never believed I was a spy do you?"

Ruthie to Martin: "Never!"

Peter to Martin: "Sometimes people make up bad things all the time just for the heck of it than you start worrying when people will believe when someone really does do something wrong." (edit)

Trivia

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Kevin openly talks about the quirk the Camdens seem to have about never saying goodbye before hanging up the phone, which seems to have been a running gag for several years. (edit)
Response to NITPICK: Ms. Jones could of been the principal. We never saw the principal when they were there, we only saw the vice principal. (edit)
When Eric asks kevin to save him a bite and Kevin shows him
the empty plate. Kevin's right arm is holding the plate,
then we see a close up of the plate, and his left arm is
holding it, and then it goes back to showing Kevin, and the
plate is in his right arm again. (edit)
Wouldn't a guidance counselor be making sure that Martin elected all the right classes, not the principal? (edit)
Nitpick: How did Ms. Jones know Matt, Lucy, Mary and Simon when she was NOT a principal at that school when they went? (edit)

Allusions

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Not only a memoir's title, but also a lyric from Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit": "Go ask Alice/When she's 10 feet tall". The song is popularly considered an allegory for hallucinogens and drug abuse. (edit)
Title: Go ask Alice
This is the title of a book, or rather, a diary that chronicals a young girl's fight with drugs, alcohol and sex. The diary is written by the girl but the author is simply credited as Anonymous to protect her memory. (edit)
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Sexual abuse is really just horrible!
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A sensitive issue, diluted and treated sometimes ludicrously by the producers. However, some good actors were brought in to handle some of the emotionally charged content. For this show, it wasn't all that bad.
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This was one of the best all seaso and deffenatly the best not mainly about the family in history.
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"Series classic"
When Eric gets involved with the high school principal, he soon learns that all may not be right with the woman and a fellow student.
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Wow, now this episode is what 7th Heaven is about! This is by far the best episode so far this season. I have very little if anything to complain about this episode. The writers brought us a terrifically well-casted and well-developed script and reinforce
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