Writer:	Brenda Hampton
Director:	Joel J. Feigenbaum
Star:	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),  Tyler Hoechlin (Martin Brewer),  Stephen Collins (Reverend Eric Camden)
Recurring Role:	David Gallagher (Simon Camden),  Carlos Ponce (Carlos Rivera),  Christopher Michael (Detective Michaels)
Guest Star:	Marcia Wallace (Nurse),  Mark Moses (Don Smith),  Katie Mitchell (Anne Smith)

The offical description of this episode featured the tagline "LIFE AND DEATH". (edit) Scotty Leavenworth (Peter Petrowski) becomes a regular cast member. He is now in the opening credits. (edit) This episode marks the first time that the show has had 3 multi-part episodes in a row. This episode also starts Simon's (David Gallagher) arc of five episodes at the beginning of Season 8. (edit) For this season, 7th Heaven aired prior to the series Everwood. (edit) Production for this episode and season began on Tuesday, July 8, 2003. (edit)

Simon: I'm responsible for killing someone. (edit) Lucy: Do you want to have a baby?
Kevin: I need something Life affirming.
Lucy: We all do... (edit) Annie: We've been waiting all summer long to have a fight, so why don't we just have it now, while Simon is out of the house!?
Eric: Oh, so that's what you've been waiting for, for Simon to get out of the house. Couldn't you just asked him to get out of the house so you could say to me whatever it is you wanted to say since May!
Eric: I know what you wanted to say to me! You wanted to say it's my fault. That if I had left with the rest of the family that I would've been driving and Paul Smith would still be alive. Isn't that what you wanted to say? That you blame me for this? What if I had been driving? What if I had killed Paul Smith? What if it never happened? If I had been driving this never would've happened, right?
Eric: Annie, we can't afford to play what if. We have to stay with what is and what is is our son was driving when came over the curve and Paul Smith wasn't looking where he was going and now… one life has changed forever and one life is over. We're the lucky ones. Annie, we're the lucky ones. Simon's life may be changed forever but he's still alive.
Annie: All I wanted to say was why couldn't those parents make sure their son was wearing a helmet? (edit)

When Ruthie is talking to Carlos on the front porch, the scene intercuts between shots of her and shots of him. If you notice, in some shots of Ruthie, her shirt covers her entire left shoulder; in others, it does not. (edit) When Chandler and Roxanne were kissing on the beach Chandler's hand moved from Roxanne's ear to her low neck between the shots. (edit) When Ruthie goes outside to return Peter's bag to him Carlos is outside and she talks with him. She never gives Peter his bag back. (edit) After the twins had fallen asleep, Kevin said that he would warm up some soup for Eric. Then the next moment, he said that he would take the twins to bed, seemingly forgetting about the soup. (edit) When Simon and Cecilia are talking on the beach, Cecilia's hair is in her eye. Then the next time they show her, we see that her hair is behind her ear. (edit)

Vandalism: Thou Shalt Not Kill

The quote "Thou Shalt Not Kill" that was graffitied on the Camden's church board refers to one of the Ten Commandments of rules that God cast on the people of the Earth and was given to prophet Moses to teach. (edit)