Rose wants to be knocked out...can I try?.
8.0
"Great"
There were some things about this episode I liked, but all I can really say is that it was better than last week's episode. Although I didn't really mind that one. There were some nice character moments, and some bad ones. You know who I am referring too. The whole thing was nice, but it reeked of unoriginality and predictable cliches. That being said, I found myself not minding the episode at all. It wasn't bad at all, and it had some nice moments and touches, but a few nice things does not an entire episode make. And then there is the promoting of this episode. It was promoted in the ads as a "7th Heaven event". There used to be a time when such heavy promotional words actually meant something. A 7th Heaven event was the twins being born, Matt getting married, the 100th episode, Lucy's engagement and everything. Now it seems they tag on "event" to anything. I can't agree that this episode was an "event" at all. It was pretty subtle, and focused around someone who isn't a Camden and who hasn't been in favor of a lot of viewers from the beginning. This goes along when they advertised the episode "Turkey" as the "most emotional episode of 7th Heaven ever!". But back to the episode itself. The season, and the series, is winding down, and I don't particularly care to spend it with episodes devoted to Martin, Sandy, and an increasingly psychotic Rose. But let's get to what happened in the first place, shall we?...
Sandy enters a hospital that is unlike any hospital I have ever seen in my life and must only exist in nice television shows. She is ignored when she first enters, but finally gets a nurse's attention. Who runs this place?. Sandy is going into labor. Her water has broke and the baby is a'comin'. A nurse takes the poor thing under her wing(as they do), and tries to help her get into contact with somebody. Therein lies a problem. Most everyone is hard to reach. She calls Simon and Rose(which we will get too later), only for Rose to tell her they've got class and hang up on her. Martin is not answering his cell phone as he wants to concentrate on his game and the fact that a scout is coming to see him today. She finally gets in touch with Lucy, who tells her she is on her way. When traffic gets in the way, Lucy contacts Simon, tells him everything, and this begins a fight with Rose. Simon takes off to the hospital after Rose basically says this isn't their problem. I have more to say on Rose in a minute!. Simon goes to the hospital and learns that Sandy has left. She wasn't ready yet, so she went for a walk. Lucy arrives soon. But Martin?. He refuses to go once he learns of the situation from Eric, who tracks him down at school. Martin is far too interested in ball and the scout visit to really care. He doesn't plan on going up to the hospital. That Martin. Eric, Annie, and Martin's father go to the hospital. And in a nice turn of events(but not entirely surprising), Sandy's father shows up with flowers and announces that he is 9 weeks sober. And whatever happens with the baby's father?. The scout was not what he thought. A set up by Eric for Martin to go to college(which he wasn't)and play ball there, and if the baseball thing doesn't pan out, he will have a college education to fall back on. Martin's thoughts change and he heads to the hospital to see his newborn son.
Whew!. Okay, where to begin?. Let's go with Rose. I really don't care if Rose came around in the end, apologized, came to the hospital, and even helped Sandy. Those were all nice things, but for me, it just doesn't make up how excrutiatingly awful this woman can be. She just blows off Sandy on the phone when she needed someone, and fights with Simon for wanting to go to the hospital, and then she has the audacity to even say that she is Sandy's friend!. You are, Rose?. Are you sure?. It sure doesn't seem like it. Her reasoning?. "We're just friends". Yeah, well, what are friends for, Rose?. Sandy is going into labor with no one there. You go to the hospital!. I was so happy and proud of Simon to finally tell it like it is to Rose. That maybe they shouldn't get married. Hurray!. But that gladness soon ends when the two kiss(making out in a hospital waiting area no less!)and move the wedding date up to this May instead of the year after. Simon, what happened to that backbone?. I seriously hope the final episodes are not about Rose. :(
Elsewhere, Kevin is pestering Lucy to have another baby. Lucy seems to not be up for another baby. Kevin is. Savannah just turned one, didn't she?. Let everyone take a breather, Kev. Your not the one who has to lug the baby around for nine moths. Your not the one who has to give labor. Your not the one who has to gain weight, get morning sickness, and whatever else comes with it. But Lucy agrees to have one if that is what he wants. He says it is. Why give in?. Why a baby right now when the baby you have is still a baby?. I didn't like the fact that Lucy agreed to this, and it would of been so much better if Kevin had said that he wants another baby, but when she is ready. In my opinion, it should of been different.
Where do we end?. Sandy and Martin. I have not liked Martin at all this entire season. He has been a jerk more times than I care to count, and he was especially jerky and unlikeable for most of this episode. But it was nice that Martin had a change of heart and came to the hospital. It was nice to see a smile on his face about this whole thing for a change. The moments with him in the room with Sandy and baby were nice and was the best part of the episode. As for Sandy, I was never a fan. But here lately, I have grown to like her. She is a sweet person. Of course, if she was gone, I wouldn't be shedding any tears. But she was very sweet and loveable in this episode. The baby is adorable. A nice sized, nice looking baby. A boy!. But seriously, how stupid is Martin?. She tells him the baby is his son, and the baby is wearing blue, and Martin asks if it's a boy. Earth to Martin!. I'm just glad the name Milton was thrown out of the running.
In the end, this episode was perfectly serviceable, if nothing really new. The nice moments I mentioned were just that, but the overall episode was pretty routine. Michael McDonald is a funny and brilliant comedian, but his dramatic acting skills on this show seem off centered. But it's still funny to me how he calls Lucy "Lucille". I also thought it was a nice touch that he and Martin's dad hook up business-wise. That was kind of interesting. Anyways, with so few episodes left, I hope we get vintage 7th Heaven, and not what it is now.