7th Heaven

This was on of the funniest episodes ever! The whole time I was mortified for Ruthie, but in the end she got the last laugh. Was in hysterics when she was on her date and during the movie all the guys were a few rows behind, throwing popcorn at Ruthie and Vincent, with an end result of them having to leave the cinema! This is what I love about this show, you get to see how much the characters grow up over the seasons. I mean Ruthie on her first date! I can remember the first season when she was about five! Another classic moment was when Mac was trying to flirt with Ruthie, after he found out from Martin she used to have a crush on him. It's still great to see that, after all this time, they still have a great combination of comedy and drama!

Possibly my favourite episode.

Ruthie goes on her first date with Vincent. Everyone is making a huge deal of it. Matt, who is supposed to drive them, washes and details the car. Lucy and Annie pick out Ruthie's outfit. Kevin gives her a sex talk. Sam and David dress up thinking that they are going too. Matt goes to pick up Vincent, but his family isn't there. Everyone thinks that Vincent stood Ruthie up, when in fact, he and his parents went to get insurance so Vincent can drive Ruthie. Ruthie has a great time!



This was a great episode! It was very special for Ruthie! It was also pretty funny! This episode gets a 10!

this is a rather funny episode about ruthies first date (i guess the writers didnt want to think of peter as much)



vincent officialy asks ruthie out and everyone is coping with it in there odd ways Lucy and Annie think they should help her pick out her outfit ( and im kinda glad they did )and they get into conversations about there first kisses and first dates and stuff.



kevin thinks its his job to give ruthie \"the talk\" and does.



mac and martin think they should be watching out for her and mac basically tells martin he likes ruthie and martin keeps trying to convince himself hedoesnt like ruthie



Eric is just kind of being eric and and trying to stop ruthie from growing up



Matt is trying to protect her basically from rejection and everything else

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this is a gret epesode that shows how much the camdens care in a funny way and shows ruthie growing up. this is a really great epesode and one of the seasons best.



this epesode was all about ruthie but I will still brake it down by scenes.



1.the vincent asking ruthie out scene is cute. ruthie's dancing is funny.



2. the kitchen, ruthie, eric, and annie. ruthie was really good. i think she should be a layer. annie is really emotional. i love the part about do you like vincent?



3. matt and eric in the kitchen is cute. i love the older brother matt from the earlier seasons. i love it when matt says good thing i a mhere incase your heart gives out.



4. it is funny that kevin wan'ts to give ruthie the sex talk. i love it when kevin says she is never going to date, ever (refering to savannah).



5. mac is so funny. i can not belive martin told mac about the pizza thing. that was a funny conversation.



6. the driving scene was cute. i like it that matt is driving. i like it when martin says i din't do anything with zoey.



7. annie and lucy are having a good conversation. i think annie has regrets. i think ruthie will wait longer before marrying young.



8. the twins are the only ones who can face it that ruthie is growing up.



9. the phone conversation is funny.



10. the kissing thing is cute. the twins are anoying. i love it how everyone get all hyped up kissing. it is really funny. did you say kissing, i love the way martin says it. i love ruthie glaring at the twins. it is true tha tthe twins learned to eavsdrop from ruthie. matt is funny.



11. annie and lucy get way to hyped up about the whole clothes things. i love it when ruthie says i havebeen able to dress myself for years. i like it that she is so relaxed.



12. matt is making to big of a deal about the car thing.



13. the sex talk with kevin is so akward it is funny(like in napolean dynamite they are so geeky it is funny). i love ruthie comment about having the same genetic makeup as lucy the make-up queen. its weird kevin did not know.



14. it is sort of a big deal becuse as eric said it is with the guy ruthie likes. i love it when ruthie says why brake the pattern now and can i get that in writing.



15. the martin and mac conversation is funny. they are not that smart. martin is alyer but he is trying to convince himself.



16. it is so cute that the twins wan't to go on the date with ruthie.



17. i like the kind of girl binding, family bonding. i wish ruthie and lucy had something like mary and lucy did. i love the whole conversation of lucy's make-up history. annie sounds snotty. the start if the sex talk is funny. the inside comments are funny.



18. matt seems stupid when he is yelling into the house.



19. in theiving room ruthie is so pretty. the kevin picture thing is funny. kevin is such a dad.



20. matt is such a rambler. the conversation with the pharmasist is funny.



21. it is funny everyone thinks ruthie is being stood up and she does not tell them. matt is a bad lier.



22. they are all over reacting.



23. the mac and ruthie scene is really akward. it is a flip from the ruthie liing mac thing. ove comartin should not have told. i like the way ruthie said what do you know. martin was so eavsdropping.



24. they should stop blaming themselves. ruthie is really funny. ruthie and annie are trying to hard. annie wasreally rude saying it used to happen to lucy all the time. ruthie is determined.



25. vincent is really sweet in this epesode. i love ruthie's smile. she is auful to matt but he deserves it. and obveusly everyome follows. the girls are so much better. i love it when vincent says i got an a in drivers ed the third time i too it.



26. matt must have seemed weird. it is funny when vincent drives over the mail box. i love the way ruthie says maybe not.



27. i do not like group dating. they have really good points.



28. ruthie and vincent are better than lucy and her boyfriend. it is funny when the guys through popkorn and get kiked out of the movies. the movie theater guy was funny. kevin should have known better. i like it when ruthie waves.



29. i love ruthie's coat. matt is ausome. i love it when matt says you are way to interested in kissing and ruthie repliesi can't help it i am a camden. matt was not that bad at dating.



30. annie is so smart. she knows girls.



31. i love the song kiss me. eric (stephen) has a good voice. ruthie does a lot of dancing which always reminds me that mary taght her (and robby) and them i miss mary. then it reminds me of her and robby. i love how it ends with the phone ringing.



this was a really great epesode. the acting is great and the writing is amaizing. it would not be funny without the acting. you deffenatly should watch this epesode.

It's funny, I remember the first time I had seen this episode back in February, I thought it was excellent, superb actually. I don't really know why, but now after rewatching this episode on tape, I have to admit that I wasn't very impressed by this episode anymore. Let's break it down:



RUTHIE: She's the main character in this episode. Basically, Ruthie goes on her first "official" date. I have no idea what the writers called Peter and Ruthie's relationship for the past year, and since they were always calling each other 'hun' and 'sweetie', I just assumed that they were a couple. But I guess not, which is why the Camdens are making such a big deal about this so-called "special" event.



So back to Ruthie in this episode...I can't say I cared for her much. Mackenzie Rosman really needs to start looking like she's at least trying to act some of the time. It's annoying. First of all, when you are on the phone, try not to make it so obvious that you are not talking to anyone on the other line. Not to mention, I absolutely hated all the outfits Ruthie wore in this episode, not that that's really relevant, but whatever lol



As for Vincent, I swear Thomas Dekker is gay. Everything about him - the mascara, his smile, everything about him makes me think he's gay. He has absolutely NO chemistry with Ruthie whatsoever and he is by far one of the worst actors I've seen this season, aside from Aaron Carter of course. But man his scenes with Ruthie were painful to watch.

As much as I have stated in some of my other reviews, I am really no big fan of episodes that have the entire hour pretty much centered around one main storyline. These kinds of episodes don't usually turn out well, and usually end up being the lesser episodes of whatever season they happen to be in. The only episode of this nature that broke out of that rut and was not only a brilliant, fantastic episode, and one of 7th's best episodes, was "Go Ask Alice". While this episode is no where near that level, it does manage to break out of the norm a little bit. The end result is nothing new or original or earth shattering, but isn't bad at all. The problem with this episode is that it's nothing new. It has some light comical moments that keep things on their toes, and does become a decent and watchable hour. Just nothing special.



Eric and Annie, emotionally, allow Ruthie to go on her first "official" date. Already, this raises some questions among viewers. She went with Peter for two seasons and they had gone out before. Is this really her first date?. By now, Ruthie is done with her punishment from the previous episode, and tries to re-connect with Vincent(Thomas Dekker). Ruthie pretty much brings up the date idea, and Vincent finally asks her. This, of course, sends Ruthie into a total state of happiness. As usual in the Camden household, the family gets in on this occassion and pretty much makes it their mission and their business. But, is it really?. Ruthie, and we the viewer, are not the least bit surprised with the family's reaction or how they behave. If you have been regulary watching the show, then you probably already saw it coming. Anyways, different members of the family take it upon themselves to help Ruthie out with different aspects of the big "first date". Annie and Lucy feel that they need to help Ruthie with what to wear on this date. Since Ruthie has been dressing herself for quite some time now, I think the young girl can handle that on her own. And it only goes to show you that Ruthie was better off without the help of Annie and Lucy, because what Ruthie originally wore was far better than what Annie and Lucy eventually got her to wear. You can understand how the women of the family could be more interested in it. It is perfectly understandable for Annie and Lucy to want to help, and to help with the "fashion" aspect of the date. Then there is Kevin. He takes it as his duty to give Ruthie "the talk". Is this really something that calls for it?. I know he's just being overprotective, but is it necessary at this point?. And why Kevin?. Why does he think it's his responsibility for this?. How about her own dad?. Even Matt would be more acceptable. It just kind of irked me a bit like it was his and only his job to do it. Like he was the man of the household. I'm probably putting too much into it, but it just didn't sit well with me. Martin and Mac decide they need to spy on Vincent and Ruthie and make sure everything is on the up and up. Please, writers, if something is going to happen between Ruthie and Martin, then let's get it going already. The whole "she's just like my sister" thing is getting really old really fast. And please stop torturing us with repeated reappearances of Mac. What have we done to deserve this?. And lastly, there is Matt. Once again, it's awfully nice that medical school student Matt can be home again to partake in such a serious event as his little sister's first date. I am almost positive that the school back in New York fully understands. Yeah right. Out of all the family who try to help, it's Matt who I like the best in the whole thing. Why?. He offers to chaperone the two, and even goes out to wash the car and make everything nice. He isn't telling her what to wear, or giving her the speech. He wants is nice for his little sister. Things get a little crazy for Matt when he goes to pick up Vincent and finds that there is nobody home!. The fact that he would lie and eventually get caught in his lies is one thing, but it shows that he would go out of his way, and dig himself a deeper hole in the process, to protect his little sis from being hurt. Even though it was absolutely hysterical, it was sweet and touching, and the best part of the entire episode.



"First Date" was a pleasant enough hour to sit through, just nothing life changing or something to really remember. It was sweet in it's idea and execution, but never aimed for anything more beyond just being pleasant and easy to watch. The best and funniest parts of the entire episode come courtesy of Matt. I have said this before, and I will say it again. Matt was always the funniest character on the show. Even if he wasn't trying to be. He brought the best comical touches to the show. Barry Watson is incredibly well versed in doing light comedy. Even though this whole entire episode is about Ruthie, and it's basically Mackenzie Rossman's show here, it's Matt and Barry Watson that made it for me.

The reason why I classified this episode as a series classic was because it was everything an episode should be. It was really funny, told a good story, was well-written, and was just overall very good. I do realize that this technically wasn't Ruthie's "First" date, since she had gone out with guys before, but I tried to overlook that fact as I was watching the episode.Onto the different parts of the storyline:



Vincent & Ruthie: In this episode I actually started to like Vincent. He seemed very nice and very well-manored, though I would have liked to see him bring Ruthie a flower or something like that for their first date. Now that I've seen all the episodes of season 9, I can't stand him. But that's beside the point...back to First Date...okay, I thought that the first scene at the highschool between Ruthie and Vincent was very sweet and very realistic. Ruthie seemed very happy so it made me feel happy (lol, corny, I know). All through the episode Ruthie was practically raising a sign above her head and yelling "Leave me alone you crazy people!" but knowing the Camden's, that just wasn't enough for them to get the hint. I do have to say that the outfit Ruthie picked out was not good and I'm glad that Annie and Lucy talked her out of it. Those boots! Yuck! Anyway, I thought it was a good storyline.



The CamMen: hehe. They were so funny. Kevin and Eric's faces were priceless when Vincent told them he had passed his drivers test the third time he'd taken it. Matt was so funny. His story that he made up was so unrealistic and I thought it was sweet how he wanted to protect Ruthie from getting hurt. Kevin needs to back off of Ruthie and her sex life, he shouldn't be lecturing her at all. Eric was posittively annoying! If I were Ruthie I would be so annoyed at him. I know Ruthie is the baby girl of the family and the last girl to leave the CamNest, but please...If my dad did that I would be so angry.



Martin & Mac: This is where it gets good. It's so blatently obvious in this episode that both Martin and Mac have feelings for Ruthie, Mac moreso than Martin. However, I think Martin hasn't fully realized his feelings for Ruthie. I think he knows that he likes her, but just wants to deny it. Mac, on the other hand, practically told Martin he was interested. Their garage scenes were quite amusing. I can't believe they would even consider following Ruthie and Vincent on her date! Uhhh! And why would Martin even think Ruthie would want him to drive her and Vincent? I mean, he's not her brother, no matter how much they argue that he is, he isn't and it would definately be awkward.



My favorite scene was definately when Vincent comes and picks Ruthie up and they leave and every single male in the household looked over at the women, silently begging them to let them go chase after the two lovers. Of course, Annie gave in and said "Go head, follow them. You know you want to" and then they all ran out! That was priceless! That and when we see them throwing the popcorn at Ruthie and Vincent in the movie theaters and they get thrown out! That was great!



This was one of the best episodes ever (in my opinion) and I would give this episode a 9.5/10



NITPICKS:



*Did anyone notice that in the first scene of this episode, Ruthie was wearing the same exact shirt (the one with the Diamonds all over it) that she wore in "The Fine Art of Parenting", only in different colors?



*I thought it was creepy in that one scene where Ruthie turned around and saw every male member of her household standing behind her. Very Twilight Zone...



*I just wanted to let Vincent know, that if he ever needs more eyeliner, he can borrow some of mine!

Well this is the first episode of February sweeps where we get a nice treat of an episode. An episode like this is very rare, where it revolved completely around Ruthie (Mackenzie Rosman) and getting ready for her first date with first time, new and "official" boyfriend Vincent (Thomas Dekker). I guess the writers of this show have a different perception on what they call a "first" date when you look at Ruthie's past. It was just hard to see this being so when looking back, as Ruthie over the years has had unofficial boyfriends like Jake and Peter (Scotty Leavenworth) that she has went out with. And now it's her first date, but this episode was very entertaining and humorous on many levels. Let's break it down...



Vincent and Ruthie: It's been now two weeks in TV land (in real life, it was only one week---last week) and Ruthie (Mackenzie Rosman) is finally off restriction after lying and manipulating Martin in the last episode and is now able to wait over hearing Vincent asking her out on date. She hints to Vincent (Thomas Dekker) of this at school and asks her out, which leads to a very dancing and happy Ruthie in the halls----and there begins the rest of the episode. Ruthie then tells her family, who of course go overboard in dressing her up, talking to her about sex, escorting her and so much more. As she gets the third degree from her family about everything involving her date Ruthie is completely calm and cool about it. This isn't surprising since she's spent most of her recent years with "unofficial" boyfriends and it's not much different, but this is her "first" date where she is supposedly able to go out alone with no interference from others---in this family? Yeah right! It's still hard to believe though on some level as I'm sure there was a previous episode where she went out alone with Jake or Peter in the 7th or 8th season, but I'm gonna ignore it as I really don't want to look back. Not only that, but this episode was done well enough for me to not nitpick that.



Throughout all the misunderstandings and interrogation on both Ruthie and Vincent in this episode they were finally able to drive alone in his car on the few blocks that they did to go to the promenade and see a movie alone and be a couple. Of course her crazy family has to interfer as it's been a Camden tradition over the years when it comes to the young girls in the family (i.e. Lucy and Mary). As much as the writers try to play the humor of having the Camden's, particularly the men, stalk their women whenever they can, they do need to tone it done a bit on the sanity and privacy. After awhile it's just plain rude and something that would cause the Camden women to go crazy and hate them a lot in real life, even if they know they're only doing it because they care. Nonetheless it was great seeing all the guys get kicked out after throwing popcorn at Ruthie and Vincent in the theatre.



It was just priceless when the usher snapped at Kevin with "then you should know better" snip when Kevin acknowledged that he was a police officer. He should know better. In fact they all should. What do the Camden men think Vincent will do to Ruthie during their dinner and a movie while in a crowd? I doubt he's going to do her right then and there! So lay off! It's not like they don't know the background of this kid, so what's the fuss? But that's basic logic, and Camden men seem to lack that when it comes to the girls in their family as they want to shelter them. Oh, well, we all know these crazies after nine years, so I'm kinda used to it. I can only imagine for viewers who are unfamiliar with Camdens and their logic. Probably frightening.



Matt: Matt (Barry Watson) once again drops by in Glen Oak who supposedly is on duty to test a machine with another fellow doctor involving pregnant women...I think. He declares right on his arrival to Eric that his marriage to Sarah and his job in New York is fine. That's highly doubtful if this was real life. No matter how the writers try to work in Matt coming in more often it's just too weird and too unrealistic. At some point they have got to find a way to bring him and Sarah back to Glen Oak, or at least the state of California so that it's more believable that he would drop by this much into the home. Since Barry Watson is now part time, it is probably best. I'm sure they can bring Sarah Danielle Madison back more as well.



Anyway, getting into his storyline with Ruthie he decides it's his personal duty to drive Ruthie on her first date with Vincent to the promenade. Being Matt (and also a Camden) he goes overboard. Who in the world gets their car checked to drive a teenage couple a few blocks down the road? But it was mighty nice of him to drive to Vincent's home and pick him up so that Vincent can pick up Ruthie at her door himself and be a real date. Obviously, things do not turn out well when he finally goes to pick up Vincent at his house and neither he nor his family are there. Obviously he panics, thinking that maybe he stood Ruthie up so he calls the house to tell the family the news and tp keep it from Ruthie for as long as possible until something can be figured out. Part of that plan is lying to Ruthie when Matt talks to her on the phone with the most ridiculous story he could come up to Ruthie---Vincent's father has some condition and his family had to go to the hospital for some ridiculous alment. Even if Ruthie didn't know the truth by then already---that Vincent was on his way, but just a little late as was getting his driver's license and insurance to take her out alone, she still wouldn't have bought it. Ruthie of course is the smartest of the broad. It was a nice play though that Ruthie kept the act going with Matt thinking she didn't know and completely embarrassing him once she, Vincent and his family came back home.



Martin and Mac: Well, well, well...I thought the writers wouldn't go there, but they have. Both Martin (Tyler Hoechlin) and Mac (Kyle Searles) throughout the episode talked a lot about Ruthie while studying in his garage apartment and heavily thinking on how they can be a part of Ruthie's date. Needless to say, they both are developing some sort of attraction to Ruthie. It's been known all season practically that Ruthie and Martin have had some chemistry going on, especially since Peter left last season. I myself have tried to ignore it, but the writers were definitely foreshadowing what is to come sometime in the future between Ruthie, Martin and Mac even though Vincent is currently in the picture as Ruthie's love interest. It's at least good to know that if they do get together sometime in the future it won't lead to marriage when it might happen next season or next year---they'll still be too young and neither will be 18. Although, this is 7th Heaven, so I'm not going passed them too much on that, because anything is possible when it comes to dating on this show. Being young and married seems contagious on this show. What is clear is that the writers are building towards something between Ruthie, Martin and Mac...especially Ruthie and Martin. This was pretty obvious as Martin was the most aggressive when it came to throwing the popcorn at Ruthie and Vincent in the movie theatre along with the rest of the Camden men and friends. There is definitely something going on and we'll be seeing more for sure in the coming weeks, if not some point as the season progresses. Take in mind Vincent (Thomas Dekker) is only a guest star, Martin (Tyler Hoechlin) is not.



Lucy and Annie: Both mother and elder sister try to help Ruthie in their own way, of doing the ritual mother-sister way of helping her pick out an outfit for her date...and of course discuss boys and past relationships in the same process. Their scenes were fun to watch as Lucy reminisces about Jimmy Moon as her "first" date and good kissers (i.e. Palmer brothers) and bad kissers ("Big Lips" Jordan). Not only that, but we got more into Annie's history when she was younger as she too was somewhat of a flirt and major kisser amongst boys who wanted to date her at the same time. Looking at how her two eldest daughters relationships went in the earlier seasons it is now official where they got it from. Like mother, like daughters. Although there was one interesting thing that occurred only between Lucy (Beverley Mitchell) and Annie (Catherine Hicks) earlier in a conversation in the episode as Annie told Lucy that she had hoped that her daughters would be single for awhile and work and be on their own before they would settle down. That was a major misstep from the writers that would've never come out of Annie's mouth. This is the same Annie who still wishes that her adult children still lived with her, as she's doing with Lucy, Kevin and the baby now. Not only that, but over the last few seasons Annie had been eager wanted her daughters to settle. Do we not remember episodes Letting Go, We Do and so many others where Annie was practically pushing Lucy for her to land a man? That was very hard to swallow of Annie now thinking that. And it was right for Lucy to be a little upset over her mother as she is now also a mother and married and it's too late to bring stuff like that up to her, especially when holding her daughter. What was Annie thinking? Although it was a good guess by Annie that Ruthie will probably be somewhat different than Mary and Lucy when it comes to relationships. Ruthie is definitely not as co-dependent in being in a relationship than they were, even though she would like to be in one—she is of course a teenager, but at least we can be assured she probably won't be married as soon as she turns 18, or at least wants to get married (i.e. Mary and Lucy).



Kevin and Lucy: Kevin was a little bizarre in this episode himself, like the rest of the Camden men. As he and Lucy find out that Ruthie is going on her first date Kevin decides that he should give her the "sex" talk even though she ALREADY has parents who've discussed it with her many times. Kevin knows this, but feels they're not effective, especially after the Simon incident recently and making a mistake over sex. This is quite surprising coming from someone who supposedly had sex with his high school girlfriend and married her when she thought she was pregnant with his baby. Quite frankly, he had no business in telling Ruthie anything as her family of sisters and parents were more subjected to that matter. I can only imagine though how Savannah is going to go out when she has a somewhat strict robotic father like Kevin. Poor thing. At least she got a more lenient mother like Lucy who's apparently the "Queen of Making Out" according to her husband to back her up later on. Looking back at Lucy's dating years, she sure was. She was the stereotypical minister's daughter. Good thing Ruthie doesn't seem to be going that route, at least not yet.



Overall, this episode was very good and funny leading from last's week also very satisfying episode. When first hearing about this episode I thought it was going to be terrible, as Ruthie isn't the most interesting character on the show usually and also, when 7th Heaven does an episode that revolves only around one person/storyline (i.e. Paper or Plastic)---it tends to suck... But this one turned out being a great episode with very good newcomer writers (Courtney & Kelley Turk) who did a great balance of humor and sentimental touches. Not a classic episode, but very entertaining and humorous yet again. Now, as we look on to next week's musical Valentine's Day episode...Oh My Goodness. Let's all pray. That's all I've to say in that regards. Till next week every one.



Grade: **8 out of 10**



Rants and Bits:

*Was it just me or did Savannah look like a fake doll as Kevin was holding her in this episode?



*Did anyone else not like the outfit Annie and Lucy chose for Ruthie to wear? It looked too conservative looking. The first outfit that Ruthie wanted to wear was so much better.



*The look on Matt's face when he saw Vincent run over the mailbox when he backed up the car with Ruthie in it was priceless, as well as the look on Kevin and Eric's face when Vincent admitted he passed his drivers test the third time as he taking Ruthie in his car. Hehe.



*The twins were quite annoying in this episode as usual, but they're acting is still in progression and that one line where one of them says "We learned how to spy well from you" to Ruthie was priceless. She sure had it coming!