I Hate You

Season 2, Episode 9, Aired
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Simon takes an active interest in the devastating past of Mrs. Kerjesz, a friend of Eric's who is also a survivor of the Holocaust. Despite Eric's warnings to respect the woman's privacy, Simon is eager to use Mrs. Kerjesz's story for a school project, but he is about to be taught a harsh lesson about the pain of another human being. Elsewhere, Matt's girlfriend breaks things off for reasons that he doesn't understand, but Mary and Lucy might have something to do with it. Little Ruthie also realizes the power of words when she reacts badly to a punishment from her mother.moreless
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  • While Mary and Lucy disparage Matt's new girlfriend and Ruthie tells Annie that she hates her, Simon meets a holocaust survivor, is moved to tears by her poignant story, and encourages her to tell her story to his class for a history project.moreless

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    By Coryraisa, Apr 18, 2009 Report Abuse
    Very moving episode!!!! Some people say that Lucy is supposed to be "sensitive," but in reality, I see Simon as the truly sensitive one.

    It's touching how Simon is moved to tears by Charlotte Kerjesz's sad story and at the end, Ms. Kerjesz's story brought tears to my own eyes.

    I love how this eppie reminds us how we must never let horrors of the past be forgotten, lest it be repeated again.

    Meanwhile, I kind of laughed when Mary and Lucy get their come-uppance for being cruel to poor Joanne; they really hurt not only her, but Matt as well. I HATED Mary and (supposedly "sensitive") Lucy in this eppie; they were so ugly in this episode.

    Ruthie acted like a jerk also. While I can see Annie being hurt by her words, I do think Annie overreacted a tad.

    But I was glad when Matt, then Annie told Mary and Lucy off for their nastiness and I got the feeling that neither of their apologies to Joanne were really sincere and I could tell that Joanne sensed this also.

    I loved the ending and poor Simon ends up in tears again just listening to Charlotte's painful story.

    This was one of the better eppies of this show and this episode beautifully wraps up the three subplots together to tell how easy it is for hate to expand into cruelty and for cruelty to explode into something truly awful like the holocaust.

    Good, very poignant episode!moreless

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  • This episode really focuses on David Galleger... I know I soo spelled that wrong lol sorry.. anyways Mrs. Kergize, is a survior from the Nazie concentration camp, the teacher is doing orel presentations, and Simon wants to use Mrs. Kergize as his story.moreless

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    By DjMusicKc7443, May 13, 2008 Report Abuse
    This episode pretty much focused on Simon and I'm glad it did he was very mature throughout this whole epoisode. I am very impressed that an 11 yr old could handel such a tramitac story. Also the seens with Mackinze, and Catherine were amazing the whole "I Hate You" thing was just done outstandingly, also the thing with Joanne and Matt.. I felt really bad for Matt.. Mary and Lucy had absoutely no right at all to do what they did they immately started hating on Joanne based on her apparence and that is just completely wrong in my opinon. I loved how Simon stood up to his teacher in the end after hearing Mrs. Kergize's story the night before and took an F for the report. I thought the last seen in this eposode was done extremely well! great job to Brenda Hamptonmoreless

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  • this is an absolutely wonderful episode. i love it. except for the fact that ruthie told annie she hated her. but wonderful because of the story about mrs. kerjez, amazing, simply put, amazing.moreless

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    By havenroxmysox, Jun 25, 2007 Report Abuse
    this is a wonderful episode. almost as great as "in the praise of women". this is such a sad, yet a happy story. sad because of what ruthie told annie, and about mrs. kerjez, and happy because ruthie told annie that she loved her, and also, it was informative. in this episode, i have never, never in my life learned so much about the holocaust, and nazis, and concetration camps. i think that it was a good idea to bring that lady on the show. she is honestly, my hero. if i was in that kind of turmoil, i don't know what i'd do. and it's good that mrs. kerjez told her story to others. because compared to the nazis in concetration camps and all of that, we pretty much live in a first class world. nobody, NOBODY, can ever have it as bad as they[nazis] did.moreless

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  • Most heart touching episode.

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    By Edlewiess13, Jul 08, 2006 Report Abuse
    This was the only episode that made me cry. Now, I'm not that big of a 7th Heavens fan but I went through this little faze for about two months where thats all I would watch. I remember seeing this episode and at the end when the Haloucoust survivor lady told her story crying so hard. You know when you cry so much that you start to heave and it's hard to breath? Well, thats how much I cried. I remember not being able to stop. I would ask you even if your not a fan of 7th Heaven just to watch this episode. It's very good to see what people went through just because of racism and prejudice. definitly a big time tearjerker.moreless

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  • A moving and important story

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    By SpanishPeanut, Jun 14, 2006 Report Abuse
    I cried during this episode. Her story was so powerful, but what tugged at my heart was the faces of the children in Simon\\\'s class. Those kids who have not seen those horrors, and who -- hopefully -- never will. I applaud the producers of 7th Heaven for taking on such an important issue. I give everyone a standing ovation for being so daring and making another generation aware of this issue. The other stories in 7th Heaven are not as realistic as this one was. To see Simon cry gave me hope for the future generations -- if we show the future what happened in the past, they can prevent it from happening.moreless

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    • The numbers on Mrs. Kerjesz arm are 78136. Edit

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    • At the end of the shows credits this was said: "This is the true story of Auschwitz- Birkenau survivor Elisabeth Mann who allowed us to create a fictional character to portray her in tonight's episode. Special thanks to her and to the Simon Wiesenthal Center for their assistance". Rita Zohar, who portrayed Mrs. Kerjesz, was a Holocaust survivor herself, but this isn't her story. Edit
    • David Gallagher, has said that this is his favorite episode. Edit

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    • Eric: (Annie's eyes are filled with tears) Are you okay?....no, you're not okay. What's the matter? Annie: Ruthie said she hates me. Eric: I'll go talk to her. Annie: No, please don't. Let me handle this in my own way, okay? Edit
    • Annie: (helping Ruthie scrub the walls): I think we need to spend a little more time together. Ruthie: I think we need to spend a little more time apart. Annie: Fine. When you want my help, you let me know. Edit
    • Ruthie: I love you. Annie: I love you, too. Oh, and it feels so good to hear you say that, because I know you've been mad at me. Ruthie: But I don't really hate you. And I'm sorry I said that. Annie: I know. Ruthie: Does your heart still hurt? Annie: I wish I could say no, but my heart does still hurt a little, even though I know you don't really hate me. Ruthie: But I want your heart to feel better now. Annie: I know you're a little girl, and this is a very big lesson, but sometimes when you say something, the words seem to have a power all their own. So even if you want to take them back, you can't. And even though you may say you're sorry, it doesn't always fix things, at least not as quickly as you'd like them to be fixed. You just give me some time, and my heart will be fine. Ruthie: Oh, so then it's just my mouth I gotta worry about! Edit

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    • The majority of Simon's problem in this episode dealt with The Holocaust. This was a time in history where Jewish people, homosexuals, handicapped, Muslims, and various other ethnicities and religions of people were put in Concentration camps (to be killed!) in Germany by a antisemtic group called the Nazis, with German dictator Hitler being the supreme leader in this horrific ordeal. Edit

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