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7th Heaven: The Fourth Season

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Season four (1999-2000) of the very popular family drama 7TH HEAVEN may be the finest of the first four (of eleven!) seasons in terms of sharp writing and superb acting by everyone. Here are some of the highlights:

EPISODES 1-4: Starting a new school year and making friends. Matt wants to move out, Eric has a heart attack, Aunt Julie is pregnant. Dramatic episode about the treatment of Afghanistan women. Lucy gets her driver's license.

EPISODE 5--A doozey. Teen pregnancy with a stand-up and cheer finale, marijuana possession, and cheating on a key high school exam.

EPISODE 6--A very pregnant Aunt Julie wants a divorce from doctor husband Hank, but changes her mind when both of them gaze on their new-born baby.

EPISODES 7 and 8--The basketball coach locks the gym from low-grade Mary and her teammates, who retaliate with vandalism and get arrested. Simon is caught giving someone "the finger" as a joke in front of Mom and the school principal.

EPISODES 9-12--A woman interned during WW2 wants to make a large contribution to the church and debates seeing a fellow internee. Simon's group sniffs paint thinner fumes. Annie's father may have Alzheimer's, while Matt mopes over Shawna being at NYU across the country. Annie goes to a beach cottage for a weekend's solace.

EPISODES 13-16--Two cute girls have dinner with Matt and his roommate John. Eric spies on Mary, who is on a double movie date with Lucy. Names can hurt. A child is harrassed for having Tourette's. Romantic Valentine's Day show. Eric tries to track down an abused boy who wants a prayer request.

EPISODES 17-18--Eric is on jury duty with a bunch of racists; Ruthie realizes that actions have consequences; Matt drives his roommate nuts in not being able to decide whether to see Shawna in Manhattan.

EPISODES 19-22--Eric counsels a troubled young girl, while Hank keeps a secret from wife Julie; all five Camden kids (excluding the twins) are caught in adolescent love triangles.

Starring are a never-better Stephen Collins as minister father Eric, Catherine Hicks as his wife Annie, Jessica Biel as Mary, Barry Watson as Matt, David Gallagher as Simon, Beverley Mitchell as Lucy, and Mackenzie Rosman as Ruthie. Guest starring are Maureen Flannigan as Shawna, Deborah Raffin as Julie, and Ed Begley Jr. as Hank. How did I survive these memorable and sometimes harrowing adolescent years intact?
Great parents.

As a footnote, let me add that this boxed set claims to have edited episodes and changed music. I was timing the episodes like a hawk and watching for cuts. All 22 of them seem fully intact, and the opening and closing music is all there, so Paramount Home Video must have done a very good editing job. Or just put on the disclaimer for legal reasons. There are a lot of social activist issues here; maybe some (800) phone number epilogues have been trimmed because they are no longer valid. In any event, this season four set of 7TH HEAVEN is a treasure to cherish over and over as we wait for season five on DVD.

Finally, the 4th Season of 7th Heaven is coming to dvd!! It's about time. This was one of my favorite seasons as it proved very dramatic, funny, and quite emotional at times what with the twins being born and now crying in the Camden household non-stop, and Mary going through her vicious senior year with basketball dreams not yet lost...or were they? Just loved what this whole year had to offer - wonderful family viewing with acting you can only enjoy and appreciate. Here are the episodes that will be in this 4th DVD set:

The Tattle Tale Heart
Life Is Too Beautiful
Yak Sada (a.k.a. One Voice)
Come Drive With Me
With Honors
Just You Wait And See
Sin... (part 1)
...And Expiation (part 2)
Dirty Laundry
Who Nose
Forget Me Not
All By Myself
Who Do You Trust?
Words
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Say A Little Prayer For Me
Twelve Angry People
Hoop Dreams
Talk To Me
Liar, Liar
Love Stinks (part 1)
Love Stinks (part 2)

Now bring on Season 5 so we can enjoy more of the Camden's active life of humor, drama, and inspiration...

The twins turn a year old! Yeah,thats one of the many events of this season. We witness the beginning of Erics heart problems,the beginning of Marys life problems,and Lucys' steps towards her future. If you haven't seen them before,now would be the time to catch them. If you have,its a chance to look back on how different things were.

I wrote a lengthy review of the third season, and merely have to say that the various shortcomings I had mentioned there have been markedly improved within the 4th season of the show. With the birth of the twins, the youngest daughter is no longer totally pampered and spoiled, and thus makes some progress toward being a full character. The performance of the middle daughter now shows no weaknesses and the characterization of the mother is much improved (no longer stuck in stereotypes of pregrancy crankiness). Other siblings continue to give outstanding performances with lots of humor, drama, and great screen presence. The largest weakness is that the scripts concerning the oldest son at times start to feel limited (and there's still too much obsession in the show with "dating"). Only in 5th season will the juggling act of Matt's vacillations between, and obsessions with, his two "girlfriends" finally stop and break the long trend throughout this season.

Scriptwriting is, believe it or not, no longer quite as heavy-handed as it had been in season 3. A good show, engagingly played and presented, with some outstanding performances. Still, however, the content for the entire season is the equivalent of PG-13 (various episodes within the season meriting less cautionary ratings of PG and G) due to thematic elements including drug content.

The only developing aspect of the show that may prove unfortunate is the temptation of those involved to have one or more characters "fall" into poor behaviors. Occasional transgressions of Simon, although sometimes hard to accept in the context of his established character, are at least well-handled, but the rebellious temptations of Mary will apparently grow to legendary proportions - in this season, although questionable in light of the sibling's past values and upbringing, the details of such episodes are at least superficially credible. Those who have heard about this character's fall (such as in Amazon reviews) probably don't need to worry about this season - there is much more to that character and such "temptations" or "rebellions" don't so far appear to be overwhelming. Perhaps things grow more melodramatic in later seasons - I don't yet know - but so far things are still going quite well with the show and, although I would like characters to show more consistency in their values and sensibilities, the show is just as engaging as the previous season had been, and with several of the weaknesses of that season drastically reduced or even eliminated.

I still look forward in hope that the character of the youngest daughter will develop more positive aspects in season 5 and beyond, and thus confirm the quality of the entire cast. In seasons 3 and 4, her character is the only one that doesn't get truly involved in the dramatic aspects of the show. Perhaps the performer's skills would still improve with age to the point where she can contribute to the drama rather than just the "comedy" - I'm not sure, but something more substantial needs to be done with the character, and season 4 has shown some hints that her skills might soon be up to handling such weight and increased range. Everyone else does really great work, including a surprising gift for comedy on the part of the Matt character, whose college roommate and girlfriend are now in the main opening credits of each show.

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This season is highly entertaining and has a great mixture of drama and comedy. The kids are definitely growing up. This season Lucy matures into a confident young woman, while Mary takes a turn the opposite direction. Simon explores what life is like with a girlfriend, and Matt deals with Shana moving to New York. This is definitely one of the best seasons of 7th Heaven. Eric and Annie continue to be the supportive parents. I recommend it for all who are fans of the show.

I love watching this show. I am always gone when it is on television and I love catching up on it through DVD I just finished watching season 3 and now in a little bit over a month I will be able to catch season 4. I hope before too long the rest come out.

I can hardly wait to see season 4! I looked it up on the web and they are in the 11th season on TV in the US right now. I enjoy this show because they take a realistic approach to everyday life. the Camdens are not a perfect family but they communicate and try to work out their problems. I can't wait for seasons 5-11 to come out as well.

My family and I ordered multiple seasons for my Daughter, they were wrapped like they were new but -

- Season 1 looked like it was water-damaged
- Season 2 wouldn't play at all (same as #1)
- Season 3 - we didn't even open after examining the others.
- Season 4 scratched badly, would skip

I'm not sure where Amazon picked up these sets from, but it is pretty bad.

I've setup return.