Any child who grew up in entrance of the TV within the late ‘90s and early ‘00s absolutely watched an episode of seventh Heaven or two. For these unfamiliar, seventh Heaven adopted Reverend Camden, his spouse, and their seven kids via the trials and tribulations of life. Whereas the present seemingly was a “family-friendly” faith-based drama, there have been some fairly unorthodox storylines and many questionable themes which have one TikToker sharing his ideas.
Rob Anderson (@heartthrobert) has been rewatching and recapping a number of the most outrageous episodes of seventh Heaven, and never solely will the content material of the present make you marvel how this collection was ever accepted to air, however Anderson’s reactions are hilarious to look at.
Beginning off sturdy, there’s the notorious episode the place Simon befriends some troublemakers at college. Simon was simply imagined to get some further credit score by serving to paint a mural within the hallway, however issues go awry when the opposite youngsters volunteering find yourself huffing the paint that’s supposed for use for the mural.
After one of many youngsters results in the hospital from huffing, Simon waits by his bedside.
“Like, you’ve got identified him for 3 days, loosen up,” Anderson jokes in his recap. “And Simon tells him, ‘You are already in bother, so that you would possibly as nicely simply rat out your pals.’ I am not exaggerating, that is actually what he says.”
In one other episode recap, Reverend Camden threatened to drug take a look at all his youngsters to seek out out who has been smoking pot. Lastly, eldest Camden son, Matt, lastly confesses to having a joint and everybody acted as if he had simply stated he was changing into a Democrat or one thing.
In what Anderson calls the “dumbest episode of seventh Heaven ever,” mama Camden later reveals that *gasp* she, too, has smoked pot earlier than! The horror! Lock her up!
“This complete episode is deranged,” he jokes within the TikTok.
After Reverend Camden holds a household assembly in regards to the joint discovered within the house and Matt confesses, Reverend Camden goes off.
“The dad is unhinged,” Anderson recaps. “He says, ‘Because of this you’ve by no means been in a position to maintain down a job.’”
Anderson additionally recapped the episode the place Simon’s buddy’s older sister joins a “gang,” and whereas investigating what’s happening along with her, discover nunchucks and weapons below her mattress. He additionally jokes in regards to the episode the place Simon will get in bother for “flipping the hen” whereas hanging out together with his buddies.
One episode I hope he rewatches is the one the place Mary, performed by Jessica Biel, asks her brother to kiss her so she will be able to “apply” for a boy she likes at college. Sure, that may be a actual episode plot level. Fortunately, Matt refuses, however whose concepts was it to make a brother and sister have chemistry? Massive yikes.
Anderson’s rewatch movies took off on TikTok with every video handedly reaching over 1 million views. His movies turned so fashionable that former seventh Heaven child herself, Beverley Mitchell, who performed curious and quirky Lucy Camden, did a collaboration with Anderson.
Within the parody video, Mitchell reprises her position as Lucy whereas Anderson performs her therapist serving to her “unpack some trauma” stemming from a number of wild plot factors involving her character from the WB drama. Within the video, “Lucy” mentions that one time when her brother Matt (who turned a health care provider) was attempting to assist her ship her child, however her husband received jealous and warned him to not look.
A number of TikTokers identified the mind-boggling undeniable fact that not solely did this present air on tv, however it was extraordinarily fashionable and beloved by thousands and thousands. Possibly it was that catchy theme track or possibly we had been all too younger to see how completely out of pocket it was, however there’s one thing comforting about seeing so many different commenters attempt to make sense of a completely on the market, “faith-based” present from the ‘90s that may by no means see the sunshine of day right now.
