7th Heaven (TV Series)

Busted (2000)

Jessica Biel: Mary Camden

Quotes 

• Mary Camden : [to Eric as he's feeding Sam and David]  Where's Mom?

  Rev. Eric Camden : I am perfectly capable of feeding my own sons. I do it all the time! I have fed my children for over 21 years now. True, for many of them, your mom cooked most of those meals while I was out earning the money to pay for those meals, but from time to time, I have fed one of my offspring or all of my offspring, just as I am doing now without the aid of Mom!

  Mary Camden : I'm just looking for Mom because she asked me to pick up some soap for her.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Oh. She's upstairs.

• Frankie : It just seems so unfair. You make one little mistake, you know?

  Mary Camden : Yeah, I know. I made a big mistake once, too. I got arrested last year for trashing the school gym.

  Frankie : [laughs]  Arrested? You?

  Mary Camden : Yeah. I'm still on probation.

  Frankie : Oh, so that's why you don't drink or smoke or anything.

  Mary Camden : Yeah, kind of... but also because I feel so out of control, anyway, like I couldn't get my life back on track even if I wanted to. Not that I want to... I mean, it's not so bad, but it's just...

  Frankie : Existing. Just existing. I know what you mean. Every time I make an effort to do something, it just feels like there's so much resistance... and I give up before I even start trying.

• Frankie : [on the phone with Mary]  Hey, what if you and I both decided to sign up for college together next semester?

  Johnny : [smirks in the background]  Be sure to apply for that scholarship!

  Mary Camden : Are you serious?

  Frankie : Sure, I'm serious. I don't know what I want to do, either, but I know I don't want to wait tables for the rest of my life.

• Mary Camden : [to Frankie]  Is that... Is that pot?

  Frankie : Yeah. I just need it to loosen up. This whole mother and wife gig really sucks.

• Mary Camden : [to Eric about Frankie and Johnny]  They are good people. They're both working and they're trying to raise this kid, and it's really hard...

  Rev. Eric Camden : So hard that they have to smoke pot?

• Mary Camden : Dad, please. They really are my friends. Frankie is my friend! She asked me to bring over those college brochures tonight so we could look over them and make a plan to go back to school.

  Rev. Eric Camden : And did you?

  Mary Camden : [pause]  No.

  Rev. Eric Camden : Because she was too stoned? Mary, who are you and what are you doing with these people?

• Mary Camden : [to Eric about Frankie and Johnny]  If you're not going to help them, I'll help them.

  Rev. Eric Camden : How? You don't have a job, you don't have any money. You have to help yourself before you can help anyone else!

• Frankie : [on the phone with Mary]  Hey, your dad got us out. Thanks so much for getting him to help us.

  Mary Camden : You know, I was kind of surprised you called him.

  Frankie : Yeah, well, I didn't know who else to call. After I got pregnant, my mom told me never to call her again if I got into trouble. Of course, your dad made me promise to talk to her and to a counselor, and whatever... but at least I didn't have to call her from jail, you know?

  [pause] 

  Frankie : You are really lucky to have parents who are always there for you.