![]() And as the patriarch of 7th Heaven, he leaned hard into his family man image, even serving as a lay eucharistic minister at Beverly Hills' All Saints Church. ![]() But could she convince her entire crew? Let's check in with the rest of the Camdens.Ĭollins had a thriving career before donning Eric Camden's clerical collar thanks to parts in 1976's All the President's Men, 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture and 1996's The First Wives Clubs. ![]() 22 birthday), "We'd all love to be together," Hicks said, throwing out a potential pitch: "Maybe 8th Heaven with a new boyfriend for Annie." "We'd have to open with Stephen's coffin," she told TMZ. (Sadly, they would also need to acknowledge the March 2020 death of Lorenzo Brino, who, along with his fellow quadruplets, covered the roles of fraternal twins Sam and David.)īut with the castmates still keeping in touch two decades after their show ruled WB's ratings (somewhere we're imagining a group text blowing up for Mitchell's Jan. Eric's absence, she noted there are options. "There were times where I just remember going home, because we would carpool home, and we would just yell at each other all the time."Īnd there's at least the smallest sliver of hope that the rest of the group could be reunited somewhere other than Biel's restaurant opening or for the occasional family dinner.Īsked if there was a chance the series could go the way of other beloved '90s classics like Boy Meets World and Full House, matriarch Catherine Hicks didn't exactly say no. Though they would need to explain away Rev. "We used to butt heads and she used to drive me fricking nuts and we used to literally want to battle," Mitchell recalled to Us Weekly in 2019 of their relationship. In 2014, Stephen Collins shocked and disturbed all in the show's fold when he admitted to past inappropriate sexual conduct, sharing that he had exposed himself to several young girls.īut before the Camden family patriarch left us all feeling more than a bit of parental disappointment, upwards of 12 million fans loyally tuned in for 11 straight seasons to see what Matt, Simon, Mary, Lucy and Ruthie were getting up to and reveled in the sisterly bond that formed between Jessica Biel (frequent black sheep Mary) and Beverley Mitchell (sassy Lucy). Sure, things have taken a turn for the less-than-biblical since the Aaron Spelling-produced WB series about a Protestant minister and his crew's PG-rated family hijinks went off the air in 2007. And now, the 7th Heaven cast has rekindled their relationship to bring us one heck of an epic reunion.īeverly Mitchell, who played Lucy Camden on the long running show, posted a photo of the gang having a jolly good time on her WhoSay account, and we couldn't help but sigh with nostalgia upon seeing the fictional family back together again.īut there is one unmistakably missing person - the youngest of the clan - Ruthie Camden (played by Mackenzie Rosman).Remember when we all worshiped at the altar of 7th Heaven? It was certainly my guilty pleasure, and even as the years passed, there was always a Camden boy to swoon over, from Simon to Matt to Mary's hodgepodge of bad boy boyfriends. ![]() The show was scandalous for the time - dealing with sex, drugs, alcohol, homophobia, disease and more - but it's not-so-subtle religious undertone made it acceptable for younger audiences. 7th Heaven, the show about a family of seven (five kids and their parents, until it became seven kids and their parents) premiered in 1996 on what was then the WB. ![]()
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