Changes
The good reverend's stress level rises when he learns that Matt has lost his job at the hospital and is relying on his friends to find him new work. Meanwhile, Simon is adding to Eric's tensions by pressuring him to let him get his learner's permit. At the same time, Lucy breaks off her engagement to Jeremy and just cries in her room and refuses to discuss what happened in New York between her and Jeremy. Even lodger Robbie, still longing for Mary, is moping around the house when she returns to New York to be with Wilson. Lastly, Annie's behavior has Eric wondering what's going on with her, while she is overcome by hormonal changes and suspects she's pregnant--- but later finds out it's menopause
Teased
Simon decides to stand up for bullied student, Mick at school, only to have the boy tell him that he is going to shoot his tormentors. Meanwhile, Robbie decides to give Ruthie a playful new nickname, but at the same time Ruthie comes up with a less-pleasant one for Lucy after breaking off her engagement to Jeremy in New York. Also, Eric gets a visit from an old female friend, Merle, with some family issues of her own. Lastly, Mary gets serious with pursuing the career as a firefighter, but things don't turn out the way she had planned.
Sympathy
Annie and Lucy consider hiring an unemployed carpenter to work on the house, but when he fakes an injury both Stephen and the church are in a precarious position. Meanwhile, Simon's motives seem questionable when he asks out a very pregnant 16-year-old girl with more to her past than meets the eye. Lastly, Mary gets more serious with being a firefighter, mother and wife to Wilson and Billy. Meanwhile, Annie decides to accept Robbie's offer in renting the room over the Camden's garage that both Lucy and Matt were hoping to get.
Work
Eric tries to arrange a romantic evening with Annie, but Annie keeps turning down every attempt he throws at her. At the same time, Annie takes Eric by surprise with the news that she would like to quit college and to start teaching to help get her out of her depression. Meanwhile, Simon is at risk of being fired from his new job at the pizza parlor by his excessive tardiness and discovering that waiting tables takes more people skills than he's equipped to handle. Also, Robbie sets Lucy on a date with one of his friends while Matt is concerned about a woman who keeps showing up at the clinic a lot. Lastly, Mary performs terribly in fire fighting training distracted by her consuming relationship with Wilson.
Relationships
As Annie begins teaching, she inadvertently gives a student some bad advice. Mary is left to mull over Wilson's marriage proposal and is even more confused when she has a romantic encounter with a fellow firefighter trainee. Meanwhile, Eric and Annie painfully discover how much their constant arguing is affecting the entire family, and Lucy and Robbie finally face up to their feelings after she intentionally sabotages one of his dates out of jealousy.
Broken
After getting caught with another guy, Mary tries to make up with Wilson by accepting his marriage proposal and suggesting that they run off and elope. Meanwhile, Eric and Annie counsel Eric's sister Julie and her husband Hank about their marital problems, Lucy breaks the news to the family that she and Mary's ex-boyfriend Robbie are a couple and Matt suspects a classmate is being battered by her boyfriend.
Prodigal
The Camden house gets a little more crowded when Mary returns and tells her family that she's home to stay. Mary's sudden arrival has everyone in the family wondering what happened between her and Wilson. Are they married? Did they break up? Only Mary knows and she's not tellingat least not yet. Her presence delights Annie who goes out of her way to make her daughter comfortable, even offering her the coveted garage apartment. But not everyone is happy to see her. Ruthie feels that Mary owes everyone an apology for the actions that led to her initial ouster from the Camden home.
Ay Carumba
Mary and Lucy are at each other's throats when Robbie falls in love with a new girl, Joy, and sweats meeting her family. Meanwhile, it's survival of the fittest when Matt, Lucy, Simon and Ruthie try to get back in Annie's good graces and out of the garage apartment.
Lost
Envious of Robbie's newfound love, Mary and Lucy seek Eric and Annie's expertise with matchmaking to pick their next boyfriends while Matt and Simon continue looking for girls the old-fashioned way - using the twins as adorable bait. Meanwhile, Robbie unknowingly becomes the key to finding Joy's missing younger brother.
Consideration
While Eric is eluding Annie on some secret "church" business, Simon convinces Grandpa to take him to get his learner's permit, ending them up in a slow-speed police chase with Simon at the wheel for the whole family to watch on TV.
Pathetic
Mary tries to reconnect with Wilson only to discover that he has moved and her confusion is greatened when Ben, the fireman she kissed, drops by unannounced for dinner. Meanwhile, Eric feels completely left out after discovering that Annie quit her teaching job without consulting him, and Simon gets Robbie into trouble when they end up in a car accident with Matt.
Suspicion
Ruthie steps in to protect her Muslim friend Yasmine from bullies who have been terrorizing her because of her ethnic and religious background, and gains the support from the entire Camden family. Eric, Annie and the other kids all work together to defend Yasmine and her family and discover in the process the sad truth that many people in their community share the same fears.
Drunk
Simon persuades his parents to let him go to a party after they meet his friend, a senior who promises to look out for him; Matt gets mail from two medical schools that he applied to but he's hesitant to open the letters. Meanwhile, Mary and Lucy take the same classes at an area college.
Hot Pants
Annies attempt to surprise Eric with romantic Valentines plans backfires and results in a big fight. Meanwhile, Matt seeks out old girlfriends for answers as to why theyre no longer together, while Mary and Lucy have their own surprising run-ins with their ex-fiancés, Wilson and Jeremy, who are happily out with new girlfriends.
I Really Do
Determined to settle down before heading off to med school, Matt goes in search of a woman to marry and meets Sarah, the daughter of Rabbi Glass and Rosina Glass. The Glasses and Reverend and Annie Camden are concerned that their children are dating out of faith, but concern grows to fear when the kids stay out all night and may have gotten hitched.
I Really Did
Matt and Sarah secretly elope, but when facing their parents, they are only able to summon the courage to say that theyre engaged. Meanwhile, Lucy and Mary search for Ruthie because they suspect that she knows what really happened during Matt's night out.
Lip Service
Tensions escalate when the Camdens are invited over for Shabbat dinner at the home of Rabbi Glass and his wife Rosina, the parents of Matts fiancée Sarah. Eric and Annie are unable to hide their shock when they find out that Matt is considering converting to Judaism.
Letting Go
Eric feels overwhelmed by his children's relationships when Mary returns home from flight attendant training in N.Y. and brings her new love Ben and his brother Kevin, who has fallen for Lucy. Meanwhile, Reverend Camden also suspects that Matt has secretly gotten married, but must deal with relationships outside of the family and counsels an older couple who can't seem to let go of their middle-aged son.
The Known Soldier
The Camdens learn about Marine Staff Sgt. Morgan through Ruthie's email correspondence with him and are devastated when they learn of his death while on duty in Afghanistan. CeCe Winans performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a moving memorial service scene led by Reverend Camden dedicated to Staff Sgt. Morgan with his family and actual representatives of the Marine Corps in attendance.
Holy War, Part I
Matt and Sarah remain calm as their wedding nears, yet their fathers, Reverend Camden and Rabbi Glass, experience cold feet and can't come to an agreement regarding their children marrying out of faith and take it upon themselves to call the whole thing off.
Holy War, Part II
After learning that their fathers Reverend Camden and Rabbi Glass sabotaged their wedding, a very upset Matt and Sarah appeal to their mothers for help. Annie Camden and Rosina Glass cunningly convince their husbands to co-officiate the wedding incorporating both the Jewish and the Christian vows into the service.
The Ring
Mary takes Lucy to New York for a girls weekend, but hides secret plans of staying there permanently. Meanwhile, Matt and Sarah experience their first premarital quarrel and turn to Eric for counseling, who's already dubious about their union.
