

Then we pretty much got the full breakdown on camera, which was actually somewhat cathartic. I’m actually kind of grateful for it, because up until that episode, I hadn’t really let myself feel too much about her passing.

I was definitely proud of that one, because it was so raw and it was so real. When I was 16, one of my best friends passed away in a car accident, and we did an episode called 'Nothing Endures But Change' where it is dealing with grief. “There’s one episode that was particularly attached to my life. Those were the special days.”Īre there any episodes you’re particularly proud of or moments that really stick out to you?
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"You know those amazing moments with your MAC lipstick, I forget what one it was, the Spice lip liner? Those days? I get to relive those. Yes, I get to relive those moments over and over and over again. I get to relive those moments that you through in high school being like, Oh god, okay, so glad no one is ever to remember that. I think people still hold onto us pretty tight, and then obviously with reruns, you live infinitely forever. "I think, to be honest, there’s nothing that’s really quite come on that has replaced us in that realm. We were something special we were kind of a one-of-a-kind in that time period. "I’m so much a part of their reality that it’s very hard to differentiate that it was just a show. When I’m out in public, people don’t look at me as a celebrity, they don’t look at me as an actress, they think that I was either their best friend or that I went to high school with them or their daughter or their son or their cousin. I think that’s very interesting about us. We were a show that wasn’t just entertainment, but that became literally a part of people’s families. I think we were a very special kind of show. “I definitely have been called the glue that keeps us all together.”Īre you surprised that we’re still talking about 7th Heaven all these years later? You’re sort of the historian of the show. I’m the one that kind of is the pain in the ass that gets everybody together.” “I basically told them that I was feeling nostalgic, and I need to see them all pronto and that we just have to hang out. When we spoke to Barry Watson, he mentioned that you sent out an email trying to get everybody together to have a little mini-20th-anniversary reunion. She shared her thoughts about why we’re still talking about a family drama on a now-defunct network, where she thinks Lucy Camden would be now, and a little bit about her new show (with Christine Lakin and Jodie Sweetin) that will stir up all of those '90s nostalgia feelings. Refinery 29 spoke to Mitchell over the phone in advance of the 20th anniversary of 7th Heaven’s premiere. Mitchell was on the guest list for Biel and Justin Timberlake's wedding, and Biel was one of Mitchell’s bridesmaids.

Mitchell says that she and Jessica Biel, who played her older sister but is actually younger in real life, had a “very interesting relationship." There were times when they weren’t big fans of each other, but, like the siblings they played on TV, they have always been close, and their relationship has evolved into an enduring friendship. Mitchell experienced it along with her character - and her costars. Along the way, Lucy experienced all of the awkwardness that comes with being a teenager. Her character started the show worrying about getting her first period and ended it married, with a family of her own, and working as the assistant pastor at her father’s church. Beverley Mitchell played Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven for the entire 11-season run of the show.
