*This page will unfortunately be closing resulting from lack of interest.
*David Gallagher, who played Simon, one of the core Camden family members has left the show as a regular cast member after the third episode of the current season. This following Jessica Biel and Barry Watson's (who play Mary and Matt, respectively) exits a few seasons ago. Biel and Watson have guest starred a number of times on the show, and Gallagher is expected to do the same.
Currently in it's eighth season, the original family cast of 7 now have only 4, not counting the twins who, after birth, made a count of 6. These six include Eric Camden, town Minister, Annie Camden, homemaker and their children. Lucy, student and wife, Ruthie, and Sam and David. Lucy's husband Kevin, a police officer lives with the family. His partner, Roxanne is good friends with the family as is Chandler, also a minister. Ruthie's boyfriend, Peter is a friendly face in the home, as is Cecilia, Sam and David's babysitter. Eric and Annie's other children include Simon, now 18, who has left for college. Mary is a fight attended and also married, as is Matt, who lives with his wife in New York training to become a doctor.
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The Camden household just doesn't know when to stop. On Matt and Sarah's first day as student doctors, things couldn't go worse. After waking up late and losing his medical supplies, Matt thinks his troubled day will get better. But after being scoulded by his boss and never ending cell phone calls from his family, Matt begins to question the line of work he has gotten into. But with more than seven people to comfort him, he realizes any dream of his will be accepted with his family. **PAGE WILL BE CLOSING SOON**
The sad thing about this show is that it really isn't that good anymore. After the departure of Jessica Biel and Barry Watson, the show lost much of it's charm and charisma. The producers obviously feel that the more cast members they add, the more viewers will forget about the absence of (now) three of it's main cast members. That is quite the opposite, however. George Stults, who plays Kevin, probably my least favorite of the "new" cast, has no chemistry with Lucy and is just a terrible actor all around. Lucy, in turn, lost all of her girl-like charm in the middle of the show and Simon's constant moody attitude toward the end of his run almost ruined his part. Ruthie just has no point in the storyline anymore and I don't know what Roxanne and Chandler have to do with anything.The twins are merely used to say "cute" things and Eric and Annie have little screen time with the overhaul of "family members". If you're already confused about this never-ending cast, you haven't seen anything. I haven't even named all of them. I'll admit that the show has picked up some since the dreadful last season and is still watchable, but it's testing it's luck at that. I hope this show goes out with some decency by ending soon with it's core members. Just the family. The way it was meant to be.