On we go with Zen 3 to 5+! Last time, we made a real storyline out of Kelso's giving up his feelings for Jackie, but she and Hyde have yet to speak this season. Time to fix that...
And, to answer the guest reviewer from 6-01: yes, everything from 5-07 to 5-25 in this continuity happens as it did in the show, which includes the nurse storyline.
SHOW TITLE
INT. FORMAN BASEMENT - NIGHT
The same night as the credits scene from 6-01. HYDE is passed out in his chair, with SCHATZI asleep in his arms. Smoke still lingers in the air.
The basement door opens. JACKIE enters.
JACKIE:
Steven?
She shuts the door. Hyde jerks awake, which wakes up Schatzi.
HYDE:
It's oregano!
He shakes off the last of sleep, sees Jackie. They stare across the room at each other until Jackie crosses to the couch and sits at the end near Hyde's chair.
JACKIE:
Okay, Steven, I'm here to tell you, now that summer's almost over, I've made my decision. I choose you.
She leans over the arm of the couch to kiss him. When she recovers, Hyde starts leaning in to follow, but stops himself, sits up straight, and sets Schatzi down on the coffee table.
HYDE:
Good to know.
He stands and crosses to the deep freeze.
JACKIE:
"Good to know?" That's all you have to say?
HYDE:
I'll figure out the rest after I spend a summer at the pool.
He turns to smirk Jackie's way; she pouts.
JACKIE:
Ha, ha. You've made your point, Steven. Now you sit back down and french me.
HYDE:
Jackie, when I said, "choose between me and Kelso," I meant, "choose me, right then." Making me sit around and wait it out is immature.
JACKIE:
I want what I want when I want it! What is so immature about that?
HYDE:
Jackie...
JACKIE:
(stands)
Don't you "Jackie" me! Steven, do you remember why I needed time to think about this in the first place?
HYDE:
Do you remember you made me compete with a two-timing moron who superglued his own head to his desk two days before graduation?
JACKIE:
I still loved you!
HYDE:
Then what was there to choose between?
JACKIE:
Nothing, I just needed time to think!
HYDE:
Why didn't you tell me that?
JACKIE:
Why didn't you ask me that?
HYDE:
Because you haven't been by here all summer!
JACKIE:
I was thinking!
HYDE:
I was waiting!
As they stare each other down, Schatzi starts to whimper.
HYDE (cont'd):
Great. And now, you've upset the dog.
Hyde scoops up Schatzi and retreats to his room. Jackie throws her hands up, "what just happened?"
MAIN CREDITS
BUMPER
INT. FORMAN KITCHEN - DAY
The next morning. Hyde and ERIC sit at the kitchen table, eating cereal.
ERIC:
So Jackie turns up, tells you, "I choose you," and you... said "no."
Hyde doesn't answer, avoids looking at Eric.
ERIC (cont'd):
Hyde, as someone with experience in holding out for the sake of pride, you really don't want to wait until she runs away to California. Of course, this is Jackie, so she'd probably run away to, like, Dallas. And I can't see you getting along well with the Texans when you go out to get her. There'd be a bar fight, you spend the night in jail, your cellmate's a cowboy with a bad moustache and a "Remember the Alamo" belt buckle who makes you his wife... you know what, go ahead and hold out. That sounds fun.
RED and KITTY enter from the living room. Eric stands and moves to meet them by the stove.
ERIC (cont'd):
Hey, Mom, Dad. I have something I want to tell you. I've decided not to move away.
RED:
What?
ERIC:
Yeah. I'm gonna stay and put off college for just for a little while.
(to Red)
Or, at least until you're well enough to go back to work.
Kitty sweeps Eric into a huge hug. Hyde snickers from the table.
KITTY:
My baby! My baby! My baby!
ERIC:
Okay, okay, Mom, this is actually kind of embarrassing. You're actually really hurting me, yeah.
She lets him go.
RED:
(to Eric)
You mean I've been waiting eighteen years for you to get your butt out of this house, and now you're staying?
Ignoring that, Eric produces a check from his pocket and hands it to Kitty.
ERIC:
Look, Mom, I signed over my paycheck to you. I, uh, I want you to go buy yourself something pretty. Or, I don't know, electricity.
KITTY:
Oh, honey, thank you.
She hugs him again, more gently this time.
KITTY (cont'd):
Red, it wouldn't kill you to thank him.
RED:
It might. I just had a heart attack.
Kitty gives him a look, then takes a scrap of paper hidden under the coffee tin. She and Red cross to the table and sit.
KITTY:
Speaking of which, I found this in the garbage last night. Why would you throw away the list of all the food the doctor said we couldn't have in the house?
RED:
Kitty, did you look at that list? If I had known what I was coming home to after my heart attack, I would've walked straight into that bright light and never looked back.
KITTY:
Oh, come on, it can't be that bad. I'll do it with you. 'Cause what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
ERIC:
Actually, Mom, Dad's the gander. The male goose. So it would be "what's good for the gander is good for the goose."
He sits back down, takes the list.
ERIC (cont'd):
So, let's take a gander at what you're giving up with the gander.
He chuckles, even as Red and Hyde roll their eyes.
ERIC (cont'd):
That's how you do that. Okay...
(reading)
"Potato chips, other salty snacks..."
KITTY:
Good advice. The doctor obviously knows what he's talking about.
ERIC:
(reading)
"Butter, heavy cream, cheese..."
KITTY:
Gone. Makes a lot of sense.
ERIC:
(reading)
"Alcoholic beverages..."
KITTY:
Okay, that doctor's a quack.
Kitty snaps up the list and storms into the living room.
BUMPER
INT. DONNA'S BEDROOM - DAY
A short time later. Eric observes as DONNA packs the suitcase on her writing desk with clothes.
DONNA:
God, it's gonna be so hard going off to college without you. But we'll see each other on the weekends, right?
ERIC:
Well, you say that now, but then there's that weekend when you call home and say you have to "study" but I hear Moose the placekicker in the background asking if you want another shot of tequila, so...
DONNA:
Eric, that would never happen. I would never date a placekicker. It's quarterback or nothing for me.
ERIC:
Ah!
They laugh and embrace.
DONNA:
The more I think about leaving you, the sadder I get. And the sadder I get, the more I wanna be with you. Right now.
ERIC:
(beat)
Now? Well, yeah, I mean, I guess –
Donna shoves him down onto the bed, jumps him, and begins unbuttoning his shirt.
ERIC (cont'd):
whoa! All right, this is great! It'll be, like, completely spontaneous! Like, I just -
DONNA:
Why are you talking?
ERIC:
I'm sorry, I just –
She cuts him off with a deep kiss. He gives into it and pulls her further down onto him, and we cut to:
BUMPER
INT. HUB – DAY
A very slow afternoon; the place is nearly empty. Among the few customers are Jackie, KELSO, and FEZ at the wall table, Jackie in a chair and the boys in the booth seat.
JACKIE:
Do you two think I'm immature?
KELSO:
No, you're almost fully grown.
They both give her a look-over, which she chooses to ignore.
JACKIE:
Well, Steven thinks so. Apparently, I'm immature. Well, he wants "mature?" He thinks that's cool? I can be cool. People can change. Olivia Newton-John did it for John Travolta, and that movie was incredibly realistic.
She looks up in thought. A slow zoom in as we cut to:
INT. HUB – DAY
FANTASY SEQUENCE. The Hub, with all the tables conveniently cleared for any impending choreography. Hyde, Eric, Kelso, and Fez are gathered around the Space Invaders game.
Jackie and Donna enter, Jackie in Sandy's greaser chick outfit from GREASE. They strut across the room until they stand across from the boys. Eric, Kelso, and Fez all whip around to look at them.
ERIC:
WOW!
KELSO:
Yowza.
FEZ:
Yummy.
Hyde looks up last. When he sees Jackie, he rips the sunglasses off his head.
HYDE:
Jackie?
JACKIE:
Tell me about it, Steve.
The girls move onto their marks, as do the boys. "You're The One That I Want" from GREASE begins to play as a full-on song and dance number begins.
HYDE (lip-sync):
I got chills! They're multiplying
And I'm losing control
'Cause the power you're supplying
It's electrifying!
JACKIE (lip-sync):
You better shape up 'cause I need a man
And my heart is set on you
You better shape up
You better understand
To my heart I must be true...
HYDE (lip-sync):
Nothing left
Nothing left for me to do...
JACKIE & HYDE (lip-sync):
You're the one that I want
(You are the one I want)
Ooh, hoo, hoo, honey!
The one that I want
(You are the one I want)
Ooh, hoo, hoo, honey!
The one that I want
(You are the one I want)
Ooh, hoo, hoo!
The one I need
Oh, yes indeed...
By the end of the number, Jackie is wrapped around Hyde with arms and legs as he gazes into her eyes.
HYDE:
Oh, Jackie, you're so cool and mature. Please take me back. 'Cause we belong together like bob-bobba-loo-ba, shawalla shebang-shebang.
In reply, she pulls him into a long, passionate kiss. The others all group together, offering (ad-libbed) congratulations and celebrations. A heart flanked by two unicorns serves as an iris closing on the scene, and we fade back into reality...
INT. HUB – DAY
Jackie sways gently in her seat to the music in her head. Kelso and Fez share a look.
KELSO:
(to Jackie)
Are you gonna sing? 'Cause we've heard you sing, and... you're not gonna sing, are you?
Fez shakes his head, pleading.
JACKIE:
No, but I'm gonna get Steven back, whatever it takes. And I'm gonna get me a pair of those black satin pants, 'cause I look good in those.
And thus, she turns back to daydreaming.
CUT TO:
INT. FORMAN KITCHEN - DAY
A short time later. Hyde snacks at the counter as Red slowly, reluctantly drops an assortment of junk food piled on the stovetop into the trash can.
Eric and Kitty enter, each carrying a cart loaded with liquor bottles.
KITTY:
Okay, the doctor wins. Eric and I boxed up all the liquor.
ERIC:
(to Hyde)
Man, look at all this. It's like Dean Martin exploded. There were bottles in the liquor cabinet, the dining room hutch, my mom's nightstand...
He picks up the offending bottle.
KITTY:
Oh, no, no. That's for polishing furniture.
ERIC:
Mom, there's lipstick on it.
HYDE:
It's just your luck, Forman. You're about to turn eighteen and there's gonna be no hooch left in the house to steal.
Red and Kitty's eyes snap to him.
HYDE (cont'd):
I mean, avoid.
(They stare)
Do homework next to. Pray near.
(They stare)
Come on!
RED:
Yeah, it's gonna be pretty boring around here.
(to Eric)
You know what you should do? Go to college.
He exits to the basement.
ERIC:
Mom, would it be too much to ask for Dad to be grateful that I'm staying?
KITTY:
Honey, we're all going through hard times. You're giving up your future. I'm giving up my Schnapps. Let's not compare our pain.
BUMPER
INT. FORMAN BASEMENT - DAY
THE CIRCLE. Open on Eric's empty seat, which he hurries into.
ERIC:
Hey, sorry I'm late. Donna was really upset about leaving, so I had to comfort her in a bedular way. It turns out, if I get her sad, she gives it away like goldfish at a freakin' carnival.
Pan to Fez.
FEZ:
Eric, I think you may have found a secret "open sesame" to sex. Make the lady cry. Perhaps I should try that with my wife. "Laurie, here's a dead cat. Now, do me."
Pan to Hyde.
HYDE:
A little history, Fez – I think Laurie has a lot of "open sesames." Like "hi, Laurie." That usually does it.
Pan to Kelso.
KELSO:
Actually, I only ever got as far as "hi." Fez, I did it with your wife!
Pan to Eric.
ERIC:
God, I have so much power over Donna now. It's like I know how Obi-Wan Kenobi feels.
(doing Obi-Wan)
"These aren't the droids you're looking for."
(normal voice)
Man, I wish I could do it with Donna in a land speeder on Tatooine. That would be so awesome.
BUMPER
MUSIC NOTE: "Hot Child in the City" by Nick Glider.
EXT. FORMAN DRIVEWAY – DAY
Moments later. Jackie, in a tiny bikini and sunglasses, is sprawled out on a lawn chair set up in the driveway. She turns and smiles as the four boys file out from the kitchen. They're all still coming down from the Circle, but that doesn't stop them from checking Jackie out – Hyde especially.
JACKIE:
Hello, boys.
FEZ:
And hello, sun goddess.
If looks could kill, Hyde would've just murdered Fez. He looks away from Jackie and inches away from Hyde.
Jackie flips her sunglasses up and stands.
JACKIE:
(to Hyde)
You know, Steven, a tan's not the only thing I have now that I didn't have when we were going out.
She lifts up her right foot, drawing attention to:
FEZ:
(gasp)
Toe ring.
Hyde, sucking in deep breaths, tries his best not to look. His best isn't very good.
JACKIE:
(to Hyde)
Yep. Tan, toe ring – a tattoo.
HYDE:
(scoffs)
You don't have a tattoo. You're bluffing.
(beat)
You have a tattoo?
He looks her over, tries to see her back.
JACKIE:
Well, we're not going out, so I guess you'll never know.
She walks past him, brushing him with her shoulder as she does, and heads back into the house. The guys all follow her with their eyes.
Hyde takes a few steps after her before catching himself. Eric, Kelso, and Fez all grin.
KELSO:
Look at you watching her. You love her, man.
(doing Hyde)
"Oh, baby, I love you so much."
He starts making kissy faces. Fez does the same, and they lean into each other for a bit, just missing the other's lips.
KELSO:
(laughing)
Were you doing Jackie?
FEZ:
(beat)
Yes, yes.
HYDE:
Why am I even thinking about her? Man, she's like Tahiti. It's warm and it's beautiful and you wanna go there, but when you do, you get bit by a mosquito and you get malaria and you're sick for the rest of your life.
KELSO:
You know, when me and Jackie were going out, this'd be right around the time that you got us back together after a break-up. It's too bad you don't have your own you around.
ERIC:
Kelso, would you really want two Hydes around? You'd be getting frogged from the right and the left 24 hours a day.
Unconsciously, Kelso wraps his arms around himself, covering his biceps.
HYDE:
(to Kelso)
I wasn't trying to get you back together. I was trying to get her to stop crying.
Each of the boys reacts – Eric amused, Kelso guilty, Fez ready to cry. Hyde stirs uncomfortably under their eyes.
HYDE (cont'd):
She was ruining all my shirts.
They keep staring.
HYDE (cont'd):
Shut up!
When they keep staring, Hyde delivers an open-palm smack to Fez's forehead. He falls back against Eric, who falls back against Kelso, and all three of them collapse to the ground. Hyde marches off down the drive.
FADE TO BLACK
COMMERCIAL
BUMPER
INT. FORMAN BASEMENT – DAY
Another day. "Baby Come Back" by Player is on the radio. Eric and Donna read a magazine together on the couch, Jackie sits in the lawn chair, and Kelso paces up and down.
KELSO:
Jackie, I've noticed you and Hyde are still broken up. As the man who used to pleasure you endlessly, I think it's only fitting that I take over Hyde's old job of getting you back together with your fella, 'cause when I'm a cop, I'm gonna have to deal with domestic cases like this all the time.
DONNA:
And the good news is, he'll have guns.
KELSO:
Yeah, this is gonna be a piece of cake. Y'know, they should've put me in charge of Vietnam. I would've had those people making out in a week.
He exits out the basement door.
ERIC:
Wow. Donna, that might be the last time you'll ever get to see Kelso make an even bigger mess of a problem.
DONNA:
Yeah, I'm gonna miss that. And I'm gonna miss you.
She sets the magazine down and leans into Eric.
JACKIE:
Well, I'm not gonna miss you two slobbering all over each other like fat girls in a house with free meat.
She stands and exits out the basement door.
ERIC:
And that might be the last time that Jackie ever makes fun of us, fat girls, and meat.
DONNA:
Yeah...
She throws herself at Eric, and they begin violently making out. Thus begins:
MONTAGE.
A) FORMAN DRIVEWAY. Eric and Donna lean against the Vista Cruiser. Eric heaves a long sigh.
DONNA:
What?
ERIC:
Nothing. It's just... this could be the last time that you and I stand by the Vista Cruiser. I just waxed her – she's all slippy slidy.
Donna whirls around to kiss Eric. The two of them make out, sliding up and down the Vista Cruiser.
B) DONNA'S BEDROOM. Donna sits at her writing desk. Eric stands over her, toothbrush in hand.
ERIC:
Donna, this might be the last time I bring you your toothbrush.
DONNA:
That's not my toothbrush.
ERIC:
(beat)
Might be the last time I bring you the wrong toothbrush.
Donna shoves everything off her desk. Eric lies down across it, she jumps on top of him, and they go at it.
BUMPER
EXT. FORMAN DRIVEWAY - DAY
Later that afternoon. Hyde and Kelso sit in the chairs on the back porch.
KELSO:
Okay, Hyde. If I'm gonna get you and Jackie back together, I'm gonna start by doing what you always did for me, which was point out all the stuff I was doing wrong. So let's start with the fact that you have curly hair.
Hyde gives Kelso a dirty look. It goes right over Kelso's head.
KELSO (cont'd):
That's cute on girls and little kids, but on a man, that's just dirty. Plus you don't wash it and you've got those sideburns, so that's a double ugh.
(afterthought)
Oh, and you slept with that nurse.
HYDE:
That only happened because you hit on Jackie for that whole year, and it led to a misunderstanding. And I owned up to what I did. If Jackie was gonna take me back anyway, she shouldn't have made me spend all summer waiting on her.
KELSO:
Yeah, but Hyde, you should've known she wouldn't just get over that. You never pushed her to just get over it when I slept with Laurie, or made out with Pam Macy, or stole 50 bucks from her, or that mess Fez and I left in her dad's Lincoln after that night of cow-tipping went wrong.
HYDE:
(sighs)
Fine. Maybe I was sort of impetuous and maybe a little rash.
KELSO:
Now, see, that's something that Jackie oughta know.
CUT TO:
INT. DONNA'S BEDROOM - DAY
Minutes later. Jackie and Kelso stand in the bedroom, talking.
KELSO:
Hyde says that he was sort of infectious and he has a rash.
JACKIE:
What?
KELSO:
I'm just telling you what he said.
JACKIE:
All right, look, Michael, Steven's the one who messed up the relationship. He thought you and I were together, but he was just wrong. He fabricated the whole mess.
KELSO:
Well, somebody ought to make that clear.
CUT TO:
EXT. FORMAN DRIVEWAY – DAY
Minutes later. Kelso and Hyde, basketball under his arm, stand in the driveway, talking.
KELSO:
Jackie wants you to know that there was a mess 'cause she was wearing the wrong fabric.
HYDE:
That can't be what she said.
KELSO:
It's word for word, man.
HYDE:
Kelso, would you get out of here?
KELSO:
What? I'm helping.
HYDE:
You're making me wanna kick your ass!
KELSO:
That better be the rash talking.
Kelso walks off through the garage. Hyde nails him in the back with the basketball before heading into the house.
CUT TO:
INT. FORMAN KITCHEN – DAY
Kitty looks over items on the shelf near the patio door. Red enters from the living room, paper bag in hand. He takes a careful look around the kitchen, but misses Kitty. She watches as he draws a can of beer from the bag and pops it open. He lifts it to his lips to drink...
KITTY:
Busted, mister.
Red slams the can down on the stovetop.
RED:
You're like a damn cat. I'm gonna make you wear a bell.
Kitty crosses to him, points at the can.
KITTY:
Bad health in a can, that's what that is. The doctor said he wants nothing like that around here, and I agree. All it takes is a little willpower, Red.
Kitty opens the flour tin and pulls out a bottle of wine. She pours a healthy amount into her water glass.
KITTY (cont'd):
Even though you used to do something without thinking, you just – you have to grab a hold of those thoughts.
She downs the wine.
RED:
Can I get you a refill there?
Kitty looks from him, to her glass, to her bottle.
KITTY:
Well, there's a lesson for you. You're welcome.
She exits to the living room, taking bottle and glass with her.
As she leaves, Eric enters.
ERIC:
(to Red)
Hey.
RED:
Oh, hey – listen, son. You know, uh... it means a lot to your mother, you staying here and helping out the family. And as for me, I... well, uh...
He takes a scrap of paper from his pocket and hands it to Eric.
RED (cont'd):
There. The doctor said I should write down my feelings.
ERIC:
Are you actually thanking me?
He reads the note.
ERIC (cont'd):
This is a list of yard work.
RED:
Yeah, the lawn thanks you for all that mowing you're gonna do.
ERIC:
You're welcome, Dad.
RED:
Yeah. Well...
Eric steps in for a hug, but Red holds his hand up.
RED (cont'd):
All right, we're both men here.
Eric nods, heads out to the drive.
BUMPER
INT. FORMAN BASEMENT – DAY
Eric and Donna sit on the couch, watching GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.
ERIC:
Oh, God.
DONNA:
What's wrong?
ERIC:
Nothing. It's just... this could be the last time that you and I watch Gilligan get hit on the head by the Skipper.
DONNA:
Eric, the more we talk about me going away, the sadder you get. And being with you so much lately has been great, but afterwards... well, you always used to look a little bit ashamed, and... I mean, now you just seem depressed.
ERIC:
Oh, no, no. I'm not depressed, Donna. You are depressed.
He stands, shoves everything off the coffee table.
ERIC (cont'd):
Okay, let's do this.
DONNA:
(stands)
Okay, hold on. All this "last time" stuff – have you been saying that just for sex?
ERIC:
What? Have I... what?
(doing Obi-Wan)
"This is not the one you're angry with."
He waves his hand in front of her eyes.
DONNA:
You're disgusting.
She storms out the door. Eric sits down. Donna re-enters immediately, and Eric stands back up right away.
DONNA (cont'd):
That might be the last time we fight over you trying to get me to have sex with you!
ERIC:
I know!
Donna hurries over to him, takes him in an embrace, and they fall back down onto the couch as they kiss.
BUMPER
EXT. FORMAN FRONT PORCH – DAY
Closer to evening than afternoon. Fez and Kelso sit together on the front porch. Kelso has a hand on his temple.
KELSO:
This "getting people back together" business is hard. I don't remember ever throwing a basketball at Hyde's back when he was doing this, and I don't think Jackie ever threw an empty hairspray can at his head.
(to Fez)
Your wife did that to me once.
FEZ:
I get it. You had sex with my wife. Stop rubbing it in.
KELSO:
Wow. I wasn't even trying to burn you with that one. It's just too easy. Just like your wife.
Fez turns away, pouting, while Kelso chuckles.
KELSO:
Man, it's obvious that Hyde and Jackie both wanna be together, and they would be in a second if they just thought that the other one had said "I'm sorry."
He considers that for a second, then leaps to his feet, Fez following.
KELSO:
Eureka, Fez! Eureka!
FEZ:
I'm one step ahead of you, my friend!
KELSO:
Yeah, I'll just lie to both of them and tell them the other one said "I'm sorry!"
FEZ:
Oh. I thought we were going to try and get my wife to do me.
KELSO:
(beat)
Good luck with that.
He claps Fez on the shoulder and runs off.
CUT TO:
EXT. FORMAN DRIVEWAY - DAY
Minutes later. Kelso has gathered Jackie and Hyde in front of the Vista Cruiser. He takes them each by the shoulder and pulls them in closer.
KELSO:
Okay, here we go. Let's make up.
JACKIE:
All right. Look, Steven, I heard what you said.
HYDE:
Yeah, I heard what... wait a minute, you heard what I said?
JACKIE:
Yeah, Michael told me. And, just so you know – I'm sorry too.
HYDE:
Too? No, you're not sorry too. You're sorry one, I'm sorry two.
JACKIE:
(beat)
Wait, what? No, Michael said -
HYDE:
Yeah, he said that...
They both turn to glare at Kelso.
KELSO:
Whoa! I did my work. You two gotta clean this mess up yourselves.
HYDE:
(to Jackie)
So nothing's changed then?
JACKIE:
(shrugs)
Guess not.
HYDE:
(scoffs)
Forget this.
Jackie turns to head down the drive, Hyde turns to go back into the house. Kelso pulls them both back and turns them toward each other.
KELSO:
Okay, enough. Look, you guys, who cares who apologized first?
(to Hyde)
Jackie obviously wants to be with you, and you're here, which means that you wanna be with her, and I don't blame you, 'cause with that rash, you ain't got a whole lot of choices.
JACKIE:
All right, look, Steven, do you wanna be with me?
Hyde gives a very small shrug.
JACKIE (cont'd):
No, no, a shrug's not gonna cut it. Steven, I need you to say something. All right, look – I'll even go first. Steven, I wanna be with you. And you?
HYDE:
I... can you hang on a second?
He turns to Kelso and frogs him in the arm.
HYDE (cont'd):
Would you get out of here?
KELSO:
If you want me to leave, all you have to do is say "please."
HYDE:
Fine, please!
He frogs Kelso again.
KELSO:
That's better.
He retreats into the house.
HYDE:
Jackie, I do wanna be with you.
Coy, Jackie takes a step in.
JACKIE:
Because...
She traces a heart in the air with her fingers.
HYDE:
(beat)
Will you take a shrug for that?
JACKIE:
(smiles, shrugs)
Eh.
She throws her arms around his neck. His arms wrap around her waist, and they kiss.
FADE TO BLACK
CREDITS
INT. FORMAN KITCHEN – DAY
LAURIE is at the island with a laundry basket. She sorts through her things as Fez comes up from the basement and moves behind her.
FEZ:
Hello, darling. I see you are washing your unmentionables.
LAURIE:
Yeah. Do you know what gets out grass stains and Kailua?
FEZ:
Anyways, I was thinking how sad you must be considering the mess you made of your life. With all that sadness, do you also not get needy?
LAURIE:
Y'know, I sort of do.
FEZ:
Ali Baba, the treasure is mine!
LAURIE:
I'm gonna go see if Carlos is home.
She struts out the door. Fez sighs, smiles, and leans on the laundry basket.
FEZ:
That Carlos is one lucky S.O.B. to have a wife like mine.
END.
I hope no one's disappointed by how comparatively unaltered this one is to 6-01! If I'm being honest, I don't find the idea that Hyde would be too proud and stubborn to get back together with Jackie right away after making him wait on an answer to be out-of-character; I just don't like the sloppy and cavalier way the show presented that idea, or the lack of a peek behind the curtain as to how he really feels. With these rewrites of 6-01 and 6-02 together, I've tried to do that.
In any event, now that Jackie and Hyde are back together, it's on to the middle of Season 6...