Chapter 15
SCENE 1
Point Place, Wisconsin
Hyde & Jackie's Living Room
July 29, 1981
3 AM
HYDE STARTS TO COME DOWN THE STAIRS OF THE TWO LEVEL HOME THAT WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED TO SEE THAT THE TELEVISION IS ON IN THE LIVING ROOM. HE DOESN'T NOTICE WHAT'S ON. AS HE GETS CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, HE CAN SEE THAT HIS VERY PREGNANT WIFE, JACKIE BURKHART HYDE IS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE HERSELF COMFORTABLE IN THE RECLYNER CHAIR.
Hyde:Baby, what are you doing?
Jackie:Trying to sleep
Hyde:In a Lazyboy?
Jackie:(frustrated) Why not, I'm a lazygirl…
Hyde:Don't you think you'd sleep better upstairs?
Jackie:NO! I have heartburn, indigestion, I have to go to the bathroom every 10 minutes if I'm lucky and I can barely get out of bed anyway and I'm sorry if I'm crabby, but I don't think this baby is ever coming out (gets up out of the chair and pouts).
Hyde:Want me to sleep down here with you?
Jackie:(still pouting) In the chair?
Hyde:If you want.
Jackie:That sounds good.
HYDE COMES OVER AND HOLDS JACKIE. SHE FINALLY RELAXES AND PUTS HER HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER AND CLOSES HER EYES.
Hyde:Come on, let's go to sleep. You're exhausted.
Jackie:Shh. I'm sleeping right here.
HYDE SMILES, KISSES THE TOP OF HER HEAD AND PULLS HER CLOSER TO HIM
SCENE 2
HYDE LIVING ROOM
5 am
JACKIE IS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF THE RECLYNER, WITHOUT WAKING HYDE. SHE IS UNSUCCESSFUL AND HYDE FLIPS OVER THE SIDE OF THE CHAIR AND FALLS ON THE FLOOR
Hyde:Jackie…..what are you doing now
Jackie:I'm sorry sweetie…I'm watching the Royal Wedding and I was missing the picture from the angle on the tv. She's going to be a princess. And she even has a glass coach!
Hyde:Oh God….I forgot about this thing being on. It's every husband's nightmare. (flips the channels to Jackie's dismay) It's on every channel! I'm going to get something to eat.
Jackie:My indigestion never went away (Hyde's going into the kitchen. He comes back through the door in a second holding a spoon and a quart of ice cream and looks very concerned)
Hyde:(concerned) How often are you having this indigestion?
Jackie:(Smiles, and is very pleased that he figured it out) About every twenty minutes. Maybe a little quicker.
Hyde:I'm calling Mrs. Forman. This might be it.
SCENE 3
HYDE LIVING ROOM
5:10 AM
Hyde:Okay, Mrs. Forman's calling the hospital and she & Red are going to meet us there. She's sending Eric & Donna over here to help us.
Jackie:With what?
Hyde:(starting to freak out) I'm not sure….get new carpet from where I'm wearing it out at, pacing?
Jackie:Pudding Pop, it's okay. It's all going to be okay.
Hyde:Why did she have to ask me about a mucus plug? I was fine before that.
Jackie:Steven, giving birth is not exactly clean & pretty
AT THAT VERY MOMENT, JACKIE'S WATER BREAKS, SENDING BOTH HYDE & JACKIE INTO A SLIGHT PANIC.
Hyde:You can say that again.
SCENE 3
HYDE LIVING ROOM; ERIC & DONNA HAVE JUST ARRIVED
5:30 AM
Jackie:Steven, I'm not leaving in the middle of watching this wedding
Hyde:You wanna have the baby in our living room? That's a spot I don't think Mrs. Forman is going to know how to get out of the carpet.
Jackie:I want to see a real life fairy tale. And I'm scared. This will make me feel better.
Hyde:The real life fairy tale is you & me babe, and that little person who's decided to crash our party. (exasperated) Jackie, I'm fairly sure that if it's on all our tv channels, it'll be on at the hospital. And you need to go to the hospital. I won't lose you and the baby. (he swallows hard) I can't.
Jackie:Me neither. Okay, but hurry. The ceremony hasn't started yet and I think this baby wants to see the vows. (Jackie starts having another contraction)
Hyde:It'll be okay. I promise.
Jackie:Spoken like a man who's never had a contraction.
Hyde:True, but I have loved you for a few years.
Jackie:(through gritted teeth) Now is not the time for jokes.
(Hyde thinks about saying something else, but seeing the look on Jackie's face – he doesn't)
Hyde:(quickly) I love you
Jackie:You better…..Owwwww
Donna:Eric, get the car.
Eric:Shouldn't I boil some water or something?
Hyde:Idiot boy, go get the car!
Jackie:MOVE!
ERIC RUNS OUTSIDE TO START THE VISTA CRUISER, BUT IS SO NERVOUS HE TAKES OFF FOR THE HOSPITAL, LEAVING JACKIE, HYDE & DONNA STANDING IN THE DOORWAY.
Donna:Dillhole!
Hyde:Tell me, he didn't just do what I think he did
Donna:Oh, he did….and he's the new king. Kelso wasn't even this bad.
Hyde:Yeah, and he's not gonna be around long enough to make this worse!
Jackie:(sarcastically) I'm sorry to interrupt, but I'm having a baby here!
HYDE TOSSES DONNA THE KEYS TO THE EL CAMINO AND SHE RUNS OUT THE DOOR WITH JACKIE'S BAG, WITH HYDE & JACKIE CLOSE BEHIND
SCENE 4
POINT PLACE HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY ROOM.
5:45 AM
KITTY AND RED ARE WAITING THERE, PACING THE FLOOR, WHEN ERIC COMES IN…ALONE.
Kitty:Eric, where are Jackie & Steven? Where's Donna?
Eric:They're…in the car….(realizing what he has done) they were supposed to be in the car?
Red:Oh for the love of God!
Kitty:YOU FORGOT THEM?!!!!
Eric:Maybe we can just change my birth certificate to read "dumbass" as long as we're here
A FEW MOMENTS PASS AND JACKIE, HYDE & DONNA COME INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE. JACKIE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR
Eric:(relieved) Oh, great! You guys made it.
Hyde:No thanks to you, Mario Andretti Forman. (reaches for him)
Hyde:Just breathe baby. (strokes her cheek and hold her hand)
Donna:Yes, and now I'm going to get a refill on my birth control pills because I'm never getting pregnant and getting left by you! (she storms off by Red & Kitty)
Eric:Well…but we can still do it, right?
TWO HOURS LATER
Nurse:Kitty, I think this one's belongs to you (nurse comes around the corner pushing Hyde in a wheelchair, because he fainted and has a bandage on his forehead)
Kitty:Steven…are you okay?
Eric:Jackie hit you & knocked you out cold?
Hyde:No, she didn't hit me
Donna:Kicked you out of the room?
Hyde:No, she didn't kick me out.
Red:(smirking) I know what did it….episiotomies, right?
Hyde:(paranoid) DON'T SAY THAT WORD! That's just….(tries to swallow)
Kitty:Honey, that's a procedure to benefit Jackie during the delivery. It's better than if she just ripped…
Eric:(squeaky & shocked) RIPPED!
Donna:Come here you squeamish moron & I'll explain it to you, while your parents give Hyde a pep talk. Let's go to the cafeteria.
Eric:Can we get a pizza instead? That episi word got me hungry for a pizza
Donna:I don't think you're still going to think that after I explain what it means to you.
DONNA & ERIC LEAVE THE WAITING ROOM; HYDE STILL LOOKS PALE
Kitty:Listen sweetie, some men wouldn't even be in there with their wives. You deserve a lot of credit for doing this. There's nothing to be ashamed of that you fainted.
Hyde:(zen like) I didn't faint. I was trying to distract Jackie from the pain.
Red:Nice try. But as the father of two, I can tell that you fainted.
Kitty:Red…not helping!
Hyde:Besides, Jackie's the one that deserves the credit.
Red:Why don't you go tell her that.
HYDE LOOKS AT KITTY WHO NODS, AND HYDE GETS OUT OF THE CHAIR AND TAKES OFF RUNNING BACK DOWN THE HALL TO JACKIE
SCENE 5
POINT PLACE HOSPITAL
FAST FOOD CIRCLE
2:45 PM
Eric:(eating from a bucket of chicken) So, what you're telling me is that, he left the greatest sequel of all time, to do a different movie?
W.B.:(snacking on fries) Yeah, that's why they had to put him in the carbon freeze. The shooting schedules overlapped.
Eric:I don't believe you.
W.B.:(moves on to cake) Wouldn't you want to work with the guy who directed Jaws?
Eric:Yeah, but…an archeologist, in the 1930's. Who's going to watch it?
Bob:(eating a burger) Lots of people. You'd be surprised. And he gets to make out with the chick from Animal House.
Eric:I don't know why he didn't just stay with Empire?
Donna:(slurping a shake) Hey, Yoda, will you shut it! I can't listen to this anymore.
Kitty:(to Eric) She's just worried about Jackie. You really don't look like Yoda. (steals some fries)
MEANWHILE IN THE DELIVERY ROOM
Hyde:(gently) Jackie, come on you can do this
Jackie:(exhausted) No, I can't
Hyde:Yes, you can
Jackie:I'm too tired
Hyde:(encouraging) I know you're tired, but it's time to give the baby some air
Jackie:You push
Hyde:(getting an idea) What'd you think I'm doing
Jackie:(confused) Huh
Hyde:(smirking) You're not pushing, so I'm pushing
Jackie:(getting some energy back) No, I'm pushing
Hyde:(smiling, at seeing her get more determined) I don't think so
Jackie:(getting really riled up) I don't think so? smart ass. When you start passing a watermelon out the opening the size of a grapefruit, we'll talk.
Nurse:Remind me to give you two the name of my lawyer. If this kid is anything like you, you're going to need it.
Hyde:We got that covered. She's the red headed godmother in the waiting room.
Doctor:Okay, Jackie, just one more push
Hyde:Come on baby, I'll buy you jewelry
Jackie:EEEOOOOOWWWWWWWWW
Doctor:It's a girl!!!!!!!
Baby:(loud crying)WWWAAAAAAAAAHHH
Hyde:(freaking out) Is she okay? Is the baby okay? Is my wife okay?
Jackie:(crying) Steven, I'm exhausted, but I'm fine.
Nurse:They're just taking your daughter over to get her cleaned up a bit.
Hyde:(still freaking out) Why is she crying so much?
Jackie:To announce her arrival as the first child of Steven & Jackie Hyde
Hyde:(raises an eyebrow) You wanna do this again?
Jackie:(soothingly) As long as we get to practice the conception part, a lot. Absolutely. You forget sometimes how much I love you.
Hyde:(calming down) I never forget that. But I'm always in awe of it. You're amazing.
Jackie:(smugly) Thank you.
Hyde:No. (he leans in really close to Jackie's ear) Thank you. (he kisses Jackie)
Jackie:(knowing what he's thinking about) And none of us are going anywhere…I love you Steven.
Hyde:(kisses Jackie) I know. I'm not going anywhere either….You two are stuck with me. (kisses Jackie again)
Jackie:(smiles) We can live with that.
Nurse:Here she is….6 lbs, 5 oz, with a head of black hair, with little curls everywhere
NURSE HANDS OVER THE BABY TO JACKIE. JACKIE AND HYDE ARE JUST IN AWE OF THE TINY LITTLE GIRL WRAPPED UP IN A PINK BLANKET.
Jackie:Oh Steven, she's so beautiful
Hyde:(pauses) Takes after her mother
Jackie:(touched and starts crying again) Our family
Hyde:Our family. (swallows hard and purses his lips a bit to maintain his composure)
Jackie:You want to hold her
Hyde:Huh?...yeah.
JACKIE CAREFULLY HANDS THEIR DAUGHTER TO HYDE. HE STARES AT HER IN DISBELIEF. JACKIE IS AMUSED & TOUCHED BY THE SCENE OF THE FATHER & DAUGHTER. JUST THEN, THE BABY OPENS HER TINY EYES AND LOOKS AT HER DAD.
Hyde:Hey….Hi baby. I'm your daddy.
Jackie:Look at those eyes. No mistaking the fact she's got your eyes.
Hyde:(to the baby) We'll have to get you some tiny sunglasses to keep people from knowing what you're thinking.
JACKIE LAUGHS. HYDE COMES OVER CLOSER SO THAT THE BABY IS IN BETWEEN HIM AND JACKIE
Hyde:(to Jackie) I love you. (looks at his daughter) I love you both.
Jackie:You hear that little one…your daddy's turning into a softie
Hyde:When it comes to you two, maybe I am.
Nurse:Okay lovebirds, do we have a name for this little girl?
Hyde & Jackie:Katherine
Hyde:Katherine Janna Hyde
Nurse:alright then. I'm sorry, but we have to put her in the nursery for a few moments while we get you back to your room.
Hyde:(protectively) Where's the nursery?
Jackie:He might sleep out side of it, you know.
Nurse:Got it. I'll bring her right back to you, as soon as you're settled back in your room.
Jackie:(reluctantly) right back to us?
Nurse:(soothingly) Right back to you. (she takes the baby from the proud parents and leaves the delivery room)
Jackie:Maybe you should go tell everyone
Hyde:Yeah, maybe. (he just strokes her damp hair)
Jackie:I'll be okay. Kat & I will both be okay.
Hyde:I know. (he still doesn't want to leave her side)
Doctor:Okay, just a few stitches and we're done here
Hyde:(quickly jumps up) Yeah, I'll go tell everyone. (Kisses Jackie & runs out of the room)
POINT PLACE WAITING ROOM
HYDE ENTERS WITH A GRIN ON HIS FACE LIKE HE'S BEEN IN EIGHT CIRCLES.
Eric:I'm guessing that you have some news, judging by the smile on your face
Hyde:Oh, yeah
Donna:Well….
Hyde:(proudly) It's a girl
Everyone:Aww, Congratulations!
W.B.:How's Jackie
Hyde:She's good. She's amazing. She wants another one. (smiles)
Donna:Let's get the three of you home first
Hyde:Thanks you guys. Kat will be in the nursery soon. Or there'll be hell to pay.
Kitty:Kat?
Hyde:Katherine Janna Hyde…after you Mrs. Forman. Janna is a combo of Jackie & Donna. (smirks at Eric) Don't worry, we'll name the next one Erica.
Kitty:Oh, that is just the sweetest thing…(goes and starts smothering Hyde with hugs and kisses)
Red:Okay Kitty, lets go take a peek in the nursery and then go home. I think we all need a nap. Some more than others.
RED & KITTY LEAVE
W.B.:Congratulations son. (hugs Hyde) Bob & I are going off to buy out a toy store for my granddaughter. I love girls.
Bob:So do I. Don't forget to get some of those ribbon thingys too for her hair.
(Everyone looks at Bob strangely)
Hyde:Whatever
W.B. & BOB LEAVE
Hyde:You guys wanna take a peek at my daughter?
Donna:In a second, I'm going to call Fez & Brooke to tell them the good news. (gives Hyde a hug and leaves to make the calls)
Eric:You okay, buddy.
Hyde:Yeah. Wait until you see her.
Eric:I can't believe you're a father.
Hyde:(laughs) It's strange, but it feels right.
Eric:Who would have thought you'd turn out like this.
Hyde:You guys.
Eric:(laughs & puts his arm on Hyde's shoulder) What a long, strange trip it's been.
Hyde:Yeah, except now Red's just glad we made it out of the basement. Let's go.
ERIC & HYDE LEAVE THE WAITING ROOM TOGETHER TO GO SEE HYDE'S DAUGHTER IN THE NURSERY.
SCREEN DISSOLVES TO FLASHBACKS FROM ALL EIGHT SEASONS. BACKGROUND MUSIC IS "TRUCKIN'" BY THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
FLASHBACK SCENES INCLUDE:
Pilot
That Disco Episode
Eric & Donna's first kiss
Career Day
Prom Night
Water Tower
Hyde running through his old house when Kitty & Red tell him he's staying with them
Garage Sale
Jackie & Kelso
Laurie & Kelso
Hyde teaching Jackie zen
Fight from "Cat Fight Club"
Eric pulling down Donna's pants playing basketball
Jackie Bags Hyde
Each boy falling off the water tower
Prank Day
Promise Ring
Donna dating Casey
Going to California
Hot Dog
Black Dog
Babe I'm gonna leave you
You Shook Me
Nobody's Fault but mine
Immigrant Song
Celebration Day
Final Scene is the gang (plus one tiny baby) sitting in the basement watching tv. Together. Forever.