Jackie in season 8, talking with a therapist about the effects of the S8 showrunners and writers forcing her to feel what she doesnโt actually choose feel.
Therapist: Itโs called being written out-of-character.
Therapist: The writers of your life used to let you make your own choices and just recorded what you did. Theyโve lost sight, however, of their jobs. Instead, theyโre putting thoughts and feelings into your head that arenโt yours.
Jackie [freaked out]: Oh, God, thatโs horrible! What can I do?
Therapist: I really shouldnโt tell you this, but you deserve to know. A friend of yours, a Mr. Hyde, has come to me for months, with similar complaints. He said heโd gone to meet you at a motel in Chicago to propose, but then โ as if some unseen hand were controlling him โ he drove to Las Vegas and married someone he didnโt know.
Therapist: Heโs disturbed by how heโs treating you. He doesnโt want toย โburn you,โ as he calls it. He loves you, but he doesnโt know why he canโt act on it. Every time he tries, other words come out of his mouth. He was forced to have intimate relations with a woman he doesnโt love, and he was relieved their marriage turned out not to be legal.
Therapist: I explained to him the reasoning behind his seemingly inexplicable behavior, and โ well โ heโs taken it upon himself to find the culprits.
Jackie: So thatโs why heโs been wearing a hat made out of tinfoil the last week. I thought his paranoia had reached a new high.
Therapist: Oh, his paranoia is quite justified in this case. But the tinfoil hat isnโt whatโs helping him fight the outside influence on him. His own feelings and wants have grown strong enough to override the season 8 showrunnersโ so that he can go after them.
Jackie: To do โ to do what?
Therapist: Make sure they never try to control him or you again.
Jackie: I have to go after him before he does something that lands him in prison!
Therapist: I wouldnโt worry about that.
Therapist: Because heโs not going to kill them. Heโs getting That โ70s Show canceled so you never have to be under the control of anyone but yourselves again. Unfortunately, in the meantime, youโll probably continue to experience these unwanted feeling toward your so-calledย โperfect manโ. You might even kiss him, but the show should be canceled by then, and you and Hyde can decide to move on from this horrible, traumatizing year.
Jackie: Okay โ youโve given me some hope. I can live through another month or two of this torturous existence. Thank you for telling me all this. โฆ How do you know about all this anyways?
Therapist: Iโm being written right now by a big fan of yours and Hydeโs, someone whose loyalty is to your own choices, not anyone elseโs being forced on you. Sheโs sorry that sheโs forcing me to say things I wouldnโt say on my own, but sheโll make sure the psychological damage to my psyche will be minimal. Plus, sheโs left a gift certificate to a free dinner at the Vineyard, so Iโm being well-compensated..
