Jackie in season 8, talking with a therapist about the effects of the S8 showrunners and writers forcing her to feel what she doesn’t actually choose feel.
Therapist: It’s 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. They’ve lost sight, however, of their jobs. Instead, they‘re putting thoughts and feelings into your head that aren’t yours.
Jackie [freaked out]: Oh, God, that’s horrible! What can I do?
Therapist: I really shouldn’t 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 he’d gone to meet you at a motel in Chicago to propose, but then – as if some unseen hand were controlling him – he drove to Las Vegas and married someone he didn’t know.
Therapist: He’s disturbed by how he’s treating you. He doesn’t want to “burn you,” as he calls it. He loves you, but he doesn’t know why he can’t 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 doesn’t 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 – well – he’s taken it upon himself to find the culprits.
Jackie: So that’s why he’s 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 isn’t what’s helping him fight the outside influence on him. His own feelings and wants have grown strong enough to override the season 8 showrunners’ so that he can go after them.
Jackie: To do – 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 wouldn’t worry about that.
Therapist: Because he’s not going to kill them. He’s getting That ‘70s Show canceled so you never have to be under the control of anyone but yourselves again. Unfortunately, in the meantime, you’ll probably continue to experience these unwanted feeling toward your so-called “perfect man”. 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 – you’ve given me some hope. I can live through another month or two of this torturous existence. Thank you for telling me all this. … How do you know about all this anyways?
Therapist: I’m being written right now by a big fan of yours and Hyde’s, someone whose loyalty is to your own choices, not anyone else’s being forced on you. She’s sorry that she’s forcing me to say things I wouldn’t say on my own, but she’ll make sure the psychological damage to my psyche will be minimal. Plus, she’s left a gift certificate to a free dinner at the Vineyard, so I’m being well-compensated..
