Jackie in season 8, talking with a therapist about the effects of the S8 showrunners and writers forcing her to feel what she doesnβt actually choose feel.
Therapist: Itβs 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. Theyβve lost sight, however, of their jobs. Instead, theyβre putting thoughts and feelings into your head that arenβt yours.
Jackie [freaked out]: Oh, God, thatβs horrible! What can I do?
Therapist: I really shouldnβt 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 heβd gone to meet you at a motel in Chicago to propose, but then β as if some unseen hand were controlling him β he drove to Las Vegas and married someone he didnβt know.
Therapist: Heβs disturbed by how heβs treating you. He doesnβt want toΒ βburn you,β as he calls it. He loves you, but he doesnβt know why he canβt 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 doesnβt 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 β well β heβs taken it upon himself to find the culprits.
Jackie: So thatβs why heβs 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 isnβt whatβs helping him fight the outside influence on him. His own feelings and wants have grown strong enough to override the season 8 showrunnersβ so that he can go after them.
Jackie: To do β 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 wouldnβt worry about that.
Therapist: Because heβs not going to kill them. Heβs getting That β70s Show canceled so you never have to be under the control of anyone but yourselves again. Unfortunately, in the meantime, youβll probably continue to experience these unwanted feeling toward your so-calledΒ βperfect manβ. 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 β youβve given me some hope. I can live through another month or two of this torturous existence. Thank you for telling me all this. β¦ How do you know about all this anyways?
Therapist: Iβm being written right now by a big fan of yours and Hydeβs, someone whose loyalty is to your own choices, not anyone elseβs being forced on you. Sheβs sorry that sheβs forcing me to say things I wouldnβt say on my own, but sheβll make sure the psychological damage to my psyche will be minimal. Plus, sheβs left a gift certificate to a free dinner at the Vineyard, so Iβm being well-compensated..
