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Donna's parents are going to be out of town and Donna and Eric are tempted to do something. The side story of Red fixing things around the house is funny too mostly thanks to Debra Jo Rupp's reactions.Įric gets a job at Fatso Burger over Kelso. You may learn in the coming episodes and seasons that I am not always the biggest fan of Laura Prepon, but she is really good in this episode feeling at odds between how she feels and what both her mother and friends are telling her. Not everything about this episode is graceful and it doesn't need to be, but it deals with it in a realistic way, especially a realistic way for teen boys and girls to interact then (and still now). That 70s Show always did a sneaky good job of dealing with gender issues while set in a decade where the world was changing. Red is bored after his hours were cut back on the plant and he drives Kitty crazy by fixing things he doesn't need to. It is cheap laughs and brings the episode's momentum to a halt.ĭonna doesn't think it's a big deal that she beat Eric in basketball but her mother and Jackie disagree. Something that doesn't work in this episode (and didn't work in the pilot either) is the adults doing a voice-over for the kids (or vice-versa in the pilot). Although it's a little sad to watch Kelly now knowing what happened to her life, she is perfect for this part. We also get to meet Lisa Robin Kelly as Eric's older sister, Laurie, in this episode. This episode is more consistently funny than the pilot as Kitty trying to hide the obvious fact that she's throwing a party for Eric. Let me just say, the Petticoat Junction discussion is hilarious at the beginning of this episode even though most people watching it today probably don't even know what they're talking about in that scene. The episode loses some momentum when the kids head to the concert, but it still does a good job of building the 70s culture.Įric can't stop his mother from throwing a surprise birthday for him while he and Donna wrestle with their feelings for each other after their kiss. It's handled with a lot of humor and the scene with high Eric talking to his parents is pretty funny. I know that would become a staple of the show, but it could have been a turn off in the pilot and instead they went for it. I also think it was a little gutsy of them to do a "getting high scene" in the pilot. We really get to know the personalities of so many of the characters within the first couple minutes of the pilot. The plot really isn't even that important here, the character development is.
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While it's a little hard to judge since I know the show well before this re-watching, I think the pilot of That 70s Show does a great job of world building. You May Also Like.Eric gets his parents' Vista Crusier, but then disobeys them by taking it out of town where the car breaks down. The gang includes Michael Kelso, a good-looking but gullible guy, especially when it comes to dealing with his controlling on-again, off-again girlfriend Jacqueline "Jackie" Beulah Burkehart Steven Hyde, a conspiracy theorist who thinks Xerox will take over the world and Fez, a foreign exchange student who's soaking up American culture like a sponge. Just ask Eric's ex-girlfriend and next door neighbor, Donna, a knock-out who's been forced to deal with her parents recent split and her dad Bob's new life as a swinging single.Įric gets by with a little help from his friends, who spend most of their time hanging out in the Forman basement and pondering their lives, their parents and their future. But rites of passage aren't all that easy at a time when jumpsuits and platforms are the epitome of cool.
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Too cool for the Wisconsin suburbs where he lives under the authority of his parents - Red and Kitty - 18-year-old Eric Forman yearns for his independence. Season 4 Episode 1 of That 70s Show resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Eric wonders what his life would have been like if he never kissed Donna.