EPISODE

1. That '70s Pilot

Point Place, Wisconsin, May 17, 1976. Nerdy teenager Eric, who smokes weed with some classmates in the basement, is in heaven when his dad Red decides to hand him the keys of his flashy Vista Cruiser, at the price of extra chores and forbidding him to take it out of town, knowing that won't be obeyed anyway. The gang, which just adopted foreign exchange student Fez, is excited about a Todd Rundgren concert- Jackie uses her female charms to make sure skirt-chaser Michael Kelso would take her too.

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On May 17, 1976, Red Forman and his wife Kitty hand the keys to their Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser over to their son, Eric. Through persuasion from his friends, Eric uses the car to go out of town for a Todd Rundgren concert in Milwaukee with his closest friends: his neighbor, Donna Pinciotti, Steven Hyde, and Michael Kelso. Eric also decides to invite a new foreign exchange student from school, named 'Fez'. Kelso's wealthy girlfriend Jackie Burkhart also invites herself along (much to the gang's dismay). Meanwhile, Eric becomes uncomfortable around Donna when Kelso inadvertently tells Eric that Donna likes him.

On the way to the concert, the car's battery dies, and the only way the gang can get a new one is if they give up two of their concert tickets to the mechanic. The rest of the group forces Kelso to give up his and Jackie's tickets. While the rest are at the concert, Jackie and Kelso make out in the car, and Jackie asks Kelso if he wants to break up with her. Kelso, who has been constantly telling the others that he wants to break up with Jackie, tells her he doesn't so they can continue to make out. At the end of the episode, Eric and Donna sit on the hood of the car and before she goes home, Donna kisses him.

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