Sunday, Bloody Sunday is the 10th episode of Season 1 on FOX comedy That '70s Show.
Synopsis
Red's unbearable mother (Marion Ross) comes to spend a Sunday with the family. Kitty tries to quit smoking, and Eric has a school paper due. Kelso wants to break up with Jackie, but does not know how to tell her.
Plot
Hallmark moment
Eric's family brings his grandmother (Red's mother) to church. To keep the peace, Eric volunteers to watch his grandmother for the day, but Eric also has an 1000 word essay on the U.S. government due the next day. At the same time, Kelso is considering breaking up with Jackie. Also, Kitty Forman has recently quit smoking, but her mother-in-law smokes a lot, and she is very tempted to start it up again.
Throughout the episode, Eric can be seen giving up more and more time he could be using to do his homework in attempts to keep the family happy, such as when she starts saying that Red is wasting his time on Kitty. As a result, Eric ends up having to rub his grandmother's feet. Since he is disgusted with the task, he gets Fez to do it. At dinner, Grandmother continues to insult everyone, seemingly on purpose.
Everyone clears out as fast as they can. Fez and Eric are left, and she decides to spend time with Fez because of the attention he gives her. After dinner, Kitty finally reaches her breaking point and runs into the basement, asking for a cigarette. They quickly give her one before she explodes in anger, but Red comes downstairs. He does not notice the smoke. At the end of the day, Grandmother leaves.
Starring
- Topher Grace as Eric Forman
- Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart
- Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso
- Danny Masterson as Steven Hyde
- Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti
- Wilmer Valderrama as Fez
- Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman
- Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman
Special Guest Star
- Marion Ross as Bernice Forman
Trivia
- The people at the diner table are Kitty, Red, Eric's Grandmother, Eric, Donna, and Fez.
- At church, Red prays for the Packers to have a winning season.
- When Kitty goes to the basement and demands a cigarette, Hyde is the one to hand her one, and when she asks for a light every member of the gang present in the basement holds one up (Eric, Hyde, Donna, Kelso, and Jackie)
- Tanya Roberts and Don Stark are absent from the main cast in this episode.
- Two of Red's relatives, Uncle Paul and Cousin Joel, are mentioned but never make it on screen – even during the episode of Bernice Forman's funeral.
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