Episode #203 "Laurie and the Professor"

Relations are getting a bit strained between Hyde and Eric, and Hyde announces he's sick of sharing Eric's room. He'll find his own place to sleep. Relations are also strained between Midge and Bob, and they're pulling Donna both ways. Midge takes her shopping, which is fine with Donna, but she has to insist that Midge stop saying insulting things about her dad. Laurie's psychology teacher, Professor Stark, shows up unexpectedly claiming he wants to help Laurie get back in school. Red, and especially Kitty, whose patience with Laurie is wearing thin, are overjoyed. But when Eric discovers Laurie and Stark kissing in the garage, he's the one who's overjoyed; he finally has something huge on Laurie. When Kelso finds out about Laurie and the professor, he goes ballistic; Jackie finds this mystifying, and none of Kelso's explanations make any sense to her. When Bob finds out that Midge bought clogs for Donna on their shopping trip, he insists on taking Donna out and buying something too; Midge points out that Donna is going shopping with an ass. Hyde, who has taken over the Forman basement storage room, tells Eric that now's his chance to burst Red's bubble about his slutty daughter, but Eric doesn't have the nerve. He does torture Laurie at dinner by saying that he saw something interesting in the garage; Laurie screams "Burst into flames!" But the professor drops the bomb when he tells the Formans that he's in love with their daughter. Red throws Stark out of the house, but Kitty wishes he wouldn't react so violently. After all, there might still be a remote chance of getting Laurie back into college. She tells Laurie that it's pathetic that she couldn't even pass when the professor was in love with her. Laurie claims that none of it was her fault; her professor took advantage of her. She complains to Red that Eric saw Stark kissing her and did nothing to defend her honor. Red's furious, but Eric thinks it's the lamest thing he's ever heard. And Donna's frustrated because her parents are fighting but don't even remember what they're fighting about.