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07-12-2022, 08:20 PM
https://www.looper.com/925665/that-70s-show-fans-never-quite-understood-this-romance/
Jackie and Fez's relationship didn't work for many fans
In the final "That '70s Show" season, Jackie and Fez's (Wilmer Valderrama (https://www.looper.com/660313/the-transformation-of-wilmer-valderrama-from-that-70s-show-to-ncis/)) friendship takes on a strange dynamic. She slowly begins to realize that she has feelings for him, leading them into a strange, will they-won't they kind of relationship in the show's final episodes. According to a now-deleted Reddit user (https://www.reddit.com/r/That70sshow/comments/gnxjkz/fez_and_jackie_why/) and many folks in the comments, this narrative move for both characters didn't make a whole lot of sense. Another Redditor, u/CuriousSection (https://www.reddit.com/r/That70sshow/comments/uycsuo/i_think_jackie_fez_couldve_been_at_least_a_bit/) feels similar, though they believe that the Jackie and Fez romance could've worked if the writers approached it differently in the script. Nevertheless, what's done is done.
Evidently, if you were confused by Jackie and Fez's sudden connection, you're not alone. Sadly, not even those involved in the show have a good reason for why the two staples of "That '70s Show" wound up together. "We had done so much in, you know, 200 episodes...We kind of ran out of everything," Valderrama told Today (https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/wilmer-valderrama-fez-70s-show-ended-jackie-rcna2443) in 2021, adding, "What would be the most random thing we could do? And I feel like that was it." If Valderrama is to be believed, then apparently Fez and Jackie wound up romantically involved purely for the sake of doing something different and unexpected on a show that had seemingly done everything already.
If nothing else, Jackie and Fez's relationship was a curveball worth talking about when it happened. However, it hasn't seemed to strike the right cord with "That '70s Show" fans, who continue to assert it's one of the show's weakest and perplexing romances.
Jackie and Fez's relationship didn't work for many fans
In the final "That '70s Show" season, Jackie and Fez's (Wilmer Valderrama (https://www.looper.com/660313/the-transformation-of-wilmer-valderrama-from-that-70s-show-to-ncis/)) friendship takes on a strange dynamic. She slowly begins to realize that she has feelings for him, leading them into a strange, will they-won't they kind of relationship in the show's final episodes. According to a now-deleted Reddit user (https://www.reddit.com/r/That70sshow/comments/gnxjkz/fez_and_jackie_why/) and many folks in the comments, this narrative move for both characters didn't make a whole lot of sense. Another Redditor, u/CuriousSection (https://www.reddit.com/r/That70sshow/comments/uycsuo/i_think_jackie_fez_couldve_been_at_least_a_bit/) feels similar, though they believe that the Jackie and Fez romance could've worked if the writers approached it differently in the script. Nevertheless, what's done is done.
Evidently, if you were confused by Jackie and Fez's sudden connection, you're not alone. Sadly, not even those involved in the show have a good reason for why the two staples of "That '70s Show" wound up together. "We had done so much in, you know, 200 episodes...We kind of ran out of everything," Valderrama told Today (https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/wilmer-valderrama-fez-70s-show-ended-jackie-rcna2443) in 2021, adding, "What would be the most random thing we could do? And I feel like that was it." If Valderrama is to be believed, then apparently Fez and Jackie wound up romantically involved purely for the sake of doing something different and unexpected on a show that had seemingly done everything already.
If nothing else, Jackie and Fez's relationship was a curveball worth talking about when it happened. However, it hasn't seemed to strike the right cord with "That '70s Show" fans, who continue to assert it's one of the show's weakest and perplexing romances.