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The Promise Ring

‘The Promise Ring’

Season 3, Episode 25 -  Aired May 22, 2001

When Eric gives Donna a promise ring he doesn't get quite the reaction he was expecting.

Quote from Jackie

Fez: Hey, ladies. Oh, nice ring, Donna. Jackie, let me see yours.
Jackie: I don't have one.
Fez: Oh, no, of course not. [chuckles] Because Kelso has not given you one yet. I mean, ever. I mean... Look away. [runs away]
Jackie: Donna, did you hear that? Michael's giving me a promise ring.
Donna: Yeah, that's great.
Jackie: I wonder how he's gonna give it to me. I hope he hides it in food. I told him if he ever gives me something nice he should put it in food. It's classy.

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Quote from Jackie

Kelso: Hey, sweetie. I got you something. It's a gift. A token of my love. Do you accept it?
Jackie: A sundae? [gasps] Oh.
Kelso: Yeah.
Jackie: Mmm! [eats rapidly] Michael, this is good.
Kelso: Uh... You could, uh... Uh, y-you could close your mouth if you... if you wanted.
Jackie: What the hell, Michael? This is ice cream. Stupid ice cream?
Kelso: No, it's stupid ice cream of love.

Quote from Kelso

Eric: Where's your ring?
Donna: Oh, I put it on a chain so I could wear it around my neck.
Kelso: Burn! Oh, super burn. The wedding's off!
Eric & Donna: Kelso, shut up!
Jackie: Yeah, Michael, you don't know anything about anything.
Kelso: I do too!

Quote from Red

Fez: Oh, Mrs. Forman, that is a wonderful picture. You can really see how unhappy Donna is.
Jackie: Okay, all I know is when Donna said she was fine, she didn't seem that fine.
Kitty: Eric has never been good at knowing when fine isn't fine. It runs in the family.
Red: Oh, it does not.
Kitty: Fine.
Red: Okay, good.

Quote from Midge

Bob: I don't know. She doesn't look that unhappy. She kinda looks like you.
Midge: I'm unhappy, Bob.

Quote from Donna

[dream sequence:]
Announcer: [v.o.] Welcome to Let's Make A Deal!
Monty Hall: All right, Donna, which is it going to be: your future behind door number one, door number two or door number three?
Donna: Oh, my God. I don't know. Um... Okay.
Monty Hall: Yeah?
Donna: Door number three.
Monty Hall: Door number three. All right, let's take a look at what you didn't choose behind door number one. It's a leather jacket and a typewriter which you could have used when you became a globe-trotting rock-and-roll journalist.
Donna: Wow, that would've been nice.
Monty Hall: Yeah, too bad. All right, let's take a look at what was behind door number two. The U.S. Constitution, which would come in handy when you became the first woman president.
Donna: Oh, Monty, these prizes are bitching!
Monty Hall: Yeah, truly bitching. Now, let's take a look at what you did choose behind door number three. It's your boyfriend and a promise ring.
Eric: I love you!

Quote from Kelso

Jackie: Look, you, I want my promise ring, and I want it now. Give it.
Kelso: Really? Okay, just wait. 'Cause I... I just... I wanna do this right. [gets down on one knee] Jackie, from the first minute that I saw you, I knew that I wanted to fool around with you. And then, after we did that and I still wanted to talk to you? I knew that I never wanted to be without you. So will you accept my ring?
Jackie: Yeah. Yeah, Michael, I will. [they hug]
Hyde: Oh, God.
Fez: [emotional] I know.

Quote from Fez

Hyde: Hey, what's up?
Eric: So, how was cruising?
Fez: Unsettling. When a girl is in a car, you can only see her from the neck up. Talk about the tip of the iceberg!

Quote from Hyde

Hyde: So where's Donna?
Eric: Ah, she said she had to study.
Hyde: Oh. So everything's cool?
Eric: Okay... Look, I don't know what everyone thinks is going on but Donna and I are not only fine we're great. Everything's finally settled, so we're happier than ever.
Hyde: Well, one of you is.
Eric: What is that supposed to mean?
Hyde: Look, Forman I get what you're trying to do. You know, you're trying to lock her up, seal the deal. And all I'm saying is... [clears throat] Maybe Donna's not that kind of girl.
Eric: Okay, you don't know as much as you think, Hyde. So you need to just shut up. [exits]
Fez: Now, that man is a loof.

Quote from Eric

Donna: Um... I wanted to talk to you. Look, this is gonna be hard. Um... Eric, I love you. A lot. But I have to give you your ring back.
Eric: What? Why?
Donna: Okay... How do you see the next 20 years?
Eric: I don't know. I guess I always figured we'd go to college together, then come home...
Donna: Yeah, but, Eric, you know that's not what I want. I mean, I've told you that. And who knows? I might want to go to school back East. Or maybe in Paris.
Eric: Okay, well, you know what, Donna, whatever. Okay? The important thing is when you see yourself in Paris or wherever... I'm there, right? Right?
Donna: I don't know. Not always. I mean, it's not like there's anyone else but sometimes I'm by myself. I mean... All I mean is, I don't know. Neither of us does. And this ring is just a stupid high school promise. If we're meant to be together, then we'll end up together.
Eric: No. The way we end up together is by saying we'll be together and then, being together.
Donna: Eric, come on. We're together now. Isn't that enough?
Eric: No! I mean... I mean, damn, Donna. If you can see a future for yourself without me and that doesn't, like, break your heart then we're not doing what I thought we were doing here. And you know what? Maybe we shouldn't even be together at all!
Donna: Wait a minute. Are you breaking up with me?
Eric: Well, are you giving back that ring?
Donna: Yes.
Eric: Then... Yes.

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