My Wife

Original Airdate:	May 16, 2004
Writer:	Dean Batali
Director:	David Trainer

When Donna rents a trailer for herself and Eric, Eric thinks that staying in Point Place after they're married may be a big mistake.

(This is the 150th episode of the series to be produced but it is the 151st episode to be aired.)

Hyde reminds Eric that Eric's bachelor party is that night. Kitty asks if Donna and her friends are getting together too. Probably not, says Donna. Jackie doesn't do things for other people. Then Kitty will throw her a party. Later that day, Donna takes Eric and the rest of the gang to a trailer park. She has put a deposit down on a trailer, so she and Eric can live there. The trailer is so tiny that the group can barely squeeze in. Eric asks Donna if she's sure she wants to live in Point Place. Absolutely, says Donna. She thought about traveling when she was single, but now they should settle down and start their lives. When Donna and Eric are alone in the trailer, she tells him she signed a year's lease. Eric's a little troubled. All Donna has ever talked about is seeing the world. Now that his dad's better, they can get out. Donna doesn't want to get out. She wants to do this marriage thing right. They hear pounding next door and see the neighbor, Mr. Romine, entering his trailer just as Casey Kelso climbs out the window. Casey sees the gang and Eric and Donna, who have come outside. Donna tells him that she and Eric are getting married. Casey has a little advice: Never answer the phone when you're with a married lady. Later, in the Forman basement, the guys are getting ready to go to a strip club for Eric's party. Hyde tapes a beer mug to Eric's hand. Donna comes in with the news that her boss at the radio station wants her to work full time. Eric wants to know how she'll have time for college. She'll stop going. Being a deejay is what she wants to do anyway. Later, in the Forman kitchen, Kitty is having Bob, Red, Jackie and Donna put almonds in decorative bags to give out at the wedding. This is Donna bachelorette party, Jackie asks. What do they get to do next-scrub the toilet? At the strip club, Eric tells the guys that he's worried that if he lets Donna stay in Point Place she'll miss out on all the things she wanted to do and it will be all his fault. Hyde tells him to stop whining. Jackie, Donna and Kitty go to another strip club where it's ladies' night. Some male dancers prance out along with an emcee whom Donna recognizes as Casey. They talk and Casey says he's really surprised that Donna is staying in Point Place. It's not what she expected, she tells him, but it's definitely the right thing to do. A few drinks later, she confides that the town is so small and she really needs some room to roam. But Casey says he's happy there, and Donna will be too. After a few kids, she'll probably be living in a larger trailer. Later that night, Eric confides his fears to Red. Red says Eric will probably always have one instinct and Donna another. History has taught them that Eric's is always wrong.