That '70s Show's 'Laurie Is The Devil' Theory Is Way Wilder Than 'Eric's In A Coma'

One late Season 2 episode features two scenes that hilariously appear to support the assertion that Laurie Forman is the devil. Season 2, Episode 23, “Holy Crap,” focuses on Kitty’s struggles to persuade the rest of her family to attend church against their will. In one scene, she has a daydream where the family arrives at the gates of heaven together where Saint Peter (Mac Davis) and Laurie seem to have an uncommon familiarity with each other, exchanging knowing glances.

Later in the episode, Kitty invites Pastor Dave (Kevin McDonald) to the Forman house to talk with the family. Laurie shamelessly flirts with the handsome young clergyman in front of her mother and brother, making for one of the series’ more awkward moments. In the following scene, during a game of gin rummy, the scarlet-clad Laurie plays a hand of 6-6-6, prompting Dave to quietly excuse himself from the Formans’ kitchen and return to the church, presumably to cleanse his soul from the evil he has been exposed to.

Setting aside the clear imagery presented in “Holy Crap,” Laurie indulges in the seven deadly sins on a consistent basis throughout the series, seemingly favoring lust above the others (at least if her brother’s teasing is to be taken at face value.) While promiscuity alone does not make her Satan, the constant joking that she is the devil at least suggests that the show’s writers greatly enjoyed the running gag and the over-the-top symbolism.

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