That '70s Finale

"That '70s Finale" (and its previous episode "Love of My Life") is the series finale of the long-running sitcom, That '70s Show. The series ran on Fox for eight seasons, and the episode aired on May 18, 2006. The episode also marked the return of Ashton Kutcher and Topher Grace who had left the series.

Cast

Main cast

• Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart
• Danny Masterson as Steven Hyde
• Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti
• Wilmer Valderrama as Fez
• Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman
• Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman
• Josh Meyers as Randy Pearson
• Don Stark as Bob Pinciotti
• Tommy Chong as Leo Chingkwake

Recurring cast

• Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso (Last seen in early season 8, returns for the finale.)
• Tim Reid as William "W.B" Barnett (appears only in "Love of My Life")

Special Guest Stars

• Justin Long as Andrew Davis (appears only in "Love of My Life")

Uncredited

• Topher Grace as Eric Forman

Plot

Love of My Life

W.B. gives Hyde the record store, Grooves. Donna breaks up with Randy. Randy is having trouble accepting that he and Donna are over so he tries to win her over again, in a failed attempt. Jackie is also distraught after being rejected by Fez. With help from Fez's fellow foreign friend Andrew (Justin Long), Jackie tries her best to win him back. Bob wants Red and Kitty to move with him to Florida, so he and Red can run a bait shop together. Kitty is having a hard time letting go and selling the house. And the best news of all, Eric is coming home for New Year's Eve.

That '70s Finale

It is December 31, 1979, the final day of the 1970s and the gang is getting ready to part ways so they want to spend the best moments together, so the decade can end with a bang. Kitty is unsure whether she and Red should move to Florida with Bob, while Red gives Hyde a check that matches the total amount of rent he had paid the Formans over the years. The gang's old friend Michael Kelso, who had left Point Place, returns to spend the last night of the '70s to be with the gang one last time. He meets up with Hyde and Fez on the water tower (where they have flashbacks of how Kelso would always fall off). Fez realizes that it's actually a dangerous spot. To end the decade with something crazy, Hyde, Fez, and Kelso decide to jump off the water tower. However, neither Hyde nor Fez jump off, just Kelso. Unfortunately, Eric still hasn't returned home because he missed his flight. In the meantime, Donna wonders why her relationship with Eric went wrong. Fez and Jackie begin dating (and share their first official kiss on the Water Tower). Hyde gets Red his season tickets to the Green Bay Packers, using the rent that Red had repaid.

The final Circle.

After Hyde gives him the tickets, Red realizes that he must sell them after waiting for many years for them. However, after Kitty expresses her feeling that they should stay in Point Place, Red agrees. At their New Year's Eve party, Red and Kitty announce that they aren't moving. Leo tells them that he was thinking about moving to Point Place (not knowing he already lives there). Bob accepts that Red isn't moving to Florida with him but he is still sad because he'll miss him too much. Kitty tells everyone in the room the reason why she loves them. Red makes his final two "foot in ass" threats of the 1970s, both of them directed at Kelso. Donna sits outside and remembers past romantic moments with Eric. At that very moment, Eric emerges and bids her "Happy New Year." He apologizes for leaving her behind, and how Red was right: He is a "dumbass." Donna, crying, kisses Eric.

Eric is tense about going inside and wishes there were some way to take the edge off. Of course, he finds a way: The Circle. Eric, Kelso, Fez and Hyde sit in one last circle together. Fez announces his relationship with Jackie to Eric. Hyde reminds him that almost everyone has dated her. Eric gives Kelso a present for his daughter, a plastic rhino horn (Kelso pretends he's a rhino, but instead barks like a dog). Hyde acknowledges the brain cells that they haven't already killed in the circle during the 1970s, but tonight they were all going down. Hyde then remembers a car that runs on water (an obvious homage to That '70s Pilot). Donna and Jackie come downstairs to tell them to come upstairs to join the countdown. Eric tells the gang that the last one upstairs has to call Red a "dumbass." Everyone except Kelso makes it upstairs. The series ends with Kelso getting left behind because Hyde pushes him out of the way. He grabs the "Stupid Helmet" and goes upstairs. The final scene pans out and reveals the Formans' entire basement empty for the first time in the series as the kids and adults are upstairs counting down. After they reach one, the scene abruptly changes to the license plate logo, with "THAT '70s SHOW" written on it, as well as the tag for the year (which is changed to 1980). The credits are exactly the same credits as the pilot episode. The gang rides in Eric's Vista Cruiser and they all sing Todd Rundgren's "Hello It's Me" chorus. However, Fez is singing the wrong lyrics.

External links

• That '70s Finale at the Internet Movie Database