“That ’70s Finale” 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.

WB sells Grooves, and after a celebratory circle, Hyde decides he needs a change of lifestyle. The gang is worried about Hyde’s new outlook on life, but Hyde has yet another change of heart when WB announces that he’s keeping the Point Place store. A friend of Fez’s shows up to take him back home; the news that he might be leaving causes Jackie to realize that she has to make a move or lose him. Donna and Randy also come to an understanding in their relationship, while Red and Kitty show their house to prospective buyers.

Bob returns from his Florida vacation with some startling news for everyone; Donna and Randy discuss taking their relationship to the next level, but Donna’s having second thoughts. Fez and Jackie also encounter some problems with their relationship, which quickly escalate into all-out war.

Fez grows tired of dating girl after girl and realizes there is only one girl for him… crazy Caroline. Red returns home from the doctor with no problems, except for the fact that he’s just spent two hundred dollars on heart pills that he no longer needs. So Red and Hyde decide to sell the pills to the guys at Red’s Viking Lodge.

Jackie and Fez’s love of The Village People inspires the rest of the gang to hold a “Disco Sucks” bonfire. While there, Fez meets a very friendly rocker chick, Donna meets some of Randy’s ex-girlfriends, and Hyde meets the local law enforcement officer. Meanwhile, Red and Kitty meet their neighbors; Kitty’s worried how Red will react to their lifestyle, but all that concerns Red is which football team they’re cheering for.

Jackie turns to Donna for help; she needs to know what to do about her feelings for Fez, and ends up going to a therapist for advice. When Jackie finds out that she only loves men who are not available to her, she’s happy… until Fez becomes available, and Jackie finds herself still wanting him. Hyde tries to help Red accept his new role as a retired man by keeping him busy around the house.

Hyde finds out that his marriage to Samantha isn’t quite what he thought it was when a man from her past shows up. Jackie makes a list of all the qualities that her dream-man should have and is surprised to find that he’s been in front of her all along; Red decides to retire after an automotive shop opens nearby and takes away his customers.

Coming home from the local fair, Kitty’s engagement ring accidentally goes out the window. Red leaves the kids on the roadside to find it while he takes Kitty home. While looking for the ring, Donna and Randy try to spend some time apart from the others; Fez makes a new friend after going off on his own. Once back in the comforts of home, Kitty finds out the truth about her ring.

Hyde’s dad goes out of town and leaves Hyde with the responsibility of looking after his house while he’s gone. The gang wants to have a party; the party gets a little out of control, and one of W.B.’s prized possessions is damaged. Kitty does some soul-searching and discovers the real reason behind her objections to Donna dating Randy.

Fez tries to impress a girl at the salon with his fantastic lifestyle, but Jackie sets things straight, blowing Fez’s chances with the girl. He then sets out to create the life he dreams about with a little help from Isaac Hayes. Donna’s relationship with Randy is taking off, and although she tries to keep it a secret, the gang finds out. Kitty gives Donna a box of old momentos of her relationship with Eric, which prompts her to have second thoughts about dating Randy.

Jackie is stuck in the lurch when a guest suddenly cancels their appearance on “What’s Up, Wisconsin?” She needs to find a replacement, or else lose her job; so she and Fez take the place of the missing guest, pretending to be a couple in love. Christine is so impressed that she takes Jackie out for drinks after work, and spills some personal secrets, then fires Jackie for knowing too much. Donna has her eye on a special someone to ask out for Valentine’s Day, but gets turned down. Red introduces Hyde to his secret stash.

Jackie has some problems with her new boss, Christine St. George, whose constant demands keep Jackie frustrated. In an attempt to win her over, Jackie brings some of Kitty’s home-made brownies to work. Her plan is successful, until Jackie takes credit for the brownies herself on television, and then finds that she now has an angry Kitty to contend with. Leo develops a crush on a younger woman.

Jackie meets the local star while at the salon with Fez: talk show host Christine St. George. Her new goal in life is to be Christine’s co-anchor on “What’s Up Wisconsin?”, but breaking in to show business is harder than she thought it would be. She finally gets a job working with Christine, but it’s not quite the job she wanted. Randy wants to take Donna away to a cabin, which makes her suspect his intentions; Red takes Hyde to his Lodge, and Hyde’s intentions come under suspicion.

Fez almost loses his apartment when Jackie floods it. He’s ready to say “Good day!” to their co-habitation, but Jackie manages to salvage things by bonding with Fenton, the landlord, over shopping, and convincing him to let them stay. Red and Kitty are concerned over the number of arguments that Hyde and Samantha are having. But when they learn the reason for all the fights, it causes some sparks to fly in their own relationship.

While working at the hair salon, Fez meets a friend of Kitty’s who is interested in more than just having her hair styled. When Kitty discovers that Fez is dating her friend, things get personal. Jackie, at a loss for what gift to get for Donna, goes looking through her room, and instead of finding an idea, finds out about Donna’s latest crush.

Bored with hanging around in the basement all the time, the gang looks for some fun elsewhere; Randy takes them to a local burger place where they have a lot of problems with the manager. Seeking revenge for being treated badly, Randy steals the mascot for the restaurant, Fatso the Clown. This puts him in the gang’s good books, until things go horribly wrong.

Fez and Jackie become suspicious when they notice that Donna is spending an awful lot of time with Randy. Their less than stellar detective skills lead to trouble, and they learn an important lesson. Red learns some things himself, and this leads to an increase in his respect for Leo.

Samantha uses her work experience to help both Kitty and Donna liven up their relationships. On Sam’s advice, Donna has some “bedroom photos” taken of herself, intending to send them to Eric, but a series of mishaps puts the photos in a very incriminating place. Kitty takes Sam’s advice, and tries some new moves on Red that result in a big change for both of them. Fez has his dreams of what having a roommate will be like, but finds that the reality is quite different.

Red and Kitty are celebrating their 25th Wedding Anniversary, and this makes Kelso think that it’s time for him to get married. He decides to propose, but before he can do this, he meets Vic, a businessman with a proposal of his own; one that Kelso can’t say no to. And Donna is upset that Eric hasn’t contacted her from Africa yet.

Even though Hyde insists that he doesn’t want a bachelor party, the guys throw one for him anyway. Randy puts Fez in charge of creating a way to get Hyde to the party without him knowing what’s going on; Fez’s plan depends on Kelso, who gets side-tracked by the new girl at the ice cream store. Meanwhile, Jackie wants to have a girls’ night with Donna and is shocked to find out that Donna has become friends with Sam.

Things go from bad to worse for Hyde, who discovers that while he was away, Leo nearly put the record store out of business. But Hyde’s plan to fire Leo goes up in smoke when he ends up keeping Leo and hiring a new guy, Randy. Meanwhile, in an effort to get over Hyde, Jackie drags Donna and Fez out for a night on the town, but ends up humiliated when she reveals a little too much.

The eighth season picks up with Kitty and Red discovering their empty nest isn’t very empty, even with Eric in Africa. Meanwhile, Hyde returns from Las Vegas, where he went to clear his mind after catching Jackie and Kelso in a compromising position. But when Kelso and Donna tell Jackie that Hyde planned on proposing to her, Jackie tries to win him back, only to discover that what happens in Vegas, doesn’t necessarily stay in Vegas.

Kelso drops Jackie off in Chicago, but she is immediately homesick and reaches out to the gang for companionship. Eric finds out at the last minute that Kitty deliberately hid a letter outlining the vaccination shots he’s required to have before going to Africa for the year. He has his final Circle with the guys only to finally be busted by Red! As Eric says his good-byes to everyone, Hyde talks to Leo about his true feelings for Jackie and decides to follow her to Chicago…with disastrous results.

As Eric prepares to go to Africa, Kitty is still having problems dealing with his departure. Donna is also having problems; she can’t come up with an appropriate going away gift, but some advice from Kitty puts her on the right track. Charlie accidentally sees Kitty naked, and his attempts at apologizing only make things worse. Jackie is still in Point Place after telling everyone she was leaving for Chicago; her attempts to give Hyde one last ~last~ chance don’t quite go the way she hopes they would.

Jackie is offered her dream job, but unfortunately, it’s in Chicago. She wants to know what her future is with Hyde, but he’s unwilling to answer. Kitty and Donna are both still reeling over Eric’s new job, and both try, in their own ways, to get him to change his mind. The son of one of Red’s buddies from the Marines arrives in Point Place, and the guys take a liking to him when they find out what his dad does now.

Kelso considers what to do about his relationship with Angie, and comes to the conclusion that it’s time to break up, but he’s not sure how to do that. He seeks some advice from Jackie on the matter, but ultimately, the decision is taken out of his hands. Eric is shocked to discover that his college tuition fund is gone, and has to find another way to raise the money. His solution is one that Kitty, Red and Donna have differing opinions on.

In preparation for pursuing a teaching career, Eric receives his high school transcripts and discovers that he received an incomplete in gym class. He enrolls in a summer gym course and learns that his new P.E. teacher is none other than Casey Kelso! Kelso and Fez move into their new apartment and compete over who gets the master bedroom. While they do this, Red exacts his revenge for the messes they’ve created at his house over the years.

When Eric realizes he is the only loser with no future in the group, he goes looking for a job, only to find he isn’t very good at many things. Kelso and Fez look for an apartment for the two to live together in, and Jackie arranges a dinner party to celebrate her high school graduation.

Donna and Eric are in disbelief when Kelso chooses Jackie and Hyde over them to be Betsy’s godparents. On the other hand, Hyde and Angie believe there’s someone breaking into the store, so Angie places a camera to see who it is. After viewing the tape, they discover it’s Fez crashing there at night because his host parents kicked him out since he already graduated. Kitty gives Fez and Kelso the idea to move in together since Kelso’s house isn’t safe for Betsy and Red wont allow them to stay when she visits.

When Brooke leaves Betsy in Kelso’s care, he’s ecstatic. His happiness soon ends when he notices that Betsy cries every time he holds her. Leo’s offers to help Kelso with the baby only causes him more grief. Meanwhile, Kitty shows signs of jealousy when Hyde stays with Jackie throughout a car show while Red goes off and forgets about her.

Eric decides to leave town to make a documentary about his life on the road. His car breaks down and he finds Leo. The two go to a truck stop to get something to eat. Kitty, Red, Kelso and Donna set out to find him when Eric doesn’t call home. Meanwhile, Fez talks to Jackie and Hyde about their relationship.

Jackie, who’s still smarting from her breakup with Hyde, is going to host her own public television show. Hyde suspects that Fez knows what Jackie was trying to tell him at the record store. Eric meets a 36-year-old guy whose pathetic life forces him to reevaluate his own directionless existence. Angie has a hard time understanding how to “burn” someone.

There’s a sexy new intern, “Sizzlin” Sarah, at the radio station that has the guys going crazy. Sarah manipulates the station manager into firing Donna by using Donna’s feminism against her. Poor Kitty has the flu and is going to miss meeting Tom Jones at Hyde and Angie’s record store, so she makes Red go in her place to get his autograph. And Jackie seeks advice from Fez on talking to Hyde about her true feelings.

When Donna gets 6 tickets to the Packers game, Eric convinces the gang to give one of them to his dad. Hyde offers to do a ticket stub switch with Kelso and Fez, but neither Kelso nor Fez really gets the concept. At the game, Jackie attempts to made Hyde miserable and an ecstatic Red is actually nice to Eric – until Eric buys a Chicago Bears jersey. Kitty and Bob watch the game together back home.

Red reluctantly agrees to take Kitty ice fishing, which doesn’t turn out to be as bad as he expected. Kelso accidentally makes a threat on the President, prompting the guys to be paranoid about everyone they meet in an attempt to hide from the government. Donna takes Jackie to a karate lesson that yields unexpected results.

Jackie’s doubts of a future with Hyde come to the breaking point, and she decides to go along with a misunderstanding and pretend to be Donna, engaged to Fez, whom she calls Prince Edwardo. She drags Fez to parties, enjoying the pre-marriage life, until she is caught in the act. Meanwhile, Hyde is bothered by Angie’s relationship with Kelso, so Eric steps in to help split them up.

Kelso gives the toys from the Toy Drive to the gang, leaving Kitty with no toys for the kids at the Ladies of Point Place Christmas Party. Jackie is upset that Hyde won’t go to the party with her, making her think that he’s not as mature as she thought he was. The guys have to come up with a way to get the toys to the party without the kids seeing them being brought in, and Red distracts everyone with an unusual Christmas story.

Hyde joins the disgruntled group of guys that can say “Kelso Slept With My Sister”, much to his displeasure. Donna plugs a calender on the air for Red’s muffler shop until she discovers it is full of scantily clad babes on hotrods. Kitty once again tries to teach Jackie how to bake, with disastrous results.

It’s Thanksgiving, and while Kitty prepares for the feast, Eric is making plans of his own, and they don’t include dinner at home. He wants to go to a Styx concert; the rest of the gang is busy helping Hyde and Angie get ready for the opening of the record store.

Things are going well for Hyde at work, until he meets his new sister, Angie, and finds that she’s not as nice as she seems. She attempts to get Hyde fired, causing him to use his biggest weapon against her; Jackie. Eric tells the gang that he’s studying Spanish, but Kitty lets it slip to Fez what Eric really does on Wednesday nights, and Fez just can’t keep the secret to himself.