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i was a huge fan of this show when it first started, but then i stopped watching on around season 3 or 4. this finale just reminded me of how good a show this really was. cant wait to catch up on what i missed through sindication. lord knows its on enough.

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There's only one word needed to describe this series and its two part finale...just perfect...

Hey!!1 you dumbass, that's two words...and you better not say another word, or I'll "put my foot in your ass"

THE END

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I thought the season finale where Eric left was not only a much stronger finale, but much more emotional (which is the goal of a series finale) as well. I said last season that was the show they should've gone out with. But they got greedy.

This one was nothing more than a clip show, fine for a mid-season thing, but it's not how good shows should end. And this *was* a good show... for the first 4-5 years. Then it became something else; the novelty wore off.

My biggest issue: since the show started in 1976 and ran for 7 years (and since there was a timeline of them being in high school to back up everything), shouldn't it have ended 12/31/1983 and not 1979?

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I hadn't seen the show in many a moon and turned it on... for no other reason than there wasn't anything else on remotely interesting.

I got treated to some extremely lukewarm crap. It was like the show was replaced by old people who finish each other's sentences. Boring and repetitive.

Kelso shows up, and that's all fine, because we're reminded that physical comedy is what helped shape this show in the first place.

Fez' friend with Brit accent... I've heard better accents out of Seth Green.

Kitty's somber tone during the party was actually interesting to listen to.

I wish 'em the best, but the show should have been retired years ago.

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The way the producers originally explained "That '70's Show's" timeline was that it started in mid 1976 and each season represented a HALF year (Seasons 2-3 were '77, 4-5 were '78 and 6-7 were '79), but there were obvious discrepancies along the way (like more Christmas episodes than there were Christmases), until by the time FOX offered the producers a pile of money to do an eighth year, it wasn't that hard to throw the formal timeline out the window.

Also notable is the fact that "70's" was the LAST show done by Carsey-Werner Productions ("Cosby Show", "Roseanne", "3rd Rock") the last totally-independent (not part owned by a studio or network) prime time production/distribution company. Period. Co-founder Tom Werner is involved in a new company affiliated with Warner Bros. that is making the new shows "20 Good Years" and "Happy Hour".

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I was pleased to see the show end it with a circle, although i wanted eric and kelso to have more on-screen time rather than just some clips. It sux that there was no Laurie this past season, she would've skanked it up and made it funny. Although they switched Lauries didn't they?

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All I can say is that I had anxiety about the ending for weeks! I was so wishing that Eric came back, and he did. I was so emotional. I loved his character and I missed him this year, so that was a perfect ending for me. I wanted him and Donna together.

The show ending is a sad thing for me. I loved it. I watch the reruns every night and I will miss it. I think they ended proper and I defintely will miss it!

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"This one was nothing more than a clip show, fine for a mid-season thing, but it's not how good shows should end."

My goodness, did you even watch the show last night? There were four sets of clips which were probably 20-30 seconds each and I thought they fit beautifully with the plot. This was about as far from a clip show as you can get and it was a great end to a great if underrated series.

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I watched every episode until the end of the third season. It was my favorite show after X-fles died. School kept me busy and Fox did a poor job of marketing the show and I forogt about. I would catch episodes occasionally, usually the last ten minutes. I picked up watching the last few episodes of season 5 and the first few episodes of season 6 and then it slipped away from me again. I missed alot and just learned last night that jackie and hyde never got over the stripper marriage. That really sucks. I thought that relationship really helped define the both of them. I'm actually pissed that they split up, and that they just couldn't end the show when topher and ashton left. Not everyone likes perfect happy endings, but this show really needed and one. Jackie and Fez are just weird together. He's supposed to be a sympathetic candy-loving pervert. Drying to deepen that character is cheesy. Also, Wilmer seems really creepy like he's got a major drug and/or alcohol problem. The Finale was great except of the no Hyde/Jackie, Eric/Donna engagements or weddings and the preceeding season warping my beloved 70s universe into something ugly and sickening. Comedy's are not supposed to end on a down note and Fez + Jackie = Fez, Jackie, and Hyde are now unbalanced characters thing reallys sucks and leaves me ranting childishly.

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The 7th and eight seasons must have sucked and I'm glad I was too busy to watch 'em. Hyde and Jackie balanced each other perfectly and Eric was entirely to wimpy and clingy and in love to leave donna to do anything. It's even hard to imagine Kelso leaving town. And Wilmer V. seems creepy now, like he has a major drug and/or alcohol problem that's makes Fez seem a less sweet, more creepy pervert. Kitty and Donna and Red and Bob and Hyde gave the only satisfying performances in the finale. They should have ended the show happily when topher and ashton left!

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so where the hell is Fez from??!?!?!

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I liked seen Warren (Ed) on there as Fez's friend. He was good.

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fes (fez) is from turkey. and fez stands for foreign exchange student.

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Despite how the last season was the two last episodes were better than I expected, I will surely get some DVDs of the series and watch the reruns.

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Turkey isn't much of an Island, is it chl1? I didn't realize there were two parts to the finale ... time to head back to the viewer!

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The only time Fes, (if it stands for foreign exchange student, it would have to be spelled Fes, right?)said the name of his homeland, it was covered up by the school bell ringing. Actually he was saying the names of the actors on the show any way. Another unanswered question was, what ever happened to Donna's little sister, She was only in one show, and she was a little slut, flirting with Fes as she did, being only 14. It can be those type of unanswered things that make shows more memorable, things like what was "Quincy Me's" name, was Quincy his first or last name, never answered. As for me, I loved it that Eric made it back. They really did a good job hiding that, showing the previews and him not being in the final line bow. I was really hoping they brought him back, and I was happy when they did. When he said "Happy New Year" to Donna, it was all I could do not to cry, just as I did when Racheal came back to Ross in the Friends finale.
I fell in love with That 70's Show in the first episode, when thay were in the circle for the first time. And then Eric had to sit there having his dad tell him about how to treat the Vista Cruiser with the wall swirling behind him, priceless stuff. Almost every show they had the circle and yet, never actually showed them smoking the stuff, just the smoke swirling around. It was also one of the only shows that showed the family actually sitting around their kitchen table eating in almost every episode. Either that or cooking. Loved those grater light covers over the counter in that kitchen.

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Fez + Jackie = ran out of storylines so came up with this crappy one. It makes no sense after the preceding 3 seasons. Fez was not pining for Jackie he was pining for tootsie rolls and porn. I guess they thought it was time to showcase Fez dramatic range. If they didn't force this romantic pairing the end would be fine. I thougjt the end of season 7 with the scene between Red and Eric and Red catching the boys in the circle was better though.

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I love(d) That's 70's Show and have watched it all of these years, every day and more than once in a day LOL !! I have seen negative comments around the internet in regards to the show along with the good ones. As far as negative ones go, ya had to be in the 70's to feel as a part of the show as in to relive the past OR IF you were in the 70's and didn't like this show lol then ya were prolly one of those people that people like 'us' used to stomp your butt lol cuz ya were nothin but one of those stuck up prudes that we all hated ahahaahahahaaa LOLOL

We are from a very important era and back then we had no idea that we were in 'THE TIME' of our lives but now in our aged years we can look back and see we surely got to be kids at a most wonderful timeline. Kids today have no idea of the great inexpensive fun we got to have. Prudes lol well they missed out on all of the fun back then and have no real good memories of it and US that lived it to all its extremes may or may not remember it LOLOL but we know we had a blast !!!

That's 70's Show did get very boring once Topher and Ashton left as they were in the main group and once the group began busting up, the show began to bust up. The 'Randy' guy truely barfed me out. I personally relate to the 'Donna' character. A Donna character would have never had any boyfriend with the character of Eric or Randy although I liked Eric in the show, for the show. I liked the 'Jackie' character for the show but in real life my 'Donna' character wouldn't have been caught dead with a 'Jackie' character type of friend and more caught beating the crap out of such girls lol same as for the 'Lorrie' character. I stomped many butts like the 'Jackie and Lorrie' characters back in those days. In real life, a 'Donna' character would have had nothing to do with either of these characters. A 'Donna' character would have had a 'Hyde' character type of boyfriend and no way an 'Eric' type lol 'Donna's don't date 'sissy boys' !

I love(d) That's 70's Show because it had a character to play each character based on our real life characters in that time frame.

I will still watch the reruns and my heart feels and emptiness that the show itself has actually ended. WOW I am gettin old LOLOLOL 'ROCK ON'

The 1960s and '70s were a trip: bad as in good, heavy as in deep, cosmic as in far-out, high as in clean out of sight. It was a time to get down, get back, get with it, get it on, get it together, get naked, get real, and get stupid - if you get my drift
In retrospect, the phrase that most accurately defines the 1960s and '70s: Astral plane.

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