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Season 8 was hated by most fans, and I mean put the emphasis on HATED. A few things explains that; Eric was "in Africa" and was not present at all in season 8 except for the finale (actor Topher Grace wanted to move on in his acting career and was working on Spiderman 3 at the time), Kelso was only present in a handful of episodes including the finale, Hyde married Samantha (a stripper he met in Vegas), plus the new guy who is supposed to fill in as some kind of replacement for Eric's absence, Randy, was generally poorly received.

Looking at it that way it's easy to see why season 8 is constantly said to be the worst and weak. Plus looking at an entire season without Eric seems impossible, he is such an important part of the show; after all this is HIS family, HIS friends, HIS basement...well you get the idea and you just can't ignore that fact. Kelso was present for a few episodes and it certainly helped but he too was an important part of That 70's Show (actor Ashton Kutcher also wanted to move on with his acting career and at the time was filming The Guardian). That said I didn't hate the new guy Randy, you either love him or hate him, I thought he was an interesting character. If you hate Randy I understand you, it's kinda hard to swallow that he is supposed to replace Eric, however if you hate it you are not alone, Fez did too and it made this situation very funny! (You could probably appeal to how Fez feels!) Many fans felt that breaking up Hyde and Jackie was a big mistake and many feel a particularly low point of the season was when an erotic dancer Hyde married arrived to Point Place. There are still a few memorable episodes but hardcore fans of the first 7 seasons will probably not find much to enjoy out of season 8 except the finale.

As hated as it is season 8 does have its good moments, for instance look at the finale, it was done in a proper manner and Eric and Kelso are back. If there's one thing you have to like about season 8 it's the finale! Season 8 also lead to some interesting scenarios, having Fez and Jackie live together was quite funny at times and Hyde owning and managing a record store was terrific. There's also more of Hyde's father and his sister from season 7, and Fez's relationship with his landlord Phantom was neat. I wish some things would have been different so that season 8 could be a proper ending season to the show but you have to understand that they had a contract for an 8th season and even if they lost 2 of the main actors they had to continue. Maybe fan would have preferred to have the show end with season 7, maybe that was the thing to do but I don't hate season 8 just like I don't love it. I don't think season 8 was absolute garbage nor do I think that it was the worst season ever in the history of television. It's obviously the weakest season of the show but I still enjoyed it for what it was. However I'm not sure I can really recommend it! I'll give it 3 stars.

Never rec'd and have asked ofr my money back. Was a Christmas gift and I email them 2 times and never a response.

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