That '70s Show: Season 7

That's a wrap on the seventh season.

How familiar was I with the season's various episodes?

Not at all. After six seasons where I'd already seen almost every episode, it was like a switch flipped here, and I don't think I'd seen a single episode from Season 7 before.

Were there any key ways in which this season was different from previous seasons?

This really felt like the season where everyone in the cast was ready to move on. Donna was suddenly a blonde, perhaps due to some other role Laura Prepon had taken at the time. (I'm too lazy to check.) Kelso had a short haircut, and looked a whole lot like modern day Ashton Kutcher. And Mila Kunis? I can't put my finger on it, but this was absolutely the season where Mila Kunis was suddenly no longer "that cute Russian chick from That '70s Show" and instead became "holy shit, Mila Kunis!"

Any particular highlights or lowlights worth singling out?

So apparently Hyde's father is a black guy. This was a little funny, but also more than a little eye-roll-induing. "Hmm, the show's been a hit for six years, but it needs more black people..." When Hyde's half-sister, also black, was introduced s a love interest for Kelso, it was almost too much to handle. (That sounds... racist. I'm not suggesting black characters had no place on That '70s Show. Just that to introduce them as Hyde's family was kind of a weak choice.) Highlights? None, really, but the show is so damn consistent at this point that you could argue the whole run was a highlight. Which of course defeats the purpose of using the word "highlight." If I have to pick one arc, I'll go with Kelso and Fez moving in together. Hijinks ensued, my friends!

Final thoughts on anything else relating to the season or series as a whole?

Topher Grace is gone after this season and Ashton Kutcher barely sticks around. Josh Myers also joins the cast as a series regular. In other words, the eighth season is kind of a bastardized, stripped-down version of That '70s Show, so this is pretty much curtains for the original cast. It was a good run!

One more season, guys. One more season.