Curious about Netflix’s That ’90s Show, but not quite curious enough to watch all 10 episodes? We can help.
TVLine has already screened Season 1 of the That ’70s Show sequel series — you can read our review here — which centers on a new generation of Point Place basement dwellers, including Eric and Donna’s daughter Leia. The show brings back (almost) every major character from the original show, but not for long. In that respect, the show is less like The Conners and more like Fuller House.
Despite a lack of screen time, we do receive important life updates about the OGs. Not only do we find out what they’re up to in the year 1995, but in some cases, what happened to them between 1980 and now.
What follows is a spoiler-heavy, legacy character guide, breaking down everything we learned in Season 1. We also include episode numbers should you want to queue up specific cameos. Scroll down to find out what happened to everyone, then hit the comments with your reactions.
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RED & KITTY FORMAN
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Appear in every episode
Eric’s parents (played again by Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp) are living out their golden years in Point Place when a new group of teens — including Eric and Donna’s daughter Leia — swarm their basement. Kitty is thrilled to see history repeat itself. The same can’t be said for Red.
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ERIC FORMAN
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Appears in Episode 1 only
Topher Grace’s Eric is husband to Donna and father to Leia. He is an adjunct professor at a university in Chicago, where he teaches a course on the religion of Star Wars. The job, he says, comes with a permanent parking space… for his bicycle.
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DONNA PINCIOTTI
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Appears in Episodes 1, 5 and 10
Laura Prepon’s Donna is wife to Eric and mother to Leia. She is also a published author. In the pilot, Red and Kitty mention that they read a review of their daughter-in-law’s latest book, the subject of which remains unknown.
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FEZ
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Appears in Episodes 2, 3 and 10
Wilmer Valderrama’s Fez, a former shampoo boy, is now the proud owner of hair salon chain Chez Fez, where “every day is a good hair day.” He’s currently in an on-again/off-again relationship with Red and Kitty’s next-door neighbor Sherri (played by Better Off Ted‘s Andrea Anders), who lives in the old Pinciotti house with her two kids, Gwen and Nate.
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JACKIE BURKHART
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Appears in Episode 1 only
Mila Kunis’ Jackie is sometimes wife to Kelso and mother to Jay. After cheating on Fez with Kelso (boo!), Jackie marries Kelso, then divorces him. Then marries him again. Then divorces him again. In the pilot, the exes make a pitstop at the Forman residence on their way to get married for a third time. We do not learn what Jackie does for a living (if she works at all).
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MICHAEL KELSO
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Appears in Episode 1 only
Ashton Kutcher’s Kelso is sometimes husband to Jackie and father to Jay. We do not learn what Kelso does for work — in That ’70s Show Season 8, he took working security at Chicago’s Playboy Club, but he’s since returned to Point Place — or if he has maintained a relationship with his daughter Betsy (whom he shared with Shannon Elizabeth’s Brooke). For all we know, Betsy and her mom have been retconned. The same can’t be said for Kelso’s brother Casey; Luke Wilson’s character is referenced by Donna in the Season 1 finale.
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BOB PINCIOTTI
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Appears in Episode 6 only
Hey there, hi there, ho there! Don Stark’s alter ego is still rocking a perm when he returns to Point Place after more than a decade, to mark granddaughter Leia’s 15th birthday. He brings with him a sack of oranges to remind viewers that he moved to Florida following ’70s‘ series finale. (At one point, Kitty mentions that Donna’s dad has a prosthetic testicle. That probably isn’t relevant here, but if we have to know that, so do you.)
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LEO
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Appears in Episodes 2 and 9
Tommy Chong’s beloved stoner hasn’t changed a bit, man! But he has developed a love for MTV’s The Real World — and in Episode 2, Leia gets her hands on Leo’s Real World audition tape.
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FENTON
Image Credit: Netflix screenshot Appears in Episode 10 only
Before he was Dean Pelton, Community‘s Jim Rash was Fez’s archnemesis. In 1995, Fenton is the owner of the old Pinciotti house (which he rents out to Sherri), along with three other homes, one duplex and a Dippin’ Dots.
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