@NeoLosman said:

I suppose they can get dark and gritty for one episode, and feature a visit with Hyde in state pen. Where he's doing time for rape charges of dubious merit

I'm glad the show runners resolved a lot of the issues left unanswered from That 70's Show finale. I remember a lot of the posts on the old IMDB board from way back in 2006 when the series ended. They were virtual "fan fiction" scenarios of how those board posters, including myself, thought what the future held for the original characters. Maybe the show runners were reading those old posts.

"That 90's Show" is playing them out just like the old IMDB board posters predicted. Donna married Eric. Jackie married Kelso. Fez went on to become a "player" at his hair salon. Believe it or not, NeoLosman, a lot of the prognostications, painted the same picture of Hyde, that you did, even before the charges against Danny Masterson became public.