According to the show’s script, Eric left home to teach in Africa during the show’s eighth and final season, but, really, Topher Grace ran off to play Venom in Spider-Man 3. The show replaced our lovably dry, clumsy, and kind of geeky Eric with Randy Pearson, the poofy-haired, Donna-dating Eric wannabe. Fans were outraged when Donna broke up with Eric over the phone to be with Randy and, towards the end of the season, they began to phase him out. The show concluded with Eric coming back and telling Donna he missed her and was dumb to leave. Well, duh.

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This statement got a couple things wrong.

Eric dumped Donna (maybe over the phone or by a letter) while he was in Africa. She didn't start dating Randy until AFTER she was dumped. This article makes it sound like she left Eric for Randy and that's simply not so.

I thought it was stupid to have Eric and Donna break up and then have Randy date her. I was fine with Randy, I just don't see why he had to date Donna. No one was gonna accept her with a guy that wasn't Forman!