The Three Best Episodes of THAT ’90S SHOW Season One

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Netflix’s “reboot” of That ’70s Show is, per its new title, set in the 1990s, and it concerns the next generation of kids hanging out in Red and Kitty Forman’s basement — a group anchored by Eric and Donna’s daughter Leia and her love interest, Jay, the son of Kelso and Jackie (who apparently have been off and on since the 1979 finale — Fez and Hyde be damned). It’s set up to replicate the original series, with a gang of six misfit teens, two adults whose house is the primary locale, and a wacky neighbor recurring next door. But every regular here is new to us… except, of course, Red and Kitty, as the rest of the still-living ’70s crew (minus Hyde, for obvious reasons) make only one to three guest appearances over the course of the season. On paper, this is, frankly, a smart design — it’s a revival that structurally matches its predecessor, focusing on a teen “hangout” ensemble, but with mostly new characters, and an updated 1990s setting that both honors and progresses the high-concept “period piece” aspect of the initial premise.