They're all alright! 'That '90s Show' reveals what happened to Eric, Donna, Jackie, Kelso, Fez

Erin Jensen, USA TODAY
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Spoiler alert: Just to ensure “We're all alright, We're all alright,” we wanted to warn you that this post contains details from Netflix’s “That '90s Show,” currently streaming.

Guard your behinds from Red’s foot. The Formans' Point Place, Wisconsin, basement is once again open to teens and their smoke circles.

Terry Turner, a co-creator of “That ‘70s Show,” along with his wife, Bonnie, says he rejected Netflix and executive producer Tom Werner’s request to revisit the 1998-2006 Fox show twice before getting on board. (The Turners and Brazills' unsuccessful 2002 sequel "That '80s Show" centered on a group of friends in San Diego and lasted only 13 episodes.)

“We felt like, unless we had a reason to do it, we shouldn't do it,” Turner says of another attempt. But “as COVID wore on, we had this feeling of a longing for something that we had, wanting to go back home again.”

Reprising his role of the stern but loving Red for the 10-episode “That '90s Show” (streaming now on Netflix) felt like a homecoming for Kurtwood Smith.

“When we finally came to the set, it just kind of melted your heart, the fact that it was so much like coming home,” he says. Sure, Red has a new chair. “But basically, it was the old house, and it just brings a tear to your eye.”

The old house with a fresh group of kids: The new series introduces the inexperienced Leia Forman (Callie Haverda), daughter of high school sweethearts Eric Forman (Topher Grace) and his neighbor Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon). While staying with her retired grandparents, Red and Kitty Forman (Debra Jo Rupp) for the summer, Leia forms deep friendships with neighborhood kids, has her first kiss and even experiences her first heartbreak (courtesy of Jay, the playboy offspring of Michael Kelso and Jackie Burkhart).

The new series also updates fans of the original on what the old crew is up to now.

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What are grown-up Eric, Donna, Jackie, Kelso, and Fez doing?

When the series picks up – in the summer of 1995 – Donna and Eric are living in Chicago. She’s an author, and Eric is an adjunct professor who teaches The Religion of “Star Wars.”

Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) and Jackie (Mila Kunis, Kutcher’s real-life wife) also appear in the premiere episode, visiting the Forman residence before walking down the aisle for their “second remarriage.” They’re parents to Jay (Mace Coronel), whom Kelso brags has “his dad’s looks and his mom’s brains.”

Kunis has said she doesn’t believe Jackie and Kelso would end up together. But “‘90s Show” executive producer Lindsey Turner (daughter of Bonnie and Terry) says the characters are “Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. They can't stay away from each other.”

Fans get their first glimpse of Fez (Wilmer Valderrama) in Episode 2. Viewers learn in the next episode the former foreign exchange student now owns a chain of salons called “Chez Fez.” The company slogan “Where every day is a good hair day” allows Fez to resurrect his signature line, “I said good day.”

Why did Jackie and Fez split?

While Jackie and Fez were together when the series ended in 2006, Fez explains the pair split because she still had feelings for Kelso. When Fez and Jackie were on vacation, he caught her on the phone one evening speaking to Kelso. “She left me there,” Fez tells Kitty. “And I spent the next five days getting kicked out of hot tubs for talking too much.”

Fez is now dating the Formans' neighbor Sherri (Andrea Anders) which leaves room for his return, Terry Turner says, adding Valderrama told Bonnie Turner: “Just call me. Call me, and I'm there.”

Is Hyde (Danny Masterson) in 'That '90s Show'?

For the eight-season run of “That ‘70s Show,” Danny Masterson played Steven Hyde, the sometimes mysterious loner of the group. Masterson is facing three charges of rape by force or fear, by three women who allege the events occurred between 2001 and 2003 at his home. Masterson has pleaded not guilty. After a deadlocked jury that resulted in a mistrial in November, a retrial has been set for March 29.

Hyde does not appear, nor is he mentioned in the new series, but “we did sort of wonder about Hyde as a character and what that would be,” Lindsey Turner says. “At the end of the day, it seemed logical again, leaning into the logic of the character, that he's basically like D-Day (Bruce McGill) in ‘Animal House.’ He just climbed into a car, onto a motorcycle and rode off, and God knows where he is. He's out there somewhere, which felt very natural for Hyde.”

On-set reunions were emotional for Debra Jo Rupp

Reuniting with her former co-stars – Grace, Prepon, Kunis, Kutcher and Valderrama – made Rupp emotional.

“Each time one of them came through the living room door or the kitchen door, I would start to cry, and we would take a small break and then move on,” she says. “It's the memories that just come flooding in, and I think it's the fact that they were there to support. It was many things, but it was like the family coming home again.”

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Contributing: Naledi Ushe

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'That 90s Show' on Netflix: What happened to Hyde, Eric and crew?