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Exit...Stage Left (Brenda)
Exit...Stage Left (Brandon)
Graduation (High School)
I Do? (Brandon and Kelly)
Never Jumped
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The show could have ended with the season 4 finale. A lot of things are wrapped up nicely and the right couples are together - Brandon/Kelly and Dylan/Brenda. The awful Dylan/Kelly pairing is finally over and things are how they should be. Donna dumps David's cheating ass and we could just assume they either worked things out eventually or they concluded they weren't right for each other.
Once the original cast starts to leave, as with any show, things begin to go downhill. After this season, they can't pair Dylan with Brenda so they use him as a catalyst to throw a spanner in the works between Kelly and Brandon, which was a really stupid thing to do seeing that season 4 clearly pointed out the reasons why Dylan and Kelly weren't meant to be a long-term thing. I say, with a show like this, the majority of fans' feelings should be taken into account and clearly, the overall feeling was that Dylan and Brenda, and Brandon and Kelly, should have ended up together.
Once the original cast starts to leave, as with any show, things begin to go downhill. After this season, they can't pair Dylan with Brenda so they use him as a catalyst to throw a spanner in the works between Kelly and Brandon, which was a really stupid thing to do seeing that season 4 clearly pointed out the reasons why Dylan and Kelly weren't meant to be a long-term thing. I say, with a show like this, the majority of fans' feelings should be taken into account and clearly, the overall feeling was that Dylan and Brenda, and Brandon and Kelly, should have ended up together.
Without a doubt...Shannen/Brenda leaves the show. Love her or hate her the show lost most of its appeal when she took off. She was the most real character on the show, which made her the most interesting. I for one could have lived without perennial victim Kelly Taylor. The first four seasons were the best of the series and it went downhill after that. I can't believe the show went on as long as it did. Shannen was the best of the eight and her stories were so entertaining. I loved her brother/sister relationship with Brandon, they were awesome. I am a firm Dylan/Brenda fan. The chemistry was undeniable whether they were a couple of just friends. You knew they were meant to be, and that Kelly was just a simple roadblock. She should count her blessings that Brenda took off.
Wow! I love this show!! As far as when it jumped? Brenda adopting a fake French accent to bait Reeeeek? Sure! Donna Martin
getting all kinds of drunk on 2 beers and the whole school banding together for the famous "DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES!" episode? Hells yeah! David's smooth moves and hip-hop expertise? Alright, I have to draw the line there! No matter when that shark jumping moment was, this show always makes me fell better when I feel blue, so that's really what matters, I guess!
getting all kinds of drunk on 2 beers and the whole school banding together for the famous "DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES!" episode? Hells yeah! David's smooth moves and hip-hop expertise? Alright, I have to draw the line there! No matter when that shark jumping moment was, this show always makes me fell better when I feel blue, so that's really what matters, I guess!
90210 is the show! There will never be another show like it. I for one hated brenda walsh she was so annoying thank goodness she was "let go". The show went downhill when brandon left he was the glue that held the show together does anybody else find it odd that after brandon left that david, janet, matt,steve and noah lived in the walshes house? WTF???????????
90210 is the show! There will never be another show like it. I for one hated brenda walsh she was so annoying thank goodness she was "let go". The show went downhill when brandon left he was the glue that held the show together does anybody else find it odd that after brandon left that david, janet, matt,steve and noah lived in the walshes house? WTF???????????
Jennie didn't have half the chemistry with Luke that Shannen did - needless to say the show jumped when Dylan and Kelly got together.
Anyone remember Dylan's words when he found out Brandon and Kelly were dating? "My best friend and my best girl... you two disgust me." All I could think about was what a hypocrite he was! He cheated on Brenda with her best friend. And it wasn't as if Kelly being a slut was a shocker. The line in that episode that really disgusted me was when Val asked," Is that Brenda's Dylan?" and Donna gasps out all dramatically," KELLY'S Dylan! UGH!" No, bitch, Kelly is shacking up with Dylan's best friend, so he is most definitely not Kelly's Dylan.
Happy Guest posted something that I disagree with and apparantly, over 800 others disagree with, which is that the show got better when Brenda left. The show got worse! They made Kelly the star! Kelly, the slut who stole her best friend's boyfriend, became the moral center of this show? Oh, please!
The show jumped the shark as soon as Brenda left. Jenny Garth was a horrible lead actress and she didn't have half the depth as Shannon Doherty.
The show jumped the shark as soon as Brenda left. Jenny Garth was a horrible lead actress and she didn't have half the depth as Shannon Doherty.
First, let me say I love BH90210. I watched all 10 seasons, have the dvds and still TIVO the reruns on Soapnet, but I must admit the show did get a little lame after Brandon left the show. Donna becoming a fashion designer, didn't she have a learning disability or some such nonsense. Gina and Dyaln (yuck). Matt was by far the cutest guy on the show at that point. Noah could not act his way out of a paperbag. David and Camille, what an odd-pairing. Oh and Steve and Janet having a kid, puh-lease! Other than that, love love love this show and can't wait for the new 90210 this fall on CW. Brenda's BACK!
The show tanked massively when Brandon - YES, THAT'S RIGHT, BRANDON - left. By that time Kelly was a self righteous bitch and Donna had a different hairstyle every 15 minutes. By the way, Donna looked "best" with the dark red hair. I say "best" because she really looks like a horse and that fake little laugh she gives - whenever I hear it I almost gag.
Anyway, bringing Matt on board - he was a mini Brandon and Gina, she was a mini Valerie - and of course keeping Noah around, the mumbler who was a Dylan wannabee - those were all bad bets. I hated most that Dylan came back. His storylines were the worst, most self centered and most boring. He was such a jerk of a guy and everybody continuously tolerated him. I wish he really had overdosed one of those times. Between all his dream sequences, I know I wanted to.
Another character that should've left when Brenda did (by the way, the show got BETTER when she took off) was Steve. I know he was the comic relief but he was one of the most stupid guys ever and I couldn't believe he actually thought he was a stud. The way Kelly was in high school, she wouldn't have been caught dead with a blonde curly headed dweeb like Steve Sanders. But you knew he would never find work doing anything else so he had to stay.
Most talented cast members were Brandon, Valerie and David. I feel they had the most acting range and were the most beleivable in their roles. Donna improved too but when she and Kelly became the central characters it got old fast.
Anyway, bringing Matt on board - he was a mini Brandon and Gina, she was a mini Valerie - and of course keeping Noah around, the mumbler who was a Dylan wannabee - those were all bad bets. I hated most that Dylan came back. His storylines were the worst, most self centered and most boring. He was such a jerk of a guy and everybody continuously tolerated him. I wish he really had overdosed one of those times. Between all his dream sequences, I know I wanted to.
Another character that should've left when Brenda did (by the way, the show got BETTER when she took off) was Steve. I know he was the comic relief but he was one of the most stupid guys ever and I couldn't believe he actually thought he was a stud. The way Kelly was in high school, she wouldn't have been caught dead with a blonde curly headed dweeb like Steve Sanders. But you knew he would never find work doing anything else so he had to stay.
Most talented cast members were Brandon, Valerie and David. I feel they had the most acting range and were the most beleivable in their roles. Donna improved too but when she and Kelly became the central characters it got old fast.
90210 jumped when Brenda left- no way could Valerie fill the drama void! I enjoyed the first couple of seasons, but the show got so dragged out and I only watched for as long as I did because I was waiting for David and Donna's 'big night'. What a letdown that was! Their embrace on the bed quickly dissolved into the closing credits. I liked any episodes that dealt with serious issues, like the numerous drug abuse ones, and this one model who was a cutter, and how Dylan found his younger sister Erica living as a prostitute. The lamest 90210 episode ever was the one where two school buses filled with arguing students were unknowingly on a collision course with each other, and some Force intervened so the buses passed RIGHT THROUGH EACH OTHER unscathed. This really happened. I only saw it once but it hardly fit the show's premise about reality in Beverly Hills!
FYI - Kelly never slept with David and Valerie never slept with Brandon. She tried to and Kelly just happened to stop by at that moment.
When did kelly ever sleep with david? He was her stepbrother. 90210 tanked when brandon and valarie left and gina and matt came on board. Sorry but I hated brenda she complained way too much I wanted to jump through the t.v. and slap her sometimes.
Joe the quarterback!
Are we to believe a PAC10 school would have a 150 pound QB twirp???
The show jumped when the 'kids' went to college.
The plot lines just got weak and repetitive.
Brandon/Dylan doing penence on the reservation just like the slutty girls at the convent
I assume since none of the actors/writers ever went to college (let alone graduate high school...), how could they know what happens in a dorm or classroom?
The writers/actors did know alot about sex though.
BH90210 was the modern day Scooby Doo.
Every episode had a mystery--they even had a malt shop to hang at!!
Here is the BH sex tree--help me if I forgot something...
Here is who bones who:
Brenda--Dylan
Dylan--Brenda, Kelly, Toni, Gina, Valerie
Brandon--Kelly, Keats, Tracy, nutbag in San Francisco, crazy professor
Kelly--David, Brandon, Dylan, Steve, Colin, Matt, rapist, virginity stolen by senior when she was a freshman
David--Claire, Donna, Valerie, record chick, Gina, hot chick IN Donna's store
Steve--Valerie, Kelly, Claire, single mom, knocks up future wife
RAY PRUIT--HIMSELF
Valerie--entire cast
Donna-David, gay model, Noah
Nat--knocks up old flame
Noah, if this boat's a rockin don't come a knockin!
Andrea-- Juan Valdez lookalike, Carrotop lookalike,
never knew so many people could bone each other's date. Just how did they manage to go to school, run a nightclub, own a newspaper, save society.
Valerie should have charged rent on herself.
Are we to believe a PAC10 school would have a 150 pound QB twirp???
The show jumped when the 'kids' went to college.
The plot lines just got weak and repetitive.
Brandon/Dylan doing penence on the reservation just like the slutty girls at the convent
I assume since none of the actors/writers ever went to college (let alone graduate high school...), how could they know what happens in a dorm or classroom?
The writers/actors did know alot about sex though.
BH90210 was the modern day Scooby Doo.
Every episode had a mystery--they even had a malt shop to hang at!!
Here is the BH sex tree--help me if I forgot something...
Here is who bones who:
Brenda--Dylan
Dylan--Brenda, Kelly, Toni, Gina, Valerie
Brandon--Kelly, Keats, Tracy, nutbag in San Francisco, crazy professor
Kelly--David, Brandon, Dylan, Steve, Colin, Matt, rapist, virginity stolen by senior when she was a freshman
David--Claire, Donna, Valerie, record chick, Gina, hot chick IN Donna's store
Steve--Valerie, Kelly, Claire, single mom, knocks up future wife
RAY PRUIT--HIMSELF
Valerie--entire cast
Donna-David, gay model, Noah
Nat--knocks up old flame
Noah, if this boat's a rockin don't come a knockin!
Andrea-- Juan Valdez lookalike, Carrotop lookalike,
never knew so many people could bone each other's date. Just how did they manage to go to school, run a nightclub, own a newspaper, save society.
Valerie should have charged rent on herself.
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