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    S02.E06: Pass, Not Pass

    in Beverly Hills, 90210

    Tough question: Is it TV-illegal to hook up with a character who's underage played by an actress collecting Social Security?

    Also, if you keep your eyes on Kelly during the whole "dancing" GIF, she pulls a pretty great eleventh hour WTF side-eye.

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    Oh, I was in no way trying to say that was my wholly original theory lol.  I just noted that the connection between Mercer and Moe wasn't mentioned in the podcast and I always thought it was such a nice touch and so "Veronica Mars".

     

    Oh totally! I didn't think you were; was just adding to the info.

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    TeeVee: Okay, wow, you have blown my mind. (I just tweeted that info & credited you.) That is a pretty awesome long game Rob Thomas was playing there.

     

    I probably only know this because VM was my recapping life at the time, but this was well reported on the boards; in fact, it was hoped that Michael Cera would continue as the Moe character, feeding off his appearance in the "The Rapes Of Graff" storyline. They couldn't get him, obvs, so this was the result.

     

    @Nick, I don't know if you've done it before, but your "Hi, everybody!" didn't go unnoticed.

    S02.E01: Beach Blanket Brandon

    in Beverly Hills, 90210

    I'd bet they couldn't afford to shoot all summer at an actual pool and tennis club (which do exist out here) so they pretended beach clubs are a thing so they could shoot on public property. This poor show (except for the million things it willfully gets wrong).

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    @Nick, I can't speak for John, but I can't really blame Skype/delay. I just didn't know my shit this time.

    @Muu: My anguished "ARE YOU KIDDING ME" at the end of watching woke one cat, scared another and a husband. So mad.

     

    I did have trouble sorting out some sound details in the louder clips, but that's still no excuse for the Red Wedding fail.

     

    I didn't want to dwell on it because Sarah was SO MAD, but who (a) calls five times to confirm a window-washing appointment, (b) tells the client when he's coming and what he's doing rather than asking, and © apparently does all this unsolicited, since "Mistah Bahbecue" had no idea what was happening?

    S01.E19: April is the Cruelest Month

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    Oh, since Sarah asked in the podcast, forgot to add two things about Chandler's racquet: First, Borg was known for his own very distinctive wood racquet; it was painted black and had his name on it and was obviously not whatever cheapshit stick the prop master bought in a 99-cent bin. Relatedly, no one used wood racquets past 1983; graphite and other materials proved so superior that Chandler in 1990 wouldn't have been competitive against the best twelve-year-old girls SoCal had to offer.

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    S01.E19: April is the Cruelest Month

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    I realize I come from a place of privilege but so do these kids and I can't believe they're excited over an 1190. Kids at my school would have literally been in tears over that. I scored higher and took them again in the fall. And maybe this is an urban legend I've simply believed for over 20 years but I always thought you really couldn't score below a 200, so maybe Donna really did spell her name wrong?

     

    Agree on all counts; I went to one of the best public high schools in the country, but West Beverly, from the way they talk about it, should be on par. 1190 wasn't even acceptable for the PSATs. And for fictional context, Buffy Summers's surprise great SAT score was a 1430.

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    S01.E14: East Side Story

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    This was brought up on an earlier edition, but this episode really made me think there's something to the thought that Jason Priestley was just incapable of portraying anything other than anger/condescension/lecturing in scenes involving the slightest amount of conflict. It would explain why we didn't see the apologies he claimed to have made; if he couldn't even reference them without a snotty "what more do you want me to do," how could they have played as convincing or sincere?

     

    Oh, and his kick in the heart to Ohhhhhndrea at the end seems to suggest that (a) Brandon's completely ignoring the fact that he drunkenly kissed her only a few eps ago, and (b) not only did Brenda not spill the not-a-slumber-party revelation that Ohhhhhndrea wants to bone him -- dubious -- but none of his male friends have mentioned Ohhhhhndrea's crush to him despite it being so glaringly obvious that even uncaring seniors have taken note of it.

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    I can say with certainty that "bitch" was uttered on Dynasty before L.A. Law, because I remember Alexis Carrington Colby slapping her daughter (played by a terrible British actress IIRC) and shrieking "You bitch!" because the daughter went public with her parentage, and I was jaw-droppingly, silent-movie-reactive scandalized that they said "bitch" on TV.

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    S01.E11: B.Y.O.B.

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    As noted (and usual), the sound design with the "background" people "talking" is HILARIOUSLY terrible, but it speaks to the show's overinvestment in Brandon that it depicts so many people giving a shit whether he sips a froofy blended drink or not. There was practically an impromptu referendum on the subject!

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