MerBearStare
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9 hours ago, benteen said:
It's the hypocrisy with Kelly that drives me so crazy. People mellow out and change over time. Logical and understandable. But it's the "my shit never smelled" attitude that Kelly carries around that is worst.
What's that saying? That there's no one more righteous than a reformed whore? From season 5 on Kelly will show some hints of self-awareness - I'm specifically thinking of the convent episode where she thinks to herself, "I slept with my best friend's boyfriend. I slept with my boyfriend's best friend." - but those moments are few and far between. The writers really ruined her character. And all the characters eventually. Except Steve, the lovable oaf.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I think the writers did a relatively good job of building up to Ray being abusive. First when he called Donna a rich bitch in this episode, then when he rage smashes the pumpkin in a few episodes. In real life I think those would all be things you look back on and realize that they were total red flags. I feel bad for Jamie Walters #poorjamiewalters, but I mean he's a doctor now and, if I recall correctly, he was briefly engaged to Drew Barrymore back in the early 90's, and that's not nothing.
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Seeing Kelly's new shorter hair has got me wondering, is she the Samson of Beverly Hills, 90210? In seasons 1-4 when she has long hair, the character is awesome and snarky and flawed but lovable. Then she cuts her hair and starts with that stupid baby voice and becomes sanctimonious and self-righteous and judgmental. Apparently all of her awesomeness is contained in her hair and, if I recall correctly, she never has long hair again. RIP Brenda and fun Kelly.
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7 hours ago, filmgirl said:
I was 11 when this happened, so my memory could be fuzzy but I remember being VERY aware that Tiffani-Amber Thiessen was replacing Shannen. Like, Kelly Kapowski replacing Brenda Walsh was huge summertime gossip.
Yeah, I was in 7th grade when season 5 originally aired and I definitely knew that Kelly Kapowski was joining the show.
I'm interested to see how I'll react to Val as an adult now because I remember not liking her character when it originally aired because I was very earnest and didn't like how she could be shitty to the other "good" girls on the show. But as an adult I'm like, well the other girls on the show kind of suck, so...
And that burp was amazing. Burp 2016.
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Oh God, I forgot about that dog drawing. I thought art/drawing was the one thing Donna was supposed to be good at? She got props from her high school art teacher and then became a "fashion designer" (Now Wear This is so many seasons away), so that seemed like a bit of a continuity error.
8 hours ago, SoupThrower said:I guess this is an unpopular opinion but I liked Season 4 and Season 5 Clare. She was so absurd that it didn't make sense and it was entertaining. it took screen time of other, worse characters.
I agree. She, like basically every other character on this show, eventually became terrible starting in season 6 or so, but she was enjoyable in seasons 4 and 5. Part of the reason I like her is because she was smart, and competitive about being smart, but wasn't an awkward nerd about it like Andrea was.
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Unpopular Opinion (maybe?): I always liked Brandon and Kelly together. He's always been terrible and she eventually becomes as terrible, but two negatives make a positive, so...it works for me. I agree that the task force storyline is ridiculous, but I work with an organization that has a few task forces and none of them do anything (literally so useless), so at least that aspect is realistic, though I'm sure they didn't do it on purpose.
I recently read Dave Holmes' book (which is hilarious and fantastic) and he talks about his coworker back in the early/mid-90's who was obsessed with 90210 and had to take the rest of the day off when it was announced that Shannen Doherty was leaving 90210.
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Oh man, this episode. I was in 6th grade when this originally aired, so I was the right age to take this show very. seriously. My sister, however, was in 11th grade and was a Nirvana-loving alterna-teen, so she loved to snark on this show (although I think she also legitimately wanted to watch it and used snarkiness as a smokescreen so she could), which would upset me immensely (which I obviously got over since I listen to this podcast). So we were watching this episode together and at the point where Kelly says that the rent isn't their problem anymore, my sister goes, "Kelly obviously doesn't know anything about leases." But now as an adult who's watched well over 1,000 hours of Judge Judy, I believe that they would not be held accountable for the rent or honoring the lease because David brought drugs into the apartment. And what's David going to do? Take them to court and have to explain why they moved out?
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I'm bummed that the writers didn't name D'Shawn's twin sister D'Shawna. That was a real missed opportunity.
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Can't wait for a) David telling Dylan he is a sanctimonious pain in the ass and b) The super toilet.
Haha, yes! That toilet! Which can somehow handle 2500 pills and like 15 plastic baggies being flushed all in under 20 minutes. I cannot wait for the meth storyline.
QuoteI do believe there is a photo or something brief in a future episode that proves Erica is Jack's daughter, and Suzanne was not actually lying about that.
Yeah, IIRC she is actually Jack's daughter. It was either after they found Erica in Mexico or a couple seasons later when she was a teen prostitute (human trafficking victim?) in LA, she went to live with Iris in Hawaii (because Iris did such a bang-up job with Dylan), so I think there was a familial connection, as tenuous as it may be.
I agree with others that David was a dick, but it was also understandable why he broke up with Donna. He should have handled it way better and not done it on Christmas/her birthday, but it was better to break up with her than to continue treating her shitily because she won't have sex with you. I'm sure when they got together in high school he thought he could wait and/or that she would eventually change her mind, but after that "anniversary" debacle, it was clear that neither of those things were true.
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I don't like Gabe's smug mug and feel like he's gotten a sort of goodie-two-shoes edit, so I like Ben for the win.
I agree with your whole post, Drogo, but especially this. Eric is a jackass, no doubt, but when Gabe told him to "chill, bro" when they were in the break room, I wanted to smack Gabe on Eric's behalf. Eric was genuinly upset by and pissed off at Tarik's elimination and that is not the time to tell someone to chill. That's such a condescending thing to do.
This whole season I've found Jen really annoying, but I totally agree with her about Vanessa and I will take someone like Jen over someone like Vanessa any day. Honestly, Vanessa is just the worst type of woman (and I say this as a woman). She cries and tries to use her cuteness to get what she wants and I think Anthony's a sucker for letting her get away with it. If Vanessa were like 21 or 22, ok I could understand that, but you are 29; get it together, girl. And that schoolgirl-like crush she has on Anthony. Again, 21 or 22, I get it, but 29, get outta here with that non-sense.
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S05.E09: Intervention
in Beverly Hills, 90210
Just did a google image search for aspic. Wow. I can't believe anyone, especially a snob like Felice, would serve that in 1994/1995.
I know she wasn't an alcoholic, but I gotta go with Brooke (Kristin Davis), drinking because she was distraught over losing Billy (gross) and then drowning in the Melrose Place pool.