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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.

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.

This show jumped when Dylan chose Kelly over Brenda. Dylan and Kelly were OK as a summer fling, but it got really annoying when they kept on talking about kindergarten.

When Dylan cheated on Brenda with Kelly it was all downhill after that! What kind of a friend was Kelly?!

What I never could understand about the show was how they all managed to stay friends regardless. Most people would simply move on and yet this incestuous group (Claire Arnold was right when she said that) continued to hang out together for years and years. Hence Kelly dating Dylan and then Brandon and then Dylan again and then Brandon two or three more times after that.

New guys and girls did not stand a chance with this group because the main characters always bounced back to their originals.

I have to say that's a little contrieved. In everyday life, guys I once dated are long gone and I haven't run into them in years. But on 90210, you could always count on Brandon being in the background for Kelly and David hanging around for Donna.

I think all the characters were downright mean to each other at times. I sure wouldn't want friends like them.

Brenda leaving was it. Walsh parents essentially became doormats after that because both kissed the ground Brandon walked on. He was running that house after that. Became a self-righteous prick. Sarcastic and hypocritical and downright ridiculous when he gave you a death glare. Please boy you're like 4 feet tall! Brenda was real. She never BS-ed her feelings about anything. Actions always matched her words and emotions. That part of Shannen's personality came through even if you think she's a bitch. Brenda called other people out on their BS but she got her just desserts for bad decisions making her a very good sympathetic character. Like her stint in jail alienating her friends. Or Losing Dylan to that faux-sensitive ho Kelly. Kelly tried to be moralistic with others but where was her suffering? She went through all that calamity but Garth just is not able to portray depth of emotion. She comes off as a attention-starved bitch. This show just went on way too long trying to run on nostalgia for the past.

I'd like to say the show jumped when Brenda left and later when Dylan left. But I continued to watch the show. The 7-10 seasons stories are incredible crap though there are still some group moments to enjoy. And Val always of course. By the time Priestley left, it felt like there was closure on Brandon. JP was sort of phoning it in with the acting and probably wanted to be directing/producing. No, I'll say the show jumped the shark when it became evident that they were not going to bring Brenda back and put her with Dylan. Followed by the same for Kelly/Brandon. Storyline wise, that is how the show was always constructed. They desperately needed to reunite the beloved couples. Just one of the many reasons this show continues to be mocked and not be taken seriously.

Audrea slept with that guy in her dorm and she slept with a married man while she was also married herself. She did slept with quite a few guys.

WAHOO! Andrea is gone. Her and that mexican husband of hers were the pits. They took the brainaic and made her a slut - not even remotely believable...but at least it made her interesting for 3 episodes. Uhh, what? I can recall Andrea sleeping with TWO guys - the english teacher, and the hispanic grad student (whom she married). Two guys...and that makes her a slut??

The guy who played Ray Pruit was from that other show, The Heights, right? I remember the actor saying something about how the role of Ray stigmatized him and female fans thought he was like that in real life.
I found Ray to be souless. When he talked he literally sounded like a soul stealing entity had just recently drained him, leaving him an angry, empty little shell.
And could he have spoken up a bit? Half the time I have to turn up the sound or lean in close to the TV to hear him.
Guys that sound like that aren't cool. They sound like they are sleepwalking. At least Dylan (who I could take or leave) was audible and had an actual range of emotion.
I didn't care much for Valerie. I hated how she complained that no one liked her when she couldn't even act like a normal person for one second. She was constantly screwing everyone guy on the show, plotting scheme after scheme against Kelly and them getting all upset when things wouldn't go her way and characters turned against her.

Um, Ava Heart, the author from the previous post, you do know that this was just a television show, right? The actors aren't real honey. This was just a fictional show. Someone needs to get a life.

I have a love/hate relationship with this show. I still watch the re-runs but I can definitely see the problems with it, too.

First, Brandon Walsh is one of the most unfeeling characters ever. Especially during his relationship with Tracy, he treated her terribly for the most part. He has always seemed more intellectual then compassionate to me. I like him but he overplayed his role more often then not.

Brenda had nothing to do with the show tanking. She was a whiny brat of a character and it was the best news of all when she left.

I have to admit Kelly had a bit too many things happen to her. I liked her best in high school when she was more of a bad girl. When she became self righteous, it got old quick.

Donna/David - between the two of them, I could just about gag. The back and forthness of their relationship is crazy; I would never have returned to David after he cheated, and Donna's boob job only made her big horsey face look worse.

WAHOO! Andrea is gone. Her and that mexican husband of hers were the pits. They took the brainaic and made her a slut - not even remotely believable...but at least it made her interesting for 3 episodes.

Valerie - MY FAVORITE CHARACTER by far! She rocked.

Steve - His constant childish antics, combined with his selfishness, always made him a background character to me. He was just there for comic appeal.

Dylan - Everything surrounding Dylan was boring. He had a bad relationship with his parents, we get it. He got involved in drugs/drink. We get it. He had nightmares and thought Kelly was the one. We get it. When he left the show, it brought the show back to life.

Noah - Dylan's mini me. The bumbling idiot wasn't worth even one storyline.

Donna's cousin - can't even remember her name - played by Vanessa Marcil. She was terrible. Horrible character.

The best seasons were 4-7. The high school years were good, minus Brenda. After season 7, everything just fell apart. And don't even get me talking about Matt.