Season 2... - Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) Discussion

[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

season 2 was when the series became 'everywhere' It was #48 in ratings--which is great considering Fox was a start up. Since it did not have a news division at this point, it was known for this and Simpsons.

The big events were Brenda thinking she was pregnant
Brenda going off to Mexico with Dylan
Scott dying
Andrea becoming a part of the gang
seeing parents besides the Walshes and how they interact with their kids

Two spin offs

Successful
Jake Hanson is introduced---he would be on Melrose Place and stayed on that show for the first 5 seasons. Left after that.

Apparent Flop
Ashes to Ashes

I really do think this was some kind of attempted pilot, the way they kept saying the character's whole name repeatedly (people do not say Jim Walsh, Brandon Walsh....etc over in the same manner). We were supposed to understand these people were suddenly important members of society. If they had just struck it rich through hard work and overcoming obstacles it might have worked.

I don't know if the writing is brilliant. We never learn what happened to Felix later on. We never saw the Ashes again after Jim and Cindy supposedly found neighbors they liked. What does his mom's house in Hawaii look like??

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[–] andreaahr (2332) 4 years ago

You made some good points. The episodes I really liked were the Halloween episode, My Desperate Valentine and the one where Brandon gets drugged by Emily.

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

I liked the Ashes. Besides Andrea's folks--and Dylan's mom they were not high and mighty caught up in money. I wanted to see more of them. Thought it would have been a good addition to the cast.

Robinson Ashe the II WAS Shaft himself Richard Roundtree....how is that for ''cool". Sherice was brought home late he would have gone all out on Brando with some well deserved kicking

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[–] Stratego (29199) 4 years ago

Season 2 is the best season of the show.

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

yes it was I can still recite the 'filler' episodes years later. Wished the team had stayed on the show.

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[–] BillySlater (4096) 4 years ago

I´ll put you to the test. Which are the filler episodes?

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

Leading from the Heart...we hear about a wheelchair bound cousin of the Walshes named Bobby who is going to move to Beverly Hills to live independently. But then we never hear about him again? So why introduce him?

Chuckie's Back...We already knew steve was adopted so why have a brat former co-star of Samantha Sanders take up so much time.

Ashes to Ashes probably was supposed to be a 'backdoor' pilot for a possible spin off since Brandon says the last name of Robinson Ashe III so many times like he's either brain damaged or trying to make the viewers remember who the character is for future reference....but again we suddenly do not see Robinson Ashe III or his family in future episodes or a pilot. Pity because they are actually likeable

Robinson Ashe III or his sister should have been the parents in the 90210 spin off....and their kids. should not have made up yet another African American family. Show what happened to this well to do family and their kids.

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[–] BillySlater (4096) 4 years ago

Well done. lol.

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[–] andreaahr (2332) 4 years ago

I agree. I think season 2 was the best followed by season 6.

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[–] Querelle (1603) 4 years ago

Was season 6 the one where Kelly is a cokehead? Whichever season that was is my favorite. The last 2 or 3 are really the only bad ones imo.

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[–] andreaahr (2332) 4 years ago

Yes, season 6 was when Kelly moved in with Collin in the latter part of the season and got addicted to cocaine. I agree; that was a really good season.

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[–] Querelle (1603) 4 years ago

I loved it because of how earned it was. They really developed her character over many years, and then that was completely unexpected without being out of character.

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[–] Adster (262) 4 years ago

yes season 1 was more 'episodic' and very cringe now. it was mainly about life lessons for Brandon, and about his different girlfriends. and lessons he got out of life. it was like it was trying to be 'full house' just without the laughs. where every episode had a meaning and a ending. and a happy ending. and characters that vanished like all of Brandon's 1 episdoe Girlfriends

what changed it all was the cliffhanger ending of Brenda pregnancy scare... it was at the time we had things like Twin peaks out etc where people were talking about the next weeks show. as soon as that story line came in we had a ensemble cast more involvement from other characters serialized and the soapy stories. stories and the audience then got hooked

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

Season one they were trying to figure out what the show should be. And truthfully with Fox still starting up.... they had a lot of room to experiment which they don't have now in the TV land. Everything has to be hammered out.

I don't think the episodes were too bad. Having seen some interviews I think that they worked some of the actors personal interests into storylines. Priestly's ice skating, Perry's love of baseball for the little league team we never ever see again.

Since several of them were just starting out, there probably was no obligation to give them the time of day re ideas.

It shows what type of workplace it was behind the cameras. Other shows probably would not have given them the time of day unless they HAD been big names first. After all this is first season of what very well could have been just a flash in the pan.

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

Yes the 'spring dance' and pregnancy storyline were historic....I STILL remember that years later. Everybody was talking about it in my Jr high school. One of my teachers finally threatened to give us all detention if we did not stop. There were no cell phones back then re texting so we were openly taking/whispering.

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[–] Adster (262) 4 years ago

Ahhh yes it was great living in the 90s wasn't it? we actually had conversations at school

the Scott dying thing shocked the hell out of me too when that happened. I guess they had to do this though to get David hanging with them.. which makes me think what did they actually have planned for poor David to begin with? why did they originally have him younger then the others. it was like he was suppose to be the school geek and Steve was that classic jock bully. but they went a complete other direction with them both

If Fact those early episodes Steve is so unlikable. then later on you grow tears for him sometimes.

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

Steve never struck me as the bully type.....I guess bc I was the 'loner' type ala Dylan. Now they did go in a different direction characterwise w him. Bc in the very first year nobody knows anything about him---not even Kelly. Meaning they did not have classes w him when they were growing up.

They needed to have stuck w that vs making up all that backstory later on.

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