Okay all you original 90210 fans, it is your shining moment. At the Peach Pit, Nat refreshes Kelly's coffee and Kelly tells him she's meeting an old friend. Brenda comes up behind him and orders one of every deep fried item on the menu. Oh Brenda, you always were the hefty friend! They squeal and hug and pretend to be friends and Nat asks about Brandon. He's great, he craves a mega-burger, and he wanted Brenda to tell Kelly she's beautiful. And the child is Brandon's! Yay!!!
In the school parking lot, Dixon and Navid finally get accepted by the cool kids when they show them the pigs. They have jersey's number 1,2 and 4 that they are putting on their pigs. They'll be looking for #3 all day! Way to stick it to the janitors, who have done nothing to you! I always did relate to the janitors.
Thanks to Ty's stupid plane, Annie missed about 8 calls. No cell service in-flight? Some jet! Call me when you upgrade, loser. Sad news though, Lucille was in a car accident. What a way to get your kid to hold off on dating for a while. I'll have to remember that for when I have my own children. "Oh, glad you had a good time, but because you didn't answer your phone your cat died." "Home a few minutes late, are we? Well in those few minutes your grandpa choked and you weren't there to help him."
Don't worry, Lucille is fine. She even invited Lucille 2 over to help her with a speedy recovery. The two of them sit in bed and talk about Buster's charlie browns when the rest of the family comes in to check up. Surprisingly enough, Lucille 2 is Ethan's grandmother, and Ethan is there too! Annie and Ethan go and sit by the pool and chat about their brewing romance. They reminisce about a fair they went to and laugh at the pentapus they won and its all really cute. Am I the only one that is seriously starting to love Ethan?
Real teeth are for chumps.
In school the next day, the principal tells the lacrosse team that if someone doesn't come forward by 1 pm, the whole season is off. Then he has Dixon in his office and tries to make him tell all. Oh the principal/dad/adopted boy struggle, its a doozy. In the end, Dixon takes all responsibility rather than give up any of his teammates. Yay! Oh, but he's back off the team. Boo! But wait, there's more - Navid and Ethan turn themselves in too, so he's back ON the team! Is anyone else getting really tired of this?
Most boring storyline of the evening: Bangs go to her audition and leaves before they even call her in. Who cares? Mr. Matthews does, he asked her how it went in the hallway and she lied through her teeth. Snore.
When Annie gets home that day, mom is waiting for her and does not look happy. She found a matchbook from the restaurant in San Francisco and is more angry than she was at Uncle Jessie when he kissed his old high school girlfriend. It's just like the time Brenda's mom found her pregnancy test box in the trash! So many parallels!
At the Peach Pit, Naomi comes clean to Ethan about her hooking up with George to get back at him. She thought it would make Ethan come back to her, which doesn't make any sense at all. Ethan ultimately decides that he cheated on her because he wanted out, and they break up. FINALLY.
Hoodie = drug addict. Brought to you by the CW.
Across town, Mr. Matthews (does he have a first name?) walks up to Kelly's door with flowers in hand. When he sees a wine bottle, two empty glasses, a used condom, lace crotchless panties, and a passed out midget, he thinks twice and starts to leave. In the nick of time, Brenda comes out and informs him that ohmigosh, the panties and midget are just... umm... decorative... yeah! Then she tells him that Kelly's headed to Paris for a few weeks and if he wants to maybe hang out she knows a certain shower room at the Beverly Hills Beach Club where they can totally hideout.
Okay that didn't happen either, but Brenda tells Ryan (that's it!) that she was just visiting and Kelly's putting her son to bed. When Kelly comes down there's some awkwardness, followed by Brenda suggesting they go grab some dessert and she'll stay with Sammy.
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Comments (13)
I'm so glad that you saw that Naomi looks like Elizabeth Berkley! For me she's a cross between Peyton from One Tree Hill and I was thinking Jesse Spano but now that you mention it, Nomi Malone works a lot better.
Am I the only one that thought it was weird that Annie had matches from the restaurant in San Francisco? First, why would she even keep the matches? Second, what restaurants give out matches these days anyway?
1 of 13 | Posted by chickadee2586 | Posted on September 6, 2008 6:49 PM
annie, naomi, and silver were ALL scary skinny. i just wanted to give them some sandwiches
2 of 13 | Posted by preppyboy | Posted on September 7, 2008 7:18 AM
ugh how annoying and goody goody is Annie- not digging her character at all. Or her as an actress.
3 of 13 | Posted by brittemik | Posted on September 7, 2008 3:02 PM
Oh, Pach how I love you! I'm loooong time reader/first time poster and have enjoyed your other recaps, but your reference to Buster's Charlie Browns finally moved me to create an account.
There are very few people that I come across who can spot veiled references to my all time fave, Arrested Development. When I run into another fan, I am usually so moved by their ability to match my obsessive quoting that I can't contain myself and the interaction inevitably ends awkwardly with my attempt at laying a big ol' kiss right on their mouth.
So, in order to save us both the embarassment - I will just extend my hand and give you a secret made up handshake (and a special Lucielle eye wink- "please don't ever make that face again"), offer you a frozen bananna (with nuts, if you like), insist that you work Buster's charlie browns/linus into every recap, and then ask you to be my best friend forever!!
Please consider at least one of the last two on the list :)
P.S. I am totally loving 90210 so far, well as much as you can enjoy watching unfortunate, malnourished refugee campers parade around in expensive clothes. I was glad to see that Kelly apparently kept some of that baby weight though! Also, WTF was up with Brenda's teeth?!?! Were those dentures or something? Or am I just not remembering S.D.'s massive ass gapped teeth? Watch that part at the Pit when she and Kelly first meet... it looks like she forgot to use poly grip and those suckers are pop right out any second!
Keep up the great work Pach! Can't wait to read the next one :)
4 of 13 | Posted by No touching!! | Posted on September 7, 2008 8:37 PM
Writer session #1:
Ok, so Brenda and Brandon were twins...what is the opposite of twins?
An adopted black brother and goofy white girl sister.
Totally original!
5 of 13 | Posted by amberpdidit | Posted on September 7, 2008 10:08 PM
Thanks for the great recap!
Just a side note...I really did not like the Andrea Zuckerman character on 90210, in high school she was ok, but then it got worse. However...when Hannah was on TV this episode - I think it was either the teacher or someone else in the class - said something to the effect of "she looks 30"...that right there made me laugh out loud.
6 of 13 | Posted by LNNC92 | Posted on September 8, 2008 11:23 AM
i know people had their criticisms of the premiere, but i enjoyed it. it held my interest for both hours. and i loved the homage they paid to the original series. i was a sucked for it.
however, that drug addict girl (i don't even care enough about her to remember her name) is the WORST storyline in the history of television. okay that's probably hyperbole, but they need to do something with that asap.
other than that, DYING to see jason priestley get on this show so we can find out how brandon and kelly conceived this kid. and NEED luke perry. NEED.
7 of 13 | Posted by baymenxpac | Posted on September 8, 2008 1:31 PM
Excellent recap! I absolutely loved the Arrested Development references; made my day.
I was kind of annoyed that Shenae Grimes was set to play Annie. Her character on Degrassi, Darcy, was also a goody goody and seriously annoyed me, so that was a huge downside.
I freaked right out when Jessica Walters showed up, and then Shannen Doherty. I mean, I knew she was coming on the show (thanks, Perez!) I just didn't realize it would be so soon. Just to add on to the AD refs, does anyone else think Naomi looks a teensy bit like Charlize Theron? Anybody?
I only have one criticism; I am sick of hearing negative things about girls' bodies. You're fat if you're above a size 4, and a skeletor if you're below. It's getting pathetic and a little annoying to see in a recap so enjoyable to read.
All in all, great job and I'll look forward to your next.
8 of 13 | Posted by alex_w | Posted on September 8, 2008 2:28 PM
I found the premiere somewhat boring and struggled to pay attention a lot of the time... so far I like Naomi, and Dixon's all right, but I'm not feeling Annie or Ethan yet. And sign me up for the WTF club with the emo pill-popper. I'll give it another episode or two, mostly for the original alums, and I hope it improves!
However, the recap was great and welcome back, Pach!!!
9 of 13 | Posted by LoLo | Posted on September 8, 2008 4:57 PM
Naomi was an awful actress. But I will still watch!
10 of 13 | Posted by RLR123 | Posted on September 9, 2008 10:11 AM
Awesome Recap especially for a two hour long show! The girl playing Annie needs to go. Maybe pull a Roseanne/Becky Conner move.
Was anyone else confused on why the Peach Pitt...oh sorry excuse me..."The Pitt" is tripling as a coffee shop, club and a restaurant. I live over on the East coast is there only one restaurant/club/coffee house in LA?
11 of 13 | Posted by Baxter | Posted on September 9, 2008 10:24 AM
Er, Chickadee, lots of places give out matches, especially high end restaurants. And I don't smoke but I always take matches from nice restaurants - sort of as a souvenir I guess. I wouldn't call it odd.
12 of 13 | Posted by Spring | Posted on September 17, 2008 9:12 PM
Yeah, so I'm watching this episode now on the CW's website. Just so you know, it's being sponsored buy O.B. tampons. If only O.B. could absorb my pain right now . . .
13 of 13 | Posted by hypnotoad | Posted on September 20, 2008 11:44 AM