What I Did on My Summer Vacation and Other Stories

"I will not be in London forever... Yeah, right"

- Dylan What I Did On My Summer Vacation And Other Stories is the premiere of Season 5 of Beverly Hills, 90210.

Synopsis
The Walshes welcome a young family friend who's moving into Brenda's room. Meanwhile, the post-summer news: Donna declares she's over David; Steve decides to pursue Kelly anew, unaware that she's with Brandon; and Dylan's dilemma sends him back to the bottle.

Starring

 * Jason Priestley as Brandon Walsh
 * Jennie Garth as Kelly Taylor
 * Ian Ziering as Steve Sanders
 * Gabrielle Carteris as Andrea Zuckerman
 * Luke Perry as Dylan McKay
 * Brian Austin Green as David Silver
 * Tori Spelling as Donna Martin
 * Mark Damon Espinoza as Jesse Vasquez
 * Tiffani Thiessen as Valerie Malone
 * Carol Potter as Cindy Walsh
 * James Eckhouse as Jim Walsh

Special Guest Stars
 * Joe E. Tata as Nat Bussichio
 * Howie Long as Himself

Guest starring
 * Ron Fassler as Chad
 * Claudia Lonow as Hairdresser
 * Vance Valencia as Juarez

Quotes
"Kelly is the great love of my life. I'm gonna do everything in my power to win her over and you gotta help me"

- Steve to Brandon

"You know, I used to really envy Brenda. And pray that my life could be as charmed as hers"

- Valerie to Brandon

"Seems kind of dumb, but – bet he gives good credit card"

- Valerie to Ginger about Steve

"The Walshes? They're harmless. I'm sure everything will be cool. As long as they don't try and pull any parental trips on me. But if they do... you know me. I'll just put on a happy face... and dance"

- Valerie to Ginger

Trivia

 * Brenda tried to call Dylan while he was in Baja, to tell him that she's staying at RADA for at least another year.
 * Dylan gets this message from Brandon
 * Iris McKay leaves Dylan a message saying how stupid he was to lose the money. Yeah. Big help, "mom".
 * Steve and Celeste got back together following the carnival for June and July until they bumped into Celeste's love of her life from high school
 * Valerie was Brandon's first kiss
 * Jesse works as a bartender at a club called Doheny's
 * Erin and Mel are visiting "the grandparents in Cleveland", which has to be Jackie's parents as she's from Ohio
 * Donna and Kelly didn't speak all summer because Kelly tried to defend David's actions
 * Brandon and Kelly tell Steve, Donna and Valerie that they're together
 * David got crabs from April as punishment from the universe for cheating on Donna
 * David took TV and Video Production 201 as a freshman. He and Ariel dated over the summer until Babyface decided not to bring David with him on his Japan tour and Ariel dumped David
 * David moves into a dorm room and is joining the campus tv station
 * The video for "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" by Us3 plays over the closing credits to promote the Beverly Hills, 90210: The College Years soundtrack.

Music

 * night in my veins | THE PRETENDERS
 * kelly and donna at the salon


 * regular thing | OVIS
 * the gang goes to the club


 * back & forth | AALIYAH
 * donna sees david at the club