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- Dylan – Something happened – I fell in love with you... And I stopped being a loner
Brenda – Dylan, I think that's wonderful
Dylan – I think it's terrible: The only person in this world that I have to depend on is me, and I always have to remember it? - —Breaking up
Beach Blanket Brandon is the premiere of Season 2 of Beverly Hills, 90210.
Synopsis
School's out, and for Brandon, it's the beginning of a new job. But it also could be the beginning of the end for Brenda and Dylan. Brenda suspects she may be pregnant, and the results of a home pregnancy test are inconclusive. So she visits a gynaecologist — whose good news fails to cheer her up. Being sexually active, she finds, is not all to her liking.
Starring
- Jason Priestley as Brandon Walsh
- Shannen Doherty as Brenda 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
- Carol Potter as Cindy Walsh
- and James Eckhouse as Jim Walsh
Recurring cast
Guest starring
- Douglas Emerson as Scott Scanlon
- James Pickens Jr. as Henry Thomas[1]
- Michael St. Gerard as Chris Suiter[1]
Co-Starring
- Stephen Mendel as Dr. Strathmore
Quotes
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- Man, the guy's your friend, you gotta show him some respect
- —Dylan to Brandon about Nat
Trivia
- Brenda breaks up with Dylan
- This is the first time Donna and Brenda are seen doing something together without Kelly; Donna and Andrea as well. Andrea and Brenda previously worked on the Rap Line together.
- Kelly asks Steve if he's seen Dylan and if he knows if Dylan's alright
PRODUCTION NOTES
- The reason for Brenda's pregnancy scare and the break-up of Brenda and Dylan was that advertisers for FOX complained that Brenda had sex for the first time and was happy about it. FOX had the writers create a negative consequence of Brenda having sex, which was never the writers' intention and a sexist double standard for Brenda vs. Brandon's first time having sex earlier in Season 1.[2]
Music
- rockin' robin | BOBBY DAY
- brandon works at the pit when steve comes in
- tell it like it is | AARON NEVILLE
- brandon quits on nat without notice
- losing my religion | R.E.M.
- Brenda breaks up with Dylan
- droppin' like flies | SHEILA E
- steve plays volleyball at the beach, when kelly approaches him
- wake up little susie | THE EVERLY BROTHERS
- brandon comes in to apologise to nat
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 First appearances of Henry Thomas and Chris Suiter
- ↑ Darren Star on tackling social issues on "Beverly Hills, 90210" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG (April 2016)