Something In The Air

SEASON	EPISODE
3	28

Info

ORIGINAL AIRING

12 May 1993

WRITTEN BY

Steve Wasserman & Jessica Klein

DIRECTED BY

James Whitmore, Jr.

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Steve – Maybe Dylan was right, maybe this is a mistake

Kelly – Just forget about Dylan, he's on his own trip

Something In The Air is the 28th episode of Season 3 of Beverly Hills, 90210.

Synopsis[]

Following a little advice from Gil Meyers, Brandon and the rest of Donna's friends join forces to help her in a major school protest when she is suspended from school and is threatened with not graduating for getting drunk on Senior Prom night.

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: Joe E. Tata as Nat Bussichio; Ann Gillespie as Jackie Taylor; Denise Dowse as Yvonne Teasley; Michael Cudlitz as Tony Miller; and Mark Kiely as Gil Meyers

Guest starring: Katherine Cannon as Felice Martin; Matthew Laurance as Mel Silver; Michael Durrell as John Martin^[1]; Arthur Rosenberg as Dr. George Ephardt; Mimi Lieber as Melanie Silverman; Shawn Levy as Howard Banchek; T.C. Warner as Tobi

Quotes[]

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Figure if I'm gonna be going to Berkeley, I'm going to have to learn to do this thing anyway

—Dylan joins the protest

Trivia[]

Dylan is the only one of the gang refusing to walk out on his finals, quoting that he finally has some direction in his life.
Steve is hesitant because of his trouble this year, but changes his mind.
300 juniors, led by Tobi and Howard, join the Seniors in protesting Donna's treatment, as well as a dress code set to be implemented in the autumn.
When Jim advises Brandon to stop, he compares his father to Spiro Agnew
The infamous 'Donna Martin graduates' episode

PRODUCTION NOTES

The 'drunk-at-prom' story comes from Wasserman, whose cousin went through this sans the protest, as she did have to go to summer school and didn't get her diploma until August.^[2]