One On One

SEASON	EPISODE
1	5

Info

ORIGINAL AIRING

1 November 1990

WRITTEN BY

Charles Rosin

DIRECTED BY

Artie Mandelberg

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I've got to get control of my own destiny!

—Brenda, to her mom, about getting a car

One On One is the 5th episode of Season 1 of Beverly Hills, 90210.

Synopsis[]

Recruits from outside the school district may sink Brandon's shot at making the basketball team. Meanwhile, Brenda takes her third — or fourth — shot at driver's training.

Plot[]

Jim encourages Brandon to try out for the basketball team. Steve, unaware that he is terrible, is bitter about being cut from the team. He tells Brandon that several of the players are ringers brought in from out of district to help the team win a championship. Andrea, whom Brandon had asked to investigate, discovers that the player competing against Brandon for the last spot on the roster is from another district. Brandon is ashamed of himself when he learns that the player came to West Beverly to get a good education; his father is a city employee, making him eligible for admission. Brenda enrols in driver's education, despite the fact that she failed three times in Minneapolis. Kelly is stranded after a concert and begs for a ride, so Brenda takes Brandon's car without permission. She runs out of gas and manages to lose the car.

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

Brian Austin Green as David Silver

Douglas Emerson as Scott Scanlon

Tori Spelling as Donna Martin

Carol Potter as Cindy Walsh

and James Eckhouse as Jim Walsh

Recurring cast: Joe E. Tata as Nat Bussichio

Guest starring: Tico Wells as James Townsend; Scott Williamson as Coach Reilly

Co-Starring: Roger Hampton as Detective Kenner; Greg Rusin as Hal; Joshua Karton as Mr. Karton; Patty Toy as Miss Yamado; Don Barnes as Andy Walker

Trivia[]

Brenda daydreams of being a prodigy speedway racer
Kelly's going out with a guy named Kenny she's been out with before and doesn't really like and asks Brenda to come on a double date to a Janet Jackson concert
Apparently Steve is Irish

PRODUCTION NOTES

The story was created as the show was heavily criticised for having an all-white cast^[1]
- Rosin got notes from the network to have Brandon be that aggressive and blind to his privilege, which wasn't how Brandon originally would've approached his 'investigation' in Rosin's script.^[1]