Season 2 of American series Beverly Hills, 90210 aired on FOX television network.
About[]
From a pregnancy scare and a troubled girlfriend to a cameo by Color Me Badd, Beverly Hills 90210's sophomore year demonstrates why this was "the greatest TV show in history with a zip code in its title." This is the season that catapulted 90210 from Most Likely to Succeed to BSOF (Best Show on Fox). Certainly, it was must-see viewing for teens who anxiously tuned in each week to vicariously chart the serial adventures of siblings Brenda and older brother Brandon, recent transplants from Minnesota to glitzy Beverly Hills.
Season 2, one of the best in this series' decade-long run, is one for the time capsule, with episodes and story arcs that loom large in the 90210 phenomenon, among them: Brenda's tempestuous on-and-off-again relationship with soulful bad boy Dylan, causing rifts between her and her increasingly disapproving parents; new girl Emily Valentine going all Fatal Attraction on Brandon (no rabbits are boiled but a homecoming float is in jeopardy); Kelly, hooking up with Melrose Place-bound Jake, and Donna in her mermaid Halloween costume.
Starring[]
- Jason Priestley as Brandon Walsh
- Shannen Doherty as Brenda Walsh
- Jennie Garth as Kelly Taylor (27 episodes)
- Ian Ziering as Steve Sanders
- Gabrielle Carteris as Andrea Zuckerman (27 episodes)
- Luke Perry as Dylan McKay
- Brian Austin Green as David Silver
- Tori Spelling as Donna Martin
- Carol Potter as Cindy Walsh
- James Eckhouse as Jim Walsh
- Special Guest Stars
- Richard Roundtree as Robinson Ashe Jr. ("Ashes To Ashes")
- Stephanie Beacham as Iris McKay ("Necessity Is A Mother")
- Lainie Kazan as Rose Zuckerman ("Down And Out Of District In Beverly Hills")
- Gabrielle Anwar as Tricia Kinney ("Fire And Ice")
- Color Me Badd as Themselves ("Things To Do On A Rainy Day")
- Recurring cast
- Joe E. Tata as Nat Bussichio (16 episodes)
- Owner of the Peach Pit
- Christine Elise as Emily Valentine (8 episodes)
- A new transfer student
- FAMILY
- Ann Gillespie as Jackie Taylor (8 episodes)
- Kelly's mother
- Matthew Laurance as Mel Silver (7 episodes)
- David's father
- Arthur Brooks/Josh Taylor as Jack McKay (2 episodes)
- Dylan's father
- Christine Belford as Samantha Sanders (2 episodes)
- Steve's mother
- Katherine Cannon as Felice Martin (2 episodes)
- Donna's mother
Guest starring[]
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Trivia[]
- Showrunner Charles Rosin points to this as the toughest season of the series[1]
- Rosin mentions that it dumbed the show down that the storyline had the characters be juniors again and had to work hard to convince Aaron Spelling that they should be seniors in Season 3[1]
- The first season was co-produced by a non-union company called Propaganda, which was cut out for Season 2.[1]
- The crew protested halfway through the season to become union, which Spelling Inc. had hitherto opposed as it cost less.[1]
Photos[]
- Season 2/Gallery
Media[]
- Beverly Hills, 90210: Top of the class (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • SEPTEMBER 1991)
- High School Confidential (PEOPLE • SEPTEMBER 1991)
Episodes[]
# | EPISODE | AIRDATE | WRITER(s) | # |
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1 | Beach Blanket Brandon | 11 JULY 1991 | Darren Star | 23 |
Summer vacation begins with Brandon starting a new job and Brenda having second thoughts about her relationship with Dylan. | ||||
2 | The Party Fish | 18 JULY 1991 | Charles Rosin | 24 |
At work, Brandon connects with an older co-worker, and with a mover and shaker whose hard-to-refuse offer causes shakiness at home with his dad. Meanwhile at school, Brenda connects with her emotions. | ||||
3 | Summer Storm | 25 JULY 1991 | Wasserman/Klein | 25 |
Cindy's mothering instinct upsets Jim and Brenda after she brings injured surfer Dylan to recuperate at the Walshes'. Meanwhile, Kelly's instincts are spiked by a handsome volleyball player. | ||||
4 | Anaconda | 1 AUGUST 1991 | Jonathan Roberts | 26 |
Brenda burns naturally, but Brandon and friends are in hot water when their after-hours poker game at the beach club is followed by a burglary. | ||||
5 | Play It Again, David | 8 AUGUST 1991 | Sherri Ziff | 27 |
Acting as a "big brother," Brandon is asked to keep a secret that needs telling; and Kelly fears a familial connection to David when their parents start dating. | ||||
6 | Pass, Not Pass | 15 AUGUST 1991 | Allison Adler | 28 |
Andrea finds more drama when the student-teacher relationship goes outside the classroom; Brandon finds the fruit of his summer labor is sour - as in lemon. | ||||
7 | Camping Trip | 29 AUGUST 1991 | Karen Rosin | 29 |
Rain on the kids' Yosemite parade strands the gang of seven next to newlyweds who teach — and learn — some things about love, marriage, divorce and communication. | ||||
8 | Wildfire | 12 SEPTEMBER 1991 | Wasserman/Klein | 30 |
Dating others no longer looks good to Brenda when Dylan dates the new girl in school, whose datebook also includes Brandon. Meanwhile, Scott and David find what a difference a summer makes. | ||||
9 | Ashes To Ashes | 19 SEPTEMBER 1991 | C. Rosin/J. A. Mason | 31 |
A new family in the neighbourhood includes a freshman photographer and his older sister, whose boyfriend is roughed up by a security patrol when he tries to visit. | ||||
10 | Necessity Is a Mother | 26 SEPTEMBER 1991 | Wasserman/Klein | 32 |
Dylan says the full-time presence of his mother is driving him crazy, and although he doesn't say it's driving him to drink, soon he doesn't have to. Meanwhile, class success Donna plays the stock market for real. | ||||
11 | Leading From The Heart | 10 OCTOBER 1991 | Darren Star | 33 |
A mutual attraction between Kelly and the Walshes' visiting cousin Bobby is complicated more by others' assumptions than by Bobby's wheelchair. Meanwhile, Brenda takes another driving test. | ||||
12 | Down and Out of District in Beverly Hills | 17 OCTOBER 1991 | K. Rosin/A. Adler | 34 |
Brandon's good deed turns into a bad seed for Andrea, as it grows into the possibility of her expulsion from West Beverly. Meanwhile, Steve meets a girl looking for gold. | ||||
13 | Halloween | 31 OCTOBER 1991 | Jonathan Roberts | 35 |
A Halloween party is highlighted by Kelly's bewitching costume - and lowlighted by someone's reaction to it. Meanwhile, other twins give Brandon and Emily a scare; and David and Scott remember the "good old days." | ||||
14 | The Next Fifty Years | 7 NOVEMBER 1991 | K. Rosin/C. Rosin | 36 |
Donna and David save a party from being a social disaster, but they're powerless against an accident that ends the party — and a life. | ||||
15 | U4EA | 14 NOVEMBER 1991 | Allison Adler | 37 |
Emily leads the gang to an underground club, where she leads Brandon against his will on a journey with financial and emotional costs. | ||||
16 | My Desperate Valentine | 21 NOVEMBER 1991 | Michael Swerdlick | 38 |
Hard to do, but it must be done, so Brandon breaks up with Emily, who doesn't take it gracefully. Meanwhile, Brenda and Dylan declare a night be filled with music instead of making out. | ||||
17 | Chuckie's Back | 12 DECEMBER 1991 | Wasserman/Klein/Swerdlick | 39 |
Steve is bothered by the appearance of his old nemesis Chuck Wilson, the former child actor who starred in the TV series Hartley House with his mother, Samantha, who is asked to appear in a reunion TV show | ||||
18 | A Walsh Family Christmas | 19 DECEMBER 1991 | Darren Star | 40 |
Steve arrives in New Mexico to begin his search for his long lost biological mother, while his adoptive mother, Samantha, worries at home. As does Kelly while the gang prepares for Christmas | ||||
19 | Fire and Ice | 9 JANUARY 1992 | Carl Sautter | 41 |
Brandon becomes a pleasant distraction for a figure skater with Olympian goals; backstabbing is included in Brenda's tutoring in retail-sales skills | ||||
20 | A Competitive Edge | 23 JANUARY 1992 | C. Rosin/Roberts/Brooks West | 42 |
Brandon trades his reporter's pen for track shoes, until he smells a story he can't — and shouldn't — ignore. And Brenda's minor accident turns major when the woman she bumped claims whiplash. | ||||
21 | Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout It | 6 FEBRUARY 1992 | K. Rosin/C. Rosin | 43 |
The condom distribution program at school has many talking, some writing and one most adamant — until there's an unkind comment from an unlikely source. | ||||
22 | And Baby Makes Five | 13 FEBRUARY 1992 | Wasserman/Klein | 44 |
Dylan keeps mum about Valentine plans for Brenda, but no one keeps quiet about Kelly's mom and David's dad, each the last to know what's going on with the other. | ||||
23 | Cardio Funk | 27 FEBRUARY 1992 | Wasserman/Klein | 45 |
Separate admirers court attention from Brenda and Dylan, neither of whom is fully forthcoming with that news. And Jim gets hooked on Karaoke. | ||||
24 | The Pit and the Pendulum | 19 MARCH 1992 | L. Barber/P. Barber | 46 |
Brenda and Brandon take opposite sides after learning Jim's new client plans a multimillion-dollar development that would absorb the Peach Pit. | ||||
25 | Meeting Mr. Pony | 2 APRIL 1992 | Roberts/Semple | 47 |
Brenda projects control after facing an armed robber at the Pit, but there's a different woman beneath the surface. | ||||
26 | Things To Do On A Rainy Day | 23 APRIL 1992 | Roberts/Semple | 48 |
Donna sees more than she wants to on a pilgrimage to the hotel housing Color Me Badd, while Dylan, Steve and Brandon see less than they want of their in-your-home erotic dancer. | ||||
27 | Standoff | 30 APRIL 1992 | Wasserman/Klein | 49 |
Brenda crosses the border with Dylan, against her folks' demands. Kelly finds Dylan's friend Jake eases her new-family fears. | ||||
28 | Wedding Bell Blues | 7 MAY 1992 | Darren Star | 50 |
Mount Jimbo erupts, banning Dylan from the Walsh home, which is suddenly the site for the wedding of Mel and Jackie. Andrea nurses hurt feelings when her wedding invitation fails to arrive. Meanwhile, Kelly mourns the departure of Jake. |