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"90210": "Kids In Kansas Have Sex Too" -- Principal Wilson

Posted by Lindy Parker

 

Big news, folks.  We actually liked this episode.  Sort of.  No lie.  Here's this week's ups and downs..

Happy: The opening ten minutes prior to the title sequence was decently edited for once -- to the point where when the opening bars of the theme song came we yelled out, "Yeah! Let's do this!"

Sad: Ryan's sporting a newly slicked 'do which makes us feel weird in the same way that Zac Efron's does.

Happy: Thank you God, Silver's crazy is clinical and we haven't been watching all this bat shit malarkey in vain.  We knew it.  We so knew it.  However, we're amused by the implication that her condition is a big mystery up until the last thirty seconds of the episode.  Is it drugs?  Is she just really manipulative?  What's wrong with Silver?  Please.  Also, why do her eyes look like she got beat up?  And, how can someone so crazy be wearing such a fierce outfit?

Sad:  Jackie Taylor uses the phrase "slutting it up" to describe Kelly's high school career and then "boy toy" to describe Ryan.  She's come a long way from the days of being David Silver's stepmom.

Happy: Navid and DDG babysit Kelly's son, and find they're better equipped for parenthood than they originally guessed.

Sad: After pouring out her tale of woe to a complete stranger (who may or may not be a sexual predator) Silver decides to take the crazy show on the road and fly to Kansas.  WTF?

Happy:  Turns out the guy's not a sexual predator, but rather a kind stranger looking to lend a hand.  Those creepy Clark Kent glasses were a red herring.

Sad:  We would've thought any kid produced by Kelly and Dylan would be cuter.

Happy:  We're starting to think Lori Laughlin possesses a certain peculiar genius.

Sad: Ethan has got to be the most boring character to ever darken a camera lens.

Happy: Naomi's eye roll during the final Ethan/Annie breakup is some of her best work to date.

Sad: Annie thoughts on their breakup boil down to "I thought we were the ones!"

Happy: Dixon talks Silver off the train tracks with an anecdote about his birth mom's manic depression.  VERY old school 90210.  Loving it.

Previously:

90210: Is That a Banana in Your Pocket?

90210: [SPOILER] Is Getting The Axe

Top Five Things We'd Like To See When 90210 Returns

 Is Shannen Doherty the Most Successful Beverly Hills, 90210 Cast Member?

90210: Not So Happy Accidents


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Posted Apr 08 2009, 11:00 AM
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