So Much 90210 Today

For the record, here are my top 3 episodes:


3. "P.S. I Love You"

The 2 hour finale of the first season with Valerie. But that's not why it's good. It's good because we get drunk Brandon. This is one of the only 90210 episodes that is legitimately funny while trying to be funny.

It takes place after the iconic Kelly Taylor "I choose me" episode. Brandon walks in on Kelly talking to Allison, the lesbian who got burned in the house fire. Brandon thinks that Kelly hasn't "chosen me", but instead has chosen softball and field hockey.

This sets Brandon off! He drives to Palm Springs for the KEG/Alpha convention in complete F-You mode. He starts drinking and becomes determined to bang Valerie.

If that's not enough for you, Donna Martin gets tossed down a flight of stairs.


2. "Mr. Walsh Goes to Washington"

Much like "Lost", 90210 knew how to do 2 hour season finales.

Brandon is in D.C., and Claire and Lucinda Nicholson are both trying to have sex with him. It looks like a threesome is in the cards. And it seems like Brandon is just going to reluctantly go along with that. That's how awesome Brandon is, he treats a 3 some with indifference.

But then out of nowhere Kelly Taylor shows up to profess her love for him and they meet Bill Clinton together.

But that's not all! David gets to play keyboard for Babyface and cheats on Donna with Ariel.


1. "Wild Horses"

An underrated and oft overlooked episode. Why is it the best? Because it has 2 separate and distinct fantastic story lines, and also features David Silver singing "Switch It Up".

What are the 2 storylines?

#1) Brandon's girlfriend Nikki's ex boyfriend Diesel, played by David Arquette, is in town and abuses her. Arquette's performance is indescribable. It concludes with a classic Brandon fight scene which begins with him saying to Arquette: "You only fight girls, Wiesel?" And then Brandon knocks him out with one punch.

#2) Dylan, unable to decide between Brenda and Kelly, drives off to get away from it all. Normally, he'd go to Baja. But his car breaks down, and he ends up staying with an older lady who owns horses.

Her favorite horse is Shadowcaster. And this leads to several great lines where she talks about the horse but she's really talking about her vagina. Such as "You know, Dylan, Shadowcaster hasn't been ridden in a long, long time".