From: n8243057@HENSON.CC.WWU.EDU (NSFosberg)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: 90210: various
Date: 12 Sep 92 07:11:18 GMT


i watched wed's episode.  i think brenda needs a spanking.  she keeps 
talking about how she's 'not the only one who grew up over summer', but
if anything, she's even more insufferable than before she left--and less
perceptive.  in the past she would have noticed the weird tension between
Dylan and Kelly. but maybe she's in denial. maybe she knows that he and
Dylan won't last (subconsciously, of course), and is just ignoring the
signs between him and Kelly (this sort of denial is really pretty common).
i think Kelly has grown and deepened so much in the last year or so that she
won't be able to stand the lies and deceit, and Dylan is also a basically
honest person. one of them will give in and tell brenda. Dylan is obviously
trying so hard to make things work with brenda, but it's not sincere any
more.  add my vote to the pro Dylan-Kelly side.  maybe tptb are waiting
for audience feed back (like day time soaps do) before they wrap up this
story line.

as for David and Donna: i think this fit with the characters as we've seen
them so far. when Donna told David she didn't want to have sex, he was
understanding and didn't press her.  he was relieved. they had grown to
know and like each other long before they got involved (unlike brenda and
Dylan--who forgave each other very quickly last season when Dylan kissed
the 'surf beatty' and brenda kissed the college guy)--they trust each other
plus, maybe Donna feels a little guilty for almost staying in Paris to be
a model, and for being tempted a little by the photographer.  and really,
David did pass her test with flying colors, and she knows he wanted to tell
her, but was nervous about it.  i love them together, and wish i could see
the episode where they were dancing and Donna proclaims her affection for
him and plants a big one on him in front of everyone!!

Andrea and the sexist advisor: they was very well done. it was subtly \
crafted so that the sexist behavior wasn't blatant or over done. and he
acknowledged it and realized he needed to work on it. also, i like the 
stories lately in which Brandon is not the pristine, unerring guy he is
so often portrayed as. with flaws and ego problems, and problems with
women, he is much more interesting than the choir boy who they made him
into once he went into recovery for his drinking.

finally, (yes, finally), does anyone else think that this last episode
had the beginnings of a new cast? face it, it is their senior year, and
i'm sure most of these actors have had other offers, and maybe as they
get older some of them will go over to the spin off.  Herbert (late of
'A Different World' (is that show over now?)), Kim (?) (scott's sister),
and Nikki all seem like likely candidates for development into key
players in the ensemble...  i hope they take this approach, instead of the
facts of life approach, which is to follow them into college, and beyond,
keeping them at the same emotional and mental level as when the show began...


-=nsf=-

oops, ps, obviously, i am a fan too, i'm 28, and unashamed. this show is
like the muppets, something for the kids, but at a higher level, adults
get a lot more out of the subtle and sophisticated undertones....  i just
wish the fox affiliate i get would carry the spin off (sorry, what with all
the new teen/twenty-something shows of late, i can't remember the name of
this one.... :+( ....)