#1994 BH90210 Season 4

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x25 - The Time Has Come Today

Episode aired 23 March 1994

When the rest of the gang takes off on a ski weekend, Brenda discovers a diary hidden in her window seat that apparently belonged to a previous resident, a girl named Wendy. Brenda becomes engrossed in parallels between the girl's accounts of the political struggles of the late 1960s and her own recent problems, imagining her and her friends in those Vietnam/Woodstock days, and is eventually able to join everyone on a ski trip after earlier backing out of going with them (to Brandon's irritation).

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Beverly Hills, 90210 4x28 - Acting Out

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The fourth season of Beverly Hills, 90210, began airing on September 8, 1993 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 25, 1994 after 32 episodes.

This season follows the gang during their freshman year of college as they deal with issues that young adults face such as sex, teen pregnancy, date rape, drug abuse, animal rights, politics, relationships, antisemitism, marriage, infidelity, crime, abortion, and homophobia. This season marks Shannen Doherty’s final season as Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210.

Brenda began the fourth season in Minnesota, where she had decided to enter university. She chose to go to university in Minnesota to prove that she could make it on her own, away from her family and out from underneath Brandon’s shadow and more so, to distract herself from the painful feelings she experienced after Dylan chose to be with her best friend Kelly instead of her. However, after realizing that she and her old friends from Minnesota have little in common anymore and deciding to take control of her own destiny regardless of her geographical location, she decides to return to her family in Beverly Hills. This is another big step for Brenda’s character, as it’s the turning point where she stops running from her mistakes and the heartbreak of her past, faces reality, and takes responsibility for creating the life she wants for herself.

The Walsh parents struggle to understand the reasons behind Brenda’s dropping out of Minnesota’s university program and moving home, but are more concerned that Brenda is choosing not to go to university in California either, and saying that her failure to succeed in Minnesota was proof that she isn’t cut out for higher education at all. Despite the character’s desire to be the master of her own destiny, Brenda Walsh continues to teeter between making rational and irrational decisions, and struggles with the “all or nothing” mentality that plagues most young adolescents, ironically narrowing their opportunities at the very time they are trying to spread their wings and join the world as adults.

While settling back into being home in Beverly Hills, Brenda spends the first few days of her return hanging out at the Peach Pit and cruising around town with Dylan, as he has decided not to enter university either. But after some heart to heart discussion, both Brenda and Dylan decide to give California University a chance, and they both enroll.

Brenda participates in rush week with her friends Kelly, Donna and Andrea upon arriving at the university. The friends hope that by pledging the same sorority, they’ll be able to maintain their close friendships during their college years. Despite wanting to maintain close friendships, Brenda isn’t impressed with the non-stop party scene that pervades the sorority life. After putting her energy towards finding a job instead of pledging, and not having any luck, Brenda decides to work for her dad for some real job experience.

The job experience was going well, but Brenda was frustrated that between school, work and homework, she would never find time to date. Brenda’s parents set her up on a blind date with the son of one of Mr. Walsh’s clients, and while she was hesitant at first to go, she and her date, Stuart, became serious very quickly, announcing their marriage engagement at the Walsh’s 20th wedding anniversary only two weeks after they first met. The Walsh’s did not forbid the marriage at first, but had their concerns that Brenda was being rash, as she tends to do. Brandon had serious concerns though, after Dylan told him that he had known Stuart years ago as a dealer of drugs. Once Dylan spoke to Mr. Walsh about his concerns, Mr. Walsh encouraged Dylan to convince Brenda not to marry Stuart, implying that Brenda still loved him. Because Kelly and Dylan had broken up at this point, he actually considered the possibility of getting back together with Brenda, now with Mr. Walsh’s blessing.

Even though Brenda and Stuart have a whirlwind romance, when she finds out that Stuart has a prenuptial agreement for her to sign prior to marrying him, Brenda gets upset and storms out.

She and Dylan have coffee after running into each other at a poetry reading, and Dylan begs Brenda to end the engagement, telling her that her marriage would end any chance that they might get back together. Brenda quickly surmises that he’s spoken to her father, and is furious that her family and friends would go behind her back and try to manipulate her. After confronting her father about his part in it, she packs her things and leaves to move in with Stuart at his condo. Hoping to team up with Stuart’s parents and discourage their children from marrying so soon, the Walsh’s invite them over for lunch, but are surprised to learn that Stuart’s parents not only support the marriage plans, but have already started planning the wedding with event coordinators. Brenda and Stuart become overwhelmed and decide to elope to Las Vegas in secret, but Brenda spills the beans to Brandon and he tells their friends. Everyone books plane tickets and flies to Vegas in an effort to stop her, but knowing how hard headed she is, they decide to persuade her using reverse psychology and pretend that they are in favor of the marriage. Brenda starts to doubt her reasons for marrying Stuart and calls off the wedding.

Brenda’s life also took a few shots during the season. When Donna and Brenda find a puppy on the street, they learn that he escaped from an animal testing laboratory and are helpless when the puppy dies. Brenda then falls into a group of animal rights activists and participates with them in the ransacking of a number of laboratories until she is arrested (Donna decides at the last minute not to join the group). After her arrest, the only person in the group who supported her was Dylan; David Silver questioned her judgment, Andrea was angry that she had damaged laboratories that did not test animals and Kelly told her that Dylan was no longer her boyfriend and that Brenda could not go and look for help whenever she had a problem. It turned out that one of the activists was an FBI agent who offered Brenda a deal not to jail because she had not supported vandalism. As a result, all Brenda’s friends apologized for their behavior towards her.

During the fourth season, Brenda is interested in the drama department but it also led to problems: she spoiled her first audition and then went to the director of the play to try again and convince him. She then got the role, but a student made a rumor saying that she had slept to have the role. Unfortunately, this student was the girlfriend of Steve Sanders and the latter believed the rumors, others refusing more or less to believe the denials of Brenda. Steve understood his mistake when the student asked him to attack Brenda to make her miss rehearsals. A little later, Steve’s friend tried to commit suicide, but Brenda and Steve joined forces to save her and Steve was finally compensated by following Brenda’s debut on stage. The director’s praise led her to accept the latter at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London for a year. After Kelly and Dylan last broke up, Brenda finally learned that a relationship was possible between Kelly and Brandon and expressed her blessing. She later spent her last night with Dylan, telling him she would not be gone forever. The couple will reconcile briefly in the final scene of the fourth season, though Brenda never returned to Beverly Hills.

Here are the links of the last episodes of the third season of "Beverly Hills 90210" that I host on google photos. Feel free to join, share, and add yours if you like. xoxo

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The fourth season of Beverly Hills, 90210, began airing on September 8, 1993 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 25, 1994 after 32 episodes.

This season follows the gang during their freshman year of college as they deal with issues that young adults face such as sex, teen pregnancy, date rape, drug abuse, animal rights, politics, relationships, antisemitism, marriage, infidelity, crime, abortion, and homophobia. This season marks Shannen Doherty’s final season as Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210.

Brenda began the fourth season in Minnesota, where she had decided to enter university. She chose to go to university in Minnesota to prove that she could make it on her own, away from her family and out from underneath Brandon’s shadow and more so, to distract herself from the painful feelings she experienced after Dylan chose to be with her best friend Kelly instead of her. However, after realizing that she and her old friends from Minnesota have little in common anymore and deciding to take control of her own destiny regardless of her geographical location, she decides to return to her family in Beverly Hills. This is another big step for Brenda’s character, as it’s the turning point where she stops running from her mistakes and the heartbreak of her past, faces reality, and takes responsibility for creating the life she wants for herself.

The Walsh parents struggle to understand the reasons behind Brenda’s dropping out of Minnesota’s university program and moving home, but are more concerned that Brenda is choosing not to go to university in California either, and saying that her failure to succeed in Minnesota was proof that she isn’t cut out for higher education at all. Despite the character’s desire to be the master of her own destiny, Brenda Walsh continues to teeter between making rational and irrational decisions, and struggles with the “all or nothing” mentality that plagues most young adolescents, ironically narrowing their opportunities at the very time they are trying to spread their wings and join the world as adults.

While settling back into being home in Beverly Hills, Brenda spends the first few days of her return hanging out at the Peach Pit and cruising around town with Dylan, as he has decided not to enter university either. But after some heart to heart discussion, both Brenda and Dylan decide to give California University a chance, and they both enroll.

Brenda participates in rush week with her friends Kelly, Donna and Andrea upon arriving at the university. The friends hope that by pledging the same sorority, they’ll be able to maintain their close friendships during their college years. Despite wanting to maintain close friendships, Brenda isn’t impressed with the non-stop party scene that pervades the sorority life. After putting her energy towards finding a job instead of pledging, and not having any luck, Brenda decides to work for her dad for some real job experience.

The job experience was going well, but Brenda was frustrated that between school, work and homework, she would never find time to date. Brenda’s parents set her up on a blind date with the son of one of Mr. Walsh’s clients, and while she was hesitant at first to go, she and her date, Stuart, became serious very quickly, announcing their marriage engagement at the Walsh’s 20th wedding anniversary only two weeks after they first met. The Walsh’s did not forbid the marriage at first, but had their concerns that Brenda was being rash, as she tends to do. Brandon had serious concerns though, after Dylan told him that he had known Stuart years ago as a dealer of drugs. Once Dylan spoke to Mr. Walsh about his concerns, Mr. Walsh encouraged Dylan to convince Brenda not to marry Stuart, implying that Brenda still loved him. Because Kelly and Dylan had broken up at this point, he actually considered the possibility of getting back together with Brenda, now with Mr. Walsh’s blessing.

Even though Brenda and Stuart have a whirlwind romance, when she finds out that Stuart has a prenuptial agreement for her to sign prior to marrying him, Brenda gets upset and storms out.

She and Dylan have coffee after running into each other at a poetry reading, and Dylan begs Brenda to end the engagement, telling her that her marriage would end any chance that they might get back together. Brenda quickly surmises that he’s spoken to her father, and is furious that her family and friends would go behind her back and try to manipulate her. After confronting her father about his part in it, she packs her things and leaves to move in with Stuart at his condo. Hoping to team up with Stuart’s parents and discourage their children from marrying so soon, the Walsh’s invite them over for lunch, but are surprised to learn that Stuart’s parents not only support the marriage plans, but have already started planning the wedding with event coordinators. Brenda and Stuart become overwhelmed and decide to elope to Las Vegas in secret, but Brenda spills the beans to Brandon and he tells their friends. Everyone books plane tickets and flies to Vegas in an effort to stop her, but knowing how hard headed she is, they decide to persuade her using reverse psychology and pretend that they are in favor of the marriage. Brenda starts to doubt her reasons for marrying Stuart and calls off the wedding.

Brenda’s life also took a few shots during the season. When Donna and Brenda find a puppy on the street, they learn that he escaped from an animal testing laboratory and are helpless when the puppy dies. Brenda then falls into a group of animal rights activists and participates with them in the ransacking of a number of laboratories until she is arrested (Donna decides at the last minute not to join the group). After her arrest, the only person in the group who supported her was Dylan; David Silver questioned her judgment, Andrea was angry that she had damaged laboratories that did not test animals and Kelly told her that Dylan was no longer her boyfriend and that Brenda could not go and look for help whenever she had a problem. It turned out that one of the activists was an FBI agent who offered Brenda a deal not to jail because she had not supported vandalism. As a result, all Brenda’s friends apologized for their behavior towards her.

During the fourth season, Brenda is interested in the drama department but it also led to problems: she spoiled her first audition and then went to the director of the play to try again and convince him. She then got the role, but a student made a rumor saying that she had slept to have the role. Unfortunately, this student was the girlfriend of Steve Sanders and the latter believed the rumors, others refusing more or less to believe the denials of Brenda. Steve understood his mistake when the student asked him to attack Brenda to make her miss rehearsals. A little later, Steve’s friend tried to commit suicide, but Brenda and Steve joined forces to save her and Steve was finally compensated by following Brenda’s debut on stage. The director’s praise led her to accept the latter at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London for a year. After Kelly and Dylan last broke up, Brenda finally learned that a relationship was possible between Kelly and Brandon and expressed her blessing. She later spent her last night with Dylan, telling him she would not be gone forever. The couple will reconcile briefly in the final scene of the fourth season, though Brenda never returned to Beverly Hills.

Here are the links of the third 10 episodes of the third season of "Beverly Hills 90210" that I host on google photos. Feel free to join, share, and add yours if you like. xoxo

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The fourth season of Beverly Hills, 90210, began airing on September 8, 1993 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 25, 1994 after 32 episodes.

This season follows the gang during their freshman year of college as they deal with issues that young adults face such as sex, teen pregnancy, date rape, drug abuse, animal rights, politics, relationships, antisemitism, marriage, infidelity, crime, abortion, and homophobia. This season marks Shannen Doherty’s final season as Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210.

Brenda began the fourth season in Minnesota, where she had decided to enter university. She chose to go to university in Minnesota to prove that she could make it on her own, away from her family and out from underneath Brandon’s shadow and more so, to distract herself from the painful feelings she experienced after Dylan chose to be with her best friend Kelly instead of her. However, after realizing that she and her old friends from Minnesota have little in common anymore and deciding to take control of her own destiny regardless of her geographical location, she decides to return to her family in Beverly Hills. This is another big step for Brenda’s character, as it’s the turning point where she stops running from her mistakes and the heartbreak of her past, faces reality, and takes responsibility for creating the life she wants for herself.

The Walsh parents struggle to understand the reasons behind Brenda’s dropping out of Minnesota’s university program and moving home, but are more concerned that Brenda is choosing not to go to university in California either, and saying that her failure to succeed in Minnesota was proof that she isn’t cut out for higher education at all. Despite the character’s desire to be the master of her own destiny, Brenda Walsh continues to teeter between making rational and irrational decisions, and struggles with the “all or nothing” mentality that plagues most young adolescents, ironically narrowing their opportunities at the very time they are trying to spread their wings and join the world as adults.

While settling back into being home in Beverly Hills, Brenda spends the first few days of her return hanging out at the Peach Pit and cruising around town with Dylan, as he has decided not to enter university either. But after some heart to heart discussion, both Brenda and Dylan decide to give California University a chance, and they both enroll.

Brenda participates in rush week with her friends Kelly, Donna and Andrea upon arriving at the university. The friends hope that by pledging the same sorority, they’ll be able to maintain their close friendships during their college years. Despite wanting to maintain close friendships, Brenda isn’t impressed with the non-stop party scene that pervades the sorority life. After putting her energy towards finding a job instead of pledging, and not having any luck, Brenda decides to work for her dad for some real job experience.

The job experience was going well, but Brenda was frustrated that between school, work and homework, she would never find time to date. Brenda’s parents set her up on a blind date with the son of one of Mr. Walsh’s clients, and while she was hesitant at first to go, she and her date, Stuart, became serious very quickly, announcing their marriage engagement at the Walsh’s 20th wedding anniversary only two weeks after they first met. The Walsh’s did not forbid the marriage at first, but had their concerns that Brenda was being rash, as she tends to do. Brandon had serious concerns though, after Dylan told him that he had known Stuart years ago as a dealer of drugs. Once Dylan spoke to Mr. Walsh about his concerns, Mr. Walsh encouraged Dylan to convince Brenda not to marry Stuart, implying that Brenda still loved him. Because Kelly and Dylan had broken up at this point, he actually considered the possibility of getting back together with Brenda, now with Mr. Walsh’s blessing.

Even though Brenda and Stuart have a whirlwind romance, when she finds out that Stuart has a prenuptial agreement for her to sign prior to marrying him, Brenda gets upset and storms out.

She and Dylan have coffee after running into each other at a poetry reading, and Dylan begs Brenda to end the engagement, telling her that her marriage would end any chance that they might get back together. Brenda quickly surmises that he’s spoken to her father, and is furious that her family and friends would go behind her back and try to manipulate her. After confronting her father about his part in it, she packs her things and leaves to move in with Stuart at his condo. Hoping to team up with Stuart’s parents and discourage their children from marrying so soon, the Walsh’s invite them over for lunch, but are surprised to learn that Stuart’s parents not only support the marriage plans, but have already started planning the wedding with event coordinators. Brenda and Stuart become overwhelmed and decide to elope to Las Vegas in secret, but Brenda spills the beans to Brandon and he tells their friends. Everyone books plane tickets and flies to Vegas in an effort to stop her, but knowing how hard headed she is, they decide to persuade her using reverse psychology and pretend that they are in favor of the marriage. Brenda starts to doubt her reasons for marrying Stuart and calls off the wedding.

Brenda’s life also took a few shots during the season. When Donna and Brenda find a puppy on the street, they learn that he escaped from an animal testing laboratory and are helpless when the puppy dies. Brenda then falls into a group of animal rights activists and participates with them in the ransacking of a number of laboratories until she is arrested (Donna decides at the last minute not to join the group). After her arrest, the only person in the group who supported her was Dylan; David Silver questioned her judgment, Andrea was angry that she had damaged laboratories that did not test animals and Kelly told her that Dylan was no longer her boyfriend and that Brenda could not go and look for help whenever she had a problem. It turned out that one of the activists was an FBI agent who offered Brenda a deal not to jail because she had not supported vandalism. As a result, all Brenda’s friends apologized for their behavior towards her.

During the fourth season, Brenda is interested in the drama department but it also led to problems: she spoiled her first audition and then went to the director of the play to try again and convince him. She then got the role, but a student made a rumor saying that she had slept to have the role. Unfortunately, this student was the girlfriend of Steve Sanders and the latter believed the rumors, others refusing more or less to believe the denials of Brenda. Steve understood his mistake when the student asked him to attack Brenda to make her miss rehearsals. A little later, Steve’s friend tried to commit suicide, but Brenda and Steve joined forces to save her and Steve was finally compensated by following Brenda’s debut on stage. The director’s praise led her to accept the latter at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London for a year. After Kelly and Dylan last broke up, Brenda finally learned that a relationship was possible between Kelly and Brandon and expressed her blessing. She later spent her last night with Dylan, telling him she would not be gone forever. The couple will reconcile briefly in the final scene of the fourth season, though Brenda never returned to Beverly Hills.

Here are the links of the second 10 episodes of the third season of "Beverly Hills 90210" that I host on google photos. Feel free to join, share, and add yours if you like. xoxo

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x29 - Truth and Consequences

Episode aired 4 May 1994

After Brenda finally wins the lead role in the play, the furious and mentally unbalanced Laura attempts to sabotage her by claiming that Brenda had sex with Roy Randolph to earn the lead, something that Kelly, Brandon and especially Steve wrongly find believable. After Laura nearly uses her understudy status to have Brenda fired, Steve is shocked to realize that Laura is crazy and dangerous, and after Roy kicks her off the play Laura nearly kills herself before Brenda prevents that tragedy. Steve asks if Brenda will forgive him, but she dodges the question and heads off to shed tears over everything that happened.

Meanwhile, Kevin impresses Dylan and Erica when they visit his lab where he tells Dylan about his clean-up plans for Santa Monica bay which are under funded. Dylan asks Kevin if he could act as his beneficiary to open up his own chemical clean-up company, while Kevin also announces his engagement to Suzanne. Kelly continues to resent Suzanne and Kevin's presence which widens the rift between her and Dylan after she tells him that something is not right about Kevin and Suzanne after catching them in a series of insignificant lies. Dylan refuses to listen to Kelly.

Jesse suggests more bed-rest for Andrea who continues to feel unwell over her pregnancy.

Elsewhere, Brandon speaks with Clare's father over her wild behavior while she's making future plans to travel with him.

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x21 - Addicted To Love

Episode aired 16 February 1994

Brandon uses Kelly as his date at a university social event to shield his affair with Lucinda from Josh Richland (Joshua Beckett), a snooping student reporter from the Condor determined to dig up any dirt on Brandon.

Meanwhile, Brenda and Stuart travel to Palm Springs where they find big complications from a small mistake Brenda makes which leaves them stranded in the desert, where Stuart fumes over and it resulting in her finally breaking off their engagement for good.

David rents a piano as a new hobby while Kelly moves back in with him and Donna.

Also, Andrea lets Steve use her dorm room after he can't stand living at the KEG house.

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x24 - Cuffs and Links

Episode aired 16 March 1994

Brenda calls Dylan from jail for bail help and to fruitlessly try to keep her parents from knowing she got arrested. Brenda's friends avoid her or upbraid her out of fear of being accessories after the fact and Kelly acts angry because she is tired of Dylan coming to Brenda's rescue. Brenda faces felony charges but finds out one of the radicals was an undercover Federal agent, who offers her a deal where she'll provide information and have all charges dropped against her. The group is left silent when Brenda tells them that she's sorry her actions hurt them but their actions hurt her as well, and a remorseful Kelly apologizes for shunning Brenda, admitting she still feels Dylan sees Brenda as his soulmate.

Andrea gives Donna a healthy puppy (whom they name Rocky II) to take her mind off Rocky's death.

Meanwhile, Steve and his overbearing father, Rush (Jed Allan), take on a baseball star and his father in a father/son golf tournament. Steve catches his father cheating and forces him to complete the game honestly.

Also, Lucinda finally receives a grant for her movie and leaves the university.

Josh threatens to publish the story of Brandon's affair with Lucinda, but after Brandon stands up to him, Josh impresses him by not running the story and hints he'd like Brandon as an ally for a political future on campus.

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x28 - Acting Out

Episode aired 27 April 1994

When Brenda and Kelly are called back to final auditions, the resulting competition puts a serious strain on their friendship. Steve continues to coach Laura for the lead, and she ends up making a superior performance, brushing aside Brenda, who eventually heads to Roy's condo to do an unofficial audition.

Meanwhile, Brandon is still being perused by Clare who has a crush on him. So, she tricks Brandon into taking her out to her senior prom at her posh boarding school which leads to Brandon getting decked by an angry passerby at Clare's hotel post-prom party.

Also, Jesse's not around when Andrea has a medical emergency and she's forced to call on Donna (whom she'd earlier been dismissive of) for help to take her to the hospital.

Elsewhere, Kevin continues to charm his way into Dylan and Suzanne's life which makes Kelly feel left out.

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x22 - Change Partners

Episode aired 23 February 1994

Lucinda temporally loses interest in Brandon when she flirts with Dylan to ask him to finance her documentary film.

Meanwhile, Kelly and Brandon spend the weekend together at a task force retreat where they meet the university Chancellor, Milton Arnold (Nicholas Pryor), Dean Trimble (William S. Taylor) and the Chancellor's teenage wild-child daughter Clare (Kathleen Robertson), where Brandon and Kelly become more attracted to each other and brush off Josh (Joshua Beckett) who's still hounding them. Clare makes no secret of her attraction to Brandon.

Brenda and Donna adopt a stray dog, Rocky, who they fear has been mistreated. When Brenda learns he is a survivor of medical testing, she gets involved with a group of campus animal rights activists.

Also, Andrea discovers that Steve is allowing Morton Muntz (Ryan Brown) and his frat buddies to use her dorm room for nooners. Andrea protests, but changes her mind when Steve begins to date her dorm resident advisor, Kathy Fisher (Kathy Evison).

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x30 - Vital Signs

Episode aired 11 May 1994

Dylan and Kelly finally break up due to the tension between them as well as Dylan spending more time with Erica, Suzanne and Kevin. Kelly openly tells Dylan that she doesn't trust Suzanne and Kevin over their continuing presence. One morning, Erica tells Dylan that she overheard her mother and boyfriend talking about moving to South America, but Kevin and Suzanne easily convince Dylan that they were talking about to relocate Kevin's new chemical company in Arizona in the southwest. Dylan considers investing in Kevin's to finance his new business, as does Jim who agrees to be a silent partner.

Meanwhile, Brenda finds old feelings for Dylan returning to her when he gives her an opening-night gift medal before the play, one that Steve attends when some prodding from Brandon leads him to get over his bad feelings towards Brenda and she in turn does forgive him.

Elsewhere, David sees danger of his drug use returning in working with a new rock band for the CU's Marti Gras.

Andrea is hospitalized and has strange dreams fearing she may lose the baby.

Also, Brandon tries to meet with an elusive Chancellor Arnold after he sees that his name is not on a list of task forces members to meet the president, thinking that his times with Clare may have cost him the trip to Washington. But, Brandon eventually learns that the Chancellor is looking forward to his attendance at the national task force and that he was never going to be removed from it, even with Clare's machinations.

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x30/4x31 - Mr. Walsh Goes to Washington

Episode aired 25 May 1994

In the two-part season finale, Brandon travels to Washington D.C. with the Task Force where two women, both Clare and Lucinda, grapple (literally!) for his attention.

Meanwhile, Brenda is offered by Randolph the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to spend the summer studying theater at the Royal Academy in London.

At the CU Mardi Gras carnival, David seeks to meet and impresses pop star Kenneth "Babyface" Edmunds (self), and his recording manager Ariel (Kari Wuhrer) with his keyboard music.

Steve becomes upset when he runs into his former girlfriend Celeste at the carnival who's now with John Sears.

Elsewhere, Kevin and Suzanne get married in a semi-formal ceremony where he persuades Dylan to cut out any outside investment in their business offer.

Also, Andrea goes into labor and gives birth to a baby girl born prematurely by casarean section.

In the second part of the season finale, Kelly travels to Washington to meet Brandon and they spend a romantic day together to get away from both Clare and Lucinda still hounding him as well as the stress of the travel and they end up in bed.

Before leaving for London, Brenda ends up spending her last night in California in Dylan's bed.

Donna catches David in a compromising position with Ariel after catching them having sex in a limo. Donna breaks up with David and throws him out of the beachfront apartment.

Steve continues to clash with Sears over Celeste's affections.

Meanwhile, Andrea and Jesse experience the joys and fears of parenthood for their premature daughter.

Jim becomes angry at Dylan for making such a rash decision to finance Kevin's chemical company all by himself which he fires Dylan as his financial holder. The next day, Dylan goes to a bank and gives Kevin full power-of-attorney control over his money. But it is revealed in a climatic twist to the viewers that both of Kelly's and Jim's original suspicions about Kevin and Suzanne were entirely correct; both Suzanne and Kevin really are career criminals and con artists who have been plotting this whole time to steal all of Dylan's inheritance money and flee to Brazil with it. Erica figures out what is going on and at LAX, she attempts to leave a note for Dylan to find, but the note gets lost when Erica drops it in the ladies room.

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NOTE: This is the last appearance of Shannen Doherty as Brenda Walsh.

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x27 - Divas

Episode aired 20 April 1994

Brenda hopes to impress Roy Randolph (Jason Carter), an acclaimed visiting Broadway director, when she auditions for the lead role in the campus play of "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof."

Steve is reunited with Laura Kingman (Tracy Middendorf), the girl who tried to accuse him of date-rape, where he coaches her for the same lead role, while Kelly also wants in on the part.

Meanwhile, Brandon brushes off continuing advances from his new admirer Clare Arnold, the daughter of the university's chancellor, who won't take "no" for an answer when she handcuffs herself to his bed.

Also, Dylan tries to help a jealous Erica accept her mother's new chemist boyfriend, Kevin Weaver (David Hayward).

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x26 - Blind Spot

Episode aired 6 April 1994

David Silver is having trouble practicing a Mozart sonata so he seeks out help from Holly Marlow (Sydney Brown), a piano teacher who he quickly realizes is blind. He develops feelings for her, slighting his girlfriend Donna Martin in the process. Holly explains to David that he is confusing feelings of protectiveness because of her disability for romantic feelings.

As a result, hile working with Kelly to recruit guys for the "Men of CU" beefcake calendar, Donna goes on a spontaneous date with D'Shawn just to make David jealous.

Steve Sanders and Brandon Walsh are on their way to Dodger Stadium for a baseball game when Brandon's car breaks down. They go into a nearby coffee house to call for help and Steve figures out that it's a gay establishment. He spots Mike Ryan (Jack Armstrong), the president of his fraternity, and Mike spots him as well. Back at the fraternity house Mike asks Steve not to mention his sexuality to the fraternity brothers. At a wardrobe fitting for a charity beefcake calendar, fraternity brother Artie Devers (Todd Bryant) gay-baits Steve, who in response outs Mike. Artie leads an attempt to expel Mike from the fraternity but Steve, extolling the principle of brotherhood, persuades the fraternity to keep Mike.

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Gender theorist E. Graham McKinley has examined "Blind Spot" for its portrayal of gender relationship dynamics between diverse pairings, specifically David's interaction with the disabled Holly and a date between Donna and recurring African-American character D'Shawn Hardell.

In partnership with the Los Angeles chapter of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the producers of Beverly Hills, 90210 sponsored screenings of "Blind Spot" at three gay and lesbian youth centers in the Los Angeles area. Following each screening, executive producer Chuck Rosin and guest star Todd Bryant participated in a question-and-answer session

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x23 - A Pig Is A Boy Is A Dog

Episode aired 2 March 1994

Brenda and Donna attend an animal rights rally, and are crestfallen when the university refuses to suspend animal testing. After Rocky dies of cancer, Brenda becomes involved with a small group of radicals. She serves as lookout when the group breaks into the university research building and tries in vain to save Andrea's lab (which does not harm animals in its testing). Brenda is arrested.

Kelly and Brandon are furious when Dylan refuses to fund Lucinda's film. He finally tells Kelly that Lucinda came on to him. Brandon breaks up with Lucinda and Kelly confesses her kiss with Brandon. Dylan races over to the Walsh house to fight Brandon, but the tension is defused when he accidentally punches Steve.

When Brandon confronts Lucinda that she tried to seduce Dylan just to get money grant for her film, she shows no remorse over it and finally tells Brandon that she does not believe in monogamy. On top of that, Lucinda also claims to have had many sexual partners before Brandon, and even during her marriage with Professor Randall. Brandon does not take the news well and quietly breaks up with Lucinda.

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1994 - Beverly Hills, 90210 - 4x20 - Scared Very Straight

Episode aired 9 February 1994

Donna tries to make up with David, whose increased drug use turns her away. David also steals $150 from his father to buy more amphetamines for himself. When his drug dealer is arrested later, he finds himself in possession of a huge stash of narcotics and calls on Dylan for help. Dylan correctly guesses that the arrested dealer is going to lead the cops to David and forces a reluctant David to flush all of the drugs down the toilet, saving David's butt because the cops don't have anything to arrest him for when they burst into the apartment. A tearful David talks to Dylan, Kelly and Donna and says he knows he needs help and is going to get some.

Andrea and Jesse's impromptu engagement leads to tension in the Zuckerman household, which upsets the pregnant freshman. How can she marry without the support of her parents and her grandmother? Finally they get her blessings before their wedding and reception at the Peach Pit.

A dangerous affair begins between Brandon and Lucinda, who shows her true colors when she starts teaching her anthropology class of human sexuality and preaches the need for multiple partners, seeing sex as her personal weapon.

Brenda gets a surprise visit from a long-absent Stuart on Valentine's Day.