Let it be known that I still hate this show but I’m trying to get to the Donna Martin episodes. As always, a list of my grievances:
- Why do we only use half the cast in a given episode? MIA tonight: Mr. Matthews, Kelly, Lucille Bluth, and Naomi’s Crazy Eyes Mother and Sexaholic Father. I’m not sure if Silk Stalkings was there or not as I decided to return like eighteen phone calls while watching this.
- There is no cohesive “gang”. As my dad liked to point out, a group of high school friends would be as diverse at the original 90210clique. How many Trust Fund Alcoholic Surfers do you know that hang out with Geeky, Rapping Sons of Dentists? Exactly. But at least they did hang out. That’s more than I can say for the current crop of kids at West Bev. They’re all in their own little spheres. Naomi hangs out with Adriana again. Adriana and Navid broke up. Navid and Dixon are friends. Dixon is on again/off again with Silver. Silver is sometimes friends with Annie but Annie mostly just embarrasses herself and makes out with Ethan. Apparently Ethan has no friends of his own. Throw in random bisexual cheerleader and the tallest kid in school and that’s the entire Sophomore Class.
- Who gets an ultrasound while wearing jeans?
- Apparently something is very, very wrong with Silver. I know this because I read Spoilers. Of course, the writers need to show me this by making Silver either paint her nails black like Coked Out Kelly or wear David’s Kangol of Meth Addiction.
- I’m deeply disturbed that Rhonda is playing Ethan. It’s not that I like Ethan. It’s just that I don’t want the writers to set up another situation where Annie’s eyes bug out of her head when she tries to convince a loved one that someone close to them shouldn’t be trusted. Didn’t we just see this with Silk Stalkings and Faux-Son of Silk Stalkings? As I emphatically dislike Annie, I can’t take another plot twist in her favor.
- It seems like the show runners have really upped the ante in terms of interior locations. I mean these houses are niiiicccceee. I feel like in Original 90210we were treated to “modern” mansions but Ty’s house was gorgeous and you could fit about five Walsh houses into Navid’s family home.
- I am very, very worried about Melrose Place2: Electric Boogaloo.
I honestly think they just can’t afford to pay the whole adult cast in every episode. Instead they just spend the whole budget on renting expensive houses for three hours. I miss the togetherness of the original 90210′s cast, ridiculous as it might have been. And I’m mad that they brought Aimee Teegarden (who plays Julie on Friday Night Lights which is my favorite show) onto the show to play Rhonda who seems like a manipulator. I’m only hanging on so I can find out what is going on with Donna Martin.
Oh yeah, 90210 is bleeding money like it’s General Motors. I’m mad that Rhonda is probably an Emily Valentine-in-waiting just because it would totally chap Annie’s ass to be dumped for a “plain”girl.
I concur.
Damn them for the dangling carrot that is Donna Martin (now of The Mommywood)
I hate myself, but I keep coming back for more like a demented urchin with a gruel bowl.