| Beverly Hills, 90210 Character Frequently Asked Questions | ||
Entries are listed by episode, character that died and cause of death (if known). Due to the fact that so many people have been seen drinking, alcohol will not be counted on this list as a
drug, even though many consider it to be one. Drugs that will be listed are of the illegal variety (in the U.S.)
and those over the counter drugs that are abused by an individual. Entries are listed by episode, chracter
doing drugs and the drug involved. No. They aren't related by blood at all. Kelly's mother, Jackie Taylor, and David's father, Mel Silver, met at the Beverly Hills Beach Club when Jackie broke a tooth while eating. They dated, fell in love, married and got pregnant (not necessarily in that order). David and Kelly became step-brother and step-sister due to marriage of Mel and Jackie. When the marriage ended in divorce, so did there step-brother and step-sister relationship with each other. This relationship was created by the marriage and technically ends with the marriage's termination. While David and Kelly may feel the other is their sibling and may think of the other as their brother or
sister, this is no longer the case. 'Step' relationships are based on the marriage of two people with
separate unrelated families not on the feelings of the individuals after the fact. Entires are listed by episode, character and their first. Ariel was indeed David's first. The confusion for this occurs in the last show
of season four Mr. Walsh Goes to Washington. After Donna finds out that
David had slept with Ariel, they talk at the beach house about it. In this
scene the following is said between the two:
David's last line is the key. He had sex with Ariel before Donna caught him in
the limousine, but never with anyone else. So Ariel is David's first. This is probably the biggest continuity error in the history of the show. When the first season started, David Silver and Scott Scanlon where freshman (David mentions this in the Pilot) and the rest the gang were juniors (Brenda mentions this on her date with Jason again in the Pilot) and later on Brandon runs for Junior class president. This puts David two years behind the rest of the gang. But when the second season started, David and Scott were magically sophomores, while everyone else were still juniors. Everyone else being left back seems highly unlikely to happen especially when it happens to Andrea, the school brain and eventual valedictorian. So now David was just one year behind the gang. At the beginning of season three David tells Donna he can't go to Paris with her so he can take summer classes in math and science to graduate early (3.02). He later (3.16) decides to double up on his course load so he could graduate a year early and start college at the same time everyone else would. Now why did this happen? My best guess: when the show was first
created the producers didn't think about the characters going to college at that point, they didn't
even know that show would last the year. But when the second season came along and Spelling
Productions realized they had a hit on their hands, it was time to think about what would happen if
the show makes it to the college years. Having David still in high school while all the rest of the
gang were attending college would probably mean an added expense of maintaining high school sets and
shooting on location at both schools. Stories that would also not be able just revolve around college
in order to accommodate David still being in high school. Things like this probably contributed
David being pushed along to an early high school graduation by the writers and producers. In the show Mother's Day (7.29) Kelly explains to Donna that she's six and a half days late as a result of having sex with Brandon without a condom, just once. Kelly then takes a home pregnancy test, which turns out positive. After she tells Brandon, he comments that she should see a real doctor just to be sure of the results and later they discuss whether or not they are ready to be parents. By the end of their talk Kelly decides, in tears, to have an abortion. During Senior Week (7.30), Kelly
informs Brandon, with a smile on her face, that there is no need see the doctor because she just got her
period that morning. But when Kelly goes to see her doctor because she wants to go on the pill, she is
told that she miscarried. The doctor goes on to explain that the ultrasounds showed abnormities on her
ovaries and fallopian tubes, which may be the signs of a fertility problems. An upset Kelly confirms later
that she has a condition known as endormetriosis, which obstructs the fallopian tubes making it harder
for them to pick up eggs, when explains it to Brandon.
As seen in season four, while the rest of the gang were completing their first year
of college, Clare was just finishing her senior year of high school. But Clare at the end
of Under the Influence (5.02), tells Brandon and Kelly that she was given
a full year of credit for her high school AP (advanced placement) classes enabling her
to start college as a sophomore. From the opening scene in 8.26 Reunion: Still our Vestal Virgin? Most females spontaneously combust if they don't have sex by the age
of 18. Will Donna attend the reunion dressed as a cinder? Well, rumor has is that innocent little
Donna Martin isn't quite that Daddy's Girl she used to be. After dating fellow alumnus David
Silver for what seemed like an eternity, the perfect couple decided to see other people and focus
on their careers. Donna has recently found success as a fashion designer, with her own line of
clothing, Donna Martin Designs, which fashion insiders have spotted as the next major label on
the market. Clearly on the rise, it looks like Donna Martin's ser for Donna Karan fame.
No they aren't. At the beginning of the ninth season, Kelly and Brandon called it quits and went
their own separate ways. The short answer most likely. Long answer is when we first meet Emily in season two, she's going on the pill, but when Brenda mistakes that for Emily being sexual active, Emily sets her straight and tells Brenda that she is a virgin. Brandon and Emily date during this episode (2.08) but their relationship fizzles according to Brandon a few shows later and we don't see Emily until she returns in 2.13. She begins dating Brandon until the euphoria incident in 2.15 where Brandon dumps her. In 2.16 Emily admits to still being a virgin and wanting Brandon to be her first in front of the entire gang. Brandon doesn't sleep with her in 2.16 when she crawls into his bed. The next time Emily pops up is when Brandon takes off before Thanksgiving in season four when he bumps into Emily in San Francisco. After Brandon's first night with Emily (4.12), Emily's neighbor Rosie, asks where Brandon slept the night before. Emily replies the couch indicating nothing happened. Both are seen in bed together in 4.13, and it's suggested that they messed around the night before Emily leaves for France. There is no definite statement they did anything but they most likely did it here if they ever did. The last time Emily appears, she comes to L.A. on a four hour layover to see Brandon. She later discloses that
she will be in town longer and came to see how Brandon still felt about her. Brandon tells her he is now dating Kelly
and asks why Emily never called or wrote. Emily said it was so it won't hurt as much if he moved on without her. At
the end of the show (5.12), after he drops her off at her hotel, Brandon and Emily kiss. They may have done more but
it's not shown. The next episode (5.13) nothing is mentioned of sleeping together although Brandon and Emily admit
they both love each other and kiss again. What gives are the memories of executive producers Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent, as well as the the memories of Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green and Luke Perry. All these individuals have been associated with the series since Dylan's history of alcoholism came to light in the first season (1.11) and was explored in great detail by the writers before Luke Perry departed the show in season six (6.09). Kelly, David, Donna and Steve since Dylan's return to the series (9.07) have completely ignored and have yet to acknowledge Dylan's past problems with drugs and alcohol, starting with Steve offering Dylan what appears to be an alcoholic drink to toast his return at the end of 9.07. Through out the rest of the ninth season, Dylan is frequently seen drinking in front of people who should be aware of his problem by now. Kelly, Steve, Donna and David should remember some or all of the following: the intervention they did at Casa Walsh to try to get Dylan to check into rehab (5.09); Dylan's short-lived coma after driving his Porsche off the side of a cliff (5.10); Dylan showing up at charity event drunk (5.02); Dylan starting rehab (5.12); and Dylan facing DWI charges due to his drinking and driving accident (5.16). But thanks to executive producer and head writer since mid-season eight, John Eisendrath, none of this characters appear to remember anything about their past. John Eisendrath, who started writing for the series at the beginning of season six (6.02), may use the excuse this happened before his time. But anyone worth their six-figure yearly salary would surely take the time to do the research or at least have someone on his staff check into it. The one who should know more about this than anyone is Luke Perry, as he played the character for a little
more then five seasons, before leaving in 1995. When asked about the inconsistency on the Rosie O'Donnell Show,
Luke Perry said, "He's an alcoholic who's having problems with his recovery." These problems seem to involve
a bad case of amnesia. As far what is seen on the series, no she doesn't. Valerie learned in 8.29 after she slept with Johnny that he
was a IV drug user. This got Val to wonder if she might have been infected with HIV. She went to get herself
tested (8.30) and at the beginning of the next season learned that the test came back negative for HIV. Although
HIV can take as long as six months to show up on these tests, the writers never said beyond that point if Valerie
was tested again and what the results might be. It was a letter Dr. Martin wrote to Donna, two years earlier while recovering from a stroke, that Donna started to read (10.16) and Gina finished. The letter in its entirety said: I have been given this incredible gift. The end of Dead End (3.21) is when Jack McKay appears to die in a car explosion. What happened was Kelly called for Dylan and Jack answers the phone. Jack then runs outside the boat to get Dylan, who was about to unlock the door to the car. Jack gets Dylan's attention and motions to him, leading Dylan to turn away from the car to head back toward the boat as Jack meets him about halfway. Jack tells Dylan not to keep his girl waiting and he will go move the car himself. We see Jack walk off in the general direction of the car. Meanwhile, Dylan is talking to Kelly on the phone, when she says, "Dylan I got to go, that's my mom's realtor." The scene cuts back to Dylan and the shot pans to the left to show the car just before it explodes. If you watch closely, Jack is not outside the car just before it explodes (as some people believe) and the door is closed as it explodes. Pausing the show at just the right spot, you can see after the first fire ball, what appears to be a 'figure' in the driver's side of the car. This is just before Dylan starts screaming and is easy to miss because it happens in about two or three seconds. However, it is possible that this 'figure' is really the driver's car seat that had been blown up and toward the front of the car by the bomb that had been planted under the car eariler. This 'figure' disappears in following views of the car as it's burning as Dylan runs toward the car just before the second explosion. This may be because the car seat settled back down into it's original position. What we never see is Jack actually getting into the car, nor do we see a good shot of his body in the car. And while
this is going on, Dylan has his back turned so he can't see Jack entering the car or leaving before the car explodes.
The assumption has been for years that Jack was indeed in the car when it exploded. However around 1997-8, Josh Taylor,
who plays Jack McKay, mentioned in an article that the producers of the series had planned this fake death of Jack
McKay. Josh Taylor also said at the time that the producers were planning to bring back Jack McKay during season six,
but scraped the idea when Luke Perry decided to leave the series early that year.
David's vows from the finale (10.25): "When was it that we fell in love? When we were eighteen? Sixteen? Maybe ten. I don't know, 'cause the truth is, I can't picture a time when I wasn't in love with you. I always knew you were the one that could look into my eyes and see my soul. I don't question your commitment to us. And I know there's nothing we can't work through. And I accept you, as my partner and as my best friend above all others. It's a miracle to find the kind of peace and happiness that you've given me. And in honor of that miracle, I pledge before our family and friends, to love and cherish you forever." Donna's vows from the finale (10.25): "I look at your and I see my best friend. Your energy and your passion, inspire me in ways I never thought possible. Your inner beauty is so strong, that I no longer fear being myself. I no longer fear at all. I never thought, that I could find someone to love that would love me back unconditionally. And then I realized, that although we were often apart, you were always with me, and you were my soul mate. You give me purpose, when I feel I have none. Without you, my soul would be empty, my heart broken, my being incomplete. I thank God everyday that you were brought into my life. And I thank you for loving me." |