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90210 Episode 5 Spoiler

According to Kristin from E! Online, Brandon and Dylan are coming back to 90210 this coming Tuesday.

Well, not really. However, there will be mentions of them. In fact, Brenda allegedly gets a call from Dylan, which gets awkward as Kelly is right there, and gets the phone passed to her. Then, the conversation goes something like this:

Brenda: Wow, that was nice that Dylan called.
Kelly: (sarcastically) Yes...especially since he called your phone. Of course, I'm only the mother of his child, but hey, you're his girlfriend from sophomore year in high school.
Brenda: Until you stole him.
Kelly: Bitch, please!
Brenda: Face it, whore. He loves me.
Kelly: Oh, he loves you.
Brenda: Yes, Kelly. Dylan would never knock me up and leave me like he did to you. I guess that in the end, a man just doesn't respect a cheap slut.
Kelly: Fuck you, motherfucker!

Then, Kelly tries to bitch-slap Brenda. Brenda proceeds to block that bitch-slap, and then kick some prissy blonde ass.

Just kidding!!!! But according to Kristin, the call does result in a "tense" conversation. However, knowing Kelly and Brenda, it will most likely be civil outside a mild barb or two.

A man can dream, though.

Review: 90210 Season 1, Episode 4: "Never Trust An Oxycontin-Addicted Tranny Ex-Child Actress"

Yeah, about the title...read on. You'll get it by the end.

We open with the obligatory opening montage, which was a merciful five minutes this week as opposed to the usual ten. We start with Ty and Annie about to do it on a table. Just kidding! They are at school, making out for their scene in Spring Awakening. What? Wasn't Annie in the chorus? Nope! She's understudying for the pill-popping tranny Adriana (Adritrana?), who has been absent from school a LOT. Oxycontin and Percoset have a tendency to keep people from getting out of the house much.

Meanwhile, Brenda shows her bitch to Silver by reminding her that she's the stage manager, and how it's her job to deal with the lighting if she doesn't like how the light guy is doing. Silver passes the bitch on to the lights guy, and he quits during dress rehearsal. Dixon offers to save the day. How convenient.

Naomi tries to drag Tracy out of bed, which is way too easy as Tracy just submits to Naomi's nagging. Naomi then tries to bring Charles over to see what a mess he's turned Tracy into.

Wilson catches Annie and Ty swapping spit. He freaks out at home but mama Wilson calms him down. Slut Granny rambles drunkenly on about some old lover-turned-homosexual in Mykonos as mama Wilson promises to talk to Annie.

Back to the Clarks, Naomi drags Charles back into the 90210 to find that Tracy has cleaned up real nice. Tracy finally says what's on her mind by calling Gail a whore (she is), and smacking Charles up good. Then they have wild monkey sex, like all divorcing couples do.

Mama Wilson talks to Annie about Ty. She tells her that it's OK to wait, just like Jordin Sparks does. It's harder for Annie, though, because Annie's actually attractive.

Back at WBHHS, Brenda is bitching Adriana out for showing up late. Adriana bitches Brenda back about having been a child star, so that this play is no big deal. Then, she proceeds to melt down. Then, Brenda plays good cop and convinces her to stay. Then they make wild monkey love. Just kidding!!!! But not about Tracy and Charles!!! No, what really happens is that Adriana sings for Brenda, and she sings frickin' great!

At lunch, Silver and Naomi are telling Annie that she should boff Ty immediately. She talks about how she and Ethan did it "almost immediately". Weren't they 14 when they got together? What a couple of little whores!

Silver, on the other hand, is a realist, and doesn't think Annie is ready.

Brenda, Kelly, Coach Emo talk about Adriana. They like her, but they're wise enough to see that she has problems. Kelly decided to be a bitch, and coldly suggests pulling her from the play and Brenda says no as the play is "the only thing keeping her off the ledge". Kelly and Coach Emo then proceed to condescend to Brenda about being teachers, "Be friendly without being a friend", to which Brenda says she's going to do what she wants anyway, because that's what Brenda does. (No, she just tells them to trust her, which they agree to do)

Meanwhile, Ty and Annie are rehearsing outside. He says he booked them a room at the afterparty. This is so shades of Brenda and Dylan at the Spring Dance, only Brenda was worried about pregnancy and STD's, while Annie is worried that the weight of another human being on her will shatter her into a million pieces. However, it seems unlikely that the writers of 90210 are going to sacrifice Annie's virginity quite as early as episode 4. Still, they're just copying the old show to make the new one, hoping that the viewers don't remember what was on 18 years ago. Of course, you can catch the Spring Dance episode on SoapNet a couple of times each year, as they play reruns of the old show, as they have for years.

Then, the Wilson parents are discussing the hotel thing. Unlike the Walshes, the Wilsons know about hotel rooms and teenage boys. Papa Wilson is against it, as he is the baby daddy of a long-lost child from his high school days. Mama Wilson convinces him to let Annie make her own decisions as Annie walks downstairs, dressed to get laid for showtime/post-showtime.

Brenda is doing vocal warm-ups with Adriana when Adriana's stage mother marches in with her Botox and her fake boobs to inform her that three agents and two producers will be in the audience at the show tonight. That's a lot of dick to suck. I only hope that Adriana is grateful for her mother's ability to be a whore, but it appears that she just got put under a little too much pressure, what with her drug habit and all.

Dad Wilson tries to talk to Annie about Ty and offers for them to go out after the show, even though she already had plans. Annie tells him to STFU and runs off.

Now, everyone is looking for Adriana, who is AWOL. Then, it turns out that she's here, just high as a kite in the green room. And by 'high as a kite', I mean enough pills were in her system to kill Rush Limbaugh. She's not on cloud nine - she's on cloud ninety-nine. This means that Annie gets to play the lead on what was supposed to be Adriana's big night. I guess Botox Mom sucked five dicks for nothing.

We're at the show, and it appears that Botox Mom didn't suck five dicks, but she sucked three dicks and ate two pussies as we meet the occupants of the agent/producer aisle. But enough about that. At this point, the show takes an annoying turn, as the director has decided to splice short scenes into longer, more important scenes, to give the feeling of fast action. This is a great writing/directive style if it's done correctly, but in this case, it's not, and you get bits of scenes that make you ask WTF that last thirty seconds of nonsense was. So I'll try to put it together the best I can:

The show: It's great. Nobody is as good as Steffi D is in the national tour of Spring Awakening, and Annie isn't quite as good as Adriana, but she's still very good. The boys sing "Bitch of Living", and you realize that this is the only high school in America that would do a musical about teenage sex set to rock songs like "Bitch Of Living".

Interspersed within this scene were short scenes of Kelly talking to Botox Mom about Adriana's possible drug use, but Botox Mom is only concerned with the dick she had to suck, and the pussy she had to eat. Just kidding! No I'm not! I'm just reading between the lines!

Silver and Dixon flirt throughout the show. Dixon shows that he's into kinky sex by telling Silver that he likes it when she's bossy.

Then, at the Clarks' (see what I mean?) Tracy is giving all of Charles' stuff to the mission in Malibu, as the divorce is continuing. Charles didn't know who to choose, so Tracy kicked his sorry, wishy-washy ass to the curb.

The show is over, and it made Ty and Annie horny enough to run out and get that room ASAP as Adriana looks on jealously. Dixon calls Silver a steaming hot pot of mean in that kinky sex way of his. Then Annie makes a creepy request for the condom that's been in Dixon's wallet for five years. You know what happens to condoms that old? They break, often causing pregnancy in the female. Oh, well. At least she'd get knocked up by a rich guy. But she's still discussing losing the big V to Ty with her brother, making for the creepiest scene ever in the history of teen-oriented television. And of course, as she departs, she bumps into Ethan, dropping her condom for him to see. What? Aren't Annie and Ethan over? Maybe not. TOLD YOU Annie's not gonna do it. Just wait.

We're back, and Ethan is trying to talk her out of boffing Ty, because Ty is a playa and Ethan, despite that he is also a cheater, is a man of virtue. Annie naturally isn't having it as she tells him she's gonna screw him anyway, and walks off.

Kelly and Brenda talking about teen drama, briefly.

Party at the Roosevelt Hotel. Ty gets the door, thinking it's Annie, but it's Adriana making up lies that she saw Annie and Ethan making out (which they may as well have been. I mean, come on!). BITCH!

Then, for a few inexplicable seconds, Dixon and Silver talk about boring shit, then they kiss.

Back to Ty's room. Annie arrives, and Adriana opens the door in a towel. She then behaves like a fake, drugged-out bitch as she tells Annie how much she loved her performance. Then she tells her that she just boffed Ty and that he's in the shower, rinsing Adriana's stale vag stank off of himself. Annie naturally runs off crying, and Adriana goes to the bathroom, revealing a running, but empty shower. WHORE! SLUT! BITCH!

Annie leaves the party a crying mess, rambling about Beverly Hills and friends with benefits and how she couldn't do that. Meanwhile, Dixon thinks he's going to hook up with Silver when he realizes he doesn't have a condom (or handcuffs, or a leather mask). Silver then tells him to put the ben-wa balls away, because they're taking this one slow.

Finally, Annie runs home, closes the door to her room, and collapses in a crying heap. Either it's over being the only girl at West Beverly who frowns on casual sex (or thinking she is), or it's over the fact that the producers of the show haven't fed her in weeks! Check it out!

So what will happen next week? Will Annie and Ty fix their misunderstanding? Will Adriana get her first of what will doubtlessly be many interventions? Will the young women of the show get to eat? Well, I won't be watching because of a family obligation, so the review will be up next week - but not until Wednesday. Smell ya later!

90210: Full Of Anorexics?

Interesting thing. Someone asked me yesterday if I thought the actresses from the new 90210 are too skinny. I actually do think that most of the women there could snap like a twig if bent in half.

Then, I saw this article in Yahoo. Here is juicy excerpt:

It is scary. Two of "90210's" stars -- 18-year-old Shenae Grimes and 21-year-old Jessica Stroup -- are significantly and horrifyingly underweight, especially when you take into consideration that what we're seeing on TV includes 10 additional "camera pounds."

The gossip from the set is that Shenae and Jessica have gotten even thinner since the show started and that some of their cast members have become so concerned that they are planning an intervention.

And of course, there's this article:

Actor Penn Badgley has a message for shockingly slim Beverly Hills, 90210 stars Jessica Stroup and Shenae Grimes:

"I hope they eat a double cheeseburger or something," the Gossip Girl actor told PopEater.com


He added that he's "never been a proponent of the thin L.A. girls."


See photos of Gossip Girl stars: then & now.

Stroup, 21, and Shenae, 18, are so skinny that show producers and costars are poised to take action, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue, on newsstands now.




Badgley revealed he thinks it's "healthy" that his female cast mates "aren't bone-thin."

Wanna see how thin they are? Here.

(L-R) Shenae Grimes (Annie), Jessica Stroup (Silver). Ironically, the old 90210 had an episode where then 8-year-old Erin (Silver) went on a diet because Drunk Jackie told her that fat chicks get no love.

Who knows what the truth is? Yeah, they're thin, especially Jessica up there. But who really knows whether or not they have eating disorders?

The silver lining (no pun intended)? The rumormongering is a very good sign of the show's lasting power. It should be around for a while.

In any case, they should try to be shaped more like Jennie Garth. She looks fantastic, and she eats.

I'll have what she's having! ;-)

Review: 90210 Season 1, Episode 3: "Breathe Through Your Ass And Reach To The Skies!"

We start our third week back in the 90210 in the Wilson kitchen, again. The drama teacher had some family emergency and had to leave, opening the door for Brenda to be offered the position. Of course, Naked Old Slut Actress Grandma volunteers herself with some over-the-top montage about breathing through her ass, reaching up to the sky, and boffing her drama coach.

Then, Naomi is preparing for a family portrait. The Clarks are doing their Holiday photo early so that Naomi's little sis, who is away in Europe at boarding school, can be photoshopped in. How 21st century! Naomi is both bringing the 80s back and being a bitch as she's still upset about her Dad Charles' side whore, Gail. She even gives her best Whatevia as the camera is going.



Mom Tracy explains to her that she doesn't care if Charles has a fling. Meanwhile, it becomes painfully obvious that the actresses playing mother and daughter are probably less than ten years apart in real life.

Meanwhile, at WBHHS, Kelly and Brenda are having an anorexic's breakfast in the cafeteria (Kelly has a small fruit salad and coffee, and Brenda is showing the restraint to pass on that fattening slice of Kiwi fruit and just having that coffee. Their small talk about Donna Martin and her baby was far more interesting than the small talk about Kelly and Ryan (Coach Emo). Her main beef is that he's ten years younger than her, but Brenda is more concerned about Kelly's still-unknown baby daddy getting in the way.

Meanwhile, Naomi and Ethan are talking outside, and she's naturally upset over affairs at home. Ethan shows his sensitive side by reminding her that just because he's listening doesn't mean that they're a couple. He's probably thinking of the BJ he got from another girl in his car a few weeks ago instead of Naomi standing there and crying all over her ridiculously 80's'd-out self.

In the parking lot, Dixon just banged into someone else's car while trying to park his SUV into a compact spot. He begs the other guy to do this outside the insurance companies so that his dad doesn't find out, which the other guy is fine with, as long as he can have the money in two weeks.

Then we see Kelly and Coach Emo in the hall. He's being a professional again and asking her out between classes. She's having trouble finding someone to watch her son, Sammy, giving Coach Emo an in to ask about the baby daddy. Kelly reveals that he's abroad, and also reveals, less convincingly, that he's a "do-gooder". Apparently, do-gooders like to abandon their families to do charity work. Kelly tells Emo that she'll try to dump the kid on someone trustworthy so that they could maybe get a little.

Annie runs into Ty in the hall and he apologizes for ditching her at the bowling alley. He then asks her out again, but she tells him no as she's already agreed to go out on a date with someone else. Ty is understandably hurt, and takes the hint and leaves.

Then, we see Naomi beg Silver not to blog about Charles' affair with Gail the whore. Remember that Silver won't forgive Naomi for blabbing about Drunk Jackie in the 8th grade, so Naomi has got a whole lot of ass licking to do. She starts by saying that she can relate now that she's no longer from the perfect family, but Silver isn't having it.

Then we're in rehearsals for the school's production of "Spring Awakening", the play that one of my favorite performers, Steffi D, is currently in the national touring production of (as Ilse!). The chorus is singing "Mama Who Bore Me", and Steffi D is probably somewhere going "WTF?" as Naked Slut Grandma Wilson is having a diva fit and telling the girls to sing like their vaginae are on fire. She then horrifies them more singing and dancing the song herself. This prompts Annie to beg papa Wilson to replace her, making a nice opening for Brenda to step in.

Then, Dixon does the predictable Brandon Walsh thing and gets a job at the Peach Pit, evidently using Brandon's exact resume when HE applied for the job back in 1990. Two things are different:

1) The Pit is now a coffee house.
2) Nat is really, REALLY old.

It's after school now, and Silver and Annie are at the Peach Pit. Silver is trying to no avail to convince Annie that Ethan isn't over Naomi and that she's an idiot for blowing Ty off (rather than simply blowing him). It is then where they discover Dixon is working there.

Back at Casa Wilson, Dixon tells the 'rents about the new job, which is fine with them as long as it doesn't interfere with school or practice, which of course means it will interfere a lot. Boring! Less boring is what's going on over at the Clarks'. Naomi is star-sixty-nining Charles' Blackberry, and finds out that Gail is still in LA and working at some boutique, making Naomi's head explode for the second time in as many weeks.

Later that week, Silver and Dixon are cramming for a science exam. OMG DIXON IS FALLING BEHIND IN SCHOOL!!!111!!shift-one!! SHOCKER!!!!

Meanwhile, Naomi's at Ethan's place, trying to be needy. Instead, she walks in on Ethan's brother, who is autistic, upset over the furniture being rearranged by the new housecleaners. Naomi stops being a bitch long enough to work her magic and calm Steven down. This marks Naomi's first moment of depth since the show began. Until you realize that this is making Ethan miss his date with Annie.

I was kind of hoping she'd remain shallow. ROBBED!

Back at rehearsals, Slut Grandma is screeching at Annie so much that Brenda has to calm her down by playing back the recording (she likes to record rehearsals). However, Slut Grandma realizes what a bitch she's been and quits the show, leaving Brenda to be the HBIC (Head Bitch In Charge).

Back at school, Emo is helping Brenda with the music for Spring Awakening when he tries to pry for info, which she is not having at all. All she says is that "there's a long history" and that's it.

You know what? There are too many really, really short scenes on this show.

Later on, on Rodeo Drive, Naomi walks in on Gail's boutique and confronts her. During this confrontation, Naomi learns that not only is this more than a fling, but that Charles has moved Gail into the beach house.

And Tracy...didn't know. Clark implosion, commence.

And now for a longer scene where Silver is flirting with Dixon until he finally asks her out. Good for them, it's just like Brandon and Kelly 2.0. Only in this version, Brandon forgets that there's an exam the next morning and doesn't know the material when the tests are passed out the next morning.

Meanwhile, Emo is telling Kelly that he thinks there's "unfinished business" between her and Baby Daddy. She's pissed because she thinks Brenda blabbed to Emo about her. Upon confronting Brenda, Brenda also suggests that Kelly still has feelings for 'him'. After more arguing, it is finally revealed that the identity of the baby daddy is....drum roll please....


DYLAN MCKAY!!! SQUEEEEEEEE!111!!!!eleven!!!uno!!!



Now, Dixon's boring storyline is being resolved. He cuts back on the shifts and studies more, and Dad lends him the money to pay back the damage to the car. The other guy is so grateful that Dixon came through that they become BFFs, making Silver think that maybe she and Naomi can be friends again. Yes, the writing is that bad, but that's what we all loved about 90210.

Speaking of bad writing, Annie is now trying to get Ty's forgiveness with homemade Snicker Doodles, which is not working. She then realizes that the quickest way to a man's heart is not through his stomach, but through his dick as she kisses him. That works.

Naomi realizes the same thing and kisses Ethan back into her life. I guess her first trip to a nighclub bathroom stall without peeing is going to be delayed for a while.

And that's the show. I liked that Brenda is back, but hated that Drunk Jackie wasn't on this week. The coming attractions look to be on the juicy side, though...it looks like Annie's gonna have to put out next week! Which means she almost does but doesn't!!! OMGELEVEN!!! See you next week!!!one!!!!

Did You Miss 90210 Last Night?

Well, guess what? The CW is running it again, tonight at 9. Viva Drunk Jackie!

Read my review of the show here.

Drunk Jackie's scene!

Review: 90210 Season 1, Episode 2

It's Tuesday night, and that means it's time for more of the new 90210!

We start out in the Walsh, I mean Wilson kitchen. Everyone has a busy day and leaves Mama Wilson to sit there and probably contemplate pill addiction as the clan starts its second week in the 90210. Then we quickly cut to West Beverly High, where Ethan is checking on 90210's bitch princess Naomi. She says she's fine, but in a really bitchy way that means she isn't. She then proves that her musical taste is rancid as she's going to a Coldplay concert. Then we see Kelly and the lacrosse teacher flirting in the halls, like the professionals that they are. Then, we see Annie and Ty, who has morphed into Zac Efron, discuss their next date...which Annie doesn't get to go on, because the Wilsons are going bowling instead. It appears that Mama Wilson has chosen to arrange a family night over getting a prescrption for Xanax. Oh well, maybe next week.

Got that? That was the first five minutes. As we return from the commercial, Silver (Kelly's little sis) is trying to sleep at a shelter because mama Jackie is long since off the wagon. The counselor there isn't having it as the place is reserved for people who "really don't have a place to stay". Then she tries Kelly, but she already had plans to bang the lacrosse teacher, so Silver's SOL.

Meanwhile, Ty and Ethan are awkwardly talking with Annie as she tries to break her date. Ethan slinks off as Ty stands there looking really pretty and not acting much.

It's Friday after school, and Dixon is asking Silver to the Wilson family night, and since she wants to avoid her alcoholic mom, she accepts.

Then, Naomi, who is bringing back big 1980's hair, repeats the old Kelly Taylor storyline of getting to do something with her workaholic father, then getting let down at the last second because of some merger, resulting in an expensive guilt gift. In this case, it's a Coldplay concert and the present is a brand new BMW SUV, just like the trophy mom has. It's only a matter of time before Naomi discovers another 1980's pastime, cocaine, and starts spending lots of time in bathroom stalls, just like Kelly used to.

We're back at the bowling alley, whose parking lot is full of BMW's just like all bowling alleys. Meanwhile, the lacrosse teacher and Kelly are on their date. He mentions wanting to meet her son and she gets really uncomfortable as the pedo flag goes up in her brain. Then my phone rang and I had to answer it, so two minutes later and Silver is practically begging mama Wilson to adopt her. Then, Ethan shows up, which is really awkward for Annie since Ty is there. So's the guy whose dad makes pornos. The gang's all here, and they're bowling, bitches! Outside, Annie and Ethan are talking. Ethan is whining like a bitch about how hard his life is, because his divorced parents compete for who can lavish more material goods on him. Then he looks off jealously as Annie walks off with Ty, a real man by comparison. That isn't saying much considering that hairdo of is.

Naomi and Arianna would be there too, but they're cruising around town in Naomi's new ride, looking like trannies. They stop at Naomi's dad's office so she can drop off dinner, only to find him in the parking lot, making out with some skinny whore in a cheap blue dress. Then, Naomi's head explodes as we cut to a commercial.

We're back, and Ty's bragging to Annie about how he knows Chris Brown, which means he'll probably make a guest appearance on the show at some point. Then, Annie's folks try to be cool parents as they free their kids for the evening. Then, the trannies show up and Naomi is once again the center of attention. This time, though, she's not being a bitch as she's too busy crying. This crying works on Ethan as he walks off with Naomi, trying his best not to grab her ass as Annie looks on jealously. We all see where this is going. And now, Ty has to leave, so the girls tag along with the guy's movie night.

We're back with Kelly and the pedo, and he's in some car bitching about how money is evil to a woman who was the Naomi Clark of her generation. Then they start making out and make themselves an official couple.

Now, the night is over, and Silver finally has to go home to her alocholic mom. Of course, this means she's sleeping in her car in the alley behind the Wilson home. Dixon recovers her and she spills all the beans. She admits that she hasn't been home in weeks and that Jackie is just as out of control as she was in 1990, when she had a meltdown at the Mother-Daughter fashion show at WBHHS. Good times. Anyway, Dixon can relate because apparently, he was in some bad foster homes before he came across the Wilsons. He convinces Silver to get his 'rents involved.

The next day is here, and either Naomi and her mom have a beach house, or no one ever told them that Beverly Hills is landlocked. Either way, Naomi tells her mom about the whore in the cheap dress. Mom says that she knows, and that the whore's name is Gail. She doesn't seem to really care as the gravy train that is papa Clark is extra rich and creamy, but mostly extra rich.

And FINALLY, we see the return of drunk Jackie, a moment 18 years in the making, and she is F L A W L E S S. And by flawless, I mean drunk, bitchy, screamy and evil, as she first makes fun of AA, and then banishes Kelly and Silver from her drunk, botoxed life. It was so exciting that I almost didn't realize that Brenda wasn't in this episode. BOOOOOOO! However, the previews do say that she is coming back next week. Will her bitch colors finally show? Will Silver like living with Kelly? Will Naomi start doing lines of coke off her biology textbook? Only time will tell, and I'll be back next week to tell you all about it.

Review: The Premiere Of The New 90210

90210 started back up again last night after an 8-year absence from the airwaves. It's move from FOX to the CW is proving to be a good one, so far. Here's a quick review of the show, Insaneinthesfv style! ;)

A family moves from Kansas to Beverly Hills. Dad (Rob Estes) is the principal and grew up in BH. Mom is Lori Laughlin. They do a reasonably good job of passing for 40.

Kids are 15-year-old Annie and 15-year-old adopted brother Dixon, who is Black, but so far, no race card is being played. Obviously, they're going to be the glue that holds 90210 together, just like the Walsh twins did back in the 90's.

They show up at grandma's house in Beverly Hills. It's fantastic. Dixon recognizes her as someone who was naked in some movie in the 70s. Hi, naked adopted grandma!

They go to school, and Annie sees some girl blowing some guy in a car.

Annie befriends the school's spoiled bitch princess, Naomi Clark, because you know every school's spoiled bitch princess is first in line to be nice to the new kids in town. It's just a given.

Anyway, the show went on for two hours, but who cares? I'm all about Naomi, she fucking rocks. In one episode, she plagiarized a paper, had a Sweet 16 blowout, and slapped a guy in one episode. She's gonna stir some shit up in Beverly Hills! (Until they soften her up and make her nice in the next season or two. Always happens.)

Other stuff:

-One of the main teen characters is a drug-addicted actress named Arianna, with problems at home and devious behavior.

-The lacrosse coach looks to be the same age as the people playing the high schoolers. He looks more like someone from an emo-lite band than a jock.

Original characters who have returned:

Kelly Taylor
Brenda Walsh (Yay!)
Nat
Erin Silver (a/k/a "Silver", Kelly Taylor's l'il sis, now 16)

Summary: Like the old 90210, but with more shameless sex and drugs.
Grade: B+
Prediction: It could do for the CW what the old 90210 did for FOX, which is a lot.