I had never met Aaron Spelling before, and I couldn't have been more impressed with the man. And new viewers today won't even know what magical music moments they missed. When Scott accidentally shot himself it was a huge blow for David and a source of immense guilt at the state the friendship ended in. This junior year repeat was never addressed on the series, or much in general, until show creator Darren Star reflected to the New York Times, "This is a show where these kids are going to go to college. Grad student at California UniversityHomemaker Joan became pregnant, and she and Nat got engaged. Occupation . Steve was romantically involved with Clare Arnold in Seasons 6 and 7 but she moved to France, and they broke up. The two were briefly reunited soon afterward, but they finally decided that Jack would be murdered by his old criminal associates if his former identity was revealed. Colin's lifestyle is secretly supported by a female gallery owner in exchange for physical favors. After a near-fatal car crash, he began to recover by going through rehab and an oddball ex-FBI agent later helped him recover $7.5 million of his stolen funds, after which he rescued Erica. Seventeen, Teen Screen, these aren't magazines that I'm interested in. He ended the series by committing to AA and falling in love with a troubled young single mom he met there. She was raped in an alley and later shot the rapist, with the police clearing her on grounds of self-defense. Season 2 heats up midway when then the gang is ready to start their junior year, forced tostress about the SATs,again. At the wedding reception, she also gets the last upper hand with Kelly when she relays Matt Durning's request for Kelly to come talk to him while Kelly and Dylan are figuring out their relationship; Kelly asks in an irritated tone what Matt wants and Valerie coolly says "As usual, I'm just the messenger here" and Kelly gets up and walks away from their final interaction as Valerie shares an unrelated laugh with Dylan after asking him if he missed her. So it was a wonderful combination: I went to the set in the morning, and it was all about me, me, me, me, me - my hair, my makeup, my wardrobe, my emotions, my intentions, my motivations. So I got the job, and it was like, Life can begin again. Throughout the entire series, Brandon was involved in various journalism projects, from sports editor and co-chief of the Beverly Blaze in high school to co-editor of the CU Condor, a brief stint as news director at CUTV, and a year as student-body president (sophomore year). In the spin-off 90210, it was revealed that they'd gone their separate ways, although they share a son, Sammy. David succeeds by the first season, but Scott was left behind. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. West Beverly High is one of TV's most iconic secondary schools. Overprotective and controlling, she often tried to sabotage Donna's relationships with David, Ray, and Noah. [11] Andrea was introduced as a focused student who was socially shy all through high school, with a huge crush on Brandon, but their relationship remained platonic. Emerson had no regrets and went on to join the Air Force and have a wife and kids. He is portrayed by James Eckhouse . Carol Potter (born May 21, 1948) is an American actress best known for playing Cindy Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210. Born Later in the series, she has her own bouts of substance abuse issues, almost ODing on diet pills, and then becoming a coke addict herself. Brian Austin Green portrays David Silver. I was coming off a period of time where my husband had died when our baby was 9. Eventually, certain brash actions on her part met with disapproval from Brandon, who calmly ended the relationship. Jill Novick plays Tracy Gaylian (recurring, season 7; guest, season 8), a news anchor for the TV station at CU. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling agreed, and looked to spice up the show with a new character who was "a little off-center," and "a dangerous guy," to pair with the smiley Minnesota Walsh twins. Andrea Zuckerman's Grandma Rose was also played by two different actresses Lainie Kazan in Season 2, and Bess Meisler for Seasons 4 and 5. She was shot during a drive-by shooting at LAX and suffered amnesia. Cookies help us deliver our Services. While she did sober up, it led to more trouble, as a rehab buddy eventually became obsessed with her and almost killed them both. Listen, you should be much tougher on your son!, For Eckhouse, 37, and Potter, 44, the reactions testify to their always believable portrayals of Brandon and Brendas unbelievable parents: Jim and Cindy are tolerant, loving, kind, with-it, funny, and, almost always, forgiving. She wore down Brandon's defenses, then began dating him. At the time, we probably didn't notice these switcheroos, and it's only until decades later are we finally cognizant of all these changes. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. He jumps bail after Valerie (who he began sleeping with after Kelly cut ties to him) posts her club assets for his bond but was tracked down and sent to prison to serve his sentence of at least two years in prison for drug possession and fleeing arrest, with Valerie breaking up with him when he's brought to justice. By Season Six, Valerie got into business with David, and they become co-owners of the Peach Pit After Dark. Garth departed the spin-off following the second season. Jim and Cindy depart L.A. for Hong Kong on business in the summer of 1995, leaving their now-grown son Brandon whose sister had departed for England a year prior to live his life independently. Kelly got pregnant late in the season and considered an abortion, but ended up having a miscarriage. However, she resides is from Pomona. '", Eva Longoria got her first set of wings playing a stewardess who is of no help to Dylan, as she "could barely remember" her own name. He has cheated on Donna more than once and she lost her virginity to him in the season 7 finale, where the gang graduates from university. Andrea reveals she has a crush on him at the beginning of the fourth season but never tells him once she sees he has a girlfriend. In Season 10, Dylan learned that his father was actually alive, with a wife and young son, and living under FBI protection with the alias Eddie Waitkus. A magazine illegally obtained her age and went public with it, but it didn't matter, as Carteris was so entrenched on the show by that point,telling People, "A producer did say to me, 'You're lucky we didn't know your age when we hired you.'" Among the group, only Kelly took an immediate dislike to Valerie when they first met because Kelly quickly became aware that Valerie was not who she appeared to be. The matter is resolved when Dylan buys the Peach Pit, becoming Nat's business partner. Having lost everything (save for the PPAD club), Noah descended into a drunken depression that led to reckless driving charges and other acts which almost cost him Donna's love, before he cleaned himself up and focused on running the PPAD. Kelly became unexpectedly pregnant before having a miscarriage and told she may never carry a child to term. I was coming out of this process of mourning. His father later committed suicide in the next episode, unable to bear the thought of living in poverty or going to prison for income tax evasion. Later, after she ended this relationship, she got the lead role in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and a subsequent spot in a London summer acting program. Valerie became involved with Dylan, then Steve, then Ray, Brandon, David, Noah, and many others during the course of the show, the most meaningful of them being her romance with David Silver. "90210" was always at its best when in the high school years, and that's probably why it didn't make anyone notice at the time that the West Bev students were forced to repeat their junior year. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling came to Carteris' defense, telling the AP, "No one complains when a 32-year-old male star plays a high school student in movies. In By Accident, Dixon dumps Silver after taking advice from his mother, but later in Help Me, Rhonda they get back together after Silver finally admits that she is in love with him. She became romantically involved with, and eventually married to, Dylan, after he initially tried to use her to get to her father. She told Yahoo!, "I wasn't even No. Graduating a year early, Clare soon received an offer to attend an exclusive graduate school in France and the couple reluctantly split up for good after their CU graduation. Tori Spelling's younger brother Randy got into the family act (father Aaron said it was "fine with me") and made his acting debut as a beach club camp counselor in Season 3. Brian Austin Green 1948[1] Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. Jim and Cindy depart L.A. for Hong Kong on business in the summer of 1995, leaving their now-grown son Brandon whose sister had departed for England a year prior to live his life independently. Luckily for Steve, that threat from Mrs. Teasley about having to repeat his junior year, for technically a third time, was all but a nightmare to start Season 3. Abby Malone appeared in nine episodes. Three seasons later, he became Steve's half-brother Kenny. A former model, married multiple times, appeared occasionally during the series entire run in every season. Contents 1 Character 2 Story 3 Trivia 4 Photos 5 Notes and references Character Cindy is a smart, sweet, sensitive person. It's no wonder the Walsh home was the go-to hangout. The show ran for 293 episodes over 10 seasons, and in all that time there were a lot of things we didn't notice when watching the show in its original run. And just become completely focused on them and their experience and their life and their feelings. Vincent Young portrays Noah Hunter (main, season 810), who met the gang during their Hawaiian vacation in Season 8. She spent time at a mental hospital after threatening to torch herself, along with a parade float, and writing threatening letters to West Beverly and leaving obscene phone messages on the Walshes' answering machine. Terence Ford (brother of Harrison) went first in Season 1, and then Arthur Brooks in the beginning of Season 2. Viewers didn't notice or realize at the time how vital the music was a part of the viewing experience. It didn't result in disease, pregnancy, guilt, or weirdness. Apparently Executive Producer Aaron Spelling was fooled too, telling the AP in 1993, "We did start them as sophomores, and we played one sophomore year, one junior year, and one senior. In fact, Brenda explicitly states, "I'm a junior at West Beverly High a 16-year-old junior" in the pilot. In Season 3, Brandon developed a serious gambling problem, which led to Nat, his boss at the Peach Pit, bailing him out after he got into trouble with a mobster bookmaker. Do Jim and Cindy Walsh have a baby? Cindy Walsh is a principal character on Beverly Hills, 90210. At the time, he reveals that he now has a child. She is very ditzy and sweet. Brenda appeared in the first season of the spin-off series 90210. He was the person many turned to when in trouble Donna's expulsion from high school, Brenda's many problems, Kelly's drug problem, Andrea's getting into Yale, Valerie's suicide attempt, Ray's lawsuit against Joe, Steve's constant stunts, and even Dylan's battle with drugs and alcohol and the murder of his wife. Jim and Cindy are the parents of Brandon and Brenda Walsh and are mainly introduced as such. Have you ever seen me and Brandon have a fight? This is all without diving into her sexual assault, the court case, and her eventually killing her assailant. . Tori Spelling portrays Donna Marie Martin. Both characters have a lot in common, as they love . It dealt with drug abuse, learning disabilities,. When we originally sat down and watched "90210" in its heyday, we believed we were watching high schoolers playing high schoolers but apparently we were suspending our disbelief. Brenda Walsh, Shannen Doherty's character on the television . Played by Cress Williams (recurring, season 45), D'Shawn is a talented basketball player for CU. Cindy has a hard time adjusting when the family first moves to California. The Flaming Lips' performance at the Peach Pit After Dark has been cut from the show, but the rest of that episode remains. I did another job after "90210," through Aaron Spelling, a daytime soap opera called "Sunset Beach." Here's things you didn't notice in "Beverly Hills, 90210" as a teen. Who hooked up in set of 90210? Janet learned she was pregnant in Season 10, and refused to be with Steve at first, but he won her over and she accepted his marriage proposal. His last words were "Check this out." It had been a year and a half, two years. Rumors persist to this day, from an unauthorized haircut, to tardiness, to a physical spat with Tori Spelling, to just plain unhappiness from all parties involved. Mark Kiely plays Gil Meyers (recurring, season 3; guest, season 4 and 5), an AP English teacher and journalism advisor during the gang's senior year at West Beverly in Season 3. Emma Caulfield portrayed Susan Keats (recurring, season 6), editor of the college paper (The CU Condor), self-proclaimed feminist, and love interest of Brandon in Season 6; was impregnated by ex-boyfriend Jonathan Caston, had an abortion, and later won an award for her article on the right to choose. After five seasons, Jim and Cindy Walsh moved as far away from "90210" as possible to 999077 (Hong Kong). Cin (by Dylan) Some time after that, they decided that I would go back to school, to get a counseling degree. In retrospect, he told CNN that he regretted leaving the show, believing he and Kelly were supposed to end up together in the end. She somehow found time to also work on Aaron Spelling's soap "Sunset Beach.". He has a cocaine problem and drags Kelly into it. [2][3], Jason Priestley was the last actor to be cast for the show.[4][5]. She left the clothing store to get into public relations. She was friends with Jim and Cindy Walsh before the Malone family moved to Buffalo. Joe E. Tata portrays Nat Bussichio, (main, season 610; recurring, season 15), a former Hollywood character actor who is Brandon's boss and the owner and operator of the Peach Pit, a 1950s-styled diner where the gang always gathers. The two eventually reconcile. 1 or 2, I was flight attendant No. 144 Noah and Donna ended things for good after this, and he resumed heavy drinking until he was kidnapped and nearly killed. They remained a presence on the show with regular guest roles after Season 5, but were not regular characters themselves after a storyline where Jim received a promotion and huge raise in exchange for him and Cindy moving to the firm's offices in Cutro But in the first season, they this whole plan that Cindy was going to get a job and maybe Jim would lose his job, so you had the whole tension of the female breadwinner and the guy who's not making money. He was arrested for embezzlement at Kelly's lavish college graduation party, which he threw for her. These songsare now lost to time and remain only in memory. Nikki later became friends with the group, due to being partnered with Donna for the Senior Buddy project. [15] Later she accepted his help in getting a job at the Peach Pit, and soon after realized he was a nice guy who was good with her son. She was stunned to learn that Donna's father was actually her father as well, having had a drunken fling with her mother that was covered up. Tracy Gaylian appeared in 22 episodes. AKA When Dylan offered her a trip around the world, Brandon responding by proposing marriage, but she walked away from both offers. Episodes They didn't renew my contract in the spring of '95. I just didn't want to spend the rest of my life being associated with being 'the dad from 90210' not that that's so bad, it's a great thing, but I knew I needed to move on." His characterScott Scanlon met a horrific accidental death by gunshot, but we probably didn't realize why he and other actors were either bumped off or exiled to another zip code. In 90210, he returns as a recurring character and the boss of Dixon Wilson. The initial premise of the show was based on the adjustment and culture shock that twins Brandon ( Jason Priestley) and Brenda Walsh ( Shannen Doherty) experienced when they and their parents, Jim ( James Eckhouse) and Cindy ( Carol Potter ), moved from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Beverly Hills, California. John Martin appeared in 30 episodes, while Felice Martin appears in 41 episodes. Cindy is a smart, sweet, sensitive person. Throughout the show, Cindy and Jim have a steady relationship, an equal partnership in their parenting and a lot of romance and love for each other. Jim and Cindy are the parents of Brandon and Brenda Walsh and are mainly introduced as such. Who owned the Peach Pit on 90210? Its far more natural that he be hard-nosed and even a little irrational., I love it when Cindy gets mad! says Potter. Nobodys that nice., The Walshes of '90210' -- James Eckhouse and Carol Potter have gained respect from the show's teenage fans. . Throughout its decade-long run, the series had substantial cast changes. Beverly Hills, 90210premiered on FOX in 1990 and in the pilot, the Walsh twins Doherty's Brenda and Jason Priestley's Brendan moved from Minnesota to California with their parents Potter's. The character is often considered to be the moral center of the show (Priestley was the group's off-screen "quarterback"). Gina and Dylan soon began a sexual relationship, but Dylan's attentions toward Kelly made Gina angry and bereft. Jim and Cindy depart L.A. for Hong Kong on business in the summer of 1995, leaving their now-grown son Brandon whose sister had departed for England a year prior to live his life independently. Beverly Hills, 90210: The Official Magazine, For Joe E. Tata, Denise Dowse, and Jessica Klein, CAROL POTTER, Cindy Walsh, Beverly Hills 90210, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Originally, Cindy was supposed to start working after the Walshes arrived in L.A. and Jim was going to be out of work, to portray the conflict of her being the breadwinner. The finale of Beverly Hills, 90210 found David (Brian Austin Green) marrying Donna Martin, and The CWs 90210 left the relationships fate up in the air. They choose to completely get rid of them rather than make them give them a reduced role like they did the other actors parents to free up money in the budget to offer more money to the bigger stars like Jason and keep them happy. They reconciled late in the season as Jesse used his background as a Yale University graduate to get Andrea into the college and find a clerkship nearby. Jim and Cindy depart L.A. for Hong Kong on business in the summer of 1995, leaving their now-grown son Brandon whose sister had departed for England a year prior to live his life independently. Dylan's negligent New Age-following mother Iris (Stephanie Beacham) occasionally appears but lives in Hawaii.
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