Week #3

I think we all know there is only one word to sum that properly sums this episode up ------Dylan. Yes, Dylan McKay is back. As I wrote last week, he was the most likely suitor to be Sammie’s father and sure enough he is. Looks like Kelly had another “one night in Mexico” with him, sometime in 2004. The fact that the news came out of Brenda’s mouth made this even more enjoyable. We have not had a Brenda, Kelly, Dylan love triangle since 1993, down the block from Casa Walsh (more on Casa Walsh later) when Brenda told both Kelly and Dylan that she hates them both and never wants to talk to either of them after she is told about Kelly and Dylan’s relations during the summer she was away in Paris. It was often eluded to that Dylan and Brenda reconnected in London after Dylan left Beverly Hills when his wife Toni died. For Steve’s 21st birthday party hosted by Claire’s friend the Prince on the Queen Mary, David and Donna had sent Brenda and e-mail requesting a video bday wish to steve but received a delivery from Brenda’s address in London but signed by Dylan. The tone in Brenda’s voice last night when speaking of Dylan, she referred to the situation as complicated to Ryan, indicating to me that she is still somewhat involved with Dylan (or maybe I am hoping) and the greatest love triangle in tv history continues…… it has been way too long, I am beyond excited for Dylan’s physical return. He will return to Beverly Hills, he has before. He is actually the only one to return to Beverly Hills. Brenda, Brandon, Jim and Cindy Walsh, Valerie, Gina they never returned, but Dylan did. This show was made on the Dylan and Brenda relationship. We all liked Brandon and steve and Kelly, even Donna, but we were fans of Dylan. We felt his pain when his father’s car blew up, we felt his animosity towards Mr. Walsh when he was dating Brenda, we felt his anger when he saw Kelly and Brandon together at Donna’s Ball (“My Best Man and My Best Girl”), we sympathized with him as he held his dead wife in his arms in the rain in the middle of the street, when he left Beverly Hills we said goodbye with the hopes that we would meet again. When he returned it was more than just an old friend coming home, this was Dylan McKay, we looked up to him, he was COOL, at a time when we didn’t know what cool was. He always said the coolest things (in response to Brandon after he found out about his relationship with Kelly and Brandon said “are you sure you want to burn those bridges bro” Dylan said quite possibly the coolest thing ever ---“may the fire that burns those bridges be my guiding light”) he always did the coolest things (pretty much anything he did with Gina and their relationship and all the times he saved one of his friends because he “had been there before” (flushing David’s drugs down the toilet, bailing Noah and Nat out of financial troubles)).

A few random thoughts from last night’s episode

-Donna Martin graduates!! Great reference to best BH 90210 episode ever
-someone pointed this out to me earlier today, I did not catch it but Ethan’s home is possibly Casa Walsh. That infamous front room where so much went down. Lori Loughlin was on a fantasy football podcast earlier this week and was asked why the Wilsons are always at the dining room table. Her answer was that the entire set has not been built and that is the only part of Casa Wilson that was built, so if Casa Walsh was never destroyed quite possibly it is ethan’s home unless of course Steve and Janice still reside there.
-Dixon works for Nat at the Peach Pit this makes him like Brandon you would think. But he is going to start dating Silver who is the Dylan of the show. A clever hybrid of the two, same for his sister Annie who wants to be an actress you would think she is like Brenda, but she is clearly the moral conscience of the show ala Brandon. In other comparisons Naomi is the Steve Sanders –spoiled rich kid and Ethan is Kelly Taylor --- the coolest in the school who wants to do right but has a bit of a reputation.
-interesting dynamics to the show is the 3 generations the story lines will go ---- the kids in high school, the young adults (Kelly, Brenda, Ryan etc.) and the parents of the kids in HS. The OC tried to cover 2 generations – the kids and the parents and the original was mainly just the kids. If there is not a story line to lori loughlin I will be disappointed.
-when Dylan finally returns and pisses both Brenda and Ryan off as only Dylan can do, how soon does he start screwing Naomi’s mother who will finally leave her husband?

For those of you who know me, know what a big fan I am of Dylan McKay. Often when making tough life decisions I find myself asking what would Dylan do (WWDD)? He is definitely top 3 in my book possibly top 2. I get that excited just by the mention of his name, no less than by Brenda Walsh. I am beyond ecstatic for the impending return of Dylan McKay. I remember I once watched an episode of that stupid sitcom Jennie Garth did, “What I Like About You” on the CW or WB before the merger just because Dylan was guest starring and would be in a scene with Kelly Taylor. And now you are telling me he may be in scenes with both Brenda and Kelly. I am beside myself, I am out of my mind …… be back in 5 minutes.

The weekly e-mail started at 2, grew to 4 the next week and is now 6, welcome newcomers. It has been suggested by multiple fellow 9-0ers, that we turn this into a blog so there can be comment sharing and whatever else blogs do. I guess I am old fashion I don’t blog and I don’t even do the facebook thing. My response to the blogging was not to get ahead of ourselves and lets make it a year and get picked up for season 2. I am mean what are Ian Zeiring, Jason Preistly, Brian Austin Green and tori spelling doing that they cannot join the cast. Not only did this show make all of their careers it will most likely be the only significant contribution to Hollywood. They are not bigger than the show, get on board. This should have been the longest running evening soap/drama and should have never ended to begin with.

Till next week

Jeff