‘90210′ recap: ‘Wide Awake and Dreaming’
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Or, as I like to call it, the “Let’s Talk About Sex” episode.
And wasn’t it a good thing Ryan gave Harry the Cliffs Notes version of what “Spring Awakening” is about?
Otherwise, we would have completely missed those heavy-handed parallels between what was going on onstage—those crazy 1891 kids!—and what was going on among our apparently dumb-as-rocks characters. (And I know Harry is new on the job and all, but shouldn’t the principal at least know the general premise of the school musical, especially given that his own daughter is in it?)
So it was pretty much all about S-E-X last night—and to paraphrase Annie—it was treated basically like an after-school special. Sex before you’re ready is bad, bad, bad! It can lead to physical AND emotional consequences, like a son you never knew about until you were, like, 45. Not to mention that instead of harassing Annie, Harry should maybe start lecturing Dixon on how he shouldn’t use a condom that’s been in his wallet for four years. (Although I was pretty psyched that he and Silver hooked up.)
Anyway. We get it. And we get that Ethan is hung up on Annie, even though he’s still with Naomi. Uh, what high school boy would actually give another girl flowers in front of his girlfriend, especially one as bitchy as Naomi? I swear, I can’t figure that girl out: She’s got more personalities than Sybil.
But Ethan got his wish: Annie didn’t have sex with Ty Collins—which, for some reason, everyone keeps referring to as Ty Collins, as if there are 5 other Tys on the show, and makes me think of Tom Collins every time they say it.
Still, is Ty really the player Ethan says he is?
Adrianna, that little minx, got revenge for having Annie replace her in the musical, due to the fact she was coked up to her eyeballs. She hadn’t really had sex with Ty when Annie showed up at his hotel room, ready to lose her virginity! He wasn’t really in the shower! Jeez, that girl really is a good actress, even when she’s high. If her pushy mom-ager had brought those agents around for that little scene, she’d have been a shoe-in for the next Scorsese film.
Speaking of drugs, could Brenda and the adult gang have BEEN more wishy-washy about Adrianna’s obvious problem? When Ryan finally got around to asking Brenda point-blank if she thought Adrianna was using—after a horribly painful and boring conversation with her and Kelly—Brenda’s all, “Sigh. I don’t think so.”
Girl, you’re an actress! You haven’t seen anyone high before? A second-grader could have figured it out. Maybe she can’t prove it, but at least acknowledge that you’re pretty sure, but don’t know what to do about it.
Anyway, our sad little tale ends with Annie coming home early from what was supposed to be one of the best nights of her life, putting on a brave face for Mom and Dad, and then crying her eyes out on the floor of her room.
But not before she lectures the too-cool-for-school Ethan and Naomi about how she can’t be as casual about sex as they are—and they actually look guilty. Any other real-life teenager would have been like, “Whatever. Thanks for oversharing.”
So what’s in store for next week? Why, Brenda Walsh’s last appearance, that’s what! (Unless the show—fingers crossed—locks in Shannen Doherty for a few more guest spots.)
Now that the school musical is over—and thank God, because if I had to hear “Mamma Who Bore Me” one more time, I was going to slit my throat—we’re moving on to a fashion show! Which is, of course, destined to be a disaster.
Oh, and Annie and Adrianna get paired up on a class assignment.
Can you say, awkward?
(Photos courtesy of the CW)
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I cannot get into this new 90210. The networks and producers should stop trying to resurrect old shows and cjust create new ones. 90210 is old and while I would love to check out what Kelly and Brenda are doing decades later, it’s just boring. They had their time. I like Kelly when she was in “What I Like About You” with Amanda Bynes anyway.