Hey, I’m a big fan of the ragin’ high school party episode that always seem to be a staple of teen dramedies like ‘90210.’

And honestly, the kids from West Beverly kind of did me proud last night.

I mean, no one delivered an instantly classic line like “Welcome to the O.C., bitch.” Nor did anyone get as out of control as the original series’ Brandon Walsh, who crashed his car and spent a night in jail. Not to mention that I couldn’t help but wonder why there wasn’t any drug use going on, considering WBH is supposed to have such a terrible problem that an undercover sting operation is necessary.

Still, there were plenty of hook-ups and tequila—although most of that was consumed by Annie, who got drunk for the very first time.

As much as I hate to say it, Shenae Grimes actually handled the standard “drunk scene” pretty well: She didn’t even go overboard with the required puke-in-front-of-your-boyfriend moment. (And I couldn’t help but think that the reason the show had Naomi stay relatively sober is because they’ve finally realized the acting limitations of AnnaLynn McCord: Could her stomping-down-the-hall dismissal of Harry have been more awful?)

But why did country bumpkin Annie feel the need to get so plastered? (And seriously, having Annie think Jimmy Choo was Chinese food? Please. She’s from Kansas, not Mars.) Well, Harry started out the episode by telling the kids about his long-lost son, who Naomi’s mom—Harry’s high school girlfriend—gave up for adoption.

Dixon takes the news fairly well, but Annie is freaked. So when Silver invites her for a sleepover along with Naomi and Adrianna, Annie’s all in. (BTW, how mad do you think Kelly’s going to be when she gets home?)

Of course, that simple sleepover turned into a wild night with half the student body.

Adrianna and Navid nearly have sex, although that’s interrupted when Navid realizes that she’s only doing it to pay him back for financing her stay in rehab. (P.S.? Probably not a good idea to attend an insane party on your very first day out of the program…)

They made up later though, once Adrianna explains that she’s just not used to nice guys. Especially those who spend hours sorting gourmet jellybeans to find her favorite popcorn flavor—which I personally found more creepy than endearing.

Ethan and Annie hooked up on the down-low, too. Silver managed to divert Naomi from finding them out, and I’ve realized I’m already tired of this let’s-keep-our-relationship-secret business. Luckily, it looks like that’ll be blowing up in their faces next week, considering Naomi spotted them smooching in a classroom the next day at school.

Poor Naomi. Just when she was starting to trust again. It even seems to have stopped her from starting something good with Detention Boy Ozzie—that cute phone call of hers was unfortunately interrupted. And it seems so has her vow to be honest and up front with people.

What else? Well, Ryan got temporarily suspended from school (and I’d be quite happy if he was suspended from this show altogether).

Ryan and Kimberly the narc got caught getting into his car together by none other than drug dealer George. Who I’m convinced is the love child of the albino religious freak from “The DaVinci Code” and Edie’s new weirdo husband on “Desperate Housewives.”

So the deal is that no one can know Kimberly’s a cop, so Harry had to seem like he was disciplining Ryan to keep up appearances.

That’s when I found myself going, “Yeah!,” in agreement with Harry when Ryan started going off on how this could still hurt his career, etc. It’s like, dude, how about taking some responsibility for your own poor decisions: You KNOW someone’s going to see you when half the sophomore class is stumbling outside a party wasted.

Speaking of Harry, did anyone else think that he was remarkably calm considering he had to carry his drunk 15-year-old daughter home in puke-covered boots? And it wasn’t very responsible for a principal to just boot a bunch of intoxicated kids out on the road: Silver was the one who stepped up to volunteer that she’d confiscated keys and called cabs for people.

Anyway, the kids get the opportunity to party again next week at Annie’s Sweet 16—which, thanks to a revenge plot by Naomi—gets a wee bit dramatic. And the best part? Kelly Taylor’s back from her trip to visit Dylan!

Who, according to next week’s trailer, still has the same sideburns…AWESOME.

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