Good Egg, Poor Plot
This week, we begin at the Wilson breakfast table where Dad delivers the bad news to Annie- her musical's director is out. Will the show go on? It will now thanks to Drunk Grandma. Thankfully for all of us, she is going to put off writing her memoir to take the position. Also, I guess the high school won't mind having some old lady off the street taking over their signature production.Looks like Dixon is late to the breakfast table. For a family that needed "bowling night" to bring the family together last week, they sure do have a lot of meals together. While enjoying his Fruit 'N Oats, Dad declares the family is having money issues. Smells like foreshadowing to me.
Next, we have to endure the Naomi Dad cheating storyline. This bores me to tears, so other than this bringing Naomi and her ex back together, which in turn ruins Annie's chances with him, I will move on.
Uh, oh. Looks like Dixon doesn't like paying attention, so he brushes up against a fellow West Beverly student's car while parking. He does $12 worth of damage to the other car's rearview mirror. Because of Dad's earlier speech about money, Dixon decides to forego insurance and pay for this out of his own pocket.
Meanwhile, the ever-popular Annie has to turn down Rich Ty because she already set up a date with Ethan. Methinks someone has bitten off more than she can chew.
On to the musical!! Drunk Grandma is none too pleased with what she sees. They must have 98% of the play perfectly ready to go, as we see the cast rehearse the same awful song several times over the episode. They can't seem to nail this number. Can't blame them, it is horrid.
Needing money to pay for the damage, Dixon applies for a job at the Peach Pit. Nat sits him down, tells him that he once hired a West Beverly student who was a "good, good egg". Way to go, Brandon. Good egg indeed.
Brenda Walsh then seems to clean up the musical mess, and Grandma loses her job. Back to the booze for her (I hope).
Brenda meets with Go Away Already Mr. Matthews, and they discuss song arrangements and Kelly Taylor. He again asks inappropriate questions, gets shot down by Brenda, then later causes a minor rift between her and Kelly. What is his deal? He acts like he has been dating Kelly for several years, yet they have only been out once. From this, we do learn that Dylan is the father of her baby, she is still in love with him, and he thinks helping orphans in Nicaragua is more important than his own son. Well done, Dylan.
Predictably, Annie mucks her dating life up by ditching Ty for Ethan, who stands her up when his mysterious couch-obsessed brother requires his full attention. With Naomi's help, of course.
Finally, Dixon pays off his debt, but working at the Pit has taken its toll. He gets an incomplete on a test, and I assume the lacrosse team is suffering as well. But Annie may have won Ty's heart, as she makes out with him in the hallway.
That's it for this week. Someone needs to start drinking or drugging soon, my interest is waning.
3 comments:
You nailed it, best one yet. I also enjoyed the fake driving scene with Silver and Dixon. The original 90210 had more realistic driving scenes. And I know you loved Annie and Ty walking into each other in the hallway. Dane Cook would be proud.
Dag-I forgot about the driving scene. Good call-that was as fake as it gets.
Couch brother is the worst actor in the history of mankind. I think the egg comment was Nat being racist. I want to eat all my meals at the Kansas family house. They have incredible spreads for every meal.
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