Eat Sh*t, West Beverly
The second hour opens with Annie and Silver at what appears to be an incredibly dull beach party. Ethan is surfing in the middle of the night for some reason, and Annie is glad she can now apologize for ruining his already ruined relationship. They almost make out, but don't, and Annie heads home for the night.
Looks like West Beverly's rivals did it again, totally destroying the main hall in the high school. Smashing trophy cases, covering the walls with vulgar graffiti, and ripping and tearing everything in sight. All for a lacrosse rivalry. This isn't Syracuse High School, this is West Beverly. I don't even think schools west of Buffalo have lacrosse teams, but when West Beverly and Palisades Hall get together, all bets are off! While waiting for cleanup and repairs for the $1.7 million dollars of damage done by Palisades...oh, wait, West Beverly is back to normal in less than 10 minutes. That was fast.
Dixon and the rest of the lacrosse team vow revenge, but how? While playing a primitive video game circa 1982 with his creepy friend, drunk grandma stumbles in and shares an old family secret: Dad once let a bunch of pigs loose on a rival's lacrosse field. How spicy!
Luckilly, Dixon's creep sidekick has a father in the porn business, which somehow means he has hogs available for pranks.
Meanwhile, Annie is being whisked away to San Francisco for a dinner date with some dude she just met. I smell trouble.
Yep, drunk grandma has been in a terrible accident! And according to Annie's date, Ty, you can't get cell phone messages in flight. Who knew? Thanks, Ty.
When Annie finally arrives at home, drunk grandma is laughing hysterically with Ethan's grandmother in bed. She was in an accident, right? No evidence of this, but it allows Ethan to show up to attempt to woo Annie. Annie sure is popular for a marginally attractive Kansas transplant in rich, attractive Beverly Hills.
Dixon's father discovers his prank, and after some long back-and-forth, he is kicked off the team for the 3rd time. Or is he? I think he is, but maybe there won't be a team anyway? Who knows? Why do I care so much? Where am I?
To wrap things up, there is a throw away scene with Brenda Walsh, Kelly Taylor, and Tata, which could have easily been deleted with no effect on anything, and Dixon and Annie's Mom discovers that her husband has a child with another woman, which she seems to not care about, so I won't either.
That closes the pilot episode. Until next week...
3 comments:
Good summary. Nice work. Sue Ellen Ewing is alive! This principal couldn't have more conflicts of interest. He apparently dated Kelly Taylor, fathered a child with the mother of one of his daughter's friends, and he has already had to deal with Dixon's fighting and pranks and Annie's cheating with Naomi. Has a simple book report every received so much attention? Wow, Brenda looked rough. Was Kelly talking to Dylan on the phone in the bedroom? Is that Dylan's kid?
Dag, I forgot about the book report. Cheating is my favorite teen show plot device. I hope it is Dylan's kid, and he shows up all drunk and violent.
Do you think this will inspire a new saved by the bell with screech as a teacher who ends up making porntapes with his students and high jacks the debate team and convinces them to go into stand up comedy and they do these crazy School of Rock type escapades in seedy comedy clubs with Carrot Top and Galagher cameos giving life wisdom and telling stories of the hardships a life of standup comedy and then carrot top and screech have a falling out and get into a Mixed Martial Arts styley cage match to benefit homeless children?
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