90210: Labor Pains and Meltdowns

90210:
"One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer"


The first season of the second incarnation of 90210 bowed out with an entertaining episode. There was a lot going on, but I liked that the episode didn't seem to bite off more than it could chew (unlike the Gossip Girl finale, IMO). This episode of 90210 well-paced and no storylines felt overdone nor shafted. It also packed an emotional punch (Adrianna's decision about the baby) and some fireworks (Naomi reaming out Annie) and some comic relief (Mr. and Mrs. Wilson on pot). The episode also laid some interesting ground work for next season. As in, can we pleeeeeeease see Annie go to jail?

I also like the episode's title, because it's so ominous ;-)

Highlights and my observations:

• Jen: "You had me at trust issues."
• Tell her, Naomi.
• Naomi: "You look really, really good. Like a model. Like a really, really short model. Or a regular model standing in the distance."
• How dare this nurse sass Navid! Doesn't she know how rich he is?
• HA HA! The entertainment at post prom is a (dorky) a cappella group. These guys are funny. And this party is pathetic.
• So, one student goes into labor and all the chaperones leave the post-prom party?
• Bet Annie's glad she and Naomi became friends again just in time for her to have to clean up Naomi's house for her.
• Really, Dixon? When Silver's across the room, you miss her? Which is why you've been standing here complaining about her for the last 15 minutes?
• Brenda was supposed to be here for the birth of Adrianna's baby? I'd forgotten that.
• Whoa, that C-section decision was made really fast. Especially since the doctors didn't seem to be paying much attention to Adrianna at all before they made that determination.
• Liam's drawing of Annie is not very flattering.
• Ok, good. Ad and the baby girl are both ok.
• Ha ha ha! Mr. Wilson forgot what Annie's name is. Yes, it was because the brownies were laced with pot, but it's funny nevertheless.
• Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are a lot funnier when they're stoned than they normally are.
• I'm guessing post prom's about to get a whole lot wilder if the a cappella group ate some of the pot brownies.
• Poor Ethan. All he gets to do on his prom night is talk about Silver and Dixon's relationship.
• Hold on. What were Dixon and Ethan doing that led to them exchanging clothes?!
• Debbie: "Should I call one or should I put on the list to call one?"
• Debbie: "The nerds had pot brownies!"
• Oh, shut up, Jen! If you're going to mooch off your little sister, you should at least not actively try to ruin her life as well.
• Brenda! Dressed like Cleopatra!
• Oh, crap, they never showed us Adrianna playing Cleopatra! I really wanted to see that!
• Is Brenda really here or is this a figment of Adrianna's anaesthetic-tainted mind? Because Brenda is acting really strangely.
• Oh dear, Jim Walsh is dying? How come no one else seems to know about this? Wouldn't Kelly know?
• Brenda: "Have you met my dragon?"
  Ok, that confirmed that this is a dream sequence.
  
• Wow, Ethan needs to dial his Silver adoration the hell down. This is not the way make the poor kid act in his last episode.
  
• No wonder Ethan leaves after this debacle. Dixon's being mean.
  
• Hey, pretty boy actually showed up to sign the father's consent form. Aww, and he said thank you to Navid. That was nice.
  
• Ha! Liam's shocked face when he found out that Jen is Naomi's sister was pretty hilarious. I'm relieved that he actually does realize that hooking up with Naomi's sister was crossing a line. I wasn't sure if that behavior is cool with bad boys or not.
  
• BTW, how old is Liam? Why does Jen sleep with so many teenage boys? (She said she already slept with Ethan...before he slept with Naomi...and they are only 16 or 17 now...so, what, Jen slept with him when he was 15 and she was like 20? Eeew. Let's not think about this too much.)
  
• Whoa, everyone's turning on Annie. And it's kind of awesome. And now she's exploding in an extremely overly dramatic fashion. There were no Emmy nominees in that scene.
  
• Brenda adopted a little Chinese girl! That's great.
  
• So, um, how weird is it that Adrianna's dream sequence included that stuff about Brenda's dad (who is apparently actually fine)? I mean, his full name was on the door to his hospital room--how would Adrianna know that? (It was somehow in her subconsciousness.)
  
• Oh, what are they trying to do to me? Now they're playing "The Funeral" by Band of Horses while Adrianna gives up her baby! I'm going to be bawling in 10 seconds.
  
• Ha ha ha, Liam is being forcibly hauled off to wilderness boot camp! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't amused by this turn of events.
  
• Annie's pulling an epic Marissa Cooper impression. (I know Marissa was drunk often, but I don't recall her drinking while driving, so I guess Annie's taking it a step further here.)
  
• OMG, what did Annie just run over? And who was in the car that pulled up behind her? (Why'd we get a close-up of the license plate? Was that supposed to mean something to me and I wasn't paying enough attention?)
  

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