Tuesday, September 13, 2011

90210: Up In Smoke

"Fasten your seat belts"

Tonight premiered the fourth season of 90210!!! We are no longer seeing the halls of West Beverly and are once again entering the buildings at CU. Some of the kids are going to college, and some are jumping into careers and family.


Naomi falls asleep on a plane and has a flashback to early that summer. Naomi and Max sit in the doctors office and contemplate being parents. They profess their love for each other and their determination to make things work. The doctor quickly informs them that it was a false positive. Max is joyful while Naomi begins to cry. Naomi then awakes and remembers what a bad memory it was. She later meets with the gang on the beach, and they celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of college. A now single Naomi hits on the captain of CU's football team to which he reminds her that she's now a freshman. She plans to buy a big party house and throw a big party to make a name for herself at CU. The girls go house shopping with Naomi who invites Annie, Ivy and Raj to move in with her. She finds the perfect house where she encounters a cowboy named Austin, the son of the man selling the house, but she mistakes him for a worker and offends him by threatening to get him fired if he stands in her way of buying the house. He causes his parents to up the price of the house and Naomi still purchases it. The next day she receives mail from Max but does not tell anyone. Ivy and Raj inform her that there is a pot garden at the guest house and she plans to use this to get Austin in trouble with his parents. At the party Naomi has everyone burn something that they wish to forget, but she is disappointed when a cop shows up after a noise complaint and orders her to put out the fire. Naomi has one last thing to burn before they put out the fire. Towards the end of the party she runs into a naked Austin who is bitter at her for getting him in trouble with his parents. The party comes to a halt when the police return since Naomi has not put out the fire. She sees Austin's pot and quickly throws it into the fire which causes it to  blow over all of the guest and the police. The cops arrest Naomi and walk her out of the party. She returns the next morning to see that Annie and Ivy found the letter from Max and they encourage her to read it. She begins to read it and confesses her false alarm pregnancy to her friends. She does not finish the letter and will not allow herself to be sad over getting her heart broken by Max. Annie saves the letter in case Naomi changes her mind someday.


Ivy and Raj are now living with Naomi and Ivy tries to get him to join in on Naomi's party. Raj is not feeling up to it but pushes Ivy to go without him as she has not left his side since the wedding and he does not want to drag he down. She returns later and tells him she had fun but her favorite part of the night is coming back to him.



Silver sees a picture of Adrianna from a magazine showing how she is trying to turn her life around and makes it clear that she hasn't forgiven her. Navid is excited to move in with Silver now that his family has moved to Switzerland. Now his sister shows up and wants to live in Beverly Hills with Navid so she can stay around her friends. Silver relates to Leila and welcomes her to their small home, however Leila is far from a friendly guest. Silver returns home the next day and thinks she has caught Leila with a boy, but is stunned when Adrianna walks out of her bathroom. Adrianna attempts to apologize but Silver throws her out. Silver stresses with trying to help Navid raise his bratty teenage sister. Navid is being annoyed by one of his father's old business associates who accuses Navid of ruining his family's life but Navid refuses to do the business that corrupted his father. At the party, Navid apologizes for the trouble he has caused her but Silver says that her problems are with Adrianna. Immediately after the two are shocked to see Adrianna show up at the party. Adrianna again attempts to apologize for switching her medications, trying to break up her and Navid, and ruining her chances at NYU. Silver informs her that she was about to commit suicide before Dixon tricked her into getting checked in, and she could be dead right now thanks to Adrianna. Silver informs Adrianna that she is "dead" to her and walks away.  The next day Navid berates Leila for befriending Adrianna and she lashes out at them. Silver offers to help her get through things as a small family but Leila apparently snuck out of the bathroom window.



Dixon has spent the summer as a DJ and had an amazing time but now finds out that Navid pranked him and caused him to be enrolled as a female and he is now living in the girls' dorm. Dixon is now homeless, but Navid


Annie sulks in the fact that she stayed home all summer in hopes that Liam would come back from her. Later she finds out that Marla's family is contesting the will and she might have to stay in Beverly Hills. She is shocked later when Liam shows up with an engagement ring. He tells her that he decided that he wants to be with her forever, but Annie is hurt that he never called her all summer. She tells him that she loves him but it's not enough. Liam stresses over finding a way to prove his love to Annie. At CU Annie meets an upperclassman named Jeremy who reminds her that sometimes when you lose things you want, you find things you didn't know you want. She then invites him to Naomi's party. At the party, Liam shows up with a huge romantic gesture and proposes to Annie in front of everyone but she turns him down. Annie wants to understand what could have happened to make him decide to be with her, but he leaves the party upset after being rejected. Liam drowns his sorrows in alcohol after the party. He wakes up the next morning to find that he purchased the little bar he was at while he was drunk.


Teddy is still preparing to come out to his father. He later chickens out and questions possibly writing him a letter instead. Silver pushes him to come out in person and do what is best for himself without being ashamed. As Teddy sits on an airplane the next day he leaves his father a message on his phone informing him that he is gay.

This episode was not as strong as the season 3 premiere but it gives a look into what we can expect from this season. It looks like they are all on journeys to grow up and find out what they want in life and love. It seemed like a bit of a lackluster decision to have Naomi with a false positive pregnancy. There was not as much excitement but we are left with many questions as to what happened over the summer, what is really going on now, and what will happen in their futures. This episode receives a B from us and here is to hoping that this will be an incredible season. Look for TV Teen Drama 101 to be doing recaps and reviews of every episode of 90210 this season!

Next Week's Episode: Rush Hour

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