90210: “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat” & “The Porn King”
2009 October 1
Photo Credit: Michael Desmond/THE CW ©2009 The CW Network. All Rights Reserved.
Read on for my thoughts on the last two episodes of 90210, 2×03 & 2×04:
I didn’t bother to write a recap last week, as I was late in watching the episode, and had so much other TV to cover. However, I feel like talking 90210, so I’m going to combine the last two episodes into one post. I would also like to note that TPTB really need to come up with new titles for these episodes. Preferably something that will not cause tags that attract people searching for porn to my site. First “To Sext or Not to Sext,” & now, “The Porn King”? Seriously? Come up with better titles, please. OK? Thanks. Moving on, I’ve divided up my thoughts by character. As always, your comments are much appreciated.
- Naomi: She’s been dealing with the fall-out from sending the “sext,” which, as it turns out, is not much fall-out at all. Adrianna and Silver forgave her, and Annie still hates her, so it’s pretty much more of the same. Waste of a plot-line. Also, she still doesn’t know that Jen was the one who slept with Liam—egged on, in fact, by Annie’s blatant lie to the contrary. Thus, Naomi is still a victim of multiple lies and manipulations, though somewhat less so. In the latest episode, Jen came clean to her sister about having been married, and about being broke—but not about the sex with her sister’s boyfriend. Jen has also repeatedly steered her little sis away from repairing things with Liam, but their reunion is inevitable, so I’m not worried.
- Jen: As I noted above, Jen is still manipulating her sister. Liam found out about some of the gold-digging skeletons in her closet, and forced her hand. Thus she came clean to Naomi about her failed marriage, and her money issues. However, she played the victim card, and managed to get Naomi to forgive her. I don’t trust her one bit. Also, she is still stringing along the poor teacher, all in order to land the rich guy. Her reign of terror may be soon over, however, as Liam managed to record an incriminating conversation. Lets just hope this plot-line is better than the “sext” faux fiasco.
Photo Credit: Jaimie Trueblood/THE CW ©2009 The CW Network. All Rights Reserved.
- Liam: In addition to dealing with the Clark sisters, Liam has his hands full with his home situation. Papa Kent, his new step-dad, is not a fan of the Ryan Atwood wannabe, and the tension between them continues to boil. Liam’s mom is not much help, as she seems to side with her husband, most of the time. I wouldn’t mind seeing more of his family dynamic. What’s the story about his dad? How bad were his bad-boy tendencies pre-West Beverly?
- Adrianna: The return of her ex-boyfriend Teddy is causing all sorts of problems for the girl. Looks like her attempt to be “No Drama Adrianna” is failing. First she has to deal with Navid’s over-blown jealousy. Then she has to deal with the fact that perhaps that jealousy wasn’t so irrational, as she begins to find herself attracted to Teddy (God knows why!?!?). In the latest episode, she gave into her attraction and kissed him. Uh oh. Also, Silver totally saw, so I’m sure the secret will come out. Poor Navid … if I cared about him. Also, she is involved in a subplot involving an acting job. It seems that her agent will drop her if she doesn’t show up for a TV audition. Navid disapproves, as she’s still recovering from her drug abuse problem and the pregnancy. Adrianna doesn’t want her agent to drop her, so she ends up going to the audition. Navid is upset, which makes Adrianna upset, who turns to Teddy (blech, and see above). Then she feels guilty, so she turns down the part and finally sleeps with Navid. What a great message to be sending to young girls, 90210. I hope that my sarcasm here is blatantly legible, because ICK!
- Navid: Speaking of Adrianna’s boyfriend, he’s been rather pointless lately. They need to give him his own storyline. He is basically just the jealous and clueless boyfriend right now. Also, the guy who’s stupid enough to lend Dixon his Ferrari.
- Dixon: Dixon, after being completely pointless himself, has finally got an interesting storyline. He’s not really the interesting part though, as it is his new crush Sasha who brings the fun to his storyline. Sasha is the only together character on this show right now. Her only problem is that she’s too gullible. She and Dixon met at a pizza place, then Teddy’s yacht, and then 2 seconds later they were over-nighting in wine country. Sash is much older than Dixon, and much more mature, so Dixon lies to her. Great plan. I liked her comment about high schoolers, as I remember that oblivious feeling very well: “Dumb as dirt. Thought I knew everything, but really knew nothing.” (Disclaimer: If you’re related to me, or a reader of this blog, and you’re in high school, you’re clearly the exception. You’re a genius.) Sasha pretty much exactly described Dixon. The couple gets a flat tire, leading Sasha to discover the trunk full of porn—hence the ridiculous title of this episode. In case you forgot, Navid, the owner (or rather the son of the owner) of the Ferrari, is the son of an actual “Porn King.” Hence the trunk’s contents. Instead of telling Sasha the truth, Dixon decides to lie. Stupid boy. He just went a long way towards proving Sasha’s speech correct. Somehow, Dixon convinces the woman not to dump him, but she is still a bit suspicious. This is not aided when she and a friend drive by Dixon’s house: “Who is that white woman? And why is she hugging your boyfriend?” He’ll have to find an excuse to prove he wasn’t cheating, or admit that he still lives with his mom. I would imagine that either way spells disaster.
- Gia: Despite Rumer Willis’s awesome character name, she has not done much worth blogging about yet. She works on the paper. That is all.
- Annie: She has some new admirers, and doesn’t seem to be ostracized anymore. I’m a bit confused as to why people aren’t still mad, but whatever. The homeless man, whom she ran over, donated $100,000 to West Beverly. Also, he has a nephew, who seems to have his eye on Annie. Annie spent the whole episode crying over a guy she supposedly didn’t know, so the kid is suspicious—as he should be. Also, I’m surprised that Annie, being a “good girl,” has not yet broken down and admitted her guilt. How can she stand maintaining this terrible secret? Guess she’s not so “good” after all.
- Teddy: I don’t really want to write about him, because he’s dumb. However, he made fun of homelessness to Silver, and he kissed a girl with a serious boyfriend, so he’s making friends and influencing people wherever he goes.
Next week: It’s one of those public service announcement episodes. Naomi goes green! Hehe.
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