Summer Storm

Mark here...This episode was called "Summer Storm"...a slight uptick in terms of plot line from the last two.  Dylan's dad is arrested and at the same time he hurts himself in a surfing accident.  Cindy Walsh offers to let him stay at their house while he recuperates.  Brenda, having broken up with Dylan but still having feelings for him, handles this with poise and grace.  By that I mean she freaks out every chance she gets and yells at everyone! Its hard to understand why Dylan even likes her at this point?  All she does is tease him?  She's hot then she pulls away?  And this is after they've had sex?  I mean, I get that we're supposed to think that girls don't like sex...but they do!

Meanwhile Kelly makes a new boyfriend on the beach in cutie Kyle...but something's different about Kyle!  He asks Kelly on a date and then Kelly promptly decides to go skinny dipping.  Kyle is freaked out and is like "put those away!"...not really, but he pretty much screams gay.  By the end of the episode he confesses his confusion to Kelly.  I said, boy Kelly handled that really well.  At which point laurel said to me, she's just relieved that's why he turned her down!


Hey Laurel here...Also this episode Dylan's dad gets arrested for income tax evasion or something.  We see a flashback of Dylan's dad at the beach club, playing with Dylan in the water and picking him up over the waves...Dylan says "Don't drop me Daddy" and his dad says "I'll never drop you son, I'll always be here for you."  Liar!  Poor Dylan.

Also noticeable is that Dylan remembers this flashback after he breaks into his old cabana (where someone else now rents) and sleeps on the couch there.  Brandon finds him in the morning, and they walk away from  the cabana without closing the door or putting any evidence of Dylan's break in away.  I guess they are just going to wait for the renters to show up and freak out.  Seems reasonable.

We don't have an official cocktail moment for this episode, but I definitely took a big swig when we see Donna doing Shakespeare in a bikini.

Official quote...  Brenda says about her behavior in regards to Dylan staying at the Walsh house..."To be a bitch, or not to be a bitch, that is the question".  Um, I think we all know the answer to that question Brenda.

Style awards go to....Kelly's mom!  and Steve!  and Donna!  Kelly's mom for her sweet beach outfit, a purple bikini topped with a cray technicolor shirt.  Donna for her equally technicolor dress, that I would totally buy from forever 21 today if they had it for $28 or less.  And Steve for his jogging on the beach ensemble.  Nothing like a half shirt on a dude.