Wildfire

Mark here...we're on to the next episode of Beverly Hills 90210 Season 2.  I made us a variation of Jamie Oliver's Potato Latke Breakfast.  I substituted sausage for smoked fish and arugula for watercress.  Laurel made us Orange Aperol Sun cocktails that are fantastic and have the perfect color for a brunch cocktail!

On to the episode!  Emily Valentine shows up!  This adds a bit of excitement.  The summer episodes were a bit of a slog, aside from the camping trip and so Emily definitely adds some spice to the group.  She shows up in bad girl attire on her motorcycle and instantly makes dates with Dylan AND Brandon.  Clearly she's a slut according to the girls, who behave like a trio out of the movie Heathers.  Anyway, turns out Emily isn't a slut and just wants to make friends...although we're a little skeptical, she could tell Brenda was upset at her dating Dylan before she knew everything.  The girls make up and we're forced to endure perhaps the worst rendition of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do".   One funny note is Andrea's pained reaction every time Emily shows up and peaks Brandon's interest.

Plotline 2 involves Scott (who we forgot about) from Season 1 showing up for the first day of school. He and David were friends, but David has become cool, and Scott has become, frankly, crazy.  Yes, apparently a summer in Oklahoma can turn you gun crazy.  I can't say I'm surprised.  It's also not the least bit subtle as Scott now wears a cowboy hat to school every day and listens to country...obviously a cry for help...

Hey Laurel here...not much to add except if Emily is trying to make friends maybe she shouldn't date the same girl's brother and boyfriend her first 2 nights in town!  Oh, and date two guys back to back nights who are best friends!

This episode is chock full of great outfits!  The style award for me is a toss up between Brenda's (men's) shirt and tie first day of school outfit and Emily Valentine's lacy bike shorts/leather daddy hat/pearls ensemble she wear to preform the aforementioned torturous rendition of "breaking up is hard to do".

I think our cocktail moment was anytime David and Scott refer to guns, the sat of which is when David says to Scott "Hey man, ease up with the guns ok?"  Not enough David, not enough.

Our favorite quote is a Brenda gem...Emily Valentine tells the girls that her mom has scheduled her an appointment at the Gynocologist to get some birth control pills.  Apparently her older sisters have had to make some hard choices.  Later when Brenda sees Emily in the hall they get into a little tif which Brenda ends by saying "Have a GREAT time at the gynecologist" and storms off.  Way to burn her Brenda!