David tells Brandon about Kelly and Allison, and Brandon humiliates Kelly with his drunken ramblings. Brandon plans to give in to Valerie. The police pull over Brandon and arrest him…
Jim and Cindy leave for Hong Kong. Kelly wants to continue her relationship with Brandon, but he cannot get over the rejected marriage proposal. Steve and Donna head to Palm…
Dylan asks Kelly to join him on a trip around the world. Valerie sees the tickets in Kelly’s room and tells Brandon. Brandon counters with a marriage proposal, and Kelly…
Kelly becomes depressed after making the cover of Seventeen, as she fears that she will never regain her past looks. Steve and Jackie try to convince her to continue her…
Jesse moves in with a reluctant Dylan and gets on his nerves. Valerie, unaware of Jesse’s presence, drops by Dylan’s house while babysitting Hannah. Jesse jumps to conclusions and assumes…
As a class project, David and Clare plan to film a documentary about an eclectic group of roommates. When the subjects back out, David and Clare decide to impersonate them,…
Lenny is released, as he has an alibi and the victim (an acquaintance) clears him. He confesses to David that he served time for sexual assault; he may have taken…
Valerie buys the Peach Pit After Dark from Rush. She threatens to fire Ray unless he resumes their relationship. Ray refuses to give in and decides to go on tour….
Finley pushes Kelly to end her relationship with Brandon, but she cannot go through with it. She later dumps him during a confrontation at Finley’s new headquarters, and Brandon reluctantly…
Kelly alienates her friends as she becomes more deeply involved with Finley’s cause. Brandon writes an editorial supporting Finley in the hopes of getting back into Kelly’s good graces. The…
Dylan asks Brandon to join him on a motorcycle road trip before he begins his probation and loses his driver’s license. They constantly argue about Kelly and nearly call off…
Steve succeeds in eluding his community service assignment at a retirement home; but reconsiders after encountering Saul Howard, a famous actor who worked on Samantha’s sitcom. Saul is a vibrant…
Emily flies back from Paris to attend a seminar at La Jolla. She asks Brandon to meet her at the airport, claiming to have just a four-hour layover. She actually…
Jim gets Brandon tickets to the Rolling Stones’ Rose Bowl concert, but a hearing to determine the legality of his presidency is moved to the night of the concert. Jesse…
Episode Title: Rock of Ages (a.k.a. The Voodoo That You Do So Well)
Kelly smells marijuana in Valerie’s room, but Brandon asks her to give Val the benefit of the doubt. Steve convinces Nat and Dylan to let him organize a two-night rave…
Brandon has difficulty coming to grips with Josh’s death. Kelly tries to support him, but fears that they are drifting apart. Alex tells Brandon that he is contesting his presidency….
Brandon must make a speech at the campus debates when Josh fails to show because of car trouble. He is such a success that the duo’s campaign takes off. Alex…
Brenda decides to stay in London for the entire year. Valerie Malone, the daughter of the Walshes’ good friends, comes to live with them. Her father has just committed suicide….
Episode Title: What I Did on My Summer Vacation and Other Stories
Brenda wins the lead, much to the amazement of those who saw her audition. Steve starts a rumor that Brenda slept with Roy. Dylan is the only person who completely…
Acclaimed director Roy Randolph comes to C.U. to work on the campus production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Brenda plans to try out for the lead role, and…
Brandon’s car breaks down, and he and Steve step into a gay coffeehouse to call a tow truck. Mike Ryan, the president of Steve’s fraternity, mistakenly believes that the duo…
Brenda calls Dylan from jail in the hopes of keeping her arrest a secret, but he is forced to tell her parents. Brenda’s friends avoid her out of fear of…
Brenda and Donna attend an animal rights rally, and are crestfallen when the university refuses to suspend animal testing. After Rocky dies of cancer, Brenda becomes involved with a small…
Brandon and Kelly attend a weekend retreat. The chancellor’s teenage daughter Clare develops a crush on Brandon. Brandon confesses his affair with Lucinda to Kelly. Brandon and Kelly realize they…
Despite an appeal from Rose, Andrea’s parents refuse to support her decision to marry. Jesse makes one final plea, and the Zuckermans arrive at the civil ceremony at the last…
Kelly finds drugs in David’s bedroom. She moves in with Dylan and takes Donna with her. Howard fires David from the radio show and orders him to find a new…
David begins seeing a psychiatrist and tries to make amends with Donna. He tries to take time off from his radio show, but Steve proves to be completely incompetent as…
The Walshes plan to spend the holidays in Hawaii, but their plane experiences mechanical problems. They are forced to fly back to Los Angeles and make an emergency landing. Dylan…
Episode Title: Somewhere in the World It's Christmas
Steve tells Laura that he cannot see her again because he has a girlfriend. During the activities for Take Back the Night Week, she concludes that she was a victim…
Professor Randall and Lucinda invite Brandon and D’Shawn over for dinner. Steve tries to avoid the smitten Laura. Mr. and Mrs. Carson plan to turn Brenda and Stuart’s wedding into…
Jim and Cindy are shocked when Brenda returns from Minnesota. Brandon considers moving out because he can no longer use Brenda’s bedroom as a rec room. Brenda announces that she…
Kelly stops attending her eating disorder group because the girls with more severe cases unnerve her. Kelly wins “”Most Beautiful”” in the senior poll, while Dylan is “”Most Handsome.”” Kelly…
Kelly continues to starve herself and abuse diet pills, and becomes extremely irritable. She freaks out and screams at a potential buyer for the house. Kelly believes that her friends…
Iris flies in from Hawaii, and Dylan and Jack try to soften her up to convince her to approve the dissolution of the trust. She is leery of Jack’s motives,…
Two talking stars narrate an account of the gang’s events during the week before Christmas. Brenda, Kelly and Dylan decide to be friends, but the arrangement falls apart after both…
Brandon finds Jack Canner (the homeless vet he met at the beach club) rummaging through the dumpster behind the Peach Pit. He takes him home for Thanksgiving dinner, but Canner…
Gil is relieved of his duties after Sue charges him with sexual harassment. Andrea offers her friendship to Sue, while Brandon stands behind Gil. Gil quits without fighting the charges;…
West Beverly’s undefeated football team prepares for a showdown with powerhouse Shaw High. The school decides to forfeit after two Shaw students are shot to death by gang members during…
Brandon wants to quit the paper so that he can enjoy his senior year. Andrea enlists the help of new advisor and English teacher Gil Meyers to change his mind….