​Beverly Hills, 90210

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Episode 1: "Aloha Beverly Hills, Parts 1 & 2" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/10/1997

While the gang vacations in Hawaii, Brandon runs into Tracy Gaylian and meets her new fiance. Donna gets a job working for a stylist and screws up a photo shoot in Honolulu, and Valerie is instantly smitten with a hot male model named Noah Hunter.
Episode 2: "Forgive and Forget" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/17/1997

​Kelly undergoes surgery and begins to recover from her internal injuries. Donna breaks the news to Felice that she and David are bumping uglies and want to move in together. Noah and Valerie hook up.
Episode 3: "The Way We Weren't" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/24/1997

Kelly continues to not remember Brandon, but becomes smitten with Noah. Donna loses her boss's dog, but doesn't make much of an effort to find him. Steve and Brandon go into the newspaper business together.
Episode 4: "Coming Home" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/1/1997

Kelly's memory starts to return as she spends quality time with Brandon. Steve babysits Zack in order to free up Hilary Swank so she can go out on a date. Donna is troubled when she discovers abused employees working in a sweatshop and wants Brandon and Steve to publish a story about it in their newly launched rag, The Beverly Beat.
Episode 5: "The Right Thing" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/15/1997

Steve is dismayed when he discovers that his father owns a building in which a sweatshop is being run. Kelly fails to identify her shooter in a police lineup, which distresses Brandon. When Noah threatens to return to Hawaii, Valerie urges him to stay in Los Angeles.
Episode 6: "Pride and Prejudice" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/22/1997

Brandon continues to have black and white flashbacks of Kelly's shooting, then finds peace when he learns that the shooter has been killed. Donna learns that Valerie has stolen all of her personal shopping clients and gives her a smack. Steve and Hilary Swank go on their first date.
Episode 7: "Toil and Trouble" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/29/1997

When Valerie's two-timing is discovered by Noah and Cooper, she goes from having two boyfriends to having none. A desperate David forges his name on one of Donna's checks to pay the rent on the After Dark. Brandon and Kelly bump uglies everywhere they go.
Episode 8: "Friends, Lovers and Children" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/5/1997

Kelly and Brandon learn that Dylan's sister, Erica, is a teenage prostitute. Donna discovers that David forged one of her checks and orders him to move out of the beach house. Noah refuses to forgive Valerie for her two-timing and declares their relationship over.
Episode 9: "Child of the Night" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/12/1997

Erica is picked up by the cops and returned to Kelly's/Brandon's custody. Brandon writes a story about Erica's hooking in The Beverly Beat, and is pressured by the ADA to reveal his source. Steve gets a DNA test to prove he's not Jodi's baby daddy.
Episode 10: "Deadline" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/19/1997

Erica volunteers to be part of a sting operation, which leads to Riggs' arrest and resolves Brandon's legal woes. Valerie is enraged when she learns that Noah comes from a wealthy family. David accidentally sets a fire in his After Dark office.
Episode 11: "Friends in Deed" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/3/1997

Kelly gets icked out when Dr. Monahan gives her a bare shoulder massage. Brandon invites the flirty Emma Bennett to join the writing staff of The Beverly Beat. Steve and Hilary Swank struggle to find a private place to doink.
Episode 12: "Comic Relief" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/10/1997

Brandon spends the day with Emma and lies about it to Kelly. Valerie and David pretend they're bumping uglies in order to make Donna and Noah jealous. Steve performs a terrible comedy routine at the After Dark.
Episode 13: "Santa Knows" (recap)
Original airdate: 12/17/1997

David helps his gay teenage friend, Ben, reconcile with his anti-gay parents. Brandon gives in to temptation and sleeps with Emma. Hilary Swank is dismayed when Zack tells her he doesn't believe in Santa Claus.
Episode 14: "Ready or Not" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/7/1998

Emma torments Brandon when it's clear he has no intention of leaving Kelly. Brandon and Steve hire David to cover the music scene for The Beverly Beat. Donna and Noah hit the sheets for the first time.
Episode 15: "Illegal Tender" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/14/1998

Kelly moves out of the Walsh house when she learns about Brandon's one night stand with Emma. Hilary Swank freaks out when she loses Zack at the mall. Valerie and Noah get arrested for illegal gambling.
Episode 16: "The Elephant's Father" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/21/1998

Brandon seeks forgiveness from Kelly for his infidelity, but Kelly repeatedly tells him to get lost. Hilary Swank moves back to Montana to care for her sick father. Valerie serves fifty hours of community service at the poor people clinic where Kelly works.
Episode 17: "Rebound" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/28/1998

Donna panders to a bratty kid by dressing up as a clown during a photo shoot. Brandon is dismayed when Kelly starts dating a med student who works at the clinic. Steve realizes that he may not have loved Hilary Swank after all.
Episode 18: "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/4/1998

Donna finds herself drawn to David when her grandmother falls ill and dies. Steve and Brandon are mistaken for a gay couple by two beautiful lesbians. Brandon befriends an ex-con and writes a story about him in The Beverly Beat.
Episode 19: "Cupid's Arrow" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/11/1998

Steve juggles several blind dates on Valentine's Day. Kelly breaks up with Jeff so she can resume her relationship with Brandon. Valerie is wigged out when she suspects Noah of slipping her a roofie and date raping her.
Episode 20: "The Girl Who Cried Wolf" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/25/1998

Valerie continues to accuse Noah of roofie-ing and raping her. Donna starts to get hooked on uppers. Brandon and Steve go on a police ride-along.
Episode 21: "Law and Disorder" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/4/1998

Noah is found legally responsible for roofie-ing Valerie - but later learns that his brother was the culprit. Donna pops pills at an alarming rate, then predictably overdoses. A Q5 rep tells David he's headed for musical stardom.
Episode 22: "Making Amends" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/11/1998

Kelly finds an abandoned baby on the doorstep of the clinic and tries to convince his teenage mother to take him back and raise him. When David learns that Frank Saunders paid a radio station to give his song lots of airplay, he walks away from the record deal. Valerie gets closure from her roofie-ing.
Episode 23: "The Nature of Nurture" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/18/1998

Kelly gets all judgey when two gay men are given guardianship of the abandoned baby. Valerie's mother, Michelle Phillips, hooks up with Kelly's felonious father. Steve runs cigarette ads in the Beat to generate some much needed revenue.
Episode 24: "Aunt Bea's Pickles" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/25/1998

Bill Taylor proposes to Michelle Phillips, but then weasels out of the wedding. Brandon gets a job at The Los Angeles Chronicle, but turns it town when he learns it's a scab type job. Jill rethinks a hookup with Ted and, incredibly, becomes intrigued with Steve.
Episode 25: "All That Glitters" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/1/1998

Donna gets miffed when she thinks that Noah is trying to pass off gifts of junk jewelry as valuable gems. Kelly gets involved in the life of a developmentally challenged young man and worsens his situation until Brandon steps in. Jill breaks up with Steve when she realizes they have nothing in common.
Episode 26: "Reunion" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/15/1998

The 90210 gang heads back to West Beverly High for a pointless fifth year reunion. Ahn-drea returns to LA for a guest appearance. Blech.
Episode 27: "Skin Deep" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/29/1998

Donna urges her assistant to get help when she learns she's a cutter. Kelly gets annoyed at Brandon when he shows interest in a new sex shop. Steve regrets treating Janet like crap at the reunion.
Episode 28: "Ricochet" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/6/1998

David gets mugged, then goes squirrelly about protecting himself and accidentally shoots Noah's friend, Gwen. Brandon proposes to Kelly when she tells him she doesn't trust that he'll remain faithful to her. Valerie opts to not donate bone marrow to a child molester.
Episode 29: "The Fundamental Things Apply" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/13/1998

Donna is crushed when Gwen sabotages her fashion show by spilling red wine on her designs. David dumps Valerie and deals with a bounced check from one of his jingle clients. Kelly and Brandon join forces to locate the long-lost wife of a Bosnian cab driver/doctor.
Episode 30: "The Wedding, Parts 1 & 2" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/20/1998

Kelly and Brandon call off the wedding during the wedding. Steve natters relentlessly about his fixation with Sarah. Valerie gets an AIDS test after doinking a heroin user.