​Beverly Hills, 90210

Episode 1: "The Morning After" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/16/1998

Kelly and Brandon deal with the confusing aftermath of their botched wedding. Valerie makes a shocking confession to David. Steve becomes fixated on a hustler named Sophie.
Episode 2: "Budget Cuts" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/23/1998

Noah's tormented father ends it all by blowing his head off. Valerie keeps trying to talk to her mother about being abused by her father. Kelly quits her job at the clinic after the foundation announces steep funding cuts. Sophie continues to sponge off of Steve and flirt with David.
Episode 3: "Dealer's Choice" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/30/1998

Valerie hits the sheets with her future stepfather the night before his wedding. Sophie and David continue to sneak around behind Steve's back. Brandon is invited to interview for a job at The Chronicle.
Episode 4: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (recap)
​Original airdate: 10/28/1998

Kelly and Donna decide to open a boutique, like really suddenly. Noah continues to self medicate and is charged with driving under the influence. Steve finally learns that David and Sophie have been hitting the sheets.
Episode 5: "Brandon Leaves" (recap)
​Original airdate: 11/4/1998

Brandon announces that he got a newspaper job in D.C. and is leaving Beverly Hills for good. Kelly and Donna open their boutique. Michelle Phillips tells Valerie she won't blow the whistle on her for shooting her father.
Episode 6: "Confession" (recap)
​Original airdate: 11/11/1998

Kelly helps Leah get fake ID and escape Lenny's clutches. Steve and Janet go the lazy route and turn The Beverly Beat into a supermarket tabloid. Sophie latches onto a rich guy and jets off to Paris.
Episode 7: "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" (recap)
​Original airdate: 11/18/1998

Valerie calls it quits and moves back to Buffalo just as her replacement, Gina Kincaid, breezes into town. David is accused of statutory rape after he unwittingly beds a teenager. Dylan McKay makes a surprise appearance at the Walsh house on Thanksgiving night.
Episode 8: "I'm Back Because" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/2/1998

Gina continues to mess with Donna's relationship with Noah. David's statutory rape accuser agrees to back off, and the DA drops the charges. Dylan tells Kelly he came back to Beverly Hills, 90210 mostly to see her again.
Episode 9: "The Following Options" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/9/1998

Dylan sells his Porsche and buys heroin. Kelly and Jackie take Grandpa home so the poor man can finally die in peace. Donna tries to help Sonia, a hapless teenage gang member.
Episode 10: "Marathon Man" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/16/1998

Dylan takes Kelly to Mexico to secretly stock up on heroin. Steve unwittingly donates 12K to a charity dance-a-thon. Donna advises Sonia to get out of gang life.
Episode 11: "How To Be the Jerk Women Love" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/13/1999

Gina discovers that Dylan is doing heroin and orders him to quit immediately. Kelly and Matt decide they're a full-on couple and hit the sheets. Steve teaches The Art of the Pick-up to a group of hapless men.
Episode 12: "Trials and Tribulations" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/20/1999

Dylan gets arrested after he storms the Marchette mansion, then admits to Gina that he's a heroin addict. Steve goes on Judge Mary when his pupils want a refund after attending his terrible Art of the Pick-up seminar. Donna and Noah throw a barbecue at Casa Martin.
Episode 13: "Withdrawal" (recap)
​Original airdate: 1/27/1999

Dylan collapses during heroin withdrawal and finally gets hospitalized. Matt and Gina are miffed when Kelly can't seem to tear herself away from Dylan's bedside. Donna designs a fugly dress for a singer to wear to an awards show.
Episode 14: "I'm Married" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/3/1999

Matt's wife Lauren moves to L.A. after her schizophrenia improves. Steve and Donna plot revenge against Noah after he cheats at strip poker. Dylan joins a chain gang to fulfill his community service.
Episode 15: "Beheading St. Valentine" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/10/1999

Matt finds it difficult to choose between Lauren and Kelly. Donna gets mad at Noah (again) and agrees to be David's date for a work party. Steve is alarmed when Janet spots a suspicious looking mole on his shoulder.
Episode 16: "Survival Skills" (recap)
​Original airdate: 2/17/1999

Donna dumps Noah when he confesses bumping uglies with Gina. Lauren faces being re-institutionalized when she learns that her schizophrenia meds are killing her. Steve and Janet take two teenagers camping.
Episode 17: "Slipping Away" (recap)
​Original airdate: 3/3/1999

Kelly and Dylan travel to Mexico to buy Lauren's meds...but in the end, Lauren decides to stop taking her meds and opts to be re-institutionalized in New York. Steve is miffed when Janet's father won't accept him as her boyfriend.
Episode 18: "Bobbi Dearest" (recap)
​Original airdate: 3/10/1999

Felice offers Gina 60K if she agrees to drop her lawsuit. Matt and Kelly gush over each other all episode and decide to become a full-on couple. David searches for love by casting a wide net over the female listeners of his radio show.
Episode 19: "The Leprechaun" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/17/1999

Noah cuts a deal to sell the After Dark/Peach Pit building, which Dylan promptly uncuts. Kelly hires a PR consultant, who throws a gala opening to promote the boutique. David is bummed when he learns that Claudia's visa has expired and she must leave the country.
Episode 20: "Fortune Cookie" (recap)
​Original airdate: 4/7/1999

David and Claudia call off their green card wedding and part ways. Donna learns that her drama teacher from West Beverly High is a creepy molester. Dylan and Gina press ahead with their toxic, dysfunctional relationship.
Episode 21: "I Wanna Reach Right Out And Grab Ya" (recap)
​Original airdate: 4/14/1999

Donna is crushed when her parents announce that they're separating. While under hypnosis, Kelly indicates a preference for Dylan over Matt. Steve and Janet hang out with a child prodigy named Peter. 
Episode 22: "Local Hero" (recap)
​Original airdate: 4/21/1999

Dylan and Kelly rescue a pregnant mom from a mugger, then deny to everyone that they had been hanging out together. Gina loses the opportunity to become a figure skating commentator because of Matt's shitty negotiating skills. Noah learns he has a half-sister.
Episode 23: "The End of the World As We Know It" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/28/1999

Gina tricks Dylan into confessing his tryst with Kelly in Mexico. Donna becomes smitten with a pro athlete named Wayne. Steve becomes obsessed with preparing for Y2K. 
Episode 24: "Dog's Best Friend" (recap)
​Original airdate: 5/5/1999

Dylan has a one night stand in Vegas, which results in yet another argument between him and Gina. Noah is relieved when his late father is vindicated in a class action lawsuit. Kelly is assaulted in an alley.
Episode 25: "Agony" (recap)
​Original airdate: 5/12/1999

Kelly confides in Dylan about being assaulted and asks him to supply her with a gun. Matt unwittingly becomes Rapist Joe's public defender.
Episode 26: "That's the Guy" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/19/1999

Noah dumps Donna for good when he learns that she hit the sheets with Wayne. David is heartbroken when he arrives home and finds Dylan and Gina in bed together. Kelly shoots Rapist Joe after he corners her in the boutique.