"Dylan, she's a virgin!"
What we learned from this Very Special Episode of 90210: AIDS is bad. Condoms are good. Jim is judgmental. And Dylan probably isn't going to make the best boyfriend. (Then again, Brenda's probably not going to be the best girlfriend, either.) What we did not learn from this Very Special Episode of 90210: Why I have long credited the scene of Brenda and Dylan's first kiss with making me fall in love with the song "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House, since that song isn't actually played anywhere in the scene.

 

"A nooner, Brenda! It ain't food!"
Brenda learns a new vocabulary word when her mom almost-but-not-quite has an affair with an old college boyfriend. Let's see...pompous photographer or boring, workaholic accountant? Yeah, that is a tough choice. Too bad I don't care. Also in the realm of things I don't care about: David becomes the new school DJ, and Brandon and Brenda participate in a really unscientific study with The Once and Future Mrs. Teasley.

 

"The guy gives new meaning to the word hemorrhoid"
Brandon tries to change the world by taking on a curmudgeonly history teacher with an unfair grading curve and a really awesome vocabulary. Brenda tries to change her hair by letting Kelly loose with a bottle of rust-colored dye and some questionable application practices. Neither attempt is particularly successful, as Brandon is driven to The Dark Side of Steve Sanders, and Brenda is driven to The Dark Size of Orange-ish Frizz.