The adults were clamoring for the limelight in this week’s “90210,” so we’ll give 'em a little love. Liam caught his d-bag stepdad sucking face with a woman who was not Liam’s mom, Deb’s yoga teacher finally made a move on her, Dixon’s mom was kind of likable until she got all factiod-y with “Jealousy is the number killer of relationships.” Principal-Dad swung by to say a line, and, oh! There is a new teacher at West Bev: Mr. Cannon, faculty advisor to The Blaze.
As only Naomi can, the teen welcomed the teacher by mocking his miserly educator’s salary, yet Cannon had something going in his favor that other teachers at West Bev don’t: he didn’t sleep with her sister. So Cannon showed a spine and kicked Naomi off The Blaze.
Naomi pleaded to be reinstated to such a degree that Cannon asked if she was offering to sleep with him. Sigh, and so he crumbles. In search of support among her peers Naomi twists his words to create a story in which the innocent student is propositioned by an evil new faculty member. I know I asked for the return of Naomi last week, but this makes me a little queasy. I hoped all hour N would come clean about this little lie, but once Liam found out, Naomi looked like she was in for the long haul.
Hey, do you also remember when I claimed to be disappointed by Adrianna’s girl-on-girl action and called it an annoying, predictable plot trick? Well, it looks like that relationship is getting real, and I don’t know if I want this either! I know Adrianna took her exploration into homosexuality or bisexuality or whatever, seriously, I mean, she discussed it over tea, read a book, what more is there to do? But I just don’t know if thinking about the girl sitting next to you during a romantic movie is enough to really spark a flame. They seemed cute enough, they kissed like 4 times in a row, and she is in The Glorious Steinems now, but I’m just not sold.
At least Gia and Aid are more eventful to watch than Teddy and Silver. Teddy struggled to figure out if he could be a faithful boyfriend, given the genetic playboy disease he inherited from his movie star father, all the while keeping Silver at a distance and testing her by pretending to get wasted with ex-girlfriends. ( Now who’s bi-polar?) Yet a weight-lifting session in a cozy tree-lined nook at school (wtf?), spurred trust to flow again and Silver and Teddy got back together. Then they shared an entree at the bar at the beach club and an ex-girlfriend walked by and they ended it and then they made-up and shared a meal at the bar at the beach… Maybe in a cost-cutting measure Silver and Teddy were filmed to be played on a loop each week? Smart.
And just when you thought Annie and Jasper were never going to get beyond their stalker-stalkee status, Jasper calls Annie to say a final good-bye in a very dramatic cliffhanger (no pun intended). Man, Jasper is good with surprises and, not to be cruel, but let’s just say he did die, hypothetically … that would pretty much solve all Annie’s problems … right? Just sayin.’
And CW, thanks for no clues toward that storyline in the previews!
Do you think Jasper is done for? What about Mr. Cannon? Will Liam go after him now that he thinks he took a pass at Naomi? Finally, what was up with Annie clamoring for Liam?
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