I went straight from the airport (returning from Sunday night's epic VMAs) and into full-force fall TV last night. School is back in session at West Bev, and it is going to be quite the senior year for the "90210"-ers—the season premiere introduced more storylines than I could wrap my jet-lagged head around, but let's recap, shall we?
Many changes happened in the Wilson household over the summer. Annie confessed to her hit-and-run and spent the summer under house arrest. I know there is overcrowding in the L.A. jail system with Lindsay, Paris and the like constantly checking in, but would that really be a sentence for manslaughter? Just saying. Dixon skipped out on the summer in Australia to be there for his mom while she and Principal Wilson decided to go their separate ways. Harry now resides in a nameless place 45 minutes away.
Ivy returned from Sydney with a boatload of cute clothes (she really is the only one that is remotely well-dressed on this show) and a new cast mate. Her childhood friend Oscar, former soap star Blair Redford, will be living with Ivy and Laurel, stirring up some bad behavior and, uh, apparently lots of "little earthquakes."
Speaking of earthquakes, one of those happened too, shutting school down for the day and leaving an afternoon open for Liam to work on his car and pout about how Annie didn't call him all summer. It made L.A. traffic more nightmarish than usual and while Javier and Adrianna idled in their white stretch limo, Javier informed Aid that her former rising pop star status was on the quick decline. Then Javier died. Um, yup. A quick car crash took his life. It happened that fast. No last words to Aid, no dramatic last breath on the pavement. Everyone else involved was fine and Adrianna was able to steal his book of songs, so there was an upside, I guess.
There's been no silver lining for poor Naomi though. We saw Mr. Cannon attack her at the end of last season and she spent the summer hiding out in a dirty motel, waiting for her trust fund to kick in, dealing with the fact that she was raped. When she realizes Mr. Cannon is still teaching at West Bev, she summons the courage to report the rape, but without any hard evidence, the case won't be any easy one. She fights with Kim and Khloe Kardashian in one of the most unnecessary cameos I've ever seen and then turns to champagne. She puts on a striptease show at a party until Teddy steps in to stop it. Lingerie-clad N throws herself at Teddy. Cue Silver. I don't like sad Naomi, and I hope the quick-quipped, spirited party girl works through her issues and gets her sass back.
Teddy goes after Silver, although he is on crutches because he tore his ACL, like, two hours prior to the party. I have to admit—nothing involving Teddy or Silver interests me until he comes out of the closet. Every time I saw him onscreen, I was thinking, "Just say you are gay already! Just say it!" It’s going to be a long season if they drag this thing out.
Next week we can look forward to what is sure to be another compelling cameo by Adrian Grenier. Hey, "90210" producers, guess who people actually want to see guest star on "90210"? Jason Priestley, Luke Perry, Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green—ever heard of them?
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