MELR0210 #58 - 90210's "The Pit and the Pendulum" & Melrose Place's "Collision Course"
Added 2023-02-16 12:00:04 +0000 UTCIt's our monthly flashback to sexy, 1990's Los Angeles on MELR0210!
First up on Beverly Hills, 90210, it's another Obnoxious Brandon episode, "The Pit and the Pendulum"! Originally airing on March 19, 1992, this episode has Nat having some serious money trouble, Brandon sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, the gang going to a sorority party with Walton Goggins, and Jim Walsh getting Dicked. Down. by his own son multiple times!
Then up the road on Melrose Place, it's the TOTAL BANGER episode, "Collision Course"! First blowing audiences away on November 17, 1993, this episode has Katya actually getting to do some doctorly stuff, Billy going through Alison's work email and deleting love notes from Steve, Jo rightfully chewing out Alison over Steve, Matt risking his job for Michael Mancini, Sydney getting tricked into becoming an escort, and Kimberly and Michael getting in a massive car accident!
MELR0210 is a WHM podcast where the guys blissfully stroll through the Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place timelines. The TV episodes covered will run in broadcast order, but they may skip duller 'sodes in order to keep the focus on the nitty, the gritty, and the downright bizarre. Thanks so much for continuing to support the WHM Patreon!
Cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
You guys are about to reach some absolute bangers of 90210 episodes!
Brian Cerda
2023-03-04 20:09:47 +0000 UTCHis grandstanding during Donna Martin Graduates and the challenge of his student body presidency are definitely contenders. Eminently slappable.
Francesca Gravatt
2023-02-25 18:11:24 +0000 UTCGetting "dicked down" means something different where I'm from, LOL.
Erin Hardy
2023-02-20 03:38:37 +0000 UTCBilly sleeping on his sex moms lap at the hospital.
Ajax
2023-02-19 11:51:02 +0000 UTCI hope the Michael Corleone impression stays in circulation
Felipe Sobreiro
2023-02-17 12:00:01 +0000 UTCOne major misconception TV writers have about teens (at least in that time) is that they have deep emotional attachments to certain businesses. In real life, if a place like The Peach Pit closed down, they'd just say, "oh, that sucks, guess we'll have to find someplace else to eat", and move on. But given that Nat makes the horrible business decision of constantly giving these kids free food, I can understand why they'd put their heart into keeping that financial black hole alive.
Z
2023-02-17 11:58:52 +0000 UTCAnd holy hell, I (shamefully) watched Days of our Lives in junior high and totally LOVED Stephen Nichols. Wow.
Voclo
2023-02-17 07:30:15 +0000 UTCAndrew and Chris arguing about Brandon gave me all sorts of ‘mom and dad are quietly fighting in the garage’ flashbacks.
Voclo
2023-02-17 06:40:27 +0000 UTCPeople can have weird hospital visit etiquette. When my wife and I had our third baby we were visited by a work friend and her husband hours after the baby was born. My wife's mother hadn't even met the baby yet and this casual friend is texting my wife from the lobby saying security won't let her in. I buy that Billy and Alison would be pulling something like that.
Alexander Farr
2023-02-16 19:10:34 +0000 UTC90210 begins with the premise that Nat is broke and the Peach Pit is in financial trouble, and by the end nothing has happened to change that. Did I miss something? Are we supposed to think the community’s renewed appreciation for the Peach Pit as historic landmark has solved this problem? You can’t constantly have a going-out-of-business sale.
AlsoNamedB0rt
2023-02-16 16:39:43 +0000 UTCI have to agree. He usually saves his narcissistic meddling for friends or women he’s literally just met. This time he puts his father’s career and his family’s livelihood at risk for Nat’s shitty diner. And because he’s the best at what he does, he tosses in a self-righteous lecture to a woman he doesn’t know just to pad his stats. Amazing. It’s like watching Botticelli paint the Birth of Venus.
AlsoNamedB0rt
2023-02-16 16:26:10 +0000 UTCAny episode with an Ole Man Jupin anecdote is always welcome.
Jason
2023-02-16 14:47:02 +0000 UTCSlight correction, it's THE obnoxious Brandon episode. I have a hard time remembering when he was worse.
Justine Prudhomme
2023-02-16 12:31:03 +0000 UTCMost unhinged Brandon has been yet. No court would convict Jim Walsh.
Mike Miller
2023-02-16 12:22:13 +0000 UTC
