Beverly Hills, 90210
Palm Springs Weekend
TV Flash files “Palm Springs Weekend” as hour 15 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 1, episode 15, aired 1991-02-21, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E15: listed hour 15 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 15 of 22 in season 1. It aired 1991-02-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “East Side Story” (S01E14). Next is “Fame Is Where You Find It” (S01E16).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The students of West Beverly head to Palm Springs for President's Day Weekend and thinking that his grandparents are on a cruise, David invites Steve, Kelly and Donna to stay at their house and are shocked to find what's waiting for them. Brenda and Dylan make plans to finally have sex, but Brenda gets lost trying to find Dylan's hotel and ends up seeing him with another girl. Steve asks Kelly if she wants to go out again. Back in Beverly Hills, Brandon meets a young boy at the Peach Pit, who has ulterior motives.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Palm Springs Weekend sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?
S01E15 is listed hour 15 of 293 — hour 15 of 22 in season 1, season 1 episode 15.
When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S01E15 air?
Palm Springs Weekend aired 1991-02-21 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
The original 1990–2000 run, from high school into adult career and family arcs — later 90210 reboot attempts are a separate brand lap.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Minnesota twins drop into Beverly Hills High and teach Fox that teens will show up weekly. Darren Star and Aaron Spelling built zip-code soap from peach-pit romance, Luke Perry heartthrob mythology, and Very Special Topics — then aged the courtyard into adulthood without ever leaving the brand. The teen-drama industrial complex starts here, spinoffs included.
So about the ZIP code. Minnesota twins Brandon and Brenda Walsh land at Beverly Hills High and Fox learns, in public, that teens will show up every week for peach-pit romance, pool-party lighting, and a curriculum of Very Special Topics. Darren Star created it; Aaron Spelling produced it (1990–2000). Luke Perry's Dylan, Shannen Doherty's Brenda, Jason Priestley's Brandon, Jennie Garth's Kelly, Tori Spelling's Donna — the original ensemble that made appointment TV out of adolescent melodrama. (I said spoiler-free.…
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- Jason Priestley as Brandon Walsh
Jason Priestley’s Brandon Walsh dropped Minnesota morals into Beverly Hills, 90210 and taught Fox that teens would show up weekly — peach-pit romance, zip-code soap, Very Special Topics, a courtyard that aged into adulthood without…
- Shannen Doherty as Brenda Walsh
Shannen Doherty’s Brenda Walsh dropped Minnesota twins into Beverly Hills, 90210 and taught Fox that teens would show up weekly — peach-pit romance, Luke Perry mythology, Very Special Topics — then spelled sisterhood as Prue on Charmed.…
- Luke Perry as Dylan McKay
Luke Perry taught Fox a zip code as Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210 — peach-pit romance, Minnesota twins in a courtyard, heartthrob mythology with Very Special Topics, then adulthood without ever leaving the brand. Darren Star and…
- Jennie Garth as Kelly Taylor
Jennie Garth’s Kelly Taylor made Beverly Hills, 90210 a blonde weather system — Minnesota twins in the zip code, peach-pit romance, Luke Perry mythology, Very Special Topics aging a courtyard into adulthood. Fox teen soap as a weekly…
- Ian Ziering as Steve Sanders
Ian Ziering's Steve Sanders taught Beverly Hills, 90210 that the rich kid could be the plot — Minnesota twins dropping into a zip-code soap, Darren Star and Aaron Spelling, peach-pit romance, Luke Perry mythology, Very Special Topics.…
- Tori Spelling as Donna Martin
Tori Spelling’s Donna Martin made Beverly Hills, 90210 feel like a courtyard you could actually live in — peach-pit romance, zip-code soap, Minnesota twins dropping into a high school Fox taught teens to visit weekly. Darren Star and…