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All episodes Season 3 S03E23 1993-03-03 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

Duke's Bad Boy

TV Flash files “Duke's Bad Boy” as hour 73 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 3, episode 23, aired 1993-03-03, 60 min.

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This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 73 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 23 of 30 in season 3. It aired 1993-03-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Child Is Father to the Man” (S03E22). Next is “Perfectly Perfect” (S03E24).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — Duke's Bad Boy (S03E23)

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Brandon's out of control gambling debts are mounting up and his bookie, Duke, is getting impatient and wants $1,500 of losses paid up by the end of the week. He goes to extreme lengths to pay his bill by hiring another bookie to place bets, and his desperation leads to violence. Kelly feels that Dylan is slipping away from her, and her insecurity leads to an unhealthy obsession with her appearance. Meanwhile, David gets dumped by his label after his hack recording manager, Serge, has him record an out-of-tune song. Elsewhere, Andrea convinces a depressed Dylan to write a story about his experience with loss.

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Where does Duke's Bad Boy sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S03E23 is listed hour 73 of 293 — hour 23 of 30 in season 3, season 3 episode 23.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S03E23 air?

Duke's Bad Boy aired 1993-03-03 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.

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Filed by Tessa Quinn · Spoiler-Free (Mostly) · Show package

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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