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All episodes Season 4 S04E01 1993-09-08 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

TV Flash files “So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye” as a desk essential hour — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 4, episode 1, aired 1993-09-08, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 81 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 1993-09-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Commencement (2)” (S03E30). Next is “The Girl from New York City” (S04E02).

Essential hour

Essential hour: “So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye”. So Long, Farewell: the high-school courtyard aging into adulthood without ever leaving the ZIP-code franchise.

Beverly Hills, 90210 — So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye (S04E01)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

After the summer break, everyone prepares for university life. After working all summer at the Beverly Hills Beach Club, Brenda leaves Beverly Hills to go to college in Minnesota and finds that her old friends now see her differently. Meanwhile, David and Donna seek out some affordable housing on the beach. As college approaches, Steve and Brandon rent a beach front house in Malibu for the final two weeks of the summer, and they get a surprise visit from Steve's former girlfriend Jill Fleming, which makes Celeste jealous. Kelly returns from a two-month trip to Europe, without Dylan, who has been rejected acceptance into Berkeley. Also, Andrea frets with Gil Meyers over her deciding to stay in California to go to college.

Viewer FAQ

Where does So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S04E01 is listed hour 81 of 293 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S04E01 air?

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye aired 1993-09-08 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

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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