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All episodes Season 4 S04E23 1994-03-02 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog

TV Flash files “A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog” as hour 103 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 4, episode 23, aired 1994-03-02, 60 min.

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This leaf is S04E23: listed hour 103 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 23 of 32 in season 4. It aired 1994-03-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Change Partners” (S04E22). Next is “Cuffs and Links” (S04E24).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog (S04E23)

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Brenda and Donna attend an animal rights rally, and are crestfallen when the university refuses to suspend animal testing. After the dog Rocky dies of cancer, Brenda becomes involved with a small group of radicals. She serves as lookout when the group breaks into the university research building and tries in vain to save Andrea's lab (which does not harm animals in its testing). Brenda is arrested. Meanwhile, Kelly and Brandon are furious when Dylan refuses to fund Lucinda's documentary film. Dylan finally tells Kelly that Lucinda attempted to seduce him in order to get money to fund her documentary. Kelly also confesses her kiss with Brandon. The jealous Dylan arrives at the Walsh house to fight Brandon, but the tension is defused when he accidentally punches Steve. When Brandon confronts Lucinda that she tried to seduce Dylan just to get a grant for her film, she shows no remorse over it and finally tells Brandon that she does not believe in monogamy, On top of that, Lucinda also claims to have had many sex partners before Brandon, and even during her marriage with Professor Randall. Brandon does not take the news well and quietly breaks up with Lucinda.

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Where does A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S04E23 is listed hour 103 of 293 — hour 23 of 32 in season 4, season 4 episode 23.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S04E23 air?

A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog aired 1994-03-02 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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