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All episodes Season 5 S05E05 1994-10-05 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

Rave On

TV Flash files “Rave On” as hour 117 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 5, episode 5, aired 1994-10-05, 60 min.

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This leaf is S05E05: listed hour 117 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 5 of 32 in season 5. It aired 1994-10-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Life After Death” (S05E04). Next is “Homecoming” (S05E06).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — Rave On (S05E05)

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Where there's smoke, there's fire, in Kelly's opinion... at least where Valerie is concerned. Kelly begins to distrust Valerie when she smells Valerie smoking pot, but cannot convince anyone that the manipulative Valerie is bad news. Brandon refuses to believe Kelly, while Donna doesn't seem to care. Meanwhile, Steve organizes a two-night party at the Peach Pit, Valerie begins to suspect the truth about Dylan's financial situation when she sees him pocketing money from the til at the Peach Pit. Also, Andrea heads out for a night on the town and spies Jesse flirting on the job. While working on a video project with David and Clare, Donna meets a musician and carpenter named Ray Pruit. Kelly finds Valerie and Dylan fooling around in the Peach Pit's backroom and quickly tells Steve about it, but when they both confront Valerie, she spins it around by saying that Kelly misread what she saw, claiming that Dylan was making a pass at her. Steve believes Valerie, but Kelly doesn't. Kelly then angrily tells Brandon about what went down and that Valerie is fooling everyone about who she really is. Brandon remains skeptic and advises Kelly to give Valerie the benefit of the doubt. At the end, the suspicious Valerie gets Dylan drunk at his house, where he finally confesses to her that he is broke.

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Where does Rave On sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S05E05 is listed hour 117 of 293 — hour 5 of 32 in season 5, season 5 episode 5.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S05E05 air?

Rave On aired 1994-10-05 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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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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