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All episodes Season 5 S05E22 1995-02-22 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

Alone at the Top

TV Flash files “Alone at the Top” as hour 134 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 5, episode 22, aired 1995-02-22, 60 min.

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This leaf is S05E22: listed hour 134 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 22 of 32 in season 5. It aired 1995-02-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Stormy Weather” (S05E21). Next is “Love Hurts” (S05E23).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — Alone at the Top (S05E22)

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As the new owner of the After Dark, Valerie uses her new-found leverage to force Ray to continue their secret affair. But Ray has never been one to follow orders which makes him leave town. Meanwhile, a campus rape causes mass panic on campus leaving Brandon at a loss over what to do, where the focus lands on a friend of David's named Lenny who is a former soldier who served time for sexual assault. Dylan is temped by Valerie to fall off the wagon by drinking and smoking pot, but rather than doing so, Dylan instead tracks down and meets his former halfway house roommate, Charley Rollins, a local motel owner, where Dylan asks for his help to find his own path with life. Also, Peter temps Andrea to work late at the hospital as an excuse to continue their secret tryst.

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Where does Alone at the Top sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S05E22 is listed hour 134 of 293 — hour 22 of 32 in season 5, season 5 episode 22.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S05E22 air?

Alone at the Top aired 1995-02-22 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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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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