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All episodes Season 5 S05E27 1995-04-12 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

Squash It

TV Flash files “Squash It” as hour 139 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 5, episode 27, aired 1995-04-12, 60 min.

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This leaf is S05E27: listed hour 139 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 27 of 32 in season 5. It aired 1995-04-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Song for My Mother” (S05E26). Next is “Girls on the Side” (S05E28).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — Squash It (S05E27)

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Steve and David organize a hip-hop night at the After Dark club to boost the sagging gate receipts. David asks Willie's nephew Juwan, a talented DJ, to join him onstage. Steve backs out of the event because he is nervous about Juwan's criminal record (glass houses, anyone?). Valerie tries to dodge a grimy Australian metal band that claims to have been booked. Although his tour is ending, Ray is unsure about returning to Los Angeles. Valerie goes to Reno to re-hire him, and claims to have changed her ways. While Valerie is gone, the Aussies crash the hip-hop night and trash the After Dark. Juwan and his friends are prepared to fight them, but decide to keep their cool. David and Clare get back together. Dylan allows his therapist, Molly, to hypnotize him and regresses to a past life as a hobo. Also, Chancellor Arnold asks Brandon to keep an eye on a bratty and unruly 12-year-old genius, named Warren, who may apply to C.U.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Squash It sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S05E27 is listed hour 139 of 293 — hour 27 of 32 in season 5, season 5 episode 27.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S05E27 air?

Squash It aired 1995-04-12 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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