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All episodes Season 6 S06E14 1995-12-13 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

Fortunate Son

TV Flash files “Fortunate Son” as hour 158 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 6, episode 14, aired 1995-12-13, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S06E14: listed hour 158 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 14 of 32 in season 6. It aired 1995-12-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Courting” (S06E13). Next is “Angels We Have Heard on High” (S06E15).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — Fortunate Son (S06E14)

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Donna fills in for Lisa at a convenience store. A young boy is caught stealing a teddy bear for his brother's birthday, but Donna covers for him. Donna and Joe get lost and run out of gas. Isaiah, the boy Donna helped, gets them out of a possibly dangerous confrontation by inviting them to his apartment to call a tow truck. Donna discovers that the eleven-year-old and his younger siblings are left alone while their mom is at work. She expresses concern, but their mother comes home and tells her to butt out. Donna finds places for the kids in a day care center that works with her sorority. Brandon alienates Nat and Susan as he gets carried away during the After Dark's charity casino night. Valerie infuriates Kelly and David by outbidding Kelly for a portrait sitting with Colin. She explains that the portrait is a Christmas gift for David. Steve's father gets him a job at a talent agency. After Steve's unpleasant, incompetent boss is fired, she asks him to use his connections with the agency president to arrange a reinstatement, but he instead lets her know gently that her cause is lost.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Fortunate Son sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S06E14 is listed hour 158 of 293 — hour 14 of 32 in season 6, season 6 episode 14.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S06E14 air?

Fortunate Son aired 1995-12-13 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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