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All episodes Season 7 S07E01 1996-08-21 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

Remember the Alamo

TV Flash files “Remember the Alamo” as the first listed hour of season 7 — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 7, episode 1, aired 1996-08-21, 60 min.

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This leaf is S07E01: listed hour 177 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, first listed hour of season 7. It aired 1996-08-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “You Say It's Your Birthday (2)” (S06E32). Next is “Here We Go Again” (S07E02).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — Remember the Alamo (S07E01)

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Brandon and Steve are on a summer road trip across the country when run into a bit of trouble when their car breaks down in a small racist town in rural Texas, called Hadley. Steve decides to head out via the airlines, and leaves Brandon to fend for himself in a not-so-friendly environment when redneck locals harass him after he befriends a young black woman, named Mariah. Back in Beverly Hills, Donna works with David on a video shoot, and the singer isn't the only one that is hard to deal with. Meanwhile, Valerie meets with Kenny Bannerman, a local businessman and one of Jim Walsh's former coworkers, whom she hires to help revamp business for the Peach Pit After Dark. Also, Clare and Steve attempt to meet with each other after spending their summer away, unaware that they are at the same airport at LAX waiting for the other.

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Where does Remember the Alamo sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S07E01 is listed hour 177 of 293 — first listed hour of season 7, season 7 episode 1.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S07E01 air?

Remember the Alamo aired 1996-08-21 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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