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All episodes Season 8 S08E17 1998-01-21 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

The Elephant's Father

TV Flash files “The Elephant's Father” as hour 225 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 8, episode 17, aired 1998-01-21, 60 min.

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This leaf is S08E17: listed hour 225 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 17 of 32 in season 8. It aired 1998-01-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Illegal Tender” (S08E16). Next is “Rebound” (S08E18).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — The Elephant's Father (S08E17)

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Kelly moves in with Donna and Carly. Brandon expects Kelly to immediately take him back and will not give her any space. He gets plastered, staggers over to the apartment, and yells at Kelly. He refuses to leave until she threatens to call the police. Donna gets upset with Noah when he defends Brandon and claims that Kelly should "get over it." Brandon chases a minivan that cut him off and tries to attack the driver, a woman who has two children in the car. Noah realizes that Brandon has lost it, and apologizes to Donna. Valerie must perform community service at the clinic as punishment for her bookmaking arrest. Kelly smugly orders her around, so Val tries to get revenge by interfering with her relationship with Brandon. She tears up Brandon's messages and plays matchmaker for Kelly and an intern. Brandon shows up at the apartment late at night, but Kelly is not prepared to give him another chance. Carly's father suffers a heart attack and undergoes quadruple bypass surgery. She decides to move to Montana to assist with his recovery. In spite of Steve's pleas, she determines that she must relocate permanently in order to give Zach some stability. David works on a feature about an up and coming band, Jasper's Law. The group buys one of his compositions, a love song he had once written for Donna. Kelly encourages a domestic abuse victim to escape from her husband.

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Where does The Elephant's Father sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S08E17 is listed hour 225 of 293 — hour 17 of 32 in season 8, season 8 episode 17.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S08E17 air?

The Elephant's Father aired 1998-01-21 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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