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All episodes Season 8 S08E23 1998-03-11 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

Making Amends

TV Flash files “Making Amends” as hour 231 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 8, episode 23, aired 1998-03-11, 60 min.

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This leaf is S08E23: listed hour 231 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 23 of 32 in season 8. It aired 1998-03-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Law and Disorder” (S08E22). Next is “The Nature of Nurture” (S08E24).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — Making Amends (S08E23)

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The paramedics revive Donna; she returns home from the hospital quickly, but suffers from withdrawal. Donna is fired after confessing that she plagiarized her co-worker's designs. Noah helps her battle her addiction, and she forgives him for sleeping with Valerie. A teenager abandons her baby outside of the clinic. Kelly cares for the child and tries to convince his mother to take him back. When this fails, she turns the baby over to social services. Kelly decides to apply to become the boy's foster mother. Brandon discovers that the record company paid a radio station to put David's song into rotation. A girl is injured at a concert as fans rush the stage. David quits the band and backs out of his record contract. Josh is sentenced to a year in jail for illegal drug possession. Valerie struggles to overcome memories of the rape and move on with her life. She concludes that neither she nor Noah is to blame for the crime. Steve finds love letters that are intended for another man. He meets with the sender, but lies about his identity.

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Where does Making Amends sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S08E23 is listed hour 231 of 293 — hour 23 of 32 in season 8, season 8 episode 23.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S08E23 air?

Making Amends aired 1998-03-11 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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