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All episodes Season 8 S08E26 1998-04-01 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

All That Glitters

TV Flash files “All That Glitters” as hour 234 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 8, episode 26, aired 1998-04-01, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S08E26: listed hour 234 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 26 of 32 in season 8. It aired 1998-04-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Aunt Bea's Pickles” (S08E25). Next is “Reunion” (S08E27).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — All That Glitters (S08E26)

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Brandon works on a story with a pompous Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporter. Kelly gets a developmentally disabled young man a position at the clinic, where he freaks out after making a minor mistake. Kelly convinces Brandon to let Chris join the reporter and him on the ice at a Los Angeles Kings practice, but Raitt leaves town to work on another story. Brandon helps Chris get a dream job at a friend's ice skating rink. In order to pay his taxes, David takes a job as a jingle writer. A ballad he had written for Valerie ends up in a deodorant commercial. Steve realizes that he and Jill have nothing in common. She dumps him before he has the chance to break things off. Janet has a crush on Steve, but he doesn't seem to get it. Donna discovers that the diamond jewelry that Noah gave her is fake.

Viewer FAQ

Where does All That Glitters sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S08E26 is listed hour 234 of 293 — hour 26 of 32 in season 8, season 8 episode 26.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S08E26 air?

All That Glitters aired 1998-04-01 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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