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All episodes Season 9 S09E01 1998-09-16 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

The Morning After

TV Flash files “The Morning After” as the first listed hour of season 9 — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 9, episode 1, aired 1998-09-16, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S09E01: listed hour 241 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, first listed hour of season 9. It aired 1998-09-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Wedding (2)” (S08E32). Next is “Budget Cuts” (S09E02).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — The Morning After (S09E01)

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Brandon and Kelly sleep together the night of the aborted wedding. Brandon considers their night together a mistake, while Kelly realizes that she wishes they had married after all. A lonely Brandon goes to Kelly's apartment in search of comfort and ends up staying the night. He then rejects Kelly's suggestion that they go on their honeymoon, and declares that he wants to move on. After her HIV test comes back negative, Valerie annoys everyone with her new policy of brutal honesty. David takes her cue and issues an ultimatum to his boss, who cuts him loose. David suspects that Val is pushing everyone away to punish herself for some reason. Valerie makes a stunning confession about her father's death. He did not commit suicide; she murdered him. Donna goes against Noah's wishes by accepting an invitation to have dinner with his parents on Mr. Hunter's birthday. The evening proves to be a disaster, just as Noah had predicted. His father later visits the club and reveals that his company has gone bankrupt and the entire family is broke. A con artist named Sophie Burns befriends Steve, who gives her his room. She claims to be a graduate student at C.U., but actually has show biz aspirations. In spite of Steve's generosity, she decides to make a move on David.

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Where does The Morning After sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S09E01 is listed hour 241 of 293 — first listed hour of season 9, season 9 episode 1.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S09E01 air?

The Morning After aired 1998-09-16 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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