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All episodes Season 10 S10E15 2000-01-26 60 min 1990s Fox

Beverly Hills, 90210

Fertile Ground

TV Flash files “Fertile Ground” as hour 281 of 293 in the TV Flash guide — Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000) on Fox, season 10, episode 15, aired 2000-01-26, 60 min.

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This leaf is S10E15: listed hour 281 of 293 in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide, hour 15 of 27 in season 10. It aired 2000-01-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “I'm Using You 'Cause I Like You” (S10E14). Next is “The Final Proof” (S10E16).

Beverly Hills, 90210 — Fertile Ground (S10E15)

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Matt's brother and sister-in-law come to town and reveal that they cannot conceive a child on their own. They ask Matt to be their surrogate father. Kelly objects and orders Matt to turn them down, then becomes angry upon learning that he told his brother that he had to bow to her wishes. She later realizes that not everything is about her and gives Matt her blessing. Gina, with Dylan's help, gets a shot at another television job. The man will not hire her unless she helps his teenage son lose weight before the school dance. Gina loses the job (as usual) after she encourages the boy to stand up to his overbearing father. She convinces the man to treat his son with respect by detailing the way that her pushy mother shaped her life. Gina escorts Michael to the dance, where Dylan surprises her by showing up to give her the prom she never had. Donna dates the clothing buyer for a chain of stores. He buys a bunch of her designs, but Donna nixes a relationship because they have nothing in common. She becomes jealous when David gets involved with Camille Desmond, the editor of a fashion magazine. Steve confesses his past fling with Darby to Janet, who fires the woman. Steve suffers a bruised ego because Darby doesn't remember the encounter. Josie fears for her life because she had to flush $90,000 worth of merchandise; she insists that the other dealer will kill her. Josie asks Noah to lobby Dylan on her behalf. He refuses to help. Josie's brother Shane and another man kidnap Noah at gunpoint, as they assume that someone would actually pay to get him back.

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Where does Fertile Ground sit in the Beverly Hills, 90210 guide?

S10E15 is listed hour 281 of 293 — hour 15 of 27 in season 10, season 10 episode 15.

When did Beverly Hills, 90210 S10E15 air?

Fertile Ground aired 2000-01-26 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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