Team Brenda or Team Kelly? Who do you side with during the Kelly/Brenda/Dylan Love Triangle?

Team Kelly! She was THAT bitch! Brenda wishes she were on Kelly's level of charm, brains and beauty.

And Kelly also got the man.

Team Brenda all day, everyday. It still pisses me off to this day that Kelly could be friends with Brenda for all that time, and then over one summer swoop in and snatch her man away, almost as if she was lying in wait for the right time. She totally violated the girl code. I'm actually surprised that the rest of the gang, particularly Donna, didn't give Kelly more shit for it. And then for her to get involved with Brenda's brother right after Dylan...what a slut!

Jennie was reportedly insanely jealous of Shannen's popularity (the paparazzi attention, the Rolling Stone cover with Jason and Luke, etc.), so I'm sure that she was more than happy when Shannen left the show so that she could move up to be the top female banana.

Shannen was fired.

I don't remember being on either one's side, that's really funny. Let the bridges I burn light the way, I guess.

No poll????????

Team Kelly. Brenda became insufferable halfway through season 2. And she was no innocent stringing Reek along with that horrible French accent. Then she gets handed Dean Cain again in his prime and tosses him aside? She admitted during the season 1 slumber party that she tried to break up her best friend and her boyfriend. What goes around comes around.

Team Brenda.

Kelly was a WHORE.

First time around i was Team Kelly. But now? No one. Both Brenda and Kelly should have moved on. Instead we got a pathetic episode where they ask Dylan to choose instead of telling him to fuck off.

I choose ... ME

R9 I agree. I just watched that episode two days ago and I CRINGED. The scene where we see them standing by the locker, both gazing at him in lust and hope as he slowly walks toward them... I can’t. They really should have both said fuck off. He wasn’t even all that 🙄🙄🙄

R7 yes, she had Dean Cain but he was safe and boring. Brenda was physically attracted to him but that’s it. As she got to know him better she realized she wasn’t into him at all. He was all about talking like adults, a big reader, very intelligent and idolized her father for his work. Those are big No Nos for Brenda. She needs a man who will play with her mind and emotions as well as argue with her like a child instead.

Dean Cain was too mature and reasonable for her.

Brenda!!! Still a great triangle since Dylan had chemistry with both of them!

I actually never bought Dylan and Kelly as a serious couple. She is someone he would have fun with then toss. Brenda kept him on his toes, and he liked that. He started cleaning up his act because he liked Brenda so much. Kelly never had that impact.

In the reboot (not that crap from last year, the 2008 one) we learn Kelly and Dylan had a kid together and she’s still in love with him. Give me a break.

Team Kelly. I never liked Brenda. Never.

Kelly violated the girl code. She should have been strung up by her blonde locks for it.

Brenda, but I wish you had done a poll so I didn't have to type anything. There never should have been a Kelly/Dylan pairing. Brenda and Dylan *were* Beverly Hills 90210.

They should've revealed that Jim asked Kelly to break them up so The Walshes could be free of Dylan.

[quote]Jim asked Kelly to break them up

Which episode, r18?

We all know Cindy Walsh had her high waisted slacks in a twist for Dylan, also. And maybe the milf thing was crossing Dylan's mind as well. There's only so much Cindy could do with that old fart, Jim.

Nice try, R20. Cindy was always offering me her secret recipe for tuna salad.

I wonder what the show would have been like if Shannen never left and Brenda had been on the whole time?

I was team Kelly for whatever reason. Guess I sympathized with the slut.

R22 I was team Kelly too but while rewatching in modern day, I am team Brenda. Kelly broke girl code and wasn’t a good friend.

I always hated how quickly Brenda would forgive her.

Shannen didn’t leave. She was fired. Can we stop making it sound like it was a choice?

She got out just in time. The show sucked after high school. They should've left the soapy shit to Melrose Place.

"They should've left the soapy shit to Melrose Place."

Um, it was a soap opera, so... no.

It was high school so I really couldn't care that much. I think I remember the first time watching being upset that Kelly did that. But on subsequential rerun viewing, I became Team Kelly

People who are team Kelly will get their comeuppance when their significant others cheat on them, and it will be soon.

Team Kelly, but mainly for the high drama she caused and got involved in. Super entertaining. Brenda was a try-too-hard and had too many pity-parties for herself.

My daughter is a SLUT!!!

Team Brenda all day. Kelly was soooooo boring.

Kelly’s mom was cooler than her

R26, I preferred the self-contained episodes of the first two seasons. Once 90210 went soapy, it sucked. It couldn't hold a candle to Kimberly Shaw and drunk Alison.

Why didn't Andrea get any action?

You think she could have porked Brandon or Steve at one point.

I think season 3 was its best season. Season 4 on it felt more boring. That was post HS though. The show never worked that well post HS.

I never watched the stupid thing, but since Shannen Doherty is a total skanky cunt, I'm Team Kelly. WooHoo.

Andrea and Brandon almost fucked more than once.

I loved the Kelly Is A Coke Whore era.

When was Kelly NOT a whore?!! Let’s be honest

I love the episode where the black jocks from another school were pissed with the white jocks of Beverly Hills and Brandon decides to throw a dance to bring them together. There's major racial tension at first but everyone comes together as Tori Spelling starts dancing on the floor in a mini dress and combat boots.

90210 doing Black Lives Matter in the '90s all courtesy of my daughter.

I was always ahead of the game.

R40 thats season 3 I believe. My favorite season.

It’s a good episode and only shows not much has changed since 1992

As an aside, Mark Kiely as Mr. Meyers was hotter than all the main guys.

The guys on Saved By The Bell were hotter than the main guys on 90210!

The guys on SBTB were actual teens

Bitchy rich girl Kelly was the best first couple seasons when she became misunderstood it wasn’t as much fun. She was completely destroyed when she became the tortured heroine princess throughout the college years and beyond.

I liked what Brenda evolved into and her freshman college year was some of the best Brenda episodes. She didn’t give a fuck!

The guys on 90210 were actual MEN!

#TeamBrenda

That pear shaped mealy mouthed coke whore Kelly should have looked elsewhere vs going after Dylan. Bleh

Team Kelly!

I almost sided with someone in the Kelly/Brenda/Dylan Love Triangle.

But then I remembered: I'm cool and would never watch this garbage.

Oh, shut up, Donna r49!

You were just as slutty as your friend, Miss Kelly the Princess.

If Dylan wanted Kelly why didn’t he go for her long before Brenda showed up to town?

Seems like a situation of love the one you’re with since Brenda was in Europe that summer.

This triangle lasted TWO full seasons and only ended because they fired Shannen

The plan for season 5 was too have a quadrangle with Brandon/Kelly/Brenda and Dylan

Yes twins in the same quadrangle

Instead it became another triangle now with Brandon and of course Kelly/Dylan

Dylan and Brandon had so much chemistry that pairing should have been the demise of Brenda and Dylan

Brandon and Dylan didn’t have that much chemistry. I am Rewatching and Brandon and Andrea have the best chemistry, followed by him and Steve.

Brandon and Kelly have NO CHEMISTRY. Kelly and Dylan BARELY HAVE chemistry. I don’t know why they expected us to believe those two were mad for her. Dylan and Brenda felt real and authentic. Dylan and Kelly felt forced.

And like r52 said, if Dylan wanted Kelly, why didn’t he go with her before Brenda even moved there? Dylan and Kelly have known each other their whole lives. Now he wants her? No.

R56 remember in Season 5, when Dylan after he got sober and came out of his drug induced coma after his car went over a cliff, went to some past life therapist and he discovered that him and Kelly were soulmates and we're lovers in another life, with both playing dual roles and Brandon too?

That was ridiculous

R57 sadly I do. Ridiculous storyline. Many of the storylines became RIDICULOUS as the series went on.

I stopped watching the show after season 4, minus a few episodes here and there. Were Valerie and Dylan ever a thing?

I love this scene, because its true. Why was Dylan never good enough for Brenda?

R59 yes they were a big thing, Kelly caught them hooking up at The Peach Pit

And Kelly blamed Valerie for Dylan's drug use and him being in a coma

Okay, you bitches got to me: My s.o. and I just watched the first episode of the first season. I'm already as hooked as I was the first time around, but I was worried it wouldn't hook him. Luckily, they played a Gene Loves Jezebel song right at the very end; safe to say he's in it for the haul now.

Say what you will about Ziering, but he's quite effective as Everyone's Favorite Asshole, and had good chemistry with the whole cast (especially BAG) right from the start. Priestly is so beautiful; hell, even his mullet is beautiful.

BAG is overrated. Everyone on here goes on and on about how he was gorgeous and how he was too hot for Donna when either is true.

Team Valerie - always and forevah!

[Quote] Why didn't Andrea get any action? You think she could have porked Brandon or Steve at one point.

Andrea's makeout scene with Steve was pretty hot. And the irresistible scene with Brandon was good too. I don't know wtf she saw in that drama teacher.

[Quote] There's major racial tension at first but everyone comes together as Tori Spelling starts dancing on the floor in a mini dress and combat boots.

Tori looked good. The dancing was hilarious. As was BAG rapping about mic checking.

[Quote] Team Valerie - always and forevah!

Right? Who wouldn't want to watch her torture Kelly.

Valerie was the only reason why the show made sense continuing....

Steve and Andrea should have gone there!!!

Donna as a leading lady ruined the show. Sidekick and comedic relief yes. Desired virgin nope!

R34, don't forget she got Peter Krause in his prime.

R65 I was one of the hottest girls in HS!

[Quote] I'm actually surprised that the rest of the gang, particularly Donna, didn't give Kelly more shit for it.

It is weird how no one else really says anything or gives Kelly and Dylan shit for sneaking behind Brenda's back.

[Quote] 90210 doing Black Lives Matter in the '90s all courtesy of my daughter. I was always ahead of the game.

One awkward dance step at a time.

Donna is an American Treasure

[quote]I wonder what the show would have been like if Shannen never left and Brenda had been on the whole time?

R22 Guarantee there Laverne the waitress would have been back "by popular demand".

[quote]Why didn't Andrea get any action?

Didn't she get pregnant?

Andrea loses her virginity to the male roommate next door in season 4 and then dumps him and starts dating the guy who becomes her husband.

The real question should be when did Andrea become a part of the main group and one of the popular kids?

Probably hen she lost her virginity.

*when

Andrea has an extramarital affair for MONTHS during season 5 with a doctor, Peter was his name

The twist is that her husband Jesse was also cheating on her, they go to get a divorce but reconcile and leave the show with their baby Hannah

Forgetting someone?

Who was Jesse cheating with? Kelly's pool boy?

I’m team Brandon. He had a big cock

I am a Shannen apologist: Brenda.

R74 no shes one of the cool kids in HS eventually. She loses her virgin In college.

R81 yup Andrea looses her virginity in season 4 and starts sleeping around, Dan Rubin and eventual husband in season 4 and then cheats on him with that doctor guy Peter for about 5-6 months worth of episodes in season 5, even going to a sleacy motel room to tell Peter that she never loved a man like she loved him and that she's contacting a lawyer to get a divorce from Jesse so they can be together and Peter basically laughed in her face, telling her he's not leaving his wife (he was married too)

Donna lost her virginity to David in the season 7 season finale and quickly became a slut too, jumping from one guys bed to the next the next three seasons, even cheating on Noah with Shawn Christian,'s character, forget his name, Noah walked in on Donna in bed with him

[Quote] Donna lost her virginity to David in the season 7 season finale and quickly became a slut too, jumping from one guys bed to the next the next three seasons,

I found it hilarious how Donna didn't waste any time after her [italic] special night [/italic] with David.

The cavern between Tori Spellings boobs used to fascinate me. I am an eldergay and we would gather weekly for cocktails and to watch 90210 & Melrose. Miss those days.

seasons 4-6 have a distinct Melrose Place feel to them

Season 6 is probably the best season, it's amazingly plotted out , I think the writers, led by Steve Wasserman and his wife Jessica Klein who came from writing daytime soap opera's, really wrote a great Bible for that season and followed it perfectly, I live how one storyline flows into another and how it's more character driven than plot driven

If Kelly wouldn't have turn down Dylan's trip around the world offer and Brandon's marriage proposal at the end of season 5, then we wouldn't of had Dylan looking for his father's killer (season 3 storyline), the introduction of the mob Marquette family and Dylan falling for Toni Marquette, the daughter of the man who killed his father and then Dylan and Toni marrying and Toni being gunned down on their wedding night in a mob hit met for Dylan

So Kelly's selfishness caused her death

Also the Colin saga was just plotted out perfectly, he's Kelly's new love interest a turtored artist from NYC but wait, he's having an affair with a rich older married woman, Claudia Van Eyk played by Mary Crosby of "Who Shot JR?" Dallas fame, and he's also a closet cocaine head and wait there's more, he knew Valerie, Kelly's nemesis, when they went to camp as teens in NY and Valerie had a crush on him and never got over it

We all know what that means....

And then we get the crazy Tara, the psycho lesbo bitch who tries to kill Kelly with carbon monoxide poisoning, storyline out of it

Good times

You all blame Kelly for everything. Lmao. Even Toni’s death.

R86 she kind of is to blame for it, because Kelly's selfish rejection of Dylan spurred him to track down his father's killer, which led him to Toni, at first he was using her to get information on his dad, but eventually they fell in love for real, got married and she got gun down after her dad put a hit on Dylan to stop the wedding

What really sucks is that Jack McKay (Dylan's dad), wasn't really dead after all, after CLEARLY dying in that car bomb explosion in season 3, he came back from the dead on season 10, he faked his death and was in a witness protection program for 7 years

R85 R87 I have to differ - liked it a lot better when they were just high school or college kids with normal, albeit Beverly Hills, real-life relationships and issues. I don't think such big stuff would have actually entered into these characters' lives, it just seems like a lot of fantasy dreamed up by writers who lost track of the premise. Kind of like those daytime soaps that take place in a small town and there's all this international intrigue going on.

R88 the show had to change or it wouldn't have lasted 10 years

Season 1 of Melrose Place was a lot like the early years of 90210, relatable stories and self contained episodes and it almost got cancelled

Heather Locklear was brought bon to soap it up and it started beating 90210 in the ratings, so Aaron Spelling looked at 90210 and decided to go the soap route too, but stillore grounded and relatable than Melrose, he had daytime soap writers Steve Wasserman and Jessica Klein as showrunners during the college years, he brought in Valerie Malone to cause drama, as Tiffani Amber Theissan said, "they wanted their Amanda/ Heather Locklear for 90210"

It worked until the post college years, when the show really went off the rails and didn't make sense

The college years were extra soapy, but they were still fun and believable for the most part. Post college is where they made a mess of the show, and the ratings suffered. The later seasons ratings are much much lower than the earlier seasons.

[Quote] Season 6 is probably the best season, it's amazingly plotted out , I think the writers, led by Steve Wasserman and his wife Jessica Klein who came from writing daytime soap opera's, really wrote a great Bible for that season and followed it perfectly, I live how one storyline flows into another and how it's more character driven than plot driven

Having a show bible doesn't seem to be a priority for alot of writers these days and i don't understand why.

I didn't watch '90210' in real time until the last season. Rewatching it on 'Soap Net', I never cared for Brenda, but I think it's because I didn't care for Shannen as a person. Dylan seemed like a selfish douche for most of the series to me...I was glad Kelly didn't end up with him, but that she could stay friends with him. Am I the only one who loved Vanessa Marcil's character?

R88 They didn't have to stick with self-contained episodes. But they could have been more creative than having Dylan, Kelly, Donna, David and even straight arrow Brandon become addicted to drugs. Also not sure why they had to rename them, like, were the makers of Ecstasy going to sue, so they had to call it U4EA?

I really never cared for Valerie Malone. If I recall correctly (and I probably don't) she was a manipulative sociopath who we were supposed to forgive all the time and feel sorry for, like the saps she was friends with kept doing. They should have kicked her to the curb.

This was also the time I thought they started casting more for looks. Tiffani was gorgeous but her acting was professional more than inspired. Other than Jason, I didn't think any of the original cast were model-gorgeous, and they seemed like they were cast more for personality (and even Jason was short, and not very muscular).

Kelly and Dylan never worked

I prefer the reboot better. Trevor Donovan is a fine stud.

Brenda Kelly was always a deformed skank. She was just like her whore mother. Brenda was better in every way.

Team Ray

Thr drug addiction storylines on here were annoying after awhile, almost every major character became a drug addict for multiple episodes and then, for the most part, when their storyline ended, their addiction was forgotten about except for Dylan

Another thing 90210 did too much was "the long lost sibling" storyline

Erica was Dylan's long lost half sister in season 4, it was she, they never did the DNA test

Kelly had a long lost sister named Joy in season 7, her dad her her with his mistress

Then cousin Gina (Vanessa Marcil) was revealed to be Donna's half sister not cousin in season 10 when the truth came out that Gina is the product from an affair Donna's dad, Dr. Martin, had with Gina's white trash mother Bobbie

Oh and the weirdest storyline was how much was made that Steve was adopted, even searching for his birth mother in season 2 (she had died) and than in season 6, we find out his adopted dad Rush Sanders is actually his REAL dad and they lied to him for years

Jackie was great on the reboot. And then they killed her off on season 2. Smh.

Agree I always wanted more from high nasty Jackie

[quote] I prefer the reboot better

Sacrilege.

Team Emily!!!

I know she hopped on Brandon's dick but did she get Dylan's dick (DD)??

No. Emily loved pussy on the low.

I wish they would've made Amanda Peyser a regular. She was such a DLer. Too bad they turned her into a sap by the end of the episode.

I remember back in the 90s while the show was still on my mom seeing a commercial and saying, “that Kelly, she has slept with EVERYONE on this show, hasn’t she?” Then I thought about it and was Trying to think of who of the main guys plus endless recurring characters did she not fuck? Just David?

R106 they should have had her move to Melrose Place, she would have been a great bitch on their but she would of had to go by a different name because of THE Amanda, she could call herself AJ

R107 she did as did Valerie, in fact they slept with many of the same guys (Dylan, Steve, Colin, Tom)

R104 Christine Elise (Emily) said on the 90210 Youtube podcast a few weeks back that she was originally supposed to be the skin off character to Melrose Place

After she went crazy and went to a mental institution, she gets out when she turns 18 after a few months and reconciled with Brandon and the gang and decides to move to LA to a trendy apartment complex to try to make it as a musician

And through Emily's eyes were introduced to her new neighbors at Melrose Place

Christine turned it down because the money they offered her was too low

[Quote] Also not sure why they had to rename them, like, were the makers of Ecstasy going to sue, so they had to call it U4EA?

"Brenda, you can see his nipples." Classic episode.

[Quote] If I recall correctly (and I probably don't) she was a manipulative sociopath who we were supposed to forgive all the time and feel sorry for, like the saps she was friends with kept doing. They should have kicked her to the curb.

Well she was molested by her dad. That would fuck anyone up. I do wish they kept Ginger around. Or let Valerie have a few friends of her own instead of desperately trying join the gang.

[Quote] I know she hopped on Brandon's dick but did she get Dylan's dick (DD)??

No she didn't because Brenda was being a complete asshole to her even though she's the one who dumped Dylan.

Didn't Valerie end up fucking Brandon aka her own cousin?

R111 no we only saw them kiss. They decided not to sleep together because it was too weird or something.

That’s disgusting