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It's the final MELR0210 of the year and we're going out with two wild eps of 1990's primetime television!

First up, on Beverly Hills, 90210, we're chatting about the After School Special episode, "The Game is Chicken." Originally airing, January 6, 1993, this episode features Steve Sanders getting into some illegal drag racing, Brandon's gambling addiction starting to beautifully blossom (couldn't happen to a nicer guy), Kelly and Brenda give Dylan an ultimatum, and Donna takes over the radio station... and does a good job! PLUS: Justice for Andrea! Sort of!

Then, cross-town on Melrose Place, it's the conclusion of the Parker Family Saga on "It's a Bad World After All." Premiering back on September 19, 1994, this episode does indeed have Alison confronting her abusive father during a backyard BBQ, along with Jake getting duped by Brittany in a wild and most hilarious twist, and Jane and her father successfully getting Sydney committed! Holy smokes! PLUS: Kimberly and Michael get all riled up by their mutual traumatic brain injuries!

MELR0210 is a WHM podcast where the guys blissfully stroll through the Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place timelines. The TV episodes covered will run in broadcast order unless otherwise specified.

Thanks so much for continuing to support the WHM Patreon! We know you have a lot of options when it comes to podcast entertainment and we're grateful you chose to spend some time with us. You're way cooler than Dylan McKay!Cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

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WarOfTheBees

The Simpsons had a loose rule that Homer could never be so stupid that he forgets his own name. Donna has failed to reach that bar in this episode, which means she is dumber than Homer Simpson.

Ed

"What if Donna had a Crayon in her brain?"

MarkNM

The ol' Crayola Oblongata.

I.C. Weiner

My jaw was on the floor when I saw the public molestation defense scene and I am so happy you guys did it justice. I can't imagine these shows can possibly match these heights again, but I am excited to see them try.

Tim O'

Mmm... donut - I mean Donna

Charles Grodin's Toupee is Having Fargo Sex

You just know Seth Green was playing as Wolverine in the X-Men arcade game. He may fancy himself as a Wolverine, but we all know he is a Nightcrawler at best. At best!

TJ Guiney

allison walking into the barbeque: THE PARTY’S OVER

Brad Millette

I gotta say, and I know this is more about early 90s views of mental health facilities in pop culture, but as someone that does work at a state commitment hospital, yes, we do wash the patients' clothes. We actually provide them with scrubs to wear for their first day for the express purpose of laundering the clothes they came in with.

Rose Esposito

"I'm a writer with a capital R!" god I love the Billy impressions

John Shetler

I love the shout out to James Karen. The dude was everywhere. He was friends with Buster Keaton for crying out loud!

Busiris

Now that I'm finally watching the shows in tandem with the podcast, I am realizing just how much these shows influenced that Riverdale CW show (perhaps that's so obvious now in retrospect, especially with Luke Perry involved). I did watch that show and I was screaming at the TV almost every episode because of how stupid (but so watchable) it was. Now I can do the same with 90210 and Melrose!

Trev Herron

1) I agree with Steve and Eric in that Brenda and Kelly have no right to complain about competing over Dylan when they are deliberately doing the Betty and Veronica thing. Maybe they need a custody agreement or something. 2) I disagree with Steve re: the horny burglar bit, I FS HAVE been as cock crazy as Kathy Ireland was in this episode of Melrose Place

TJ Guiney

I don’t want them to /start/ a Riverdale Sideshow (they already have so many shows) but god I wish I could steal episodes from a universe where they had, because I need to hear the gang’s reactions to shit like Chad Michael Murray: Shredded Cult Leader or the Saga of the Teen Speakeasy

Busiris

I absolutely know what you mean, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to hear their take on some of the wilder parts of the show. I think it might've been Chad Michael Murray that literally tried to escape in one episode on an actual looney tunes space rocket which was hysterical. And the final episode had me ripping my hair out with how stupid/hilarious it was, oh man.

Christopher Oxentine

We did have an auto shop at our high school, I graduated in 1990.

AlsoNamedB0rt

My guess is Frank South got back from his usual summer vacation - the island where humans are hunted for sport - hung up his duster, struck a match on his snakeskin boot, lit up an unfiltered lucky strike, and said “we have a child molestation plot line? what the fuck? better pull the ripcord on that one.” He clacks out on his typewriter: “AND THE DAD GOES CRAZY AND CONFESSES AT A BARBECUE OR SOMETHING.” His day’s work complete, he rests his boots atop his desk and pensively stares out his window as the white hot California sun seeps through the venetian blinds.

Vincent Mollica

Ken Howard: also a late Preminger staple! Never would have recognized him.

Kureigu

There is a youtuber called Alex Meyers that did a recap of river dale, not sure if he did whole show but what I saw was funny stuff.

Billie Jackson

The episode in which the fbi stand around and make Betty defuse a bomb and CMM, dressed like Evel Kneival, attempts to flee in a tiny rocketship he built himself on the building's roof. The season that has multiple murderous cults operating in Riverdale at the same time. Cheryl's relative that was living in the walls, Archie and Betty having sex while a bomb detonates under the bed leading to everyone getting super powers and creating a parallel universe existing alongside the original. The snuff videos that are just on the shelves of the video store. Archie fighting in some unspecified war somewhere very nonspecific. The character that goes back in time to save MLK Jr only to change her mind and let him die.

Busiris

I think about that tiny rocket escape plan literally several times a year, lmao. It was such a wild show.