She lost her virginity to Ross Weber and was almost raped. The only time David spends time with Scott in Season 2 is when David leaves a Halloween party to meet with Scott to talk about their "good old times." In Season 10, Dylan learned that his father was actually alive, with a wife and young son, and living under FBI protection with the alias Eddie Waitkus. He loves the main cast, and often comes to the rescue of the characters. Vincent Young portrays Noah Hunter (main, season 810), who met the gang during their Hawaiian vacation in Season 8. Jim & Cindy Walsh Leave 90210 Beverly Hills Show Podcast 3.64K subscribers Subscribe 4 718 views 2 years ago Writers Larry Mollin & Jessica Klein discuss the transition to Hong Kong and. Andrea would later appear at Steve's birthday bash and the gang's high school reunion, where it is revealed she and Jesse are getting divorced. When we originally sat down and watched "90210" in its heyday, we believed we were watching high schoolers playing high schoolers but apparently we were suspending our disbelief. David Gail plays Stuart Carson (recurring, season 4), Brenda's wealthy, 20-something suitor shortly after starting college in Season 4. I was coming off a period of time where my husband had died when our baby was 9 months old. I just thought, if they're going to buy, I'm going to sell it.". Although he and Donna were interested in each other while she was disgusted with Noah's behavior, their reunion turned his attention toward Kelly, and they began sleeping together as she got over Brandon's departure. Eventually, marital problems arose, and they both cheated on each other with someone else. Jim and Cindy depart L.A. for Hong Kong on business in the summer of 1995, leaving their now-grown son Brandon whose sister had departed for England a year prior to live his life independently. They divorced when Mel was caught cheating, but later got back together and broke up again. They began dating and all was well until midway through the season when Carly's father suffered a heart attack in her Montana hometown, and Carly decided she had to leave L.A. to be with him, and thus departed from the series for good. After a near-fatal car crash, he began to recover by going through rehab and an oddball ex-FBI agent later helped him recover $7.5 million of his stolen funds, after which he rescued Erica. Last seen They both lied about John being Gina Kincaid's real father and covered it up out of embarrassment, only admitting the truth when Donna found out and angrily shamed them into being honest. He was the person many turned to when in trouble Donna's expulsion from high school, Brenda's many problems, Kelly's drug problem, Andrea's getting into Yale, Valerie's suicide attempt, Ray's lawsuit against Joe, Steve's constant stunts, and even Dylan's battle with drugs and alcohol and the murder of his wife. Teen dream power couple Brenda Walsh and Dylan McKay made it extremely official when they did what so many real-life teen couples do: had sex after their prom. Also, in this episode, it is revealed that Scott had been the fifth-grade boyfriend of a West Beverly Hills High girl named Denise, who is embarrassed by it. Simultaneously, they have to deal with how their kids are handling the huge shift it is for the teens to try and fit in with this vastly different culture. Executive Producer Aaron Spelling came to Carteris' defense, telling the AP, "No one complains when a 32-year-old male star plays a high school student in movies. She was strict, but compassionate, and became a respected administrator among the students who interacted with her most often. The phrase "Jim and Cindy" has become an almost iconic statement. And Fox came back with: "She can't have a job. In the spin-off 90210, she and Dylan are shown to have broken up, although they share a son. She told The Telegraph, They never told me why, they just said it wasn't working." It was later revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had three months to live. Jim's Minneapolis-based company transferred him back. Andrea accuses him of sexism when he decides Brandon should be editor-in-chief of the Blaze. What that did was it set up another venue for me to run into the kids. We followed beautiful Kelly Taylor's (Jennie Garth) journey over 10 seasons and 292 episodes, but what we maybe didn't realize at the time is how unkind and tortuous the show was to her over that long span of time. He felt alone until his father, Jack, got out of prison in Season 3 and they reconciled. She moved to Washington, D.C., to work on the Clinton/Gore presidential campaign. Unfortunately, Dylan's substance abuse problem returned with him and it would take an injury to Donna caused by himself to get him to kick his habit again. David's mother Sheila (Caroline Lagerfelt) was shown as sweet and loving but suffers from manic depression. While Brandon and the rest of his friends usually gave Valerie the benefit of the doubt, and ultimately remained friends with her (particularly when Valerie ceased her malicious ways or appeared to atone for them), she and Kelly remained constant enemies throughout the entire series, save for a few instances where both women were to be cordial with each other. However, Kelly eventually found out that John only wanted to sleep with her. After a long run, Jason Priestley (via CNN) "felt that the character of Brandon had kind of run his course," and so Brandon left for a newspaper job in New York early in season 9, but didn't even get a goodbye party. It was inspired by John Hughes, and Thirtysomething. They dated briefly after Gina had enough of Dylan treating her like an ornament, but David ended things with her because she was still hung up on Dylan. [11] Andrea was introduced as a focused student who was socially shy all through high school, with a huge crush on Brandon, but their relationship remained platonic. This junior year repeat was never addressed on the series, or much in general, until show creator Darren Star reflected to the New York Times, "This is a show where these kids are going to go to college. I was coming out of this process of mourning. He moved to L.A. to begin a relationship with her, and was also an old boyfriend of Valerie's. Season 1 began with our of-driving-age crew pulling into the school's parking lot, ready to start their junior year. The Walshes' house is often used for holidays and celebrations (like Mel and Jackie's wedding). He seemed to be on top of his life by taking a double load of classes to graduate with the gang, dating Donna, working as the school DJ and trying to have a social life, while he and the socially handicapped Scott grew apart. He got a weapons charge against her dismissed after she shot and killed the rapist in self-defense, and they drifted apart for a while, until Matt's handling of a death penalty appeal helped bring them back together. So it was hard. Gabriel Macht, best known for "Suits," and long set of locks when he played the not very handicapped-friendly Tal Weaver back in season 2. He kicked his drug habit and managed to avoid becoming an alcoholic. They broke up and Steve was heartsick for a while, though he later decided that he would have joined her in Montana if he was truly in love with her. Bruce Thomas' first appeared in Season 6 as Hank Bradley, and then he returned three seasons later as Carl Schmidt, who was engaged to Valerie's mom. Denise Dowse plays Yvonne Teasley (recurring, 210), a vice principal of West Beverly Hills High School. Eventually, certain brash actions on her part met with disapproval from Brandon, who calmly ended the relationship. She is portrayed by Carol Potter. She ignored Steve's entreaties until they began sleeping together and then turned the Beat into a tabloid, and by later in Season 9 they started seriously dating, even though Janet's conservative Japanese parents cut her off for being with a non-Japanese man. And although each hopes for richer story lines (They wont even let Cindy get a job, if you can believe that, says Potter), this summers episodes, in which Jim tries to break up Brenda and Dylan (Luke Perry), offer ample opportunity for family dysfunction, Beverly Hills-style. And just as their children did, they He ended the series by committing to AA and falling in love with a troubled young single mom he met there. Before Aaron Paul was "Breaking Bad" he made his "awful" TV debut and netted his first screen kiss as a Romeo named "Chad. She almost ends up marrying Kelly's father Bill, but is left at the altar. In an interview given shortly after her Best Actress Oscar win for Boys Don't Cry, Swank revealed that she had been fired from the show because the producers didn't think that Carly was connecting with the show's audience. Felice tried to appear moral and straight-laced (she even supported West Beverly's decision to suspend her daughter prior to graduation after Donna got drunk at the prom) but she was often hypocritical: she had an affair that nearly ended her marriage and had to admit that her own insistence in premarital celibacy was a lie because she's gotten pregnant and had an abortion while in college. They meant, We're going to pretend to be a fourth network, but we're going to pay you like we're in cable. Throughout the entire series, Brandon was involved in various journalism projects, from sports editor and co-chief of the Beverly Blaze in high school to co-editor of the CU Condor, a brief stint as news director at CUTV, and a year as student-body president (sophomore year). This is all without diving into her sexual assault, the court case, and her eventually killing her assailant. Cindy, realising Brendas right, starts to open up more to the new life in Beverly Hills. Later, after she ended this relationship, she got the lead role in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and a subsequent spot in a London summer acting program. Jim went to his office every day and dealt with Dylan coming in and dissing him by refusing to call him Mr. Walsh and screaming at him for more money every week. There is a Beverly Hills High School, but "90210" Executive Producer (and BHHS alum) Charles Rosin wanted to avoid lawsuits so gave the show's school a fictional name. However, John, an experienced heart surgeon and a more even-keeled individual than Felice, was generally more accepting of Donna's life choices and offered her his support. Portrayed by After Brenda tries to make plans to see a film with Dylan and gets the brush-off again, Dylan and Kelly show up at Brendas door, asking to go for a walk. I think Cindy is long overdue to flip out! Rumors persist to this day, from an unauthorized haircut, to tardiness, to a physical spat with Tori Spelling, to just plain unhappiness from all parties involved. In fact, Brenda explicitly states, "I'm a junior at West Beverly High a 16-year-old junior" in the pilot. In the fall of '95, I went back to school and got a master's in marriage and family therapy, and became a licensed therapist. The character seemed to bounce between being treated badly by people for valid reasons (Donna due to her fake fling with Noah and later her cruel comments on Kelly's self-defense shooting, the ice show manager she was rude to) and being treated badly for no valid reason (preppy snobs in a bar who insulted her, Oksana Baiul's rude manager, and even Noah when he blamed her for a mistake the bakery made with Donna's birthday cake). To varying degrees between the two of them, the parents are largely portrayed as caring, disciplined, sage-like figures. She was almost raped by an ex-boyfriend, and Brandon came to her aid. She began taking multiple pills a day after she injured her back in a car accident with David; Noah's brother Josh gave her the pills. When Scott accidentally shot himself it was a huge blow for David and a source of immense guilt at the state the friendship ended in. At first, Abby denies knowing that Valerie was molested by her father, but later admits that she knew and that he had promised to get help, not seeming that concerned that he lied to her and continued to sexually assault Valerie. Shannen Doherty portrays Brenda Walsh (seasons 14), the twin sister of Brandon. She managed to come to peace with both her daughters before her death. Numerous events in the Walsh twins' lives took place in Jack's backyard, including Cindy and Jim's 20th wedding anniversary, Jackie Taylor and Mel Silver's wedding, the painting of the gang's homecoming float which was later doused with gasoline by Emily Valentine, and - my personal favorite - one of the first times Brenda lays . Ray made one appearance in Season 7, called in by the friends when David had a breakdown in Las Vegas, and was critical of them for not stepping in and helping him during his downward spiral. Cookies help us deliver our Services. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Every time I went for an audition, I came home and didn't hear anything. Kevin spent many months convincing Dylan and Jim Walsh to invest in Kevin's environmental research company and then he and Suzanne stole the cash and ran to Brazil, taking Erica with them. Their daughter Madeline was born after a protracted struggle around Thanksgiving, and Steve later brought Janet's parents back into their lives as well. Three months later, she auditioned for the role of Brandon Teena in "Boys Don't Cry" which would net Swank her first of two Academy Awards. She lost her virginity to David at the end of her senior year of college. Beverly Hills, 90210: The Official Magazine, For Joe E. Tata, Denise Dowse, and Jessica Klein, CAROL POTTER, Cindy Walsh, Beverly Hills 90210, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Originally, Cindy was supposed to start working after the Walshes arrived in L.A. and Jim was going to be out of work, to portray the conflict of her being the breadwinner. She was romantically involved with David in Season 5 and Steve in Seasons 6 and 7, becoming the first girl to nail Steve's feet to the ground. Nobodys that nice., The Walshes of '90210' -- James Eckhouse and Carol Potter have gained respect from the show's teenage fans. Kelly became unexpectedly pregnant before having a miscarriage and told she may never carry a child to term. Kelly Clarkson is known to most as the first winner of American Idol and a popular judge on The Voice, not to mention shes also recognized and appreciated for her powerful voice and songwriting skills. Along with Nat, of Peach Pit glory, Jim and Cindy were the only adults who acted like grownups. [citation needed]. Among the group, only Kelly took an immediate dislike to Valerie when they first met because Kelly quickly became aware that Valerie was not who she appeared to be. During Season 2, Scott develops an odd fascination with guns and country music after spending the summer in between Seasons 1 and 2 visiting his grandparents in Oklahoma. She planned to leave town with Dylan, before her strong words at the funeral led to her finally being accepted by Donna and Felice, and she was neither surprised nor very hurt when Dylan bailed on their travel plans. Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! But they didn't actually mean it. The two almost moved in together, but the relationship fell apart due to Clare's anger over Steve's mother breaking up with her father. He is portrayed by James Eckhouse . Relationships Gina Kincaid replaced her after her departure. "Mr. Spelling, however, went to the mat for me, and here I am. Terence Ford (brother of Harrison) went first in Season 1, and then Arthur Brooks in the beginning of Season 2. He had various relationships with Brenda and Kelly in high school. [7][8][9] Steve is a light-hearted, brash, rich kid. Here's things you didn't notice in "Beverly Hills, 90210" as a teen. David is especially protective of Kelly during her struggle with addiction, threatening to beat her then-boyfriend Colin if he hears about him giving her drugs again. This is why Scott was not included in the Season 2 summer episodes. During the sixth season, Nat rekindled his romance with his former girlfriend, Joan Diamond, whom he hadn't seen in over two decades. She began dating David Silver in high school. Abby Malone appeared in nine episodes. Shannen Doherty's tenure on the show was hot and bothersome, leading her Brenda Walsh character to take off for London after Season 4. She is allergic to chocolate. In the season finale, Brenda returns and offers her support to Adrianna, who is having a baby. During the seventh season, John suffers a stroke, which Donna initially blames on David (who was present because he was getting advice on how to win over Felice), but she realizes that he wasn't responsible. Although it was thought for years that he was his adoptive father, Steve learns that Rush is indeed his biological father. He was an actor, and he never forgot what it was like to be an actor. None of us seemed to realize that Luke Perry was in his mid-20s when he played Dylan McKay. He almost married Valerie's mother Abby but stood her up at the altar. Yet it's easy to forget that Dylan didn't even appear in the series pilot, and when he did show up he wasn't originally destined for any other episode beyond that second episode. They later mended their problems and moved away to Connecticut, where she attended Yale. With Anna's help to convince Jim and Cindy Walsh, she uses their address as a way to attend West Beverly Hills High School temporarily, while she awaits to testify at the trial involving a drive-by shooting near Dogtown, where she does volunteer work at a rec center. Kelly broke up with him, but the medication later failed, and Matt's wife told him she loved him but was getting a divorce so he could have a life with Kelly. Her relationship with Kelly and both women's lingering feelings for Dylan have become focal points for the two best friends. Valerie tells the group in the series finale that Abby has joined her for therapy to deal with Bill's actions and their relationship is now much better and stronger than before. When confronted by writer Alan Sepinwall one of the show's writers copped, "Look, we did what we had to do," in order to keep the show set in high school for as long as they could. She did, however go on the trip. Denise Dowse first checked in as Professor Harriet Strathmore in Season 1, and then 11 episodes appeared as Mrs. Yvonne Teasley, Vice Principal of West Beverly. She has had continued difficulty with her domineering mother, Felice, although she was close to her father, John. James Eckhouse, who played Jim, once said in an interview that, "I had felt I really had done wanted I wanted to do. Jordana Capra was the first and only "Perfect Mom" Nancy Martin. While the shows younger stars win the lions share of the hysterical fan reaction, Eckhouse and Potter who, as Jim and Cindy Walsh, are 90210s resident grown-ups get something rarer: quiet awe. Brenda then finds out that she can never become pregnant. Donna Martin (Tori Spelling) and David Silver (Brian Austin Green) finally say their vows, and on-and-off couple Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth) and Dylan McKay (Luke Perry) reunite, as the curtain closes on the teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 after 10 seasons. : Tiffani-Amber Thiessen zips into '90210' ready to defy expectations", "Why getting fired from Beverly Hills, 90210 didn't put Hilary Swank off TV", "90210: Cast member Christine Elise, the original Beverly Hills bad girl", "The legacy of Emily Valentine: 90210's bad girl", The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Beverly_Hills,_90210_characters&oldid=1147373824, Lists of American drama television series characters, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with style issues from December 2011, Articles needing additional references from December 2011, All articles needing additional references, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 30 March 2023, at 14:43. Now that the years have past and we're all older, we can take a second look. She was valedictorian, was accepted to Yale but decided to go to CU to be near her friends and family. She was in a long-term relationship with Noah Hunter, although it went south because of his drinking and her affair with Wayne. She works as a homemaker, volunteers at a recycling center and is an avid gardener after arriving in Beverly Hills. 75. I don't know what they were looking for, but they didn't want to keep me after my first episode. 2. Why did Cindy and Jim leave 90210? Nat also escorted Donna Martin down the aisle at her wedding to David Silver in the series finale. She met up with Brandon years later while she was living in San Francisco during Season 4, before moving to study marine biology in France. Casa Walsh gets destroyed (kind of) (Season 6, Episode 1) Jim and Cindy Walsh served a dutiful purpose during the high school years of 90210. Cindy Beevis Jennie Garth portrays Kelly Marlene Taylor, the gradual main character who appears throughout the entirety of the series (and the premiere episodes of spin-offs Melrose Place and 90210), maturing from "spoiled teen vixen to grounded 25-year-old. Jesse and Andrea had romantic sparks immediately and Andrea soon dumped Dan and began going out with Jesse, later becoming pregnant with his child and eventually accepting Jesse's marriage proposal before they welcomed daughter Hannah. Nikki Witt appeared in nine episodes. untimely death of his portrayer, Luke Perry, in 2019, he agreed to personally pick up Perry's salary for two seasons, Douglas Emerson told Rolling Stone back in 1992, Her and Aaron Spelling had no ill will towards each other, appeared at the Peach Pit as Courtney, the "perfect waitress," with only "five lines or under. She continued running the boutique, Now Wear This, alone after Kelly left to pursue public relations and finally married David in the series finale. Carol Potter Why did Cindy and Jim leave 90210? If my son ever gave me Jasons seating grin, Id ground him for a month. "90210" made instant teen idols out of its stars, but it was also a breeding ground for up and coming talent, who would make their screen debut in the tony zip code. At the wedding reception, she also gets the last upper hand with Kelly when she relays Matt Durning's request for Kelly to come talk to him while Kelly and Dylan are figuring out their relationship; Kelly asks in an irritated tone what Matt wants and Valerie coolly says "As usual, I'm just the messenger here" and Kelly gets up and walks away from their final interaction as Valerie shares an unrelated laugh with Dylan after asking him if he missed her. But in the first season, they this whole plan that Cindy was going to get a job and maybe Jim would lose his job, so you had the whole tension of the female breadwinner and the guy who's not making money. She reveals that she is in a committed relationship back in Buffalo and that she and her mother have reconciled after going through therapy together. They reconciled late in the season as Jesse used his background as a Yale University graduate to get Andrea into the college and find a clerkship nearby. Mark Kiely plays Gil Meyers (recurring, season 3; guest, season 4 and 5), an AP English teacher and journalism advisor during the gang's senior year at West Beverly in Season 3. At a certain point, it got pretty bad for my character in particular. Dylan's wealthy pops Jack McKay had three actors take on the role. Cindy Walsh is a principal character on Beverly Hills, 90210. Jim and Cindy are the parents of Brandon and Brenda Walsh and are mainly . He was not close to his unhappy, workaholic father (Ray Wise), who revealed in the Season 9 premiere that the family-owned company, Hunter Oil & Chemical, was bankrupt resulting from Noah's father's many years of mismanagement and underpayment of federal and corporate income taxes. Jim and Cindy Walsh Real Name: James Eckhouse and Carol Potter Character: Jim and Cindy are all american parents. After a while, Cindy and Anna become friendly and work at bridging the language barrier between them, although Cindy does not seem to be learning any Spanish.
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