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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 6073
Released: May 1, 2007 |
| Our Price: $19.75 |
| Used Price: $12.87 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
One of the definitive, landmark shows of the 1990s, 90210 quickly became an important fixture on the FOX and in the popular discourse of adolescents and young adults. The second season’s main characters, Dylan, Kelly, Donna, Steve, David, Andrea and twins Brandon and Brenda all attended West Beverly Hills High School. Brandon and Brenda Walsh and their parents, transplants from Minneapolis were the stable nuclear family with strong values; their home was a safe haven for the whole gang and the center of much of the drama. The show dealt with a steady stream of love triangles and other romantic entanglements and occasionally touched on more serious issues as well.
Description of Beverly Hills, 90210 - The Complete Second Season:
From a pregnancy scare and a psycho girlfriend to a cameo by Color Me Badd, Beverly Hills 90210's sophomore year demonstrates why this was "the greatest TV show in history with a zip code in its title." That's what comedians John Aboud and Michael Colton (Best Week Ever) call it in a very entertaining bonus feature that affectionately roasts 90210 from its so-the-drama melodramatics to its stuck-in-the-'90s fashion sense (high-waisted jeans, buttoned-up shirts, and whatever the heck you call the outrageous wardrobe worn by Brian Austin Green's David). This is the season that catapulted 90210 from Most Likely to Succeed to BSOF (Best Show on Fox). Certainly, it was must-see viewing for teens who anxiously tuned in each week to vicariously chart the serial adventures of siblings Brenda (Shannon Doherty) and older brother Brandon (Jason Priestley), recent transplants from Minnesota to glitzy Beverly Hills. Season 2, one of the best in this series' decade-long run, is one for the time capsule, with episodes and story arcs that loom large in the 90210 phenomenon, among them: Brenda's tempestuous, on-and-off-again relationship with soulful bad boy Dylan (Luke Perry in his instantly iconic role), causing rifts between her and her increasingly disapproving parents; new girl Emily Valentine (Christine Elise) going all Fatal Attraction on Brandon (no rabbits are boiled but a homecoming float is in jeopardy); Kelly (Jennie Garthhooking up with Melrose Place-bound Jake (Grant Show), and Donna (Tori Spelling) in her mermaid Halloween costume.
Degrassi Jr. High has nothing on 90210 when it comes to issues-oriented episodes. Not four minutes into the season opener, Brenda announces she is five days "late." "I love Dylan, and I thought I knew what we were doing" she tells BFFs Kelly and Donna, "but I'm beginning to get the feeling that it wasn't worth it." Other episodes address abstinence, child abuse, the physically challenged, sexual orientation, racism, rape, and steroids. A heartbreaking story arc concerns David shunning his former best friend, Scott, who returns from an Oklahoma vacation all urban cowboy, making him even more of an outcast with the popular kids. "Cool it with the guns," David cautions, foreshadowing tragic events to come in the episode "The Next 50 Years." Throwing something of a wet blanket on precious memories of the show is the substitution of generic songs for 90210's originally killer soundtracks of alternative and classic rock and golden oldies. One would think that the Peach Pit has the lamest jukebox on Earth. --Donald Liebenson
Beverly Hills, 90210 - The Complete Second Season Reviews:
I heart Brenda Walsh! 
2009-05-21 - The second season of "Beverly Hills, 90210" is even better than the first. This season deals with a variety of issues, including child abuse, post traumatic stress disorder, steroid use among student athletes, sexual orientation, and more. It also features some of my favorite Brenda Walsh episodes. The season kicks off with Brenda announcing that she may be carrying Dylan's child. There's also major Brenda/Dylan drama, as they break up and make up more times than I can count. Another great episode is the one where Brenda is alone at the Peach Pit during a robbery, and then of course there's the two-part season finale, which entails Brenda defying her parents to go to Mexico for the weekend with Dylan, and Jim Walsh ultimately forbidding the couple to see each other anymore.
In addition to all that, there's plenty of good stories involving the supporting cast as well. Steve embarks on a quest to find his biological mother, Kelly and David deal with their parents' budding romance, and Donna learns that her mother is having an affair. Oh yeah, and Brandon is just as much of a do-gooder as ever (he's TOO good, but you've got to love him!).
One sour note, much of the music from the original series has been replaced with crappier tunes for the DVD. That happens sometimes when a show is transferred to DVD, but it still sucks.
I'm looking forward to reliving Season Three of this awesome show on DVD very soon.
Great!
2009-05-19 - It was perfect and never skipped or anything even though it was used. It came in mint condition too. Great buy!
Great!!!
2008-10-01 - Believe it or not, this was the first DVD I bought lol. I know I should have bought Season 1, but I bought Season 2. I love this season soo much! Watching back brought me so much memories! You won't regret this DVD. This season makes viewers believe that this show is it in for the long run. It did 10 years!! haha. If you are a big fan of 90210 in the 90's, then this is the DVD you should buy. I'm planning to buy all seasons. The extras and the bonus on this DVD was very interesting to watch. I hear that there's more in other DVD boxes per season. I can't wait. I'm definitely saving up to buy Season 1, 3 and the rest soon.
Music 
2008-07-15 - Shows are great, except the different music is really noticeable if you loved the show.
Not the real thing 
2008-06-14 - I'm so glad I read the reviews and learned that these aren't the real deal. The music was a big part of the show. Without it--I'm not buying this. Too bad. I've been in a 90210 nostalgia mood lately. Maybe one day the series will be released on DVD.
