Expert: Crystal - 8/7/2007

Question
Hi Crystal! I was hoping you could answer two questions for me:
1. Why is it that in some episodes of season 3 and 4 Brenda is only in an episode 3 or 4 times? There are a couple episodes like this in season 2 as well. Isn't she one of the main characters? I mean the show is about her and Brandon?
2. Dialogue- in the episode 'Crunch Time' from season 4 when Brenda is telling Andrea what exams she has the first thing she says sounds like Sacks! then she goes onto romantic poetry and so on.
Your help is appreciated.

Answer
Hello Kaelyn,

1. Brenda only appears in some episodes 3 or 4 times because after Season 1, 90210 was an ensemble drama with storylines being spread out to all cast members as evenly as possible. The show started out being about the Walsh family with emphasis on Brandon and Brenda's struggles to adapt to Beverly Hills, California (West Coast/L.A. "fast-lane" lifestyle) where their family had been recently transplanted from Minneapolis, Minnesota (midwestern family values). Yes, Brenda was a main character with her being part of the Walsh family, but the ensemble cast meant that everyone was just as important to the show. It allowed for the viewer to "get to know" the Walsh twins' friends and how most things should not be judged by their surface appearance.

2. Here's what Brenda told Andrea in that scene: Well, my STATS (short for Statistics) final is tomorrow, Wednesday: Romantic Poetry, then Theatre History, and on Thursday I have English "A", plus on top of all that, I still have to work.

Statistics is a mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation. Definition provided by Wiktionary: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/statistics

Take care,
Crystal