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The Morning After

Episode Number: 242    Season Num: 9    First Aired: Wednesday September 16, 1998    Prod Code: 2198233
Brandon and Kelly sleep together the night of the aborted wedding. Brandon considers their night together a mistake, while Kelly realizes that she wishes they had married after all. A lonely Brandon goes to Kelly's apartment in search of comfort and ends up staying the night. He then rejects Kelly's suggestion that they go on their honeymoon, and declares that he wants to move on. After her HIV test comes back negative, Valerie annoys everyone with her new policy of brutal honesty. David takes her cue and issues an ultimatum to his boss, who cuts him loose. David suspects that Val is pushing everyone away to punish herself for some reason. Valerie makes a stunning confession about her father's death. He did not commit suicide; she murdered him. Donna goes against Noah's wishes by accepting an invitation to have dinner with his parents on Mr. Hunter's birthday. The evening proves to be a disaster, just as Noah had predicted. His father later visits the club and reveals that his company has gone bankrupt and the entire family is broke. A con artist named Sophie Burns befriends Steve, who gives her his room. She claims to be a graduate student at C.U., but actually has show biz aspirations. In spite of Steve's generosity, she decides to make a move on David.

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Writer: John Eisendrath
Director: Anson Williams
Star: Tiffani Thiessen (Valerie Malone (episodes 113 - 249)),  Jennie Garth (Kelly Marlene Taylor),  Jason Priestley (Brandon Walsh (episodes 1 - 247)),  Brian Austin Green (David Silver),  Ian Ziering (Steve Sanders),  Vincent Young (Noah Hunter (seasons 8 - 10)),  Tori Spelling (Donna Marie Martin),  Joe E. Tata (Nat Bussichio (episodes 145 - 281, 289, 292 - 296; recurring previously)),  Gabrielle Carteris (Andrea Zuckerman (seasons 1 - 5, recurring otherwise))
Recurring Role: Laura Leighton (Sophie Burns)
Guest Star: Phil Hawn (Mall Shopper (uncredited)),  Ray Wise (Daniel Hunter),  Dex Elliot Sanders (Kyle Scott),  Renee Altieri (Phyllis Barnes),  Tom Sullivan (Glen King),  Timmons Moore (Guy),  Tammy Tavares (Salesperson),  Duncan Sheik (Himself - Musical Guest),  Leigh Taylor-Young (Blythe Hunter)

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Music:
Crush by Jennifer Paige
Barely Breathing performed by Duncan Sheik
Bite Your Tongue performed by Duncan Sheik (edit)
Laura Leighton played the popular character Sydney Andrews on Melrose Place. Her recurring role drew disapproval from many of the spinoff's fans, particularly when Melrose executive producers later revealed that they had developed a storyline that would have brought the presumed-dead Sydney back to the series, but could not even attempt to negotiate with Leighton because she was already under contract with 90210. (edit)
This episode was dedicated to former writer/producer Steve Wasserman, who died in a boating accident over the fourth of July weekend. (edit)
Lindsay Price officially joins the cast as Janet Sosna. (edit)

Quotes

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Valerie: Look. Tape or no tape, you can't get back what you had with Kelly.
Brandon: Would you go be a bitch somewhere else please. (edit)

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Sophie orders room service from the Walsh's home phone. Wouldn't the hotel be able to tell that the call was coming in from an outside line vs. from within the hotel? (edit)
Valerie admits to David that she killed her father. If this is true, then why was she having the recurring nightmares of finding her father after his "suicide" in Lover's Leap? (edit)

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gwen13579
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4.3
Poor
The Morning After
"Out of character"
The Brandon/Kelly break-up continues... along with the viewers' anger and disappointment and disbelief
Continue » Posted Jan 1, 2008 11:58 am PST

sammy0343
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4.1
Poor
The Morning After
"Revealing"
I think it sucks that you made Brendon and Kelly break it off they are so perfect together
Continue » Posted Oct 20, 2006 12:26 pm PST
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