The Bubble

Season 1, Episode 4, Aired
EDIT

Episode Summary

Annie, Harry, and Debbie are shocked to learn that West Beverly's theater director can no longer oversee the school musical. Kelly persuades Brenda to take over as the play's director, but they end up arguing over Kelly's involvement with Ryan and her latent feelings for Dylan. Meanwhile, financial struggles lead Dixon to get a job at the Peach Pit, and Naomi confronts her father's mistress.moreless
7.4
out of 10
EPISODE RATING: Good
289 votes
  • Your Rating: 10
    "Perfect"
  • Your Rating: 9.5
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 9
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 8.5
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 8
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 7.5
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 7
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 6.5
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 6
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 5.5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 4.5
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 4
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 3.5
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 3
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 2.5
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 2
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 1.5
    "Abysmal"
  • Your Rating: 1
    "Abysmal"
Rate It

Watch Online

Netflix
Subscription
iTunes
Buy
VUDU
Buy/Rent

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

Fan Episode Reviews (15)

See All

  • Nothing great, nothing bad.

    6.8
    "Fair"
    By Canogaparkcindy, Apr 01, 2010 Report Abuse
    Well this episode was decent, all things considered. We find out from Silver about Naomi & Ethan's bubble, that Annie will never penetrate. Once Ethan stands Annie up for Naomi. Annie pursues Ty. Dixon & Silver start dating. Dixon gets a job. Naomi's father continues to cheat on her mother, Tracy. Which coincidentally brought Ethan & Naomi back together again. Naomi finds the girl he's cheating with: Gail. And it turns out it's more than just a meaningless fling. Then Tracy thinks it's serious. Ugh, she annoyed me. Silver doesn't know whether to post Naomi's discretions on her blog. Kelly & Ryan continue to date, and we find out that Dylan is the father of Kelly's baby. Did not watch the original 90210, so it didn't any effect on me. Nothing was bad about this episode, but nothing really stood out to make this episode memorable. Overall, I would have to say episodes like this turn out to be forgettable. So that's why it's just "eh" for me.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • Enjoyable to watch, yet again.

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By Sarah_LOST, May 05, 2009 Report Abuse
    Tabitha and Brenda co-direct the school musical and Brenda confronts Kelly about Kelly's continued feelings for Dylan, her son's father, and her involvement with Ryan, Nat hires Dixon for a job at the Peach Pit to ease his worries about the family's financial situation. Naomi confronts her father's mistress, Gail, and she is shocked when she learns Gail will be moving into the family beach house. Annie agrees to a date with Ethan, only to be disappointed when Ethan doesn't show up and gets back together with Naomi. Another awesome epidoe from 90210. Another great storyline, I loved it. I have to say not a big fan of Ty, but who knows. Can't wait to see more of 90210.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • Dixon gets a job

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By vicky24c, Mar 15, 2009 Report Abuse
    In this episode of 90210, the following happens. When the drama teacher has to take a leave of absence due to family problems, the play may have to be cancelled. But when Harry's mother, Tabitha, hears about this, she volunteers to help out. Naomi begs Silver not to blog about her father's affair. Tabitha attends the first of the rehearsals and criticises all of them. Annie begs her father to try and find another director for the school play. Harry asks Kelly if she knows anyone who might be able to help out with the play and she instantly thinks of Brenda. When Tabitha learns of this she gets upset and feels as though Harry doesn't think that she can cope, but she soon gives in to him. Dixon gets a job at the peach pit, but doesn't ask his parents before he does so. When they learn about it, they aren't all that happy that it wasn't discussed with them first. They allow him to keep the job as long as it doesn't interfere with his school work of La Cross. We also learn in this episode, that Ethan's brother has (at least from what I can tell) Autism. After Brenda videotapes the rehearsal of the play, Tabitha can see how hard she is being on Annie, and just Annie. Naomi goes to see Gail and soon learns that she is living in their family beach house. So when Naomi returns home she tells her mother about this and her mother is upset by it. We also learn that Sammy's father is Dylan. Dixon's father, Harry soon learns about Dixon when he fails a paper due to his job at the peach pit. So Dixon comes clean about why he really needed the job and he and his father come to an arrangement. Silver tells Naomi that she isn't going to be posting anything on her blog about her father's affair. Annie and Ty make up and end up kissing in the school hall. Naomi and Ethan decide to give their relationship another chance.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • You can't always get what you want.

    8.5
    "Great"
    By OnePerCentClub, Nov 20, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is the 4th episide I've seen and I'm still liking this show. Too many different stories, but all of them were very interesting and there are two things that stay with me.
    Naomi is right. She has all the money and the beauty but she just can't get her father to love her mother. She was very brave to go talk to her father's mistress but it was worse, she only got more hurt than she was.
    The Kelly and Brenda dynamic is still good. I remember when they were rivals and didn't talk to each other. I'm glad they were able to overcome that and forget the past and let their frienship survive.
    My favorite character is, like her sister was back in the 90's, Erin Silver. She's the girl who in theory has everything, but lacks love and when it seems that she will take the wrong path of life she struggles to fill the void relying on her sister and doing the right thing for the people she cares about. The other thing that stayed with me: The great advice Dixon gives Erin. Men forget and move on, women don't. Life's too short to spend it remembering the past and suffering for it. We should all learn from this.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    1 0

  • Tabitha offers to direct the school musical, and Naomi confronts her father's mistress.

    10
    "Perfect"
    By Writer2000, Oct 22, 2008 Report Abuse
    Let me just start off by saying that all things considered, I absolutely loved this episode. My two favorite story lines from this episode were definitely Tabitha's and Naomi's. Although, I thought that all of the story lines in this episode were great. It was really nice seeing Tabitha heavily involved in a story line. Tabitha was absolutely hilarious in this episode. This episode really made me begin to like Naomi. I felt sorry for her in this episode, and I loved the scene with Naomi, her dad and his mistress. I'm so glad that Naomi apologized to Silver for telling everyone about her father's affair with another woman since she's now going through a very similar situation. I also really liked Ryan in this episode. In my opinion, Ryan Eggold plays the role of Ryan Matthews really well. All in all, I thought that this was a very well written, well acted and well made episode from everyone involved, and I'm really looking forward to seeing more episodes of 90210 in the future.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    1 0
 

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

  • Trivia

    • Help by adding trivia to this episode. Add trivia

  • Notes

    ADD NOTES
    • Featured Music: "Disturbia" by Rihanna "The Trance" by Headland "How Many Ways" by Senor Happy "Changes" by Lori Denae "Leaving" by Lore Denae "Day I Die" by Drug Rug "She's New" by Senor Happy "Not Nineteen Forever" by The Courteeners "Even the Score" by Senor Happy "Feel Good About" by Marching Band "Don't Believe in Love" by Dido "Adventures in Solitude" by The New Pornographers "Always Where I Need To Be" by The Kooks "Before It Gets Better" by Earlimart "On And Off" by Signal Hill Transmission Edit
    • Although credited, Michael Steger (Navid Shirazi) does not appear in this episode. Edit

  • Quotes

    ADD QUOTES
    • Tabitha: I have to remember some of those breathing exercises I used to do. I had a director who'd say, "If you're not breathing from your ass and reaching to the skies, the back row won't hear you." I slept with him. Edit
    • Naomi: Hi, Mom. Where are we going for dinner tonight? Tracy: I made reservations at Craft. Naomi: Is Dad coming? Tracy: He has a meeting. Naomi: Is that code for "sleeping with his girlfriend"? Edit
    • Naomi: Mom, how can you live like this? How can you just accept that dad's with another woman? How is that okay? Can you explain that to me? 'Cause I just don't get it. Tracy: It's just a casual fling, that's all. She doesn't even live here. Naomi: So what, mom? He's still cheating on you. Tracy: This is between me and your dad. Stay out of it. I'm not discussing this with you again. Edit

  • Allusions

    ADD ALLUSIONS
    • Brenda and Kelly crack a joke about being back at West Beverly High and still hearing the chanting "Donna Martin Graduates." This event happened in the original Beverly Hills 90210 season three episode Something in the Air. Edit

Show Forums

See All
Last Activity
Replies

Watch 90210 Full Episodes

See All

Related Shows

Season 1 Episodes

See All
Ep 24
One Party Can Ruin Your Wh...
Ep 23
Zero Tolerance
Ep 22
The Party's Over
Ep 21
The Dionysian Debacle
Ep 20
Between a Sign and a Hard ...
Ep 19
Okaeri, Donna!
Ep 18
Off the Rails
Ep 17
Life's a Drag
Ep 16
Of Heartbreaks and Hotels
Ep 15
Help Me, Rhonda
Ep 14
By Accident
Ep 13
Love Me or Leave Me
Ep 12
Hello, Goodbye, Amen
Ep 11
That Which We Destroy
Ep 10
Games People Play
Ep 9
Secrets and Lies
Ep 8
There's No Place Like Home...
Ep 7
Hollywood Forever
Ep 6
Model Behavior
Ep 5
Wide Awake and Dreaming
Ep 4
The Bubble
Ep 3
Lucky Strike
Ep 2
The Jet Set
Ep 1
We're Not in Kansas Anymore

Contributors

Become a contributor
More
Less

TV Listings

Full Listings
BROWSE | Shows | Videos | News | Listings | Forums | People | Photos | TV.com Blog

CBS Entertainment | About TV.com | About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Ad Choice | Terms of Use