Necessity Is a Mother

Season 2, Episode 10, Aired

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Dylan's mother, Iris, makes a surprise visit to Beverly Hills, hoping to start fresh with her estranged son. Cindy hits it off with his free-spirited mother, but the strain of his mother's reappearance drives Dylan back to the bottle. Donna and Steve experiment with the stock market, and Donna turns out to have a surprising knack for picking successful stocks.moreless
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  • Necessity is this episode for 90210 fans

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    By wilezrules, Jul 17, 2009
    If you're a fan of Dylan's journey on this series as I am, then this is a must-see episode. It's not a great episode, but it is very historical in terms of the whole Dylan saga. It was touched on in previous episodes, but with Dylan's father in jail, his looney-toon mother Iris has to be a guaradian. As a guy who is a loner to begin with, this just isn't sitting well with Dylan. He's also an alcoholic, and this is driving him to completely fall off the wagon. When he shows up to school drunk, and then leaves right away, it's of course Brandon that is there for him. It's their friendship that makes this show what it is. Anyway, Brandon makes sure he doesn't drive, and takes him to the pool hall, where he had won a bunch of money from some guy named Falcone the night before. This time he isn't that fortunate and when he reveals that he can't pay off his debt, Falcone and his thugs proceed to work Dylan over. Everything finally comes to a head with Iris at the Walsh house. Iris now realizes that she is one of Dylan's big problems, and that the best thing she can do is give Dylan his freedom. She sets the stage, by taking millions of dollars that Jack had given her to stay away, and setting up a trust for Dylan, with Jim Walsh watching over it. This sets Dylan up to be a multi-millionare and set the stage for many episodes in later seasons. The episode ends with Brandon taking Dylan to AA just as Dylan did for him in BYOB in Season 1. Really solid episode that sets the foundation for much of what Dylan ends up doing in future episodes. MVC: Brandon (26), and Dylan (13)moreless
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    • While Donna is taking money out of her savings account to invest in stocks, Kelly is taunting her and saying that she should get to keep the money instead of Donna throwing it away in the market. Donna responds by telling Kelly she can have 14 cents (the odd change she had in her account), and she places three coins on the counter. It is impossible to have 14 cents with only three coins.

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    • Brenda says she is thinking about going for the Sinéad bald look. This is a reference to Irish singer and songwriter Sinéad O'Connor's look.

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