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When a surfing accident leaves Dylan injured, sympathetic Cindy invites him to stay at Casa Walsh, much to the dismay of both Jim and Brenda. Meanwhile, Kelly and her mother enjoy scoping the beach for men. Kelly is insulted when her attractive date won't make a move, until a startling revelation makes everything clear.moreless
  • Dylan\'s father gets thrown in jail. Dylan crashes his surf board and has to stay with the Walsh\'s despite Brenda\'s opposition. He is kicked out when Jim finds them making out and flees to the beach house where he remembers his childhood and cries.moreless

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    Kind of boring...too much Zuckerman. Shannon Dougherty is at her bad acting best. The whole drama summer school story line is BORING. Good for the numerous beach scenes, the Jim walking in on Brenda and Dylan while they are making out on a coach is kinda of interesting. Does anyone know why Brandon keeps calling Dylan \\\'Jones\\\'? Makes no sense to me. Interesting that a different actor makes an appearance as Dylan\\\'s dad in this episode as opposed to other episodes. Carol Potter is almost as annoying as the women who plays Andrea Zuckerman. As per usual, an R.E.M. song has a prominent role in this episodes dramatic moments (when Dylan is remembering his childhood).moreless
  • The beginning of my favorite long term storyline

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    Storm warnings are upon them as Dylan's father gets officially indicted for many counts of financial fraud. Dylan's father going to jail begins what will become a long storyline that culminates later on in season 6. But after that Dylan goes surfing and nearly kills himself. Turns out the only emergency contact he had was Brandon. So the Walshs take him in, but when he gets caught by Jim fooling around on the couch with Brenda, all hell breaks loose, and Jim more or less kicks him out. After cooler heads prevail, Jim decides to take him back in, and help him sort his life out now with no money or assets to speak of. Really historic episode because it sets off the chain of events that ultimately leads to Dylan's epic exit from the show in 1995. Also historic because we also see the beginnings of the Donna and David relationship, which ultimately caps off the entire series. They have a nice little side-story playing Romeo and Juliet in the acting class. This also ends Brandon's 14 episode streak as one of my "Most Valuable Characters." MVC: Brenda (16), Dylan (9), Jim (10), Donna (3), and David (3)moreless
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