Here's where we left off: Harry's long lost son, Sean, shows up just as Naomi and Annie are preparing to kill each other on the steps of the karaoke bar. Harry takes the news with the appropriate level of uncertainty and proceed-with-caution attitude. Mrs. Clark on the other hand is awkwardly enthusiastic and completely indifferent to anyone else's feelings per usual. For example, Mrs. Clark seems to assume Sean will be happy to call her mom right from the get go. Correct us if we're wrong, but most sane people understand that when you have a baby at sixteen, give him or her up for adoption, and meet again twenty-five years later, there are certain complications that need to be addressed, no? There might be reasons why said child might feel uncomfortable using parental nomenclature. We're just saying.
Annie and Ethan are out and proud as a couple in the halls of West Beverly High. It seems Annie is still carrying a bit of a chip on her shoulder about Naomi's shenanigans at her party and it's manifesting itself in ugly -- dare we say, catty -- ways. Ethan finds this unsettling. We can almost feel a "you're-not-the-girl-I fell-in-love-with" speech coming.
For her own part, Naomi finds herself at a bit of loose ends in the cafeteria now that DDG's with Navid and Ethan's on the arm of another. She tries to settle in with a group of upperclassmen ( the "blendeds") who try to haze her like a freshman pledge. We don't see this coupling lasting long. As it happens, one of the blendeds' demands involves a much coveted table at Ozzie's (aka detention guy's) family's exclusive restaurant. Ozzie cuts right through Naomi's bullshit and asks her what she needs. We're starting to really dig Ozzie.
Pause for two of the most blatant product placement shots we've ever had the misfortune to witness. We're not even going to say what product. They already got enough coverage.
In other news, Brenda's back. The She B. Walsh has been MIA since the fashion show episode. Kelly's tracks her down at one of her regional theater shows and gives a speech about making more of an effort to maintain the friendship. Sure, whatever.
At the lacrosse pep rally, Dixon's chatting it up with one of the hottest high school girls we have ever seen (not particularly good news for Silver, but we're not that worried yet). Hot girl inadvertantly delves into all Dixon's insecurities about the arrival Harry's "real" (read: white) son, and hot girl's not quite sure what to make of him.
Back at the Wilson's McMansion, Grandma Wilson's giving Debbie a pep talk about staying out of the Harry-Sean situation. Debbie agrees to make more of an effort and attend the dinner Mrs. Clark set up with Sean and Harry. At the restaurant, Mrs. Clark is acting crazy again -- we feel like maybe she thinks if she can buy Sean's love, everything else in her life that sucks will seem less crippling, but, you know, we're no Dr. Phil here. Debbie tries to break the tension by inviting Sean to stay with them for a few days.
Over at Silver's house, Annie's regretting trying to fight Naomi's fire with fire of her own. Silver convinces her to get back to basics and be herself. We're fairly convinced the CW should give Silver more to do.
Harry invites Sean to the lacrosse game and introduces him to the team as his son. Cut to Dixon looking troubled. Can we just fast forward to the "Sean and I are just getting to know each other, you are my son and alway will be" speech we know is brewing?
Kelly's making good on her promise to work on her friendship with Brenda. Brenda's trying to cut the crap and not carry on a charade of friendship just because they went to high school together even though they may have nothing in common anymore. Kelly gets her feelings hurt and tells Brenda to leave. We kind of get what Brenda's saying, but we feel like the show hasn't done enough work to build up to this scene. Perhaps we're wrong. We'll without judgement until the end of the episode.
At the lacrosse game, Ozzie decides to cash in on Naomi's promise to owe him a favor in exchange for the table he gave her at his restaurant. When he asks for a kiss, Naomi seems only too eager to oblige. It's only after they've shared a kiss that leaves Naomi with her mouth open for a number of uncomfortable post-kiss seconds, that Ozzie admits he actually meant a kiss with the school mascot who turns out to be Annie.
Dixon's screwing up on the lacrosse field -- we'll have to take the CW's word for it since our knowledge of lacrosse is virtually nill -- Harry pulls him from the game, Dixon tells him where he can put the lacrosse stick and storms off the field. Harry follows Dixon into the locker room where Dixon admits to feeling jealous of Sean. We can totally feel it, here comes the speech. Harry starts to give it to him, but Dixon cuts him off with a speech of his own about connecting to his black heritage. Harry tries to be empathetic. It's kind of awkward, but still okay.
Meanwhile, Kelly gets a call at the game from the hospital telling her Brenda's been admitted with a broken arm. Kelly shows up and Brenda breaks the news that she slept with Ryan -- we are one step away from finding out Brenda's carrying his child, y'all. We so knew it.
Dixon tracks Sean down in the hallway and finds out that Sean's adoptive father is a bit of an ass and also dead. Dixon feels sorry for him and a bit more generous about sharing his dad. Turns out Sean is significantly more shady than his Southern charm and military uniform would lead us to believe -- the episode closes with an ominous phone call to an unknown party. Guess we'll have to a wait a while to find out how it all shakes down -- 90210 returns in the new year.
Previously:
"90210": Who's Your Daddy?