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Something odd has been happening on The CW's "90210" lately, and when I say odd, I mean completely and totally insane!
When the show launched in September, it was borderline inept. It got a bit better, but still wasn't getting a whole lot of buzz or attention.
In response, the network is now throwing about 5,000 crazy storylines at viewers to see what sticks, and sticks out. Take last week's episode. It started with two characters passionately sucking face in a hallway. Ah, but that was only the beginning. Next thing you know, those same two characters were drag racing, "Fast and Furious" style.
But apparently that just wasn't loony enough, so the same episode also contained a storyline in which the character Silver decided to videotape herself having sex with her boyfriend Dixon. But apparently that wasn't loony enough, so they also turned Silver into a creepy stalker who then broke into her teacher's apartment and threw a bottle of wine at his head.
None of this makes any sense whatsoever, of course, but I applaud the new direction. I've always been of the opinion that if you can't make smart TV, you might as well make really, really stupid TV, because at least that can be entertaining – in it's own unique way.
I mean, no one at this point was going to take the show seriously as a dramatic enterprise anyway. But at least now "90210" is, if nothing else, fantastically, awesomely, off of its rocker. It's a formula that has kept "One Tree Hill" on the air for six years, so I can see why the CW wisely tried to do the same thing with their struggling reboot of a beloved franchise.
Psycho stalkers, drag racing, videotaped sexual escapades; this is just what the doctor ordered. And I'll be both laughing and ordering up more episodes as long as it continues.