Episode
Beverly Hills, 90210: Cuffs and Links
Overview
Brenda calls Dylan from jail in the hopes of keeping her arrest a secret, but he is forced to tell her parents. Brenda's friends avoid her out of fear of being accessories after the fact, and Kelly acts especially bitchy because she is tired of Dylan coming to Brenda's rescue. Brenda faces felony charges, as her crime was a federal offense. An FBI agent who had gone undercover with the activists offers her immunity in exchange for her testimony. Kelly apologizes for shunning Brenda. Andrea gives Donna a healthy puppy (Rocky II) to take her mind off Rocky's death. Steve and his overbearing father, Rush, take on a baseball star and his dad in a father/son golf tournament. Steve catches his father cheating and forces him to complete the game honestly. Lucinda receives a grant for her movie and leaves the university. Josh threatens to expose Brandon's affair with Lucinda unless he endorses his campaign for student president. Brandon calls his bluff, and Josh eventually has second thoughts.
Details
- Series
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1994-03-16
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Cuffs and Links is Episode 24 in Season 4 of Beverly Hills, 90210. It aired on 1994-03-16. The runtime is 46 min.
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Episode 23: A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog
Brenda and Donna attend an animal rights rally, and are crestfallen when the university refuses to suspend animal testing. After Rocky dies of cancer, Brenda becomes involved with a small group of radicals. She serves as lookout when the group breaks into the university research building, and tries in vain to save Andrea's lab (which does not harm animals in its testing). Brenda is arrested. Kelly and Brandon are furious when Dylan refuses to fund Lucinda's film. He finally tells Kelly that Lucinda came on to him. Brandon breaks up with Lucinda, and Kelly confesses her kiss with Brandon. Dylan races over to the Walsh house to fight Brandon, but the tension is defused when he accidentally punches Steve.
Episode 25: The Time Has Come Today
Caught in a funk, Brenda pretends that she is grounded and backs out of a ski trip with her friends. She finds a diary in her room that belonged to a previous resident. Brenda becomes fascinated by the girl's accounts of the political struggles and her own personal crises in the years 1968 and '69. She imagines herself, her family and her friends as the individuals described in the diary.
Music: ""Monday, Monday"" by the Mamas and the Papas; ""These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"" by Nancy Sinatra (#1, 1966); ""For What It's Worth"" by Buffalo Springfield (#7, 1967); ""Let's Get Together"" by The Youngbloods (#5, 1969); ""Time Has Come Today"" by the Chambers Brothers (#11, 1968); ""Reach Out of the Darkness"" by Friend and Lover (#10, 1968); ""Give Peace a Chance"" (John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band - #14, 1969), sung at rally; ""The Times They Are A-Changin'"" by Bob Dylan; ""Wear Your Love Like Heaven"" by Donov
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Music: ""Get Closer"" by Seals and Crofts (#6, 1976)
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Music: Mozart's Sonata in ""A"" Major; ""Ain't That Peculiar?"" by Marvin Gaye (#8, 1965); Schubert's Impromptus in ""E"" Flat; ""I Can't Fight This Feeling"" by REO Speedwagon (#1, 1985)
Episode 21: Addicted to Love
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Music: ""Me and Mrs. Jones"" by Billy Paul (#1, 1972); ""Into Your Arms"" by th
Episode 27: Divas
Acclaimed director Roy Randolph comes to C.U. to work on the campus production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Brenda plans to try out for the lead role, and Kelly helps her rehearse. Brenda encourages Kelly to audition for a small part, but Roy asks her to read for the lead. Steve coaches Laura for her audition in the hopes that she can finally catch a break. Clare aggressively pursues Brandon. She shows up at his house while his parents are out of town and handcuffs herself to his bed. Dylan tries to convince Erica to be more receptive to her mother's new boyfriend, Kevin. Dylan saves Kevin from being struck by a bus. Andrea receives a clean bill of health, but still fears that something is wrong with her pregnancy. David chastises Donna for refusing to discipline her puppy.
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Episode 20: Scared Very Straight
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Music: ""Hit by L
Episode 28: Acting Out
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Episode 19: The Labors of Love
Kelly finds drugs in David's bedroom. She moves in with Dylan and takes Donna with her. Howard fires David from the radio show and orders him to find a new supplier. Donna goes against Kelly's wishes by covering the rent for David, who cashes the check and uses it for drugs. Jesse breaks up with Andrea after she shares her plans to have an abortion. He later reconsiders, and Andrea reveals that she has decided to have the baby. They announce their engagement, much to the surprise of their friends. The girls enroll in one of Lucinda's anthropology classes. Dylan buys out Joey so that the Peach Pit can stay in business. Brandon pouts because he did not get to be the hero. He provides comfort to the divorcing Lucinda.
Music: ""What a Wonderful World"" by Louis Armstrong (recorded in 1967; #32, 1988)
Episode 29: Truth and Consequences
Brenda wins the lead, much to the amazement of those who saw her audition. Steve starts a rumor that Brenda slept with Roy. Dylan is the only person who completely believes Brenda's denial. Laura causes Brenda to miss a rehearsal in an attempt to get her fired. When this fails, she asks Steve to injure Brenda. Roy kicks Laura out of the play. Steve and Brenda race to stop Laura from killing herself in the auditorium. Suzanne and Kevin get engaged, and Dylan learns more about Kevin's research. Kevin quits his job and decides to pitch the project to independent investors. Clare tries to tag along on Brandon's trip to Berkeley. Brandon tells the chancellor the truth about his daughter's behavior.
Music: ""Free Ride"" by The Edgar Winter Group (#14, 1973)
Episode 18: Heartbreaker
David begins seeing a psychiatrist and tries to make amends with Donna. He tries to take time off from his radio show, but Steve proves to be completely incompetent as a fill-in. David steals drugs from Howard's desk and returns to the airwaves high. Andrea confesses her pregnancy to Brandon and Kelly; but has difficulty telling Jesse, who has just been offered a clerkship in San Francisco. The university names Brandon as its representative on a national task force. Suzanne takes a waitress job at the Peach Pit. Nat collapses with a heart attack, and Dylan and Brandon save his life with CPR. Nat's cousin Joey, an equal partner, wants to sell the Peach Pit. Brandon fears that Nat will have nothing to live for without the Peach Pit. He ignores his father's advice and decides to run the diner in Nat's absence.
Music: ""Then Came You"" by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners (#1, 1974); ""This Old Heart of Mine"" by the Isley Bro
Episode 30: Vital Signs
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Music: ""Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"" b