- If Dylan and I stay together we'll continue to drive each other crazy and hurt each other, I don't want that
- —Brenda tells Kelly about the break-up
Destiny Rides Again is the 12th episode of Season 3 on FOX teen soap Beverly Hills, 90210.
Synopsis
Fate touches Brenda when her Paris beau, Rick, suddenly shows up, causing her to question her relationship with Dylan. Tragedy literally strikes Andrea when she's seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident. Meanwhile, Donna considers becoming more intimate with David, but she feels guilty about thinking about the subject of sex. Nikki also gets tickets for the Rosie O'Donnell show about the topic of AIDS and gets Brandon, Donna and David to come with her. After Steve gets bad news regarding his low SAT score, he decides to take the risk and gets Herbert to help him hack into the school computer to change his grades.
Starring
- Jason Priestley as Brandon Walsh
- Shannen Doherty as Brenda Walsh
- Jennie Garth as Kelly Taylor
- Ian Ziering as Steve Sanders
- Gabrielle Carteris as Andrea Zuckerman
- Luke Perry as Dylan McKay
- Brian Austin Green as David Silver
- Tori Spelling as Donna Martin
- Carol Potter as Cindy Walsh
- James Eckhouse as Jim Walsh
Special Appearance By
- Rosie O'Donnell as Herself
Recurring cast
- Dean Cain as Rick
- Dana Barron as Nikki Witt
- Joe E. Tata as Nat Bussichio
- Ann Gillespie as Jackie Taylor
Guest starring
- Cory Tyler as Herbert Little
- Gregory Itzin as Father Chris
Quotes
- Hey listen, anything you need you know I'm here, right?
- —Brandon to Andrea
- Andrea – You wanna stay a while?
- Brandon – As long as you want
- ―At the hospital
- You've never lied to me Dylan. And I've always respected and loved you for that
- —Brenda
Trivia
- Brenda paid 350 dollars for an SAT prep course and her score in English went up 20 points.
- Brandon calls Brenda the mathematician of the two of them
- Dylan is accused of having cheated on the SATs, which of course he did not.
- Dylan tells Brenda that he cheated on her while she was in Paris
- Brenda breaks up with Dylan – for the second time.
- Dylan starts dating Kelly.
- Donna is Catholic.
- Rick was supposed to break up with Brenda after she reveals that she lied, but Shannen Doherty didn't want a guest star to come on the show and break up with her character, so it was changed to her dropping Rick.[1]
