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- Until that time I didn't know it was possible to love two people at the same time
- —Brandon about Emily and Kelly
Unreal World is the 24th episode of Season 5 on FOX teen soap Beverly Hills, 90210.
Synopsis
Brandon, Kelly, Donna and Steve appear in Clare and David's cinéma vérité project, which ends up revealing truths from their pasts to each other. Valerie moves back in with the Walshes after being evicted from her hotel suite. Meanwhile, Dylan helps Charlie work on a movie screenplay and more help comes from Valerie who repeatedly temps Dylan. After visiting a therapist, Andrea considers telling Jesse about her affair. But she is unprepared when Jesse has a confession of his own for her.
Starring
- Jason Priestley as Brandon Walsh
- 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
- Mark Damon Espinoza as Jesse Vasquez
- Tiffani Thiessen as Valerie Malone
- Carol Potter as Cindy Walsh
- James Eckhouse as Jim Walsh
Recurring cast
- Joe E. Tata as Nat Bussichio
- Kathleen Robertson as Clare Arnold
- Katherine Cannon as Felice Martin
Guest starring
- Jeffrey King as Charlie Rollins
- Mark Taylor Mr. Brennan
- Jane Daly as Dr. Molly Campbell
- Joey Slotnick as Tuck
Quotes
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- I'll be going to summer school, before I take a bad grade, in ANY class
- —Clare to David
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- Steve – I never cheated on you, Kelly
- Kelly – No, you didn't. But you did cheat on Celeste and that's probably why she's marrying a frog man
- ―Drunken blame-thrower
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- Clare – David, answer the question
- David – Yeah. Yeah, I still love Donna
- ―Watermelon serum
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- Alright. If you must know... Yeah. I still have feelings for Brandon, okay
- —Clare
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- If Kelly would take me back, I'd go in a second
- —Steve to Brandon
Trivia
- Steve learns that Celeste is getting married
- Clare hypothesises that when you start a new relationship straight after ending a previous one, there's overlap in feelings.
- David and Donna hook up
- Clare kisses Steve to get back at David
- Kelly goes on a drunken rant about how men cheat when Jackie tells her she asked Mel to come back. She mentions Brandon with Emily, David with Ariel and Steve cheating on Celeste, although she fails to remark on her own cheating with Dylan on her best friend, casting blame only on men.
- Also, this is the moment where Brandon alludes to wanting to marry her... for some reason
- Dylan and Valerie hook up
- Jesse tells Andrea that he has been having an affair
- In the spirit of the night before, Steve hits on Donna
