Season 3


The Summer

3.01 Misery Loves Company
Brandon finds Andrea is a coworker back at the beach club. Jim and Cindy become members. Brenda gets caught seeing Dylan again. Steve takes a job on a bet.

3.02 The Twins, the Trustee, and the Very Big Trip
Dylan/Brenda/parents: bridges up, bridges down. Steve becomes the object of two other twins.

3.03 Too Little Too Late / Paris 01928
Andrea gets Republican fever and romance. Dylan is asked a favor by his father. Brenda and Donna discover Paris. Dylan and Kelly discover what they've been missing - each other.

3.04 Sex, Lies and Volleyball
Brandon and Steve share affections for the same woman. Dylan and Kelly enjoy more than volleyball. Steve finds an off-court serve.

3.05 Shooting Star / American in Paris
Brandon becomes the victim of a hard-luck story. Brenda returns to America but with feelings left behind. Steve pushes David to let him be his manager.

3.06 Castles in the Sand
Brandon isn't amused by Brooke's social stereotyping. Brenda senses a change in Dylan. Steve finds a gig for David.

Senior Year

3.07 A Song for Myself
Brenda and Steve become "senior buddies" for two freshmen. David's summer love becomes Donna's good friend. Andrea clashes with the newspaper's new faculty advisor.

3.08 The Back Story
Brenda's TV interview is twisted, doing the same to her friendships. Brandon's relationship with Nikki reaches new heights. Steve is tempted by a way to ease schoolwork. Kelly's smoking over Brenda's new vice.

3.09 Highwire
Thoughts of college bring fantasies, fights and forget-its.

3.10 Home & Away
Brandon tries using the school paper to ease racial tensions. Kelly goes to meet with her absentee father. David finally gets a gig, and a groupie.

3.11 A Presumption of Innocence
Andrea & Brandon differ over a teacher accused of sexual misconduct. Dylan finds an environmental issue affecting his own health.

3.12 Destiny Rides Again
Brenda and Dylan learn of their mutual unfaithfulness. Donna and David consider bonding more physically. Steve gets computer access to his grades. Andrea feels run down - literally.

3.13 Rebel With a Cause
The love triangle peaks, and a confused Dylan hits the road. Jim's life is sparked by Rick and a new secretary. Steve fears Andrea may know his criminal secret.

3.14 Wild Horses
Brandon learns first hand about Nikki's abusive past. Donna tries to repair Brenda and Kelly's friendship. Dylan finds rest with a wealthy older woman.

3.15 The Kindness of Strangers
Thanksgiving brings uneasy get togethers with Brandon and a homeless friend, Steve and his mother, and Dylan with his father.

3.16 It's a Totally Happening Life
Brandon and Andrea finally sync on noticing each other. Guardian angels watch over several of the gang. The love triangle tries a "mature" solution.

3.17 The Game Is Chicken
Hot-rod racing brings cold cash to Brandon & Steve. Brenda & Kelly check out college men. David gets radio competition - from Donna.

3.18 Midlife ... Now What?
Dylan finds fantasies about Brenda & Kelly to be unfulfilling. Moms and daughters enjoy the good life at a posh spa. Jim questions mid-life crisis with his secretary and a best-selling author on the subject.

3.19 Back in the Highlife Again
Brandon gambles with his own future - literally. Dylan's father is free to enjoy his son, and his money. The Silver's new marriage may already be ending.

3.20 Parental Guidance Recommended
David must decide between manager Steve and a record deal. Dylan's caught in the war between his folks, and his money.

3.21 Dead End
Brenda and Donna try a class in self-defense. While Dylan and father enjoy the good life, Kelly's mom must sell their house.

3.22 The Child Is Father to the Man
Dylan learns who his father really was, who he himself really is, and who his real friends are.

3.23 Duke's Bad Boys
Brandon multiplies his addiction to gambling with more bookies. David changes his tune about his music producer. Kelly's weight begins to eat at her, so she starts on a cure. Andrea eases Dylan's blues.

3.24 Perfectly Perfect
At Kelly's surprise 18th-birthday party, the guests get an even bigger surprise from Kelly. Meanwhile, Steve badgers Brandon into joining him on a dating-game show.

3.25 Senior Poll
Most Beautiful senior Kelly fears no one's looking beneath her surface; Brenda reconsiders her college choice; Steve forgets he's dateless when he shines at one of L.A.'s hippest venues.

3.26 She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
On Senior Ditch Day, Kelly is a theft victim, but Donna refuses to be. Meanwhile, Steve and Dylan are in hot pursuit of Burt Reynolds (appearing as himself), who may be able to help an apparent con victim (Cathy Podewell).

3.27 A Night to Remember
As prom night approaches, neither Brenda nor Brandon has a date, but Donna and David have big plans.

3.28 Something in the Air
Brandon leads others in taking a risk with some '60s-style activism after Donna is censured in a disciplinary hearing regarding her prom-night activity.

3.29 Commencement (season finale)
Finally, graduation day! But not before... Steve proposes the gang do "something special". Andrea frets about her valedictory speech and her college choice, as does Brenda. Dylan gets a windfall and a surprise visit from his mother. Donna and David emcee the Senior Breakfast. And all recall memorable moments (in flashbacks).

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