Brenda and Dylan: One of the show's early season highlights included the blooming relationship between Brenda Walsh and bad-boy Dylan McKay. After becoming a couple in season 1, they dated before finally giving in to their temptations on the night of their Spring Dance. After a pregnancy scare left Brenda petrified in the season 2 premiere, they broke up, only to get back together in mid-season 2. They also dealt with Brenda's overprotective father Jim, who believed Dylan's was not right for his daughter. After a romantic weekend in Mexico, where Brenda snuck out of the house, Jim forbade them from seeing each other. They finally break up when Brenda returns from Paris, feeling they're moving too fast. This, of course, leads Dylan to begin a relationship with Kelly, ending their relationship. In season 4, however, they find their way back to each other, and finally profess their love for one another in the season finale, which turns out to be Brenda's last episode. Offscreen, it is revealed that after his wife Toni's death in season 6, Dylan went to live with Brenda in London, only for them to break up again.
1st Relationship: "Isn't It Romantic?"(1.10) to "Beach Blanket Brandon"(2.1)
2nd Relationship: "Wildfire"(2.8) to "Destiny Rides Again"(3.12)
1st Relationship: "Isn't It Romantic?"(1.10) to "Beach Blanket Brandon"(2.1)
2nd Relationship: "Wildfire"(2.8) to "Destiny Rides Again"(3.12)
Brandon and Kelly: The other "supercouple" in the equation was Brandon Walsh and Kelly Taylor. After famously brushing her off in season 1 because he thought of her as a sister, Brandon had a change of heart in the season 4 finale, when she visited him in Washington. One thing led to another, and by season 5, they were an item-and, with Brenda now off the show, they became the couple to watch. After a stunning breakup in season 5, in which she chose neither Brandon or Dylan, she and Brandon dated other people in seasons 6 and 7. Finally, though, on the season 7 episode "The Long Goodbye", they finally admitted their love for one another, and continued to date seriously throughout season 8, with Kelly going so far as to move in with him. Despite a nasty breakup after Brandon cheated on her, she still took him back and they became engaged. However, on the day of the wedding, they called it off because neither of them was ready. With that, they broke up for good, and Brandon took a job for a DC paper and left town.
1st Relationship: "Mr. Walsh Goes To Washington"(4.31 and 32) to "Hello Life, Goodbye Beverly Hills(5.30)
2nd Relationship: "The Long Goodbye"(7.26) to "Budget Cuts"(9.2)
1st Relationship: "Mr. Walsh Goes To Washington"(4.31 and 32) to "Hello Life, Goodbye Beverly Hills(5.30)
2nd Relationship: "The Long Goodbye"(7.26) to "Budget Cuts"(9.2)
David and Donna: Another key couple from those early years was David Silver and Donna Martin. After some hesitation, mainly because of David's age, they finally started going out in season 2. Their relationship was the one relationship that carried out all throughout high school and through freshman year of college. Everything fell apart at the end of season 4, however, when David cheated on Donna with a musician from his band. They broke up, and stayed apart throughout much of college. They finally got back together in season 7, finally having sex on the night of their college graduation, something that, thanks to Donna's disbelief in premarital sex, David had waited almost 5 years for. They moved in together in season 8, only for things to sour quickly when Donna found out David forged some checks and threw him out. Then, it took almost 2 years, but David and Donna found their way back to each other in season 10(with, surprisingly enough, a little help from Donna's mom, who had never really approved of their relationship). With that, they became engaged, and the centerpiece of the series finale was their long-awaited wedding.
1st Relationship: "Chuckie's Back"(2.17) to "Mr. Walsh Goes to Washington, Part 2"(4.32)
2nd Relationship: "You Say It's Your Birthday, Part 2"(6.32) to "Friends, Lovers, and Children"(8.9)
Married in Series Finale "Ode To Joy"(10.27)
1st Relationship: "Chuckie's Back"(2.17) to "Mr. Walsh Goes to Washington, Part 2"(4.32)
2nd Relationship: "You Say It's Your Birthday, Part 2"(6.32) to "Friends, Lovers, and Children"(8.9)
Married in Series Finale "Ode To Joy"(10.27)
Dylan and Kelly: When Brenda and Donna were in Paris in the summer of 1992, Kelly Taylor and Dylan McKay started growing closer, only for Kelly to call it off when Brenda returned in order to spare her feelings. However, they started going out again when Brenda and Dylan broke up-and things might never be the same again. It was a relationship that had its ups and downs. After Dylan took Kelly to Europe for the summer following graduation, Kelly returned to LA alone, her and Dylan having broken up. They got back together after he returned, but they broke up again for other people. When Dylan returned to Beverly Hills in season 9, one of the first things he did was tell Kelly he came back because he missed her. However, she rejected him, so he started dating Gina and Kelly started dating Matt. However, as the series wound down, it was clear that Dylan and Kelly were slowly being drawn back to each other. They got back together in the series finale. In the 2008 reboot, it was revealed that Dylan was the biological father of Kelly's four-year-old son Sammy. The couple broke up, however, when their son was only a baby.
1st Relationship: "Shooting Star/American in Paris"(3.5) to "Vital Signs"(4.30)
2nd Relationship: "Ode To Joy"(10.27) to post-series, breaking up in 2004.
1st Relationship: "Shooting Star/American in Paris"(3.5) to "Vital Signs"(4.30)
2nd Relationship: "Ode To Joy"(10.27) to post-series, breaking up in 2004.
Steve and Janet: After going through several failed relationships after college, including a promising one with single mother Carly Reynolds, Steve Sanders struck gold with Janet Sosna, a pretty, quiet young writer who worked for Brandon and Steve's newspaper, The Beverly Beat. After initially fighting him off throughout seasons 8 and 9, they finally started dating in season 9. After finding out she was pregnant in season 10, she initially did not tell Steve, fearing he won't act like a responsible parent. Contrary to her beliefs, Steve surprises her by proposing during her ultrasound; she accepts. They marry in an informal, private ceremony in a park. Their family unexpected grew by one when Janet went into labor on their honeymoon 6 weeks early and welcomed a daughter, Madeline. When the show ended, they happily formed a joint publishing venture so that both could have time for baby Maddy.
Relationship: "Survival Skills"(9.16)-postseries(married since 10.8 "Baby, You Can Drive My Car")
Relationship: "Survival Skills"(9.16)-postseries(married since 10.8 "Baby, You Can Drive My Car")
Andrea and Jesse: Andrea Zuckerman was the one character that did some serious growing up in the 4th season. She met law student Jesse Vasquez when he moonlighted as a bartender at the Walsh's anniversary party. When Andrea realized she had fallen for him, she broke things off with current boyfriend Dan Rubin. Andrea learned she was pregnant in the winter of 1994. The two decided to marry, over the objections of her family, although they end up showing their support by coming to the courthouse wedding. Things change drastically, however, when a bout of premature labor puts Andrea on bed rest and, eventually, in the hospital. Then their daughter Hannah is born prematurely at the end of season 4. The baby finally leaves the hospital at the beginning of season 5, but by season's end, their baby's health is the least of their worries when the relationship is rocked by the core by Andrea's affair with a medical school resident. Eventually, the couple reconciled and left for New Haven with their daughter for greener pastures. However, on a visit to LA in season 8, Andrea reveals that she and Jesse are, in fact, getting a divorce.
Relationship: "Emily"(4.13)-"Reunion"(8.27)
Married in ""Scared Very Straight"(4.20), divorced after "Reunion"
Relationship: "Emily"(4.13)-"Reunion"(8.27)
Married in ""Scared Very Straight"(4.20), divorced after "Reunion"
Dylan and Toni: There were a lot of romances in season 6, but the most well-known-and the most heartbreaking-relationship was that of Dylan McKay and Toni Marchette. Dylan started getting to know her in order to get to her father, a mobster who he believes had his father killed. However, he begins genuinely falling in love with her. They get married quietly, in a simple wedding with Brandon being the only one of his friends there. However, her father is not happy with the relationship and plans to have Dylan killed. Things end tragically when Toni is the one who dies, having been driving Dylan's car at the time of the planned hit, leaving a horrified Dylan to find her dead in his car.
Relationship: "Must Be a Guy Thing"(6.3)-"One Wedding and a Funeral"(6.10)
Married in "One Wedding and a Funeral", but Toni is killed during the same episode, ending the relationship.
Relationship: "Must Be a Guy Thing"(6.3)-"One Wedding and a Funeral"(6.10)
Married in "One Wedding and a Funeral", but Toni is killed during the same episode, ending the relationship.
Kelly and Colin: The relationship of Kelly Taylor and Colin Robbins symbolizes the downward spiral the show went on in season 6. Colin was an artist that Kelly brought back to LA, having met him in New York. Colin also had a cocaine addiction, a detail that almost destroyed Kelly's life. Distraught after being abandoned by her father once again, she began using the drug. After she went on a downward spiral, she finally hit rock bottom and reached out to Brandon for help. Brandon and her mother Jackie got her into a rehab center. When Colin visits Kelly in rehab, he tells her he's clean, after which Kelly breaks up with him. Colin ended up in jail by season's end after trying to flee the country.
Relationship: Sometime in the summer before the events of "Home is Where the Tart Is"(6.1) to "All This and Mary Too"(6.22)
Relationship: Sometime in the summer before the events of "Home is Where the Tart Is"(6.1) to "All This and Mary Too"(6.22)
Steve and Clare: One of the few romantic college pairings that lasted more than year, the relationship of Steve Sanders and Clare Arnold was one to remember. They had their ups and downs, breaking up a few times, but always getting back together. The relationship ended when Clare broke up with Steve on the beach in the season 7 finale because she was moving back to Paris with her father.
Relationship: "Violated"(6.7)-"Graduation Day, Part 2"(7.32)
Relationship: "Violated"(6.7)-"Graduation Day, Part 2"(7.32)
Donna and Ray: One more key relationship in the college years was Donna Martin and Ray Pruit. Ray was a musician at the then brand new Peach Pit After Dark nightclub that Steve managed. Things went smoothly at first when they started dating, even though Donna's mother did not approve, even trying to pay Ray $10, 000 if he would stop seeing Donna. Then, little by little, Ray's demeanor changed. He became abusive, throwing her against a wall once. The most famous incident of Ray's abuse came in the season 5 finale, when Ray threw Donna down a flight of stairs in Palm Springs. She continued to date him, but problems prevailed through early season 6. Her new boyfriend, Joe, defended her, and Ray sued, almost ending Joe's football career. When Ray came clean about the abuse and admitted everything in court, causing the judge to drop the assault charges against Joe, he and Donna reconciled, with Donna telling him to make sure his next relationship was a good one.
Relationship: "Things That Go Bang in the Night"(5.8)-"PS I Love You, Part 2"(5.32)
Relationship: "Things That Go Bang in the Night"(5.8)-"PS I Love You, Part 2"(5.32)
David and Valerie: The relationship of David Silver and Valerie Malone was one of turmoil, drama, and, above all, true friendship. The two first became romantically linked in the fall of 1995, after a friendship developed when David got Valerie through memories of her father's suicide. It was to David that Valerie came when she confessed that her father had sexually abused her and that his death was not self-inflicted, but rather Valerie acting in self defense. And Valerie came to David's aid when he considered suicide after his mother's own suicide attempt. Near the end of season 6, the two broke up when David learned that Valerie had offered him up to her best friend Ginger to pay off her debts. After a year apart, they got back together, and Valerie moved in with him. The relationship ended amicably when Valerie left for Buffalo, and David saw her off in front of the Walsh house.
1st Relationship: "Speechless" (6.6) to "Bleeding Hearts" (6.21)
2nd Relationship: "Aloha Beverly Hills, Part 1" (8.1) to "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" (9.7)
1st Relationship: "Speechless" (6.6) to "Bleeding Hearts" (6.21)
2nd Relationship: "Aloha Beverly Hills, Part 1" (8.1) to "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" (9.7)
Donna and Noah: Although doomed from the start, the relationship of Donna Martin and Noah Hunter did have its strong points. The pair began dating after Noah moved to Beverly Hills in early season 8. They stayed together through Donna's pill addiction and Noah's revelations about his past, and his dad's suicide. They broke up in the spring of 1999 when Donna cheated on him. They got back together in the beginning of season 10, but broke up for good around Christmas when some revelations about the death of Noah's former girlfriend came to light.
1st Relationship: "Coming Home" (8.5) to "Agony" (9.25)
2nd Relationship: "Let's Eat Cake" (10.2) to "Nine Yolks Whipped Lightly" (10.12)
1st Relationship: "Coming Home" (8.5) to "Agony" (9.25)
2nd Relationship: "Let's Eat Cake" (10.2) to "Nine Yolks Whipped Lightly" (10.12)
Dylan and Gina: Turmoil rocked this pairing of Dylan McKay and Gina Kincaid. The two began dating after Kelly rejected Dylan. Dylan's drug abuse and Gina's jealousy of Kelly were obstacles for the pair, but somehow they stayed together. They broke up when Gina decided, after the death of her biological father (Donna's dad) and that revelation of her parentage, to leave Beverly Hills for New York.
Relationship: "Marathon Man" (9.10) to "Doc Martin" (10.18)
Relationship: "Marathon Man" (9.10) to "Doc Martin" (10.18)
Kelly and Matt: The last key pairing of those later years was Kelly Taylor and Matt Durning. The suave but struggling lawyer who had his offices across the street from Kelly and Donna's boutique, Kelly and Matt started dating shortly after Brandon left. Then a storm arrived in town, and his name was Dylan McKay. Although their relationships ran on parallel tracks at first, they collided quickly after Kelly and Dylan slept together, which was mainly caused after Matt confessed to Kelly that he had a wife back home in New York, who had been in a mental institution. After his wife returned to New York, Kelly and Matt resumed dating. Kelly helped Matt try to get his struggling practice off the ground and nearly losing his license, and Matt helped Kelly weather the traumatic aftermath of her rape and the murder of her rapist. At Christmas in season 10, Matt proposed to her, and she accepted. They broke up in the penultimate episode, when Matt moved home to New York to be with his pregnant sister-in-law following the death of his brother, and following Kelly's discovery that Matt had cheated on her. They parted on good terms.
Relationship: "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" (9.7) to "The Penultimate" (10.26)
Relationship: "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" (9.7) to "The Penultimate" (10.26)