‘90210’ awards: the good, the bad and the seriously sexy

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Most awesome/jarring opener:

Tuesday night’s episode began with a playful montage of possible outcomes for Adrianna and Navid’s new baby. It was fun. It was funny. But was it even the same show? The opener seemed more ‘Scrubs’ or ‘Arrested Development’ than ‘90210.’ We’re all for creative new framing devices, but not when they are abandoned minutes into the episode.

Best line:

‘90210’ was full of fiery one-liners Tuesday, but when Naomi described Liam to Annie as ‘someone I just have sex with in the woods or in cars or in your bed,’ she took the cake.

Most perplexing development:

The fresh-start concept made sense in theory, but in practice, the whole Silver-goes-to-Catholic-school plotline struggled, perhaps because it was too black and white. Silver’s Catholic confidante, Angela, was so loathsome that it seemed unlikely Silver would even speak to her, let alone sacrifice her prized privacy for her.

Cutest new plot device:

The scene transitions were more clever than usual tonight. In one, Silver’s Catholic school scene was abruptly cut off by Adrianna yelling, ‘What the hell!’

Worst prop:

Was anybody else wondering why Adrianna brought a vase -- and not a wrapped bouquet -- full of peonies to Navid’s family? When Mama Navid dropped the peonies, the reason for the silly prop became clear. Though no less ridiculous.

Best bad behavior:

Naomi expressed her prissy tendencies a number of ways tonight -- by destroying ‘Dixie’s’ pants and complaining about mercury poisoning -- but the greatest Naomi moment of all came when she asked Annie, ‘Can I just get a little privacy?’ forcing Annie to leave her own bedroom and find another place to sleep.

Biggest question:

Tonight’s biggest surprise, of course, was the introduction of Naomi’s big sis, Jen. She sure does look sexy in low-slung jeans. But whether she will add to or muddy the already jam-packed cast remains to be seen. What do you all think of Naomi’s brash and naughty sister?

Best nice guy freakout:

This one is a toss-up. Dixon had a wonderful nice-guy freakout at self-centered gal pal Silver, when he screamed: ‘I have news for you. I was in that video too!’

But Navid probably deserves first prize for his nice-guy freakout at Adrianna. Navid is willing to deal with a lot of drama to stay with Adrianna, but when he found out she lied to him about the identity of her baby daddy, he’d finally had enough. He slammed the door about 50 times. And for the first 49, it looked like he might actually leave. In typical Navid fashion, however, he came back to his lady love in the end. And when he cupped her soggy face and yelled, ‘I’m gonna put this on your finger and don’t you ever take it off again,’ it was the emotional peak of the eppy. But it’s not like I teared up or anything. Not at all. Not even a little. ...

-- Stephanie Lysaght