The BEST episodes of 90210

Every episode of 90210 ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 90210!

A Kansas family relocates to Beverly Hills, where their two children adapt to the infamous social drama of West Beverly Hills High.

Last Updated: 3/13/2024Network: The CWStatus: Ended
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Call Girl
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8.35
252 votes

#1 - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Call Girl

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2013

Jordan asks Naomi to plan a launch party for the latest hot writer, known as Author X, which forces Annie to admit that she is Author X. Silver worries that Adrianna is not okay that she is dating Mark. Meanwhile, Dixon finds out that Michaela has feelings for Navid.

Directors: Bethany Rooney
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902-100
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8.33
351 votes

#2 - 902-100

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2012

Naomi hosts an elaborate charity lingerie show at the Playboy Mansion in an attempt to gain membership status with the elite ladies West Beverly alumni group. Silver surprises her West Beverly High friends by performing burlesque at this stylish Homecoming event. Liam confides in Annie about Vanessa’s accident and tells Annie about the blackmail threats he’s received. Liam also accepts Navid’s apology for leaking Liam’s sex tape and offers Navid the chance to manage The Offshore. While Dixon is making big plans for Adrianna’s career on his new record label, he discovers that Ade had other desires aside from music.

Directors: Harry Sinclair
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Dude, Where's My Husband?
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8.23
273 votes

#3 - Dude, Where's My Husband?

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2013

Naomi meets up-and-coming mogul Jordan Welland, who hires her to plan events for his media empire, while Annie, Adrianna and Silver plan a girls’ night out for Naomi, which ends with disastrous results. Dixon starts to develop feelings for Michaela, and Liam finds out that the Cronus brothers plan to blame Navid for the cheating ring and is forced to befriend them to clear Navid’s name.

Directors: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Liz Phang
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Scandal Royale
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8.06
307 votes

#4 - Scandal Royale

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/2013

Jordan's sister Elizabeth gets into trouble with an out-of-control Royal, so Naomi helps out by taking the heat to protect Elizabeth's reputation. Silver is called in to see her doctor about some test results and Annie decides to get over Liam by going to Paris for a book tour. Meanwhile, Adrianna performs after Fall Out Boy at a big event, but the concert ends in chaos.

Directors: David Warren
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We All Fall Down
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8.05
273 votes

#5 - We All Fall Down

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2013

In a memorable send-off, our favorite group from Beverly Hills will come together again after a traumatic event that makes them realize the importance of their relationships.

Directors: Harry Sinclair
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Forever Hold Your Peace
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7.98
428 votes

#6 - Forever Hold Your Peace

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/15/2012

Naomi shocks everyone when she announces she won’t be able to oversee Max’s wedding because she has accepted a job in New York and will be leaving immediately. Teddy comes back to town and Dixon rushes back from touring to give his relationship with Adrianna another try, then fails to show up at their meeting spot. Meanwhile, Silver feels like she has to choose between Navid and Liam and makes a life-changing decision.

Directors: Harry Sinclair
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The Heart Will Go On
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7.97
485 votes

#7 - The Heart Will Go On

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/20/2012

Dixon collapses while arguing in the recording studio with Adrianna. In the hospital, they run into Liam who is with Silver to support her during a test to detect if she has the breast cancer gene. Ivy finds out Raj still has cancer and is in the hospital, while Annie meets a new guy Caleb and discovers he is a priest.

Directors: Matthew Diamond
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Misery Loves Company
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7.95
330 votes

#8 - Misery Loves Company

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/21/2013

Annie and Vanessa search for Liam after discovering that Ashley was falsely posing as his studio-hired bodyguard. Needing a break, Naomi goes on a road trip with Adrianna, only to have her wedding ring stolen. Meanwhile, Dixon fails to convince Megan he is over Adrianna.

Directors: Anton Cropper
Writer: Allen Clary
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Into the Wild
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7.94
412 votes

#9 - Into the Wild

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/2012

Naomi plans a romantic getaway with Max, intending to disclose that Alec kissed her, but when Max persuades Naomi to perform a trust-building exercise, she freaks out when she’s unable to complete it. Silver discovers that nude pictures from her photo shoot have been posted on the internet, and receives help removing them from Annie’s new prospect, Collin. Liam enrolls in Lindsey's business law class, but she assumes he’s not serious about his education. Liam’s new costar, Kendall, is harassing him to begin a relationship with her for publicity, so Liam attempts to escape by going camping with Navid and Dixon. When Liam goes missing in the woods, Kendall seizes the opportunity to alert the media to find him. Meanwhile, Dixon encourages Adrianna to hire Taylor to create her new music video concept. After Taylor dares Adrianna to show him how sexy she can be, she realizes that she has feeling for him.

Writer: Chris Atwood
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Women on the Verge
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7.93
562 votes

#10 - Women on the Verge

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/2011

Annie convinces Marla to attend a Hollywood movie premiere of one of Marla's old films, while Ryan has an unexpected visitor and Teddy catches Marco in a lie and begins to wonder if he is being cheated on. Naomi finds out Max was accepted to a college in a different state, while Silver has a breakdown after receiving some upsetting news that causes Navid and Dixon to stage an intervention.

Directors: Stuart Gillard
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Life's a Beach
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7.92
251 votes

#11 - Life's a Beach

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2013

Liam decides to open his own custom surfboard shop for women, but things get complicated when he becomes romantically involved with his first investor. Naomi tries to convince Mark to stay in Los Angeles after he receives an offer to be head chef at a restaurant in New York, while Dixon convinces Silver to direct Michaela’s first music video before she gets pregnant.

Directors: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Bill Brown
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Vegas, Maybe?
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7.87
456 votes

#12 - Vegas, Maybe?

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2011

The gang heads to Las Vegas, where Naomi meets Austin's dad, country superstar Judd Ridge. The guys run into a celebrity at the pool, where Liam gets invited to play in a celebrity poker tournament. Teddy and Shane decide to tie the knot, while Dixon and Adrianna get closer. Meanwhile, Navid sees an opportunity to take his Uncle Amal down.

Directors: Stuart Gillard
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A Tale of Two Parties
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7.85
542 votes

#13 - A Tale of Two Parties

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/8/2012

A reluctant Naomi tries to sabotage the bachelorette party she has to host for Max’s fiancée Madison, where Madison’s childhood crush, Nick Carter, makes a surprise appearance. At Max’s bachelor party, Liam and Navid get into a fight over Silver and the evening comes to an end with people at both parties getting hauled to jail. Meanwhile, Ivy blames Annie and Caleb for Diego having to go on the run.

Directors: Rob Hardy
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Here Comes Honey Bye Bye
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7.85
329 votes

#14 - Here Comes Honey Bye Bye

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/2013

Naomi and Max see a marriage counselor to decide if they are going to stay married, while Teddy tells Silver he won’t ruin her chance to have a baby if she agrees to his terms. Navid uses Liam’s celebrity status to help him get into an elite secret society and Annie rushes to tell Riley her true feelings before he undergoes an experimental surgery.

Directors: Stuart Gillard
Writer: Liz Sczudlo
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'Tis Pity
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7.84
428 votes

#15 - 'Tis Pity

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2012

Navid suspects that Liam and Silver hooked up so he decides to confront Liam on the red carpet of a movie premiere. Annie and Caleb fight their attraction to one another but finally give into temptation. Meanwhile, Naomi has been hired to plan the wedding of an heiress and discovers she knows the groom a little too well, and Austin enlists his dad, Judd Ridge to be help launch Adrianna’s country career.

Directors: Harry Sinclair
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We're Not Not In Kansas Anymore
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7.83
357 votes

#16 - We're Not Not In Kansas Anymore

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/2013

Annie experiences an alternate reality about what life would have been like if she had stayed in Kansas, including being engaged to her high school boyfriend. In the alternate world, Dixon becomes a massively successful hip hop artist who no longer has contact with his family, while Adrianna is a washed-up actress and Hollywood’s bad girl. Naomi is a real estate agent, and Teddy has not revealed his true sexual orientation.

Directors: Cherie Nowlan
Writer: Liz Phang
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Hate 2 Love
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7.82
405 votes

#17 - Hate 2 Love

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/2012

As Dixon continues to recuperate, Adrianna confides in Annie that she and Dixon are having intimacy issues. Annie grows closer to Colin, but Riley suspects that Colin isn’t who he appears to be. Colin discovers that Alex installed a GPS tracking app on Naomi’s phone so he can track her whereabouts, but Colin reconfigures her phone so she can secretly read Alec’s emails, which exposes Alec’s efforts to sabotage Max’s relationships. Navid hopes to show Silver how successful he’s become with the launch of the Pop Up, but he becomes suspicious that Silver and Liam are secretly seeing each other. Lindsey comes to the opening event to discuss Liam’s business plan, and their animosity gives way to passion.

Directors: Sanaa Hamri
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The Things We Do for Love
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7.81
263 votes

#18 - The Things We Do for Love

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2012

When Alex approaches Max about forming a new company with him, Naomi intervenes by attempting to persuade Bryce to rehire Max at his company. Naomi convinces Navid to take Bryce out for drinks, and after a few cocktails Navid uncovers the truth about Max’s termination, which leaves Naomi pondering the fate of her marriage. Then, Liam receives a blackmail letter about Vanessa’s accident, and Annie agrees to lend him the money to help trap his blackmailer. But when Adrianna tells Ashley that she spotted Vanessa at the beauty salon, Ashley wrongly suspects that Liam was headed for a secret rendezvous with Vanessa. Meanwhile, Silver is distraught when Teddy refuses to sign over his parental rights and tries to convince her to let him co-parent the baby.

Directors: Matthew Diamond
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You Can't Win 'Em All
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7.81
275 votes

#19 - You Can't Win 'Em All

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2013

Jordan calls in a favor from his mother to help out Mark, but in exchange must end things with Naomi. Annie must deal with the betrayal Liam feels from being in her book and Michaela catches Navid and Adrianna during an intimate moment.

Directors: Michael Zinberg
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Confessions
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7.79
569 votes

#20 - Confessions

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2010

Annie and Liam test out the waters with his new boat, where they share their darkest secrets. Little do they know that someone is nearby and decides to share an explosive flame of gasoline with Liam's boat. Liam finally tells Naomi their relationship isn't working, leaving her more alone than ever. After a late-night dance, Naomi turns to someone for help, but he ultimately helps himself to her. Adrianna is offered the opportunity of a lifetime but is torn about the direction to take after Navid confesses his true feelings for her. Teddy discovers that Spence tried to bribe Silver and takes it upon himself to seek revenge in a most confrontational way. Ryan is delivered some mind-blowing news about his past with Jen when a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, causing him to head down a disasterous path. Dixon and Ivy's summer vacation plans in Australia comes to a screeching halt when he confesses to kissing Silver. Harry and Debbie face a major hurdle in their marriage when she learns the truth that he has been hiding in order to protect Dixon.

Directors: Rebecca Sinclair
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The Con
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7.78
378 votes

#21 - The Con

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2012

Liam and Lindsey keep their relationship under wraps, but when Navid’s jealous streak gets the best of him, he arranges for Liam and Lindsey’s sex tape to be shown in place of Liam’s movie premiere at Phenomi-com. Riley admits his feelings to Annie, but Annie’s more interested in giving her relationship with Colin a chance. Meanwhile, Max tries to figure out how his company’s video game technology got hacked, so Naomi and Alec work together to demo a new video game at Phenomi-con. Taylor feels guilty for hooking up with Adrianna, so he tells her to end things with Dixon if she wants to be with him. Dixon collapses due to a spinal infection, and Adrianna learns that he stopped taking his pain medication because he was afraid to become addicted again.

Directors: Harry Sinclair
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Babes in Toyland
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7.78
399 votes

#22 - Babes in Toyland

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/2012

Naomi’s sister Jen arrives with her son for a surprise visit. Adrianna and Dixon land a meeting with a major movie producer to discuss music on his next film, but are sabotaged by Vanessa. Meanwhile, Silver gets accepted into New York University and Ivy attracts attention in the underground scene when she switches to a less conventional style of art..

Directors: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Liz Phang
Mama Can You Hear Me?
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7.78
478 votes

#23 - Mama Can You Hear Me?

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/2012

Naomi is determined to fix the relationship between her boss Rachel and her daughter Holly, which forces Holly and Naomi to work together. Greg asks Silver to move to New York with him and Navid finds out some shocking information about Greg’s daughter. Annie discovers Liam’s girlfriend Vanessa might have been involved with his motorcycle accident.

Directors: Stuart Gillard
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The Dionysian Debacle
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7.76
367 votes

#24 - The Dionysian Debacle

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2009

Naomi's older sister, Jen, unexpectedly returns to Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, Naomi persuades Annie to go on a double date, and Adrianna and Navid reveal their decision to his parents.

Directors: Jamie Babbit
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One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer
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7.75
289 votes

#25 - One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/2009

Adrianna and Navid are forced to make an impromptu exit from the prom when Adrianna goes into labor. Dixon confronts Ethan about Silver when he notices that Ethan might be developing feelings for his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Annie reaches the breaking point when Naomi accuses her of trying to hook up with Liam, and some of her peers (still angry about the after party fiasco) decide to take both verbal and physical action against her.

Directors: Wendey Stanzler
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