4.9: "Otherwise Engaged" aka "Brenda's At It Again"

So the theme of this episode is "adultery."  Or "sex."  Or "relationships."  Yeah, "relationships" is probably the best theme.  Brenda's all gettin' it on with Stuart, the son of the Walsh's friend who's loaded and a douchebag, and he wants her to sign a pre-nup.  (Why is she getting married as a freshman in college?  She's not Mormon, there is no draft...this makes no sense.  Brenda practically spit in the face of Gloria Steinem.  Tsk tsk, Aaron Spelling.)  Naturally, everyone but Brenda sees red flags in this.  Also, Brandon carries out a very mature, very bad boy affair with the wife of one of his professors.  (Who will later go on to teach a women's lib class to the female half of the gang.  Oh the irony.)  And Steve, the un-neutered dog, cheats on Celeste, the girl he met on the dating game show with Brandon.  He cheats on Celeste with Laura, this frail, fragile, actress freak who tries to kill herself at one point later on during auditions for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.  Good times.

"OTHERWISE ENGAGED" - Original Airdate: November 3, 1993

Brenda discovers that Stuart wants a prenuptial agreement and decides to sign it.  Brandon shares a romantic dinner with Lucinda, who is married to Professor Randall.  Steve cheats on Celeste with Laura.

• There's someone credited at the beginning all the time named "Matthew Laurence."  I can't figure out who this is.  I'll have to IMDB him.
• Hmm, apparently Brandon has become a workout buff in his college days.  He so reminds me of my dad.
• Ah yes, he only came because of some chica.  Lucinda Randall, the wife of a professor.  There are all kinds of awkward sexual innuendos (okay I know that's not a word spell-check) using working out as their base.
• So Brenda's engaged.  To a zillionaire.  Okay, maybe I judged too soon.  I might marry a zillionaire in college, too.  Just kidding.  Never.  But at least now there's a reason.
• HAHA!  Jim to Cindy: "Remind me again why we had children?"
• Apparently Jim and Cindy are with me on the marriage thing.
• Brenda is soooo Bay Area Grunge Princess right now.  Dark hair, creamy skin, cotton floral print jumper with combat boots...
• Err, Lucinda is wearing a half-shirt.  Like seriously, a bandeau top with sleeves.
• Lucinda, like the Aboriginies, believes in body language.  I know I spelled that wrong.
• Oh damn, Kelly is going out with John Sears again.  Don't fall for it, Kelly!
• Hah, the Kappa Epsilon Gamma house.  KEG.  Clever.
• John Sears is screwing girls on the side while he's not sleeping with Kelly.  And making fun of Steve for being loyal to Celeste.
• They turn it into a pledge thing to force Steve to cheat on Celeste.
• Oooh, Jim's asking for Dylan's help with Brenda.  Thought you'd never see the day, huh?
• Jim teams up with Dylan to stop Brenda!  I like this team.
• Look, it's the mute child, Erin Silver.
• Mel left Erin with David and Donna so he could go to Cabo with his girlfriend.  That's so funny - that was referenced in the last episode I watched.  So now Jackie's OMGOMG FORESHADOWING, JACKIE JUST SAID, "REMEMBER, BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER."  THAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE LAST EPISODE I DID!!  Haha, sorry.  But so now Jackie's seeking joint custody.
• David's been subpoenaed to give a deposition against Mel.  Donna doesn't know what a deposition is.
• Brenda has a ghetto car - gold Ford station wagon.
• Brenda witnesses Stuart getting totally handed his ass on a plate by one of the workers at his "job." (His dad's construction company.)
• David's dad wants David to lie about the trip to Cabo.
• The pressure's on, David.
• Brandon's tutoring a black kid under the tutelage himself of Professor Randall, the husband of Lucinda.
• Ha!  Professor Randall encourages Brandon to "score, and score often."
• Oh god, it's Laura, she is such a freak.  Steve walks into a dance studio and watches her dance.  She is a freak.  I like Steve, but he shouldn't cheat on Celeste!
• Kelly defends Brenda's relationship with Stuart against Dylan.  I guess Kelly's jealous that Dylan cares.
• Stuart whisks Brenda away to the Beverly Hilton.  He rents her a hotel room for a month.
• Brenda finds the pre-nup.  Whoops.  Brenda throws one of her legendary fits and storms off.
• Andrea is missing, apparently.  YAY!
• Brenda talks to Brandon about the prenup.
• Apparently Brandon gets his jollies stealing street signs, as evidenced by the STOP sign in his bedroom.
• Kelly refers to her mother as "Jackie."
• Divorce is hard on the kids.  Kelly and David are fighting.
• Ahh, Brandon's helping Lucinda cook dinner.  Soo sexy.
• She is a, er, sensual woman.
• Ha!  She just told Brandon she's married.  He's beside himself.  But not concerned enough to stop getting it on with her.
• Dylan reads poetry at a student poetry reading Brenda attends.  How poetic.  Badumching!
• Now he's gonna work his magic on Brenda.
• Steve, you cheating dog.
• Frat houses are so disgusting.
• Sears is cheating on Kelly again.
• Dylan says he knows Brenda better than anybody.  Then he tries to lure her out of her engagement by telling her she'll never have another chance with him.  Then she figures out that Jim put Dylan up to this.  She's off and convinced, she's gonna sign the prenup and she's gonna run.
• Oh damn, Brandon finds out Lucinda's married to his prof.  And he can't go through with it even though she can.  Older women are so mature and sexual.
• Hahahaha...Brenda's going apeshit at her parents.  I love it.  LOVE IT!
• Brenda's running out!  I should make my dad watch this, then maybe he won't think I'm such a terror.
• Oh damn, Brenda's signing the prenup.  
• Sears is such a slimy manwhore.
• David's deposition, blah blah blah.  Oh shit, he sells out his dad to Jackie's attorney.
• Brandon can't face Professor Randall.  Lucinda told him they met!  She wants Brandon to join them for dinner.
• That is one snug denim skort, Brenda.
• Brenda has rationalized the prenup.  Oh well, whatever gets you through the night.
• David really goes off on Kelly.  He's kind of got an asshole streak to him.
• I still can't believe Donna's living with her boyfriend but not sleeping with him.  Keep telling yourself that, Aaron Spelling.

More to come!