This is big news, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to sit down.
Have you sat down yet?
Good. Well, here it is. Oh wait, you've already read my headline, so you know what I'm about to lay on you: Shannen Doherty is "in talks" to join the "Bev Hills 90210" remake, although I must say that the phrase "in talks" as it applies to Doherty seems rather tame: I'd prefer "in screams."
So let's go with that. Shannen Doherty is in screams to return to the show that made her Shannen Doherty. Perez Hilton is reporting this ayem, and I'm of a mind to believe it. The reasons are evident. She's trying to sell one of her Malibu homes (how many does she have? I don't know. Hold up your hand and count your fingers). Her TV career, such as it once was, has been reduced to "Breaking up with Shannen Doherty." She is now, and pretty much ever has been, famous for being infamous. Why not be in screams to return to this re-make?
If true -- and again, I believe it -- then this would catapult this show (which could actually save the entire CW from cancellation) into a whole new realm. Of course, a great and exciting realm. First of all, the newbie would have to deal with a vast amount of back stuff -- like where DID Brenda disappear to after season four, and was her love with Dylan forever and ever, or just one of those prime-time fling things?
And of course, if you bring back Brenda, you gotta deal with Dylan -- who was, I'm also insulting you with this utterly needless reminder, Luke Perry. What about Dylan? Will the producers try to get a cameo outta Luke? Will he even show up to the same room as Doherty? And Brandon? He's roaming out there in prime-time limbo, too. With Brenda onboard, that's going to have to be resolved too. It's not enough to write the script this way: Brenda: "Oh yes, I still deeply love Dylan, wherever he is ... Brandon's on the phone? I'll take it..."
Jason -- will you too take the call from the producers?
Meanwhile, if you're still with me, here's a six-minute clip from the 10-year reunion. Proves that the rest of the cast doesn't TOTALLY hate Shando, but then these are actors. One never knows, does one?