Donna Martin Reinstates!

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There are a lot of things missing from the new 90210: fully-baked plot lines, compelling characters, Luke Perry, a meaningful gay, and our undivided attention, to name a few. But soon at least one hole—the one the size and shape of Donna Martin—may be filled: Tori Spelling is reportedly in "final negotiations" to join the cast at long last. Admittedly, we don't have the highest of hopes that her return will make us feel about nouveau 9-0 the way we did about the original, since the reunification of Kelly and Brenda has proven one of the most crushing disappointments of television this decade. But we can dream, and in that dream Ms. Martin returns to the hallowed halls of West Beverly, triumphant in a red pleather shorts ensemble, to teach abstinence-only sex ed. 

--JESSANNE COLLINS

Previously > Fast & Furious with Tori Spelling