90210: What happens when the chemistry deflates? You dress naked under a trench coat

Tuesday's 90210 episode was the first since before the holidays and we were supposed to believe that is had only been a few weeks since we last saw our stars. Though I found it difficult to hear while they were all walking around asking how your holiday break was, in California, where it is always sunny and there aren't any real change is seasons, the show could easily slip into this time frame. Anyway, below is a quick recap of the episode.

- Ever since Debbie pointed out to Harry that Kelly has a crush on him, Harry has been avoiding Kelly. So when an annual dinner event comes up, Harry would rather skip it. But Debbie refuses to hide and the two attend, knowing that Kelly will also be there. When they bump into one another at the dinner things are awkward, but instead of moving on, Debbie insists on confronting Kelly. The two talk and Kelly promises she would never have an affair with Harry. By the end of the conversation Kelly and Debbie are making plans to go to yoga together like old pals. Then at the yoga class Kelly points out that the instructor has a crush on Debbie and we see that this is news she finds flattering.
- Adriana is still having a difficult time finding a place to fit in since Silver and Naomi are not meeting her with outstretched arms. Then Adriana helps Naomi when she needs advice and things seem to be back on the right track. At a party later in the episode Adriana takes a sip out of a cup and freaks when she realizes it was rum and coke. She immediately calls Gia, who she recently found out is also in AA. Gia helps her calm down and when Gia's ex girlfriend shows up at the part with her new girlfriend, Adriana repays Gia by kissing her in an attempt to make the ex jealous. If this is all we get after months of Adriana is bisexual teasing, I will be a bit disappointed.
- Naomi and Liam seem like the perfect couple, but then they go on a date and realize they have nothing to talk about. At first both seem freaked by this and Naomi worries they have no chemistry left, but then Naomi decides to conduct an experiment and finds out they still have plenty of sexual chemistry.
- At the end of the last new episode, Dixon and Silver kissed. When this episode started we find out that while Dixon is ready to give their relationship another try, Silver thinks the kiss was a mistake. Throughout the episode we see Dixon continue to lie to Silver and Teddy so that he is, what he thinks will be, one step closer to being back with Silver. But it is only a matter of time before his lies become known and this plan blows up in his face.
- Following finding out that Jasper is a drug dealer, Annie is disgusted with Jasper. But when she sees him at school he threatens to go to the police and tell them she was the one who hit and killed his uncle unless she continues to be his girlfriend. No one can seem to understand why she is still with Jasper and everyone is worried about her, but she can see no way to escape. Meanwhile, Navid hatches a plan to plant drugs in Jasper's locker so that during locker inspections he will be busted. But somehow the drugs end up in Navid's locker instead. Jasper is still dealing while Navid is the one who finds himself in trouble.

This is a show I don't usually look forward to. But after a few months without it, I was starting to miss the drama. While this is far from one of my favorite shows, it is easy to step into the privileged lives of these teens for an hour every week. I just hope the show continues to be as exciting as it has been lately.