90210: "You should punch me"

After last week's episode where we saw a continuation of melancholy with 90210's characters, this week things changed and we saw the characters take steps toward altering their futures. Maybe from here these kids can actually do something rather than just mope around and be mean to one another. But, then again, maybe I am being too optimistic. Nevertheless, here comes a recap of this week's episode.

- Following last week when Harry and the police found coke in Navid's locker, Navid has been suspended from school and no one has heard from him.
- For most of the show Dixon is still waiting to hear back from his birth mom, but at the end of the episode she shows up at the house wanting to talk to him.
- Gia and Adriana continue to bond, this time over them both having broken hearts. So when Gia's ex girlfriend asks Gia to give her another chance it seems like the thing she really should want to do is say yes. But instead Gia turns her down and goes to hang out with Adriana. It seems like Gia has more than friendly feelings for Ade, so who knows where this relationship is going.
- Ryan asks Naomi how she is doing following the whole Jen incident and while talking Naomi slips about how Jen was only dating Ryan because she didn't want her rich boyfriends to think she was only in it for the money. This leads Ryan to feel even worse about himself. Apparently he has been drinking and while at a bar he is picked up by an older woman. The two sleep together and we then find out that this woman is Ivy's mother.
- Dixon is still hoping there is a possibility he and Silver will get back together. But after she turns him down again, Dixon goes to Teddy and tells him about the lies he has been telling. When Silver finds out, Teddy assumes she will jump into his open arms, yet she still doesn't think she can trust him so she won't give him another chance. Though Silver seemed set in this decision at first, after more pondering she realizes she cannot be too afraid to try and at the end of the episode Teddy and Silver kiss.
- Jasper wants things with Annie to return back to normal, but Annie is so disgusted with Jasper that she can't do this. When they are together she gives him constant attitude and shrinks away when he tries to touch her. After a while it seems like Annie can't take it anymore so she stands up for herself, telling Jasper to go to the police as long as it sets her free of him. But she is also smart enough to through in a disclaimer that if he wants there to be even the slightest chance that in the future they will get back together, then he won't go to the police. So, in the end, that is what they agree on. He wants there to be the chance that they may get back together so he agrees to leave her alone and also not go to the police.
- Naomi and Liam continue to have nothing to talk about. So when Naomi sees how much fun Ivy and Liam have when they are together, Naomi asks Ivy for help. Ivy plans a hiking trip for the three friends, but by the end Naomi has caught on to Ivy's plan. Naomi threatens to make Ivy's life hell if she doesn't back off and before long the two end up in a catfight on the beach. Naomi freaks and yells about how she knows the real problem is with Liam and her and she then storms off. While this may seems like it precludes Liam and Naomi breaking up, think again because this was actually what they needed to reconnect. Now that Naomi is no longer trying to make sure everything is perfect and is actually showing her angry side, they can go about loving one another for themselves and not the people they think the other wants them to be.