Beverly Hills, 90210 — S08E23 — The Nature of Nurture

1998 · 42 MIN · IMDB 5.1 · DIR. Michael Ray Rhodes

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Overview

Kelly is upset when a gay couple receives custody of the baby. The teenage mother decides that she wants her son back, but only because she does not want him raised by gay men. Kyle and Gene give the child up without a fight, as they feel this is in his best interests. Kelly comes to believe that they would make better parents than she or Leann, and lobbies the girl to relinquish custody. She eventually agrees after realizing that she cannot care for the child properly. With the newspaper struggling to stay afloat, Steve accepts advertising from a cigarette manufacturer. Brandon becomes indignant and threatens to quit; Steve changes his mind by pointing out all the people he has helped through his writing. After a few dates, Steve finally tells Jill that he is not Ted (the man to whom she had been writing). She refuses to continue seeing him, and he vows to make her happy by finding Ted. David rediscovers his love of music by jamming with his neighbor, a washed-up guitar player who onc

Dialogue Timeline — 912 lines

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00:00:05 Sorry.
00:01:28 This is the foster parent I told you about.
00:05:06 JANET: I'm going to go out for some bagels.
00:06:12 Couple months ago, we were doing great.
00:07:31 And the part about me being strong?
00:09:08 time off for good behavior. I would have
00:10:36 I thought you worked at home?
00:12:03 Excuse me.
00:13:47 And because you never took the time to ask me
00:15:36 Yeah, he's still working on the same piece.
00:17:17 to be somebody he's not.
00:18:55 The look on your face when you realized
00:20:50 Not without a maternal figure in his life.
00:22:27 kind of an autumn guy.
00:24:12 Did you talk to her about this?
00:26:14 Am I missing something?
00:29:13 Wait. Just stop. Jill, the thing is...
00:30:56 You know, if you're here to see Kelly, she's not here.
00:33:30 BRANDON: If you don't want to go to this thing today,
00:34:53 Guilty as charged.
00:37:09 our next category is for best investigative report.
00:39:14 I hate you, you know that?
00:41:30 Oh, you know, the crazy thing is, I think you do.
00:43:37 No, you did an incredibly good thing.

Cast & Characters

Jennie Garth Kelly Taylor Jason Priestley Brandon Walsh Ian Ziering Steve Sanders Brian Austin Green David Silver Tori Spelling Donna Martin
Joe E. Tata Nat Bussichio
Vincent Young Noah Hunter
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen Valerie Malone Lindsay Price Janet Sosna
David Glen Eisley Woody Sloan
John Reilly Bill Taylor
Ben Lemon Kyle Vosler
Michelle Phillips Abby Malone Chris Ufland Dean Shaver
Nicole Forester Jill Reiter
Jessica Alba Leanne
Geoffrey Lower Gene
Wendy Schenker Leanne's Mother
Nancy Moonves Pam Ahern
Lisa Deanne Young Sally Licht
Mario Machado Awards Host
Bea Pompa Jennifer Ruiz
Crystal Blake Waitress

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed912
Dialogue density21.7 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line00:43:37

Production Record

DirectorMichael Ray Rhodes
LanguageEnglish

Factoids

Episode

Beverly Hills, 90210, season 8, episode 23: The Nature of Nurture.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/2025/season/8/episode/23
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