SUCK. Jessica Walter leaving.

This super sucks. All the characters I love the best (ok, the only characters I can tolerate without wigging out in sucky-acting induced rage) are disappearing. First Shannen Doherty leaves and then will only come back for 2 episodes, and now Jessica Walter, the incomparable Tabitha, has not renewed her contract and will be appearing only sporadically.

This probably isn’t a secret trick to start a spinoff starring Brenda and Tabitha as drunk bitches on the run, right? Because that would RULE.

Mini recap ep7, Hollywood Forever

I didn’t really want to watch this episode, because not only was it Kelly and Brenda-free, the writers went out of their way last episode to create contrived and unrealistic resolutions to all of the actual drama on the show.

In this episode: Annie’s acting declines still further, if possible; another bitchy girl shows up and has wildly inappropriate conversations with Teacher, who seems to have lost every razor he ever owned; Naomi makes a meaningless and counter-productive sacrifice for Pillface which causes trouble that even Daddy can’t solve; there’s some bullshit with the parents that I didn’t care about; and Navid and Jessica Walter are permitted to show up briefly. Oh, and Pillface might be dead, which would totally ruin the show because bitchy girl is actually an undercover cop and not a real bitch.

God, I hope this show gets better.

Here is some awesome

Here is the total best thing about last week’s episode: Jessica Walter as Tabitha conducting a rehearsal of the spring play. She is amazing.

90210 ep 4: The Bubble

In this episode: Dylan is the daddy; Brenda looks great; Jessica Walter out-acts everyone; and the children make halting progress in their relationships.

Questions with Jessica Walter

The AOL TV Blog has a short interview with Jessica Walter. Here are some key questions they fail to ask:

• You mention the similarity between whatever your name is on 90210 and the Lucille Bluth character from Arrested Development. What, if any, are the differences between these two characters?
• Can we expect Gob or Buster showing up on 90210?
• Do you really drink that much and/or dress like that in real life?
• How come you’re so awesome?

I should really be a professional interviewer.