Silver (90210)
Erin Silver | |
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Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise character | |
as Erin Silver | |
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First appearance | Kelly Taylor (half-sister) David Silver (half-brother) |
Other relatives | Sammy Taylor (nephew) Ruby Silver (niece) |
Erin Silver, known
Storylines
Season 1
Silver, who is going simply by her last name, is introduced during the pilot and quickly becomes good friends with Annie Wilson, and develops a romantic interest in Annie's adopted brother Dixon Wilson, which quickly blossoms into a relationship. Before the first season, Silver warns Annie not to trust Naomi Clark, informing her that they were once best friends. Silver tells Annie that during their friendship, Silver confided in Naomi about her father's affair, but that Naomi caused it to become public knowledge; this resulted in Silver's mother relapsing. During the series, Silver celebrates her half-birthday because her mother always seems to mess up her real birthday. In "By Accident", Dixon dumps Silver after taking advice from his mother, but later in 'Help Me, Rhonda' they get back together after Silver finally admits that she is in love with him. On Valentine's Day, Dixon and Silver lose their virginity to one another. It has been clear from the start of the season that Silver has a slightly manic personality, but in "Life's a Drag", she becomes more unbalanced. She visits Dixon at the Peach Pit, where they end up having sex. Silver secretly tapes it and then shows the tape to an entire theater, causing Dixon to break up with her. She ends up breaking into Ryan Matthews' house, claiming that he destroyed her relationship with Dixon, and threatening him with a bottle of wine unless he fixes everything. Silver then attempts to run away to Kansas, stating repeatedly that going there would help her solve her problems with Dixon. At the station, a stranger notices her erratic behavior, and after she falls asleep, borrows her phone and calls someone to come get her. Dixon and his mother and father find her on the train tracks. Dixon remembers his birth mother, who had bipolar disorder, displayed the same symptoms, and realizes that Silver suffers from it also. Dixon calms Silver down and they take her to the hospital. Soon, Silver finds it unbearable to go back to West Beverly High due to the gossip surrounding her recent behavior, and decides to move to St. Claire's School. She initially tries to make a fresh start, but another girl recognizes her and wants her to be honest with the other students, going so far as doing a hunger strike until Silver sends the video to everyone. Silver then reprimands her because she's now considered a slut by everyone else. After Dixon gets a large number of students to vote for her as a write-in, Silver is awarded the West Bev "prom queen" at that year's prom, but admits that she's not prom material, which creates distance between her and Dixon. Later at Naomi's after party, whilst swimming, Dixon and Ethan end up confronting one another, which leads to Ethan Ward admitting that he likes her. Silver later runs into Ethan and asks him about his statement, she tells him that they are just friends, to which Ethan responds by kissing her and telling her that he doesn't think that they're just friends and that he doesn't want them to be just friends.[2]
Season 2
In season 2, Silver is seen having a good time on vacation with Adrianna and Naomi at a resort. She receives a text from Ethan, who now lives in Montana. Silver and Naomi decide to play tennis so Naomi can meet a guy named Teddy. The three finally meet when Naomi "accidentally" hits Teddy with her tennis ball. Teddy tries to flirt with both Silver and Naomi, to which Silver responds uninterestedly, intriguing Teddy. Adrianna catches up with Naomi and Silver and it results that Teddy is Teddy Montgomery, Adrianna's ex-boyfriend. Silver then takes a walk across the beach with Dixon and they share a kiss. However, Silver unknowingly drops her cellphone which is later found by Teddy. Teddy returns the cellphone to Silver but not before reading the text messages from Ethan. Teddy later shares the message from Ethan with Dixon. The text states that Ethan doesn't regret the kiss that he shared with Silver. This causes Dixon to break up with Silver because he's hurt, having found out that she kissed Ethan and texted him behind his back.[3] Later this season, Silver finds out that her mother, Jackie, has cancer and she moves back home to help care for her. Silver begins to feel the growing pressure of her studies, private life, and taking care of her mother. Teddy later tries to talk to her and comfort her about her mom since he had the same experience himself. The two grow closer and become good friends. Just as Silver and her mother are finally catching up with each other, Jackie suffers a cardiac arrest and ends up being confined to the hospital. Silver tries talking to her sister, Kelly, to try and persuade her to forgive their dying mother but to no avail. In the next episode, however, Silver finally convinces Kelly to talk to their mother and the three finally reconcile. Sadly, Jackie dies just afterwards, and Silver becomes depressed after her mom's funeral. Teddy sends her flowers as a condolence gift because he didn't attend the funeral. Silver later approaches Teddy on the rooftop and sees him playing Tennis alone, she asks him if he's okay and he responds by saying that he has been a coward. He apologizes for not being there for her, to which Silver responds by hugging him and reassuring him that this is not true. The two share a kiss but snap out of it, agreeing to treat it as nothing but a careless move. After the kiss, Teddy seems to take his interest in Silver to a new level; He tries to get her to go with him to the Winter Wonderland Dance but is turned down. In a second attempt to win her over, Teddy makes a video of himself saying that he quits his playboy days and only wants to date Silver; the video is broadcast to the whole school. Teddy again asks Silver to go out with him, but is turned down. However, Teddy eventually gets her to dance with him as friends, but suddenly surprises her with a kiss. Silver is shocked by this sudden advance and goes back to Naomi. Naomi gives Silver advice and tells her to take a chance with Teddy as he seems to be really into her. Silver listens to her friend and decides to give it a try, but later sees Teddy with another girl, not knowing it's his sister, Silver thinks Teddy has returned to his playboy ways. Dixon later approaches Silver and she asks him about the girl, since Dixon was with Teddy earlier that night. Dixon deliberately lies, leaving Silver to believe that Teddy still behaves like a playboy. Silver feels vulnerable and allows Dixon to kiss her, but this is witnessed by Teddy. After a short vacation, Dixon approaches Silver and asks if she will get back together with him. However, Silver rejects him gently and tells him that she just doesn't feel that way about him anymore but that she wants him to stay in her life as friends. Dixon agrees and they hangout together, as they have lunch Teddy's sister approaches them and tells Silver that she made the wrong decision by not giving Teddy a chance. By approaching Silver, Teddy's sister subsequently reveals that Dixon knew all along who she was. This causes a strain in Silver and Dixon's friendship. Finally, After much persuasion and misunderstandings, Teddy and Silver finally get together as a couple. Unfortunately, Teddy's father goes to see Silver and bribes her to break up with him because he feels Teddy's tennis career is suffering due to their relationship. Silver refuses to take the bribe, but starts thinking about what his father said. After thinking it through thoroughly, Silver decides that it is in Teddy's best interests for them to break up. In the season finale, Silver tells him she is sorry and that she loves him, resulting in their reconciliation.[4]
Season 3
In season 3, Teddy and Silver break up due to his drinking habits, this hits Silver particularly hard because of her late mother's history of alcoholism. After their break up, Silver begins to focus on the West Beverly Blaze, which starts Mr. Cannon's interest in Silver.
Season 4
In the season four opener, Silver is still mad with Adrianna and takes it out on Navid and his sister, Leila. Whilst at Naomi's party, Adrianna shows up with Leila and tries to apologize to Silver, but she told her that she would never forgive her. Silver revealed she was almost going to kill herself, due to Adrianna messing with her medication. Later, Silver finds Teddy at the party and gives him advice on how to tell his family that he is gay.
In "Rush Hour", when Navid's sister was missing, Silver told Navid to stay calm, that eventually she will come back. She used to do this when she lived with her alcoholic mother, Jackie. Silver got mad when Navid talks to Adrianna for help but she ends up asking her for help too after Leila called revealing that she has been kidnapped and they need to pay $50,000 if they wanted her back. At the end Leila is found and the
Silver asks Annie to
A few weeks later, Naomi invites everyone to Vegas but Silver has some troubles due to her job with Marissa. She later sees Navid kissing another woman. Silver films Teddy's wedding with her camera, and the next day when they were leaving Marissa calls Silver asking her about some videos she needs but Silver sends her Teddy's wedding by mistake along with the work videos. Silver later finds out that the video has been leaked and Teddy immediately blames Shane. Silver realizes she accidentally sent the video to Marrissa and that Marrissa is the one who leaked the video to gain votes.
In "Smoked Turkey" Silver is with Naomi and Annie, they are buying a drink because of the hot weather. Silver says she has no interest in getting back together with Navid. Silver meets a man named Greg Davis when he asks her for a flier for a food drive at college. Greg is a teacher at CU. At Naomi's house, Silver is in the kitchen with Annie, she hears the ringtone Annie had previously set for Patrick. Silver asks Annie "Is that Patrick's ringtone?" Annie denies this. Annie tells Silver to stop worrying about her because she and Patrick are no longer together. Silver then leaves to go to the food drive. At Student union, Greg approaches Silver again, they talk to each other about the food drive. Silver asks Greg if he would like to go with her friend Annie on date at Naomi's house. Greg accepts Silver's kind invitation. At Naomi's house, Silver introduces Annie and Greg, hoping to set them up, when Annie becomes reluctant. Silver apologizes and hopes she is not overstepping but she want Annie to have a nice man in her life because she deserves it. Annie says thanks but Greg is clearly here for Silver. Ivy assumes Greg is Silver's date. When the police evacuate the house due to the brush fire accidentally started by Naomi. Silver kisses Greg when he says he will be going home and that he will call her for a next date.
In "Project Runaway" Silver is at Naomi's house with
In "O Holly Night", Silver learns that Greg has a wife, but is currently divorcing her. Late on in the episode, Silver goes to visit Navid in Hospital after he got beat up. Just as she's about to go in, she overhears Navid confessing his feelings for Kat. Silver leaves right away, and ends up in the arms of her Greg. However, Silver didn't stay around long enough to hear Navid say he cares about Silver more than Kat. In Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?, Greg introduces Silver to his daughter Maisey as they start to get serious.But, Silver is shocked when she finds out Maisey is Adrianna's biological daughter. In "Mama Can You Hear Me?", Greg is offered a teaching gig at Columbia University and wants Silver to move with him. Navid confides in Adrianna that he and Silver will never be together, and Adrianna encourages him to at least try to save their friendship. Over at Silver and Greg's, Navid overhears Greg on the phone about his daughter and he realizes that he adopted Adrianna's baby. He encourages Silver to tell Adrianna, but she refuses. In "Trust, Truth and Traffic", Adrianna is not happy with Silver, Greg, and Maisy's relationship so she kidnaps Maisey from the daycare center. Silver and Navid team up together to try to find her. They later find her in a park with Maisey. Greg comes along and tells Silver that she had no right to introduce Maisey to her birth mother and breaks up with her on the spot. In "No Good Deed", Navid decides to attend Princeton University and everyone has a party for him. Silver finally realizes that she loves Navid but does not tell him.
In "Babes In Toyland", Silver gets accepted into New York University and hopes she will be close to Navid in nearby Princeton, but she later has second thoughts. In Blood Is Thicker Than Mud, Silver, working as a production assistant on the set of Liam's latest movie, confides in him about her fears of having an inherited cancer gene. In The Heart Will Go On, Liam finds himself accompanying Silver to a clinic at the hospital to support her during a test to detect if she has the breast cancer gene, while Vanessa becomes increasingly jealous over the time Liam is spending with Silver and his refusal to explain why. In Blue Ivy, Silver and Liam have sex after she knows her test results are positive for the cancer gene. In Bride and Prejudice, Silver wakes up in Liam's bed from when she ran into his arms after her breast cancer gene diagnosis. Liam admits his feelings for Silver, but she wants to forget the whole night happened. Then, in a string of odd interactions, Silver all of a sudden decides she wants to rekindle things with Navid and seems to go out of her way to express her feelings to Navid right in front of Liam. It's clear that she has feelings for Liam. But in the end, Navid is committed to staying with Silver while Liam won't let Silver get away that easily— he kisses her, again. In Tis Pity, Silver is still determined to make a relationship with Navid work out. Navid is now Silver's doting boyfriend and support system again, so he goes with Silver to her first
Season 5
In the fifth season opener, Silver tells Teddy that she doesn't want to have a baby with a stranger, and isn't ready to commit to Navid or Liam either. Teddy tells her he isn't ready to be a parent. He understands how important it is to her, but he needs to think about it. Later on, Teddy tells Liam and Navid how Silver wants to have a baby with him. Both of them are outraged to hear this. Silver tells all three of them that she isn't able to make a decision about either of them, as she isn't sure what to do. At the end of the episode, Teddy finally makes his decision about having a baby with Silver, accepting her offer making Silver overjoyed. In The Sea Change, Silver and Teddy visit the sperm bank so Teddy can donate his sperm. Silver tells him she'll do her part when she's ovulating. Teddy mentions that he has to go back to D.C. tomorrow. They also talk about Navid & Liam, and if either of them would ever get back with Silver. Later on, Silver goes to see Liam that night and asks him if he wants to go to Naomi's reception together, and he tells her he's going with Vanessa. Later, Silver mentions to Teddy that she's ovulating that day but she has to wait until next month because of the reception. At the reception, Navid introduces his two porn star dates to Silver. The dates are part of his mission to change his “nice guy” image. Silver heads down to the cellar to drink her feelings and Teddy comes down to join her. While they're down there, Silver almost kisses Teddy. It reminds them that they never talked about Teddy's feelings for her when he was “straight”. Thinking that Teddy never really loved her, Silver leaves. Later, Silver asks him if he ever loved her or if it was a lie. Teddy tells her he was never lying to her, he was lying to himself, and he still loves her.
In It's All Fun and Games, Annie, Naomi and Adrianna throw a baby shower for Silver. Silver arrives and reveals to her friends that she is worried about having a baby at her age. She basically isn't sure if she is responsible enough to be a mother yet. Adrianna suggests that Silver and she should have “crazy Silver fun” for the next 24 hours, and after that maybe the thought of having a kid wouldn't be so scary. Just then a male stripper, who Naomi has invited for the party comes in and begins doing his stuff. Silver and Adrianna have a fun day together. Silver though, isn't apparently having too much fun, as being irresponsible isn't making her feel ready to be a mother. Adrianna then suggests that they do something which will help Silver face her fears, and Silver reluctantly agrees. Silver swings on a trapeze, in order to overcome her fears, and apparently seems to have enjoyed every moment of it. “I kicked fear’s ass” Silver tells Adrianna with absolute joy. Later on, Silver tells Adrianna that she has made an appointment at the fertility clinic, for the morning. Adrianna tells Silver all she had to do was overcome her fear and trapeze seems to have totally worked. Silver admits she is still scared, but it would be scarier for her to not live her life, she feels. At the end, she is seen getting a naked photo shoot with which she could immortalize her pre-baby, pre-surgery body.
In "902-100", Silver and Teddy have a dispute over the baby. Silver wants to completely erase Teddy out of the picture, but rightfully believes that's unfair. A couple episodes later, when Teddy refuses to sign a form forfeiting all his parental rights, Silver goes to Teddy's uncle who threatens to have the
Michaela wants to go on tour but because she's pregnant with Silver's baby, Silver says no. Michaela feels Silver is becoming too bossy, demanding and overbearing. Feeling bad for Michaela, Adrianna leaks a demo she recorded. Shortly afterwards, Michaela goes missing. Silver immediately blames Dixon who denies leaking the demo. Eventually, they discover Adrianna did it. Dixon accuses Adrianna of stealing Michaela's song like she stole Javier's songs. An infuriated Silver then accuses Adrianna of being "the same conniving, manipulative, backstabbing bitch she was in high school". Afterwards, Silver goes to find Michaela on her own. Dixon calls Teddy, which Silver is against because they had been fighting for the last few months. Eventually, they find Michaela at a bar having a drink. Michaela is distraught and crying. She tells Silver that she suffered a miscarriage. She also tells Silver that Adrianna didn't steal her song, she wrote it. Because she's so devastated, Michaela decides to go back to Washington and asks Dixon to let Adrianna take her place at a Spencer Blaine Tribute concert, to which Ade agrees. But after finishing the song, the stage collapses and catches on fire leaving Ade trapped under the rubble. When Silver arrives on the scene, she begins to regret calling Ade a "hateful bitch", fearing that could've been the last thing she ever said to her. But then Adrianna (still trapped under the rubble) calls Silver and expresses her condolences to her having heard about Michaela's miscarriage. After that, Silver gets a call from her doctor who tells her she has cancer. She breaks down and cries in front of Dixon and tells him. Dixon gives Silver a pep talk telling her to fight until she can't fight anymore and then her friends will be there to carry her up.
Development
The character of Silver was introduced in the second season of Beverly Hills, 90210 as the newborn daughter of Mel Silver and Jackie Taylor, and the half-sister of Kelly Taylor and David Silver. She is re-introduced as a 15-year-old in the spin-off. She displayed some classic bipolar symptoms, including erratic, reckless behavior, racing speech, grandiose ideas, hypersexuality, lack of sleep, euphoria and confusion. As often happens during manic phases, Silver ended up making destructive decision, which ended with her at the train station, rambling and bewildered, running toward a speeding train.[8] It was confirmed in the following episode as she was diagnosed with the disorder.[9] Silver's bipolar disorder was revisited after Adrianna tampers with her medication when implementing her plot for revenge.[10]
Appearance and style
In Season 1, Silver is shown to have long black hair and dazzling blue eyes. She has a chilled, laid-back personality and seems to show disdain towards proms and school dances. She seemed to have her own sense of style, as she is usually seen wearing clothes probably would not be worn by a typical Beverly Hills girl. In Season 2, her hair was cut short and her sense of fashion has become more girly due to Naomi and Adrianna's influence but still remains her original style. Also, her interest in school dances seemed to have grown since she was seen going to the Snowflake Dance in "Winter Wonderland and the Pass the Torch Dance in "Confessions." In Season 3, Silver's hair was styled like a tomboy's cut and dyed chocolate brown. For a short time in Season 3, while she was having another episode with her bipolar disorder, she dyed her hair an intense orange color in order to give it more "pizazz."[11] Eventually, she recolored it brown after returning from the psych ward.[12] In Season 4, Silver's hair had grown into a style such as her former one in Season 2 but with blonde highlights. By the fifth season, her hair resembles her former self in Season 1, with her hair now below her shoulders.
Reception
Critical reception
Reception towards Silver as a character was mainly mixed, with critics praising her uniqueness. As for Stroup, she received positive reviews for her performance, especially for her performance throughout season 1 with Silver dealing with her illness, which was critically lauded.
Award recognition
In 2010, Stroup won a Young Hollywood Award in the category of "Sparkling Performance" for her portrayal of Silver.
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- ^ "'90210': Hi-hi Silver, Away... to the Looney Bin - It Happened Last Night - Zap2it". Blog.zap2it.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ^ Megan Masters (2011-02-18). "Scoop: 90210 to Revisit Silver's Bipolar Battle". Tvline.com. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
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