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The 90s have my heart and I started a re-watch of 90210 earlier this year.  I'm halfway through Season 1, but I realized some episodes from Season 2 are missing on Paramount Plus, where I'm watching it.  Anyone know of another streamer or website where I can find all episodes?  I read online that some episodes are missing because of some music licensing issues, which is so annoying.

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@alwaysAMC I don't know of any other streaming sites but maybe DVDs are floating around for cheap somewhere online. Then again, with DVDs there's still the same issues of episodes being cut because of music or episodes having music replaced. Also DVDs might have cut syndication episodes vs. full original broadcast episodes.

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I bought the boxset that includes the BH90210 spin off and it's not perfect but much better than the missing episodes on streaming. They licensed the most important music so there are no missing episodes and a lot of the special moments are still there. Of course it's not perfect, there is still a lot missing but not enough to ruin the re-watch.

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This is great, thanks for sharing!  I may just do this - I see it's ~$150 on Amazon.  I may just bite the bullet and do it, as I can't imagine Paramount will ever get the rights to stream those missing episodes.  Good to know the DVDs have enough of everything that it won't ruin the rewatch.

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I love how FOX promos always made "Party of Five" look more lighthearted and romantic than it really was.  

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Dear God in heaven!!!!

Please read the disclaimers on the box(es) before you spend a penny on the BH90210 DVD sets.

I had the entire series on home-recorded VHS, uncut and with all the music intact from the original primetime broadcasts. STOOPIDLY, I traded them away when the DVDs came out, because I wanted to upgrade the quality for future viewing.

BIIIIIIIIIG mistake!

To my horror, the episodes were badly butchered, with elevator musak and general junk replacing most of the original soundtrack. This was particularly egregious during an episode where the girls had a slumber party and were supposedly lip-syncing to some songs of the day. Unfortunately, with the songs being cut out, the entire scene looked idiotic.

I could go on and on about the defects of these DVDs, but suffice to say, they and the first releases of Little House on the Prairie discs from ImaVision were the THE most badly hacked up and poorly-produced boxsets I have ever encountered.

Eventually, Lions Gate re-released LHOTP in full-length, lovely transfers, but as far as I know, BH90210 never has been done over and fixed.

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Oh no!! Haha, I appreciate your perspective here.  I think I may still do the DVD buy though, as I can handle some music changes. I just don't want there to be missing episodes or clips because that would annoy me more.  Right now Paramount Plus has full episodes missing, many from Season 2 and 3, even one of the season finale episodes

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  I can handle music changes as long as the scenes/storylines are there.

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Of course, I cannot make definitive evaluations about any potential BH90210 sets which are being sold today. Without my personally being aware of it, perhaps another manufacturer took over the DVD rights to the show and produced a different, superior product to the discs I bought. That happened with Little House and WKRP, two series that were first made available in highly butchered and edited versions. Their later re-releases received wide viewer acclaim for how superior they were.

I just have a feeling that if improved sets of BH90210 had been produced, I would have heard about it.

On the original LHOTP, some DVD episodes clocked in at 37 minutes. They were supposed to run for 47. And scenes were cut right in the middle of characters' dialogue! The opening and closing credits of many eps were cut out, and the film was sped up (God knows why), making Michael Landon sound like Mickey Mouse.

Good luck in your search for good copies. If I hear about anything, I'll let you know.

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