Dylan McKay, Animal Lover

This summer I've taken full advantage of the family Tivo, mostly to tape old ER's and Beverly Hills, 90210's. Today's 90210 was one of the very best: the one where Dylan McKay gets married to Toni Marchette, daughter of his father's murderer (also named Tony Marchette). Nice wedding on a bluff by the sea, loving toasts to the couple from rest of the gang, and general happiness ensues. All lovely.

And then, of course, Toni gets her brains blown out by her mobster father's henchmen who were under orders to kill the new son-in-law. So then we get a spectacular scene where Dylan opens Toni's car door and her body spills out onto his lap and he screeeeeeams into the rainy night sky. Poetic.

Dylan decides to skip town after the funeral. You know, ride off into the sunset, away from Beverly Hills and the evil grasp of Aaron Spelling. Dylan is supposed to be this James Dean-type guy, a tough, misunderstood loner.

There's one major chink in the armor though-- Strapped on the back of Dylan's motorcycle? There's a CAT CARRIER. That's right. Dylan is bringing his kitty on his big Brood Across America?

He ain't no Easy Rider, is all I'm saying.