“We tried to keep it real — stuff that kids were really going through. While the stuff was kind of shocking for that time, it was still what was happening out there.”
TeenDramaWhore
There's always drama but without it, what fun would TV be?
“We tried to keep it real — stuff that kids were really going through. While the stuff was kind of shocking for that time, it was still what was happening out there.”
TeenDramaWhore 
I’ve only seen a few of the old 90210 episodes, but one of my uncles worked on a couple of them in the mid-1990s and knew most of the people on the show. He always seemed to have a lot of respect for them and for the show.