A One In A Million Shot

Early on in the second season, many of us would do well to remember Steve Sander's beautiful act of selflessness sprung from an almost impossible basketball shot at a Lakers game.

Steve Sanders generously offered to take his best friend Brandon Walsh and Brandon's parents to the game at no cost. When it was discovered that the tickets were switched, Steve offered to remedy the situation by taking his rightful place in the unknowingly randomly-chosen winner's seat.

When stepping up to the half court line in the dead center of the dead silent Laker's Arena, a lot must have been going through his mind. He recently admitted to his own guilt with the recent scandal at West Beverly High, where he was caught attempting to hack the system to change his grades. After admitting that he had possession of the "Legacy Key" which allowed him access to all of the school's doors, he further took the rap by protecting his innocent accessory's name. He got Herbert the rat-tailed flat-topped hacker off the hook, while He threw him self under the bus and received a permanent expulsion.

In spite of all this, Steve Sanders threw the basketball right into the hoop, scoring himself ten thousand dollars. Even though he already has an awesome Corvette sports car and enough money to bribe his high-school's janitor (thus significantly improving the man's lifestyle, no doubt), he took the money graciously and did exactly with it what any of us would NEVER do;

He gave it back to the children of the community.

Steve gave ten thousand dollars to the children of West Beverly High's big brother/big sister program, a program which was on the chopping block due to affluent West Beverly Hills financial strains.

Shortly before sneaking out of his detention dressed as Santa Claus to visit these very children on Christmas later in the season, the fact that he single-handedly threw a basketball and funded the continuation of this program makes Steve Sanders worthy of demagogue status.

Steve Sanders - A selfless giver and incredible athlete. Who helps children.

Steve Sanders - An Introduction

We all remember "Beverly Hills: 90210" in all its former glory--We laughed and cried, cheered and gasped, gossiped and left the couch during commercial breaks to replenish our popcorn all while comparing and relating the events of a small group of rich friends to our own pseudo-glamorous lives.

We can all agree that Brandon was good-natured and lovable, Dylan was wise yet bad-ass, and David was just a huge weiner with tacky style choices. The male character on 90210 with whom my friends and I can never find a common consensus about is the wealthy and headstrong adopted son Steve Sanders.


Image borrowed from Starpulse.com

Despite his shortcomings as a shallow, wealthy, horny, class-failing jock who drives an expensive Corvette, I have dedicated this blog to the cause of showing the world that Steve Sanders is one 90210 season short of the second coming of Jesus Christ.

I will be posting a new entry for every time in the series that Steve overcomes his selfish nature to do something so kind and generous that it causes the de-canonization of an established saint, pockets of the universe to implode, and causes God's heart to break.

Here is a brief list of several of the amazing things Steve Sanders has done in Beverly Hills: 90210;

-Interfered with and prevented the raping of close friend Kelly Taylor
-Joined the Best Buddies program where he meets computer genius freshman 'Herman.' After using him to break into the computer to change his grades, he eventually fesses up in order to save Herman from getting in trouble. This act results in Steve's expulsion and the bastardization of his future.
-Manages series loser David Silver's awful music career, and even gets him a record deal, despite the fact that David's music is worse than masturbating with sandpaper.
-Makes a half-court shot at a basketball game and wins ten thousand dollars. Instead of spending the money on himself, he uses it to revitalize a community program involving the developing of relationships with inner-city elementary school children (the program was about to be canceled right before Christmas).
-At said Christmas event for the aforementioned underprivileged children, Steve dressed up like Santa Claus and skipped his detention to bring joy to the children's hearts.
-Joins a fraternity (KEG) and becomes the fall guy because of his noble act to prevent KEG president John Sears from raping a homeless teenager. Instead of being kicked out, Steve gets John Sears kicked out.
-While borrowing Andrea Zuckerman's room, Steve counters his frat brother's obnoxious douchebaggery by seducing the attractive RA, thus sparing Andrea from losing her room. All while not wearing a shirt.
-Takes a punch from Dylan meant for Brandon, completely diffusing the situation.


There are many more reasons why Steve Sanders is the best guy ever, and I plan on airing them all out in due time. I hope you'll agree.