90210: Episode 5x04 "Into the Wild" Promo (HD) (Featuring Ryan Lochte)

Here's the promo for next week's episode, episode 5x04 "Into the Wild". It looks like this is going to be an interesting episode.

90210: First Look at Carly Rae Jepsen. Plus, 5 teases for season 5 | Inside TV | EW.com

Here's an article by Entertainment Weekly's Sandra Gonzalez, which gives a preview of  Carly Rae Jepsen's performance is season 5 of 90210 as well as five other spoilers on 90210's fifth season. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives five spoilers on 90210's fifth season:

Ryan Lochte…glamping?
“That all happened very quickly,” says Olsen of Lochte’s guest stint. After receiving the offer, Olsen and Carr jumped at the chance to have the Olympian make a cameo. “And then it was like, ‘Great because he’s coming over right now!’” jokes Carr. In the end, the pair was able to work Lochte into a scene at a high-end camp ground where Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord) and Max have gone “to try to get closer as a couple,” says Carr. Their one regret? “I was just so sorry there was no water!” says Carr.

What happens to Dixon?!
While Olsen and Carr wouldn’t spill on the exact outcome of Dixon’s horrific car accident, the one thing Olsen will spill? “It wasn’t a dream.” We also know that mom (Lori Loughlin) comes racing back into down as a result and Olsen says there will be “real consequences” that come from the traumatic event. “We really are going to live with how this plays out,” she says. “In the premiere, for everybody, we pick up right where we left off because such big things happened, we wanted to actually see them [followed through].” However, there is one person who won’t immediately be aware of Dixon’s situation: Naomi, who will provide some of the drama-balancing lighter moments in the episode.

Naomi and Max: Big changes
After Max left his bride in the altar in the season finale, we pick up with Naomi and Max (and everyone else, for that matter) “about 15 minutes after we left off,” says Carr. And while the outcome of Dixon’s accident will largely play into the premiere, Carr says there will also be “a lot of twists and turns” in their relationship. “[The premiere] does a lot more escalating of situations than resolving them. But you do continue to seeing them together this season,” she says.

Episode 2…
will feature a time jump of a few weeks.

Teddy’s back for episode 100 — and beyond
When I last spoke to Trevor Donovan, he had been booked for two episode this season to close out the storyline with Silver, who in the finale, asked him to father her child. But Olsen and Carr said there’s much more Teddy to be seen this season. “Teddy has a really big, exciting storyline that we’re really excited about,” says Olsen. “He returns in our 100th episode and events in his storyline start to get a little more complicated and we expect to see more of him as we move forward.”

Link to the full article:'90210': First Look at Carly Rae Jepsen. Plus, 5 teases for season 5 | Inside TV | EW.com

90210: Casts Ryan Lochte in a Season 5 Episode-TVLine

 
According to TVLine's Megan Masters, Ryan Lochte will be guest-starring in a season 5 episode of 90210. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some details on Lochte's appearance on the show:



Playing himself, the aquatic superstar will turn up as a guest at a resort where the recently-reunited Naomi and Max are staying in an attempt to strengthen their relationship. 

Lochte — who made his debut as a thesp last week in two Funny or Die videos — has been vocal about his desire to take on Hollywood after his strong showing at the 2012 London Games. However, his interests initially seemed to be of the reality variety, with the swimmer naming both Dancing With the Stars and The Bachelor as dream projects. 

90210 returns to The CW on Monday, Oct. 8 at 8/7c, with Lochte’s installment airing Oct. 29.



Link to the full article:90210 Casts Ryan Lochte — Season 5 - TVLine

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My thoughts: Personally, I'm not exactly sure what to make of this casting news. For the most part, it just screams "stupid ratings stunt" and I don't think having Ryan Lochte guest-star in an episode is going to do anything to boost 90210's ratings for season 5. Lochte's role in Naomi and Max's storyline for the episode sounds rather stupid to me. It will probably end up being just like the season 3 premiere when they had Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian guest-star as themselves. Having the Kardashians guest-star as themselves didn't do anything to help the ratings, and it was the same thing when they've had other reality TV stars guest-star on the show.

I love 90210, but the producers are idiots if they think having reality TV stars guest-star on the show is going to attract more viewers. They've always been very lousy when it comes to who they pick for stunt casting. If the producers really want to resort to stunt casting from time to time, then they should put some serious thought into their casting process and cast popular actors instead of reality TV stars.