Window Dressing Madelaine Jane Auble

In the next couple of episodes, I delve into one of the most influential teen dramas of all time— and a personal touchstone of my childhood: Beverly Hills 90210. Specifically Tori Spelling’s character Donna Martin and Tori’s life post 90210, including her very public divorce, her reality show True Tori, and her two podcasts Misspelling and 9021omg. This week I focus on one episode of 90210 in particular and its real-world subject matter—the international modeling market.




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Tori Spelling Part 1 - one week delay


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Jessica Fletcher Part 2 is a smorgasbord from which I cherry-pick a smattering of episodes and scenes from Murder, She Wrote to give a more holistic sense of the series. The episodes for this week are Truck Stop, Something Borrowed, Someone Blue, and The Magnum P.I. crossover episode Magnum on Ice. I recommend listening to part one before listening to part 2 for context about Angela Lansbury, her character Jessica Fletcher, and the show.  




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This episode's topic is the Murder, She Wrote episode inspired by Hugh Hefner and Playboy. I focus on the personal toll the politics of the time, and Playboy has taken on women culturally through the lens of Angela Lansbury's famed portrayal of female protagonist Jessica Fletcher. The season 2 episode of Murder, She Wrote Episode inspired by Playboy: Christopher Bundy Died on Sunday is littered with references to stories that had been coming out of the mansion for decades by the time it aired in 1986. Since Hefner’s death, those stories have come to light through docu-series like The Secrets of Playboy and Playboy Murders, along with tell-all books that predate Hefner’s death like Jennifer Saginor’s, Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside The Playboy Mansion and Holly Madison’s book Down The Rabbit Hole, among many others. I rely heavily on all those resources in this episode.


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In part two of my Heather Locklear episode I pick up mid-series in Melrose Place and end with Texas Justice the 1995 made-for-TV mini-series starring Heather Locklear as the real-life Priscilla Davis, a victim of two attempted murder plots on the part of her husband, Texas millionaire Thomas Cullen Davis. Her portrayal of Priscilla didn’t win her a lot of fanfare but it did win her a special place in my heart.

A few notes:

No costume designer is listed in the credits or on the IMDB page for Texas Justice.

Melrose Place, like 90210 had many different costume designers, so I did not reference any specifically in this or the first Heather Locklear episode.

Special thanks to Bitchslap, the Melrose Place re-watch podcast.




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This week on Window Dressing: American Trash and National Treasures is the first of a two-part episode dedicated to the queen of TV Heather Locklear. Locklear spent the entirety of the 1980s, 1990s, and part of the 2000s on hit Television shows. Specifically Aaron Spelling TV Shows. I focus on her role as Amanda Woodward in Melrose Place and her portrayal of Priscilla Davis in the true crime mini-series, Texas Justice. I also discuss Heather herself-her icon status and the construction and influence of "The Bitch."


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