JOB DESIGN

90210, S03E05, CATCH ME IF YOU CANNON

Show Summary
Much like the original show, 90210 follows the move of a family (parents Debbie and Harry Wilson, their daughter Annie and adopted son Dixon). Harry is actually from Beverly Hills and comes back both to look after his mother Tabitha and to work as the principal at West Beverly Hills High School. All of them struggle to adjust to their new lives: Annie has a hard time balancing romances (starting with rich kid Bosni) and friendships as well as popularity and identity; Dixon has issues with his adoption and African-American heritage; Harry and Debbie struggle with the revelation that Harry has a son with Christianne, his former high school sweetheart. Tracy Clark has a daughter of her own, Naomi Clark, who dates jock Ethan Ward, brief rival of Dixon, whom she soon breaks up with. Annie and Ethan then pursue a relationship after having had a fling years prior to Annie moving to Beverly Hills. Both girls alternate between being friends, enemies, in a love triangle, and almost sisters due to their parents' child. Their respective mothers find themselves in a love triangle of their own after Tracy's marriage to Charles Clark implodes (which Naomi takes quite badly) and she appears to want Harry back. Naomi's fight with Annie forces her out of the crowd after she uses Annie's ex-boyfriend from Kansas, Jason, as a weapon to get back at her for hiding her relationship with Ethan. She becomes friends with a group of older girls and starts flirting with Ozzie, a rather alternative student, and later becomes attracted to a bartender named Liam, whom she soon finds out is actually her age and becomes a student at West Beverly High. Meanwhile, Ethan and Annie's relationship hits the rocks as he begins to rethink his life after a car accident and gets more or less attracted to Rhonda, the girl he hit. Soon Naomi and Liam begin a romance, and once she becomes friends with Annie again, he begins to pursue the both of them. Naomi's best friend, fallen starlet Adrianna Tate-Duncan, battles a drug addiction. This gets her into trouble when Harry decides to raid the school, thanks to the help of a cop, Kimberly McIntyre, under cover as a student. Kimberly begins a relationship with teacher/lacrosse coach Ryan Matthews, which gets him into trouble with the school. Guilt-ridden, Kimberly does her best to solve the case, giving Ryan his job back, although he takes a leave of absence to rethink his life, and Adrianna lands in rehab, after almost getting Naomi in legal troubles as she took the blame for the drugs. There, she begins a relationship with Navid Shirazi, head of the school's paper and Dixon's best friend, who paid for her rehab. Although at first she only does it to "repay" him, they start to genuinely care about each other. Adrianna later discovers she is pregnant as a result of her promiscuity while she was addicted. After telling Navid of her pregnancy, he breaks up with her. It is later revealed that the father of Adrianna's child is Ty, although it is unclear when they slept together. She and Navid get back together when he realizes that even though she is a mess he can't get over her, and get engaged, although he alienates his family when he tells them that the child is not his and gets
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upset when Adrianna reveals her daughter is Ty's. Another featured character is Erin Silver (who goes by her last name), Kelly Taylor and David Silver's half sister and Naomi's former best friend, until Silver's father's affair is revealed by Naomi, although she eventually reconciles her friendship with Naomi. She quickly befriends Annie and starts dating Dixon, who is somewhat taken aback by her not-so90210 lifestyle, as she is a virgin who doesn't care about popularity. In a multi-episode arc that culminated in a very special episode, it is revealed that Silver has bipolar disorder. Kelly Taylor is now a guidance counselor at West Beverly and has a son named Sammy. Kelly becomes Silver's guardian after her mother proves to be an inadequate caretaker for her daughter due to her alcoholism. She briefly dates Ryan before leaving to work on her relationship with former boyfriend and father of Sammy, Dylan McKay. This briefly causes friction with Brenda Walsh as both struggle with their lingering feelings towards Dylan. When Kelly returns, she not only discovers Ryan's relationship with student/cop Kimberly but also that he slept with Brenda, re-creating the rift between the two friends. Following Brenda's discovery that she cannot have children, however, the women are drawn together in an accord once again. At the prom, Adrianna goes into labor. She gives birth to a daughter whom she gives up for adoption. It is also revealed that Brenda has adopted a child from China. Ethan begins to realize his feelings for Silver, which leads to a confrontation with Dixon and a kiss with Silver. At Naomi and Jen's (her sister) after-prom party, Liam sleeps with Jen. He is mad that Naomi told Jen about his past: he wanted to keep it a secret. However, he was not aware that Jen was Naomi's sister, and upon finding out is horrified. Naomi finds out about it but thinks that Annie was with Liam, not Jen. This culminates in a major fight between Annie and Naomi where Annie is shunned by her peers, runs away, gets in her car drunk, and accidentally runs over a man.

Cast of Characters
New executive producer Rebecca Sinclair said that second season will rely much less on original characters Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling and Shannen Doherty to boost ratings.[2] As part of the changes, the season also promotes Matt Lanter as Liam Court from a recurring character from the 16th episode to a regular character, while Dustin Milligan Ethan Ward was released from his contract due to the producers feeling his character had reached its conclusion.[2] Trevor Donovan was cast as a charming, tennis prodigy and movie star son who is also Adrianna's first boyfriend.[29] Former Law & Order actress Elisabeth Rohm signed on for at least one episode, as a socialite that locked horns with Naomi.[30] Rumer Willis guest starred for several episodes as Gia, a "punky, cute lesbian who isn't afraid to speak her mind."[31] On July 20, 2009, E! Online reported that actor John Schneider had been cast as Liam's plastic surgeon stepfather.[32] Jennie Garth signed up to return as her character Kelly Taylor.[4] Ann Gillespie also signed on for a multiple episode arc for the character to mend the broken relationship with her daughters[5] Kelly Lynch was cast as her mother Laurel Cooper, a former hippie who believes in "free love, the environment, the power of music, legalized marijuana and her daughter Ivy, whom she sees as her greatest triumph".[33][34] EW's Michael Ausiello announced that former Dawson's Creek actor Hal Ozsan had been cast, in a recurring role, as a faculty adviser for school's paper.[35] TV Guide confirmed that former Gilmore Girls actor Scott Patterson had been cast to play Jack Court, Liam's ex-con father who opens a tackle shop and would appear
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in multiple episodes.[36] Ryan O'Neal was later cast to play Spence Montgomery, Teddy's dysfunctional father, in a multiple episode run that started in April 2010.[37] Travis Van Winkle was cast as, Jamie, as "football/frat" student at California University for "several episodes".[38] Gillian Zinser was cast as Ivy Sullivan, a "tomboy surfer chick" who catches the eye of both Dixon and Liam.[39]

Episode Recap
Debbie Wilson, a single mom, desperately tries to find a job to support her two teenager children. Without a college degree and very little work experience as a fashion photographer in Kansas, she finds the process to be harder than what she had expected. When she finally gets the opportunity to be interviewed for an assistant position at the beach club, she found out that her potential boss is the newly pregnant Jen Clark. Jen who is currently taking time off college (Yale University) is the owner of the beach club. She unmannerly gave Debbie a long challenging list of administrative tasks to be completed in a 24-hourperiod. During their meeting on the next day, Jen threw away all the work that Debbie had handed in without looking at it and revealed that this was only a test for Debbies will power. Jen went into labor right after that and was escorted by Debbie to the hospital. Without any experience in newborn care, Jen desperately seeks Debbies help with babysitting. Debbie thought it was best to discuss the terms of her new job (working hours, pay..etc) before agreeing to do anything. She finally succeeded in obtaining her desired work conditions.

Case Questions
1. Describe the job content, job requirements, and job context of Debbies new position. 2. Describe the job range, job depth, and job relationships of Debbies new position.

Solutions
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