D.C. 90210

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daren Fonda, Benjamin Nugent, Julie Rawe, Hope Reeves, Alain L. Sanders and Josh Tyrangiel

Beverly Hills, 90210 airs for the final time this Wednesday after 10 seasons. Many players have come and gone, but Jennie Garth's once golden ingenue, Kelly Taylor, has remained throughout, enduring all manner of improbably salacious plot twists. Is fiction any stranger than truth? Compare the Kelly Taylor decade with that of Bill Clinton:

SEASON 1 Kelly aspires to elected position--Beverly Hills High's "Spring Queen"

1991 Bill Clinton aspires to elected position--President of the U.S.

SEASON 2 Former enemies Kelly and David have to live together as step-siblings

1992 Former enemies Clinton and the G.O.P. must work together in the Federal Government

SEASON 3 Sparks fly in a hotel-pool makeout session with Dylan

1993 Travel-office firings spark an FBI investigation

SEASON 4 Kelly and Brandon sleep together in a Washington hotel room

1994 Paula Jones claims Clinton exposed himself to her in an Arkansas hotel room

SEASON 5 Kelly is badly burned in a party fire; all scars are conveniently invisible

1995 Clinton has his first sexual encounter with zaftig intern Lewinsky. He'll be badly burned by this later

SEASON 6 Kelly becomes addicted to cocaine and checks into rehab, where a fellow patient tries to kill her

1996 Even though Dole sets out to kill his presidency, Clinton is re-elected

SEASON 7 Kelly has an AIDS scare and a miscarriage; the baby was Brandon's

1997 Clinton has another harassment scare, from Kathleen Willey

SEASON 8 Kelly loses her memory after she's shot by a gangbanger. During recovery, she yearns for Brandon

1998 Clinton loses his memory under oath and can't recall being alone with Lewinsky. House votes to impeach him

SEASON 9 Kelly is raped; she subsequently kills the rapist and escapes prosecution when the act is ruled justifiable homicide

1999 Clinton escapes conviction when the Senate votes to acquit

SEASON 10 Kelly gets engaged to Matt, but lingering feelings for Dylan haunt her

2000 Clinton prepares to leave office, but lingering anxieties about his legacy haunt him