EXCLUSIVE: Here's the Major Plot Twist Cut from the 90210 Finale

So have you kids kept watching the 90210 reboot? It got kind of fun and cotton candyish this year and the writers made some interesting decisions, like giving more screentime to AnnaLynne McCord, eliminating the original stars altogether (a decision Shannen Doherty is fine with) and saddling putative lead Shenae Grimes with a season-long downer of a plot. E! broke the news that this year's finale was supposed to resolve Grimes's storyline with a major twist, but only Movieline can reveal what the twist actually was before it got cut from the episode.

First, a little background: at the end of the first season, Grimes's Annie got drunk and appeared to accidentally hit a homeless man with her car. She fled the scene as he died, then spent the bulk of this year wrestling with her inner demons (notably, apart from most of the main cast). Grimes was gung-ho about the storyline when we talked to her at the beginning of the season, but fans found it a drag -- and that may have scuttled plans to extend the plotline with a whopper of a twist at the end of the season finale.

Series star Trevor Donovan kept alluding to the twist on a recent press tour, promising E!, "In one of the last scenes of the finale, you find out who actually hit the homeless guy. I can guarantee it comes out of left field." And yet, when the finale aired, no such scene was a part of the episode.

So what was supposed to happen?

At the end of the episode, Donovan's Teddy was to confront his father, Spence (played by Ryan O'Neal), and declare that he would no longer cover up for Spence running over the homeless man. That's right: he was pre-dead. Convenient! The CW practically alluded to the twist when it sent out a press release for the episode boasting of O'Neal's involvement, but in the final cut of the episode, he was nowhere to be found.

According to Megan Masters at E!, "If you're hoping to see more of Annie's hit-and-run issues in season three, don't. The Powers that Be are leaving the story as is from here on out. Annie was in fact the drunk driving guilty party." Perhaps the writers had a change of heart, but now you know what they originally scripted and shot. Here's a deal, guys: we'll forget about this whole thing if you agree to give us more AnnaLynne McCord crying scenes next season. Those provide some amazing still frames when you happen to pause your DVR.