List of Saved by the Bell episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the NBC teen sitcom, Saved by the Bell. The series premiered on August 20, 1989 and ended on May 22, 1993 with 86 episodes produced spanning four seasons. The number of episodes was increased for syndication, adding re-purposed episodes of Good Morning, Miss Bliss (excluding the pilot), the follow-up series Saved by the Bell: The College Years, and the TV movies Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style and Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas (broken into four episodes each). The total number of syndicated episodes is 126, though the number aired varies by broadcaster. The storyline follows Zack Morris through junior high, high school and college, to his eventual marriage to Kelly Kapowski. The related series Saved by the Bell: The New Class maintains a separate storyline.
Series overview
| Season / Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| Good Morning, Miss Bliss | Pilot | July 11, 1987 | NBC | ||
| 13 | November 30, 1988 | March 18, 1989 | Disney Channel | ||
| Season 1 | 16 | August 20, 1989 | December 16, 1989 | NBC | |
| Season 2 | 18 | September 8, 1990 | December 23, 1990 | ||
| Season 3 | 26 | September 14, 1991 | December 21, 1991 | ||
| Season 4 | 26 | September 12, 1992 | May 22, 1993 | ||
| Hawaiian Style | November 27, 1992 | ||||
| The College Years | 19 | May 22, 1993 | February 8, 1994 | ||
| Wedding in Las Vegas | October 7, 1994 | ||||
Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987–89)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 0 | "Pilot" | Peter Bonerz | Sam Bobrick | July 11, 1987 |
| 1 | "Summer Love" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Peter Engel | November 30, 1988 |
| 2 | "Love Letters" | Burt Brinckerhoff | David Garber & Bruce E. Kalish | December 7, 1988 |
| 3 | "Wall Street" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Jake Weinberger & Mike Weinberger | December 14, 1988 |
| 4 | "Leaping to Conclusions" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Susan Sebastian & Diana Ayers | December 21, 1988 |
| 5 | "Parents and Teachers" | Gary Shimokawa | Lawrence H. Levy | December 28, 1988 |
| 6 | "Showdown" | Gary Shimokawa | R.J. Colleary | January 4, 1989 |
| 7 | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | Gary Shimokawa | Gwyn Gurian & Skip Frank | February 4, 1989 |
| 8 | "The Boy Who Cried Rat" | Gary Shimokawa | Robert Burris & Michael Ware | February 11, 1989 |
| 9 | "Let's Get Together" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Michael Poryes | February 18, 1989 |
| 10 | "Practical Jokes" | Gary Shimokawa | Howard Ostroff | February 25, 1989 |
| 11 | "Stevie" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Jake Weinberger & Mike Weinberger | March 4, 1989 |
| 12 | "Clubs and Cliques" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Michael Poryes & R.J. Colleary | March 11, 1989 |
| 13 | "The Mentor" | Gary Shimokawa | Story by : Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell Teleplay by : Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell, & Michael Poryes | March 18, 1989 |
Episodes
Season 1 (1989)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Dancing to the Max" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | August 20, 1989 | 6318 |
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A dance contest at The Max hosted by Casey Kasem is set to be televised on NBC. Meanwhile, Jessie is self-conscious of her height. Note: Episode aired on a Sunday in primetime. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Lisa Card" | Don Barnhart | Tom Tenowich | August 26, 1989 | 6315 |
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Lisa's father lets her use his credit card as a reward for doing well in school. However, she goes overboard with the spending, and the gang helps her think of ways to make some money to defray the debt. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Gift" | Dennis Erdman | Bennett Tramer | September 8, 1989 | 6314 |
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When Screech is hit by lightning, he suddenly has the ability to see into the future, which Zack and Slater use to their advantage. Zack uses Screech's power to place bets with Slater, including a bet that he would get an A on a history exam, but Screech's power wears off before he can help Zack cheat. Note: Episode aired on a Friday in primetime. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Fatal Distraction" | Gary Shimokawa | Mark Fink | September 9, 1989 | 6312 |
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With the big dance approaching, Zack is determined to get Kelly to go with him. He goes to extreme lengths and bugs Jessie's room while the girls are having a sleepover. Unfortunately, the girls find out and decide to get their revenge by making it appear that Kelly is mentally insane. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Screech's Woman" | Gary Shimokawa | R.J. Colleary | September 16, 1989 | 6313 |
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Zack decides that Screech is in desperate need of a girlfriend and sets about finding him one. However, when there is not anyone willing, he dresses up as a girl and goes on a date with Screech, but has to act fast when Screech takes a liking to him. Screech ends up dumping "Bambi" after Zack makes strict rules for him. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Aloha Slater" | Don Barnhart | Michael Swerdlick | September 23, 1989 | 6317 |
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When Slater's dad is reassigned to Hawaii, Zack sees it as the perfect opportunity to get Slater to move away so all the attention from the girls comes back to him. Zack ends up making it seem like Slater is dying to the girls, but it backfires when Kelly finds out the truth after Zack steals Slater's trophy. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Substitute" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | September 30, 1989 | 6319 |
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When Ms. Simpson injures her back, a substitute teacher named Tony Crane takes over her class at Bayside. However, when all the girls--including Lisa, Jessie, and Kelly--fall for Mr. Crane, Zack and Slater become jealous. They try to make it seem like Crane is married, and Crane plays along after he finds out what the girls were trying to do. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Cream for a Day" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | October 7, 1989 | 6320 |
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When Kelly is nominated as homecoming queen, her dream is shattered as she faces the prospect of winning after she gets a zit. Zack comes up with a solution, but it does not unfold as he plans. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Pinned to the Mat" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | October 14, 1989 | 6323 |
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Zack bets against a Valley wrestler named Marvin Niedick that Slater will win his wrestling match against Niedick. However, things go wrong when Slater decides to quit wrestling. Screech stands in for him; but since he is not as built for wrestling as Slater is, he does not do so well. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Beauty and the Screech" | Don Barnhart | Larry Balmagia & Scott Spencer Gordon | October 21, 1989 | 6324 |
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In order for Kelly to go to a George Michael concert, she has to pass her science test. Zack persuades Screech to tutor Kelly, a ploy which is more for his benefit than for Kelly's. When Kelly and Screech's friendship becomes closer as a result, Zack (and Slater, as well) become jealous, thinking that Screech and Kelly have fallen in love. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Friendship Business" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | November 4, 1989 | 6326 |
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Zack and his friends form a "company" selling friendship bracelets for a business class project. He names himself as "boss," but Kelly, Jessie, and Slater feel he is treating them poorly, leading them to break away and form a rival company selling a similar product. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Mamas and the Papas" | Don Barnhart | Story by : Stephanie Gorman & Hollace White Teleplay by : by Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | November 11, 1989 | 6321 |
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For a class assignment everyone is put into pairs to act out married life so they are prepared when they grow up: Zack and Kelly, Jessie and Slater, Screech and Lisa. However, Slater sets out to ruin Zack and Kelly's marriage with Screech's aid, because he wanted to be married to Kelly. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Election" | Gary Shimokawa | Story by : Tom Tenowich Teleplay by : by R.J. Colleary & Bennett Tramer | November 18, 1989 | 6316 |
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Zack and Jessie are both running for class president, but Zack only wants to run because he found out that the winner gets a trip to Washington, D.C. When the trip is canceled, Zack has to prove he was not running just because of the trip. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Zack Tapes" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | December 2, 1989 | 6325 |
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During class, Zack learns about subliminal advertising and realizes that it could be used to trick Kelly into going to the dance with him. However, Kelly catches on to his scheme and the girls decide to teach Zack a lesson, which leaves him humiliated. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "King of the Hill" | Gary Shimokawa | Story by : Tom Tenowich & Mark Fink Teleplay by : Michael Poryes & Bennett Tramer | December 9, 1989 | 6311 |
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Zack starts high school hoping to finally win his longtime crush, Kelly Kapowski, the prettiest cheerleader in school. However, A.C. Slater, a new transfer student, hits on her, resulting in a love triangle between Zack, Slater, and Kelly. Note: This was actually the pilot episode of the series (post-Good Morning, Miss Bliss). To explain why the episode was being shown out of order, a voice-over narration of Zack explaining that he would never forget the day Slater showed up was added to the beginning of the episode to give viewers the impression that the episode was presented in flashback. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Save That Tiger" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | December 16, 1989 | 6329 |
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Zack and Slater are involved in the annual prank war against Valley, which takes place the same time as the big cheerleading competition between the schools. Screech is the Bayside mascot and has an important part in Bayside's routine. However, after Zack and Slater kidnap Valley's mascot, two students from Valley kidnap Screech. Fortunately, their plan is ruined when the fake mascot ends up winning the competition for Bayside. | ||||||
Season 2 (1990)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 17 | 1 | "The Prom" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | September 8, 1990 | 6332 |
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When Zack gets to go to Prom with Kelly his dream seems to be fulfilled. However, Kelly finds out that her father has lost his job, causing a financial hardship that makes her unable to make it to the prom; but Zack makes it up to her in the end. Meanwhile, Jessie and Slater end up going to prom together, while Screech finally manages to take Lisa on a date to the movies. However, Lisa's constant chattering on their movie date becomes a nuisance and therefore a turnoff for Screech and he declines to take her to the prom. | ||||||
| 18 | 2 | "Zack's War" | Don Barnhart | Sam Greenbaum | September 15, 1990 | 6339 |
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In order to make Zack change his ways, Mr. Belding forces Zack to join the Army Cadet Corps. Zack manages to persuade the others to join him, but he leaves them high and dry when they are not prepared for a competition. | ||||||
| 19 | 3 | "Save the Max" | Don Barnhart | Gary Goldstein | September 22, 1990 | 6334 |
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Zack and Screech discover the room where Bayside High's radio station KKTY was housed. The station had been pulled off the air because of Mr. Belding's antics as DJ during his Bayside student days, but the gang successfully convinces him to put KKTY back on the air. Zack becomes the main DJ, Kelly hosts "Desire Hour," Screech tells creepy stories on his "Mystery Theater", Lisa hosts the gossip segment, Jessie reads the latest news, and Slater ineptly handles sports. Slater quits when he finds out everyone thinks he is a bad sports announcer, but returns just when the gang needs him most. | ||||||
| 20 | 4 | "Driver's Education" | Don Barnhart | Michael Poryes | September 29, 1990 | 6336 |
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Fearing that Kelly would rather go steady with Slater if he learned to drive first, Zack plots to make Slater fail his driver's training. This leads to Slater having an accident in the practice car and a locker falling on Kelly. When she realizes who was behind the crash, she makes out her injury to be worse than it really is. | ||||||
| 21 | 5 | "House Party" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | October 6, 1990 | 6342 |
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When Screech's parents leave him alone in the house while they visit Graceland, the gang accidentally breaks his mother's Elvis statue. In order to afford a replacement, they plan to hold a fund-raising party so they can hurry to get the statue before his mother returns home and finds out what happened. | ||||||
| 22 | 6 | "Blind Dates" | Don Barnhart | R.J. Colleary | October 13, 1990 | 6331 |
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Mr. Belding's niece Penny is in town, and he forces Zack to take her out. Zack, however, wants to attend Kelly's party instead, so he makes Screech pretend to be him and take Penny out. Meanwhile, Lisa finds a date for Jessie, but Jessie is too self-conscious about her height to have a good time. | ||||||
| 23 | 7 | "Rent-a-Pop" | Don Barnhart | R.J. Colleary | October 20, 1990 | 6337 |
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In order to raise money for a school ski trip, the gang decides to organize a carnival. Zack has been failing, and Mr. Belding wants to conduct an interview between himself, Zack, and Zack's father. Not wanting Belding to call his father anymore, Zack hires an actor to impersonate his dad, but the plan backfires when the real Mr. Morris and Mr. Belding bump into each other at the carnival. | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | "Miss Bayside" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | October 27, 1990 | 6338 |
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Zack and Slater make a bet on who can win the Miss Bayside Beauty Pageant and Zack bets that Screech will win. Jessie protests about the pageant and thinks that a male winner would be fair. | ||||||
| 25 | 9 | "Jessie's Song" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | November 3, 1990 | 6343 |
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Jessie turns to caffeine pills as a result of the pressure with midterms and her singing group, ignoring Slater's warning that the pills can damage her health. When Zack finds out about her problem, he cancels her performance and rushes to her side. | ||||||
| 26 | 10 | "Model Students" | Don Barnhart | R.J. Colleary & Michael Poryes | November 10, 1990 | 6340 |
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Zack convinces Belding to fire the nerds who run the school store so that the gang can reopen it as a "cool" store. Unfortunately, no one wants to come in; so as a scheme to attract customers, Zack and Screech secretly take pictures of the girls' swim team to sell in "The Girls of Bayside" calendars. A professional model photographer happens to see the calendar, and invites the girls for a professional photo shoot; but only Kelly is picked for an on-location shoot in Paris, which leaves Zack out in the cold. | ||||||
| 27 | 11 | "1-900-Crushed" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | November 17, 1990 | 6335 |
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Zack's new money-making idea is to give relationship advice to fellow students, with the help of Screech and Lisa. However, the plan fails when Lisa quits and he has to take over. As a result, he gives bad advice to various students, and is forced to deal with the consequences when a case of mixed-up phone calls puts Zack in the middle of Kelly and her sister. | ||||||
| 28 | 12 | "Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | November 23, 1990 | 6327 |
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Zack and Slater break the school's professional camera and hatch a plan to make quick money to pay for a replacement before Belding finds out. A tabloid is offering money for photos of real aliens, so they dress Screech up as an alien in order to fool the tabloid. A special agent with the government is more than convinced that Screech is an alien. Note: Episode aired on a Friday in primetime. This episode was originally intended to be in Season 1, but was held back for unknown reasons. This is evident because the characters look much younger than the other Season 2 episodes, and Ed Alonzo is still credited as cast even though he left after Season 1. The episode is listed as Season 1, Episode 18 on the Complete Series DVD. | ||||||
| 29 | 13 | "Running Zack" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | November 24, 1990 | 6341 |
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Zack fails his family heritage presentation. Unless he can make it up, he is off the track team. His teacher Miss Wentworth arranges a tutor for Zack named Chief Henry, who happens to be a Native American. Zack soon learns about his own Native American heritage, but does not feel like going to the upcoming track rally when tragedy strikes. | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | "The Babysitters" | Don Barnhart | Larry Balmagia | December 1, 1990 | 6322 |
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Kelly leaves her infant brother Billy in the care of the gang while she gets her school picture taken. However, while they are babysitting, Kelly injures her arm, and the gang is left to care for baby Billy throughout the school day. Note: This episode was originally intended to be in Season 1, but was held back for unknown reasons. This is evident because the characters look much younger than the other Season 2 episodes, and Ed Alonzo is still credited as cast even though he left after Season 1. The episode is listed as Season 1, Episode 17 on the Complete Series DVD. | ||||||
| 31 | 15 | "The Fabulous Belding Boys" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | December 9, 1990 | 6344 |
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The gang find themselves in trouble when an obnoxious teacher bans them from the class field trip unless they pass a test. On the day of the test, the teacher does not show up, so Mr. Belding's younger brother, Rod, takes over and offers to take the class on a special field trip. This makes him very popular, but Mr. Belding acts very coolly towards Rod and Zack accuses him of being jealous of his brother. However, on the evening when the class trip is due to leave, Rod's true colors are revealed when Zack overhears that he has made other plans to spend the weekend with a stewardess. Mr. Belding breaks the disappointing news that Rod will not be taking everyone on the trip, but offers to step in and take them instead. While the gang is unaware of the truth, Zack tells Mr. Belding that he knows about Rod's date and apologizes for being rude to him. Note: Episode aired on a Sunday. | ||||||
| 32 | 16 | "From Nurse to Worse" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | December 15, 1990 | 6333 |
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Zack asks Kelly to go steady with him, but while she is thinking it over, he falls for a (supposedly) new student (Nancy Valen), only to discover that she is actually the new school nurse. Meanwhile, Slater is afraid of getting his flu shot. | ||||||
| 33 | 17 | "Breaking Up is Hard to Undo" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | December 16, 1990 | 6346 |
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It is a bad day for couples as Zack and Kelly and Slater and Jessie respectively split up after a series of disagreements. Although neither party will be the first to apologize, they are miserable without each other. After Belding also has a tiff with his wife, the guys are left spending time with him while he is kicked out of his house, making matters worse. Eventually Zack and Slater realize they must help Belding reconcile with his wife, while reconciling with Kelly and Jessie. Note: Episode aired on a Sunday. | ||||||
| 34 | 18 | "Glee Club" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | December 23, 1990 | 6345 |
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The gang joins Screech's girlfriend Violet (Tori Spelling in one of her early roles) in the glee club in order to go to a competition in Hawaii. It seems that shy Violet is the only one with a voice, aside from Jessie (who caught Lisa's flu and is unable to sing). After Screech makes a fool of himself in front of Violet's parents, they forbid Screech to see her, and she quits the glee club. Note: Episode aired on a Sunday. | ||||||
Season 3 (1991)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 35 | 1 | "The Last Dance" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | September 14, 1991 | 6349 |
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In order to afford a costume for the school's costume ball, Kelly gets a job working at The Max. However, as Kelly spends more time working with her boss Jeff Hunter (Patrick Muldoon), she falls for him and may have to tell Zack that their relationship is over. | ||||||
| 36 | 2 | "Zack's Birthday" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | September 14, 1991 | 6366 |
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The gang takes summer jobs at a beach resort, but have trouble dealing with their boss Mr. Carosi. Meanwhile, Zack hits on the boss' daughter Stacey (Leah Remini). However, Stacy's arrogant attitude toward Zack leads him to having second thoughts--especially when Carosi leaves Stacy in charge and she lets the job go to her head. | ||||||
| 37 | 3 | "The Aftermath" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | September 21, 1991 | 6350 |
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After catching Kelly and Jeff together at the movies, Zack retaliates by dating other girls and trying to make Kelly jealous. | ||||||
| 38 | 4 | "The Game" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | September 21, 1991 | 6367 |
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Zack bets Mr. Carosi (Ernie Sabella) that if he wins a volleyball game, Zack can buy his car. However, Zack's team is short of a player when the star player Gary is injured. | ||||||
| 39 | 5 | "Operation Zack" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | September 28, 1991 | 6358 |
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Zack sprains his knee before the big basketball game, and while in the hospital learns that Lisa is a part-time candy-striper, a job that her mom, a surgeon at the hospital, apparently helped her to get. However, Zack also learns that he will need surgery to repair his knee and worries that it may go wrong, but Lisa assures him that everything will be fine, especially since her mom will be performing the surgery. | ||||||
| 40 | 6 | "Fourth of July" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | October 12, 1991 | 6368 |
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The annual Fourth of July beauty pageant at the beach resort is taking place, and Zack is selected as one of the judges. However, he is put under pressure when Carosi tells him that he wants Zack to choose Stacey no matter what it takes. | ||||||
| 41 | 7 | "Check Your Mate" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | October 5, 1991 | 6360 |
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With the annual chess competition between Bayside and their rival Valley approaching, Valley decides to get some dirt on Screech, the school's chess champion. Things turn ugly when Valley steals Screech's lucky beret given to him by Violet. Meanwhile, Zack and Slater try to pull the old switcheroo with Valley's chess jock, a Russian exchange student. | ||||||
| 42 | 8 | "My Boyfriend's Back" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | October 5, 1991 | 6370 |
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Zack and the gang enter in the annual ATV race. Meanwhile, Zack feels inferior when Stacey's ex-boyfriend Craig shows up at the beach resort from Boston. | ||||||
| 43 | 9 | "Fake IDs" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | October 19, 1991 | 6353 |
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Zack falls for a college girl named Danielle when she drops by The Max to use the phone because she is stranded with a flat tire. In an attempt to impress her, Zack offers to change Danielle's tire, lies about his age and then makes fake IDs so that he, Slater, and Screech can sneak into The Attic, an over-18 nightclub where Danielle is a regular patron. However, they get a big surprise when they see Kelly's boyfriend Jeff there dancing with another girl. The boys, along with Jessie and Lisa, decide to make a return visit with the intent to catch Jeff in the act. They do; and just as they are about to bust Jeff, Kelly unexpectedly shows up and catches Jeff embracing the other girl in a slow dance. Kelly then confronts Jeff and breaks up with him. During all of this, Zack's mom finds out that the boys had snuck out from a supposed sleepover to go to The Attic. Just as Danielle shows up at The Attic, Zack's mom is there to bust the boys. | ||||||
| 44 | 10 | "Boss Lady" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | October 19, 1991 | 6369 |
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When her father goes away, Stacey is left in charge of the resort. However, she cannot manage by herself so the gang pitches in to help her when things go wrong: gold fever hits the beach, someone accidentally booked two parties at the same time, and the chef decides to quit. | ||||||
| 45 | 11 | "Pipe Dreams" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | October 26, 1991 | 6361 |
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When the school strikes oil, the kids go crazy for it after they find out how much the well is worth. However, they soon realize the costs outweigh the benefits. | ||||||
| 46 | 12 | "The Last Weekend" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | October 26, 1991 | 6371 |
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Stacey and her father fight over Zack, Kelly gets hit on by an 11-year-old, Slater meets a girl, and the whole staff builds an enormous sand castle. In the end, even Mr. Carosi realizes that goodbyes are hard. | ||||||
| 47 | 13 | "The Wicked Stepbrother (Part 1)" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | November 2, 1991 | 6351 |
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Jessie meets her new stepbrother, Eric, but soon discovers that he has a dark side, as he uses blackmail to get his way. Meanwhile, Eric takes a liking to Lisa, and Zack and Slater decide to get their revenge on Eric by setting him up to get caught driving Mr. Belding's shiny new red convertible while on a date with Lisa. Things go awry, however, when Eric lets Lisa drive the car and she gets blinded by the flash of the camera that the boys use to take a picture of Eric in Belding's car, causing her to crash into a wall. | ||||||
| 48 | 14 | "The Wicked Stepbrother (Part 2)" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | November 2, 1991 | 6352 |
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Eric learns that Zack and Slater paid Lisa off to go out with him in order to get him into trouble for driving Mr. Belding's car, and when Eric confronts Lisa about it, she is crushed--because she actually fell in love with him. To get back at the guys, Eric has the auto mechanic class take the totaled car apart. When Jessie finds out, she confronts him about it and demands that he fix the car. When Eric refuses and gives her trouble by calling her a "chick," Jessie gives him a black eye for being a sexist and tells him that she wants him out of her life. To make amends, Eric puts Belding's car back together himself so that Zack and Slater do not get into trouble, and apologizes. Regardless of what happened, Lisa tells Eric that she likes him and would like another date with him. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski | ||||||
| 49 | 15 | "Date Auction" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | November 9, 1991 | 6354 |
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A "date auction" is held by the school to raise money for new cheerleading uniforms. Jessie is not keen on the idea of a "meat market," and forbids the girls to bid on Slater. Lisa changes her image to bag her bookworm boyfriend, but is disgusted when she learns that he hates her friends and dumps him. Meanwhile, when an overweight girl bids on Zack and wins, he has to deal with the consequences when she finds out that he has been making excuses to avoid going out with her. Realizing it would have been better to be honest with her, Zack apologizes for his actions and agrees to be her date. | ||||||
| 50 | 16 | "All in the Mall" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | November 9, 1991 | 6365 |
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After a failed attempt to buy tickets to the U2 concert, Zack and the gang find $5,000 abandoned at the mall, but things do not work out when the gang is chased by mobsters around the mall. Absent: Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 51 | 17 | "SATs" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | November 16, 1991 | 6356 |
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Jessie's chances of getting into her dream college are hurt when she scores 1205 on the SAT, while Zack scores an unlikely 1502. | ||||||
| 52 | 18 | "Palm Springs Weekend (Part 1)" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | November 16, 1991 | 6372 |
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Jessie and the gang are invited to her father's wedding, which is being held at the luxury hotel that her father manages. Jessie is ecstatic at first, but becomes shocked and displeased when she discovers that her father is marrying a much younger woman. Meanwhile, Slater goes on a date with a royal princess, Zack and Kelly begin to rethink their relationship, and Screech continues his fruitless pursuit of Lisa, this time using a self-help book on attracting girls. | ||||||
| 53 | 19 | "Palm Springs Weekend (Part 2)" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | November 23, 1991 | 6373 |
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Jessie attempts to sabotage a dinner date between her father and his fiancee in hopes that it will cause the wedding to cancel, while Zack tries to talk her into letting the wedding go ahead. Slater adjusts to his new girlfriend being of royal blood, and Zack and Kelly go on a date, but decide to just remain friends. | ||||||
| 54 | 20 | "Hold Me Tight" | Don Barnhart | Jim Parker | November 23, 1991 | 6355 |
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Zack falls for a new girl named Kristy who wants to become part of the wrestling team, but is barred from the team because of her gender. The gang decides to help her out, but Jessie soon regrets it when Kristy makes the team and becomes "too friendly" with Slater. | ||||||
| 55 | 21 | "No Hope with Dope" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | November 30, 1991 | 6362 |
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Bayside is chosen by a Hollywood teen idol movie star as the location to shoot an anti-drug commercial. The gang is set to star in the commercial; however, when the gang learns that someone has been supposedly smoking pot at Bayside, they soon realize that things are not going to be as easy as they thought. The gang later feels deceived after learning that the star himself uses drugs and pressures Kelly to try pot as well. Zack encourages Kelly not to go through with it and tells the star to leave. However, Mr. Belding saves the day when he brings in an old friend, who happened to be the chairman at NBC, to do the commercial. | ||||||
| 56 | 22 | "Rockumentary" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | November 30, 1991 | 6364 |
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Casey Kasem tells the story of how Zack's band, "The Zack Attack," got together and their rise to fame. Absent: Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 57 | 23 | "Cut Day" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | December 7, 1991 | 6359 |
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Jessie and her new friend Graham protest the use of polystyrene foam cups at their school. Meanwhile, Zack dodges Belding after betting against Slater that he will be able to ditch all of his classes for Cut Day. | ||||||
| 58 | 24 | "Home for Christmas (Part 1)" | Don Barnhart | Tom Tenowich | December 7, 1991 | 6374 |
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Zack falls for a girl who works at the mall, but is unaware that she is homeless. Meanwhile, the gang is busy getting ready for their production of "A Christmas Carol". | ||||||
| 59 | 25 | "Home for Christmas (Part 2)" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | December 14, 1991 | 6375 |
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Zack discovers the true identity of the homeless girl, Laura, and her boss accuses her of stealing a sports coat. This leads to her being fired from her job, prompting the gang to persuade her boss to let her come back. Her boss apologizes by giving her father the sports coat. Zack and his mom let Laura and her dad (Frank) stay until he can find a job. | ||||||
| 60 | 26 | "Mystery Weekend" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | December 21, 1991 | 6363 |
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The gang visits a mansion for a murder mystery weekend after winning a competition. However, a real murder attempt is made on the host who soon goes missing, and the gang has to find out who is responsible. | ||||||
Season 4 (1992–93)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 61 | 1 | "The Fight" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | September 12, 1992 | 6376 |
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Zack and Slater's friendship is put to the test when they both fall for the same girl, creating a nasty love triangle. When the girl accepts separate dates with Zack and Slater, they crash each other's date with her, which leads to a brutal fistfight between the two in the school hallway. In a subplot; Lisa, as a senior, finds herself in an awkward situation when she finds out that her date for the Senior Kick-Off party is only a freshman. | ||||||
| 62 | 2 | "Student Teacher Week" | Don Barnhart | Tom Tenowich | September 12, 1992 | 6379 |
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The gang switches roles with the teachers during Student-Teacher week with Zack acting as principal, Kelly as a history teacher and Screech and Lisa as gym teachers. However, things go wrong when Zack is caught in the middle between Kelly and Slater and must decide what the right thing to do is. | ||||||
| 63 | 3 | "Screech's Spaghetti Sauce" | Don Barnhart | Story by : Jeffrey J. Sachs Teleplay by : Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | September 19, 1992 | 6382 |
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After introducing the gang to his grandmother's spaghetti sauce, which they go onto sell, Screech begins to date Robin (Soleil Moon Frye), a rich and pretty girl at school. However, the gang discovers what Robin is really up to and to make matters worse, they also discover that Screech's grandmother got her spaghetti sauce recipe from a cookbook, forcing them to stop their business. | ||||||
| 64 | 4 | "The New Girl" | Don Barnhart | Story by: Peter Engel Teleplay by: Scott Spencer Gordon & Bennett Tramer | September 19, 1992 | 6451 |
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A new student, a biker girl named Tori (Leanna Creel), is paired with Zack for a school project, but Zack and Tori do not exactly hit it off well at first. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 65 | 5 | "The Bayside Triangle" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | September 26, 1992 | 6377 |
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Zack helps Lisa put on a fashion show to impress a visiting recruiter from FIT, the fashion school in which Lisa is interested after graduation. However, Zack and Lisa soon start to fall for each other after they share a passionate kiss at Lisa's house, where Zack was trying on an outfit Lisa designed. The next day, before the fashion show (which was held at The Max), Zack and Lisa decided to kiss again to determine if there were any serious feelings between them. At that moment; Screech, with a rose in his hand to give to Lisa for good luck, walks in on them in the middle of their kiss and is devastated. To retaliate, Screech, who served as the announcer for the show, ties in cruel remarks about Zack and Lisa with the regular fashion commentary, making the fashion show a disaster. However, in spite of it all, the fashion school recruiter likes Lisa's designs and decides to consider her for enrollment at FIT. After unsuccessfully challenging Zack to a fight for Lisa, Screech finally accepts the fact that Lisa is not interested in him and promises to get over her. | ||||||
| 66 | 6 | "Teen-Line" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | September 26, 1992 | 6452 |
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After participating on a teen hot-line, Zack becomes close to a disabled girl. Meanwhile, Screech has to take on a rambunctious boy. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 67 | 7 | "Masquerade Ball" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | October 3, 1992 | 6453 |
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The masquerade ball is approaching and Zack and Slater both plan to kiss Tori, but she finds out and refuses to see either one. At the ball, Zack reveals that he wanted to lose the bet because he could not bear hurting Tori. She thanks him for being honest with her, but had to teach both him and Slater a lesson. Meanwhile, Lisa has a secret admirer and believes it to be Zack, but discovers that it is Screech. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 68 | 8 | "Day of Detention" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | October 3, 1992 | 6461 |
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In order to win a trip to Hawaii, Zack needs to get out of detention, but in an attempt to get him out, everyone else ends up in detention as well. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 69 | 9 | "Wrestling with the Future" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | October 10, 1992 | 6378 |
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Slater and his dad argue over whether he should join a military academy or go to college, and Jessie fears for her college chances after becoming a cheerleader. | ||||||
| 70 | 10 | "Drinking and Driving" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | October 10, 1992 | 6454 |
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After getting drunk at a party and crashing Lisa's mother's car on the way home, Zack and the gang learn the worst thing about drinking and driving: having to face the music from their enraged parents. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 71 | 11 | "Love Machine" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | October 17, 1992 | 6357 |
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Slater's ex-girlfriend comes to Bayside and Screech and Kelly's love machine shows that she and Slater still have feelings for each other, much to the annoyance and devastation of Jessie. Absent: Lark Voorhies as Lisa Turtle Note: This episode was intended to be in Season 3, but was held back for an unknown reason. This is evident because Slater and Jessie are still going out (they broke up in "Cut Day"), and the kids look much younger in this episode. | ||||||
| 72 | 12 | "Class Rings" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | October 17, 1992 | 6458 |
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Zack is tricked into buying fake rings by a salesman after he is appointed to buy them for everyone in the graduating class. In the end, the salesman gets Zack and Slater the real rings after Screech confronts him. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 73 | 13 | "Isn't It Romantic?" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | October 24, 1992 | 6384 |
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It is Valentine's Day and the gang reminisces about past romances through clips from past episodes. | ||||||
| 74 | 14 | "The Will" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | October 24, 1992 | 6457 |
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A favorite student dies and leaves $10,000 in his will resulting in the guys and the girls fighting over who should get the money. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 75 | 15 | "The Teacher's Strike" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | October 31, 1992 | 6380 |
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The gang hurts their chances of winning the academic championship after causing a teacher's strike so they can go on a ski trip. Absent: Tiffani Amber-Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski | ||||||
| 76 | 16 | "Slater's Sister" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | October 31, 1992 | 6456 |
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Zack falls for Slater's sister, but when Slater finds out, he cannot bear his sister being on the receiving end of Zack's womanizing and tries to break them up. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 77 | 17 | "The Senior Prom" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | November 7, 1992 | 6381 |
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The senior prom is coming up and the gang needs to raise money in order for it happen. However, things go wrong when Zack finds out that Kelly has a date to the prom and sabotages it by telling her would-be date that her family is violent to her boyfriends, thereby scaring her date away. Kelly then accepts a date with Zack--that is, until she finds out that he crashed her original date, and then Kelly furiously turns Zack down. Meanwhile, Slater and Jessie get locked in the boiler room and miss most of the prom until Kelly and Zack rescue them. | ||||||
| 78 | 18 | "The Video Yearbook" | Don Barnhart | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | November 7, 1992 | 6347 |
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The gang decides to make a video version of the annual high school yearbook, but Zack has other ideas and decides to use it as a money-making scheme to sell dating videos made from the video clips. However, Zack regrets his plan after Screech mistakenly includes Kelly on the video and she starts receiving calls from other guys. Note: This episode was supposed to be in Season 2, but was held back. This is evident because at the beginning of the episode, Zack mentions he is 16 and does not have a car, although he is shown driving his car in other episodes of this season. | ||||||
| 79 | 19 | "Screech's Birthday" | Don Barnhart | Stephen Langford | November 14, 1992 | 6330 |
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The gang forgets Screech's birthday and try to make it up to him by throwing him a late birthday party in Belding's office. Note: This episode was intended to be in Season 1, and then was originally scheduled to air on December 8, 1990, but was held back for an unknown reason. This is evident because the kids look much younger in this episode, and Ed Alonzo is still credited as a cast member even though he left the cast at the beginning of Season 2. However, on the complete series DVD set, the episode is listed as episode 20 of season 1. | ||||||
| 80 | 20 | "Snow White and the Seven Dorks" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | November 14, 1992 | 6348 |
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The gang puts on a rap version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". However, when Jessie and Zack find out they have to kiss in the last scene, they start to wonder if they are more than friends, and question their feelings for each other (falling out with Kelly and Slater in the process). In the end, Jessie remains with Slater, while Zack rekindles his love for Kelly. Note: This episode was supposed to be in Season 2, but was held back for an unknown reason. This is evident because the kids look much younger in this episode. | ||||||
| 81 | 21 | "Earthquake!" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | November 21, 1992 | 6455 |
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Tori, Zack and Mrs. Belding get stuck in an elevator during an earthquake, but things get worse when Mr. Belding's wife goes into labor. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 82 | 22 | "Best Summer of My Life" | Don Barnhart | Jeffrey J. Sachs | November 21, 1992 | 6460 |
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Zack takes a day off of school and reminisces, through clips from the Malibu Sands and Palm Springs episodes, about the time he and the gang spent in Malibu Sands and Palm Springs. | ||||||
| 83 | 23 | "Slater's Friend" | Don Barnhart | Larry Balmagia & Scott Spencer Gordon | November 28, 1992 | 6328 |
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Screech is left to look after Slater's chameleon when he goes away, but things soon go awry. Note: This episode was intended to be in Season 1, and then was originally scheduled to air on December 29, 1990, but was held back for an unknown reason. This is evident because the kids look much younger in this episode, and Ed Alonzo is still credited as a cast member even though he left the cast at the beginning of Season 2. However, on the complete series DVD set, the episode is listed as episode 19 of season 1. | ||||||
| 84 | 24 | "School Song" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | November 22, 1992 | 6459 |
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The gang begins to compete against one another when Bayside holds a contest for who can write the best school song. Zack decides he wants to be remembered for something positive and so begins to sabotage everyone else so that he can win, but later regrets it. Absent: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano | ||||||
| 85 | 25 | "The Time Capsule" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | December 5, 1992 | 6385 |
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Ten years into the future (in 2003), the latest class finds a time capsule on video, so Belding plays it for them. They discover that it's footage of Zack and the old gang with highlights of the ups and downs they went through (through clips from past episodes). Note: In Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Mr. Belding has chosen to accept a new job in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga by the end of 1999 (episode: "Mr. B Goes to College & The Bell Tolls"), leaving a plot hole in the series. | ||||||
| 86 | 26 | "Graduation" | Don Barnhart | Story by : Tom Tenowich Teleplay by : Scott Spencer Gordon & Bennett Tramer | May 22, 1993 | 6383 |
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With graduation day approaching, Zack discovers he needs to gain one more credit to graduate. This results in Zack having to be in dance class and perform in the ballet to get his last credit. Meanwhile, Jessie is heartbroken when she learns another student is named valedictorian instead of her. However, she soon realizes how much valedictorian really means to Screech when Lisa wisely tells her that he puts others before him. Note: This episode aired on a Saturday in primetime. | ||||||
Hawaiian Style (1992)
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | November 27, 1992 | |
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Kelly's grandfather (Dean Jones), invites the kids to stay at his hotel in Hawaii. However, someone else is out to buy his land and build a hotel/resort complex, and the group has to save it. Note: This was a 2-hour movie which originally aired on a Friday in primetime. For syndication, it was split into four half-hour segments. These episodes stand-out by having "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince as a theme song, and for having no laugh track. | ||||
The College Years (1993–94)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Jeff Melman | Elaine Aronson | May 22, 1993 | 60500 | 9.4[1] |
| 2 | "Guess Who's Coming to College?" | Jeff Melman | Andrew Guerdat & Steven Kreinberg | September 14, 1993 | 60501 | 14.2[2] |
| 3 | "Zack, Lies & Videotape" | Jeff Melman | Mark Fink | September 14, 1993 | 60502 | 14.2[2] |
| 4 | "Rush Week" | Jeff Melman | Jeffrey Duteil | September 21, 1993 | 60503 | 12.8[3] |
| 5 | "Slater's War" | Jeff Melman | Renee Palyo | September 28, 1993 | 60504 | 11.0[4] |
| 6 | "The Homecoming" | Jeff Melman | Debra Fasciano | October 5, 1993 | 60505 | 12.0[5] |
| 7 | "The Poker Game" | Jeff Melman | Mark Fink | October 12, 1993 | 60506 | 12.8[6] |
| 8 | "Prof. Zack" | Jeff Melman | Andrew Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg | October 19, 1993 | 60507 | 11.8[7] |
| 9 | "Screech Love" | Jeff Melman | Jeffrey Duteil | October 26, 1993 | 60508 | 10.9[8] |
| 10 | "Dr. Kelly" | Jeff Melman | Noah Taft | November 2, 1993 | 60509 | 10.2[9] |
| 11 | "A Thanksgiving Story" | Jeff Melman | Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon | November 23, 1993 | 60510 | 10.4[10] |
| 12 | "Teacher's Pet" | Jeff Melman | Debra Fasciano | December 7, 1993 | 60512 | 8.5[11] |
| 13 | "Kelly and the Professor" | Jeff Melman | Mark Fink | December 14, 1993 | 60513 | 10.7[12] |
| 14 | "A Question of Ethics" | Jeff Melman | Renee Palyo | December 21, 1993 | 60511 | 9.8[13] |
| 15 | "The Rave" | Jeff Melman | Jeffrey Duteil | January 4, 1994 | 60514 | 9.4[14] |
| 16 | "Bedside Manner" | Jeff Melman | Renee Palyo | January 11, 1994 | 60515 | 9.0[15] |
| 17 | "Love and Death" | Jeff Melman | Andrew Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg | January 22, 1994 | 60516 | 6.5[16] |
| 18 | "Marry Me" | Jeff Melman | Noah Taft | February 8, 1994 | 60517 | 13.5[17] |
| 19 | "Wedding Plans" | Jeff Melman | Bennett Tramer | February 8, 1994 | 60518 | 13.5[17] |
Wedding in Las Vegas (1994)
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas | Jeffrey Melman | Mark Fink | October 7, 1994 | |
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Picking up where The College Years left off, Zack and Kelly prepare to get married in Las Vegas, even though Zack's parents are against it and Kelly's parents can't afford it. | ||||
See also
External links
- ^ Gable, Donna (May 26, 1993). "'Cheers' brings happy times to NBC". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ a b "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. September 22, 1993. p. 3D.
- ^ Gable, Donna (September 29, 1993). "'Dave's World,' 'Harts' help CBS to victory". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. October 6, 1993. p. 3D.
- ^ Gable, Donna (October 13, 1993). "New shows pick up steam in ABC win". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ Graham, Jefferson; Gable, Donna (October 20, 1993). "'Home Improvement' powers to No. 1". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ DeRosa, Robin (October 27, 1993). "World Series earns CBS a win". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ DeRosa, Robin (November 3, 1993). "ABC usurps CBS as No. 1". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. November 10, 1993. p. 3D.
- ^ DeRosa, Robin (December 1, 1993). "Thanksgiving week tie for NBC, CBS". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ DeRosa, Robin (December 15, 1993). "Midler's 'Gypsy' coming up roses for CBS". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ DeRosa, Robin (December 22, 1993). "ABC on top for 2nd week". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. December 29, 1993. p. 3D.
- ^ DeRosa, Robin (January 12, 1994). "'Improvement' leads ABC charge". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ DeRosa, Robin (January 19, 1994). "'Columbo' on the case for ABC". Life. USA Today. p. 3D.
- ^ "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. January 26, 1994. p. 3D.
- ^ a b "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today. February 16, 1994. p. 3D.