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 released
			First released	Last released	Network
Good Morning, Miss Bliss	Pilot		July 11, 1987 (1987-07-11)		NBC
	13		November 30, 1988 (1988-11-30)	March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18)	Disney Channel
Season 1	16		August 20, 1989 (1989-08-20)	December 16, 1989 (1989-12-16)	NBC
Season 2	18		September 8, 1990 (1990-09-08)	December 23, 1990 (1990-12-23)
Season 3	26		September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14)	December 21, 1991 (1991-12-21)
Season 4	26		September 12, 1992 (1992-09-12)	May 22, 1993 (1993-05-22)
Hawaiian Style			November 27, 1992 (1992-11-27)
The College Years	19		May 22, 1993 (1993-05-22)	February 8, 1994 (1994-02-08)
Wedding in Las Vegas			October 7, 1994 (1994-10-07)

Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987–89)

Main article: Good Morning, Miss Bliss

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
0	"Pilot"	Peter Bonerz	Sam Bobrick	July 11, 1987 (1987-07-11)
1	"Summer Love"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Peter Engel	November 30, 1988 (1988-11-30)
2	"Love Letters"	Burt Brinckerhoff	David Garber & Bruce E. Kalish	December 7, 1988 (1988-12-07)
3	"Wall Street"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Jake Weinberger & Mike Weinberger	December 14, 1988 (1988-12-14)
4	"Leaping to Conclusions"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Susan Sebastian & Diana Ayers	December 21, 1988 (1988-12-21)
5	"Parents and Teachers"	Gary Shimokawa	Lawrence H. Levy	December 28, 1988 (1988-12-28)
6	"Showdown"	Gary Shimokawa	R.J. Colleary	January 4, 1989 (1989-01-04)
7	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	Gary Shimokawa	Gwyn Gurian & Skip Frank	February 4, 1989 (1989-02-04)
8	"The Boy Who Cried Rat"	Gary Shimokawa	Robert Burris & Michael Ware	February 11, 1989 (1989-02-11)
9	"Let's Get Together"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Michael Poryes	February 18, 1989 (1989-02-18)
10	"Practical Jokes"	Gary Shimokawa	Howard Ostroff	February 25, 1989 (1989-02-25)
11	"Stevie"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Jake Weinberger & Mike Weinberger	March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04)
12	"Clubs and Cliques"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Michael Poryes & R.J. Colleary	March 11, 1989 (1989-03-11)
13	"The Mentor"	Gary Shimokawa	Story by : Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell Teleplay by : Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell, & Michael Poryes	March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18)

Episodes

Season 1 (1989)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [1]	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Dancing to the Max"	Don Barnhart	Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich	August 20, 1989 (1989-08-20)	6318	12.9[2]
A major dance contest held at The Max is set to be hosted by Casey Kasem and televised on NBC (the network behind Saved by the Bell in real life). Meanwhile, a girl named Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley) is self-conscious of her height.
2	2	"The Lisa Card"	Don Barnhart	Tom Tenowich	August 28, 1989 (1989-08-28)	6315	16.3[3]
Lisa (Lark Voorhies) uses her father's credit card as a reward for doing well in school; but she goes overboard with her spending, and the gang must help her think of how to make money to defray her debt.
3	3	"The Gift"	Dennis Erdman	Bennett Tramer	September 8, 1989 (1989-09-08)	6314	8.1[4]
When Screech (Dustin Diamond) is hit by lightning, he gains the power to see into the future, which Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and his friend, Slater (Mario Lopez), use to their advantage. Zack uses Screech's ability to place bets with Slater, including one that he would get an A in history, but things wear off before he can help Zack cheat.
4	4	"Fatal Distraction"	Gary Shimokawa	Mark Fink	September 9, 1989 (1989-09-09)	6312	N/A
The big dance is approaching and Zack must get the popular and beautiful Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) to go with him, so he goes as far as bugging Jessie's room while her, Kelly and Lisa are having a sleepover. To Zack's shock, the girls see it and decide to swear revenge by making it look like Kelly is insane.
5	5	"Screech's Woman"	Gary Shimokawa	R.J. Colleary	September 16, 1989 (1989-09-16)	6313	N/A
Zack says Screech needs a girlfriend and proceeds to get him one. However, when there is not anyone willing, he dresses up as a girl and goes out with Screech, but he has to act fast when Screech takes a "liking" to him.
6	6	"Aloha Slater"	Don Barnhart	Michael Swerdlick	September 23, 1989 (1989-09-23)	6317	N/A
When Slater's dad is transferred to Hawaii, Zack sees it as a perfect opportunity to get Slater to move away so all the attention from the girls comes back to him. As a result, Zack ends up making it seem as though Slater is dying to the girls, but things backfire when Kelly knows the truth after Zack steals Slater's trophy.
7	7	"The Substitute"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	September 30, 1989 (1989-09-30)	6319	N/A
When Ms. Simpson strains her back, a substitute teacher named Tony Crane takes over her class. However, when all the girls--including Lisa, Jessie, and Kelly--fall for Mr. Crane, Zack and Slater are jealous, so they try to make it seem as though 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 Gorden	October 7, 1989 (1989-10-07)	6320	N/A
When Kelly is nominated as homecoming queen, her dream is shattered after she gets a zit. Zack comes up with a solution, but it backfires.
9	9	"Pinned to the Mat"	Don Barnhart	Jeffrey J. Sachs	October 14, 1989 (1989-10-14)	6323	N/A
Zack bets against a Valley wrestler named Marvin Niedick that Slater will win the match. However, things go wrong when Slater quits wrestling out of possible fear to join cooking club. Screech stands in for him; but since he is not cut out for wrestling like Slater, it fails.
10	10	"Beauty and the Screech"	Don Barnhart	Larry Balmagia & Scott Spencer Gorden	October 21, 1989 (1989-10-21)	6324	N/A
In order to go see George Michael in concert, Kelly must pass a science test. Zack persuades Screech to tutor Kelly, a ploy which is more for his benefit however. When Kelly and Screech's friendship becomes closer thanks to this, Zack (and Slater) are jealous, thinking that Screech and Kelly are in love.
11	11	"The Friendship Business"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	November 4, 1989 (1989-11-04)	6326	N/A
The gang sells friendship bracelets for a business class project. Zack names himself as "boss," but Kelly, Jessie, and Slater feel he is pushing them too hard, leading them to leave to 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 : Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich	November 11, 1989 (1989-11-11)	6321	N/A
For assignment, everyone is in pairs and acts out married life to prepare for adulthood: Zack and Kelly, Jessie and Slater, Screech and Lisa. However, Slater tries 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 : R.J. Colleary & Bennett Tramer	November 18, 1989 (1989-11-18)	6316	N/A
Zack and Jessie are running for class president, but Zack only wants to run because he wants to win a trip to Washington, D.C., the home of the President of the United States (at the time, George H. W. Bush). When the trip is canceled, Zack must prove he was not running just because of it.
14	14	"The Zack Tapes"	Don Barnhart	Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich	December 2, 1989 (1989-12-02)	6325	N/A
During class, Zack learns subliminal advertising and sees that it can be used to trick Kelly into dancing with him. However, Kelly is on to his ploy and she 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 (1989-12-09)	6311	N/A
Zack starts high school at Bayside 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.
16	16	"Save That Tiger"	Don Barnhart	Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon	December 16, 1989 (1989-12-16)	6329	N/A
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 release date [5]	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
17	1	"The Prom"	Don Barnhart	Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich	September 8, 1990 (1990-09-08)	6332	N/A
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. At the end of the episode, Zack and Kelly have their first kiss.
18	2	"Zack's War"	Don Barnhart	Sam Greenbaum	September 15, 1990 (1990-09-15)	6339	N/A
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 (1990-09-22)	6334	N/A
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 (1990-09-29)	6336	N/A
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 (1990-10-06)	6342	N/A
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 (1990-10-13)	6331	N/A
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 (1990-10-20)	6337	N/A
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 (1990-10-27)	6338	N/A
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 (1990-11-03)	6343	N/A
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 (1990-11-10)	6340	N/A
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 (1990-11-17)	6335	N/A
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 (1990-11-23)	6327	N/A
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.
29	13	"Running Zack"	Don Barnhart	Jeffrey J. Sachs	November 24, 1990 (1990-11-24)	6341	N/A
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 (1990-12-01)	6322	N/A
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.
31	15	"The Fabulous Belding Boys"	Don Barnhart	Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich	December 9, 1990 (1990-12-09)	6344	8.3[6]
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.
32	16	"From Nurse to Worse"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	December 15, 1990 (1990-12-15)	6333	N/A
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 (1990-12-16)	6346	8.0[7]
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.
34	18	"Glee Club"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	December 23, 1990 (1990-12-23)	6345	N/A
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.

Season 3 (1991)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [8]	Prod. code
35	1	"The Last Dance"	Don Barnhart	Jeffrey J. Sachs	September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14)	6349
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 (1991-09-14)	6366
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, Stacey's arrogant attitude toward Zack leads him to having second thoughts--especially when Carosi leaves Stacey 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 (1991-09-21)	6350
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 (1991-09-21)	6367
Zack bets Mr. Carosi (pre-The Lion King 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 (1991-09-28)	6358
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 Gorden	October 12, 1991 (1991-10-12)	6368
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 (1991-10-05)	6360
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 (1991-10-05)	6370
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 (1991-10-19)	6353
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 (1991-10-19)	6369
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 (1991-10-26)	6361
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 (1991-10-26)	6371
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 (1991-11-02)	6351
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 (1991-11-02)	6352
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.
49	15	"Date Auction"	Don Barnhart	Jeffrey J. Sachs	November 9, 1991 (1991-11-09)	6354
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 Gorden	November 9, 1991 (1991-11-09)	6365
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, until they found out the truth.
51	17	"SATs"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	November 16, 1991 (1991-11-16)	6356
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 (1991-11-16)	6372
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 (1991-11-23)	6373
Jessie attempts to sabotage a dinner date between her father and his fiancee in hopes that it will cause the wedding to be canceled, 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 (1991-11-23)	6355
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 when Lisa makes a hint that Slater and Kristy may be carrying on, Jessie walks in on the moment they prepare do to a wrestling move. It's now up to Slater. Meanwhile on a date with Zack, Kristy puts a guy from Valley in a headlock and shows to be "manlier" than Zack, which hurts his pride and he breaks up with her later. Slater realizes that Jessie is jealous when she takes back her statement that girls have a right to wrestle, and they get into an argument. In the end, Slater, Jessie, Zack, and Kristy all make up at their wrestling meet.
55	21	"No Hope with Dope"	Don Barnhart	Scott Spencer Gorden	November 30, 1991 (1991-11-30)	6362
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 Brandon Tartikoff, the then chairman of NBC, to do the commercial.
56	22	"Rockumentary"	Don Barnhart	Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich	November 30, 1991 (1991-11-30)	6364
Casey Kasem tells the story of how Zack's band, "The Zack Attack," got together and their rise to fame.
57	23	"Cut Day"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	December 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)	6359
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 (1991-12-07)	6374
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 (1991-12-14)	6375
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	Ronald B. Solomon & Brett Dewey	December 21, 1991 (1991-12-21)	6363
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 release date [9]	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
61	1	"The Fight"	Don Barnhart	Scott Spencer Gorden	September 12, 1992 (1992-09-12)	6376	N/A
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. She rejects them both, and they only make up during the Senior Kick-Off Party because Mr. Belding's new toupee falls into the punch bowl during a second, attempted fight between them. 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 (1992-09-12)	6379	N/A
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 (1992-09-19)	6382	N/A
After introducing the gang to his grandmother's spaghetti sauce, which they go on to sell, Screech begins to date Robin (Soleil Moon Frye), a rich and beautiful 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 Gorden & Bennett Tramer	September 19, 1992 (1992-09-19)	6451	N/A
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.
65	5	"The Bayside Triangle"	Don Barnhart	Jeffrey J. Sachs	September 26, 1992 (1992-09-26)	6377	N/A
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 (1992-09-26)	6452	N/A
After participating on a teen hot-line, Zack becomes close to a disabled girl. Meanwhile, Screech has to take on a rambunctious boy.
67	7	"Masquerade Ball"	Don Barnhart	Jeffrey Sachs	October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03)	6453	N/A
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.
68	8	"Day of Detention"	Don Barnhart	Jeffrey J. Sachs	October 3, 1992 (1992-10-03)	6461	N/A
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.
69	9	"Wrestling with the Future"	Don Barnhart	Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon	October 10, 1992 (1992-10-10)	6378	N/A
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 (1992-10-10)	6454	N/A
After getting drunk at a Homecoming party and crashing Doctor Judy Turtle (Lisa's mother)'s car on the way home, Zack and Slater learn the worst thing about DWI: having the book thrown at them by their enraged parents.
71	11	"Love Machine"	Don Barnhart	Scott Spencer Gorden	October 17, 1992 (1992-10-17)	6357	N/A
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.
72	12	"Class Rings"	Don Barnhart	Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon	October 17, 1992 (1992-10-17)	6458	N/A
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.
73	13	"Isn't It Romantic?"	Don Barnhart	Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich	October 24, 1992 (1992-10-24)	6384	N/A
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 Gorden	October 24, 1992 (1992-10-24)	6457	N/A
An alumnus dies and leaves $10,000 in his will resulting in the guys and the girls fighting over who should get the money.
75	15	"The Teacher's Strike"	Don Barnhart	Scott Spencer Gorden	October 31, 1992 (1992-10-31)	6380	N/A
The gang hurts their chances of winning the academic championship after causing a teacher's strike so they can go on a ski trip.
76	16	"Slater's Sister"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	October 31, 1992 (1992-10-31)	6456	N/A
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.
77	17	"The Senior Prom"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	November 7, 1992 (1992-11-07)	6381	N/A
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, Screech decides to ask other girls to prom rather than Lisa, but Lisa asks him after Screech kept getting rejected, and he accepts. 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 (1992-11-07)	6347	N/A
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.
79	19	"Screech's Birthday"	Don Barnhart	Stephen Langford	November 14, 1992 (1992-11-14)	6330	N/A
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.
80	20	"Snow White and the Seven Dorks"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	November 14, 1992 (1992-11-14)	6348	N/A
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.
81	21	"Earthquake!"	Don Barnhart	Scott Spencer Gorden	November 21, 1992 (1992-11-21)	6455	N/A
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.
82	22	"Best Summer of My Life"	Don Barnhart	Jeffrey J. Sachs	November 21, 1992 (1992-11-21)	6460	N/A
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. While Kelly and Jessie appear in clips from those summer-based episodes, they do not appear in any new footage alongside Zack, Slater, Lisa and Screech, since this episode was put together to pad out the schedule after Tiffani-Amber Thiessen and Elizabeth Berkley left the series.
83	23	"Slater's Friend"	Don Barnhart	Larry Balmagia & Scott Spencer Gordon	November 28, 1992 (1992-11-28)	6328	N/A
Screech is left to look after Slater's chameleon when he goes away, but things soon go awry.
84	24	"School Song"	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	November 28, 1992 (1992-11-28)	6459	N/A
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.
85	25	"The Time Capsule"	Don Barnhart	Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich	December 5, 1992 (1992-12-05)	6385	N/A
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).
86	26	"Graduation"	Don Barnhart	Story by : Tom Tenowich Teleplay by : Scott Spencer Gorden & Bennett Tramer	May 22, 1993 (1993-05-22)	6383	9.4[10]
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.

Hawaiian Style (1992)

Main article: Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style	Don Barnhart	Bennett Tramer	November 27, 1992 (1992-11-27)	17.0[11]
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.

The College Years (1993–94)

Main article: Saved by the Bell: The College Years

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Jeff Melman	Elaine Aronson	May 22, 1993 (1993-05-22)	60500	9.4[12]
2	"Guess Who's Coming to College?"	Jeff Melman	Andrew Guerdat & Steven Kreinberg	September 14, 1993 (1993-09-14)	60501	14.2[13]
3	"Zack, Lies & Videotape"	Jeff Melman	Mark Fink	September 14, 1993 (1993-09-14)	60502	14.2[13]
4	"Rush Week"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Duteil	September 21, 1993 (1993-09-21)	60503	12.8[14]
5	"Slater's War"	Jeff Melman	Renee Palyo	September 28, 1993 (1993-09-28)	60504	11.0[15]
6	"The Homecoming"	Jeff Melman	Debra Fasciano	October 5, 1993 (1993-10-05)	60505	12.0[16]
7	"The Poker Game"	Jeff Melman	Mark Fink	October 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)	60506	12.8[17]
8	"Prof. Zack"	Jeff Melman	Andrew Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	October 19, 1993 (1993-10-19)	60507	11.8[18]
9	"Screech Love"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Duteil	October 26, 1993 (1993-10-26)	60508	10.9[19]
10	"Dr. Kelly"	Jeff Melman	Noah Taft	November 2, 1993 (1993-11-02)	60509	10.2[20]
11	"A Thanksgiving Story"	Jeff Melman	Brett Dewey & Ronald B. Solomon	November 23, 1993 (1993-11-23)	60510	10.4[21]
12	"Teacher's Pet"	Jeff Melman	Debra Fasciano	December 7, 1993 (1993-12-07)	60512	8.5[22]
13	"Kelly and the Professor"	Jeff Melman	Mark Fink	December 14, 1993 (1993-12-14)	60513	10.7[23]
14	"A Question of Ethics"	Jeff Melman	Renee Palyo	December 21, 1993 (1993-12-21)	60511	9.8[24]
15	"The Rave"	Jeff Melman	Jeffrey Duteil	January 4, 1994 (1994-01-04)	60514	9.4[25]
16	"Bedside Manner"	Jeff Melman	Renee Palyo	January 11, 1994 (1994-01-11)	60515	9.0[26]
17	"Love and Death"	Jeff Melman	Andrew Guerdat & Steve Kreinberg	January 22, 1994 (1994-01-22)	60516	6.5[27]
18	"Marry Me"	Jeff Melman	Noah Taft	February 8, 1994 (1994-02-08)	60517	13.5[28]
19	"Wedding Plans"	Jeff Melman	Bennett Tramer	February 8, 1994 (1994-02-08)	60518	13.5[28]

Wedding in Las Vegas (1994)

Main article: Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas	Jeffrey Melman	Mark Fink	October 7, 1994 (1994-10-07)	12.5[29]
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

• List of Saved by the Bell: The New Class episodes