Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
Ep # |
Dancing to the Max |
August 20, 1989 |
101 |
1 |
Zack and Slater both try to obtain Kelly as a dance partner before the big dance contest at The Max. However, Zack goes with Jessie instead. Lisa also has a date for the dance, but when she sprains her ankle, he backs out. Screech agrees to dance with her in the contest despite her injury. |
The Lisa Card |
August 28, 1989 |
102 |
2 |
Lisa's father lets her use his credit card as a reward for doing well at school. However, she goes overboard with the spending, and her friends help her think of ways to make some money to pay it off. |
The Gift |
8 September 1989 |
103 |
3 |
Screech is hit by lightning and afterwards has the ability to see into the future, which Zack and Slater use to their advantage. |
Fatal Distraction |
9 September 1989 |
104 |
4 |
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 when the girls are having a sleepover. Unfortunately the girls find out and decide to get their revenge. |
Screech's Woman |
September 16, 1989 |
105 |
5 |
Zack decides that Screech is in desperate need of a girlfriend and sets about finding him one. However, when there isn't anyone willing, he dresses up as a girl and goes on a date with Screech, and has to act fast when Screech takes a liking to him! |
Aloha Slater |
September 23, 1989 |
106 |
6 |
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 ladies comes back to him. |
The Substitute |
September 30, 1989 |
107 |
7 |
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. |
Cream for a Day |
October 7, 1989 |
108 |
8 |
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. |
Pinned to the Mat |
October 14, 1989 |
109 |
9 |
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 he is not as built for wrestling as Slater is and does not do so well. |
Beauty and the Screech |
October 20, 1989 |
110 |
10 |
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 become closer, though, Zack gets jealous and regrets his set-up. |
The Friendship Business |
November 4, 1989 |
111 |
11 |
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. |
The Mamas and the Papas |
November 11, 1989 |
112 |
12 |
Everyone is put into pairs for a class assignment to act out married life, so they can be prepared for marriage as adults. Problems ensue, however, because of the forced and arbitrary pairings. |
The Election |
November 18, 1989 |
113 |
13 |
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. |
The Zack Tapes |
December 2, 1989 |
114 |
14 |
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 at the dance. |
King of the Hill |
December 12, 1989 |
115 |
15 |
Zack starts high school hoping to finally win his longtime crush, Kelly Kapowski, the prettiest cheerleader in school. However, the new transfer student, A.C. Slater, makes a play for her, resulting Zack and Slater fighting over Kelly. |
Save That Tiger |
December 16, 1989 |
116 |
16 |
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. |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
Ep # |
The Prom |
September 8, 1990 |
101 |
1 |
With the prom coming up, everyone needs to pick a partner, and when Zack gets to go with Kelly his dream seems to be fulfilled. However, earlier Kelly finds out that her father has lost his job, so she is not able to make to the prom. |
Zack's War |
September 15, 1990 |
102 |
2 |
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. Will Zack change his mind and help out his team before it is too late? |
Save the Max |
September 22, 1990 |
103 |
3 |
Zack and Screech discover the room where Bayside High's radio station KKTY was housed. The station had been put 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, Lisa hosts the gossip segment, Jessie reads the latest news, and Slater 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. |
Driver's Education |
September 29, 1990 |
104 |
4 |
Fearing that Kelly would rather go out with Slater if Slater learned to drive first, Zack plots to make Slater fail his driver's test. 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. |
House Party |
October 6, 1990 |
105 |
5 |
When Screech's parents leave him alone in the house while they visit Graceland, the gang accidentally break his mother's Elvis statue. In order to afford a replacement, they plan to hold a party before his mother finds out. |
Blind Date |
October 10, 1990 |
106 |
6 |
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 compared to her date to have a good time. |
Rent-a-Pop |
October 20, 1990 |
107 |
7 |
In order to raise money for a school ski trip, the gang decides to organize a carnival. Zack has been failing, and for this reason 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. |
Miss Bayside |
October 27, 1990 |
108 |
8 |
Zack and Slater make a bet on who can win the Miss Bayside Beauty Pageant, but Slater bets that Screech will win. Jessie protests about the pageant and thinks that a male winner would be fair. |
Jessie's Song |
November 3, 1990 |
109 |
9 |
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. |
Model Students |
November 10, 1990 |
110 |
10 |
Zack convinces Belding to fire the nerds who own the student store so that the gang can reopen it. Unfortunately, no one wants to come in, so Zack and Screech secretly take pictures of the girls' swim team. The girls are then invited to pose for a professional photo shoot, but only Kelly is invited to Paris, which leaves Zack out in the cold. |
1-900-Crushed |
November 17, 1990 |
111 |
11 |
Zack's new idea is to give advice to fellow students. But 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. |
Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind |
November 23, 1990 |
112 |
12 |
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. |
Running Zack |
November 24, 1990 |
113 |
13 |
Zack fails another test and is told that if he fails another, 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 heritage, but does not feel like going to the upcoming track rally when tragedy strikes. |
The Babysitters |
December 1, 1990 |
114 |
14 |
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. |
'The Fabulous Belding Boys |
December 9, 1990 |
115 |
15 |
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, so Mr. Belding's brother Rod takes over and offers to take the class on a special field trip. This makes him very popular, but when he makes other plans Belding steps in. |
From Nurse to Worse |
December 15, 1990 |
116 |
16 |
Zack asks Kelly to go steady with him, but while she is thinking it over he falls for a new student, only to discover that she is the new school nurse. Meanwhile, Slater is afraid of getting his flu shots. |
Breaking Up is Hard to Undo |
December 16, 1990 |
117 |
17 |
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 part will be the first to apologize, they are miserable without each other. |
Glee Club |
December 23, 1990 |
118 |
18 |
The gang joins the glee club, but terrible things start happening. Jessie catches Lisa's cold, Screech makes a fool of himself in front of his girlfriend's parents who forbid Screech to see her, and the glee club singing is way off-key. |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
Ep # |
The Last Dance |
September 14, 1991 |
101 |
1 |
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, she falls for him and may have to tell Zack that their relationship is over. |
Zack's Birthday |
September 14, 1991 |
102 |
2 |
The gang take summer jobs at a beach resort, but have trouble dealing with their boss Mr. Carosi. Meanwhile, Zack falls for the boss' daughter, Stacey. |
The Aftermath |
September 21, 1989 |
103 |
3 |
After catching Kelly and Jeff together at the movies, Zack seeks revenge by dating new girls and making Kelly jealous. |
The Game |
September 21, 1991 |
104 |
4 |
Zack bets Carosi that if he wins a volleyball game, Zack can buy Carosi's car. However, Zack's team is short of a player when the star player Gary is injured. |
Operation Zack |
September 28, 1991 |
105 |
5 |
Zack sprains his knee before the big basketball game, and while in hospital learns that Lisa is a part-time candy-striper. However, he also learns that he will need surgery to repair his knee and worries that it may go wrong. |
Fourth of July |
September 28, 1991 |
106 |
6 |
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 informs him that he wants Zack to choose Stacey no matter what it takes. |
Check Your Mate |
October 5, 1991 |
107 |
7 |
With the annual chess competition between Valley and Bayside approaching, Valley decides to get some dirt on Screech, the head champion. |
My Boyfriend's Back |
October 5, 1991 |
108 |
8 |
Zack and the gang enter in the annual ATV race. Meanwhile, Zack feels inferior when Stacey's ex-boyfriend Greg shows up at the beach resort from Boston. |
Fake I.D.'s |
October 19, 1991 |
109 |
9 |
Zack falls for a college girl named Danielle when she goes to The Max to use the phone. In order to impress her, he lies about his age and makes fake I.D.'s so that that he, Slater and Screech can sneak into an over-18 nightclub. However, they get a big surprise when they see Kelly's boyfriend Jeff dancing with another girl there. |
Boss Lady |
October 19, 1991 |
110 |
10 |
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. |
Pipe Dreams |
October 26, 1991 |
111 |
11 |
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. |
The Last Weekened |
October 26, 1991 |
112 |
12 |
For most people, the final day at the resort is a fun time. But this is not the case for Stacey and her father, who get into a fight over Zack. |
The Wicked Stepbrother Part 1 |
November 2, 1991 |
113 |
13 |
Jessie meets her new stepbrother, Eric, but soon discovers that he has a dark side to him 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. Things go awry, however, when Eric lets Lisa drive the car and she gets into an accident. |
The Wicked Stepbrother Part 2 |
November 2, 1991 |
114 |
14 |
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. To get back at them, Eric has the auto mechanic class take the totaled car apart. When Jessie finds out she confronts him about it, and soon gives him a black eye for calling her a "chick." To make amends, Eric puts Belding's car back together himself so Zack and Slater do not get into trouble, and apologizes. |
Date Auction |
November 9, 1991 |
115 |
15 |
A date-auction is held by the school to raise money for new cheerleading uniforms. However, 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. |
All in the Mall |
November 9, 1991 |
116 |
16 |
Zack and the gang find $5,000 abandoned at the mall. However, they soon find out that it is not what it seems. |
S.A.T.S |
November 16, 1991 |
117 |
17 |
Jessie's chances of getting into her dream college are hurt when she scores 1200 on the SAT, while Zack scores 1502. |
Palm Springs Weekend Part 1 |
November 16, 1991 |
118 |
18 |
Jessie and the gang are invited to her father's wedding. Jessie is excited, at first, but soon becomes displeased when she discovers that her father is marrying a younger woman. Meanwhile, Slater goes on a date with a princess and Zack and Kelly begin to rethink their friendship. |
Palm Springs Weekend Part 2 |
November 23, 1991 |
119 |
19 |
Zack tries to talk Jessie into letting the wedding go ahead, while Slater gets used to his new girlfriend being of royal blood. Meanwhile, Zack and Kelly go on a date, but decide to just stay friends. |
Hold Me Tight |
November 23, 1991 |
120 |
20 |
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 decide to help her out, but Jessie soon regrets it when Kristy makes the team and becomes close friends with Slater. |
No Hope With Dope |
November 30, 1991 |
121 |
21 |
Bayside is chosen as the location of an anti-drug commercial. The gang are set to star in the commercial, but feel deceived when they discover the star of the commercial himself uses drugs. |
Rockumentary |
November 30, 1991 |
122 |
22 |
Casey Kasem tells the story of how "The Zack Attack" got together and their rise to fame. |
Cut Day |
December 7, 1991 |
123 |
23 |
Jessie and her new friend Graham protest the use of Styrofoam cups at their school. Meanwhile, Zack dodges Belding after betting against Slater that he will be able to ditch his classes. |
Home for Christmas Part 1 |
December 7, 1991 |
124 |
24 |
Zack falls for a girl who works at the mall, but is unaware that she is homeless. Meanwhile, the gang are busy getting ready for their production of "A Christmas Carol." |
Home for Christmas Part 2 |
December 14, 1991 |
125 |
25 |
Zack discovers the true identity of the homeless girl and her boss accuses her of stealing a coat. This leads to her being fired from her job, prompting the gang to help her persuade her boss to let her come back and perform in the Christmas play. |
Mystery Weekend |
December 21, 1991 |
126 |
26 |
The gang visit a mansion for a weekend after winning a competition. However, a murder attempt is made on the host who soon goes missing, and the gang has to find out who is responsible. |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
Ep # |
The Fight |
September 12, 1992 |
101 |
1 |
Zack and Slater's friendship is put to the test when they both fall for the same girl. Who'll be the one to have a date with her? |
Student-Teacher Week |
September 12, 1992 |
102 |
2 |
The gang switch roles with the teachers during Student-Teacher week with Zack acting as Principal, Kelly as a history teacher and Screech as football coach. 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. |
Screech's Spaghetti Sauce |
September 19, 1992 |
103 |
3 |
After inventing a new kind of spaghetti sauce and making a T.V advert, Screech begins to date Robin, a rich and pretty girl at school. However, the gang discover that he accidentally stole the recipe and Screech soon realizes what Robin is really up to. |
The New Girl |
September 19, 1992 |
104 |
4 |
The new girl, Tori, is paired up with Zack for a school project. But Zack and Tori don't exactly get along. |
The Bayside Triangle |
September 26, 1992 |
105 |
5 |
Zack helps Lisa put on a fashion show for college. However, they soon start to fall for each other and Screech feels hurt when he realizes that Zack has taken the girl Screech has always loved. |
Teen-Line |
September 26, 1992 |
106 |
6 |
After participating on a teen hot-line, Zack becomes close to a disabled girl. Meanwhile, Screech has to take on a rambunctious boy. |
Masquerade Ball |
October 3, 1992 |
107 |
7 |
The masquerade ball is approaching and Zack and Slater both plan to kiss Tori, but she finds out and outsmarts them. Meanwhile, Lisa has a secret admirer and believes it to be Zack. |
Day of Detention |
October 3, 1992 |
108 |
8 |
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. |
Wrestling with the Future |
October 10, 1992 |
109 |
9 |
A.C and his dad argue over whether he should become a wrestler or go to college. Meanwhile, Jessie fears for her college chances after becoming a cheerleader. |
Drinking and Driving |
October 10, 1992 |
110 |
10 |
The gang learn the consequences of drinking and driving after they crash a car after going to a party. |
Love Machine |
October 17, 1992 |
111 |
11 |
Slater's ex-girlfriend comes to Bayside and Screech's love machine shows that her and Slater still have feelings for each other, much to the annoyance of Jessie. |
Class Rings |
October 17, 1992 |
112 |
12 |
Zack is tricked into buying fake rings by a salesman after he is appointed to buy them for everyone in the graduating class. |
Isn't it Romantic? |
October 24, 1992 |
113 |
13 |
It's Valentine's Day and that gang reminisce about past romances. |
The Will |
October 24, 1992 |
114 |
14 |
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. |
The Teacher's Strike |
October 31, 1992 |
115 |
15 |
The gang hurt their chances of winning the academic championship after causing a teacher's strike so they can go on a trip. |
Slater's Sister |
October 31, 1992 |
116 |
16 |
Zack falls for Slater's long lost sister, but when Slater finds out he tries to break them up. |
The Senior Prom |
November 7, 1992 |
117 |
17 |
The senior prom is coming up and the gang need to raise money in order for it to go ahead. However, things go wrong when Zack finds out Kelly has a date to the prom and sabotages it. She then agrees to go with him until she finds out why her date was canceled. Meanwhile, Slater and Jessie get locked in the boiler room and miss most of the prom. |
The Video Yearbook |
November 7, 1992 |
118 |
18 |
The gang decide to make a video version of the annual yearbook, but Zack has other ideas and decides to use it to sell a dating video made from the video clips. However, he regrets his decision after Screech mistakingly puts Kelly on the video and she starts getting calls from other guys. |
Screech's Birthday |
November 14, 1991 |
119 |
19 |
The gang forget Screech's birthday and try to make it up to him by throwing him a late birthday party in Belding's office. |
Snow White and the Seven Dorks |
November 14, 1992 |
120 |
20 |
The gang put 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 doubt their friendship and question their feelings for each other, falling out with Kelly and Slater in the process. |
Earthquake |
November 21, 1992 |
121 |
21 |
Tori, Zack and Mrs Belding get stuck in an elevator during an earthquake. But things get worse when Mrs. Belding goes into labor. |
Best Summer of My Life |
November 21, 1992 |
122 |
22 |
Zack takes a day off school and reminisce about the time he and the gang spent in Malibu Sands and Palm Springs. |
Slater's Friend |
November 28, 1992 |
123 |
23 |
Screech is left to look after Slater's chameleon when he goes away, but things go awry. |
School Song |
November 28, 1992 |
124 |
24 |
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 remembered for something positive and so begins to sabotage everyone else so that he can win. |
The Time Capsule |
December 15, 1992 |
125 |
25 |
Ten years on, the latest class find a time capsule which takes the form of a video, so Belding puts it on. They discover it is footage of the old gang and highlights the ups and downs they went through. |
Graduation |
May 22, 1993 |
126 |
26 |
With graduation day approaching, Zack discovers he needs to gain one more credit in order to graduate. This results in Zack having to be in dance class and perform in the ballet to get that last credit! |