List of Saved by the Bell Episodes
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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.
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[edit] 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 | ||
| 1 | 16 | August 20, 1989 | December 16, 1989 | NBC | |
| 2 | 18 | September 8, 1990 | December 23, 1990 | ||
| 3 | 26 | September 14, 1991 | December 21, 1991 | ||
| 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 | ||||
[edit] Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987–89)
- Main article: Good Morning, Miss Bliss
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1 (1989)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Dancing To The Max" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | August 20, 1989 | 6318 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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, 1986 | 6313 | |
| 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, 1986 | 6317 | |
| 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, 1986 | 6319 | |
| 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, 1986 | 6320 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |||||||
[edit] Season 2 (1990)
[edit] Season 3 (1991)
[edit] Season 4 (1992–93)
[edit] Hawaiian Style (1992)
[edit] The College Years (1993–94)
- Main article: Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Saved by the Bell: The College Years (TV Series)
