
Saved by the Bell — Season 1
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About this season
Lovable schemer Zack Morris leads his pals on adventures at California's Bayside High School. The friends navigate relationships, final exams, school dances, breakups and more while frequently frustrating their principal, Mr. Richard Belding, who does his best to keep them in check.
Episodes (16)

1. Dancing to the Max
7.4Aired 20 August 1989 • 23 min
Casey Kasem hosts a dance contest at The Max.

2. The Lisa Card
7.5Aired 28 August 1989 • 23 min
When Lisa charges too much on her father's credit card, her friends help her cook up a scheme to sell her belongings so that she can pay back the bill.

3. The Gift
6.5Aired 8 September 1989 • 23 min
After Screech gets struck by lightning, he gains the ability to see into the future, and Zack uses him to cheat on a mid term exam.

4. Fatal Distraction
8.2Aired 9 September 1989 • 23 min
In an attempt to find out who Kelly wants to take to a dance, Zack and Screech bug the girls' sleepover party and the girls get revenge.

5. Screech's Woman
7.0Aired 16 September 1989 • 23 min
In an attempt to cheer Screech up enough to complete their science project, Zack pretends to know a girl who is interested in Screech, but things soon become complicated.

6. Aloha Slater
7.5Aired 23 September 1989 • 23 min
When his father is offered a transfer to Hawaii, Slater must decide whether to move there or stay at Bayside, and Zack takes full advantage of the situation.

7. The Substitute
7.8Aired 30 September 1989 • 23 min
After the school's drama teacher falls ill, a handsome substitute arrives, and quickly captivates the girls, much to the chagrin of the boys.

8. Cream for a Day
7.8Aired 7 October 1989 • 23 min
When Screech accidentally invents a seemingly miraculous zit cream, Zack sells it at school. However, it soon becomes clear that the cream has an alarming side effect.

9. Pinned to the Mat
7.0Aired 14 October 1989 • 23 min
During Career Week at school, Slater worries that continuing to focus on wrestling will not lead to a successful job. As a result, he quits the sport, worrying Zack, who has bet on Slater winning his next match.

10. Beauty and the Screech
8.0Aired 21 October 1989 • 23 min
Zack enlists Screech to tutor Kelly, when he finds out that she needs to pass an upcoming science test in order to go to a concert with him. When Screech and Kelly begin spending more time together than he'd expected, it makes him uncomfortable.

11. The Friendship Business
7.2Aired 4 November 1989 • 23 min
As part of an assignment for Business class, the gang forms a friendship bracelet company, but infighting soon leads to trouble and defection.

12. The Mamas and the Papas
7.2Aired 11 November 1989 • 23 min
As part of a class project, Zack and Kelly, Slater and Jessie, and Screech and Lisa are paired up in mock marriages.

13. The Election
8.0Aired 18 November 1989 • 23 min
When Zack finds out that the elected student council president gets to leave school for a trip to Washington D.C., he runs against Jessie.

14. The Zack Tapes
8.0Aired 2 December 1989 • 23 min
When Zack tries to win Kelly's heart through the use of subliminal messages, the plan ends up severely backfiring on him.

15. King of the Hill
7.2Aired 9 December 1989 • 23 min
Zack's plans of winning over Kelly Kapowski on the first day of high school are foiled when new transfer student, A.C Slater, also competes for her.

16. Save That Tiger
7.5Aired 16 December 1989 • 23 min
When Bayside's rival school, Valley, revives the schools' ongoing prank war, the gang tries to get even.