Season 1: 1989
| Series # | Season # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 14 (1) | 1 | "Dancing to the Max" | Don Barnhart | Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich | August 20, 1989 | 6318 |
| 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. In the end Screech and Lisa win with their dance move, coined by Casey Kasem as "The Sprain". | ||||||
| 15 (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 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. | ||||||
| 16 (3) | 3 | "The Gift" | Dennis Erdman | Bennett Tramer | September 8, 1989 | 6314 |
| Screech is hit by lightning and afterwards has the ability to see into the future, which Zack and Slater use to their advantage. Zack uses his power to place bets with Slater, including a bet that he would get an A on the history exam, but Screech's power wears off before he can help Zack cheat. | ||||||
| 17 (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 when the girls are having a sleepover. Unfortunately the girls find out and decide to get their revenge. They make it seem as if Kelly is mentally insane. | ||||||
| 18 (5) | 5 | "Screech's Woman" | Gary Shimokawa | R.J. Colleary | September 16, 1989 | 6313 |
| 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. He ends up dumping "Bambi" after Zack makes strict rules for him. | ||||||
| 19 (6) | 6 | "Aloha Slater" | Don Branhart | Michael Swerdlick | September 23, 1989 | 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 ladies 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. | ||||||
| 20 (7) | 7 | "The Substitute" | Don Barnhart | Bennett Tramer | September 30, 1989 | 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 he's married. He follows along later after he finds out what they were trying to do. | ||||||
| 21 (8) | 8 | "Cream for a Day" | Don Barnhart | Scott Spencer Gordon | October 7, 1989 | 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. | ||||||
| 22 (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 he is not as built for wrestling as Slater is and does not do so well. | ||||||
| 23 (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 become closer, though, Zack gets jealous and regrets his set-up. | ||||||
| 24 (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. | ||||||
| 25 (12) | 12 | "The Mamas and the Papas" | Don Barnhart | Story by: Stephanie Gorman & Hollace White Teleplay: by Peter Engel & Tom Tenowich |
November 11, 1989 | 6321 |
| Everyone is put into pairs for a class assignment to act out married life, so they can be prepared for marriage as adults. | ||||||
| 26 (13) | 13 | "The Election" | Gary Shimokawa | Story by: Tom Tenowich Teleplay: 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. | ||||||
| 27 (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. | ||||||
| 28 (15) | 15 | "King of the Hill" | Gary Shimokawa | Story by: Tom Tenowich & Mark Fink Teleplay by: Michael Poryes & Bennett Tramer |
December 12, 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, the new transfer student, A.C. Slater, makes a play for her, resulting Zack and Slater fighting over Kelly. Note: This is the pilot episode of the series. |
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| 29 (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. |
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