Overview of 'Saved by the Bell' Season 1

Saved by the Bell (1989)

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.

Writing:

Sam Bobrick

Stars:

Release Date: 1989-08-20
Seasons: 1 2 3 4

7.8/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 23

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - Dancing to the Maxx
Release Date: 1989-08-20
Casey Kasem hosts a dance contest at The Max.
Episode 2 - The Lisa Card
Release Date: 1989-08-28
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.
Episode 3 - The Gift
Release Date: 1989-09-08
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.
Episode 4 - Fatal Distraction
Release Date: 1989-09-09
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.
Episode 5 - Screech's Woman
Release Date: 1989-09-16
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.
Episode 6 - Aloha Slater
Release Date: 1989-09-23
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.
Episode 7 - The Substitute
Release Date: 1989-09-30
After the school's drama teacher falls ill, a handsome substitute arrives, and quickly captivates the girls, much to the chagrin of the boys.
Episode 8 - Cream for a Day
Release Date: 1989-10-07
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.
Episode 9 - Pinned to the Mat
Release Date: 1989-10-14
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.
Episode 10 - Beauty and the Screech
Release Date: 1989-10-21
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.
Episode 11 - The Friendship Business
Release Date: 1989-11-04
As part of an assignment for Business class, the gang forms a friendship bracelet company, but infighting soon leads to trouble and defection.
Episode 12 - The Mamas and the Papas
Release Date: 1989-11-11
As part of a class project, Zack and Kelly, Slater and Jessie, and Screech and Lisa are paired up in mock marriages.
Episode 13 - The Election
Release Date: 1989-11-18
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.
Episode 14 - The Zack Tapes
Release Date: 1989-12-02
When Zack tries to win Kelly's heart through the use of subliminal messages, the plan ends up severely backfiring on him.
Episode 15 - King of the Hill
Release Date: 1989-12-09
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.
Episode 16 - Save That Tiger
Release Date: 1989-12-16
When Bayside's rival school, Valley, revives the schools' ongoing prank war, the gang tries to get even.