Real or Fake? Saved by the Bell Episode Recaps
In a previous list, we totally dissed Saved by the Bell. And watching an entire episode is pretty painful, but the plot synopses are high entertainment.
#01
The gang takes Driver's Ed, which includes having to parallel park a golf cart, which Slater pulls off with much grace and aplomb. Jealous and embittered, Zack cuts the breaks and lures Slater into joyriding around the halls. Hijinks ensue.
(Standard operating procedure for the CA DMV include a golf cart aptitude test.)
#02
Zack falls in love with a baby duck, who dies in his arms after being doused in oil from the huge oil field located underneath Bayside High.
(He also manages to foil the Texas oil baron's plans to buyout the school.)
#03
The gang gets drunk off a single can of beer, decides to drive, totals the car, and gets a hangover in the morning.
(Let's just completely throw out any semblance of realism, huh?)
#04
Screech, Slater, and Zack have a sleep over, wear naught but their neon colored undies, and cap the night with a rousing rendition of "Barbara Ann."
(Was this as homoerotic then as it seems now?)
#05
Zack gets in touch with his Native American roots, dubs himself Running Zack, then takes first place at the big track meet.
(Said heritage is never mentioned again.)
#06
Zack licks Slater's toes, while Mr. Belding gives both a wet Santa.
(Only available on the Season Three DVD.)
#07
Slater receives word that his father has been killed overseas in a military operation, turns to the bottle, then snaps out of his alcoholism by episode's end.
(Even more realistic depictions of alcohol abuse.)
#08
Slater finally discovers his Mexican heritage, right in time to lobby for a Chicano Studies class on campus.
(I guess dude just thought he had a nice tan.)
#09
Screech's robot, Kevin, steals his date for the Winter Formal.
(Kevin is eventually dismantled, but, in perfect Screech form, he leaves behind a couple circuits, ensuring a Terminator-style dystopian future.)
#10
Jessie unearths a hidden cache of methamphetamines disguised as caffeine pills and intially uses them to excel at her studies while preparing for the singing contest, but with the help of Zack, comes to realize drugs are no replacement for hard work.
(I never drank a Jolt cola again after seeing this episode.)
#11
Tori, who had replaced Jessie and Kelly in a previous episode, suddenly disappears, and Jessie and Kelly return.
(She's probably chillin' with Minkus and Jamie Winslow in sitcom limbo.)
#12