Saved by the Bell: The College Years

1993
Saved by the Bell: The College Years

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Pilot May 22, 1993

Zach, Slater, and Screech start school at Cal U, where they find the adjustment to college life is harder than they expected.

EP2 Guess Who's Coming to College? Sep 14, 1993

Zack's pursuit of his suitemate Leslie is complicated by the arrival of a new transfer student -- his old high school girlfriend, Kelly.

EP3 Zack, Lies & Videotape Sep 14, 1993

Zack gets off on the wrong foot with his new professor of anthropology, Professor Jeremiah Lasky. Professor Lasky pegs Zack as a smart mouth immediately and turns the tables on him by selling him a copy of the midterm before Zack realizes that he is the instructor. All the girls have crushes on Professor Lasky, while Slater is trying to gain weight so that he can wrestle in a higher weight class.

EP4 Rush Week Sep 21, 1993

Slater is being courted by an exclusive fraternity while Leslie is being courted by a sorority. Zack really wants to get into the same fraternity as Slater, but they don't seem as interested in him. Zack manages to impress Rick the fraternity guy, but both he and Slater worry that Screech might ruin their chances in being accepted because of his goofiness.

EP5 Slater's War Sep 28, 1993

Zack wants to take Leslie on a ski trip, however, she won't go alone with just Zack. Zack asks Slater to go along, but he must first find a date willing to go skiing with them. Slater meets a student activist who challenges him to embrace his Hispanic heritage. This topic causes friction between Zack and Slater, and puts the whole ski trip in jeopardy.

EP6 The Homecoming Oct 05, 1993

It's homecoming weekend. Leslie's parents come to visit her. She is sick of their controlling ways, so she asks Screech to be her date in order to freak them out a bit and Screech agrees to be especially geeky for this event. Meanwhile, Zack is invited to a homecoming banquet by the guest of honor, a football star who could help him score in some business. Also Alex and Slater become closer while training for the role of the university mascot.

EP7 The Poker Game Oct 12, 1993

Zack, Slater, and Screech make plans for a Friday night poker game. Mike nixes the idea of having the game and the guys decide to help him with his love life to get Mike off their backs. They encourage Mike to ask out the English literature professor, Judith Trudell, that he has a crush on. Meanwhile, Kelly, Leslie, and Alex develop a crush on their new karate instructor, John Hammer, and vie with each other to try to win his affections.

EP8 Professor Zack Oct 19, 1993

While the girls put together a male pinup calendar in order to buy a big screen TV, Zack poses as Lasky in order to date an admirer of the professor's.

EP9 Screech Love Oct 26, 1993

Zack gets Screech to tutor a tennis star he is dating, only to find an attraction developing between the two of them. After they two argue, Screech temporarily moves in with Mike and drives him crazy. Meanwhile, Kelly and Leslie decide to throw a fancy college party, but things don't go quite as planned.

EP10 Dr. Kelly Nov 02, 1993

While working at the Student Health Center Kelly realizes that she'd like to become a doctor, however, Zack discourages her arguing that it would require a lot of effort. After Kelly gets an extra job as a cocktail waitress, she starts to reconsider her choice of studying medicine in favor of taking the easy route and earning quick money from tips. Meanwhile, the guys help Mike prepare for his tryout for a comeback to the NFL.

EP11 A Thanksgiving Story Nov 23, 1993

After car trouble intervenes with their Thanksgiving plans, the gang helps Mike, Leslie, and Screech prepare Thanksgiving dinner for a group of underprivileged kids.

EP12 Teacher's Pet (1) Dec 07, 1993

While Screech hides a lab monkey destined for the zoo, Zack discovers Kelly's crush on Professor Lasky.

EP13 Kelly and the Professor (2) Dec 14, 1993

Although he is jealous, Zack reluctantly agrees to help Kelly and Professor Lasky keep their relationship secret, since it is against the rules for the teacher to date one of his students. However, after Kelly drops Dr. Lasky's anthropology class, Zack becomes worried about her, and reveals the relationship in front of the entire class. However, since Kelly is no longer one of Dr. Lasky's students, this seems not to be particularly problematic. Kelly and Dr. Lasky continue to date, but Dr. Lasky does not want to be seen or recognized with her. She does however get him to agree to escort her to a masquerade ball. Meanwhile, Mike Rogers gets Screech, Slater, Alex, and Leslie take a "Perfect Mate" quiz which suggests that Slater is perfect for Leslie, and Screech for Alex. This makes Alex very upset, especially when Slater and Leslie independently decide to attend the masquerade ball as Tarzan and Jane. At the last moment, Slater asks Screech to switch costumes, so that he can accompany Alex's Tinkerbell in Screech's Peter Pan outfit. At the party, they discover the girls have had the same idea: Alex and Screech are stilled paired up as Tarzan and Jane, and nobody is wearing the costume they want. After Kelly becomes enraged at Zack for betraying her trust and revealing the relationship, Zack decides that the best way to get Kelly to come near him is to go to the costume ball in the same Zorro costume as Dr. Lasky. This works perfectly: at the ball, she mistakes him for Dr. Lasky and they kiss. When she finds out she kissed Zack, she is understandably upset. But this turns out to be the least of her problems: at the ball, Dr. Lasky gently breaks up with Kelly; he is tired of being afraid to be seen all the time, and the age difference is not helping. Back at the suite, Screech tells Alex that the tests mean nothing, and what the couple went through for each other with the costume fiasco proves they belong together. Alex agrees and makes up with Slater. In Kelly's room, Zack tries to comfort Kelly by telling her he loves her. While she is no longer angry at him, she tells him she just wants to be good friends. After she leaves, Zack tells the audience that they are good friends for now, but that he will win her heart.

EP14 A Question of Ethics Dec 21, 1993

After a new professor takes over their Ethics class, the gang faces a dilemma when Zack gets his hands on a copy of the midterm. Meanwhile, Screech covers for Slater at the student union, but soon finds out that bussing tables isn't his forte.

EP15 The Rave Jan 04, 1994

With Mike gone and in need of money for a trip to Cancun, Zack and the gang stage a rave in the dorm.

EP16 Bedside Manner Jan 11, 1994

With Kelly still pining over Professor Lasky, Zack tries to find ways of getting her attention and ends up volunteering as an orderly at the health center. Unfortunately, Professor Lasky winds up there as well, and Zack has to come up with one scheme after another to get him out of the way. Meanwhile, Screech tries to fit in with a group of pledges at his fraternity.

EP17 Love and Death Jan 25, 1994

The gang is shocked by the death of a popular professor. As a result, Zack adopts a new attitude towards life by seizing the day and taking more risks.

EP18 Marry Me Feb 08, 1994

Just as Zack and Kelly are getting pretty close, Kelly is accepted to the Semester on the Sea program, which involves a three-month cruise. Zack doesn't want Kelly to go, but she feels it's an opportunity she can't pass up. Zack tries to get accepted into the program as well, but none of his schemes work. He tries to get Screech to quit the program by scaring him, but that backfires and Zack impulsively makes an important decision. Meanwhile, Slater feels guilty when he sees another girl behind Alex's back and gets confronted by Leslie.

EP19 Wedding Plans Feb 08, 1994

As Zack and Kelly make plans for their wedding, they get a surprise visit from their old friend, Lisa Turtle. However, since Alex and Lesley also want to be Kelly's maid of honor, the competition between the three of them ensues. Meanwhile, Slater doesn't approve of Zack's decision and turns down his offer of being the best man. Screech agrees to take his place with predictable consequences.
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Released: 22 May 1993 Ended
Producted By: NBC Productions
Country: United States of America
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The gang from Bayside High is leaving home and heading to the campus of California University for four years of new challenges, new faces and wild, new adventures.

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beautysleep59 I just got the DVDs and although I've only gotten through the first 4 episodes so far, I am finding it so funny and so enjoyable to watch! I was watching it last nite after everyone else had gone to sleep and I had to keep covering my mouth because I was laughing so much, I didn't want to wake anyone up! I think the last time I watched this show, I was 10-11, and I can't believe it's been almost 15 years since this show was on! Reading some people's comments, I think the people who don't like it and criticize it are the ones who have just watched the show now, as an adult, but growing up watching it and watching it now, especially after I've been through college, and can relate to the characters in some ways, it really is a great show and I wish there were more shows on today like it that kids could watch. I'm sure I have a lot more to say, but not exactly sure how to put it into words, but I'll end with how much I love this show and have been enjoying watching it and I'm so glad I have the Wedding In Las Vegas movie that I can watch as soon as I'm done with the series. Shame the show couldn't have lasted longer to see how Zack and Kelly got through college as a young, married couple. Although, I'm sure they made it through just fine! :)
tfrizzell One prime-time season on NBC's Tuesday night lineup was deadly poison for the "Saved by the Bell" series sequel. The prime characters from the precursor (Mark Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) do indeed go to college but have not really grown up or matured much. They still do their tiring routines in a different location and with different supporting cast members. The substance here just does not translate into night-time network viewing. The lack of depth or complexity to the characters and situations is much more apparent as the core performers have finally out-grown their childish roles. The once cute routines border on being down-right annoying and totally unwanted. Mercifully died after 23 episodes. 2 stars out of 5.
kwakkles This conversion from the hit high school series to the college years was a great idea! For one, there aren't very many tv shows exclusively for college dorm room settings. And for two, it also had a more grown up storyline than the high school series. The ppl who went to high school while they were in high school and are now in college with these characters as they are in college are growing up together. It demonstrates how these characters are evolving into educated young adults. Certainly the new theme took a toll on the comedy that the high school series was famous more. The College Years tried to have more adult situations (diverse situations in the after-high-school life college students may find themselves in, like who to date, for example), which are very difficult to make funny.. and are mostly that have those plots are more like dramas and soap operas. The maturing to adulthood theme was a nice (chronological) fit for fans of the show who followed the series.
liannesang This spinoff of the 1989 series, "Saved By The Bell" actually was pretty good. It wasn't as cheesy as the original and had much more realistic storylines. Although it only lasted for 1 season, I think it would have lasted much longer if it stuck to it's Saturday Morning-Line Up rather than moving it to Primetime. I also think it was pretty stupid of the producers to have The College Years playing at the same time as The New Class. Leslie was a very strong character in the beginning but became useless towards the end of the season. And Alex was sometimes very funny or very irritating. Dean McMann was hilarious as the "Zack-hating" Dean and Mike was cool. The storyline that was definitely a stand out in the short-lived series was non other than the Zack/Kelly love story. It was nice to see them grow from their naive characters of Bayside to grown-up characters in the College Years. BOTTOM LINE: Really good series that should have lasted way longer than it did.