8.2/10478 votesLoading...#1 - Jessie's Song
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/1990
Jessie turns to caffeine pills to keep up with her studies and her new singing group, Hot Sundae.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Peter Engel, Tom Tenowich
8.0/10390 votesLoading...#2 - Fake I.D.'s
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/1991
Zack begins dating a college girl named Danielle, and asks Screech to make fake IDs in order that they can hang out with her at a club. However, things become complicated when the guys see Kelly's boyfriend, Jeff, there with another girl.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Brett Dewey, Ronald B. Solomon
8.0/10402 votesLoading...#3 - Home For Christmas (1)
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 12/7/1991
Zack, Slater, Screech, Kelly and Jessie are working at the mall for the holidays, where they befriend a homeless man and his daughter.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Tom Tenowich
8.0/10364 votesLoading...#4 - Graduation
Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 5/22/1993
As graduation approaches, Zack learns that he is just one credit short of graduating. Desperate to get extra credit, he joins Bayside's ballet company, and when illness strikes some of the other cast members, he calls on the gang for help.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: N/A
7.9/10377 votesLoading...#5 - Home for Christmas (2)
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 12/14/1991
Zack learns that his new girlfriend is the homeless man's daughter. When she decides to get her dad a new coat and it turns up missing, her boss Mr. Moody accuses her of stealing it.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Bennett Tramer
7.9/10401 votesLoading...#6 - Mystery Weekend
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 12/21/1991
The gang wins a mystery weekend at a mansion where they are all part of a murder mystery.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Brett Dewey, Ronald B. Solomon
7.8/10385 votesLoading...#7 - All in the Mall
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 11/9/1991
Zach finds $5000 in the mall, and plans to use the money to buy and then scalp tickets for a U2 concert.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Scott S. Gorden
7.8/10367 votesLoading...#8 - Drinking and Driving
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 10/10/1992
The gang learn about the dangers of drinking and driving when, after getting drunk at a party, they get into an accident in Lisa's mother's car and try to cover it up.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Brett Dewey, Ronald B. Solomon
7.7/10387 votesLoading...#9 - The Prom
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1990
Zack asks Kelly to be his date for the prom and she agrees, but when her father loses his job, she decides family is more important and gives up her chance to go, but cannot bring herself to tell Zack.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: N/A
7.7/10374 votesLoading...#10 - The Fabulous Belding Boys
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/1990
Mr. Belding's brother, Rod, a substitute teacher, arrives at Bayside to take the gang's History class. Rod proves instantly popular, and soon Mr. Belding is dismayed to find that the kids prefer his brother to him.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Peter Engel, Tom Tenowich
7.7/10358 votesLoading...#11 - The Wicked Stepbrother (1)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/2/1991
Jessie's new stepbrother moves in from New York where he has tricks of his own, including blackmailing her friends.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Peter Engel, Tom Tenowich
7.7/10338 votesLoading...#12 - The Wicked Stepbrother (2)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 11/2/1991
After Lisa and Eric crashes Mr. Belding's car, Zack and the boys must find a way to repair the car before Belding returns; meanwhile Jessie still disapproves of Eric hanging out with Lisa.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Peter Engel, Tom Tenowich
7.7/10362 votesLoading...#13 - Date Auction
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 11/9/1991
The school holds a dance-date auction to pay for new cheerleading uniforms, where Zach, Slater and Screech are up for auction. Jessie is appalled at the whole idea. Lisa becomes an intellectual to impress a smart boy.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Jeffrey J. Sachs
7.7/10338 votesLoading...#14 - Love Machine
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 10/17/1992
Slater is horrified when his girlfriend from Germany arrives at Bayside as a new student. Zack helps hide the relationship from Jessie, but it is only a matter of time before she finds out, and Slater must figure out where his heart lies.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Scott S. Gorden
7.6/10361 votesLoading...#15 - Pipe Dreams
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 10/26/1991
While putting up the new field goal post, oil is discovered. Soon the entire school is interested in the oil drilling, but Jessie doesn't like the idea.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Peter Engel, Tom Tenowich
7.6/10373 votesLoading...#16 - S.A.T.'s
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 11/16/1991
Jessie's self-esteem takes a dive when she gets 1200 on the SAT's, while Zach gets 1502, and her chances to get into "Stansbury" College are hurt, so Zach hires James to help.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Bennett Tramer
7.6/10378 votesLoading...#17 - No Hope With Dope
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 11/30/1991
A famous film star comes to Bayside to shoot an anti-drug public service announcement. The gang are enchanted by him, but when they go to a party at his house, they discover he is a hypocrite.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Scott S. Gorden
7.6/10361 votesLoading...#18 - The Fight
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1992
The gang begin their senior year, but rather than it being a positive time, things turn sour when Zack and Slater clash over the new girl at school.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Scott S. Gorden
7.6/10330 votesLoading...#19 - The Senior Prom
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 11/7/1992
As the senior prom approaches, Zack discovers he still has feelings for Kelly. However, she already has a date, and Zack resorts to skulduggery to win her hand, while romance brews elsewhere.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Bennett Tramer
7.5/10387 votesLoading...#20 - From Nurse to Worse
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/15/1990
Zack and Kelly's relationship is going from strength to strength, but is soon jeopardized when Zack falls for the new school nurse.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Bennett Tramer
7.5/10345 votesLoading...#21 - Cut Day
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 12/7/1991
It is Cut Day at Bayside, a day on which students traditionally skip class. Zack wants to join in, but because one more absence will mean suspension for him, Mr. Belding is determined to keep an eye on him the entire day.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Bennett Tramer
7.5/10372 votesLoading...#22 - Screech's Spaghetti Sauce
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1992
During a project for TV ads, Screech comes up with a new flavor of sauce, but the gang might go out of business when Screech becomes the target of a snobbish girl.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: N/A
7.5/10333 votesLoading...#23 - The Video Yearbook
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 11/7/1992
The gang decide to make a video version of the annual yearbook, but Zack has other ideas and decides to use it to sell a dating video made from the video clips. However, he regrets his decision after Screech mistakenly puts Kelly on the video and she starts getting calls from other guys.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Brett Dewey, Ronald B. Solomon
7.5/10354 votesLoading...#24 - Snow White and the Seven Dorks
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 11/14/1992
The gang put on a rap version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". However, when Jessie and Zack find out they have to kiss in the last scene they start to doubt their friendship and question their feelings for each other, falling out with Kelly and Slater in the process.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Bennett Tramer
7.5/10340 votesLoading...#25 - School Song
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 11/28/1992
The senior class want to leave a gift to Bayside's future students and suggest a contest to come up with a new school song. However, Zack decides to rig the competition in his favor in order to be remembered for more than just his bad behavior.
Director: Don Barnhart
Writer: Bennett Tramer
The Best Episodes of Saved by the Bell
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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...
Genres:FamilyComedy
Network:NBC
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Jessie's Song" is the best rated episode of "Saved by the Bell". It scored 8.2/10 based on 478 votes. Directed by Don Barnhart and written by Peter Engel, Tom Tenowich, it aired on 11/3/1990. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fake I.D.'s".