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The Best Episodes of Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Every episode of Saved by the Bell: The New Class ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Saved by the Bell: The New Class!

Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January...
Genres:FamilyComedy
Network:NBC

Best Episodes Summary

"Suddenly Ryan" is the best rated episode of "Saved by the Bell: The New Class". It scored 8.8/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Miguel Higuera and written by N/A, it aired on 9/13/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Highs and Lows".

  • Suddenly Ryan
    8.8/1044 votes
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    #1 - Suddenly Ryan

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1997

    Ryan has to deal with Rachel staying in Boston and later breaking up with him. Liz is bothered by Maria and Katie constantly comparing her to Rachel.

    Director: Miguel Higuera

    Writer: N/A

  • Highs and Lows
    8.6/1016 votes
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    #2 - Highs and Lows

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 9/27/1997

    Maria starts smoking marijuana and Screech is fearing for his job as Eric fills in for him while he's sick. Maria and Nicky are looking at the end of their relationship.

    Director: Miguel Higuera

    Writer: N/A

  • The Young and the Sleepless
    8.5/1014 votes
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    #3 - The Young and the Sleepless

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1998

    Eric starts getting moody when he stops getting enough sleep.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • It's Not About Winning
    8.3/1016 votes
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    #4 - It's Not About Winning

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1997

    The Bayside girls swim team is undefeated thanks to nationally ranked team captain Liz and new recruit Katie, but the boys team featuring Nicky and team captain Ryan is sinking fast. Eric has his eye on Shauna Elliot, a member of the girls team. After losing a meet against Westwood, The boys think they have no chance of beating Valley. So Eric decides to switch places with Maria so both can cover the swim teams for the school radio station. With the state finals coming up, Liz asks Screech for extra time in the pool. Screech tells the boys that their practice time will be cut to give the girls have a better chance of beating Valley. Katie has an idea on how to solve this conflict and Screech presents it to the girls team. At the other end, Maria is covering the boys team while Eric covers the girls. Ryan and Nicky play a phone prank on the girls, pretending that NBC Sports is doing a story on the girls. The prank ends up with Liz and the rest of the girls getting detention while th

    Director: Miguel Higuera

    Writer: N/A

  • The Great Stain Robbery
    8.2/1015 votes
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    #5 - The Great Stain Robbery

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/4/1997

    Eric and Maria invent a spray that will help restore the life in shirts. Eric decides to sell it without testing for side effects that the spray causes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Running the Max
    8.1/1021 votes
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    #6 - Running the Max

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1993

    As a class project, some of the Bayside students try their hand at operating the Max, but they nearly run it out of business. Then Scott takes over the management, much to Vicki's happiness.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: Todd J. Greenwald

  • Letting Go
    8.1/1018 votes
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    #7 - Letting Go

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 9/27/1997

    Katie and Eric begin taking all-natural herbal stimulants to help them keep up with the long hours they've been working, but after offering the herbs to a customer who passes out from over-exhaustion, they quickly learn about the little-known side effects of the drugs. Meanwhile, Maria becomes jealous when her ex-boyfriend Nicky starts dating Courtney, But she goes too far when convinces mall security guard Screech that Courtney is the thief that Screech has been looking for.

    Director: Miguel Higuera

    Writer: N/A

  • Her Brother's Keeper
    8.0/1014 votes
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    #8 - Her Brother's Keeper

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 10/11/1997

    Maria will do anything to help her younger brother Tino find a job at the mall, and gets him work with her at the Teen Machine. But when his irresponsible behavior causes both of them to lose their jobs she has to stop making excuses for his actions. Meanwhile, Screech finds it difficult to hold down two jobs--mall security guard and assistant to Mr. Belding--and is forced to give up one. Also, Ryan and Eric enter a contest to win a jet ski, but realize the only way for them to win is by cheating.

    Director: Miguel Higuera

    Writer: N/A

  • A Tale of Two Siblings
    8.0/1014 votes
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    #9 - A Tale of Two Siblings

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 10/25/1997

    Ryan and Nicky still don't know which of them will wind up as Liz's boyfriend. When Ryan brings Liz lunch, Nicky interrupts them, and when Nicky takes ballet lessons with Liz, Ryan does the same thing. The stepbrothers continue to fight it out and Liz still can't decide between the two. Meanwhile, Katie and Eric plan to throw Maria a surprise birthday party for Maria, but the surprise is blown when Maria finds out that Screech and Mr. Belding are going.

    Director: Frank Bonner

    Writer: N/A

  • Mission: Control
    7.8/1015 votes
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    #10 - Mission: Control

    Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 12/6/1997

    After a river rafting trip, Nicky and Katie develop feelings for each other. Katie develops a fear of losing him that alters her behavior.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hands Off
    7.8/1014 votes
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    #11 - Hands Off

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1998

    Katie is reluctant to do something when her boss starts sexually harassing her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Weasel Love
    7.7/1023 votes
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    #12 - Weasel Love

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1993

    Weasel's pen-pal Natalie comes to Bayside and joins the band, as do Scott and Tommy D, hoping to win a trip.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Tommy A
    7.7/1024 votes
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    #13 - Tommy A

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1993

    In order to get a car from his father, Tommy D must receive an ""A"" in either physics or speech. The gang pitches in to help him succeed at this seemingly impossible task. Also, Megan finds herself acting like an airhead over a boy.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Win, Lose or Cheat
    7.6/1018 votes
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    #14 - Win, Lose or Cheat

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1998

    Maria, Tony, Katie, and Nicky are selected to compete for a game show where the couple who knows the most about each other will win a car. But when Maria and Tony are secretly chosen to cheat in order to win the car, they are faced with the decision of deceiving their friends or giving up the car.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bell Tolls
    7.6/1018 votes
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    #15 - The Bell Tolls

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1999

    While the gang prepares for graduation, Katie and Nicky are forced to break up. As a gift for Mr. Belding for every senior to wear a '68 logo on their gowns honoring Mr. Belding's graduating class, Maria enlists Tony and Eric to pick up the graduation gowns but a little accident occurs when they spill ink all over them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Belding's Baby
    7.5/1023 votes
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    #16 - Belding's Baby

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1993

    Scott volunteers to babysit for Mr. Belding's son Zack. In order to impress a girl (Ashley), he offers up little Zack for a child modeling job.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Homecoming King
    7.4/1028 votes
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    #17 - Homecoming King

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1993

    Chad Westerfield, who has his eye on Megan, and Lindsay are leading candidates for Homecoming King and Queen.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Goodbye Bayside (2)
    7.4/1035 votes
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    #18 - Goodbye Bayside (2)

    Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 12/31/1994

    The students are depressed about Bayside's closing and can't get very excited about the prom. Mr. McMillan shows up and says he now plans to tear down the school even before the prom is held. Desperate to stop him, Rachel is disguised as ""Nurse McGillicuddy"" and the kids fake an outbreak of ""Swiss measles,"" for which a phony quarantine is set up. The prom is back on. The gang finds out that Mr. McMillan was a lonely guy at Bayside, with only one friend, a girl named Sandy Bennett. They locate Ms. Bennett but she can't come to Bayside's 40th prom because of a previous engagement with her nephew. The prom has a 1959 theme. Former Bayside High students Lisa Turtle and A.C. Slater show up, then Zack Morris arrives with Ms. Bennett, who it turns out is his aunt. McMillan is reunited with his old friend and she convinces him to abandon his plans to tear down Bayside.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Science Fair
    7.4/1019 votes
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    #19 - Science Fair

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 11/9/1996

    The annual Bayside Science Fair is coming up and Screech desperately wants to win. Eric may be the school's only hope for winning with his robot duster invention, but Screech insists on enhancing his creation which could get Eric disqualified from the competition.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Football & Physics
    7.4/1018 votes
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    #20 - Football & Physics

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/1997

    Football season is coming up and Eric has been training hard to become the starting wide receiver. Coach Wagner stresses to the team to the importance of keeping their grades up. Eric is proud and happy when the coach tells him he's starting against Central High. But when Coach Wagner finds out Eric is taking a physics course he tells him to play it safe and drop that class. Eric is ready to quit the class when he has a conversation with his teammate Perkins who tells him the coach hasn't said a thing to him about dropping physics. Eric feels that the coach assumes that because he's black, he will have more trouble with a tough academic course than a white player would. He later tells Coach Wagner that he thinks his attitude toward black players is unfair, and he complains to his friends Ryan and Nicky too. During the game against Central, Coach Wagner talks to Eric about respect, but Eric doesn't respond and he sits out the rest of the game. The next day Eric goes to see Screech abo

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Sister Blues
    7.4/1015 votes
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    #21 - Big Sister Blues

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/1997

    Katie is troubled by Bayside High School's plans to honor her scholarly sister, Robin.

    Director: Frank Bonner

    Writer: N/A

  • Screech and the Substitute
    7.4/1016 votes
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    #22 - Screech and the Substitute

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 11/1/1997

    Screech develops a crush on a beautiful substitute teacher who is working in the music department. But Maria suspects she has a hidden agenda: she's using Screech to get a permanent job and doesn't care about his feelings or how he may get hurt.

    Director: Miguel Higuera

    Writer: N/A

  • Mind Games
    7.4/1014 votes
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    #23 - Mind Games

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1998

    Liz's new boyfriend starts manipulating her into doing whatever he wants her to do.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Is on the Air
    7.3/1021 votes
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    #24 - Love Is on the Air

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1993

    Scott signs up to get on the air at the school's radio station, hoping to attract the girls. But they all ignore him when they hear Weasel, who is giving advice on love and romance under the name ""Dr. Luv.""

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Good-bye Megan
    7.3/1022 votes
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    #25 - Good-bye Megan

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1993

    Megan's father, Judge Jones, wants his daughter to leave Bayside High and enroll in a private school.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A