Season 1

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  7.4/108 votes

  Dancing to the Maxx

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/20/1989

  Casey Kasem hosts a dance contest at The Max.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Scott S. Gorden

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  7.5/104 votes

  The Lisa Card

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/28/1989

  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.

  Director: Don Barnhart, Gary Shimokawa

  Writer: Bob Colleary

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  6.5/104 votes

  The Gift

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/1989

  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.

  Director: Dennis Erdman, Gary Shimokawa

  Writer: Mark Fink

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  8.2/105 votes

  Fatal Distraction

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/9/1989

  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.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.0/104 votes

  Screech's Woman

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/16/1989

  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.

  Director: Dennis Erdman

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/104 votes

  Aloha Slater

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/23/1989

  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.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/104 votes

  The Substitute

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/30/1989

  After the school's drama teacher falls ill, a handsome substitute arrives, and quickly captivates the girls, much to the chagrin of the boys.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/104 votes

  Cream for a Day

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/7/1989

  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.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Scott S. Gorden

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  7.0/104 votes

  Pinned to the Mat

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/14/1989

  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.

  Director: Don Barnhart, Gary Shimokawa

  Writer: Bob Colleary

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  8.0/104 votes

  Beauty and the Screech

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/21/1989

  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.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.2/104 votes

  The Friendship Business

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/4/1989

  As part of an assignment for Business class, the gang forms a friendship bracelet company, but infighting soon leads to trouble and defection.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.2/104 votes

  The Mamas and the Papas

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/11/1989

  As part of a class project, Zack and Kelly, Slater and Jessie, and Screech and Lisa are paired up in mock marriages.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/104 votes

  The Election

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/18/1989

  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.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/104 votes

  The Zack Tapes

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/2/1989

  When Zack tries to win Kelly's heart through the use of subliminal messages, the plan ends up severely backfiring on him.

  Director: Don Barnhart, Gary Shimokawa

  Writer: Michael Poryes

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  7.2/104 votes

  King of the Hill

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/1989

  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.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/104 votes

  Save That Tiger

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/16/1989

  When Bayside's rival school, Valley, revives the schools' ongoing prank war, the gang tries to get even.

  Director: Don Barnhart

  Writer: Unknown