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The Best Episodes of Saved by the Bell Season 2

Every episode of Saved by the Bell Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saved by the Bell Season 2!

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 while frequently frustrating their principal, Mr. Richard Belding, who does his best to keep them in check.

Genres:FamilyComedy
Network:NBC

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Saved by the Bell" season 2 is "The Prom", rated 7.7/10 from 384 user votes. It was directed by Don Barnhart and written by N/A. "The Prom" aired on 9/8/1990 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Zack's War".

  • The Prom
    7.7/10 384 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Zack's War
    7.1/10 367 votes

    #2 - Zack's War

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1990

    In order to avoid detention, Zack agrees to take part in a pilot program organized by the California Cadet Corps, but Army life proves to be much more difficult than he imagined.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Save the Max
    7.1/10 384 votes

    #3 - Save the Max

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1990

    The gang unearths Bayside's old school radio station and begins broadcasting again, before learning that The Max is to be closed if Max does not manage to pay $10,000 in back rent.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: Michael Poryes

  • Driver's Education
    7.2/10 380 votes

    #4 - Driver's Education

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1990

    After becoming jealous of Slater's success in Driver's Ed class, Zack plots to get him into trouble, but his plan soon backfires.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: Bob Colleary

  • House Party
    7.4/10 389 votes

    #5 - House Party

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1990

    Zack stays over at Screech's place for the weekend where the two of them along with Slater throw a party which is interrupted by the girls before breaking off a valuable item from Mrs. Powers.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: Brett Dewey, Ronald B. Solomon

  • Blind Dates
    7.2/10 374 votes

    #6 - Blind Dates

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1990

    Zack agrees to go on a date with Mr. Belding's niece Penny, but when Kelly invites him to her birthday party, he sends Screech instead.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Rent-a-Pop
    7.4/10 374 votes

    #7 - Rent-a-Pop

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1990

    When Mr. Belding tells Zack that he would like to see his father to discuss his bad grades, Zack hires an actor to play his father. However, things soon become complicated.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: Bob Colleary

  • Miss Bayside
    7.2/10 369 votes

    #8 - Miss Bayside

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/1990

    Bayside holds it's annual beauty contest. Jessie thinks it's sexist, even when Screech enters, but Belding says that it's only for girls.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Jessie's Song
    8.2/10 474 votes

    #9 - 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

  • Model Students
    7.0/10 354 votes

    #10 - Model Students

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1990

    After a heated debate about the school calenders, a photographer decides to use Jessie, Lisa and Kelly in a photo shoot where Kelly is chosen as the winner of a contest that'll make her famous in France.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: Bob Colleary, Michael Poryes

  • 1-900-CRUSHED
    7.3/10 368 votes

    #11 - 1-900-CRUSHED

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1990

    In an attempt to make money, Zack sets up a 900 number hotline, with Lisa offering advice to the students of Bayside. However, things go awry when Zack decides to keep the line running by dishing out bad advice.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • Close Encounters Of The Nerd Kind
    6.8/10 362 votes

    #12 - Close Encounters Of The Nerd Kind

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/23/1990

    After Zack breaks the school's video camera, he and the gang pretend Screech is an alien in order to win a photo competition. However, their picture soon arouses government suspicion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Running Zack
    7.3/10 388 votes

    #13 - Running Zack

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/24/1990

    If Zack wants to run the track meet, he better prepare his ancestry report where he gets help from an Indian.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Babysitters
    6.6/10 353 votes

    #14 - The Babysitters

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/1/1990

    Following a mix up, Kelly has to bring her baby brother Billy to school, and the gang must look after him.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fabulous Belding Boys
    7.8/10 371 votes

    #15 - 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

  • From Nurse to Worse
    7.5/10 386 votes

    #16 - 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

  • Breaking Up is Hard to Undo
    7.3/10 355 votes

    #17 - Breaking Up is Hard to Undo

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 12/16/1990

    A.C. Slater and Jessie are finally a couple, but messes it up by disagreeing about how they will celebrate their coupledom, football versus ballet. Zach makes all the wrong moves by getting jealous of Kelly going out with an ex-boyfriend. After a fight breaks out at school, Mr. Belding tries to set the example of how couples should communicate, and after failing miserably, sides with the boys. Neither the guys or the girls want to be the first to apologize, but are miserable without their counterparts. Can Slater and Zach make up for their shortcomings to their girls before it's too late?

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: Jeffrey J. Sachs

  • Glee Club
    7.3/10 359 votes

    #18 - Glee Club

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 12/23/1990

    After finding out that Bayside's glee club will travel to Hawaii if they reach the finals of a nationwide competition, Zack signs up, and convinces the rest of the gang to join him.

    Director: Don Barnhart

    Writer: Bennett Tramer