Saved by the Bell: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Saved by the Bell Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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The Prom
Sep 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
Zack's War
Sep 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.
Save the Max
Sep 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.
Driver's Education
Sep 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.
House Party
Oct 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
Blind Dates
Oct 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.
Rent-a-Pop
Oct 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.
Miss Bayside
Oct 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.
Jessie's Song
Nov 3, 1990
Jessie turns to caffeine pills to keep up with her studies and her new singing group, Hot Sundae.
Model Students
Nov 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 mak
1-900-CRUSHED
Nov 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 run
Close Encounters Of The Nerd Kind
Nov 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 suspici
Running Zack
Nov 24, 1990
If Zack wants to run the track meet, he better prepare his ancestry report where he gets help from an Indian.
The Babysitters
Dec 1, 1990
Following a mix up, Kelly has to bring her baby brother Billy to school, and the gang must look after him.
The Fabulous Belding Boys
Dec 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 t
From Nurse to Worse
Dec 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.
Breaking Up is Hard to Undo
Dec 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 b
Glee Club
Dec 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