Saved by the Bell: The College Years is a sequel to the Saved by the Bell series. The series ran from September 14, 1993 — February 8, 1994, comprising of one season of sixteen episodes. It was the third incarnation of the Saved by the Bell franchise.
Summary[]
In Saved by the Bell: The College Years, the cast dealt with college life at the fictional California University, generally understood to be University of California, Berkeley. The show's premise was very similar to the original Saved by the Bell series, with the six characters getting into different situations each week while remaining under the watchful eye of their resident director and later the Dean of Students.
During the latter part of the series, Dean Susan McMann (Holland Taylor) joined the series as its authority figure and instantly developed a dislike for Zack, knowing about his scheming ways.
Cast and Characters[]
Main Cast[]
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Additional cast[]
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Episodes[]
| # | Image | Title | Airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  |
Pilot | May 22, 1993 | |
| Zack, Screech, and Slater move into their suite and meet Danielle, Alex, and Leslie. In between meeting their suitemates, the guys learn that not everything is as easy in high school. | ||||
| 02 |  |
Guess Who's Coming to College? | September 14, 1993 | |
| Zack's pursuit of his suitemate Leslie is complicated by the arrival of a new transfer student—his old high school girlfriend, Kelly who moves into their suite. | ||||
| 03 | |
Zack Lies and Videotape | September 14, 1993 | |
| Zack gets an anthropology assignment to die for by the new anthropology professor Lasky: conduct a field study of women's wants. Meanwhile, Slater tries to gain weight to be a heavyweight wrestler, while Rogers offers to help Screech as his personal weightlifting trainer. | ||||
| 04 | |
Rush Week | September 21, 1993 | |
| Zack and Slater worry that Screech might ruin their efforts to join a fraternity. | ||||
| 05 | |
Slater's War | September 28, 1993 | |
| Slater's involvement with an student activist leads him to embrace his Hispanic heritage. | ||||
| 06 | |
The Homecoming | October 5, 1993 | |
| Zack is invited to a homecoming banquet by the guest of honor, a football hero who could help him score in some business, while Kelly is threatened with come-ons by the alumni. Meanwhile, Slater feels embarrassed being with Alex who shows off her mascot uniform at the banquet and Leslie asks Screech to go with her to shock her visiting snobbish parents. | ||||
| 07 | |
The Poker Game | October 12, 1993 | |
| Zack, Slater, and Screech try to set Rogers up on a date with a lit female professor to get him out of the dorm so they can have a poker game. Meanwhile, Kelly, Leslie, and Alex develop a crush on their new karate instructor, John Hammer, and vie with each other to try to win his affections. | ||||
| 08 |  |
Prof. Zack | October 19, 1993 | |
| While the girls put together a male pinup calender in order to buy a big screen TV, Zack poses as Lasky in order to date an admirer of the professor's. | ||||
| 09 |  |
Screech Love | October 26, 1993 | |
| Zach gets Screech to tutor a tennis star he is dating, only to find an attraction developing between the two of them. | ||||
| 10 | |
Dr. Kelly | November 2, 1993 | |
| Kelly's well-paying job as a waitress has her reconsidering her thoughts of becoming a doctor. | ||||
| 11 | |
A Thanksgiving Story | November 23, 1993 | |
| After car trouble strands them at the college, the gang helps Mike, Leslie, and Screech prepare Thanksgiving dinner for a group of inner-city kids. | ||||
| 12 | |
Teacher's Pet | December 7, 1993 | |
| While Screech hides a lab monkey destined for the zoo, Zach discovers Kelly's crush on Professor Lasky. | ||||
| 13 | |
Kelly and the Professor | December 14, 1993 | |
| A jealous Zack strikes back at Kelly and Professor Lasky with a vengeance by spreading the word about their May–December affair, which climaxes at a costume ball. Meanwhile, Rogers gives the rest of the gang papers to fill out on a perfect mate profile for a psychology project, and Screech ends up getting the same mark as Alex. | ||||
| 14 | |
A Question of Ethics | December 21, 1993 | |
| After a new professor takes over their ethics class, the gang face a dilemma when Zach gets his hands on a copy of the midterm. | ||||
| 15 | |
The Rave | January 4, 1994 | |
| With Mike gone and in need of money for a trip to Cancun, Zack and the gang stage a rave in the dorm. | ||||
| 16 | |
Bedside Manner | January 11, 1994 | |
| With Kelly still pining over Professor Lasky, Zach tries to find ways of getting her attention. | ||||
| 17 | |
Love and Death | January 22, 1994 | |
| The death of a popular professor leads Zach to adopt a new attitude towards life—one filled with risks. | ||||
| 18 | |
Marry Me | February 8, 1994 | |
| When Zack finds that Kelly is planning to go on a three-month cruise abroad for the summer, he desperately tries to cling on to her. He tries to make Screech drop out of traveling on the trip so he can take his place. But Zach eventually and makes a big choice to hold onto Kelly: he asks her to marry him. Meanwhile, Slater feels guilty when he sees another girl behind Alex's back since she shares the same interest as he, while Leslie finds out and tries to make him come clean with Alex about his dissatisfaction with their romance. | ||||
| 19 | |
Wedding Plans | February 8, 1994 | |
| Lisa Turtle arrives and wants to be the Maid of Honor at Kelly and Zack's coming wedding, as do Leslie and Alex. Meanwhile, Zack and Kelly discus their future as they confront the possibilities of marriage, while Slater is against Zack's marriage plans, while Screech wants to be Zack's best man and throws a bachelor party which goes wrong. | ||||
Merchandise[]
The series was released on August 17, 2004 in a three-disc format, with the hour-long series finale presented in the original two-part episode.