The WORST episodes of Saved by the Bell

Every episode of Saved by the Bell ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Saved by the Bell!

Teenager Zack Morris and five of his friends spend their days at Bayside High School in Palisades, California devising schemes to fool the gullible principal, Mr. Belding, and their nights at The Max.

Last Updated: 5/12/2025Network: NBCStatus: Ended
The Babysitters
star
7.16
32 votes

#1 - The Babysitters

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/1/1990

Kelly leaves her infant brother in care of the gang while she gets her picture taken. While they are babysitting the little tyke, Kelly injures her arm.

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Love Machine
star
7.16
56 votes

#2 - Love Machine

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/17/1992

Slater's ex-girlfriend comes to Bayside and Screech's love machine shows that her and Slater still have feelings for each other, much to the annoyance of Jessie.

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All in the Mall
star
7.32
34 votes

#3 - All in the Mall

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/9/1991

Zach finds $5000 in the mall, and plans to use the money to buy and then scalp tickets for a U2 concert.

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Running Zack
star
7.32
34 votes

#4 - Running Zack

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/24/1990

Zack fails a test. If he does it again, he's off the track team. His teacher arranges a tutor for Zack who is a Native American. Zack soon learns about his own heritage but doesn't feel like going to the rally when tragedy strikes.

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Boss Lady
star
7.33
36 votes

#5 - Boss Lady

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/19/1991

Stacey is left in charge when her father is away. Everyone is pitching in to help her, but gold fever hits the beach, someone accidentally booked two parties at the same time, and the chefs decide to quit.

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Hold Me Tight
star
7.34
32 votes

#6 - Hold Me Tight

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/23/1991

A new girl comes to try outs for wrestling but gets rejected because she's a girl. Since Zack has a crush on her, he is willing to help her get on the team no matter what it takes.

Writer: Jim Parker
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The Time Capsule
star
7.34
32 votes

#7 - The Time Capsule

Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/5/1992

It's 2003, and Mr. Belding and the new class finds a video time capsule from the class of 1993, which is Zack and the gang. The video shows the funny and the touching moments that the gang shared with each other.

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The Last Weekend
star
7.36
39 votes

#8 - The Last Weekend

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/26/1991

It's the last day at the beach resort. Zack and Stacy are hoping to have one last time together, but Karosi doesn't approve of their romance. Meanwhile a secret admirer is sending Slater some love letters.

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Class Rings
star
7.39
31 votes

#9 - Class Rings

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/17/1992

Zack decides to get all the seniors including Lisa, Slater and Screech, school rings. He gets them from a salesman but he learns he's been had when the rings turn out to be phony.

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Rockumentary
star
7.39
36 votes

#10 - Rockumentary

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/30/1991

Casey Kasem as himself hosts a biography of Zack's rock group called The Zack Attack.

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Isn't it Romantic?
star
7.41
27 votes

#11 - Isn't it Romantic?

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/24/1992

On Valentine's Day the gang flashes back to the romantic adventures they've had in the past.

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The Gift
star
7.42
134 votes

#12 - The Gift

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/1989

Screech is struck by lightning in a freak accident. As a result, Screech can see into the future. Zack and Slater begin to bet on things in the future; Zack uses Screech's ability to see into the future to give him the edge in the bets. Screech tries to predict the questions to a school test but proves unsuccessful in this endeavor.

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Pipe Dreams
star
7.42
38 votes

#13 - Pipe Dreams

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/26/1991

While putting up the new field goal post, oil is discovered. Soon the entire school is interested in the oil drilling, but Jessie doesn't like the idea.

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King of the Hill
star
7.42
45 votes

#14 - King of the Hill

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/1989

Zack Morris has always wanted to go out with Kelly Kapowski, the prettiest cheerleader in Bayside High. He tries to get near her, but transfer student A.C. Slater makes a play for her. Zack and Slater have their first little tiff about Kelly.

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The Game
star
7.45
44 votes

#15 - The Game

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1991

Zack bets Carosi that if he wins a volley ball game, Zack can buy Carosi's car. But Zack's team seems to be short handed when the star player is injured.

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Screech's Birthday
star
7.46
28 votes

#16 - Screech's Birthday

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/14/1992

When his friends forget his birthday, they try to throw him a late surprise party. Screech, upset that his friends didn't remember, takes advantage of his new hall monitor position and makes it difficult for them to plan it.

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The New Girl
star
7.47
34 votes

#17 - The New Girl

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1992

Transfer student Tori is introduced in this episode, but Zack and Tori don't hit it off, and they are paired up for an ad project. Lisa alienates the Dance Committee before the Fall Ball.

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4th of July
star
7.48
42 votes

#18 - 4th of July

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/1991

It's the annual Fourth of July beauty pageant and Zack is one of the judges. Carosi wants Zack to choose Stacey no matter what it takes.

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The Friendship Business
star
7.48
52 votes

#19 - The Friendship Business

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/4/1989

For a class project, the gang comes up with an invention that might go into business called friendship. However when Zach's selfish attitude gets in the way, the gang starts competing against him.

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The Will
star
7.48
27 votes

#20 - The Will

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/24/1992

A favorite graduate dies and leaves $10,000 in his will. This creates a battle of the sexes to see who gets the money.

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Slater's Sister
star
7.48
31 votes

#21 - Slater's Sister

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/31/1992

Slater is rejoined by his long lost sister who he hasn't seen in years and Zack finds himself falling for her. Slater doesn't approve of their romance and is determine to stop it.

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Screech's Woman
star
7.48
62 votes

#22 - Screech's Woman

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/16/1989

Zach tries desperately to find Screech a woman so that he will concentrate on their science project but keeps on failing. Zack then comes up with the brilliant idea of posing as a woman over the phone to Screech. Brilliant that is, until Screech wants to meet his mystery woman and things get a little bit out of hand.

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The Lisa Card
star
7.49
147 votes

#23 - The Lisa Card

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/28/1989

Because of her good grades, Lisa's dad gives her a credit card; but she goes overboard and her payment is due so she must find a way to earn some money.

Writer: Tom Tenowich
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The Fight
star
7.50
44 votes

#24 - The Fight

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1992

Zach and Slater might turn back into rivals when they each fall for a new girl

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The Video Yearbook
star
7.50
30 votes

#25 - The Video Yearbook

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/7/1992

The gang decide to make a video version of the annual yearbook, but Zack has other ideas and decides to use it to sell a dating video made from the video clips. However, he regrets his decision after Screech mistakenly puts Kelly on the video and she starts getting calls from other guys.

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