Okay, readers this is it. The final review of the series of Saved by the Bell. Now this is for the final 8 episodes of season 5 which is really season 4 but I'm just glad to have finally finish watching this series so I can move on to other projects. When I am done with this I will post a separate blog on the series as a whole and include updates as well. Now on with the review:
Episode 17: The Senior Prom (F):
In this episode, a lot happens. 1. Zack has to be manipulative to get Kelly as his prom date and then explain to her why he did it. 2. Screech promises Lisa he won't asked her to the prom. He instead pursues another girl (seriously I thought it was several girls he was pursuing but it was really just one). She tells off that girl and then asks him to the prom. I think she finally saw how everything she did to Screech affected him. This is also evident in what she does in a later episode and I will discuss it then. 3. Jessie and Slater ends up in the Boiler Room for most of the prom but are later rescued by Zack and Kelly.
Episode 18: The Video Yearbook (F):
Now this and the next episode are terribly misplaced in the series run. In this specific episode there is mentions of the out-going senior class plus if you look at Lisa in these two episodes and the others (even the Tori episodes) it is clear she is not a senior classman. Also Zack is still dating Kelly and Slater is still dating Jessie so this episode if anything is from their sophomore year. Cause it happens before Zack and Kelly breaks up at the start of the 3rd season. Okay, now for the plot. Zack needs a car, and the school needs a good idea for the school yearbook (which despite the plot of the episode they still have regular yearbooks in the graduation episode), Zack suggests to do a video yearbook and everyone says yes and then he gets the idea of making dating video which was going well until the gain finds out and they teach him a lesson.
Episode 19: Snow White and the Seven Dorks (F):
The students at Bayside put on a rap version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but it leads to chaos when Jessie is cast of Snow White and Zack as Prince Charming because of a kissing scene and they are each dating someone else. Well they come up with a plan to fix everything by the episode's end.
Episode 20: Earthquake (T) (F):
This is a Tori episode that I really like because it allows Zack to do something good for someone. He delivers Mr. Belding's son (whom he names Little Zack) after an earthquake hits Bayside. I'll talk about when the climax of that principal/student relationship between these two characters occur a little later.
Episode 21: The Best Summer of My Life ( Clip show) (F):
Zack, Screech, Lisa and Slater look back on the summer they had while skipping school, I should note that this takes place at the start of their junior year of high school not their senior year because they already have a "first day of Senior Year" episode. Jessie and Kelly are not in this episode except for credits and flashbacks but this is not a Tory episode as I don't consider it part of their senior year and she is not in the credits. Oh and this is the second of three clip shows.
Episode 22: School Song (T) (F):
This is a Tory episode but I like it anyway because it brings up all the trouble Zack has cause over the last four years and that it would take 4 years to talk about it all. But it showcases them trying to write Bayside a new school song that reflects the time and views of the students. Zack writes one too but his song doesn't win because he tries to cheat to do so. Screech's song won but only after changes were made.
Episode 23: Graduation (F):
Remember above where I said that Lisa does something else that may reflect how she saw the wrong she has treated Screech over the last four year. Well it occurs in this episode when she actually kisses him willingly because she saw him as a descent guy. Also, they graduate high school, including believe it or not Zack who does so because of his friends standing up for him despite the fact he made them look ridiculous. Also Mr. Belding tells Zack that he knows he has something special in him and hopes he is around to see him let it all out. This leads to what I mention earlier as the climax of their relationship. They hug. Don't worry they do the sane in the Wedding in Las Vegas Movie, tool
Episode 24: Time Capsule (F):
This my friends in the series finale. Yes, Mr. Belding and later Screech go on to do the New Class but as far as this class is concern it is the last episode together and it is a clip show. Mr. Belding, 10 years down the line (2003) shows a new group of students a time capsule left by the class of 1993. It of course is a video of their time at Bayside. It also includes the daydreams the students had so it is kind of weird look back in that regard but whatever. It is a good reflection on the characters and how they changed over the course of 4 years with a lot of shots taken at Mr. Belding.
Final thoughts on these episodes:
They were good and I love them.
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