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.
During Career Week at school, Slater worries that continuing to focus on wrestling will not lead to a successful job. As a result, he quits the sport, worrying Zack, who has bet on Slater winning his next match.
Zack enlists Screech to tutor Kelly, when he finds out that she needs to pass an upcoming science test in order to go to a concert with him. When Screech and Kelly begin spending more time together than he'd expected, it makes him uncomfortable.
As part of an assignment for Business class, the gang forms a friendship bracelet company, but infighting soon leads to trouble and defection.
As part of a class project, Zack and Kelly, Slater and Jessie, and Screech and Lisa are paired up in mock marriages.
When Zack finds out that the elected student council president gets to leave school for a trip to Washington D.C., he runs against Jessie.
When Zack tries to win Kelly's heart through the use of subliminal messages, the plan ends up severely backfiring on him.
