Saved by the Bell (2020) s01e08 Episode Script

- You know--you know,
a lot of people said
we'd never beat Valley,
but we proved them
wrong tonight!
[cheers and applause]
For the past 15 years,
I thought
I needed to save this team,
but, well, the truth is,
the one
who really needed saving,
you know who he was?
He--
- What's up?
We're back.
[cheers and applause]
- Me. It was me.
- I didn't know you guys
were coming.
- Oh, it's homecoming weekend.
- Hi.
- Hey.
- Yeah.
- Wish we could have
seen the game,
but on the way here
we had sex in the limo.
- We got a flat tire.
- Mm.
- Come on, come on,
let's sit down, you guys.
Let's sit down.
- Oh, look at this.
- Wow.
- It's so great to be back.
- Oh, I have so many fond
memories of this place.
I mean, this is where
I was crowned homecoming queen.
- And where Casey Kasem
kept hosting those
nationally televised
dance contests for some reason.
- Guys, we can talk about
old times all day,
but I wanna hear what's new.
Come on, Governor Preppie.
Tell us what it's like
running California.
- Well,
I met with a seismologist
who said our next earthquake
will be
an extinction-level event.
Everyone who survives
will wish they had died.
- Hey, remember when we dressed
Screech up as an alien?
- Oh, totally.
- That was the best.
[school bell rings]
- When I wake up
in the mornin'
An alarm gives out
a warnin'
I don't think
I'll ever make it on time
By the time I
grab my books
And I give myself a look
I'm at the corner
just in time
To see the bus fly by
It's all right,
'cause I'm saved by the
It's all right
'Cause I'm saved by the
It's all right
'Cause I'm saved
by the bell
- As you know, every year
we throw a big homecoming
fundraiser in the gym.
But tonight's event will be
an even bigger deal than usual.
I have just received word
that in attendance
will be the First Lady
and the governor of California.
Again, the governor--
- Mac's dad? Big deal.
- My dad's also coming.
- I don't care about
your dad, Spencer.
I only care about
Zack and Kelly, okay?
Let's move on
to the volunteer assignments.
I'm gonna need a couple
of folks to work valet.
That looks like Braden
and Aisha and Jamie.
- All right.
Can we get vests?
Ooh, what if my arms get cold?
Can our vests have arms?
- Also, we're gonna need
volunteers
to man the mashed potato bar.
Nadia, Devante, and we're also
gonna need volunteers
for fundraising to help Lexi.
- Thank you, Ron.
- A speech is not necessary.
- We will be collecting
donations for
the Bayside Enrichment Fund.
The PTA uses this money to make
Bayside better for all of us
by purchasing things like new
computers and breast reductions
for the lunch ladies.
I will require a fleet
of dedicated minions
who are immune to verbal abuse.
Sowho's in?
Any volunteers?
Anyone?
I just need one person.
So no one's gonna
raise their hand?
- Lexi. Hey, Lexi.
Why don't you want my help?
- Oh, it's nothing personal.
I just think you'll be bad
at fundraising because
of who you are as a person.
- Um, I'll have you know
I sold the most candy bars
for my YMCA summer camp,
and the box they gave me
was, like all plains,
no crunchies.
- Listen, Bayside fundraising
is a different animal.
Sucking up to rich people,
hiding how you really feel
about them--
that's not exactly your thing.
- Hey, there, how's
my fundraising star doing?
- Great,
Mrs. Huntington-Snell.
We're gonna beat last
year's record--I just know it.
- Mm.
[chuckles]
- [speaking Spanish]
- Daisy.
- What?
She doesn't know what I said.
- Yes, I do.
I studied abroad
in "Barthelona."
[Lexi giggles]
- Look, we both know
Jade sucks,
but we need her and the other
alumni's money for the school.
- That just doesn't seem right.
Like my abuela always says,
if you lie in bed with snakes,
don't be surprised
when you get bit.
- Well, take it from someone
who was bitten by a snake
while making
a Britney Spears TikTok.
This is how it works.
You need to kiss ass
to get rich people's money,
and I knew you couldn't do it,
'cause you have "morels"
or whatever.
- Morals?
- Is that how you say it? Ew.
- No,
if the school needs money,
I'll help you get it,
whatever it takes.
- Okay, fine.
Welcome aboard.
Don't wear that.
- So last night was fun.
- Yeah, just like old times,
except, like, not fun.
- And really not like
old times.
Why was it so weird?
- Huh.
- Were we being too sexy?
- Oh, we're always too sexy.
And did you feel like Slater
kept taking
little jabs at me,
like calling me
Governor Preppie and bragging
about not having a dad bod.
I mean,
I have a single man bod, right?
- Honey, you were voted
second-hottest governor
in America after
Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer.
And also, did you notice
that Jessie kept going on
and on about her books
and didn't ask me one question
about my business?
I bet she thinks it's stupid.
- Uh, how can it be stupid?
It came to you in a dream,
and your psychic said
it was rad.
- You know, enough negativity.
We got all of the awkwardness
out of the way.
I bet tonight
is gonna be great.
- Man, it is so hot when
you're cheerful and optimistic.
I'm so glad
you're the only woman
I've ever been with
in my entire life.
- Oh.
- Okay, I've got it,
the perfect homecoming prank.
No, I would have to move
the whole school 5 feet
to the left,
and I don't have time for that!
Why can't you think of a prank,
Little Mac, you hot loser?
Argh.
- Hey, pal, you ready to go?
both: Whoa, you look amazing,
and your hair is fire.
- It's awesome you're here
for homecoming, Dad.
- Oh, I know.
I miss you so much.
Sacramento sucks.
I wish the capital
could be somewhere cool
like Malibu or the Grove.
- I miss you too. It's hard
[phone chiming]
- Ugh, give me two seconds.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
Well, how are the mudslides
still out of control?
Can't we just dry them up
or something?
I don't know, with
like a million hair dryers.
I'm not a scientist, Roy.
Okay. Keep me posted.
Roy.
- Roy.
- Right?
- Right.
- Ugh.
You know, when I was your age,
my biggest problem
was choosing which prank
to pull for homecoming.
- Yeah, I feel that.
- So you got something good
planned for tonight?
- I was actually thinking,
what if I didn't
do a prank this year?
You know, 'cause everyone's
expecting me to do something,
and then if I don't
do anything,
that's the greatest prank
of all.
- Yeah, right.
That's what you said
before my inauguration,
and I ended up getting
sworn in with my hand
on a stack of "Playboys."
[laughter]
- Yeah.
- [laughs]
[upbeat jazzy music]
- So on Saturdays I do arms.
Now, people say to take
Sunday off as a recovery day,
but then again, most people
don't look like this.
What about you,
Governor Preppie?
You, uh, getting to the gym
much these days or what?
- Not really, you know,
'cause my schedule's
just so packed.
I mean, it's just too bad
the governor
doesn't get summers off.
- So you must be
pretty busy too, Kelly.
What's going on
with your new company?
- Well,
it's more of a wellness brand.
Our mission is to encourage
positivity through
manifestation
and actualized optimism.
- Oh, that's so cool.
So what is the company?
- Well,
it's more of a wellness brand.
It's called Dr. Happy, and--
- Wait.
Who's the doctor?
- Me. I'm a doctor of optimism.
- But you can't
call yourself doctor.
I mean, I'm a doctor,
but I got my PhD
in educational psychology.
- Actually, "doctor" is just
a label, like "all-natural."
Oh, did I mention
that we're actually selling
an all-natural
rejuvenation supplement?
Yeah, it's doctor
recommendedby me.
- Except "doctor"
is not just a "label."
It's a title that you earn
through years
and years of hard work.
- Now, this is what
I like to see,
the old gang
back together again.
Don't forget,
the alumni photo's at 10:00.
It's at 10:00,
so don't forget.
- We'll be there, Ron.
Don't worry.
Have you guys met before?
- Of course. Governor Morris,
so good to see you again.
Ron Toddman.
It's been a while.
You look great.
- Well, thank you, Mr. Toadman.
Uh, if you'll excuse me,
uh, I have to take a call.
- Ah.
Hi.
- I know that sounded
like a lame excuse, but
I also have to take a call.
- Wow,
what an amazing life story.
So you went from Bayside
to college to law school
to your uncle's firm?
- Mm-hmm.
- I have chills.
[record scratch]
- Time-out.
So I looked this dude up.
Apparently, he represents
ExxonMobil and tried
to sue the ocean
for diluting their oil.
But it's cool.
I can be nice.
- Like, they could make a movie
about your life, right, Daisy?
Who do you think could play
Mr. Winston in a movie, Daisy?
- I don't know, like,
white Shrek?
- Excuse us.
What the hell?
We're never gonna reach
our fundraising goal
if you keep serving
savage burns like that.
- I'm sorry, but I don't think
we should have to kiss up
to some evil creep
just 'cause he donated$30?
Are you kidding me?
You're a millionaire,
and you write a check for $30?
- I was always planning
on giving more.
It's not because
I overheard anything.
This is not a tear.
I just spilled
a drop of clear juice.
- Um, do you understand
what just happened?
- No, but I rarely understand
rich people behavior.
- I thought the only way to get
people to open their wallets
was to make them
feel good about themselves.
I never considered
making them feel like trash.
Do it again.
Excuse me, sir,
would you like to contribute
to the Bayside Enrichment Fund?
- We already gave.
- And how much did you spend
on your Christmas lights
this year?
- We'd love to give again.
- Did you hear that dig about
teachers having summers off?
- [scoffs]
He's got a lot of nerve.
I'm working every day
of the summer,
Monday abs,
Tuesday arms, Wednesda--
- I mean, I love Kelly,
but that business?
I don't think even
she knows what that is.
- Screech is so lucky
he and Kevin
get to live on
the International Space Station
so he doesn't have to deal
with all this.
- I hate to say it, but Zack
and Kelly have changed.
They're so self-absorbed now.
- Well,
I guess that's what happens
when you move to Sacramento.
You go Hollywood.
- It makes me sad.
I just want it
to be like old times.
- Well, unfortunately,
it can't,
not unless you have
a time machine.
- Slater, that's it.
You're a genius.
- I'm really not.
I've been taking
this Ukrainian protein powder
that I just found out
ensmallens your brain.
- Our class time capsule,
let's dig it up,
and then the four of us
can go through it together,
and maybe it'll give us
a chance to remember
why we were friends
in the first place.
- Are we sure we shouldn't just
swipe some beers
and hang out
in my office instead?
I just got the Lakers' version
of Monopoly.
I'll go get my shovel.
Oh, my God, look,
somebody's already here.
Come on, let's go.
I wanna get the time capsule,
but it's not worth our lives.
- Oh, it's just Zack and Kelly.
Stop hiding behind me.
- Oh, hey.
- What are you guys doing here?
- I think the same thing
you are.
all:
Trying to go back to the time
when we were all best friends!
- Hey.
Huh.
- Look at this pager.
Oh, that mixtape's bomb.
- Zack, you saved my life
that night.
I will be celebrating 30 years
caffeine-free this April.
I would love for you
all to be there.
- Oh, we wouldn't miss it.
- Oh, my gosh, you guys,
remember?
- No.
- You guys put on "Swan Lake,"
'cause that was the only way
I could graduate.
Wait, why was it the only way
I could graduate?
- And you remember this?
You guys helped my grandfather
save his Hawaiian hotel.
- Yes.
- Oh.
You guys, let's go
to Hawaii this year together.
- Oh.
- Love that.
- Awesome.
- Oh, I didn't even see this,
you guys.
Oh, little note,
"For Slater, love,
your best friend, Preppie."
You were always doing stuff
like this, man,
surprising me with little gifts
you knew I'd adore.
- Was I? 'Cause that
doesn't really seem
like something I would do.
Oh-ho-ho-ho, okay.
Oh, that seems like
something I would do.
- Yeah.
[upbeat jazzy music]
- Whew.
- Hey, Van,
you're a straight shooter.
Can I ask you a question?
- Not my nickname, and I'm kind
of in the middle of something.
- Oh, it'll be quick,
but two moments of your time.
Do you think the reason
I have pranker's block
is because of some deep,
underlying emotional issue,
or is the muse just being coy?
- Oh, the muse one.
- But here's the weird thing.
I pulled
an awesome prank yesterday.
I have a delicious one planned
for tomorrow,
and yet tonight
my dad is here--unrelated--
and I can't think of one.
Why?
- So I don't have time to go
on a "Field of Dreams"
white boy journey
with you right now,
so I'm just gonna say it, cool?
It's your dad.
Yeah, man,
like basically everyone else,
you have some weird issues
with your pops.
Now excuse me.
- Oh, wow, Mason.
Have you been working out?
- I have not.
- Damn it.
- Why would you say that
about my dad?
- Oh, damn it.
- How can he be the problem?
He's never around.
You're wrong, Te.
- Another nickname
no one has ever called me.
- I gotta go, but only because
my pranker's block is cured,
not because
anything you said was true.
- What the hell, man?
You poisoned me.
Oh, my God, this tastes
just like the protein powder.
My brain can't get
any more ensmallened.
I can't believe you did this.
- Oh, well, I didn't do it.
18-year-old me did it.
- You know what?
You were selfish then,
and you're even selfisher now.
- Slater,
that's not really a word.
- Don't correct his grammar.
What are you,
a word doctor now too?
- A word doctor?
You mean philologist?
- Oh, shut up.
You guys have become
so self-involved.
- Weare self-involved?
Oh, please, all you do is brag
about your book,
and all he does is brag
about his body.
- No, no, no, no, no, don't
try to turn this around on us.
You ruined my tux,
and by the way,
this is John Cena
for David's Bridal.
- Yeah, we're not selfish.
You're selfish.
- No, you're selfish.
- And you are the selfishest.
- You are selfish.
Oh, you are selfish.
- Shut up. Shut up.
Shut up!
You're all selfish!
None of you--
not one of you remembers me,
even though
I went to school with you.
- What? No, you didn't.
- Yes, I did.
Slater, I've worked with you
for 15 years.
Not once did you look me
in the eye and just remember
your old high school bud,
Ron-Ron Toddman.
And then you started
working here, and I thought,
"Well, this is it.
Jessie's a good person.
She'll remember me, surely,"
but no!
And then tonight,
like an idiot,
I got my hopes up
one last time.
I thought, "If the gang's
all together, well, then
there's certainly something
that will spark their memory."
We would take
the alumni photo together,
and then we would all laugh
about what a funny
misunderstanding this was.
But of course
that didn't happen,
because the only thing you four
care about is yourselves!
- Wait. Were you Belding?
- No, I was a cool teen,
just like you.
- Wait a minute.
Is the gossip really true?
You and Slater are--
dare I say the word--a couple?
- Well, yeah, kinda-sorta.
- This is so exciting.
- Hey, guy.
- Got some good stuff here.
- Oh, hey, thanks, man.
- Nobody told me
this was a drugs party.
- Here, Kel, take a hit.
- Kelly, don't do it.
It's not who we are.
Kelly!
[upbeat electronic music]
You guys look great!
- Zack and Kelly,
two people destined
for each other.
- Mmm-mmm
- They deserve every happiness
in the world.
- Shh!
- Shh!
- Those are two of the finest
people I have ever known.
- Oh, no, Ron-Ron
- Oh, boy.
- Were you at our wedding?
- Uh, yeah, I sure was.
Oh, and thanks for doing
a prank on Slater in my office.
I paid my own money
to get those windows cleaned.
- Mm.
- How could I have worked
with Toddman for so long
and not remembered him?
And this is less important,
but someone please tell me
we don't look the same age.
- Maybe he's lying.
I mean, are we sure
this isn't some kind of trick?
- I know who we can ask.
Come here.
- Hi, guys!
- Lisa!
- Hey, Lisa.
- Hi.
- I hope we didn't wake you.
I know you're on Paris time.
- Oh, that's not a problem.
I do all my fittings
in the morning,
because the models are quiet
and hungover.
What's up?
- Hey, listen,
do you remember a guy
from high school
named Ron Toddman?
- Ron-Ron Toddman?
Of course.
I love that guy.
How's he doing?
- Uh, yeah, not great.
Uh, he sort of hates us,
'cause we kind of forget
he existed.
- You all forgot him?
Jessie, he saved your life
when you ran your ATV
into the ocean.
- My God.
- Yes.
- Oh, God.
Maybe we are kind of selfish.
- Well, you guys are gonna have
to find a way
to make it up to him.
[door opens]
I've got to go.
My lovers are waking up.
Au revoir.
all: Au revoir.
- Oh.
- Oh, man, we--ooh,
we really suck.
- So, uh, you ever been
to a movie?
- What? Say it again?
- Nah, it's just, like,
you know, what kind of movies
you be at, though?
- I'm so sorry.
I still don't understand you.
- Nah, just, like--
- Guess what.
- Thank God.
- I rigged that giant pot
of gravy above the stage.
- Say what?
- When my dad takes his place
for the alumni photo,
I hit this little button,
and bam, gravy town, USA.
So by your logic, I obviously
don't have issues with my dad,
or else I wouldn't have been
able to pull off
this awesome prank. Right?
- Look, man,
I don't know you that well.
- Uh, that hurt.
I thought we were
really good friends.
- If you say you don't have
issues with your dad,
then maybe you don't,
but pranker's block or not,
if you want to spend
more time with him,
you--you have to ask him.
But I get it.
It's, like--it's scary,
and what if he says no?
- Yeah, it is scary
how consistently wrong
you've been about my problems.
- Okay.
I'm gonna go pour gravy
on my dad
and make everything better.
- Well, good luck.
- You actually don't say
good luck
in the prank community.
You say, "And a pie
in your face, my comrade."
- I'm not gonna say that.
- Well,
it'd be weird if you did.
You're not in the community.
- Kelly, I feel so bad.
- I know. I just remembered.
I think Toddman gave us
his grandmother's piano
as a wedding present.
- No, no, no, no,
about what I said to you.
You don't need a fancy degree
to help people.
Being a doctor has always
just been my thing,
and I think
I just felt threatened.
- Threatened by me?
Oh, Jessie,
you're the one who inspired me
to want a career
in the first place.
Whenever I have to
psyche myself up,
I read an excerpt
from your book,
"Too Tall to Fail."
- You do? Oh, Kelly.
Well, you're an inspiration
to me too.
You and Zack seem so happy.
I mean, you guys have really
figured it out. Rene and I--
- Is everything okay?
- Not really.
He admitted
in our last therapy session
that he was having
an emotional affair
with a character
from his novel.
I think she's pregnant now.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Yeah.
- And it must be especially
hard since you work here.
- Oh, no, I love working here.
I get to be close to Jamie
and help the kids.
- Oh, I just meant it must
be hard because Slater
is obviously
still in love with you.
- What? Wait, no.
You are--wait, no.
Say it again.
No, don't, don't.
- Do you think about him?
- Kelly, I'm married.
- Sodo you think
the boys made up?
- I don't know.
Those two have always
been competitive,
and it's harder for guys
to express their emotions.
- I just feel so bad
about Ron-Ron.
Oh, everyone should get
to have friends like I did.
- No, everyone should get
to have friends like you do.
- Friends forever?
- Friends for--oh, my God.
I think I know how
we can make it up to Ron.
- All right, look, we only have
this photographer
for ten more minutes,
so we just gotta get this done.
- Wait, wait,
there's four friends
you almost forgot about.
- That's right, Ron,
and we have a message for you,
a message about friendship
and the amount of time
that it lasts.
A-one, two, three!
all:
Friends forever
We'll be friends
both: We'll be friends
Talking about
all: Friends forever
- Hey! Stop it!
Stop singing!
What is this?
Look, I just wanted
to get one photograph
and to be acknowledged
as a human being.
Why are you doing this to me?
- We're just trying to say
we're sorry.
- So say sorry.
What's this song?
- You know, this is our
hit song from the famous
rock band we were in.
Oh, you know why
this means nothing to you
that I'm just realizing now?
Our band was only famous
in a dream that I had.
- Mm.
- Just get in the picture.
And now that you're wearing
these dumb costumes,
I can't even use this
in the brochure.
- Get ready, Dad.
- On the count of three,
one, two--
- Wait, wait, wait, hold on,
Ron.
Again, we are so sorry.
Why don't you come join us?
Come in this picture, pal.
- Yeah, yeah.
- You're part of this class.
Come on.
- Come on. Take my spot,
front and center. Come on.
- All right, fine.
- There we go.
- Oh, no, no
- One, two, three.
- Oh!
- Oh
[murmuring, giggling]
You
guys.
[laughs]
Was this whole night
you pranking me?
Oh, man,
you got me!
You--you really got me!
[laughter]
Wait, wait,
when did you realize who I was?
- We've known the entire time.
Friends forever.
- Man, it's great to be back
with the old gang.
- There he is.
Killer prank, Mac.
I'm gonna try that
on my lieutenant governor.
Dude hates me so much.
- Thanks, Dad.
- Yeah.
Oh, Mom's gonna
take you home, okay?
I gotta get to the "choppa."
You okay?
- Hell, yeah. I just pulled
the prank of a lifetime.
- Yeah, you did.
That's my boy.
[chuckling]
- Hey, Dad.
- Yeah, son.
- Do you think
when you get back,
we could do a prank together?
I heard of this crazy one
where we take a baseball,
and I throw it into your hands,
and you throw it into mine,
and we do it
until it gets dark,
and then Mom's like,
"Come in for dinner, boys,"
and then we eat together
you know, like as a prank.
- Yeah.
Yeah, I like that.
A pie in your face, my comrade.
- A pie in your face,
my comrade.
- Hey, Nadia.
- Hey.
- Um, d--
- "The Secret Life of Pets 2."
- What?
- Is a movie
I've been at, though.
- Oh. Cool.
- Hey.
- Valet went great.
- No, no, it didn't.
How was fundraising?
- Oh, Daisy killed it.
She collected so much money,
and made four old men cry.
I'm just so proud of you.
- Guess I really am
a Bayside kid.
[applause]
- Good evening.
Jade Huntington-Snell,
Tanner's mom.
I am so overwhelmed
by the generosity in this room.
We have surpassed our goal
for the Bayside Enrichment Fund
tonight.
[applause]
But in the true spirit
of charity, the PTA,
as led by me,
has chosen to put it
toward a different
but equally important cause--
reopening Douglas High.
[applause]
- I'm confused.
That sounded bad,
but she said it in a happy way,
so was that good?
- No, it is not.
- It means they're kicking us
out of Bayside
and sending us back to Douglas.
- Oh, my God, you were right.
We laid down with snakes.
- And we got bit.
[upbeat music]
[together]
Friends forever
- We'll be friends forever
We'll be friends
[together]
With you everywhere
- Talking about
[together]
Friends forever
- Always be there
[together]
Always will be friends
all: We'll be there
- Through it all,
hangin' tough
- We'll stay side by side
We'll be friends forever
all: Till the end of time
Friends forever
- Always be friends
- With you everywhere
- We'll be friends
together
[together]
Friends forever
Oh, oh, oh, oh
- That was the best song
you ever wrote, Zack.