Saved by the Bell: The New Class

- Season 4

(1996)

The arrival of Ryan's new stepbrother, Nicky, brings out jealousy in Ryan as he helps the girls raise money for new soccer uniforms. Meanwhile, Screech secretly runs a balloon business out of Bayside.

At the mall, Rachel's sexist boss unfairly promotes Nicky over her while Mr. Belding and Screech run a yogurt store and Katie works for a beauty shop that gives Maria a bad hairdo.

When Nicky wins a dance contest and two tickets to the MTV Music Awards, the gang pressure him to pick one of them to take with him. Meanwhile, Screech pretends to own Yukon Yogurt to impress a girl.

The gang pair up to take care of baby simulator dolls for a health class project, but the stress of the project threatens to tear apart their personal lives and put their friendship in jeopardy.

When Bayside holds a Sadie Hawkins dance, Ryan and Rachel feel insecure about their height difference while Nicky pushes Katie to ask him and Eric pretends to like coin collecting to attract a girl. Meanwhile, Mr. Belding needs glasses.

Eric makes the winning touchdown in the Valley football game and lets the resulting fame go to his head. Meanwhile, Nicky is jealous that Katie's old boyfriend is coming to town so he joins the cheerleader squad to spend more time with her.

When Ryan, Maria, and Eric are appointed justices for student court, Ryan must make a tough decision when Nicky and Katie try to take advantage of their friendship to get out of punishment for gambling in school.

Katie fears telling anyone she can't afford to buy a new dress for the fall formal while Ryan schemes to get Eric and his brothers hired as musical performers. Meanwhile, Mr. Belding's air conditioner doesn't work.

Ryan goes on a drastic weight loss regimen to make weight for the varsity wrestling team, but feels guilty when Nicky throws the match during tryouts. Meanwhile, Maria exploits shirtless jocks to create a fundraising calendar.

When Ryan, Nicky, and Eric cheat on a home economics midterm, Screech believes they are good cooks and enlist them to bake a cake for a party honoring Mr. Belding. Meanwhile, Maria is used by a boy she likes.

While planning for an upcoming Renaissance Faire, Rachel is assigned to work with another guy, making Ryan so jealous that his actions threaten the event. Meanwhile, Maria and Katie disagree over their puppet show.

When Nicky and Maria work together at the school radio station, they begin to develop feelings for each other, putting their friendship with Katie in jeopardy.

At the hospital, Eric bonds with a patient who used to be a performer, but must deal with his grief when his new friend dies. Meanwhile, Rachel and Maria try to set Katie up while Screech is injured by Mr. Belding.

When the gang volunteer at the Palisades Hospital, Rachel works in the gift shop because of a phobia of hospitals. But when Ryan develops appendicitis and needs surgery, she must overcome her phobia to support her boyfriend.

When a tabloid television show interviews the gang doing their jobs at the mall, the show edits the segment to make them look incompetent and may lead to the gang losing their jobs and Yukon Yogurt going out of business.

Nicky feels emasculated when he finds out Maria is better at karate than him, leading Nicky to pressure Maria not to enter a karate tournament. Meanwhile, Screech thinks someone stole Mr. Belding's laptop.

At the mall, Rachel wants to sing in the gang's band, but they have trouble telling her she can't sing. Meanwhile, Mr. Belding and Screech get the word out to vote but Screech is discouraged by the lack of response to their efforts.

Rachel needs some extra-curricular credits on her record, so she decides to run for student council president. The Drama Club is rehearsing a production of Bye Bye Birdie, but Mr. Belding informs them it must be canceled since the budget committee has cut the club's funding.

The gang travel to Space Camp for a class project and Nicky excels during training. But when the gang choose Ryan as mission commander, Nicky's resulting jealousy threatens the project and the gang's grades.

Screech helps Eric cheat in hopes of helping Bayside win the science fair for the first time. Meanwhile, Rachel and Katie pressure Ryan and Nicky to take them to see "Hamlet" starring Keanu Reeves but the boy forget to buy tickets.

At Space Camp, Katie feels lonely being the only single girl, so she dates a guy she doesn't really like. Meanwhile, Ryan and Nicky give Rachel and Maria ugly jackets.

At Space Camp, Ryan becomes close to Mary Beth Pepperton. The two kiss in a moment alone, prompting Ryan to decide whether or not to tell Rachel. Meanwhile, Mr. Belding and Screech compete over whose team can build a better rocket.

When Maria gets a promotion at the Teen Machine, she has trouble balancing work, school, and her personal life and lies to a teacher to get an extension on a term paper. Meanwhile, Ryan and Eric plan a surprise birthday party for Screech.

Screech must decide whether to accept a raise to transfer to Valley as their administrative assistant.

Ryan gets a job at The Max in time for Christmas. When The Max burns down due to a short in the Christmas tree lights, Ryan blames himself for forgetting to turn off the lights.

As the gang say goodbye to The Max, they reminisce over events at The Max from the past season and from Screech's high school days, as Ryan deals with his grief over causing the fire.