Do you like casual racism? How about recording teenage girls against their will? Then you’ll love this shocking episode from the first season of “Saved by the Bell.” (And contrary to how the series airs on Hulu, we don’t count the “Good Morning, Miss Bliss” episodes as the official run of the show).
Saved by the Bell Season 1, Episode 4 – “Fatal Distraction”
Premise: Zack and Screech bug the girl’s sleepover party in order to find out who Kelly wants to take to the dance. After the recording device is discovered, the girls plot their revenge.
Jonah Anderson, the world’s foremost expert on “Saved by the Bell,” breaks down some of the crazier details of the episode, while co-hosts Tyler Wilson and Angela Yoshiko try to figure out the degree of racism displayed in the episode’s first scene.
Kelly’s slumber party features a girlfriend who isn’t a regular on the show. She’s trying desperately to come out to her friends, making comments like “we don’t need boys.” Lisa, Jesse and Kelly just ignore this poor girl’s vulnerability. And Zack Morris is the one that’s trash? Really? Okay, he probably shouldn’t be hiding recording devices in the bedroom of a teenage girl.
Also, Screech is the worst.
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