Welcome to Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past!  On Tuesdays, I will be reviewing Saved By The Bell: The New Class, which ran on NBC from 1993 to 2o00.  The show is currently on Prime.

This week, it’s a 4th of July episode that aired in September.

Episode 2.6 “Brian’s Girlfriend”

(Dir by Don Barnhart, originally aired on September 24th, 1994)

Oh Hell, it’s another country club episode.

The country club is having a tip competition for the 4th of July.  Whoever gets the most tips will have their earnings matched by the club.  Megan wants to win so she can send her parents on a cruise.  (How did Bayside go from being a school full of wealthy trust fund brats to one full of poor people?)  Bobby decides to give her all of his tips so she can win.  That sounds like cheating to me.

Meanwhile, due to Screech’s stupidity, Mr. Belding ends up with a terrible sunburn.  (Screech was supposed to bring the sunscreen but he brought salad dressing instead.)  This leads to countless scenes of Screech slapping Belding on the back and causing him agonizing pain.  Ha ha, I guess.

Meanwhile, Brian makes Rachel jealous by pretending to like the new tennis instructor (Brittney Powell).  She likes him too, even though he’s like 16.  When a guilt-stricken Brian finally admits that he was only pretending to like her, the tennis instructor says, “You’re a jerk!” and she’s right.  But I guess it doesn’t matter because Brian’s plan works and he and Rachel end up sharing a kiss while watching the 4th of July fireworks.

What type of show airs their 4th of July episode in September?

The country club episodes are so annoying.  If I wanted to watch people work, I could just go hang out at Target for 30 minutes.