Saved by the Bell 3.2

Zack's Birthday Party

Everyone loves being at the beach. Especially the creative minds behind Saved by the Bell. The whole gang comes out for an exciting summer. Jessi, Zack, Kelly, Slater, and Screech are all part of the resort staff while Lisa is living life to the full...all in Lisa's family beach house. That is the life!

In this episode, they are all getting acclimated to their new positions. They are excited to all be together, but there is one thing standing in there way: Mr. Carosi. For Zack, it's two things: Mr. Carosi and his daughter (queue the castle lightning and a dooming score). They have their hotel run a certain way, and the likes of Zack Morris cannot sweet-talk their way out of anything. Stacey (who attends college on the east coast) does not enjoy the surfer-types and makes sure that he knows it.

Zack's birthday is approaching and the whole gang is trying to plan a surprise birthday party. They have all the plans ready, except for one thing--the location. They finally decide to sneak in a birthday party after-hours at Malibu Sands, but it takes a lot of cohorting and secret devising to keep it from him. They pull it off, but just as Zack is blowing out his candles, in comes Mr. Carosi to announce that they are disobeying company rules and are all fired. At just the right moment, Stacey comes in to tell her dad that she gave them the okay. When all is said and done, Zack and Stacey reach an understanding and we know that there is much fun to be had at Malibu Sands in weeks to come.

Jessi's role in Zack's party was to buy the cake. She couldn't get a free moment, and as she was telling the bakery what to put on the cake, she couldn't get her message across to make the cake say "Happy Birthday, Zack." She was getting frazzled in her attempt to keep it a secret, and kept covering up by disguising her caller's identity. Doesn't the same thing happen to us when we don't know if we want people to know things about us? We start talking about what we care about, only to chicken out and start discussing a completely irrelevant topic. Just when people have a way in, we pull the plug. It could be we are hiding our family situations, our finances, or even our faith. Too many distractions threaten the transparency that we have, and we have to shoulder away to make sure we aren't found out. That's how we get "Happy Wrong Number by the Sea."