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[JSirro · 6/10 · 6 May 2021]

Zach is back gambling. Slater is not liking career week as he has no idea what he wants to do. Zach betting on Slater to win his wrestling match but doesn't take into consideration that Slaters head just isn't in it.

In the first 5 minutes of the episode we have two different references to Wheel of Fortune. Seems a little forced but still kinda cool.

So Slater visits Belding to help him figure out what he should become. I find it odd that Belding is picturing being a basketball player at 50?! Did he not retire like every other NBA player?

On top of Zach Morris's "Time Outs" we are also gifted with another dream sequence. This one by Slater, everyone back at Bayside earning a recognition for their successful careers, of course expect for Slater. He is supporting an absolutely terrible washes up wrestler. And what is up with the 19 inch TV in the future.

Zach tells Slater to join the Cooking Club so that he can hang with all the ladies. His plan being to get Slater to be made fun of and then go back to wrestling to protect his bet. Well just the opposite happens, he is good at it and enjoys it.

But let's talk about the very odd scene of the cooking teacher singing a very obnoxious song as she cooks and then the tap dancing...seriously what is this about??

Slater ends up coming to his senses quickly and wrestling in place of Screech who was going to wrestle in his place. Once again Zach learns absolutely nothing and comes out with a bike.

Overall this episode is pretty terrible 5.7.

Slater is a cooking sensation

[callanvass · 5/10 · 12 February 2014]

It's career week at Bayside and almost everyone has their future mapped out. Jesse wants to be a lawyer or a judge, Kelly wants to be an actress, Lisa wants to be a fashion designer, Screech a moon-walker, Zack a game show host, but Slater is not too keen with his desire to be a wrestler. He decides to retire and enter a cooking class, which makes Zack uneasy because he has a bet with Slater's nemesis, Nedick that Slater will beat Nedick. I'm a huge fan of Saved by The Bell, but there is a few episodes I don't care for. This is one of my least favorite episodes. I don't find it that funny, nor do I think it was that interesting. Perhaps, it's because Mario Lopez doesn't appeal to me all that much, but I don't care for this one at all. The storyline had a lot of potential to be something funny and poignant, but it came across as poorly done. I thought Slater getting into cooking was very moronic. The thing is, you never know what your future is gonna hold. You can imagine all you like, but focusing on what is happening presently is more important. It does shed light on that near the end, but I wasn't all that impressed. Your future is very vital, no doubt. If you're a huge wrestling fan like I am, you'll most likely get a kick out of Zack's Hulk Hogan reference. Hogan was on top of the mountain in 1989. Slater does a German Suplex in his wrestling match as well. I'll also give credit to the fun fantasy sequence into the future for everybody. There was far too much Slater for my liking and it plodded along. Other SBTB fans may feel differently, but I don't go out of my way to watch this one

Best quote. Zack: Well Kelly, what I'm looking for is the least amount of money for the least amount of work. Jesse: Jack in The Box already has a clown

Worst quote. Slater (referring to Kelly) : Why have a litter of preppies when you can have a bunch of stud muffins like me? (Huge groan. This is why Slater has the tendency to bug me with his chauvinist ways)

5.8/10