It seems the Max has a new waiter/struggling actor, James. Also, Zack comes up with a brilliant idea to raise some money for the ski trip. They'll have a carnival. What a great idea! Belding loves the idea too, but he has some rather unfortunate news for our hero. F,F,D, and C are Zack's grades for the semester, so Belding insists to meet Zack's father.
Zack goes to his father, and we can see a serious "Cats in the Cradle" thing going on. It seems Derek Morris is too busy wheeling and dealing in the computer industry to pay attention to his son. Zack tries to come clean about his grades, but of course the phone rings again. Derek Morris tells his son that he would ground his son for life if he was failing school. It looks like we have a predicament.
Hazy pink dream sequence! Zack is around 90 years old, and he's still hanging out in his room because he's been grounded for life. Everyone comes to visit him and say hello, but they most be off to go see their favorite group in concert, "Old Men on the Block." Also, it seems Kelly has chosen Slater because Zack hasn't been around for the last 75 years. After 60, she got frisky.
Cut to the Max. Zack explains his troubles to the new guy, James. That hatches a brilliant plan. We go to Belding's office, and James is pretending to be Derek Morris! Genius! This can't go wrong.
Belding suggests 2 weeks of after school tutoring for Zack, and James overacts. He is tough on Zack, and Belding sympathizes. Belding thinks Zack should be allowed to go on the ski trip, and everyone's happy. This surely won't backfire, right?
Of course it does. Belding wrote Derek a letter and asked him to chaperone the ski trip. What will Zack do? Well the obvious thing to do is hire James to play Belding while the real Derek Morris comes in for the meeting. Okay, this definitely can't backfire.
I guess the nerds think of Zack as their hero, because they play along with an awesome plan to distract Belding while James is in his office. Screech tells Belding that Valley has poisoned the chess team's Ovaltine, and he falls for it. ("Someone poisoned the chess team? What a sick world"). But Screech blows the plan (again) and Belding knows something is up. He rushes to his office, only to find James there once again playing the part of Derek Morris. Belding needs a vacation.
It's carnival time, and I guess people are paying money to arm wrestle Slater. Zack is running a three card monte scheme, and Belding is going to be in the dunk tank. Things are going great. Mr. Belding's in the dunk tank, Zack's going skiing, and Derek has no idea how horrible of a student his son really is. That is until he shows up at the carnival and sinks Belding. The real Mr. Belding and the real Derek Morris finally meet. Bummer.
Zack is not allowed to go to the ski trip, and he and Derek have a heart-to-heart about Derek being too busy at work for his family. To finally get through to his father, he calls him on his cell phone. How sad. Derek finally realizes what an asshole he is, and decides to take Zack fishing. I guess a fishing trip is almost as good as a ski trip?
QUOTES!
Slater: I could charge lonely girls 25 cents to watch me flex my muscles.
Belding: Zack, you're not a matador, so take the bull outside.
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