Wrestling with the Future

We're live at the Max, and Zack is there with KKTY Bayside to cover Slater becomming all-city champion. Next up, the State Championship. It's also college acceptance time, and Jessie is flipping out. She hasn't heard back from any of her schools. What a dumbass!

The wrestling coach from Iowa shows up, and he offers Slater a full wrestling scholarship. He can't wait to tell his father! But Major Slater has other ideas. He wants his son to attend West Point. Robert E. Lee. Norman Schwarzkopf. AC Slater. It has a great ring to it. The only problem is Slater doesn't want to be a military man. He wants to wrestle damnit!

Zack has another brilliant plan. He poses as Slater for the meeting with a congressman, and bombs it. He plays the part of the overly-excited military guy, who's only dream is to go to war. I knew some of these guys. Messed up. Anyways, Slater's excited because he can go to Iowa.

Jessie is pissed because she keeps getting denied by all the top schools. Don't worry, there's always Stansbury. Meanwhile, Belding figures out that Slater bombed it on purpose, and he knows it was Zack. They set up an elaborate plan, and Zack and Slater are "arrested" by military police. After they learn their lesson, Belding convinces Slater that he has to talk to his dad.

He comes clean to his father, and the Major is pissed. The state championship is tomorrow, and he's not going. Bummer.

The gang is talking about college, and Jessie finally gets accepted to Columbia. We learn that Zack plans on attending Yale in the fall. Damn SAT's. Slater is still bummed when his dad shows up before the championship match. The major just wants his son to be happy, and I assume that Slater wins the state championship. Eat that, Mike Dailey.

QUOTES!

Belding: Sometimes, the truth hurts. But in the long run, lies hurt more.

Major Slater: My CO went AWOL with a GI from the PX. I gotta go ASAP. See you A.C.