Anne Tremko

The gang drives Rogers' car to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving break. Meanwhile, Rogers' annual Thanksgiving dinner turns into a disaster when he hurts his back and the food is burned. Despite Rogers' car breaking down, the gang manages to come back in time to help pull off the dinner. Later, Zack scalps his Raiders tickets to buy an airplane ticket that he gives to homesick Kelly.

The boys are really excited when a famous pro football player and Cal U alumnus comes to visit. The boys think he's a hero but he turns out to be an arrogant jerk when he upsets Kelly by hitting on her. Meanwhile, Leslie has Screech pose as her boyfriend when her wealthy parents try to get her together with a proper boy.

Zack asks the entire gang to go with him on a ski trip. Most of the gang can't go while Leslie is hesitant to go with him alone. Because of this, Zack tries to convince Slater to bring a date. Slater falls for a Hispanic girl who urges him to participate in a protest for a Hispanic Studies Department the same weekend. She challenges Slater to be proud of his ethnicity as he and Zack have a falling out over his priorities. In the end, Zack comes out to support Slater at the protest and they reconcile. Meanwhile, the escape of Mike Rogers' mouse from his cage creates fear and commotion in the suite.

Just as Zack and Kelly are getting pretty close, Kelly is accepted to the Semester on the Sea program, which involves a three-month cruise. Zack doesn't want Kelly to go, but she feels it's an opportunity she can't pass up. Zack tries to get accepted into the program as well, but none of his schemes work. He tries to get Screech to quit the program by scaring him, but that backfires. Zack has a dream that Kelly is with another guy on the ship. When he wakes up, he goes into Kelly's room, wakes her up, and asks her to marry him. Kelly says she has to think about it--and she's still going on the cruise.