Ryan and Screech are heartbroken when Lindsay goes to college and Tommy D moves to Florida. However, new students arrive at Bayside: Ryan's new stepbrother Nicky Farina, beautiful Katie Peterson, and a football star named Eric Little. Ryan confesses to Eric that he likes Rachel, but all his attempts of asking her out fail when Nicky suddenly becomes ""Mr. Popular.""

Desperate to find a good story for the school newspaper, Katie writes an unfair article about the football team.

Wanting to get her car fixed, Maria gets ripped off by two sleazy car mechanics.