Despising him for something he did in the past, Maria gives Bayside's new student and her former Valley High classmate Tony Dillon a hard time. Eric, Katie and Nicky believe that Liz is heart broken after Ryan receives a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school.

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

Nicky gets worried when Eric starts dating his cousin.

Eric starts getting moody when he stops getting enough sleep.

Tony gets addicted to smoking cigars.

Maria, Tony, Katie, and Nicky are selected to compete for a game show where the couple who knows the most about each other will win a car. But when Maria and Tony are secretly chosen to cheat in order to win the car, they are faced with the decision of deceiving their friends or giving up the car.

Katie is reluctant to do something when her boss starts sexually harassing her.

When the manager at the Max leaves, he places Maria temporarily in charge of it, but when Maria starts bossing Tony around, who also works there, he gets upset and their relationship almost collapses.

Liz's new boyfriend starts manipulating her into doing whatever he wants her to do.

Movie theater employees Tony and Nicky start letting their friends into the theater for free which almost costs them their jobs.

Liz is devastated when she loses a swim meet.

The gang remembers old times when Tony is upset that his father wants him to move away.