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.
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.
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.
When Christmas comes, the stores in the mall try to raise money for the poor little kids during the holiday season. However, the gang competes in the mall to see which one of their stores can out sell the other, not caring about the poor little kids who won't have a good Christmas.
