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Adamantium · 01-14-2008, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by bttf4444

I remember that one episode where Scott schemes to get Lindsay for himself, and Tommy pretty much bullies Scott into telling Lindsay the truth. I thought there was a certain amount of dissonance in that. Tommy acts like such a jerk, you can't help but feel sorry for Scott. On the other hand, though, Tommy has every right to be angry with Scott for taking away with his girlfriend.

I guess it looks so familiar to the Zack/Kelly/Slater situation - but the major difference is, Tommy already was dating Lindsay. So, by all right, Scott should have respected that Lindsay was already taken.

The situation between Ryan/Lindsay/Tommy is much more similar - because Tommy and Lindsay had broken up the previous year. So, in that season, Lindsay was available - so, in this case, it wasn't wrong for Ryan to persue Lindsay.

I agree 100%.

When I first watched the show (back in 1993), I sided with Scott. And I thought of Tommy as a jerk. However, when I bought the DVD and started watching it again (2005) I realized pretty much what you just said.

I liked Lindsay and Tommy as a couple. Part of me felt bad for Scott that he wasn't around when Lindsay and Tommy broke up. And I wanted to see Tommy get back together with Lindsay. Maybe that's why I didn't like Ryan in the third season. But Ryan had every right to pursue her, for the reason you gave.

In the end, it really doesn't matter. Scott, Tommy, Lindsay and Ryan don't even finish the series, lol. All this talk and in the final season, none of these characters are a part of the show.

bttf4444 · 01-14-2008, 08:24 AM

I know that is the common complaint many people have about The New Class, is that none of the characters have stayed the same. The only character that's stayed the same from the beginning to the end was Mr. Belding. Even Screech didn't return until the second season.

miniZackMorris · 01-14-2008, 12:29 PM

scott dosent even make it past season one

EccentricGenius · 02-06-2023, 04:26 PM

I couldn't agree with you more, miniZackMorris. Tommy "Tommy D" DeLuca (portrayed by Jonathan Angel) was reduced from a leather jacket-wearing iconoclast with common sense to a hopeless pea-brained lunkhead in the third season of Saved By The Bell: The New Class. Despite his tough, street-smart exterior, "Tommy D" made the equally dimwitted Ox (Troy Fromin) from the original SBTB look like a Rhodes scholar by comparison.

01-14-2008, 08:24 AM	#17
bttf4444 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 336	I know that is the common complaint many people have about The New Class, is that none of the characters have stayed the same. The only character that's stayed the same from the beginning to the end was Mr. Belding. Even Screech didn't return until the second season.

01-14-2008, 12:29 PM	#18
miniZackMorris saved by the bell Rocks Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 28, 2007 Posts: 322	scott dosent even make it past season one

02-06-2023, 04:26 PM	#19
EccentricGenius Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 30, 2015 Posts: 767	I couldn't agree with you more, miniZackMorris. Tommy "Tommy D" DeLuca (portrayed by Jonathan Angel) was reduced from a leather jacket-wearing iconoclast with common sense to a hopeless pea-brained lunkhead in the third season of Saved By The Bell: The New Class. Despite his tough, street-smart exterior, "Tommy D" made the equally dimwitted Ox (Troy Fromin) from the original SBTB look like a Rhodes scholar by comparison.