In the reboot, Jessie and Slater both work at Bayside High School, but it does not appear from the first episode that they are still together. Berkley said she hopes that the show will unite parents with their children, bridging generations.
Many of the original cast members expressed their excitement about returning for a reboot. Berkley was especially excited about the new show, telling CNN that she was excited to share the show with the world. The new series focuses on what happens when Zack Morris — now the governor — shuts down a working-class school and sends the children to the privileged Bayside High School.
There are, predictably, many clashes between the two sets of students. He is also remarried, to a much younger woman with whom Jessie did not initially get along and was against marrying. She eventually accepted Leslie. Jessie cracks under the pressure of getting a bad grade in geometry, worried that it will have a massive impact on her chance at making it to Stanford. She starts taking caffeine pills in order to stay awake to study for midterms, to get in more studying.
Ignoring Slater's warning, she continues to take them. One morning, Zack goes round to Jessie's house to wake her up, when she has a breakdown.
Zack didn't believe Slater when he warned him about Jessie. It is discovered Jessie's parents are divorced and both are remarried during Season 3. Her mother's remarriage introduces a conniving stepbrother from New York named Eric played by Joshua Hoffman in a 2-part episode, although neither her mother nor stepfather are seen, however.
In another 2-part episode, her father marries a much younger aerobics instructor named Leslie, whom Jessie initially disfavours. Jessie fully expected to be crowned valedictorian, but finished a fraction of a point behind Screech. Angered over having to accept the salutation position, she swore to make him miserable in order to make him give back the position to her.
However, Lisa comes to Screech's defence and wisely calls Jessie out for being selfish. She pointed out being valedictorian means a lot to him and she saw first hand how caring he was in helping Zack come up with a ballet performance to help him get the missing credits. Lisa also mentions that Screech only gave up the position of valedictorian because he knew how much it meant to her as well and didn't want to hurt her feelings by fighting over it.
Instead, Jessie followed her dream path, one of education, with a Ph. The season 2 trailer confirms they're going through a divorce, which has a few folks, including the creepy Mr. Dewey, interested. However, as Kelly tells her it'll be okay, she mentions Jessie's got her first love at the school still in Slater, who's the physical education teacher and football coach at Bayside High. There are shots of them offering wistful glances to each other and even slow dancing, looking on with that puppy love we fondly remember from the old show.
It does feel like something will happen, as that chemistry was there last season in spades, although a married Jessie drew the line. There's a lot more nuance still as Slater is helping Jessie's son, Jamie, find himself as an athlete and aspiring brainiac too, thus he's already filling a father's role of sorts. But while he is a perfect match due to their history and chemistry, Jessie seems to have her eyes on a fireman, even posing on the pole at the fire station to homage Elizabeth Berkley-Lauren's Showgirls moments, which could create a jealous Slater at their alma mater.
That said, it'll be interesting to see if these two duck the spark or if they really lean into it. It'd make sense for them to commit to being a couple again as they're so good with each other, plus we know a vulnerable Slater hasn't gotten over Jessie. It could lead to Zack and Kelly pulling strings rather than pranks, a welcome change indeed.
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