Running Zack

Running Zack
season	2
number	13
Air date	November 27, 1990
Written by	Jeffrey J. Sachs
Directed by	Don Barnhart
Previous	Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind
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Running Zack is the thirteenth episode of season two of Saved by the Bell.

Summary

Zack fails his family heritage presentation. Unless he can make it up, he is off the track team. His teacher Miss Wentworth arranges a tutor for Zack named Chief Henry, who happens to be a Native American. Zack soon learns about his own Native American heritage, but does not feel like going to the upcoming track rally when tragedy strikes.

Cast

Main Cast Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack Morris Mario Lopez as A.C. Slater Dustin Diamond as Screech Powers Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano Lark Voorhies as Lisa Turtle Dennis Haskins as Richard Belding

Guest Cast Carol Lawrence as Miss Wentworth Dehl Berti as Chief Henry

Quotes

Zack Morris: "Me Zack Morris, me smoke-um peace pipe."

Kelly Kapowski: "Zack... I don't think that's funny."

Notes and Trivia

• Unfortunately, this would turn out to be Dehl Berti's final television appearance before his untimely death one year after this episode aired.