8.3/10139 votes#1 - Special Powers
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/1999
Casey tries to find the courage to ask Dana out, Isaac's back at work, and Jeremy and Natalie have a fight.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
- 8.0/10137 votes
#2 - When Something Wicked This Way Comes
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1999
Dana goes to a bachelorette party and has an epiphany, Dan has breakfast with Hillary Clinton, and Isaac brings in a ratings guy.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
- 8.5/10146 votes
#3 - Cliff Gardner
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1999
The staff are stressed out by Sam Donovan's presence, and things get worse when J.J. stops by to give them notes.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
- 7.8/10135 votes
#4 - Louise Revisited
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1999
Casey does everything he can to win the Sports Night “Who's Cooler: Dan or Casey?” internet poll. Dana has dinner with an old school friend.
Director: Marc Buckland
Writer: Miriam Kazdin, Aaron Sorkin
- 7.8/10132 votes
#5 - Kafelnikov
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1999
Jeremy readies the show's computer systems for Y2K. Dan meets a woman in a bar, discovering later that she's a psychologist.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Matt Tarses, Bill Wrubel
- 7.8/10131 votes
#6 - Shane
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/1999
Casey wants to edit an interview to cast a ballplayer in a more favorable light, Dan has trouble taping a teaser, and The Vatican declares there's no such place as Hell.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Matt Tarses, Bill Wrubel, Kevin Falls
- 8.1/10131 votes
#7 - Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/1999
Jeremy has to fire an intern, and the team covers breaking news of a football steroid scandal.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Aaron Sorkin, Tom Szentgyorgyi
- 7.9/10127 votes
#8 - The Reunion
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/1999
Dana's brother comes to visit. Natalie asks Dan to review her audition tape.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Aaron Sorkin, Kevin Falls
- 7.8/10132 votes
#9 - A Girl Named Pixley
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/28/1999
It's a very slow news day, Casey goes on a date with a woman named Pixley, and Jeremy is up for an award.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: David Walpert
- 8.3/10133 votes
#10 - The Giants Win the Pennant, the Giants Win the Pennant
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2000
Dana begins to see the flaw in her dating plan. Dan wants to use Isaac in a feature on the 1951 New York Giants pennant win.
Director: Pamela Dresser
Writer: Matt Tarses, Aaron Sorkin
- 8.2/10146 votes
#11 - The Cut Man Cometh
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/2000
Dan and Casey cover a boxing match. Dan's father visits.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Bill Wrubel, Aaron Sorkin
- 7.6/10130 votes
#12 - The Sweet Smell of Air
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/2000
The show lands an interview with Michael Jordan but there are a few strings attached. Sam returns.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Matt Tarses, David Handelman, Aaron Sorkin, Kevin Falls
- 7.5/10131 votes
#13 - Dana Get Your Gun
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2000
Dan tries to get the night off for a Tom Waits concert. Dana inherits a gun.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: David Walpert
- 7.6/10136 votes
#14 - And the Crowd Goes Wild
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/2000
It's Sam's last day at the show, Jeremy and Natalie break up, and Casey gets his eyes examined.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Aaron Sorkin, Tom Szentgyorgyi
- 8.2/10140 votes
#15 - Celebrities
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/29/2000
Natalie organizes a post-show trivia game but excludes Jeremy, who ends up meeting a woman at a bar.
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
- 8.0/10135 votes
#16 - The Local Weather
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/7/2000
Dan reacts to not making the “100 Most Influential People in Sports” list. Dana goes to church.
Director: Timothy Busfield
Writer: Pete McCabe, Aaron Sorkin
- 7.8/10129 votes
#17 - Draft Day: Part I - It Can't Rain at Indian Wells
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/2000
The team covers the first round of the NFL draft. Jeremy is nervous about Jenny's visit to the studio.
Director: Bryan Gordon
Writer: Matt Tarses, Aaron Sorkin
- 7.8/10130 votes
#18 - Draft Day: Part II - The Fall of Ryan O'Brian
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/21/2000
It's the second round of the NFL draft. Jenny visits, and Dan and Casey fight.
Director: Danny Leiner
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
- 8.1/10131 votes
#19 - April is the Cruelest Month
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/2000
The network's cutting costs and jobs may be on the line. The staff sit for Passover Seder, and Dan hopes this will afford him the chance to mend a few fences.
Director: Don Scardino
Writer: Matt Tarses, Bill Wrubel
- 7.8/10149 votes
#20 - Bells and a Siren
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/2000
Natalie has a job interview with Saturday Night Live. Dan hires a publicist.
Director: Don Scardino
Writer: Chris Lusvardi, David Walpert, Aaron Sorkin
- 8.2/10137 votes
#21 - La Forza Del Destino
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/2000
Dana meets a man with inside information on the sale of the network. Dan and Casey have a job offer in Los Angeles.
Director: Timothy Busfield
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
- 8.8/10169 votes
#22 - Quo Vadimus
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/2000
Rebecca returns, Natalie and Jeremy rekindle their relationship, and the network is sold.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
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The offbeat cast and crew of a sports news show deal with professional, personal, and ethical challenges while functioning in a pressure-cooker work environment.
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Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Special Powers" is the best rated episode of "Sports Night" season 2. It scored 8.3/10 based on 139 votes. Directed by Thomas Schlamme and written by Aaron Sorkin, it aired on 10/5/1999. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "When Something Wicked This Way Comes".