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The Best Episodes of The White Shadow

Every episode of The White Shadow ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The White Shadow!

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 1 - (pilot)
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    #1 - (pilot)

    S1:E1

    Ken Reeves, a forward with the Chicago Bulls, is forced to retire after suffering a serious knee injury. His old friend and high school teammate, Jim Willis, who is principal of Carver High near L.A., drops by to offer him a job as basketball coach. Reeves is reluctant, but agrees. Among the challenges he faces with the school and the team include a female vice principal who doesn't like him and a player, James Hayward, who has a lot of potential, but also is fatherless and may have to drop out of school to go to work and take care of his mom and little brother.

    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Bruce Paltrow

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  2. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 2 - Here's Mud in Your Eye
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    #2 - Here's Mud in Your Eye

    S1:E2

    Coach Reeves and the team discover liquor in Jackson's locker, and fear he may have a drinking problem.

    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Bruce Paltrow

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  3. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 3 - The Offer
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    #3 - The Offer

    S1:E3

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    Director:Bruce Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 4 - Bonus Baby
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    #4 - Bonus Baby

    S1:E4

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    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Bob DeLaurentis

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  5. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 5 - Pregnant Pause
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    #5 - Pregnant Pause

    S1:E5

    College scouts are impressed with Reese and believe he has a good shot at a scholarship. However, Reese's plans are put on hold when his girlfriend, a Carver cheerleader, tells him she's pregnant. Coach Reeves and the team discover her attending cheerleader practices and believe she may be lying about the pregnancy to trap Reese into marrying her.

    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 6 - Wanna Bet?
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    #6 - Wanna Bet?

    S1:E6

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    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 7 - That Old Gang of Mine
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    #7 - That Old Gang of Mine

    S1:E7

    after gomez gets knocked off the carver high basketball team he joins a street gang he onced belonged to

    Director:Bruce Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 8 - Just One of the Boys
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    #8 - Just One of the Boys

    S1:E8

    Reeves deals with a new player, Raymond Collins, who was forced to transfer from his old school because of rumors about his being gay.

    Director:Bruce Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 9 - Airball
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    #9 - Airball

    S1:E9

    The team's excitement over being invited to compete in a basketball tournament is overshadowed when the plane they're on develops mechanical trouble.

    Director:Jackie Cooper
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 10 - We're in the Money
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    #10 - We're in the Money

    S1:E10

    When the team goes to Las Vegas to play in a tournament, they secretly take a pool of money collected from the students so they can gamble and return home with a fortune.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 11 - Spare the Rod
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    #11 - Spare the Rod

    S1:E11

    Coach Reeves substitute-teaches a P.E. class, loses his temper, and hits a student, Lucius Robinson, who refuses to participate. Reeves feels guilty about the incident, learns of Lucius' troubles, and offers to help him in any way. Reeves then quickly learns that some students can't be helped when Lucius tries to rape Mrs. Buchanan.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 12 - The Great White Dope
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    #12 - The Great White Dope

    S1:E12

    Mac Wade, a tall, white, ""can't miss"" college basketball prospect, transfers to Carver for his senior year due to re-zoning, which excites Reeves. However, Reeves discovers that Mac can't read and has been allowed a free ride through school because of his basketball skills. The problem is further compounded when Mac, who has never had to take a test in school, is caught cheating on a test and has to be suspended.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 13 - Mainstream
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    #13 - Mainstream

    S1:E13

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 14 - Little Orphan Abner
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    #14 - Little Orphan Abner

    S1:E14

    Goldstein's grandmother is hospitalized and his grandfather stays at the hospital with her, so Coach Reeves asks the team to check in on him at home every so often. The other guys aren't too keen on this because Goldstein really doesn't fit in with them, but they agree to check on him and, in the process, take advantage of him and his hospitality. Goldstein threatens to quit the team, and Coach Reeves gives him a lecture on standing up for himself.

    Director:Ernest Pintoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The White Shadow Season 1 Episode 15 - LeGrand Finale
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    #15 - LeGrand Finale

    S1:E15

    The team wants to form a singing group, but elect not to include Thorpe, who begins a dating interest with Karen LeGrand, a white girl with an unsavory reputation around school.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 1 - On the Line
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    #16 - On the Line

    S2:E1

    The second season begins with Jackson, wanting to make some extra money, gets unknowingly involved with sports bookies. Things get especially difficult when they start offering him big money to shave points at Carver's games.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 2 - Albert Hodges
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    #17 - Albert Hodges

    S2:E2

    Coach Reeves begins teaching a class on sex education, but comes under fire when he makes joking comments that Albert Hodges, a new black student who is very racially sensitive, interprets as insulting to blacks. Hodges then tries to rally the black players on the team against Reeves.

    Director:Bruce Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 3 - Cross-Town Hustle
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    #18 - Cross-Town Hustle

    S2:E3

    A rival coach from a predominantly white high school in the area tries to convince Reese to transfer.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 4 - Sudden Death
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    #19 - Sudden Death

    S2:E4

    after a rookie basketball player dies of an anerism coach reeves goes blaming himself for his death

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 5 - A Silent Cheer
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    #20 - A Silent Cheer

    S2:E5

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 6 - No Place Like Home
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    #21 - No Place Like Home

    S2:E6

    after coolidges apartment house burns down coolidge and coach reeves become roommates

    Director:Betty Goldberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 7 - Globetrotters
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    #22 - Globetrotters

    S2:E7

    The basketball team is on a winning streak and proceeds to showboat and run up the score on their latest opponent, prompting a tongue-lashing from Reeves. With their newfound success gone to their head, the team gets cocky with the workers at a local car wash and challenges them to a pickup game at the Carver gym. The boys are unaware that the car wash workers are really members of the Harlem Globetrotters doing a benefit and Reeves has arranged for them to show the team they're really not as good as they think.

    Director:Bruce Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 8 - Me?
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    #23 - Me?

    S2:E8

    Thorpe contracts a sexually transmitted disease and has passed it onto Coolidge's girlfriend. The two of them must now tell Warren that he too must get tested.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 9 - Needle
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    #24 - Needle

    S2:E9

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The White Shadow Season 2 Episode 10 - Sliding By
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    #25 - Sliding By

    S2:E10

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"(pilot)" is the best rated episode of "The White Shadow". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Jackie Cooper and written by Bruce Paltrow, it aired on 11/27/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Here's Mud in Your Eye".