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The Best Episodes of The White Shadow Season 1

Genres:DramaFamily
Network:CBS

Every episode of The White Shadow Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The White Shadow Season 1!

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.
Episodes
15
Avg. Rating
7.9
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S2
S3
S4
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E2
E3
8.0
8.0
8.2

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  • Spare the Rod
    8.6/10(41)
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    #1 - Spare the Rod

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 2/17/1979

    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: N/A

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  • Wanna Bet?
    8.3/10(46)
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    #2 - Wanna Bet?

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 1/8/1979

    No description available

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Offer
    8.2/10(39)
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    #3 - The Offer

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 12/11/1978

    No description available

    Director: Bruce Paltrow

    Writer: N/A

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  • Little Orphan Abner
    8.2/10(28)
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    #4 - Little Orphan Abner

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 3/26/1979

    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: N/A

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  • LeGrand Finale
    8.2/10(27)
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    #5 - LeGrand Finale

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 4/9/1979

    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: N/A

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  • Bonus Baby
    8.1/10(42)
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    #6 - Bonus Baby

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 12/25/1978

    No description available

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: Bob DeLaurentis

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  • (pilot)
    8.0/10(55)
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    #7 - (pilot)

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 11/27/1978

    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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  • Here's Mud in Your Eye
    8.0/10(45)
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    #8 - Here's Mud in Your Eye

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 12/4/1978

    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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  • Just One of the Boys
    7.8/10(46)
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    #9 - Just One of the Boys

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 1/27/1979

    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: N/A

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  • The Great White Dope
    7.8/10(32)
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    #10 - The Great White Dope

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 2/24/1979

    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: N/A

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  • Pregnant Pause
    7.7/10(34)
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    #11 - Pregnant Pause

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 1/1/1979

    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: N/A

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  • We're in the Money
    7.4/10(31)
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    #12 - We're in the Money

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 2/10/1979

    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: N/A

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  • Airball
    7.3/10(33)
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    #13 - Airball

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 2/3/1979

    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: N/A

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  • That Old Gang of Mine
    7.2/10(41)
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    #14 - That Old Gang of Mine

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 1/15/1979

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

    Director: Bruce Paltrow

    Writer: N/A

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  • Mainstream
    7.2/10(44)
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    #15 - Mainstream

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 3/5/1979

    No description available

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Spare the Rod" is the best rated episode of "The White Shadow" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by N/A, it aired on 2/17/1979. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Wanna Bet?".