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The Best Episodes of The White Shadow Season 2

Every episode of The White Shadow Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The White Shadow Season 2!

The Best Episodes of The White Shadow Season 2

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. Background image for On the Line
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Albert Hodges
    8.3/10(25 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Cross-Town Hustle
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Sudden Death
    8.8/10(32 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for A Silent Cheer
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #5 - A Silent Cheer

    S2:E5

    No description available

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for No Place Like Home
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #6 - No Place Like Home

    S2:E6

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Globetrotters
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Me?
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for Needle
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #9 - Needle

    S2:E9

    No description available

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Sliding By
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #10 - Sliding By

    S2:E10

    No description available

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Delores, Of Course
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #11 - Delores, Of Course

    S2:E11

    a former girlfreind a jacksons comes to los angeles saying that shes fashion model but is really a hooker

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for A Christmas Present
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #12 - A Christmas Present

    S2:E12

    No description available

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Feeling No Pain
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Feeling No Pain

    S2:E13

    Salami sprains a knee during a pickup basketball game, and his doctor prescribes amphetamines, which he unwittingly shares with the team.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Artist
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    #14 - Artist

    S2:E14

    a nagging art teacher thinks that thorpe should go to art school but thorpe has no interest in it what so ever

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Salami's Affair
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    #15 - Salami's Affair

    S2:E15

    Carver holds a school 'turnabout' dance for Sadie Hawkins Day, and a young female teacher has her thoughts on asking Salami and going further.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Links
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Links

    S2:E16

    Deciding that some of the players could use a dose of class, Coach Reeves takes Coolidge, Thorpe, and Salami to an exclusive country club for a day of golfing.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Stripper
    6.9/10(30 votes)

    #17 - The Stripper

    S2:E17

    a teacher who moonlights as a exotic dancer teaching career is on the line

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Gonna Fly Now
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #18 - Gonna Fly Now

    S2:E18

    No description available

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Out at Home
    7.1/10(30 votes)

    #19 - Out at Home

    S2:E19

    No description available

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Russians Are Coming
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #20 - The Russians Are Coming

    S2:E20

    A touring high school team from the then-Soviet Union comes to Carver. The players have trouble relating to the Russian players, with the exception of one Russian, whom Hayward befriends, and later wants to defect to the U.S.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Hitter
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    #21 - The Hitter

    S2:E21

    Coach Reeves suspects that Gomez is being physically abused at home by his father, but has trouble getting him to admit it.

    Director:Marc Norman
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Death of Me Yet
    7.9/10(47 votes)

    #22 - The Death of Me Yet

    S2:E22

    No description available

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Coolidge Goes Hollywood
    6.8/10(33 votes)

    #23 - Coolidge Goes Hollywood

    S2:E23

    No description available

    Director:Marc Norman
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for A Few Good Men
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #24 - A Few Good Men

    S2:E24

    No description available

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown
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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"On the Line" is the best rated episode of "The White Shadow" season 2. It scored 8.4/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Mark Tinker and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/1979. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Albert Hodges".