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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. 8.8/10(32 votes)

    #1 - Sudden Death

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    S2:E4

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

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.4/10(24 votes)

    #2 - On the Line

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    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.

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    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.3/10(25 votes)

    #3 - Albert Hodges

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    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.

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    Director:Bruce Paltrow
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.3/10(30 votes)

    #4 - The Hitter

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    S2:E21

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

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    Director:Marc Norman
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.2/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Globetrotters

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    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.

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    Director:Bruce Paltrow
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.2/10(29 votes)

    #6 - Needle

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    S2:E9

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.2/10(30 votes)

    #7 - Delores, Of Course

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    S2:E11

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

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    Director:N/A
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  9. 8.2/10(29 votes)

    #8 - Artist

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    S2:E14

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

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    Director:N/A
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  10. 8.0/10(29 votes)

    #9 - Sliding By

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.0/10(46 votes)

    #10 - The Death of Me Yet

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    Director:Victor Lobl
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  12. 7.9/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Cross-Town Hustle

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    S2:E3

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

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    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.9/10(26 votes)

    #12 - A Silent Cheer

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.9/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Feeling No Pain

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    S2:E13

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

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.9/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Gonna Fly Now

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    Director:Mark Tinker
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  16. 7.8/10(27 votes)

    #15 - A Few Good Men

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    Director:Thomas Carter
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  17. 7.7/10(17 votes)

    #16 - No Place Like Home

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    S2:E6

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

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  18. 7.7/10(23 votes)

    #17 - A Christmas Present

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  19. 7.7/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Links

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    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.

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    Director:Mark Tinker
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  20. 7.7/10(22 votes)

    #19 - The Russians Are Coming

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    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.

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.6/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Me?

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    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.

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    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.6/10(32 votes)

    #21 - Salami's Affair

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    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.

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    Director:Thomas Carter
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  23. 7.4/10(29 votes)

    #22 - Out at Home

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    Director:Victor Lobl
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  24. 7.2/10(29 votes)

    #23 - The Stripper

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    S2:E17

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

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.0/10(32 votes)

    #24 - Coolidge Goes Hollywood

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    Director:Marc Norman
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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Sudden Death" is the best rated episode of "The White Shadow" season 2. It scored 8.8/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by N/A, it aired on 10/8/1979. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "On the Line".