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The Best Episodes of The White Shadow Season 2

Genres:DramaFamily
Network:CBS

Every episode of The White Shadow Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover 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.
Episodes
24
Avg. Rating
7.9
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
8.4
8.3
7.9

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  • Sudden Death
    8.8/10(32)
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    #1 - Sudden Death

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/8/1979

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

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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  • On the Line
    8.4/10(24)
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    #2 - On the Line

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/17/1979

    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: N/A

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  • Albert Hodges
    8.3/10(25)
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    #3 - Albert Hodges

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/24/1979

    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: N/A

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  • The Hitter
    8.3/10(30)
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    #4 - The Hitter

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 3/4/1980

    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: N/A

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  • Globetrotters
    8.2/10(20)
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    #5 - Globetrotters

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/5/1979

    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: N/A

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  • Needle
    8.2/10(29)
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    #6 - Needle

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 11/26/1979

    No description available

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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  • Delores, Of Course
    8.2/10(30)
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    #7 - Delores, Of Course

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 12/18/1979

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Artist
    8.2/10(29)
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    #8 - Artist

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 1/8/1980

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Sliding By
    8.0/10(29)
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    #9 - Sliding By

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 12/3/1979

    No description available

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Death of Me Yet
    8.0/10(46)
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    #10 - The Death of Me Yet

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 3/11/1980

    No description available

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • Cross-Town Hustle
    7.9/10(21)
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    #11 - Cross-Town Hustle

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/1/1979

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

    Director: Mark Tinker

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Silent Cheer
    7.9/10(26)
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    #12 - A Silent Cheer

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/15/1979

    No description available

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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  • Feeling No Pain
    7.9/10(27)
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    #13 - Feeling No Pain

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 1/1/1980

    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: N/A

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  • Gonna Fly Now
    7.9/10(27)
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    #14 - Gonna Fly Now

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 2/5/1980

    No description available

    Director: Mark Tinker

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Few Good Men
    7.8/10(27)
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    #15 - A Few Good Men

    Season 2 Episode 24

    Aired 4/1/1980

    No description available

    Director: Thomas Carter

    Writer: N/A

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  • No Place Like Home
    7.7/10(17)
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    #16 - No Place Like Home

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/29/1979

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

    Director: Betty Goldberg

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Christmas Present
    7.7/10(23)
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    #17 - A Christmas Present

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 12/25/1979

    No description available

    Director: Betty Goldberg

    Writer: N/A

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  • Links
    7.7/10(27)
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    #18 - Links

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 1/22/1980

    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: N/A

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  • The Russians Are Coming
    7.7/10(22)
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    #19 - The Russians Are Coming

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 2/26/1980

    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: N/A

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  • Me?
    7.6/10(27)
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    #20 - Me?

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 11/12/1979

    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: N/A

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    0
  • Salami's Affair
    7.6/10(32)
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    #21 - Salami's Affair

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 1/15/1980

    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: N/A

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  • Out at Home
    7.4/10(29)
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    #22 - Out at Home

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 2/19/1980

    No description available

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Stripper
    7.2/10(29)
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    #23 - The Stripper

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 1/29/1980

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

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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    0
  • Coolidge Goes Hollywood
    7.0/10(32)
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    #24 - Coolidge Goes Hollywood

    Season 2 Episode 23

    Aired 3/18/1980

    No description available

    Director: Marc Norman

    Writer: N/A

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    0

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".