List of The White Shadow episodes

This is a list of episodes for the CBS television series The White Shadow.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	15	November 27, 1978	April 9, 1979
	2	24	September 17, 1979	April 1, 1980
	3	15	October 16, 1980	March 16, 1981

Episodes

Season 1 (1978–79)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	Jackie Cooper	Bruce Paltrow	November 27, 1978
After realizing his NBA career is over, Ken Reeves is offered a job as basketball coach at Carver High School by his old Boston College teammate, principal Jim Willis.
2	2	"Here's Mud in Your Eye"	Bruce Paltrow	Bruce Paltrow	December 4, 1978
Curtis Jackson has an alcohol problem, and Coach Reeves and the team must intervene to get him help.
3	3	"The Offer"	Bruce Paltrow	Marc Rubin	December 11, 1978
A sexy TV news reporter tries to lure Reeves into quitting at Carver and going into sportscasting.
4	4	"Bonus Baby"	Jackie Cooper	Robert De Laurentiis, William A. Schwartz	December 25, 1978
Coolidge is tempted by an agent to sign a pro contract, risking his eligibility for college ball.
5	5	"Pregnant Pause"	Jackie Cooper	Steven Bochco	January 1, 1979
Reese's college plans are derailed by a cheerleader girlfriend who claims to be pregnant, but Reeves thinks otherwise after seeing she has signed up for next year's squad.
6	6	"Wanna Bet?"	Jackie Cooper	Michael Kane	January 8, 1979
Reeves tries to talk a street basketball hustler named Bobby Magum into playing for him at Carver. Michael Warren guest stars.
7	7	"That Old Gang of Mine"	Bruce Paltrow	Gary Kott, Marc Rubin	January 15, 1979
After Reeves cuts Gomez off the team for poor grades, Gomez turns to his old street gang, Los Aztecas, for support.
8	8	"One of the Boys"	Bruce Paltrow	John Falsey	January 27, 1979
Reeves deals with a transfer student named Raymond Collins, who left his prior school to escape rumors of being a homosexual.
9	9	"Airball"	Jackie Cooper	Marc Rubin	February 3, 1979
Reeves tries to fly the team to an out-of-town tournament, and the results aren't what he bargained for.
10	10	"We're in the Money"	Mark Tinker	Mark Tinker	February 10, 1979
Reeves takes the team to Las Vegas for a tournament, with disastrous results.
11	11	"Spare the Rod"	Victor Lobl	Marc Rubin	February 17, 1979
Reeves deals with Lucius Robinson, a student with a past history of teacher violence.
12	12	"The Great White Dope"	Michael Zinberg	John Falsey	February 24, 1979
Salami wants to be a professional boxer, but his father is dead-set against it.
13	13	"Mainstream"	Victor Lobl	George Geiger	March 5, 1979
Reeves must deal with an autistic student who's been assigned to the team as part of the mainstreaming program.
14	14	"Little Orphan Abner"	Ernest Pintoff	John Falsey	March 26, 1979
Goldstein, the "outcast" of the Carver team, tries to turn to his teammates for support after his Jewish grandfather falls ill.
15	15	"LeGrand Finale"	Mark Tinker	Marc Rubin	April 9, 1979
The team wants to form a singing group, but elects not to include Thorpe, who's developed a dating interest in a white girl with an unsavory reputation.

Season 2 (1979–80)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
16	1	"On the Line"	Mark Tinker	Joshua Brand, Gary Kott	September 17, 1979
A writer for Carver's school newspaper believes Jackson is involved with a sports bookie and shaving points at games.
17	2	"Albert Hodges"	Bruce Paltrow	Marc Rubin	September 24, 1979
A former student, back at Carver after an 18-month prison sentence, gets kicked off the basketball team and claims Reeves is a racist.
18	3	"The Cross-Town Hustle"	Mark Tinker	Steve Kline	October 1, 1979
A coach from a rival high school tries to convince Reese to transfer.
19	4	"Sudden Death"	Victor Lobl	Joshua Brand, Tom Chehak	October 8, 1979
Reeves takes on a young freshman player and works him hard in practice with tragic results.
20	5	"A Silent Cheer"	Victor Lobl	Steve Kline	October 15, 1979
Reeves gives a talented player who is deaf a shot on the Carver team.
21	6	"No Place Like Home"	Betty Goldberg	Marshall Herskovitz	October 29, 1979
Coolidge and Reeves become temporary roommates when Coolidge's apartment building where his family lives is destroyed by a fire.
22	7	"Globetrotters"	Bruce Paltrow	John Masius	November 5, 1979
The team's winning streak has gone to their heads, as evidenced by their showboating and cocky attitudes on and off the court. Reeves decides the team needs a full serving of humble pie when he asks a group of men to play his team in a scrimmage, who then embarrass the team with their tricks. After halftime, these men reveal they are the Harlem Globetrotters.
23	8	"Me?"	Thomas Carter	Sam Hefter	November 12, 1979
Thorpe finds out he has venereal disease, and that he has infected Coolidge's girlfriend with it as well.
24	9	"Needle"	Victor Lobl	John Falsey	November 26, 1979
Hayward's young cousin runs afoul with a drug dealer and dies from an overdose. Reeves must prevent Hayward from seeking revenge.
25	10	"Sliding By"	Victor Lobl	Charles Eric Johnson	December 3, 1979
A "can't miss" college basketball prospect transfers to Carver to finish high school, but Reeves finds out he may not be what he seems.
26	11	"Delores, of Course"	Leon Carrere	Sam Hefter	December 18, 1979
Jackson reunites with his old girlfriend, unaware of her new line of work: prostitution.
27	12	"A Christmas Present"	Betty Goldberg	Joshua Brand, John Falsey	December 25, 1979
Sybil is pregnant and at odds with her husband, while Reeves is left with no place to go for Christmas.
28	13	"Feeling No Pain"	Victor Lobl	John Falsey, Michael Halperin, Marc Rubin	January 1, 1980
Salami is prescribed amphetamines for a sprained knee, and the team cons him into sharing them before a game.
29	14	"Artist"	LeRoy McDonald	Marc Rubin	January 8, 1980
An art teacher believes Thorpe has potential as an artist, but Thorpe has sights on the NBA.
30	15	"Salami's Affair"	Thomas Carter	David Assael, Joshua Brand, Tom Chehak	January 15, 1980
A young female teacher develops an attraction to Salami.
31	16	"Links"	Mark Tinker	John Masius, Mark Tinker	January 22, 1980
Reeves takes Salami, Thorpe, and Coolidge to an exclusive country club for a round of golf with hilarious results.
32	17	"The Stripper"	Victor Lobl	John Falsey, Steve Kline, Marc Rubin	January 29, 1980
Reeves is unaware that the teacher he is dating moonlights as a stripper.
33	18	"Gonna Fly Now"	Mark Tinker	Steve Kline	February 5, 1980
A drug dealer infiltrates Carver's campus.
34	19	"Out at Home"	Victor Lobl	Barry Gold, Marc Rubin	February 19, 1980
Reeves is named Carver's new athletic director, but the longtime baseball coach isn't happy about it.
35	20	"The Russians Are Coming"	Victor Lobl	David Assael, Joshua Brand, Robert DiPietro	February 26, 1980
A touring team of Russian players comes to Carver, and one wants to defect with Hayward's help.
36	21	"The Hitter"	Marc Norman	Tom De Martini	March 4, 1980
Gomez is being physically abused by his father, but won't admit it.
37	22	"The Death of Me Yet?"	Victor Lobl	Marc Rubin	March 11, 1980
Carver celebrates advancing to the city championship, but the party turns tragic.
38	23	"Coolidge Goes Hollywood"	Marc Norman	John Falsey, Marc Rubin, Roland Wolpert	March 18, 1980
Coolidge is offered a television acting role.
39	24	"A Few Good Men"	Thomas Carter	Joshua Brand, John Falsey	April 1, 1980
Graduation for some of the players brings angst over the future, especially for Reese and Goldstein.

Season 3 (1980–81)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
40	1	"Reunion: Part 1"	Bruce Paltrow	John Falsey	October 16, 1980
Reeves returns to New York City (Bayside Queens) for his high-school reunion.
41	2	"Reunion: Part 2"	Bruce Paltrow	Joshua Brand, John Falsey	October 23, 1980
Reeves finds out his father is dying and stays in New York City a while longer, then returns to Carver. Mickey Mantle guest stars.
42	3	"Georgia on My Mind"	Victor Lobl	Marc Rubin	October 30, 1980
Coolidge has been overwhelmed by school, in particular struggling with science class, so he figures he should forget academics and parlay his basketball abilities into trying out for the Harlem Globetrotters. He rethinks his strategy after getting buffaloed at tryouts, and the Globetrotters encourage Coolidge to finish the science course when they reveal they all are college graduates.
43	4	"If Your Number's Up, Get It Down"	Mark Tinker	Joshua Brand	December 16, 1980
Coolidge, Salami, Vitaglia, and Thorpe wreck the new driver's ed car and have to raise money for a mobile health-care unit as punishment.
44	5	"Christmas Story"	Victor Lobl	Joshua Brand, John Falsey	December 23, 1980
The team helps run a basketball clinic at a Catholic school. Thorpe bonds with one of the kids, and Reeves is interested in dating the coach, unaware she's a nun.
45	6	"No Blood, No Foul"	Thomas Carter	Joshua Brand	December 30, 1980
Salami faces jail time for breaking an opposing player's jaw during an on-court brawl.
46	7	"The Vanity Fare"	Mark Tinker	John Masius, Mark Tinker	January 6, 1981
The team attempts to enter a singing contest.
47	8	"Mister Hero"	Marc Norman	Marshall Herskovitz	January 13, 1981
While out joyriding in a stolen car, Stone rescues an elderly lady from a car fire and is lauded as a hero until the truth is found out.
48	9	"B.M.O.C."	LeRoy McDonald	Steve Kline	February 2, 1981
Coolidge begins to feel conscious about his size and height. NBA great Bill Russell guest stars.
49	10	"Trial and Error"	Victor Lobl	Marc Rubin	February 9, 1981
Falahey's girlfriend thinks she's pregnant, while Reeves is called for jury duty.
50	11	"Car Repo"	Mark Tinker	Denis Belair, Joshua Brand	February 16, 1981
Salami and Vitaglia take a part-time job repossessing cars, and the hard hours take their toll.
51	12	"Psyched Out"	Victor Lobl	Tom Blomquist, Joanne Pagliaro, Marc Rubin	February 23, 1981
A teacher with a past history of nervous breakdowns is tormented by a psychotic student.
52	13	"Cops"	Lawrence Levy	David Assael, Erwin Washington	March 2, 1981
Thorpe is shot by a cop.
53	14	"Burnout"	Mark Tinker	Dennis Danzinger, Eric Stunzi	March 9, 1981
Carver's history teacher begins to show signs of burnout, much to the dismay of Rutherford.
54	15	"A Day in the Life"	Victor Lobl	Joshua Brand	March 16, 1981
A Carver alumni exhibition game brings updates on Hayward, Reese, Gomez, and Goldstein since graduation.

References

External links

• The White Shadow at the Internet Movie Database
• The White Shadow at TV.com