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The White Shadow Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
On the Line
Mon, Sep 17, 1979 60 mins
Jackson is suspected of point-shaving for a numbers racket. Harold: David Hubbard. Reeves: Ken Howard. Jackie Patton: Ralph Wilcox. Janine: Deborah Lacey. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Goldstein: Ken Michelman. Reese: Nathan Cook. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Gomez: Ira Angustain.
Episode 2
Albert Hodges
Mon, Sep 24, 1979 60 mins
Reeves is labeled a racist by an embittered black student. Albert Hodges: Richard Cummings Jr. Willis: Ed Bernard. Paula: Saundra Sharp. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Mrs. Hodges: Ella Raino Edwards. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Dean Sullivan: Richard Derr. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Biletti: F. William Parker. Jackson: Eric Kilpatrick. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks.
Episode 3
The Cross Town Hustle
Mon, Oct 1, 1979 60 mins
Reese is impressed by a smooth-talking rival coach, and considers leaving Carver High. Harper: Wayne Heffley. Reeves: Ken Howard. Harmon Reese: Hari Rhodes. Willis: Ed Bernard. Wally Rogers: Dennis Howard. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Reba Reese: Isabel Cooley. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Coolidge: Byron Stewart.
Episode 4
Sudden Death
Mon, Oct 8, 1979 60 mins
Reeves feels responsible when a freshman lapses into a coma during a rigorous practice. Randy: Haywood Nelson. Willis: Ed Bernard. Louella Judd: Madge Sinclair. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Henry Judd: Hal Williams. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Dr. Luria: David Ankrum. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Minister: Jason Ross.
Episode 5
A Silent Cheer
Mon, Oct 15, 1979 60 mins
A pro scout tries to talk Reeves out of retirement; and a deaf student tries out for the team. Forrester: Taylor Lacher. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Jeff: Glenn-Michael Jones. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Carl Simpson: Robert DoQui. Willis: Ed Bernard. Carol: Kim Hamilton. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Selridge: Larry Farmer. Coolidge: Byron Stewart.
Episode 6
No Place like Home
Mon, Oct 29, 1979 60 mins
Coolidge decides to stay with Coach Reeves after a fire destroys his family's apartment. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Mrs. Coolidge: Hilda Haynes. Reeves: Ken Howard. Jenny: Mary Moon. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Jackson: Eric Kilpatrick. Goldstein: Ken Michelman.
Episode 7
Globetrotters
Mon, Nov 5, 1979 60 mins
Reeves challenges the team to play some "old men off the street"---the Harlem Globetrotters. Vitaglia: John Mengatti. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Pimlico Coach: Bob Delegall. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Reese: Nathan Cook. Goldstein: Ken Michelman. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Gomez: Ira Angustain. Coolidge: Byron Stewart.
Episode 8
Me?
Mon, Nov 12, 1979 60 mins
Reeves' sex-education class has special meaning for Thorpe. Diana: Rosanne Katon. Reeves: Ken Howard. Dr. Chatham: Judyann Elder. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Jenny: Mary Moon. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Tattooed Man: Wallace McClesky. Vitaglia: John Mengatti. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Willis: Ed Bernard. Jackson: Eric Kilpatrick.
Episode 9
Needle
Mon, Nov 26, 1979 60 mins
Hayward seeks revenge on the dealer responsible for his cousin's overdose death. Trotter: Leopoldo. Reeves: Ken Howard. Jason Hayward: Marc Jefferson. Goldstein: Ken Michelman. Aunt Edna: Hope Clarke. Buchanon: Joan Pringle.
Episode 10
Sliding By
Mon, Dec 3, 1979 60 mins
The "perfect student" transfers to Carver High: a highly recruited basketball star with good grades. Mac Wade: Brian Frishman. Reeves: Ken Howard. Charley Wade: Jerry Hardin. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Finniman: Lisle Wilson. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Boyd: S. John Launer. Willis: Ed Bernard. Jenny: Mary Moon. Vitaglia: John Mengatti. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks.
Episode 11
Delores of Course
Tue, Dec 18, 1979 60 mins
Jackson is reunited with his long-lost love, unaware that she's now a prostitute. Delores: Deborah Morgan-Weldon. Reeves: Ken Howard. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Calvin: Taurean Blacque. Miriam: Susan Davis. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Candy: Jan Hill. Reese: Nathan Cook. Pammie: DaCarla Kilpatrick. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Charlie: Michael O'Dwyer.
Episode 12
A Christmas Present
Tue, Dec 25, 1979 60 mins
It's Christmas, and everyone has special plans---except Reeves. Phil: Russell Phillip Robinson. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Julio: Trinidad Silva. Willis: Ed Bernard. Nancy: Deborah Lacey. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Steve: Rod Browning.
Episode 13
Feeling No Pain
Tue, Jan 1, 1980 60 mins
The pain of a knee injury prompts Salami to search for drugs---on campus. Dr. Parmel: Andy Romano. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Lester: Maurice Sneed. Reeves: Ken Howard. Fishbein: Todd Susman. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Board Member: Jerry Lacy. Coolidge: Byron Stewart.
Episode 14
Artist
Tue, Jan 8, 1980 60 mins
A teacher tries to steer Thorpe away from his dream of NBA stardom and toward a career in art. Wanda Bridges: Gloria Foster. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Ed Thorpe: Herb Jefferson Jr. Reeves: Ken Howard. Pamela: Hazel Medina. Buchanon: Joan Pringle.
Episode 15
Salami's Affair
Tue, Jan 15, 1980 60 mins
While Carver's girls hunt dates for the Sadie Hawkins Dance, a history teacher seeks a tryst with Salami. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Kathy Plunkett: Fran Myers. Reeves: Ken Howard.
Episode 16
Links
Tue, Jan 22, 1980 60 mins
Reeves takes Salami, Thorpe and Coolidge on a golf outing at a country club, unaware of an unwritten rule---no blacks allowed. Ken Howard. Bob Beardsley: Robert Alda. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Marjorie: Simone Griffeth. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Melanie: Stacey Kuhne. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Les Evans: Fred D. Scott. Buchanon: Joan Pringle.
Episode 17
The Stripper
Tue, Jan 29, 1980 60 mins
Reeves discovers that the dance teacher he's romancing is moonlighting as a stripper. Susan Stockwood: Randee Heller. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Pettrino: Robert Costanzo. Willis: Ed Bernard. Casey: Eric Server. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Marcia: Abbie Scott. Katie: Robin Rose.
Episode 18
Gonna Fly Now
Tue, Feb 5, 1980 60 mins
Team manager Phil Jeffers becomes a victim of "angel dust" when his drink is spiked at a party. Reeves: Ken Howard. Paula: Kathleen Lloyd. Willis: Ed Bernard. Cletis Rice: Carl Crudup. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Lonnie Burns: Rudy Lowe. Salami: Timothy Van Patten. Mrs. Jeffers: Veronica Redd. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Debby: Lark A. Hackshaw.
Episode 19
Out at Home
Tue, Feb 19, 1980 60 mins
A more experienced fellow coach resents it when Reeves is appointed athletic director. Owens: James McEachin. Willis: Ed Bernard. Marge: Beverly Hope Atkinson. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Chipper: Meshach Taylor. Vitaglia: John Mengatti. Micky North: Arnold Johnson.
Episode 20
The Russians Are Coming
Tue, Feb 26, 1980 60 mins
Carver High plays host to a touring Soviet high-school basketball team. Reeves: Ken Howard. Ilya: Chris Mulkey. Willis: Ed Bernard. McKenzie: Kenneth Kimmins. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Dimitri: Zitto Kazann. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Alexi: Brad Maule. Goldstein: Ken Michelman. Uri: Jonathan Gries. Coolidge: Byron Stewart.
Episode 21
The Hitter
Tue, Mar 4, 1980 60 mins
Reeves discovers that Gomez is the victim of parental abuse. Mr. Gomez: Hector Elias. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Mrs. Gomez: Lupe M. Ontiveros. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Evelyn: Jan Stratton. Jackson: Eric Kilpatrick. Black Man: Bubba Smith. Reese: Nathan Cook.
Episode 22
The Death of Me Yet
Tue, Mar 11, 1980 60 mins
Carver High wins a shot at the championship---but one of the starters isn't going to make tap-off. Reeves: Ken Howard. Kathy Plunkett: Fran Myers. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Willie: Beany Williams. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Arthur Cummings: James Cromwell. Jackson: Eric Kilpatrick. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Reese: Nathan Cook.
Episode 23
Coolidge Goes Hollywood
Tue, Mar 18, 1980 60 mins
Warren Coolidge's latent acting talent is discovered by a television producer. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Reeves: Ken Howard. Leonard: Harry Danner. Director: George Wyner. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Producer: Peter Jurasik. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Starlet: Teddi Siddall. Reese: Nathan Cook. Writer: Paul Willson. Goldstein: Ken Michelman.
Episode 24
A Few Good Men
Tue, Apr 1, 1980 60 mins
As graduation approaches, seniors consider life after high school. Reeves: Ken Howard. Taylor: Glynn Turman. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Plunkett: Fran Myers. Goldstein: Ken Michelman. Lonnie: Carl Franklin. Reese: Nathan Cook. Hayward: Thomas Carter.
