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The White Shadow Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 1980 - 1981
Episode 1
Reunion
Thu, Oct 16, 1980 60 mins
Reeves flies home for his 20-year high-school reunion and a visit with his father, who's hiding the fact that he's dying from a brain tumor. First of two parts. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Luther: Robert Hooks. Hayward: Thomas Carter. Paula: Jobeth Williams.
Episode 2
Reunion
Thu, Oct 23, 1980 60 mins
Conclusion. Reeves extends his New York stay in an attempt to befriend his dying father; and basketball tryouts turn out a new team. Jake: James Whitmore. Stone: Larry "Flash" Jenkins. Luther: Robert Hooks. Rutherford: Wolfe Perry. Paula: Jobeth Williams. Falahey: John Laughlin. Mickey Mantle: Himself. Mitchell: Stoney Jackson. Dr. McCabe: Peter Hobbs.
Episode 3
Georgia on My Mind
Thu, Oct 30, 1980 60 mins
Coolidge is in serious academic trouble and believes that a tryout with the Harlem Globetrotters is the way out. Coach Davis: Rosey Grier. Reeves: Ken Howard. Hansen: Melinda Cordell. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Hyde: Ken Sansom.
Episode 4
If Your Number's Up...Get It Down
Tue, Dec 16, 1980 60 mins
When Reeves takes charge of a fund-raising drive, his players come up with an imaginative pitch to collect money. Elgin Baylor, Sparky Anderson, Red Auerbach and Chet Walker play themselves. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Davis: Rosie Grier.
Episode 5
The Christmas Story
Tue, Dec 23, 1980 60 mins
As the holidays approach, a priest persuades Reeves to conduct a boys-club clinic, while the team tries to peddle Christmas trees---for their own gain. Father Phil: Craig T. Nelson. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks. Coach Bilello: Penny Peyser.
Episode 6
No Blood, No Foul
Tue, Dec 30, 1980 60 mins
Pugnacious Salami throws a jaw-breaking punch on the court---and is charged with assault. Ken Howard. Greg Adler: Randy Brooks. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Mr. Adler: Lawrence Cook. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks.
Episode 7
Vanity Fare
Tue, Jan 6, 1981 60 mins
Carver goes Hollywood when Reeves is offered a television commercial and his ball players win a recording contract. Bill Price: Ray Girardin. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Robbie Maine: James Staley. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks.
Episode 8
Mr. Hero
Tue, Jan 13, 1981 60 mins
Perpetual goof-off Stone becomes a hero when he carries an old woman from her car seconds before it explodes. Reeves: Ken Howard. Denise Shaw: Eleanor McCoy. Leroy: Bryan O'Dell. Buchanon: Joan Pringle.
Episode 9
BMOC
Mon, Feb 2, 1981 60 mins
Coolidge loses his cool when both teammates and girls tease him about his height. Basketball's Bill Russell offers Coolidge advice from experience. Reeves: Ken Howard. Roberta: Eugenia Wright. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Mrs. Coolidge: Maidie Norman.
Episode 10
Trial and Error
Mon, Feb 9, 1981 60 mins
Falahey tells a few lies to avoid practice, and even Reeves is tempted to stretch the truth to avoid jury duty. Roseanne: Jennifer Perito. Reeves: Ken Howard. Carol: Jessica Potter. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Logan: Al Fann.
Episode 11
Car Repo
Mon, Feb 16, 1981 60 mins
Forced to find jobs, Salami and Vitaglia (Timothy Van Patten, John Mengatti) become car repossessors. Ken Howard. Tom: Tom Patchett. George: John Steadman.
Episode 12
Psyched Out
Mon, Feb 23, 1981 60 mins
A new teacher is harassed when word gets out that she's recovering from a nervous breakdown. Reeves: Ken Howard. Christine: Christine Pickles. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Lee: Michael Winslow. Coolidge: Byron Stewart. Bellerini: Nicholas Mele.
Episode 13
Cops
Mon, Mar 2, 1981 60 mins
The school is a time bomb of violence after Thorpe is mistaken for a robbery suspect and shot by police. Off. Robinson: Bob Delegall. Reeves: Ken Howard. Off. Ramirez: A Martinez. Coolidge: Byron Stewart.
Episode 14
Burnout
Mon, Mar 9, 1981 60 mins
Twelve years at Carver leaves a teacher burned out and he starts to give up on his career. Ken Howard. Rutherford: Wolfe Perry. LuAnn: Lynne Moody. Buchanon: Joan Pringle. Bellerini: Nicholas Mele. Thorpe: Kevin Hooks.
Episode 15
A Day in the Life
Mon, Mar 16, 1981 60 mins
Reese, Hayward, Goldstein and Gomez (Nathan Cook, Thomas Carter, Ken Michelman, Ira Angustain) turn out for an alumni game. Ella Fitzgerald plays a dramatic role as a jazz great. Reeves: Ken Howard. Mrs. Hayward: Marilyn Coleman. Buchanon: Joan Pringle.