The White Shadow

S01E02: Here's Mud in Your Eye

Coach Reeves and the team discover liquor in Jackson's locker, and fear he may have a drinking problem.

Overview

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

Episodes

S01E01 (pilot)

November 27, 1978 60 min
Ken Reeves, a forward with the Chicago Bulls, is forced to retire after suffering a serious knee injury. His old friend and high school teammate, Jim Willis, who is principal of Carver High near L.A.,...

S01E02 Here's Mud in Your Eye

December 4, 1978 60 min
Coach Reeves and the team discover liquor in Jackson's locker, and fear he may have a drinking problem.

S01E03 The Offer

December 11, 1978 60 min

S01E04 Bonus Baby

December 25, 1978 60 min

S01E05 Pregnant Pause

January 1, 1979 60 min
College scouts are impressed with Reese and believe he has a good shot at a scholarship. However, Reese's plans are put on hold when his girlfriend, a Carver cheerleader, tells him she's pregnant. Coach Reeves...

S01E06 Wanna Bet?

January 8, 1979 60 min

S01E07 That Old Gang of Mine

January 15, 1979 60 min
after gomez gets knocked off the carver high basketball team he joins a street gang he onced belonged to

S01E08 Just One of the Boys

January 27, 1979 60 min
Reeves deals with a new player, Raymond Collins, who was forced to transfer from his old school because of rumors about his being gay.

S01E09 Airball

February 3, 1979 60 min
The team's excitement over being invited to compete in a basketball tournament is overshadowed when the plane they're on develops mechanical trouble.

S01E10 We're in the Money

February 10, 1979 60 min
When the team goes to Las Vegas to play in a tournament, they secretly take a pool of money collected from the students so they can gamble and return home with a fortune.

S01E11 Spare the Rod

February 17, 1979 60 min
Coach Reeves substitute-teaches a P.E. class, loses his temper, and hits a student, Lucius Robinson, who refuses to participate. Reeves feels guilty about the incident, learns of Lucius' troubles, and offers to help him in...

S01E12 The Great White Dope

February 24, 1979 60 min
Mac Wade, a tall, white, ""can't miss"" college basketball prospect, transfers to Carver for his senior year due to re-zoning, which excites Reeves. However, Reeves discovers that Mac can't read and has been allowed a...

S01E13 Mainstream

March 5, 1979 60 min
Little Orphan Abner

S01E14 Little Orphan Abner

March 26, 1979 60 min
Goldstein's grandmother is hospitalized and his grandfather stays at the hospital with her, so Coach Reeves asks the team to check in on him at home every so often. The other guys aren't too keen...

S01E15 LeGrand Finale

April 9, 1979 60 min
The team wants to form a singing group, but elect not to include Thorpe, who begins a dating interest with Karen LeGrand, a white girl with an unsavory reputation around school.

Cast

Ken Howard
Ken Howard
Ken Reeves
Kevin Hooks
Kevin Hooks
Morris Thorpe
Byron Stewart
Warren Coolidge
Tim Van Patten
Tim Van Patten
Mario 'Salami' Pettrino
Stoney Jackson
Stoney Jackson
Jesse B. Mitchell
Ed Bernard
Ed Bernard
Jim Willis
Erik Kilpatrick
Erik Kilpatrick
Curtis Jackson
Nathan Cook
Nathan Cook
Milton Reese
Ira Angustain
Ricky Gomez
Ken Michelman
Ken Michelman
Abner Goldstein
Joan Pringle
Joan Pringle
Sybil Buchanan
Jason Bernard
Jason Bernard
Jim Willis

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