The White Shadow

• E1

  (pilot)

  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., drops by to offer him a job as basketball coach. Reeves is reluctant, but agrees. Among the challenges he faces with the school and the team include a female vice principal who doesn't like him and a player, James Hayward, who has a lot of potential, but also is fatherless and may have to drop out of school to go to work and take care of his mom and little brother.

  1978-11-27 · 60m
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• E2

  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.

  1978-12-04 · 60m
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• E3

  The Offer

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  1978-12-11 · 60m
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• E4

  Bonus Baby

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  1978-12-25 · 60m
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• E5

  Pregnant Pause

  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 and the team discover her attending cheerleader practices and believe she may be lying about the pregnancy to trap Reese into marrying her.

  1979-01-01 · 60m
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• E6

  Wanna Bet?

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  1979-01-08 · 60m
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• E7

  That Old Gang of Mine

  after gomez gets knocked off the carver high basketball team he joins a street gang he onced belonged to

  1979-01-15 · 60m
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• E8

  Just One of the Boys

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

  1979-01-27 · 60m
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• E9

  Airball

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

  1979-02-03 · 60m
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• E10

  We're in the Money

  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.

  1979-02-10 · 60m
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• E11

  Spare the Rod

  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 any way. Reeves then quickly learns that some students can't be helped when Lucius tries to rape Mrs. Buchanan.

  1979-02-17 · 60m
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• E12

  The Great White Dope

  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 free ride through school because of his basketball skills. The problem is further compounded when Mac, who has never had to take a test in school, is caught cheating on a test and has to be suspended.

  1979-02-24 · 60m
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• E13

  Mainstream

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  1979-03-05 · 60m
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  E14

  Little Orphan Abner

  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 on this because Goldstein really doesn't fit in with them, but they agree to check on him and, in the process, take advantage of him and his hospitality. Goldstein threatens to quit the team, and Coach Reeves gives him a lecture on standing up for himself.

  1979-03-26 · 60m
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• E15

  LeGrand Finale

  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.

  1979-04-09 · 60m
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Top cast

Ken Howard

Ken Reeves

Kevin Hooks

Morris Thorpe

Byron Stewart

Warren Coolidge

Tim Van Patten

Mario 'Salami' Pettrino

Stoney Jackson

Jesse B. Mitchell

Ed Bernard

Jim Willis

Erik Kilpatrick

Curtis Jackson

Nathan Cook

Milton Reese

Ira Angustain

Ricky Gomez

Ken Michelman

Abner Goldstein

Joan Pringle

Sybil Buchanan

Jason Bernard

Jim Willis