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Season 3 – The White Shadow

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A former pro-basketball player takes a job as a coach at a tough, ethnically mixed school in Los Angeles. He helps turn the team from losers to winners, both on and off the court.
The White Shadow — Season 3

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Ken Howard

Ken Reeves

Joan Pringle

Sybil Buchanan

Byron Stewart

Warren Coolidge

Kevin Hooks

Morris Thorpe

Timothy Van Patten

Mario Pettrino

Larry "Flash" Jenkins

Wardell Stone

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 16, 1980 Reunion Reeves confronts his father (James Whitmore) after coming home for a reunion; guests Robert Hooks, JoBeth Williams. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 23, 1980 Reunion Reeves reconciles with his dying father (James Whitmore) and returns to meet new team members; guest JoBeth Williams. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 30, 1980 Georgia on My Mind Coolidge, certain he's good enough to play professional basketball, tries out for the Harlem Globetrotters; guest Roosevelt Grier. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 16, 1980 If Your Number's Up, Get It Down The team tries to use deception to raise funds for a mobile health-care unit; guests Elgin Baylor, Sparky Anderson, Jimmie Walker. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 23, 1980 Christmas Story At Christmas, Thorpe befriends an orphan; Reeves helps a priest (Craig T. Nelson); and the team sells trees; guest Penny Peyser. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 30, 1980 No Blood, No Foul Reeves feels personally responsible when Salami faces assault charges for injuring an opposing team's player during a rough game. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 6, 1981 Vanity Fare Troubles plague Reeves' foray into television commercials and the team's attempts at a music-business career; guest Frazer Smith. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 13, 1981 Mr. Hero Perennial delinquent Stone becomes an instant hero after he pulls an unconscious, elderly woman from a car just before it explodes. Details Episode 9 Aired Feb 2, 1981 B.M.O.C. Reeves calls on an old friend (Bill Russell) for help when Coolidge begins to feel self-conscious about his ever-increasing height. Details Episode 10 Aired Feb 9, 1981 Trial and Error Reeves is called for jury duty days before a critical game; Falahey's girlfriend tells him she's pregnant; guest Roosevelt Grier. Details Episode 11 Aired Feb 16, 1981 Car Repo Salami and Vitaglia take jobs as auto repossessors, which winds up causing problems with their coach, the police and each other. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 23, 1981 Psyched Out An unstable student (Michael Winslow) harasses a new teacher (Christina Pickles) recovering from an emotional breakdown. Details Episode 13 Aired Mar 2, 1981 Cops Police, looking for robbers, stop Thorpe and Coolidge, wounding Thorpe; guest A Martinez. Details Episode 14 Aired Mar 9, 1981 Burnout Rutherford's hero, a young teacher who was a civil-rights activist during the 1960s, succumbs to stress and becomes apathetic. Details Episode 15 Aired Mar 16, 1981 A Day in the Life An alumni game brings graduates Hayward, Goldstein, Reese and Gomez back to Carver to play the current team; guest Ella Fitzgerald. Details

Season Info

Director
Victor Lobl, Mark Tinker, Bruce Paltrow, Lawrence Levy, Marc Norman, Leroy McDonald
Executive Producer
Bruce Paltrow
Screenwriter
John Falsey, Marc Rubin, Joanne Pagliaro, Erwin Washington, Mark Tinker, Marshall Herskovitz, Dennis Danziger, Steve Kline, Joshua Brand, David Assael, Eric Stunzi, John Masius
Network
CBS
Genre
Drama, Sports
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 16, 1980