Sports Night Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Sports Night: Season 2 (1999 - 2000)

• Season 2 Episode 22: Quo Vadimus

  Fears increase as bidders drop out of the auction for Continental Corp.

• Season 2 Episode 21: La Forza del Destino

  Dana meets a mysterious stranger in the bar, and the crew anxiously wait to hear about the show's future

• Season 2 Episode 20: Bells and a Siren

  Rumours circulate that the channel may have to be taken off air, prompting Natalie to look for a new job

• Season 2 Episode 19: April is the Cruellest Month

  Dana hears the channel's finances are in a terrible state, meaning they may be forced into cutbacks. Meanwhile, the crew help their Jewish colleagues celebrate Passover

• Season 2 Episode 18: Draft Day - Part Two: The Fall of Ryan O'Brian

  Part two of two. Dan is forced to work for Round Two of Draft Day, thwarting his plans to go for a game of golf. Jeremy gives his girlfriend a tour of the station, but is anxious about bumping into Natalie

• Season 2 Episode 17: Draft Day - Part One: It Can't Rain at Indian Wells

  Part one of two. The crew broadcast a three-hour coverage programme of the first round of Draft Day, as the major league teams announce their new picks

• Season 2 Episode 16: The Local Weather

  Dan feels as if he's being left behind as everyone else seems to be making significant moves forward in life. Jeremy wonders if the girl he met at the bar will ever contact him

• Season 2 Episode 15: Celebrities

  Jeremy is excluded from a game at work, so he wanders off and meets a girl who looks strikingly familiar

• Season 2 Episode 14: And the Crowd Goes Wild

  Ratings consultant Sam leaves, and although Dana seems glad at first, she soon realises the opportunity she has missed

• Season 2 Episode 13: Dana Get Your Gun

  Dan is determined to make it to a Tom Waits concert and tries to reschedule his shifts to enable him to do so. Meanwhile, Dana brings a gun into work

• Season 2 Episode 12: The Sweet Smell of Air

  Michael Jordan asks the team for an interview, but his ulterior motive is to market his new cologne live on TV

• Season 2 Episode 11: The Cut Man Cometh

  An eagerly awaited boxing match lasts just seven seconds, meaning the crew have to find a way to fill the remaining air time

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Giants Win the Pennant, the Giants Win the Pennant

  Casey goes out with Pixley again, and Dana gets upset. Dan looks to write a story on a classic World Series match from 1951, and makes an intriguing discovery along the way

• Season 2 Episode 9: A Girl Named Pixley

  Dana worries when Casey goes on a date, and Jeremy loses faith in his nomination for an award

• Season 2 Episode 8: The Reunion

  Casey searches for a Christmas present for Isaac, and Dan goes to Midnight Mass : despite being Jewish

• Season 2 Episode 7: Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks

  Dana is proud of her brother's footballing achievements, but suspicions arise of players using drugs to enhance their performance

• Season 2 Episode 6: Shane

  Casey tries to protect a friend who slams Manhattan in an interview, but Dana refuses to edit the tape.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Kafelnikov

  As the Sports Night crew carry out final checks in preparation for the year 2000 there is a power cut. Dan contacts a woman he met in a bar, and finds out she's a therapist

• Season 2 Episode 4: Louise Revisited

  Casey is upset when Dana goes on a dinner date with an old flame from high school

• Season 2 Episode 3: Cliff Gardner

  The crew are frightened to make a wrong move, with the ratings consultant peering over their shoulders, but their anxieties render the team dysfunctional

• Season 2 Episode 2: When Something Wicked This Way Comes

  Dana turns Casey down, saying he needs to gain more experience of relationships before she'd be interested in him. Rumours abound that Isaac has hired a ratings consultant

• Season 2 Episode 1: Special Powers

  The team hear the show has been delayed by 10 minutes, giving them more time to sort out the broadcast's opening, and Casey reveals his feelings to Dana

Sports Night: Season 1 (1998 - 1999)

• Season 1 Episode 23: What Kind of Day Has It Been?

  Dana begins to despair at her failing fortunes following the break-up of her engagement to Gordon, but things begin to look brighter for her

• Season 1 Episode 22: Napoleon's Battle Plan

  Casey intends to break up Dana and Gordon's engagement, but doesn't know where to start, so loyal friend Dan suggests a plan of action

• Season 1 Episode 21: Ten Wickets

  Jeremy and Natalie rekindle their relationship, while Dan gets his heart broken

• Season 1 Episode 20: Ordnance Tactics

  A bomb scare puts the team on edge. Isaac has a stroke which causes problems for those around him

• Season 1 Episode 19: Eli's Coming

  Dana lets her colleagues down when she chooses to go out with Gordon, prompting Casey to question her loyalty to the show

• Season 1 Episode 18: The Sword of Orion

  Dan attempts to solve the mystery of a yachting incident as a way of coping with the break-up of his parents' marriage

• Season 1 Episode 17: How Are Things in Glocca Morra?

  Dana must choose between her career and her relationship with Gordon, while Jeremy tries to write a letter to his sister

• Season 1 Episode 16: Sally

  A slow news day provides time for staffers to mull their personal curiosities.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Dana and the Deep Blue Sea

  Dana agrees to go on a snorkelling trip with Gordon because she's worried he might end their relationship if she says no

• Season 1 Episode 14: Rebecca

  Isaac confronts JJ as rumours of his impending dismissal surface in the Wall Street Journal

• Season 1 Episode 13: Small Town

  Dana and Casey have a disastrous double-date; Natalie produces the show alone.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Smoky

  The CSC employees react quickly to news of Isaac's departure as they look to advance their own careers, while Casey and Dana find themselves attracted to each other

• Season 1 Episode 11: The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee

  Isaac faces an agonising dilemma when his boss orders Sports Night to make a mockery of a Tennessee school which uses the Confederate flag as its symbol

• Season 1 Episode 10: Shoe Money Tonight

  Dan and Casey challenge each other to a game of poker, but things turn nasty as the stakes get raised

• Season 1 Episode 9: The Quality of Mercy at 29k

  Dan helps a homeless man, while the crew prepare themselves for a live broadcast from Mount Everest

• Season 1 Episode 8: Thespis

  Jeremy convinces Dana Sports Night is haunted, and Isaac rues his treatment of his daughter when she needs emergency surgery

• Season 1 Episode 7: Dear Louise

  Jeremy writes a letter to his deaf sister, revealing his relationships with colleagues Casey, Dana, Isaac and Natalie

• Season 1 Episode 6: The Head Coach, Dinner and the Morning Mail

  Jeremy worries when Natalie gets hate mail due to charges against a football star.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Mary Pat Shelby

  Natalie is harassed by a player in the changing room and tries to keep the story quiet, but it isn't long before the media get wind of the incident and blow it up into a massive scandal

• Season 1 Episode 4: Intellectual Property

  Casey acts jealous when he learns Dana is dating a man named Gordon.

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Hungry and the Hunted

  Jeremy has to stand up for himself when he is asked to produce a segment on hunting : a sport he is completely opposed to : and faints during filming

• Season 1 Episode 2: The Apology

  The network demands an on-air apology after Dan is quoted in a national magazine.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  Casey informs Dan that he'll be leaving the show to spend more time with his son