Plot - Coach Reeves is on a picnic in the park with a pretty blonde but doesn't pay much attention to her. That's because he's watching Bobby Magnum, played by Michael Warren, hustling others in basketball for cash. Reeves takes an interest in him and then cajoles him into enrolling and playing for Carver. Bobby has a lot of baggage, mostly owing money to loansharks. The other Carver players don't immediately accept him.
Eventually Bobby's past catches up with him, and despite Reeves best intentions it just doesn't work out. The show ends with Bobby heading back to Oakland pledging to be a better person.
Observations - this is the least satisfying episode so far. First of all, Michael Warren, a former UCLA player and character on Hill Street Blues, was 34 when the episode aired, yet claimed to not be 18 yet in the show. Two parts of the plot were never tied up. First, what happened after Reeves dined with his date. Second, Bobby still owed some $880 when the show ended.
One thing I did like was how Bobby called Reeves and the pawn shop owner "old folks." I will try to use that term at some point if I can find the right situation.
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