Sports Night: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Sports Night Season 1.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Special Powers
Oct 5, 1999 · 22 min
Casey tries to find the courage to ask Dana out, Isaac's back at work, and Jeremy and Natalie have a fight.
When Something Wicked This Way Comes
Oct 12, 1999 · 22 min
Dana goes to a bachelorette party and has an epiphany, Dan has breakfast with Hillary Clinton, and Isaac brings in a ratings guy.
Cliff Gardner
Oct 19, 1999 · 22 min
The staff are stressed out by Sam Donovan's presence, and things get worse when J.J. stops by to give them notes.
Louise Revisited
Oct 26, 1999 · 22 min
Casey does everything he can to win the Sports Night “Who's Cooler: Dan or Casey?” internet poll. Dana has dinner with an old school friend.
Kafelnikov
Nov 2, 1999 · 22 min
Jeremy readies the show's computer systems for Y2K. Dan meets a woman in a bar, discovering later that she's a psychologist.
Shane
Dec 7, 1999 · 22 min
Casey wants to edit an interview to cast a ballplayer in a more favorable light, Dan has trouble taping a teaser, and The Vatican declares there's no such place as Hell.
Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks
Dec 14, 1999 · 22 min
Jeremy has to fire an intern, and the team covers breaking news of a football steroid scandal.
The Reunion
Dec 21, 1999 · 22 min
Dana's brother comes to visit. Natalie asks Dan to review her audition tape.
A Girl Named Pixley
Dec 28, 1999 · 22 min
It's a very slow news day, Casey goes on a date with a woman named Pixley, and Jeremy is up for an award.
The Giants Win the Pennant, the Giants Win the Pennant
Jan 11, 2000 · 22 min
Dana begins to see the flaw in her dating plan. Dan wants to use Isaac in a feature on the 1951 New York Giants pennant win.
The Cut Man Cometh
Jan 18, 2000 · 22 min
Dan and Casey cover a boxing match. Dan's father visits.
The Sweet Smell of Air
Jan 25, 2000 · 22 min
The show lands an interview with Michael Jordan but there are a few strings attached. Sam returns.
Dana Get Your Gun
Feb 1, 2000 · 22 min
Dan tries to get the night off for a Tom Waits concert. Dana inherits a gun.
And the Crowd Goes Wild
Feb 8, 2000 · 22 min
It's Sam's last day at the show, Jeremy and Natalie break up, and Casey gets his eyes examined.
Celebrities
Feb 29, 2000 · 22 min
Natalie organizes a post-show trivia game but excludes Jeremy, who ends up meeting a woman at a bar.
The Local Weather
Mar 7, 2000 · 22 min
Dan reacts to not making the “100 Most Influential People in Sports” list. Dana goes to church.
Draft Day: Part I - It Can't Rain at Indian Wells
Mar 14, 2000 · 22 min
The team covers the first round of the NFL draft. Jeremy is nervous about Jenny's visit to the studio.
Draft Day: Part II - The Fall of Ryan O'Brian
Mar 21, 2000 · 22 min
It's the second round of the NFL draft. Jenny visits, and Dan and Casey fight.
April is the Cruelest Month
Mar 28, 2000 · 22 min
The network's cutting costs and jobs may be on the line. The staff sit for Passover Seder, and Dan hopes this will afford him the chance to mend a few fences.
Bells and a Siren
Apr 4, 2000 · 22 min
Natalie has a job interview with Saturday Night Live. Dan hires a publicist.
La Forza Del Destino
May 9, 2000 · 22 min
Dana meets a man with inside information on the sale of the network. Dan and Casey have a job offer in Los Angeles.
Quo Vadimus
May 16, 2000 · 22 min
Rebecca returns, Natalie and Jeremy rekindle their relationship, and the network is sold.