1x07 Dear Louise - Sports Night Episode Guide

Sports Night

- Episode 01x07

Episode: 01x07
Title: Dear Louise
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N-307
First Aired: Nov. 10, 1998

Season 1 » Episode #07 - Dear Louise

Summary: The episode is told primarily through the eyes of Jeremy, as he writes a letter to his sister Louise. Dan has writer's block and Natalie tries to help. Sports Night must report on a professional baseball player from the Depression era, an old friend of Isaac, who is in an automobile accident. Casey and Gordon point out each other's shortcomings. Dana puts on her boogie shoes.

Who appeared in this episode?

Gordon	played by Ted McGinley
Stacy	played by Jolie Jackunas

Episode Quotes

Season 1 / Episode 7: - Dear Louise

Natalie Hurley: On page 66, halfway down in the NFL injury report, it says "Collins is expected to miss practice this week, the result of a bulging disk."
Dan Rydell: Yeah?
Natalie Hurley: There's a typo on the TelePrompter. They left out the 's.'
Casey McCall: Collins is expected to be sidelined a week to 10 days with a bulging di-Uh Oh.
Dan Rydell: Whoa. That's a big 10-4.
Casey McCall: My next line in the script was "Let's go the videotape."
Natalie Hurley: We might have gotten some phone calls.

Season 1 / Episode 7: - Dear Louise

Casey McCall: If you've had half as much fun watching the show as we've had doing it, well, then we've had twice as much fun doing the show as you've had watching it.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

BOOM: During the final scene in the bullpen, the cast return from a bar. Shadow of the mike is visible on the round light oculus in the ceiling.
FAKE: A small gap in the wall separating the control room from the studio is visible, probably the seam between two walls so the crew could remove one for production purposes.
PLOT: In a previous episode (_Episode #1.05, Mary Pat Shelby (1998)_), Jeremy tells Natalie that his sister Louise once tied him to a tree, but he doesn't know why. He says that he should call her to find out. In this episode, when Casey says he usually just makes phone calls instead of writing letters, Jeremy says his sister Louise cannot hear, and that is why he is writing her a letter instead.
MISC: In the graphic for Archibald "A.K." Russell, there is a period after the A but not after the K.