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Every episode of Lou Grant ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Lou Grant!

The Best Episodes of Lou Grant

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

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  1. Background image for Nazi
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    #1 - Nazi

    S1:E5

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    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Robert Schlitt
  2. Background image for Cophouse
    8.0/10(97 votes)

    #2 - Cophouse

    S1:E1

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    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Poison
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    #3 - Poison

    S1:E21

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    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Samaritan
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #4 - Samaritan

    S2:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Mob
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #5 - Mob

    S2:E4

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    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Cop
    7.7/10(51 votes)

    #6 - Cop

    S3:E1

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    Director:Roger Young
    Writer:Unknown
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  7. Background image for Hollywood
    7.7/10(51 votes)

    #7 - Hollywood

    S3:E12

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    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown
  8. Background image for Blackout
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    #8 - Blackout

    S3:E20

    The paper's long standing streak of having a daily newspaper published is threatened by a blackout.

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    Director:Allen Williams
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Fire
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #9 - Fire

    S2:E13

    While investigating a string of fires in the same neighborhood, Lou and Billie find a connection linking a building owner and members of a fire department to arson.

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    Director:Roger Young
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Frame-Up
    7.5/10(35 votes)

    #10 - Frame-Up

    S3:E5

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    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Lou
    7.5/10(43 votes)

    #11 - Lou

    S3:E19

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    Director:Roger Young
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Hostages
    7.4/10(67 votes)

    #12 - Hostages

    S1:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Henhouse
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    #13 - Henhouse

    S1:E4

    Lou clashes with a woman who is the head of the woman's section of the newspaper over whose reporter should cover the alleged murder of a famous playwright in New Mexico.

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    Director:Richard Crenna
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Judge
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    #14 - Judge

    S1:E9

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    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Takeover
    7.4/10(51 votes)

    #15 - Takeover

    S1:E12

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    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Marathon
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #16 - Marathon

    S2:E21

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    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Gene Reynolds
  17. Background image for Inheritance
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #17 - Inheritance

    S3:E17

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    Director:Roger Young
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Hometown
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    #18 - Hometown

    S5:E4

    When Lou goes back to his elderly home to settle his aunt's estate, he meets an old flame and gets his first story assignment in years from Charlie.

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    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Hoax
    7.3/10(63 votes)

    #19 - Hoax

    S1:E3

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Scoop
    7.3/10(53 votes)

    #20 - Scoop

    S1:E8

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Airliner
    7.3/10(48 votes)

    #21 - Airliner

    S1:E14

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    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Sect
    7.3/10(49 votes)

    #22 - Sect

    S1:E18

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    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Scandal
    7.3/10(45 votes)

    #23 - Scandal

    S1:E19

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    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Dying
    7.3/10(47 votes)

    #24 - Dying

    S2:E6

    Art Donovan's mother is dying, but he is having trouble accepting this as fact. His relations with everyone in the newsroom suffer as his mother gets worse, and his colleagues try to help him come to terms with the inevitable.

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    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Conflict
    7.3/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Conflict

    S2:E11

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    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Nazi" is the best rated episode of "Lou Grant". It scored 8.2/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by Robert Schlitt, it aired on 10/18/1977. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cophouse".