All Episodes of Lou Grant
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The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
Season 1
N/A/10103 votesCophouse
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1977
After landing the city editor job at the Los Angeles Tribune, Lou Grant's first major story is a sex scandal concerning the LAPD and underage girls. However, in order to get it published he must deal with a reporter who is reluctant to bring down the police, and Mrs. Pynchon, who has a difference of opinion with him.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Unknown
N/A/1067 votesHoax
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1977
When Lou gets a tip from a friend who claims to know the whereabouts of a missing millionaire, members of the staff initially have doubts about following it and dismiss it as a hoax. The man begins to gain credibility when he is able to retrieve information that only the missing man would know.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Unknown
N/A/1065 votesHenhouse
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1977
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.
Director: Richard Crenna
Writer: Unknown
N/A/1077 votesNazi
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1977
While investigating a group of Nazis, Billie comes upon information that one of their leaders used to be Jewish.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Robert Schlitt
N/A/1061 votesAftershock
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1977
When a staff member passes away, Lou does everything he can to comfort the widow, which causes her to depend more on him and fall in love with him. After a small earthquake hits, Rossi interviews a scientist who claims that his insects are predicting a more serious one in the upcoming days.
Director: Jud Taylor
Writer: Unknown
N/A/1054 votesBarrio
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1977
Surprised by the paper's lack of coverage on the shooting of a Hispanic woman by a gang, Lou allows Billie to go into the Hispanic community to write a story. While in the community, she meets the victim's son who is fueled with anger and seems headed down the wrong path.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Unknown
N/A/1057 votesScoop
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1977
Pressured to get the latest scoop at any cost, Lou ends up in hot water after running two of Rossi's exclusive stories which turn out to be false. So when Billie has information about a possible fake kidnapping, Lou is reluctant to run the story.
Director: Harry Falk
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1063 votes
Judge
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1977
When Lou goes to a courthouse to look into a report of inappropriate behavior by a senior judge, he angers the judge by trying to leave in the middle of a trial and is put in jail. Upset by this treatment, he gets the newspaper staff to further investigate the judge's erratic behavior.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1058 votes
Psychout
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1977
After Lou tells him that his stories are missing first-hand experience, Rossi checks into a mental institution as a patient under a made-up name to investigate reports of abuse. Lou clashes with a lawyer at the paper because he feels that censorship and fear of possible lawsuits are limiting what the paper can publish.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1055 votes
Housewarming
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1977
Billie uses a battered woman as a source for a story on spousal abuse but has trouble following through with it when the women's husband finds out. She later finds out that a co-worker has a problem with spousal abuse.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1056 votes
Takeover
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1977
Staff members become nervous when a multi-millionaire with a penchant for ruining the credibility of newspapers makes an attempt to take over the Tribune.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1054 votes
Christmas
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1977
Lou gets homesick with Christmas approaching. Billie does a story on a family that is homeless for the holidays and public donations begin to pour in. After Rossi improperly uses a quote, Lou punishes him by assigning him to a boring story that turns out to be a juicy story.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
- N/A/1057 votes
Airliner
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1978
News breaks of an airplane carrying over 300 people that is unable to land. Members of the staff scour the list of passengers aboard and find out that Charlie's daughter is on that flight.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1056 votes
Hero
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/1978
When a man saves a judge's life and then flees the scene, the paper launches a campaign to find his identity. When they find him and write a story revealing that he has a criminal record, he blames the paper for hurting his business and ruining his engagement. Billie is upset at the lack of support for a halfway house that is on the verge of closing due to lack of funding.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1053 votes
Renewal
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1978
The paper does a story on a senior citizen whose apartment, decorated with art that reflects his life's work, is in danger of being torn down.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1054 votes
Sect
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/1978
Charlie is devastated when his son joins a cult.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1050 votes
Scandal
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1978
Rossi gets upset when a new female reporter comes in and is given the story about a possibly corrupt politician that he had unsuccessfully been investigating.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1051 votes
Spies
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1978
When the paper finds out about the son of a wealthy businessman being secretly detained by authorities, Lou decides to have Rossi investigate. However, when a CIA agent thwarts the investigation before it begins, everyone begins to suspect there is a CIA informant working at the paper.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1052 votes
Poison
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/1978
After Rossi's friend reveals that he has damaging information about the unsafe conditions at a nuclear plant, he is "accidentally" struck and killed by a car. Eager to prove that it was no accident, Rossi continues the investigation into the nuclear plant.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/1051 votes
Physical
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/20/1978
Lou reluctantly goes for a physical and finds out that he has a thyroid condition that requires surgery. At the paper, he offers advice to an intern who wants to become a reporter. Rossi learns that he has a good chance at a Pulitzer prize for his story on mental hospitals.
Director: Unknown
Writer: David Lloyd
