Hot l Baltimore
The very bizarre happenings in the lives of the residents of the seedy Hotel Baltimore. Despite their disparate backgrounds and ethnicities, these neighbors became like family. George and Gordon are middle-aged gay lovers, Suzy and April were prostitutes, Mr. Morse is a grouchy old man, Jackie is a young tomboy, Mrs. Bellotti is an eccentric woman with a never-seen psychotic son Moose who once glued himself to the ceiling, and Charles is a wise Black man. Bill is the hotel's desk clerk, and Clifford is its young manager.
- 1975-1975
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy
- TV-PG
The very bizarre happenings in the lives of the residents of the seedy Hotel Baltimore. Despite their disparate backgrounds and ethnicities, these neighbors became like family. George and Gordon are middle-aged gay lovers, Suzy and April were prostitutes, Mr. Morse is a grouchy old man, Jackie is a young tomboy, Mrs. Bellotti is an eccentric woman with a never-seen psychotic son Moose who once glued himself to the ceiling, and Charles is a wise Black man. Bill is the hotel's desk clerk, and Clifford is its young manager.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1975
Episode 1
Suzy's Wedding
Fri, Jan 24, 1975 30 mins
Suzy announces she is going to marry a Hollywood producer.
Episode 2
Millie's Beau
Fri, Jan 31, 1975
Millie's new boyfriend turns out to be one of Suzy's clients. The residents try to figure out a way to tell Millie.
Episode 3
Suzy's New Job
Fri, Feb 7, 1975
After she loses her job as a dance teacher, Suzy decides to complain to the White House.
Episode 4
The Rent Increase
Fri, Feb 14, 1975
Ainsley's mother generates further problems for the Hotel Baltimore when she issues an unexpected rent increase to the tenants. Believing he can dissuade her, Ainsley instructs them to ignore his mother's order. However, he fails to halt the plans as promised, leaving everyone on the verge of being evicted onto the mean streets. The residents are moved to protests, with a highly imaginative maneuver by the unseen Moose.
Episode 5
George and Gordon
Fri, Feb 21, 1975
George and Gordon's latest spat promises to blossom into a hotel-wide fray.
Episode 6
The Date
Fri, Feb 28, 1975
Just to prove that he's not afraid of anything, Bill agrees to take April out on a date.
Episode 7
The Deportation of Suzy
Fri, Mar 7, 1975
Suzy is threatened with deportation as an undesirable alien.
Episode 8
Mrs. Bellotti's Boyfriend
Fri, Mar 14, 1975
Residents at the Hotel Baltimore realize that love has come to one of their own. Mrs. Bellotti has fallen deeply in love with Chapman Packer, the most wonderful guy in the world, but there is one significant hitch in their blossoming romance. Mrs. Bellotti's first love is her son Moose, and everything hinges on a very successful meeting of the two men in her life.
Episode 9
Bingham's Con
Fri, Mar 21, 1975
Ex-convict Mojo Thompson arrives at the Hotel Baltimore in search of his old buddy Charles Bingham. Mojo soon works his magic on the residents, enthralling them with wild tales of his former shenanigans. The problem is, in the process, he also happens to divulge a few secrets from Charles' past, things Bingham would rather keep dead and buried.
Episode 10
Historic L Baltimore
Fri, Mar 28, 1975
Ainsley's mother has successfully targeted the Hotel Baltimore for a wrecking ball. Hoping to save the building from an untimely demolition, Clifford manages to have it declared an historic landmark. However, the scheme quickly backfires. With the building now more valuable ever, a Japanese corporation decides to purchase it, but the unlikeliest of residents may prove to be the hotel's ultimate savior.
Episode 11
Ainsley Loves April
Fri, Apr 4, 1975
Danger registers at the Hotel Baltimore, in the form of an armed gunman who invades the lobby and threatens the residents. His most formidable opponent turns out to be the unlikeliest of saviors, the hooker April. Having witnessed April's heroism, Clifford Ainsley suddenly sees her in a very different light. He falls head over heels in love with her, giving April a rare opportunity to be treated like a queen.
Episode 12
Suzy's Problem
Fri, Apr 11, 1975
Episode 13
Ainsley's Secret
Fri, Apr 25, 1975
Evie, a woman from Ainsley's past, arrives at the Hotel Baltimore and issues a shocking accusation. She claims that Ainsley is the father of her child. However, Ainsley vehemently declares his innocence. Ultimately, he agrees to settle the problem with a payoff to Evie. Although he couldn't possibly be the father, the reason he couldn't forms the crux of Ainsley's secret.