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Lou Grant Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1977 - 1978
Episode 1
CopHouse
Tue, Sep 20, 1977 60 mins
In the first episode, Rossi asks new city-desk chief Lou to investigate his claim that a veteran colleague is covering up a police scandal. Edward Asner. Charlie Hume: Mason Adams. Driscoll: Peter Hobbs. Rossi: Robert Walden.
Episode 2
Hostages
Tue, Sep 27, 1977 60 mins
A man holds Rossi at gunpoint and demands that his own version of his brother's death be told. Martin: John Rubinstein. Rossi: Robert Walden. Lou: Edward Asner. Springerman: Laurence Haddon.
Episode 3
Hoax
Tue, Oct 4, 1977 60 mins
An unreliable tipster claims to know the whereabouts of a tycoon. Jack Riley: Eugene Roche. Norma Cardell: Diana Douglas. Lou: Edward Asner. Curtis: Booth Colman. Ron Allen: Rod McCary.
Episode 4
Henhouse
Tue, Oct 11, 1977 60 mins
Lou and the arts-and-leisure editor spar over coverage of a writer's murder. Irene Mott: Claudette Nevins. Sheriff: Geoffrey Lewis. Lou: Edward Asner. Waitress: Ivy Bethune. Cathy: Judy Kahan.
Episode 5
Nazi
Tue, Oct 18, 1977 60 mins
One of Lou's reporters investigates a Nazi leader raised as an Orthodox Jew. Lou: Edward Asner. Donald Stryker: Peter Weller. Wilson: Brian Dennehy. Mrs. Sturner: Janet Brandt. Caretaker: Davis Roberts. Rabbi: Than Wyenn. Rossi: Robert Walden. Hume: Mason Adams.
Episode 6
Aftershock
Tue, Oct 25, 1977 60 mins
Lou is shaken literally and figuratively by an earthquake and a widow's attachment to him. Gloria: Joyce Van Patten. Ralph Tumora: Clyde Kusatsu. Lou: Ed Asner. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
Episode 7
Barrio
Tue, Nov 1, 1977 60 mins
The revenge-minded son of a shooting victim blames a gang for the incident. Henry: Guillermo San Juan. George: Joe Santos. Grandfather: Felipe Turich. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 8
Scoop
Tue, Nov 8, 1977 60 mins
Rossi produces two front-page scoops---both inaccurate. Robert Walden, Edward Asner. Winowsky: George Murdock. Jim Keenan: Reni Santoni. Chief Rankin: Ted Gehring. Councilman Garbers: Paul Kent.
Episode 9
Judge
Tue, Nov 15, 1977 60 mins
Lou is jailed by a judge whose soundness of mind had been questioned. Rossi: Robert Walden. Judge Rushman: Barnard Hughes. Lindsay: Phillip Pine. Simmons: Joe Mantell. Murray: Timothy Jerome. Estaban Murrill: Tonyo Melendez. Deputy DA: Paul Tulley. Bailiff: Guy Raymond. Emily Patterson: June Dayton. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Hume: Mason Adams. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand.
Episode 10
Psych Out
Tue, Nov 22, 1977 60 mins
Rossi has himself committed to a mental hospital he is investigating. Lou: Edward Asner. Doug: Michael Zaslow. Sackler: Phillip R. Allen. Resident: Lisle Wilson. Dr. Stanford: Tom Tarpey. Halsey: Larry Hankin. Judge: Bill Quinn. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Hume: Mason Adams. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Animal: Daryl Anderson.
Episode 11
Housewarming
Tue, Nov 29, 1977 60 mins
A battered wife fears being a source for Billie's article on wife beating. Edward Asner, Linda Kelsey. Roger: Edward Winter. Dorothy: Fredi Olster.
Episode 12
Takeover
Tue, Dec 6, 1977 60 mins
Mrs. Pynchon becomes friendly with a man known to turn bought-out newspapers into scandal sheets. Edward Asner. Russell Grainger: John Anderson. Freddie: Jerry Fogel. Colin: William Bogert. Norman McAllister: Michael Prince. Matthew: Paul Kent. Hume: Mason Adams. Rossi: Robert Walden. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
Episode 13
Christmas
Tue, Dec 13, 1977 60 mins
Billie's story of a homeless family elicits a public response; Lou seeks to punish Rossi for an unethical quote. Emily: Verna Bloom. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Lou: Edward Asner. Rossi: Robert Walden.
Episode 14
Airliner
Tue, Jan 3, 1978 60 mins
Staffers learn that Hume's daughter is aboard a plane with faulty landing gear. Joanie: Laurette Spang. Pearson: Allan Miller. Mel Brunner: Jack Grapes. Hume: Mason Adams. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 15
Sports
Tue, Jan 10, 1978 60 mins
Lou meets resistance when he looks into a much-admired football coach's recruiting tactics. Hume: Mason Adams. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Mike Kessler: David Ackroyd. Eddie Talbert: Sandy Kenyon. Sid Locke: John Randolph. Coach Diehl: Keene Curtis. Rossi: Robert Walden. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand.
Episode 16
Hero
Tue, Jan 17, 1978 60 mins
An ex-con who saves a judge's life blames a story about him---and his past---for the loss of business and fiancée. Edward Asner. Hume: Mason Adams. Joanna Bartlett: Marlene Warfield. Ellen: Lola Mason. Corrie: Marilyn Coleman. Janey: Hazel Medina. Marston: William Bryant. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Rossi: Robert Walden.
Episode 17
Renewal
Mon, Jan 30, 1978 60 mins
Staffers try to save a newspaper vendor's apartment, containing murals he painted, from demolition. Edward Asner. Earl Humfrey: Robert Earl Jones. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand. Tyler Armitage: James Karen. Hume: Mason Adams. Rossi: Robert Walden. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
Episode 18
Sect
Mon, Feb 6, 1978 60 mins
Hume and his wife are distraught over their son's conversion to Krishna. Marian Hume: Peggy McCay. Lou: Edward Asner. Visnu Das: David Stafford. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand. Orrin Houston: James Beach. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Mal Cavanaugh: Richard Erdman. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Judge Murphy: John Carter. Rossi: Robert Walden. Bill Ballard: William Boyett. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Shirley Ballard: Jean Gillespie.
Episode 19
Scandal
Mon, Feb 13, 1978 60 mins
Rossi is replaced in a local reelection campaign by a woman he thinks is involved with the candidate. Robert Walden, Edward Asner. Hume: Mason Adams. Liz Harrison: Gail Strickland.
Episode 20
Spies
Mon, Feb 27, 1978 60 mins
An investigation of a businessman's arrested son leads to the CIA---and the possibility of a CIA informer on the staff. Edward Asner, Mason Adams. Driscoll: Peter Hobbs. Joan Hume: Laurette Spang. Kellum: Robert Casper. Sohner: Michael Strong. Rossi: Robert Walden. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand.
Episode 21
Poison
Mon, Mar 6, 1978 60 mins
Rossi continues a deceased friend's investigation of radioactive contamination. Lou: Edward Asner. Hume: Mason Adams. Carol: Belinda J. Montgomery. Sam: Guy Boyd. Rindell: Robert Rothwell. Stranger: Arthur Batanides. Dr. Gianni: Jennifer Rhodes. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Animal: Daryl Anderson.
Episode 22
Physical
Mon, Mar 20, 1978 60 mins
After a routine physical examination, Lou learns he must undergo thyroid surgery. Hume: Mason Adams. David: Garret Pearson. Chris: Thomas Carter. Doctor: James Lydon. Surgeon: Fred Sadoff. Rossi: Robert Walden. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
