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Lou Grant Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
Pills
Mon, Sep 25, 1978 60 mins
Rossi uses stolen medical records to expose a physician who freely prescribes drugs for young patients. Edward Asner. Peter: Steve Nevil. Gerry: Jean Rasey. Hume: Mason Adams. Neal: Michael Mullins. Paul: Dan Spector. Eileen: June Dayton. Pharmacist: Sam Kwasman.
Episode 2
Prisoner
Mon, Oct 2, 1978 60 mins
Hume is reluctant to print reports on repression in a Latin country while Mrs. Pynchon is entertaining the wife of its ruler. Amanda: Silvana Gallardo. Lou: Edward Asner. Vargas: Tony Perez. Flores: Enrique Nova. Perez: Tonyo Melendez. Rossi: Robert Walden. Billie: Linda Kelsey.
Episode 3
Hooker
Mon, Oct 16, 1978 60 mins
Billie befriends a hooker who is looking for a better life. Linda Kelsey, Edward Asner. Phelps: Paul Lambert. Rossi: Robert Walden. Sergeant Roche: Michael Alldredge.
Episode 4
Mob
Mon, Oct 23, 1978 60 mins
Lou and Rossi (Robert Walden) are suspicious of "vacationing" underworld bosses at a resort. Patsy Reed: Nicholas Colasanto. Jack Patterson: Dennis Holahan. Hume: Mason Adams. Paul Thackery: Phillip Pine. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Leone: Carmen Argenziano. Charlene: Mary Ann Chinn. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
Episode 5
Murder
Mon, Oct 30, 1978 60 mins
Billie and Rossi are at odds over the placement of their stories. Lou: Edward Asner. Mrs. Walker: Jane Rose. Collins: Alan Fudge. Sara: Ketty Lester. Thomas: Ralph Wilcox. Hume: Mason Adams. Becky: Saundra Sharp. Aunt Barbara: Veronica Redd. Mother: Betty Cole. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand.
Episode 6
Dying
Mon, Nov 6, 1978 60 mins
Donovan is unable to cope with the fact that his mother is dying. Dr. Chase: Joan Hotchkis. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Dr. Relph: Larry Gates.
Episode 7
Schools
Mon, Nov 20, 1978 60 mins
While Billie and Rossi investigate school violence, Lou befriends a guidance counselor who shares his interest in a student vying for a Tribune scholarship. Rev. Jesse Jackson appears as himself. Wesley: Kevin Hooks. Larry: Lorry Goldman.
Episode 8
Slaughter
Mon, Nov 27, 1978 60 mins
Lou's vacation becomes work when a cattle disease that may affect humans is discovered. Edward Asner. Chip: Stephen Elliott. Karl: Mel Gallagher. John Harper: Sandy McPeak. Lucy: Sybil Scotford. Hume: Mason Adams. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Henry Dreyfuss: John Petlock. Jerry: Tony Becker. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Dr. Peterson: Sally Kirkland. Prof. Prober: Danny Goldman.
Episode 9
Singles
Mon, Dec 4, 1978 60 mins
In an effort to give the Tribune a youthful look, Billie and Rossi (Robert Walden) check out the L.A. singles scene. Edward Asner. Barton: Peter Donat. Susan: Frances Lee McCain. Hume: Mason Adams. Phillip: Phillip Charles MacKenzie. Erin: Karen Landry. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand. Nick: Michael Alaimo. Allan Ingram: Sam Freed. Hal: Paul W. Davidson. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
Episode 10
Babies
Mon, Dec 11, 1978 60 mins
Rossi and Billie pose as husband and wife to investigate a baby-selling racket. Karlan: Russell Johnson. Dr. Davidson: John Carter. Rossi: Robert Walden. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 11
Conflict
Mon, Dec 18, 1978 60 mins
Mrs. Pynchon is angered by a derogatory piece on the director of her favorite charity. Ferguson: Fred Holliday. Rossi: Robert Walden. Franklin Nash: Normann Burton. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 12
Denial
Mon, Jan 1, 1979 60 mins
The refusal of Lou's daughter to accept her son's deafness is threatening to destroy her marriage. Ellen: Ann Sweeny. Burt: Robert Pine. Lou: Edward Asner. Hume: Mason Adams. Nick: Meeno Peluce.
Episode 13
Fire
Mon, Jan 8, 1979 60 mins
Staffers suspect an insurance scam in a string of apartment-house fires. Frank Durning: Tom Atkins. Lind: Tom Bower. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Debbie Dexter: Ann Ryerson. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 14
Vet
Mon, Jan 15, 1979 60 mins
The effects of the Vietnam War are dramatized as Animal deals with calls from a friend's widow, and Lou (Edward Asner) tries to find a job for a veteran (Lionel Smith). Jack: B.J. Bartlett. Hume: Mason Adams. Larry: Joe Spano. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Don: Charlie Robinson. Rossi: Robert Walden. Howard: John Wyner.
Episode 15
Scam
Mon, Jan 22, 1979 60 mins
While deciding how to spend a $5000 gift, Lou stumbles onto a scam involving Hume's financial counselor. Edward Asner. David Milburn: John Considine.
Episode 16
Sweep
Mon, Feb 5, 1979 60 mins
Rossi, Billie and Animal probe the influx of illegal aliens to California. Ed Asner. Tiffany: Maureen McCormick. Rossi: Robert Walden. Jesus: Rafael Campos. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand. Cyrus: Jonathan Banks. Rosa: Maria-Elena Cordero.
Episode 17
Samaritan
Mon, Feb 12, 1979 60 mins
The Tribune receives a letter signed "Samaritan," the name of a psychopath who once stalked the city. Edward Asner. McCrea: Ben Piazza. Jack Towne: Richard B. Shull. Hume: Mason Adams. Rossi: Robert Walden. Nancy Rhoden: Marcia Rodd. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Newsome: William Watson. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand.
Episode 18
Hit
Mon, Feb 19, 1979 60 mins
A woman's search for her son's hit-and-run killer intrigues Rossi. Martha: Allyn Ann McLerie. Rossi: Robert Walden. Lou: Edward Asner. Judge Cromwell: Ivan Bonar. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
Episode 19
Home
Mon, Feb 26, 1979 60 mins
Lou befriends a retiree who yearns to be productive again; Billie investigates the mistreatment of patients in a nursing home. Mrs. Keaton: Jessamine Milner. Rossi: Robert Walden.
Episode 20
Convention
Mon, Mar 5, 1979 60 mins
Rumor has it that terrorists plan to kidnap a publisher at a convention. Riley: Kenneth McMillan. Lois: Amanda McBroom. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 21
Marathon
Mon, Mar 19, 1979 60 mins
Lou directs the paper's coverage of a tunnel disaster, while Donovan mulls over a tempting job offer. Driscoll: Peter Hobbs. Andrew: Michael Warren. Rossi: Robert Walden. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Dreyfus: John Petlock. Hume: Mason Adams. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand.
Episode 22
Bomb
Mon, Mar 26, 1979 60 mins
Terrorists threaten to detonate an atomic bomb unless their demands are met. Jack: Joe Spano. Joanie: Dinah Manoff. Lou: Edward Asner. Rossi: Robert Walden. Oguns: Frank Marth.
Episode 23
Skids
Mon, Apr 2, 1979 60 mins
While covering a string of skid-row stranglings, Rossi is reunited with his father, and Lou meets an old friend who is now a bum. Carmine: Al Ruscio. Hume: Mason Adams. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Minister: Scoey Mitchlll. Dirty Donna: Virginia Gregg.
Episode 24
Romance
Mon, May 7, 1979 60 mins
Lou and his lady friend contemplate cohabitation; and Billie tries to talk a girl out of having a baby to escape an unhappy home life. Susan: Frances Lee McCain. Wendy: Terri Nunn. Hume: Mason Adams. Jill: Lark Geib. Lindsey: Shannon Terhune. Rossi: Robert Walden.
