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Lou Grant Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
Cop
Mon, Sep 17, 1979 60 mins
Lou is puzzled by the assignment of a uniformed policeman to a murder. Tynan: Joe Penny. Rossi: Robert Walden. Dennahy: Edward Winter. Maxine Kintner: Mariclare Costello. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 2
Expose
Mon, Sep 24, 1979 60 mins
The Trib's coverage of a politician's husband coincides with a gossip sheet's exposé on the city-room staff. Mark Worth: William Schallert. Lou: Edward Asner. Mike Norvette: Richard Brestoff.
Episode 3
Slammer
Mon, Oct 1, 1979 60 mins
Mrs. Pynchon accepts jury duty on a felony case; Lou gets involved in the shutdown of a prison newspaper. J.D.: Kene Holliday. Lou: Edward Asner. Rossi: Robert Walden. Warden Goffman: Alan Fudge. Hume: Mason Adams. Hector: Robert Davi. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Turner: J. Jay Saunders. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Chris: Eric Helland. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Angela Cariaga: Rosana Soto.
Episode 4
Charlatan
Mon, Oct 15, 1979 60 mins
Trib staffers debate the probe of a religious crusader; and a porno publisher pleads for legal support to print a list of narcs. Prescott: Meshach Taylor. Rossi: Robert Walden. Lou: Edward Asner. Dr. Chamberlain: Michael Fairman.
Episode 5
Frame Up
Mon, Oct 22, 1979 60 mins
The Trib is taken to court after Billie's exposé on a firm turns out to be based on a forged document. Folger: Stephen McHattie. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Nell Wheeler: Wendy Phillips. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 6
Hype
Mon, Oct 29, 1979 60 mins
Lou's participation in a cancer-research study leads to a story on funding of university programs. Todson: David Huffman. Lou: Edward Asner. Rossi: Robert Walden. Duncan: Harold Gould.
Episode 7
Gambling
Mon, Nov 5, 1979 60 mins
Gambling fever strikes when Lou is touted, Animal learns the meaning of vigorish and Billie loans money to a gambler. Mort: Charles Lane. Lou: Edward Asner. McIvor: Michael Shannon. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Ken Navaretti: John Karlen. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Kingsley: Alan Manson. Rossi: Robert Walden. Eddie Talbert: Sandy Kenyon. Hume: Mason Adams.
Episode 8
Witness
Mon, Nov 12, 1979 60 mins
Billie is given police protection when her source for a story about a beating dies. Staley: Richard Jaeckel. McQueen: Peter Marshall. Lou: Ed Asner. Robinson: William Bryant. Rossi: Robert Walden. Wilke: Charles Hallahan. Hume: Mason Adams. Korkus: Jack Lukes. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Bauman: Bartlett Robinson.
Episode 9
Kidnap
Mon, Nov 26, 1979 60 mins
While the staff covers the story of a missing plane, Mrs. Pynchon ponders an offer from a large newspaper chain. Edward Asner. Sheriff Burkhardt: Parley Baer. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Clay Starkes: Jonathan Banks. Rossi: Robert Walden. Patty: Virginia Bingham. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Richardson: Michael Currie.
Episode 10
Andrew, Part 1: Premonition
Mon, Dec 3, 1979 60 mins
Donovan's cousin Andrew is on the verge of a potentially violent breakdown. First of two parts. Jack Bannon. Edna: Barbara Barrie. Terry Mills: Ellen Regan. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 11
Andrew, Part 2: Trial
Mon, Dec 10, 1979 60 mins
Conclusion. Donovan's cousin is charged with the murder of a woman. Edna: Barbara Barrie. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Mendelsohn: Charles Aidman. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 12
Hollywood
Mon, Dec 17, 1979 60 mins
Lou's fascination with an abandoned nitery prompts the Trib to investigate an unsolved murder committed there some 30 years earlier. Mrs. Polk: Nina Foch. Lou: Edward Asner. Coral Mayberry: Marie Windsor. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Wild Man Moran: Howard Duff. Rossi: Robert Walden. Thea Taft: Margaret Hamilton. Billie: Linda Kelsey.
Episode 13
Kids
Mon, Dec 24, 1979 60 mins
Problem children and children's problems are examined in encounters with a neglected boy, a child star reluctant to tell her story and a lawyer specializing in youngsters' rights. Edward Asner. Carly Mitchell: Elizabeth Bliss. Rossi: Robert Walden. Mark Donner: Matthew Laborteaux. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Barbara Hodges: Barbara Jane Edelman.
Episode 14
Brushfire
Mon, Jan 7, 1980 60 mins
A brush fire disrupts the lives of many Trib employees, and affects the paper's coverage of it. Newman: Marshall Thompson. Sweeney: Brian Farrell. Hume: Mason Adams. Marion: Peggy McCay.
Episode 15
Indians
Mon, Jan 14, 1980 60 mins
The Trib's research on urbanized Native Americans gains insight when Animal befriends a runaway from boarding school. Raymond: David Yanez. Lou: Ed Asner. Howard Sweetwater: Ned Romero. Teresa: Julie Carmen. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Gordon Davis: Ray Tracey. Rossi: Robert Walden.
Episode 16
Coverup
Mon, Jan 21, 1980 60 mins
Rossi is taken off a probe of movie kickbacks when a producer interested in one of his stories is implicated. Alex Brubaker: Edward Power. Rossi: Robert Walden. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 17
Inheritance
Mon, Jan 28, 1980 60 mins
Billie researches the effects of synthetic estrogen on children and suspects that her mother took the hormone. Betty Newman: Allyn Ann McLerie. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Newman: Marshall Thompson. Lou: Edward Asner. Jessica: Sands Hall. Rossi: Robert Walden. Sarah: Carol Bagdasarian. Hume: Mason Adams. Leon: Buck Kartalian.
Episode 18
Censored
Mon, Feb 4, 1980 60 mins
The Trib considers dropping a controversial comic strip, while Rossi is sent to a town to cover book burnings. Marilyn: Laurie Heineman. Rossi: Robert Walden. Webster: Richard Dysart.
Episode 19
Lou
Mon, Feb 11, 1980 60 mins
Lou's devotion wears on his stamina, causing concern among his co-workers. Edward Asner. Jack Towne: Richard B. Shull. Hume: Mason Adams. Sam Huntington: Michael Bond. Rossi: Robert Walden. Regina Kelly: Elta Blake. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Adrienne Brundig: Rae Dawn Chong.
Episode 20
Blackout
Mon, Feb 18, 1980 60 mins
The Trib's record of never missing a deadline is threatened when the power is knocked out by lightning and tremors. Marcy: Margie Impert. Kirby: Paul Jenkins. Lou: Edward Asner. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
Episode 21
Dogs
Mon, Mar 3, 1980 60 mins
The disappearance of Mrs. Pynchon's terrier leads Rossi to a dog-fighting ring. Lawrence: Geoffrey Lewis. Rossi: Robert Walden. Len Huskie: Alan Vint. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Lou: Edward Asner. Galt: Michael Jeter.
Episode 22
Influence
Mon, Mar 10, 1980 60 mins
Mrs. Pynchon listens to influence peddlers seeking her support for an airport project; Lou becomes aware that Adam has a drinking problem. Nick Boyer: James Whitmore Jr. Mrs. Pynchon: Nancy Marchand. Dutch Van Deusen: Bartlett Robinson. Lou: Edward Asner. Rosalie Wilson: Sheila Larken. Hume: Mason Adams. Rossi: Robert Walden.
Episode 23
Guns
Mon, Mar 17, 1980 60 mins
The Trib examines "the troubles" in Northern Ireland and support for the IRA. Maggie McKenna: Rue McClanahan. Lou: Edward Asner. Fitzgerald: Redmond Gleeson. Lt. McPhee: Michael Alldredge.
Episode 24
Hazard
Mon, Mar 24, 1980 60 mins
Rossi can't get the facts about dangerous motorbikes unless he pays his informant. Lou: Edward Asner. Kramer: Tom Rosqui. Hume: Mason Adams. David Marcus: Phillip R. Allen. Betty Gurian: Barbara Jane Edelman. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Donovan: Jack Bannon. Beutel: Carl Lumbly. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Rick Reiner: Ed Harris.
