Lou Grant: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Cophouse
Sep 20, 1977 · 60 min
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 pub
Hostages
Sep 27, 1977 · 60 min
Upset with a story about his brother, who was wrongfully shot by a store-owner during a robbery, a gunman demands a new story and holds the newspaper staff hostage until they compl
Hoax
Oct 4, 1977 · 60 min
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 hoa
Henhouse
Oct 11, 1977 · 60 min
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.
Nazi
Oct 18, 1977 · 60 min
While investigating a group of Nazis, Billie comes upon information that one of their leaders used to be Jewish.
Aftershock
Oct 25, 1977 · 60 min
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, R
Barrio
Nov 1, 1977 · 60 min
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 communit
Scoop
Nov 8, 1977 · 60 min
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 ab
Judge
Nov 15, 1977 · 60 min
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.
Psychout
Nov 22, 1977 · 60 min
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. Lo
Housewarming
Nov 29, 1977 · 60 min
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-wo
Takeover
Dec 6, 1977 · 60 min
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.
Christmas
Dec 13, 1977 · 60 min
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
Airliner
Jan 3, 1978 · 60 min
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
Sports
Jan 10, 1978 · 60 min
The paper faces a public backlash after Lou runs a story about an NCAA investigation into the possible recruiting violations by a popular local college football team.
Hero
Jan 17, 1978 · 60 min
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
Renewal
Jan 30, 1978 · 60 min
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.
Scandal
Feb 13, 1978 · 60 min
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.
Spies
Feb 27, 1978 · 60 min
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
Poison
Mar 6, 1978 · 60 min
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 i
Physical
Mar 20, 1978 · 60 min
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.