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| Season 1, Episode 1: CophouseOriginal Air Date—20 September 1977 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 published he must deal with a reporter that is reluctant to bring down the police and Mrs. Pynchon who has a difference of opinion with him. |
| Season 1, Episode 2: HostagesOriginal Air Date—27 September 1977 A gunman, upset with a story about his brother who was wrongfully shot by a store-owner during a robbery, holds the newspaper staff hostage demanding a new story. |
| Season 1, Episode 3: HoaxOriginal Air Date—4 October 1977 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 hoax. The man begins to gain credibility when he is able to retrieve information that only the missing man would know. |
| Season 1, Episode 4: HenhouseOriginal Air Date—11 October 1977 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. |
| Season 1, Episode 5: NaziOriginal Air Date—18 October 1977 While investigating a group of Nazis, Billie comes upon information that one of their leaders used to be Jewish. |
| Season 1, Episode 6: AftershockOriginal Air Date—25 October 1977 When a member of the staff 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, Rossi interviews a scientist who claims that his insects are predicting a more serious one in the upcoming days. |
| Season 1, Episode 7: BarrioOriginal Air Date—1 November 1977 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 community, she meets the victim's son who is fueled with anger and seems headed down the wrong path. |
| Season 1, Episode 8: ScoopOriginal Air Date—8 November 1977 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 about a possible fake kidnapping, Lou is reluctant to run the story. |
| Season 1, Episode 9: JudgeOriginal Air Date—15 November 1977 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. Upset by this treatment, he gets the newspaper staff to further investigate the judge's erratic behavior. |
| Season 1, Episode 10: Psych-OutOriginal Air Date—22 November 1977 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. Lou clashes with a lawyer at the paper because he feels that censorship and fear of possible lawsuits are limiting what the paper can publish. |
| Original Air Date—29 November 1977 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-worker has a problem with spousal abuse. |
| Season 1, Episode 12: TakeoverOriginal Air Date—6 December 1977 Staff members become nervous when a multi-millionaire with a pension for ruining the credibility of newspapers makes an attempt to take over the tribune. |
| Season 1, Episode 13: ChristmasOriginal Air Date—13 December 1977 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 quote, Lou punishes him by assigning him to a boring story that turns out to be a juicy story. |
| Season 1, Episode 14: AirlinerOriginal Air Date—3 January 1978 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 flight. |
| Season 1, Episode 15: SportsOriginal Air Date—10 January 1978 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. |
| Season 1, Episode 16: HeroOriginal Air Date—17 January 1978 When a man saves the governor'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 record, he blames the paper for hurting his business and ruining his engagement. Billie is upset at the lack of support for a halfway house that is on the verge of closing due to lack of funding. |
| Season 1, Episode 17: RenewalOriginal Air Date—30 January 1978 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. |
| Season 1, Episode 18: SectOriginal Air Date—6 February 1978 Charlie is devastated when his son joins a cult. |
| Season 1, Episode 19: ScandalOriginal Air Date—13 February 1978 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. |
| Season 1, Episode 20: SpiesOriginal Air Date—27 February 1978 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 investigation before it begins, everyone begins to suspect there is a CIA informant working at the paper. |
| Season 1, Episode 21: PoisonOriginal Air Date—6 March 1978 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 it was no accident, Rossi continues the investigation into the nuclear plant. |
| Season 1, Episode 22: PhysicalOriginal Air Date—20 March 1978 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. Rossi learns that he has a good chance at a Pulitzer prize for his story on mental hospitals. |
| Season 2, Episode 1: PillsOriginal Air Date—25 September 1978 Rossi is handed records which prove that a doctor is illegally prescribing drugs. When the story runs and it is suspected that the records may have been obtained by illegal means, Rossi is told to either reveal his source or go to jail. |
| Season 2, Episode 2: PrisonerOriginal Air Date—2 October 1978 When Mrs. Pynchon plays host to the wife of the leader of a controversial Latin American country known for its torturing practices, Charlie Hume is anything but inviting to her. |
| Season 2, Episode 3: HookerOriginal Air Date—16 October 1978 After a homicide occurs in the city, Billie finds out that the victim was a prostitute who worked at a "spa" business. While investigating, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with the victim's co-worker who does not seem to fit the stereotypical profile of a hooker. |
| Season 2, Episode 4: MobOriginal Air Date—23 October 1978 Lou and Rossi visit a California resort in preparation for the Trib's annual tennis tournament. They are perplexed at the number of mob bosses they see at the resort, and begin to investigate. |
| Season 2, Episode 5: MurderOriginal Air Date—30 October 1978 Billie is upset because her story, about a courageous black woman who is slain in her own apartment, is relegated to the back pages while Rossi's story, about an elderly white woman who fights off burglars, makes the front page. |
| Season 2, Episode 6: DyingOriginal Air Date—6 November 1978 Art Donovan's mother is dying, but he is having trouble accepting this as fact. His relations with everyone in the newsroom suffer as his mother gets worse, and his colleagues try to help him come to terms with the inevitable. |
| Season 2, Episode 7: SchoolsOriginal Air Date—20 November 1978 Lou, Charlie, and Donovan interview students from an inner city school for the purpose of awarding a college scholarship to a journalism major. While Charlie and Donovan recommend a straight-A student, Lou pushes for a student who kicked a drug habit and got tutoring to improve his grades. Rossi and Billie uncover disturbing trends of violence at the same inner city school. |
| Season 2, Episode 8: SlaughterOriginal Air Date—27 November 1978 Lou visits his home town while on vacation and meets his old boss who now runs the town's newspaper. While there, an outbreak of an unknown cattle disease gets Lou's attention when it's suggested the disease could be transmitted to humans. |
| Season 2, Episode 9: SinglesOriginal Air Date—4 December 1978 Lou clashes with the new media consultant who believes that the paper should do more trashy stories to cater to the younger crowds. One of those stories has Billie and Rossi investigating the "singles" scene by going out on dates through a computer service. While Rossi has trouble finding time with his date, Billie has trouble getting rid of her date. |
| Season 2, Episode 10: BabiesOriginal Air Date—11 December 1978 Billie and Rossi pose as a married couple in order to uncover a black market baby selling operation. |
| Season 2, Episode 11: ConflictOriginal Air Date—18 December 1978 |
| Season 2, Episode 12: DenialOriginal Air Date—1 January 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 13: FireOriginal Air Date—8 January 1979 While investigating a string of fires in the same neighborhood, Lou and Billie find a connection linking a building owner and members of a fire department to arson. |
| Season 2, Episode 14: VetOriginal Air Date—15 January 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 15: ScamOriginal Air Date—22 January 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 16: SweepOriginal Air Date—5 February 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 17: SamaritanOriginal Air Date—12 February 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 18: HitOriginal Air Date—19 February 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 19: HomeOriginal Air Date—26 February 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 20: ConventionOriginal Air Date—5 March 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 21: MarathonOriginal Air Date—19 March 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 22: BombOriginal Air Date—26 March 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 23: SkidsOriginal Air Date—2 April 1979 |
| Season 2, Episode 24: RomanceOriginal Air Date—7 May 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 1: CopOriginal Air Date—17 September 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 2: ExposéOriginal Air Date—24 September 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 3: SlammerOriginal Air Date—1 October 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 4: CharlatanOriginal Air Date—15 October 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 5: Frame-UpOriginal Air Date—22 October 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 6: HypeOriginal Air Date—29 October 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 7: GamblingOriginal Air Date—5 November 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 8: WitnessOriginal Air Date—12 November 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 9: KidnapOriginal Air Date—26 November 1979 |
| Original Air Date—3 December 1979 |
| Original Air Date—10 December 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 12: HollywoodOriginal Air Date—17 December 1979 Lou is intrigued by the closed restaurant down the street, which turns out to have been the scene of a famous murder 25 years earlier. Animal is sent in for pictures, and becomes friends with the reclusive owner, the woman who found the celebrity's body 25 years ago. |
| Season 3, Episode 13: KidsOriginal Air Date—24 December 1979 |
| Season 3, Episode 14: BrushfireOriginal Air Date—7 January 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 15: IndiansOriginal Air Date—14 January 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 16: Cover-UpOriginal Air Date—21 January 1980 |
| Original Air Date—28 January 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 18: CensoredOriginal Air Date—4 February 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 19: LouOriginal Air Date—11 February 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 20: BlackoutOriginal Air Date—18 February 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 21: DogsOriginal Air Date—3 March 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 22: InfluenceOriginal Air Date—10 March 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 23: GunsOriginal Air Date—17 March 1980 |
| Season 3, Episode 24: HazardOriginal Air Date—24 March 1980 |
| Season 4, Episode 1: NightsideOriginal Air Date—22 September 1980 |
| Season 4, Episode 2: HarassmentOriginal Air Date—29 September 1980 |
| Season 4, Episode 3: PackOriginal Air Date—27 October 1980 |
| Season 4, Episode 4: StingOriginal Air Date—17 November 1980 |
| Season 4, Episode 5: GoopOriginal Air Date—24 November 1980 |
| Season 4, Episode 6: LibelOriginal Air Date—8 December 1980 |
| Season 4, Episode 7: StreetsOriginal Air Date—15 December 1980 |
| Season 4, Episode 8: CatchOriginal Air Date—5 January 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 9: RapeOriginal Air Date—12 January 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 10: BoomerangOriginal Air Date—19 January 1981 |
| Original Air Date—26 January 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 12: SearchOriginal Air Date—9 February 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 13: StrikeOriginal Air Date—16 February 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 14: SurvivalOriginal Air Date—23 February 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 15: VeniceOriginal Air Date—9 March 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 16: CampesinosOriginal Air Date—16 March 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 17: BusinessOriginal Air Date—23 March 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 18: ViolenceOriginal Air Date—6 April 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 19: DepressionOriginal Air Date—13 April 1981 |
| Season 4, Episode 20: StrokeOriginal Air Date—4 May 1981 |
| Season 5, Episode 1: WeddingOriginal Air Date—2 November 1981 |
| Season 5, Episode 2: ExecutionOriginal Air Date—9 November 1981 |
| Season 5, Episode 3: RecklessOriginal Air Date—16 November 1981 |
| Season 5, Episode 4: HometownOriginal Air Date—23 November 1981 |
| Season 5, Episode 5: RiskOriginal Air Date—30 November 1981 |
| Original Air Date—7 December 1981 |
| Season 5, Episode 7: DriftersOriginal Air Date—14 December 1981 |
| Season 5, Episode 8: FriendsOriginal Air Date—28 December 1981 |
| Season 5, Episode 9: JazzOriginal Air Date—4 January 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 10: GhostsOriginal Air Date—11 January 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 11: CamerasOriginal Air Date—25 January 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 12: ReviewOriginal Air Date—8 February 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 13: ImmigrantsOriginal Air Date—15 February 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 14: HungerOriginal Air Date—1 March 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 15: RecoveryOriginal Air Date—8 March 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 16: ObituaryOriginal Air Date—22 March 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 17: BlacklistOriginal Air Date—5 April 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 18: LawOriginal Air Date—12 April 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 19: FireworksOriginal Air Date—19 April 1982 |
| Original Air Date—3 May 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 21: SuspectOriginal Air Date—17 May 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 22: BeachheadOriginal Air Date—24 May 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 23: VictimsOriginal Air Date—30 August 1982 |
| Season 5, Episode 24: CharlieOriginal Air Date—13 September 1982 |
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