GUIA DE EPISODIOS


Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: Cophouse

Original 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: Hostages

Original 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: Hoax

Original 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: Henhouse

Original 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: Nazi

Original 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: Aftershock

Original 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: Barrio

Original 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: Scoop

Original 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: Judge

Original 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-Out

Original 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.

Season 1, Episode 11: Housewarming

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: Takeover

Original 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: Christmas

Original 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: Airliner

Original 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: Sports

Original 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: Hero

Original 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: Renewal

Original 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: Sect

Original Air Date—6 February 1978
Charlie is devastated when his son joins a cult.

Season 1, Episode 19: Scandal

Original 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: Spies

Original 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: Poison

Original 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: Physical

Original 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

Season 2, Episode 1: Pills

Original 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: Prisoner

Original 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: Hooker

Original 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: Mob

Original 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: Murder

Original 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: Dying

Original 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: Schools

Original 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: Slaughter

Original 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: Singles

Original 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: Babies

Original 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: Conflict

Original Air Date—18 December 1978

Season 2, Episode 12: Denial

Original Air Date—1 January 1979

Season 2, Episode 13: Fire

Original 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: Vet

Original Air Date—15 January 1979

Season 2, Episode 15: Scam

Original Air Date—22 January 1979

Season 2, Episode 16: Sweep

Original Air Date—5 February 1979

Season 2, Episode 17: Samaritan

Original Air Date—12 February 1979

Season 2, Episode 18: Hit

Original Air Date—19 February 1979

Season 2, Episode 19: Home

Original Air Date—26 February 1979

Season 2, Episode 20: Convention

Original Air Date—5 March 1979

Season 2, Episode 21: Marathon

Original Air Date—19 March 1979

Season 2, Episode 22: Bomb

Original Air Date—26 March 1979

Season 2, Episode 23: Skids

Original Air Date—2 April 1979

Season 2, Episode 24: Romance

Original Air Date—7 May 1979

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: Cop

Original Air Date—17 September 1979

Season 3, Episode 2: Exposé

Original Air Date—24 September 1979

Season 3, Episode 3: Slammer

Original Air Date—1 October 1979

Season 3, Episode 4: Charlatan

Original Air Date—15 October 1979

Season 3, Episode 5: Frame-Up

Original Air Date—22 October 1979

Season 3, Episode 6: Hype

Original Air Date—29 October 1979

Season 3, Episode 7: Gambling

Original Air Date—5 November 1979

Season 3, Episode 8: Witness

Original Air Date—12 November 1979

Season 3, Episode 9: Kidnap

Original Air Date—26 November 1979

Season 3, Episode 10: Andrew: Part 1

Original Air Date—3 December 1979

Season 3, Episode 11: Andrew: Part 2

Original Air Date—10 December 1979

Season 3, Episode 12: Hollywood

Original 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: Kids

Original Air Date—24 December 1979

Season 3, Episode 14: Brushfire

Original Air Date—7 January 1980

Season 3, Episode 15: Indians

Original Air Date—14 January 1980

Season 3, Episode 16: Cover-Up

Original Air Date—21 January 1980

Season 3, Episode 17: Inheritance

Original Air Date—28 January 1980

Season 3, Episode 18: Censored

Original Air Date—4 February 1980

Season 3, Episode 19: Lou

Original Air Date—11 February 1980

Season 3, Episode 20: Blackout

Original Air Date—18 February 1980

Season 3, Episode 21: Dogs

Original Air Date—3 March 1980

Season 3, Episode 22: Influence

Original Air Date—10 March 1980

Season 3, Episode 23: Guns

Original Air Date—17 March 1980

Season 3, Episode 24: Hazard

Original Air Date—24 March 1980

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: Nightside

Original Air Date—22 September 1980

Season 4, Episode 2: Harassment

Original Air Date—29 September 1980

Season 4, Episode 3: Pack

Original Air Date—27 October 1980

Season 4, Episode 4: Sting

Original Air Date—17 November 1980

Season 4, Episode 5: Goop

Original Air Date—24 November 1980

Season 4, Episode 6: Libel

Original Air Date—8 December 1980

Season 4, Episode 7: Streets

Original Air Date—15 December 1980

Season 4, Episode 8: Catch

Original Air Date—5 January 1981

Season 4, Episode 9: Rape

Original Air Date—12 January 1981

Season 4, Episode 10: Boomerang

Original Air Date—19 January 1981

Season 4, Episode 11: Generations

Original Air Date—26 January 1981

Season 4, Episode 12: Search

Original Air Date—9 February 1981

Season 4, Episode 13: Strike

Original Air Date—16 February 1981

Season 4, Episode 14: Survival

Original Air Date—23 February 1981

Season 4, Episode 15: Venice

Original Air Date—9 March 1981

Season 4, Episode 16: Campesinos

Original Air Date—16 March 1981

Season 4, Episode 17: Business

Original Air Date—23 March 1981

Season 4, Episode 18: Violence

Original Air Date—6 April 1981

Season 4, Episode 19: Depression

Original Air Date—13 April 1981

Season 4, Episode 20: Stroke

Original Air Date—4 May 1981

Season 5

Season 5, Episode 1: Wedding

Original Air Date—2 November 1981

Season 5, Episode 2: Execution

Original Air Date—9 November 1981

Season 5, Episode 3: Reckless

Original Air Date—16 November 1981

Season 5, Episode 4: Hometown

Original Air Date—23 November 1981

Season 5, Episode 5: Risk

Original Air Date—30 November 1981

Season 5, Episode 6: Double-Cross

Original Air Date—7 December 1981

Season 5, Episode 7: Drifters

Original Air Date—14 December 1981

Season 5, Episode 8: Friends

Original Air Date—28 December 1981

Season 5, Episode 9: Jazz

Original Air Date—4 January 1982

Season 5, Episode 10: Ghosts

Original Air Date—11 January 1982

Season 5, Episode 11: Cameras

Original Air Date—25 January 1982

Season 5, Episode 12: Review

Original Air Date—8 February 1982

Season 5, Episode 13: Immigrants

Original Air Date—15 February 1982

Season 5, Episode 14: Hunger

Original Air Date—1 March 1982

Season 5, Episode 15: Recovery

Original Air Date—8 March 1982

Season 5, Episode 16: Obituary

Original Air Date—22 March 1982

Season 5, Episode 17: Blacklist

Original Air Date—5 April 1982

Season 5, Episode 18: Law

Original Air Date—12 April 1982

Season 5, Episode 19: Fireworks

Original Air Date—19 April 1982

Season 5, Episode 20: Unthinkable

Original Air Date—3 May 1982

Season 5, Episode 21: Suspect

Original Air Date—17 May 1982

Season 5, Episode 22: Beachhead

Original Air Date—24 May 1982

Season 5, Episode 23: Victims

Original Air Date—30 August 1982

Season 5, Episode 24: Charlie

Original Air Date—13 September 1982