Lou Grant season 4
| Lou Grant | |
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| Season 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 22, 1980 – May 4, 1981 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for the fourth season of Lou Grant.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 71 | 1 | "Nightside" | Gene Reynolds | Michele Gallery | September 22, 1980 | 0504 |
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While taking his turn on the night shift, Lou sees an article about a wrecked yacht and sends Rossi and Billie to investigate. David Paymer plays Roy, a night reporter. | ||||||
| 72 | 2 | "Harassment" | Roger Young | April Smith | September 29, 1980 | 0501 |
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Lou gives Billie permission to do a story on sexual harassment at a big company and is shocked at the company she's chosen to expose. | ||||||
| 73 | 3 | "Pack" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Steve Kline | October 27, 1980 | 0502 |
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Billie follows a senate candidate and struggles to deal with the pack mentality of the other journalists. Lou meets up with his old friend, Flo (Eileen Heckart). John Hillerman plays a New York Times reporter; Joe Regalbuto plays the press secretary to the senate candidate. | ||||||
| 74 | 4 | "Sting" | Peter Levin | Patt Shea & Harriet Weiss | November 17, 1980 | 0503 |
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Charlie and Marian rent out their house to get a taste of living in an urban apartment, but the renter's (Larry Linville) unorthodox uses of the house surprises Charlie when the Tribune investigates. | ||||||
| 75 | 5 | "Goop" | Alexander Singer | Seth Freeman | November 24, 1980 | 0507 |
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Rossi and Billie reluctantly agree that Billie must go undercover as an employee of a chemical company to get the scoop on their illegal dumping. Dominique Dunne plays a co-worker. | ||||||
| 76 | 6 | "Libel" | Burt Brinckerhoff | William Hopkins | December 8, 1980 | 0506 |
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A supermarket tabloid sues the Tribune for libel. | ||||||
| 77 | 7 | "Streets" | Donald A. Baer | Bud Freeman | December 15, 1980 | 0505 |
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Rossi clashes with a black reporter as they investigate a murder in the ghetto, while the Tribune comes up with a new section to make them more appealing. | ||||||
| 78 | 8 | "Catch" | Roger Young | Michele Gallery | January 5, 1981 | 0511 |
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Billie gets close to baseball player Ted McCovey during her investigation of a financial scandal and the Tribune deals with computer troubles. | ||||||
| 79 | 9 | "Rape" | Seth Freeman | Seth Freeman | January 12, 1981 | 0516 |
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A reporter (Lynne Moody) for the Tribune is robbed and raped in her own home. Jonathan Banks plays the rapist; Kurtwood Smith plays a policeman; Julia Duffy plays a fast-food server. | ||||||
| 80 | 10 | "Boomerang" | Alexander Singer | Steve Kline | January 19, 1981 | 0512 |
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Rossi and Billie investigate the exporting of illegal goods in America and instead of taking Lou's advice on how to handle the story, they side with a visiting star reporter. Meshach Taylor plays Kinsasha, a member of an African trade delegation. | ||||||
| 81 | 11 | "Generations" | Harvey Laidman | Johnny Dawkins | January 26, 1981 | 0514 |
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Charlie and Marian struggle to deal with Charlie's father when he moves in with him, while Lou tries to help an elderly neighbor being picked on by teenagers (one played by Matthew Broderick). | ||||||
| 82 | 12 | "Search" | Allen Williams | Everett Greenbaum & Elliott Reid | February 9, 1981 | 0515 |
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Rossi assists an adopted photographer (Alley Mills) for the Tribune on a search for her birth parents, while Lou finds it difficult to enjoy his favorite restaurant after Corrine writes a review about it. | ||||||
| 83 | 13 | "Strike" | Gene Reynolds | April Smith | February 16, 1981 | 0510 |
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The editorial staff of the Tribune goes on strike. Ray Wise plays a consultant for management. | ||||||
| 84 | 14 | "Survival" | Burt Brinckerhoff | April Smith | February 23, 1981 | 0517 |
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Rossi's investigation of survivalists (led by Ed Harris) gets him and Lou stranded in the forest during a rainstorm. | ||||||
| 85 | 15 | "Venice" | Paul Stanley | Patt Shea & Harriet Weiss | March 9, 1981 | 0509 |
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Animal struggles to understand a woman's suicide at Venice Beach. Trinidad Silva, another future Hill Street Blues regular, plays a friendly gang leader. | ||||||
| 86 | 16 | "Campesinos" | Peter Levin | Michael Vittes | March 16, 1981 | 0513 |
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Rossi does a report on a migrant workers' strike in Central Valley. | ||||||
| 87 | 17 | "Business" | Alan Cooke | Steve Kline | March 23, 1981 | 0518 |
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The Tribune's investigation of a company's dishonesty leads to bad publicity with investors. Kenneth Tigar plays a TV interviewer. | ||||||
| 88 | 18 | "Violence" | Georg Stanford Brown | Johnny Dawkins | April 6, 1981 | 0519 |
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Rossi and Billie do a story about a brutal football player (played by Fred Williamson) and the man he crippled, while Lou disagrees with a film critic (Tyne Daly) over the use of violence in movies. Fred Dryer plays a teammate. | ||||||
| 89 | 19 | "Depression" | Peter Levin | Gene Reynolds | April 13, 1981 | 0508 |
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Lou tries to help when a depressed Tribune reporter attempts suicide. | ||||||
| 90 | 20 | "Stroke" | Roger Young | April Smith | May 4, 1981 | 0520 |
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Mrs. Pynchon has a stroke, leading her nephews to try taking over the paper. | ||||||