Lou Grant – Season 1
Episodes
Cophouse
Hostages
Hoax
Henhouse
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
Aftershock
Barrio
Scoop
Judge
Psychout
Housewarming
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.
Takeover
Christmas
Airliner
Sports
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
Renewal
Sect
Scandal
Spies
Poison
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.