This is a list of episodes for the fourth season of Lou Grant.
| 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 | |
Episodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air 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. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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 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. | ||||||
| 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 for the Tribune is robbed and raped in her own home. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 82 | 12 | "Search" | Allen Williams | Everett Greenbaum & Elliott Reid | February 9, 1981 | 0515 |
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Rossi assists an adopted photographer 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. | ||||||
| 84 | 14 | "Survival" | Burt Brinckerhoff | April Smith | February 23, 1981 | 0517 |
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Rossi's investigation of survivalists 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. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 88 | 18 | "Violence" | Georg Stanford Brown | Johnny Dawkins | April 6, 1981 | 0508 |
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Rossi and Billie do a story about a brutal football player and the man he crippled, while Lou disagrees with a film critic over the use of violence in movies. | ||||||
| 89 | 19 | "Depression" | Peter Levin | Gene Reynolds | April 13, 1981 | 0519 |
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Lou tries to help when 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. | ||||||