List of Lou Grant episodes

This is a list of episodes of the television drama series Lou Grant, a spin-off of the comedy series The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Series overview[]

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		Rank
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Rank
	1	22	September 20, 1977 (1977-09-20)	March 20, 1978 (1978-03-20)	36
	2	24	September 25, 1978 (1978-09-25)	May 7, 1979 (1979-05-07)	30
	3	24	September 17, 1979 (1979-09-17)	March 24, 1980 (1980-03-24)	N/A
	4	20	September 22, 1980 (1980-09-22)	May 4, 1981 (1981-05-04)	27
	5	24	November 2, 1981 (1981-11-02)	September 13, 1982 (1982-09-13)	38

Episodes[]

Season 1 (1977–78)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Cophouse"	Gene Reynolds	Leon Tokatyan	September 20, 1977 (1977-09-20)	7501
2	2	"Hostages"	Charles Dubin	Seth Freeman	September 27, 1977 (1977-09-27)	7510
3	3	"Hoax"	Jay Sandrich	Gordon Dawson	October 4, 1977 (1977-10-04)	7503
4	4	"Henhouse"	Richard Crenna	Leonora Thuna	October 11, 1977 (1977-10-11)	7509
5	5	"Nazi"	Alexander Singer	Robert Schlitt	October 18, 1977 (1977-10-18)	7505
6	6	"Aftershock"	Jud Taylor	Del Reisman	October 25, 1977 (1977-10-25)	7506
7	7	"Barrio"	Mel Damski	Seth Freeman	November 1, 1977 (1977-11-01)	7504
8	8	"Scoop"	Harry Falk	Gene Kearney	November 8, 1977 (1977-11-08)	7502
9	9	"Judge"	Irving Moore	Leon Tokatyan	November 15, 1977 (1977-11-15)	7508
10	10	"Psych-Out"	Alexander Singer	Seth Freeman	November 22, 1977 (1977-11-22)	7515
11	11	"Housewarming"	Mel Damski	Leonora Thuna	November 29, 1977 (1977-11-29)	7512
12	12	"Takeover"	Gene Reynolds	Leon Tokatyan	December 6, 1977 (1977-12-06)	7513
13	13	"Christmas"	James Burrows	David Lloyd	December 13, 1977 (1977-12-13)	7507
14	14	"Airliner"	Mel Damski	Charles Einstein	January 3, 1978 (1978-01-03)	7514
15	15	"Sports"	Harvey Laidman	Bud Freeman	January 10, 1978 (1978-01-10)	7516
16	16	"Hero"	Mel Damski	Seth Freeman	January 17, 1978 (1978-01-17)	7518
17	17	"Renewal"	Gene Reynolds	Ken Travey	January 30, 1978 (1978-01-30)	7511
18	18	"Sect"	Alexander Singer	Michele Gallery	February 6, 1978 (1978-02-06)	7517
19	19	"Scandal"	Mel Damski	Seth Freeman	February 13, 1978 (1978-02-13)	7520
20	20	"Spies"	Charles Dubin	Leon Tokatyan	February 27, 1978 (1978-02-27)	7519
21	21	"Poison"	Gene Reynolds	Michele Gallery	March 6, 1978 (1978-03-06)	7521
22	22	"Physical"	Charles Dubin	David Lloyd	March 20, 1978 (1978-03-20)	7522

Season 2 (1978–79)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
23	1	"Pills"	Jay Sandrich	Michele Gallery	September 25, 1978 (1978-09-25)	8502
24	2	"Prisoner"	Gene Reynolds	Seth Freeman	October 2, 1978 (1978-10-02)	8501
25	3	"Hooker"	Alexander Singer	Seth Freeman	October 16, 1978 (1978-10-16)	8508
26	4	"Mob"	Corey Allen	Leon Tokatyan	October 23, 1978 (1978-10-23)	8505
27	5	"Murder"	Mel Damski	Gary David Goldberg	October 30, 1978 (1978-10-30)	8504
28	6	"Dying"	Alexander Singer	Michele Gallery	November 6, 1978 (1978-11-06)	8509
29	7	"Schools"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Gary David Goldberg	November 20, 1978 (1978-11-20)	8510
30	8	"Slaughter"	Roger Young	Bud Freeman	November 27, 1978 (1978-11-27)	8503
31	9	"Singles"	Michael Zinberg	Gina Frederica Goldman & Sally Robinson	December 4, 1978 (1978-12-04)	8506
32	10	"Babies"	Alexander Singer	David Lloyd	December 11, 1978 (1978-12-11)	8512
33	11	"Conflict"	Mel Damski	Michele Gallery	December 18, 1978 (1978-12-18)	8513
34	12	"Denial"	Charles Dubin	Leonora Thuna	January 1, 1979 (1979-01-01)	8507
35	13	"Fire"	Roger Young	Seth Freeman	January 8, 1979 (1979-01-08)	8514
36	14	"Vet"	Alexander Singer	Leon Tokatyan	January 15, 1979 (1979-01-15)	8511
37	15	"Scam"	Gerald Mayer	Gary David Goldberg	January 22, 1979 (1979-01-22)	8515
38	16	"Sweep"	Charles Dubin	Steve Kline	February 5, 1979 (1979-02-05)	8517
39	17	"Samaritan"	Paul Leaf	Elliot West	February 12, 1979 (1979-02-12)	8516
40	18	"Hit"	Peter Levin	Michele Gallery	February 19, 1979 (1979-02-19)	8519
41	19	"Home"	Alexander Singer	Gary David Goldberg	February 26, 1979 (1979-02-26)	8520
42	20	"Convention"	Charles Dubin	David Lloyd	March 5, 1979 (1979-03-05)	8522
43	21	"Marathon"	Alexander Singer	Gene Reynolds	March 19, 1979 (1979-03-19)	8518
44	22	"Bomb"	Gene Reynolds	Seth Freeman	March 26, 1979 (1979-03-26)	8521
45	23	"Skids"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steve Kline	April 2, 1979 (1979-04-02)	8523
46	24	"Romance"	Roger Young	Michele Gallery	May 7, 1979 (1979-05-07)	8524

Season 3 (1979–80)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
47	1	"Cop"	Roger Young	Seth Freeman	September 17, 1979 (1979-09-17)	9504
48	2	"Expose"	Gene Reynolds	David Lloyd	September 24, 1979 (1979-09-24)	9506
49	3	"Slammer"	Alexander Singer	Johnny Dawkins	October 1, 1979 (1979-10-01)	9501
50	4	"Charlatan"	Roger Young	Michael Vittes	October 15, 1979 (1979-10-15)	9505
51	5	"Frame-Up"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steve Kline	October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22)	9507
52	6	"Hype"	Peter Levin	Michele Gallery	October 29, 1979 (1979-10-29)	9503
53	7	"Gambling"	Alexander Singer	Bud Freeman	November 5, 1979 (1979-11-05)	9510
54	8	"Witness"	Peter Levin	Gary David Goldberg	November 12, 1979 (1979-11-12)	9502
55	9	"Kidnap"	Alan Cooke	Bud Freeman	November 26, 1979 (1979-11-26)	9514
56	10	"Andrew: Part 1 - Premonition"	Roger Young	Seth Freeman	December 3, 1979 (1979-12-03)	9508
57	11	"Andrew: Part 2 - Trial"	Peter Levin	Seth Freeman	December 10, 1979 (1979-12-10)	9509
58	12	"Hollywood"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Michele Gallery	December 17, 1979 (1979-12-17)	9513
59	13	"Kids"	Alexander Singer	Michael Vittes & Shep Greene	December 24, 1979 (1979-12-24)	9511
60	14	"Brushfire"	Donald A. Baer	Allan Burns & Gene Reynolds	January 7, 1980 (1980-01-07)	9516
61	15	"Indians"	Ralph Senensky	April Smith	January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14)	9512
62	16	"Cover-Up"	Gerald Mayer	Paul Ehrmann	January 21, 1980 (1980-01-21)	9518
63	17	"Inheritance"	Roger Young	April Smith	January 28, 1980 (1980-01-28)	9519
64	18	"Censored"	Alexander Singer	Joanne Pagliaro	February 4, 1980 (1980-02-04)	9516
65	19	"Lou"	Roger Young	Michele Gallery	February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11)	9520
66	20	"Blackout"	Allen Williams	Steve Kline	February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18)	9521
67	21	"Dogs"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Seth Freeman	March 3, 1980 (1980-03-03)	9522
68	22	"Influence"	Gene Reynolds	April Smith	March 10, 1980 (1980-03-10)	9523
69	23	"Guns"	Bob Sweeney	Seth Freeman	March 17, 1980 (1980-03-17)	9525
70	24	"Hazard"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Michele Gallery	March 24, 1980 (1980-03-24)	9524

Season 4 (1980–81)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
71	1	"Nightside"	Gene Reynolds	Michele Gallery	September 22, 1980 (1980-09-22)	0504
72	2	"Harassment"	Roger Young	April Smith	September 29, 1980 (1980-09-29)	0501
73	3	"Pack"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steve Kline	October 27, 1980 (1980-10-27)	0502
74	4	"Sting"	Peter Levin	Patt Shea & Harriet Weiss	November 17, 1980 (1980-11-17)	0503
75	5	"Goop"	Alexander Singer	Seth Freeman	November 24, 1980 (1980-11-24)	0507
76	6	"Libel"	Burt Brinckerhoff	William Hopkins	December 8, 1980 (1980-12-08)	0506
77	7	"Streets"	Donald A. Baer	Bud Freeman	December 15, 1980 (1980-12-15)	0505
78	8	"Catch"	Roger Young	Michele Gallery	January 5, 1981 (1981-01-05)	0511
79	9	"Rape"	Seth Freeman	Seth Freeman	January 12, 1981 (1981-01-12)	0516
80	10	"Boomerang"	Alexander Singer	Steve Kline	January 19, 1981 (1981-01-19)	0512
81	11	"Generations"	Harvey Laidman	Johnny Dawkins	January 26, 1981 (1981-01-26)	0514
82	12	"Search"	Allen Williams	Everett Greenbaum & Elliott Reid	February 9, 1981 (1981-02-09)	0515
83	13	"Strike"	Gene Reynolds	April Smith	February 16, 1981 (1981-02-16)	0510
84	14	"Survival"	Burt Brinckerhoff	April Smith	February 23, 1981 (1981-02-23)	0517
85	15	"Venice"	Paul Stanley	Patt Shea & Harriet Weiss	March 9, 1981 (1981-03-09)	0509
86	16	"Campesinos"	Peter Levin	Michael Vittes	March 16, 1981 (1981-03-16)	0513
87	17	"Business"	Alan Cooke	Steve Kline	March 23, 1981 (1981-03-23)	0518
88	18	"Violence"	Georg Stanford Brown	Johnny Dawkins	April 6, 1981 (1981-04-06)	0508
89	19	"Depression"	Peter Levin	Gene Reynolds	April 13, 1981 (1981-04-13)	0519
90	20	"Stroke"	Roger Young	April Smith	May 4, 1981 (1981-05-04)	0520

Season 5 (1981–82)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
91	1	"Wedding"	Alexander Singer	Seth Freeman	November 2, 1981 (1981-11-02)	1501
92	2	"Execution"	Burt Brinckerhoff	April Smith	November 9, 1981 (1981-11-09)	1502
93	3	"Reckless"	Alexander Singer	Steve Kline	November 16, 1981 (1981-11-16)	1503
94	4	"Hometown"	Gene Reynolds	Michele Gallery	November 23, 1981 (1981-11-23)	1504
95	5	"Risk"	Allen Williams	Seth Freeman	November 30, 1981 (1981-11-30)	0521
96	6	"Double-Cross"	Roger Young	Michele Gallery	December 7, 1981 (1981-12-07)	0522
97	7	"Drifters"	Peter Levin	Bud Freeman	December 14, 1981 (1981-12-14)	1505
98	8	"Friends"	Seth Freeman	Seth Freeman	December 28, 1981 (1981-12-28)	1510
99	9	"Jazz"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Rogers Turrentine	January 4, 1982 (1982-01-04)	1506
100	10	"Ghosts"	Roger Young	April Smith	January 11, 1982 (1982-01-11)	1507
101	11	"Cameras"	Peter Levin	David Lloyd	January 25, 1982 (1982-01-25)	1509
102	12	"Review"	Neil Cox	Jeffrey B. Lane	February 8, 1982 (1982-02-08)	1512
103	13	"Immigrants"	Alexander Singer	Steve Kline	February 15, 1982 (1982-02-15)	1511
104	14	"Hunger"	Peter Levin	Gene Reynolds	March 1, 1982 (1982-03-01)	1508
105	15	"Recovery"	Roger Young	Michele Gallery	March 8, 1982 (1982-03-08)	1513
106	16	"Obituary"	Paul Stanley	April Smith	March 22, 1982 (1982-03-22)	1514
107	17	"Blacklist"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Seth Freeman	April 5, 1982 (1982-04-05)	1515
108	18	"Law"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Steve Kline	April 12, 1982 (1982-04-12)	1516
109	19	"Fireworks"	Jeff Bleckner	Michele Gallery	April 19, 1982 (1982-04-19)	1517
110	20	"Unthinkable"	Allen Williams	April Smith	May 3, 1982 (1982-05-03)	1519
111	21	"Suspect"	Alan Cooke	Seth Freeman	May 17, 1982 (1982-05-17)	1522
112	22	"Beachhead"	Roy Campanella	Gene Reynolds	May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24)	1520
113	23	"Victims"	Peter Bogart	Steve Kline	August 30, 1982 (1982-08-30)	1521
114	24	"Charlie"	Seth Freeman	Michele Gallery	September 13, 1982 (1982-09-13)	1523

External links[]

The Canonical Lou Grant Episode Guide

List of Lou Grant episodes

Contents

Series overview[]

Episodes[]

Season 1 (1977–78)[]

Season 2 (1978–79)[]

Season 3 (1979–80)[]

Season 4 (1980–81)[]

Season 5 (1981–82)[]

External links[]

See also[]