# Lou Grant season 4

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 air date | Prod. code |
| 71 | 1 | "Nightside" | Gene Reynolds | Michele Gallery | September 22, 1980 (1980-09-22) | 0504 |
| 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 (1980-09-29) | 0501 |
| 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 (1980-10-27) | 0502 |
| 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 (1980-11-17) | 0503 |
| 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 (1980-11-24) | 0507 |
| 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 (1980-12-08) | 0506 |
| A supermarket tabloid sues the Tribune for libel. |||||||
| 77 | 7 | "Streets" | Donald A. Baer | Bud Freeman | December 15, 1980 (1980-12-15) | 0505 |
| 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 (1981-01-05) | 0511 |
| 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 (1981-01-12) | 0516 |
| A reporter for the Tribune is robbed and raped in her own home. |||||||
| 80 | 10 | "Boomerang" | Alexander Singer | Steve Kline | January 19, 1981 (1981-01-19) | 0512 |
| 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 (1981-01-26) | 0514 |
| 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 (1981-02-09) | 0515 |
| 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 (1981-02-16) | 0510 |
| The editorial staff of the Tribune goes on strike. |||||||
| 84 | 14 | "Survival" | Burt Brinckerhoff | April Smith | February 23, 1981 (1981-02-23) | 0517 |
| 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 (1981-03-09) | 0509 |
| Animal struggles to understand a woman's suicide at Venice Beach. |||||||
| 86 | 16 | "Campesinos" | Peter Levin | Michael Vittes | March 16, 1981 (1981-03-16) | 0513 |
| Rossi does a report on a migrant workers' strike in Central Valley. |||||||
| 87 | 17 | "Business" | Alan Cooke | Steve Kline | March 23, 1981 (1981-03-23) | 0518 |
| 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 (1981-04-06) | 0508 |
| 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 (1981-04-13) | 0519 |
| Lou tries to help when depressed Tribune reporter attempts suicide. |||||||
| 90 | 20 | "Stroke" | Roger Young | April Smith | May 4, 1981 (1981-05-04) | 0520 |
| Mrs. Pynchon has a stroke, leading her nephews to try taking over the paper. |||||||