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Lou Grant Season 1 Episode 11

Housewarming

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AIRED: 11/29/77

Working on a story about spousal abuse, Billie gives advice and refuge to a battered wife, then discovers that one of her co-workers at the paper is a wife-beater.

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Shocking, amusing, ... and shocking

8.5

By francklloyd, Sep 06, 2012

In typical 'Lou Grant' style this episode exposes a social problem (domestic abuse) in a way that you can't miss the point the writer is trying to make. At the same time the dialogue is witty, with more than the usual amount of jokes, especially in the scenes during Lou's housewarming party. It makes the show slightly schizophrenic, yet enjoyable. But then there's the rather odd ending. (Spoilers, if you haven't seen the episode.) The colleague at the Trib who mistreated his wife, gets off with a rather weak punishment, as if there are different rules for ordinary people than for reporters It's supposed to show that Lou cares for his people, but it made me uncomfortable.moreless
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Edward Asner	Lou Grant
Linda Kelsey	Billie Newman McCovey
Mason Adams	Charlie Hume
Robert Walden	Joe Rossi
Jack Bannon	Art Donovan
Daryl Anderson	Dennis "Animal" Price

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Julie Kavner	Alice	Guest Star
Fredi Olster	Dorothy	Guest Star
Janice Kent	Louise	Guest Star
Allen Williams	Wilson	Recurring Role

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- In the previous episodes the recurring character Allen Williams played was just known as Assistant Foreign Editor. In this episode he gets a name: Wilson
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- Police Officer: Did you hit her?
  Jerry: What if I did? She's my wife. There's no law against it.
  Police Officer: Yes, there is. In California there is.
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- Roger: I had a friend who ... - a neighbor who beat his wife every Saturday night. She left him. The poor guy just wasted away.
  Billie: From what? Lack of exercise?
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- Lou: Take Rossi. There someone who doesn't care about other people's feelings. He's arrogant, pushy, abrasive, obnoxious, uncaring, insensitive. That's what makes him a good reporter.
  Rossi: Come on, Lou, you're making me blush
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- Mrs. Pynchon: Charming house. Did you buy it or rent?
  Lou: Rent.
  Mrs. Pynchon: Wise!
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- Mrs. Pynchon: I have cleaned up after a party. Whenever the servants got drunk.
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