S1.E2

Hostages

Episode aired Sep 27, 1977
TV-PG
50m

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A gunman, upset with a story about his brother who was wrongfully shot by a store-owner during a robbery, holds the newspaper staff hostage demanding a new story.A gunman, upset with a story about his brother who was wrongfully shot by a store-owner during a robbery, holds the newspaper staff hostage demanding a new story.A gunman, upset with a story about his brother who was wrongfully shot by a store-owner during a robbery, holds the newspaper staff hostage demanding a new story.

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7.6/10

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Trivia
Tim Reid, Gordon Jump and Richard Sanders of WKRP in Cincinnati all appear in this episode in very small roles (Jump, although billed, has no lines.) None of them are in the same scene.

Goofs
Lou Grant mentions being fired from his last job (Executive Producer WJM Channel 12) after 9 years. In the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Look At Us, We're Walking," (Season 7, Ep. 13) Lou states that he has been at WJM "for 11 years - 12 years in May."

Quotes
Andrew Martin: Alright, where's your office?
Joe Rossi: [points] There's that desk over there.
Andrew Martin: That's it, just a desk? I thought you were an important guy?
Joe Rossi: It's one of the newer desks...

Connections
References Serpico (1973)

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6/10

incredibly Lightweight

Rossi is held hostage after a shooting in a gun store. The brother of the man moves Rossi into the newsroom, insisting that the story written shows that his brother wasn't a bad guy. What ensues is a tiresome presentation of a kind of Stockholm syndrome. Everything looks so contrived. Sappy television I hope the series gains some power because the first two episodes are pretty soft.