Linda Kelsey was perfect for her role: just the right pairing of adorable and smart. l liked the character of Billie as a young woman of this transitional era for women; she was shrewd without being nasty, and sharp without being calculating, plus she was feminine besides. Nicely done by the writers and executed flawlessly by the actress. Thank you again for the Lou Grant uploads in their entirety.
@arttrombley7385
8 жыл бұрын
+Cynthia Lyman Is it just Me or does Billie look like a bit of a snob Here. Ball players arn't the most educated in the World, She should have realized that before meeting the boys, who were in Awe of Her. Then at 32:00 She just lets Him walk away. I know that You like the Billie character that's why I'm asking You.
@cynthialyman2636
8 жыл бұрын
She was out of her depth, maybe.
@arttrombley7385
8 жыл бұрын
Cynthia Lyman I guess everyone is insecure to a degree.
@cynthialyman2636
8 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree. Part of being human.
@rogerlynch5279
2 жыл бұрын
I always had the feeling that Margot Kidder as Louis Lane immitated Linda Kelsey somewhat. That was the point were I felt a bit irritated in the Superman movies almost awaiting Lou Grant to turn up ::::) Linda Kelsey or the producers for that matter seemed to have tried to play around with Kelswys appearence on the show other as with the other members of the usual ensemble.
@montemichelbleu
8 жыл бұрын
It's been great re-visiting all of these episodes. This was one of the best series of it's era, and they are as excellent now, as then.
@CogensFamilyTV
2 жыл бұрын
Always wished they did more with Lou and his daughters..
@katiezee2
6 жыл бұрын
the running through the airport at the last minute, and just in time ! was such a cliche. . . but Billie was so elegant & pretty as a bride
@rhymeswithsomethingy4766
Жыл бұрын
Watching the scene with Lou and his daughter, it occurred to me how natural his facial expressions were. So I started watching in other scenes. Ed Asner was such a good actor. He made it possible to forget you were watching a TV show. 30 minutes to the airport in rush hour. Those were the days.. The airport scene, even though hard to suspend disbelief, as good or better as any airport scenes in movies and TV shows since.
@Teobi1
3 жыл бұрын
Linda Kelsey had just gotten married irl so they had Billie get married on the show in case Linda became pregnant, they could write it into the script. But the show got cancelled so we never got the chance to see Billie as a mom.
@arttrombley7385
8 жыл бұрын
Those jobs that took up more time than the Family did, ruined more marriages than anything.
@cynthialyman2636
8 жыл бұрын
I see your point. I actually think the writers may have decided to pair Billie up with someone after it was obvious the tension between her and Rossi was clearly never going to resolve into romance. I guess a ball player made as much sense as any man who would accept an independent woman who had established her way in a male-dominated world like the newsroom. I think this was a fine series all around, with solid performances from the whole cast.
@hilarygrant4351
8 жыл бұрын
+Cynthia Lyman I went to a seminar in the '80s--a night of Lou Grant--the creators and Asner, Kelsey and a few others. were there. Anyway, during the Q & A part of the program, Kelsey said that at the time of the 5th season, she was newly married and wanted to have kids.... could that somehow be worked into her character? The creators came up with the idea of her getting married, so if she did get pregnant right away, all would be well. I remember Kelsey said, "It took two years!" and by that time, the show was off the air. :)
@tankstoner8496
8 жыл бұрын
I thought the romance was between her and Donovan. Rossi was too much of a free-spirit maverick to be romantically involved with anybody.
@tankstoner8496
8 жыл бұрын
And here always thought that, had the show gone one or 2 more seasons, Season 5 would've been the last for Kelsey and (possibly), Walden with the new characters being introduced late in the season.
@cynthialyman2636
8 жыл бұрын
Well, yes, but there was a lot of sexual tension between Billie and Rossi that had been steadily building throughout. Not unlike Sam and Diane in Cheers; audiences overall enjoy a storyline like this and are always waiting for a pay off. Rossi and Billie likely never could have made it permanently, but it was kind of a fun aside.
@tankstoner8496
8 жыл бұрын
Cynthia Lyman I wish there was a 'Lou Grant' section at fanfiction.com so somebody could write a songfic about Rossi because I believe, between this episode about Billie getting married and the very next one about Kitty Larson, that somewhere along the line he had an emotional breakdown.
@gatamadriz
3 жыл бұрын
Love this.
@Zoomer30
7 жыл бұрын
"OK, anyone with a DeLorean go for a drive at 88, go to the future and bring back some technology that doesn't suck!"
@arttrombley7385
8 жыл бұрын
If everything had to make sense nobody would ever get married because love itself doesn't make sense. Caring about a stranger to the point that you would lay down your own life to save theirs makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, what makes the strangers life anymore valuable than your own?. Yet people fall in love everyday and devote their entire life to making the stranger happy. Love is part of the reason that I think We are so much more than animals as Darwin would have Us believe.
@JStarStar00
3 жыл бұрын
I always thought the romance between Billie and the baseball coach seemed kind of sudden and contrived. As others have stated at times Donovan appeared to be making a run on her on a couple of occasions but it never seemed serious and sometimes Donovan seemed to be tiptoeing on the borderline of sexual harassment since he was at least technically her superior as well as being roughly 15 years older than her so it always seemed slightly improper.
@user-zq5eb2hj9o
2 жыл бұрын
I agree I just wasn’t buying it with her and the baseball guy. It just came right out of left field
@jokerswildio
7 жыл бұрын
at 4:01, and 4:07 man Billie, or Linda Kelsey, looks HOT when she is in love! Now, was this a real romance?--it seems to authentic even by both these fine actors...
@cynthialyman2636
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Linda was married to someone else at this time...but then she is an actress and who's not to say she couldn't have enjoyed some actual chemistry with her co-star?
@cathykinn4516
Жыл бұрын
Billie's situation is the usual one for a career woman, one who has fought to be taken seriously in a predominantly male enviroment. As Margot says in 'All About Eve', "at some point you have to get back to being a woman." Wonder if Linda Kelsey really has that honk of a laugh! It sounded authentic.
@gatamadriz
3 жыл бұрын
Very fuzzy
@nlgbbbblth
3 ай бұрын
Imagine being married to Billie. What a nightmare.
@Zoomer30
3 жыл бұрын
Almost as bad as when my PS4 crashes out while I saving a game.
@Grendelbc
5 ай бұрын
Run for the hills. She'll be nothing but trouble.
@rubylee446
2 жыл бұрын
Do not marry ted
@ADAMSIXTIES
3 жыл бұрын
2:00 You're perky this evening. Perky doesn't work on ya." She's got spunk! This was the worst episode of the series.
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