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Little House on the Prairie (1974) Episode Guide

Little House on The Prairie

First aired: Mar/30/1974
Writer: Blanche Hanalis
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Sam Vlahos (1st Indian), Victor Mohica (Soldat Du Chene), Victor French (Mr. Isaiah Edwards), Cal Bellini (Brave), John Steadman (Grandfather), Richard Alarian (2nd Indian), Marian Beeler (Grandmother), Ruth Foster (Aunt Suzanne)

The Ingalls family decides to leave Big Woods, Wisconsin and go to Kansas where there will be better land for them to settle. Along the way, their dog, Jack, gets washed away in the river. Their closest neighbor is Mr. Edwards, who helps them settle on the prairie and they celebrate Christmas together. Soon, the family encounters Indians and realize that this was not how they thought their journey would turn out.



1 :01x01 - Harvest Of Friends

First aired: Sep/11/1974
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Ramon Bieri (Liam O'Neill), Hal Burton (Driver)

The Ingalls family moves into Plum Creek near the town of Walnut Grove. Charles Ingalls builds a home for his family. With limited funds for buying seed and a plow for his farm, Charles negotiates some working deals with the local seed store and lumber yard to get the materials he needs to start his farm. Charles’ honest nature and good work ethics earn him many friends in Walnut Grove. When Charles gets hurt on a family outing and is unable to finish a work contract, his family and new friends step up to help him so he doesn’t loose the family’s team of oxen.



2 :01x02 - Country Girls

First aired: Sep/18/1974
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Tracie Savage (Christy Kennedy), Georgia Schmidt (Mrs. Grandy), Bob Hoffman (Sandy Kennedy)

It's time for Laura and Mary to start school and that is where they meet up with Nellie Oleson, who frequently refers to them as "country girls". Since Laura has never been to school before, she has too work hard to get her schoolwork finished. The students have to write an essay to present in front of the class. However, Laura is worried because she does not know how to write and does not know what she will do.



3 :01x03 - 100 Mile Walk

First aired: Sep/25/1974
Writer: Ward Hawkins
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Rick Hurst (Jacob Jacobsen), Joe Haworth (Williams), Don Knight (Jack Peters), Bill Zuckert (Tom Cassidy), Lance Kerwin (Danny Peters), Eve Brent (Elna Jacobsen), Celia Kaye (Willa Sweeney), Terry Lumley (Connie Faraday), Max Power (Konig), Dee Anne (Peggy Peters)

The family crop is doing very well, that is until a major hailstorm comes through Walnut Grove and ruins it all. This means that Charles and some of the towns other farmers must leave to seek work in a quarry almost 100 miles away to feed their families. While away, Caroline decides to get the women together and find a way to harvest the remaining crops.



4 :01x04 - Mr. Edwards' Homecoming

First aired: Oct/02/1974
Writer: Joel Murcott
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Dabbs Greer (Reverend Alden), Karl Swenson (Mr. Lars Hanson), Sunshine Parker (Driver), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), Kevin Hagen (Dr. Hiram Baker), Robert Swan (Bartender)

When Charles is making a delivery in Mankato, he runs into Mr. Edwards and brings him back to Walnut Grove to see the family. When they arrive, Caroline thinks that he and the widow Snider would be a great couple and tries to get them to date. However, Mr. Edwards is able to get Grace to notice him by himself.



5 :01x05 - The Love Of Johnny Johnson

First aired: Oct/09/1974
Writer: Gerry Day
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Tracie Savage (Christy Kennedy), James McNichol (Harry Baker), Mitch Vogel (Johnny Johnson), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

When Johnny Johnson arrives in town and starts going to school, Laura develops a crush on him. However, her heart is broken when she finds out that he only has eyes for Mary, who could care less about him.



6 :01x06 - If I Should Wake Before I Die

First aired: Oct/23/1974
Writer: Harold Swanton
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Ruth McDevitt (Maddie), Herman Poppe (Andy), Janice Carroll (Mother), Betty Lynn (Bridget), Josephine Hutchinson (Amy Hearn), Henry Olek (Father Gorman), Brett Parker (Sean), Robin Muir (Maureen)

When a friend of Miss Amy dies before she could see her children and grandchildren one last time, she convinces Doc Baker, Charles and ultimately Caroline to help her fake her death in order to bring her family to see her. Once their plan is put into effect, Miss Amy reveals to her friends and family that it was just a ploy to bring them all together before she dies.



7 :01x07 - Town Party, Country Party

First aired: Oct/30/1974
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
Director: Alf Kjellin
Guest star: Tracie Savage (Christy Kennedy), Jan Merlin (Jon Nordstrom), Kim Richards (Olga Nordstrom), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Maya Van Horn (Helga Nordstrom), Michelle Christie (Cassie)

When Mary and Laura are invited to a party at Nellie's house, Laura becomes fast friends with Olga, a lonely schoolmate. When she finds out that Olga has one leg shorter than the other, Charles helps out by making a shoe that will help her walk without a limp. Her father is furious at Charles for butting into his family's life, but quickly changes his mind once he sees Olga playing with the other children and having a fun time.



8 :01x08 - Ma's Holiday

First aired: Nov/06/1974
Writer: Dale Eunson
Director: Leo Penn
Guest star: Olive Dunbar (Saleslady), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), Norma Connolly (Mrs. Kirdwood), Walter O. Miles (Man at Theatre)

When Charles and Caroline go on a second honeymoon, their plans are almost cut short, when Grace is unable to care for the girls. Fortunately, Mr. Edwards arrives as they get close to calling off their trip, and agrees to take care of Mary, Laura, and Carrie. However Charles and Caroline have their honeymoon cut short, with Caroline's constant worrying about what could go wrong at home, while Mr. Edwards is busy chasing Carrie around the farm.



9 :01x09 - School Mom

First aired: Nov/13/1974
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Dirk Blocker (Abel Makay)

Miss Beadle ends up accidentally spraining her ankle and there is no teacher. However, it turns out that Caroline studied to be one and she is soon a substitute for the school. While there, Caroline begins to help out an older student, Abel, when she discovers he does not know how to read. Mrs. Oleson soon finds out and embarrasses Abel and he leaves the school. Caroline, in turn, decides to quit leaving school one again teacher-less.



10 :01x10 - The Raccoon

First aired: Nov/20/1974
Writer: Joseph Bonaduce
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Tracie Savage (Christy Kennedy), Bob Hoffman (Sandy Kennedy), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

Laura finds a baby raccoon she names Jasper and against his better judgment, Charles decides to let her "adopt" it. After being placed in a cage, the raccoon bites Laura and Jack and then runs off. The family then wonders if the two will end up with rabies.



11 :01x11 - The Voice of Tinker Jones

First aired: Dec/04/1974
Writer: Michael Russnow, Tony Kayden
Director: Leo Penn
Guest star: Chuck McCann (Tinker Jones), Tracie Savage (Christy Kennedy), Wayne Heffley (Mr. Kennedy), James McNichol (Harry), Eileen Ryan (Mrs. Kennedy), James Jeter (Hans Dorfler), Bob Hoffman (Sandy Kennedy), Sean Penn (School Kid), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

The town becomes divided after Mrs. Oleson wants to by a bell for the church, but only if she can have a plaque with her name on it. The arguing soon affects the school children and they try to come up with their own solution, with the help of the mute craftsman Tinker Jones.



12 :01x12 - The Award

First aired: Dec/11/1974
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: William F. Claxton

Mary hopes to win an award for doing the best on the optional history test Miss Beadle is offering. However while studying, Mary accidentally knocks over a lamp in the barn and starts a minor fire. For her punishment, Caroline tells her that she will not allow her to take the exam, leaving Mary heartbroken.



13 :01x13 - The Lord is My Shepherd (1)

First aired: Dec/18/1974
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Bill Cort (Dr. Mayo), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), Laurie Lusher (Nurse)

Caroline becomes pregnant and after the baby boy is born, Laura becomes extremely jealous of Charles' love for his only son. However, the baby soon becomes ill and Laura begins to blame herself.



14 :01x14 - The Lord is My Shepherd (2)

First aired: Dec/18/1974
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Ernest Borgnine (Jonathan), Bill Cort (Dr. Mayo), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), James Jeter (Hans Dorfler)

After wishing her brother would die because she was so jealous of him, Laura is consumed with grief when the poor child actually does die. She then decides to run away because she does not want her family to blame her for his death. She runs to a mountain, where she soon meets an old man who tells her that he can help her deal with all her feelings.



15 :01x15 - Christmas At Plum Creek

First aired: Dec/25/1974
Guest star: Queenie Smith (Mrs. Whipple), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson)

The Ingalls celebrate their first Christmas at Plum Creek, but money is very tight. However, the family decide to secretly find ways to get the Christmas presents they want for each other, even though it means letting some items precious to them go.



16 :01x16 - Family Quarrel

First aired: Jan/15/1975
Writer: Ward Hawkins
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster)

After disagreeing over the price that should be paid to Caroline for the eggs she brings in, Harriet and Nels decide to part ways and Nels moves in above the Post Office. After a few days, the people of Walnut Grove do their best to bring the Olsen's back together.



17 :01x17 - Doctor's Lady

First aired: Jan/22/1975
Director: Lewis Allen
Guest star: Anne Archer (Kate Thorvald), Douglas Dirkson (Mr. Olafsen), Bea Morris (Mrs. Olafsen), Steven Kunz (Olafsen Boy)

When Harriet's nice Kate comes to visit, she and Doc Baker fall in love with each other. However, after seeing how Kate plays with Mary and Laura at dinner one night, the doctor realizes that he is too old for her.



18 :01x18 - Plague

First aired: Feb/05/1975
Guest star: Robert Foulk (Peterson), Bill Quinn (Carl Harper), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), Matt Clark (Eric Boulton), Ivy Bethune (Alice Harper), Leslie Landon (Leslie), Helen Clark (Sylvie Boulton), Bradley Greene (Paul Boulton)

After several people in Walnut Grove become ill, Dr. Baker suspects it's the plague. Soon the church becomes quarantined as members of the community seek the source from which the disease came from.



19 :01x19 - Circus Man

First aired: Jan/29/1975
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Red Buttons (William "Willie" O'Hara)

O'Hara, who is a traveling circus man, comes to Walnut Grove and wants everyone to believe that he has powders which can heal anything. However, after Mrs. Oleson becomes deathly ill after taking some of the powder instead of having the operation that Dr. Baker wanted her to have, O'Hara faces the wrath of the town.



20 :01x20 - Child Of Pain

First aired: Feb/12/1975
Guest star: Wayne Heffley (Mr. Kennedy), Harris Yulin (John Stewart), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Johnny Lee (Graham Stewart)

Caroline decides to take care of a young boy named Graham after it's discover his father beats him on a regular basis. Charles ends up staying with the boy's father to try and get him sober enough to be the parent he needs to be.



21 :01x21 - Money Crop

First aired: Feb/19/1975
Director: Leo Penn

A new farmer moves to Walnut Grove with his pregnant wife. Joe tells all the other farmers of a hybrid corn that would produce a substantial crop. The farmers are excited about it and they all chip in to buy seed. However, Joe ends up in an accident on his way back to get the shipment and the search is on to find him.



22 :01x22 - Survival

First aired: Feb/26/1975
Writer: John Hawkins
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Jack Ging (Marshal Anders), Carl Pitti (Deputy Hill), Robert Tessier (Jack Lame Horse)

On their way back to Walnut Grove, the Ingalls get caught in a blizzard. Once finding shelter, Charles goes out hunting and loses his way. He is fortunate to receive help from an Indian to find their way back to where Caroline and the girls are. However, upon arriving, a Marshall is there and is out to arrest the Indian. Owing the Indian his life, Charles helps him escape, but in doing so, the Indian gets shot by the Marshall and dies.



23 :01x23 - To See The World

First aired: Mar/05/1975
Writer: Gerry Day
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Olan Soule (Ticket Agent), Mike Ross (Squint), James Griffith (Dandy Davis), Hal Bokar (Hiram Johnson), Jim Boles (Eldred Miller), Mitch Vogel (Johnny Johnson), John Hawkins (Fat John), Robert F. Hoy (Ben Slick), Alvin Hammer (Mr. Quint), Leonard Barr (Proprietor), Janice Alice Monroe (Mimi)

At Mr. Edwards urging, Johnny Johnson drops out of school in order to see the world. However, when Johnny goes to Mankato with Mr. Edwards to leave from there, he meets a young girl who cons him into spending all of his money on a hat. Realizing what is going on, Mr. Edwards is able to get the young girl to help convince Johnny to go home.



24 :01x24 - Founder's Day

First aired: May/07/1975
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Tracie Savage (Christy Kennedy), Ann Doran (Helen Tyler), Wayne Heffley (Mr. Kennedy), Forrest Tucker (Jim Tyler), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), Georgia Schmidt (Mrs. Grandy), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

When Walnut Grove's Founders Day celebration comes around, the entire town is looking forward to all the games and activities that are going to take place. However, as the day wears on, the citizens of the town come to see how competitive the Ingalls and Olsen's are in the competitions they are apart of.



25 :02x01 - The Richest Man In Walnut Grove

First aired: Sep/10/1975
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Queenie Smith (Mrs. Whipple), Kelly Thordsen (Baker Makay), James Jeter (Hans Dorfler)

After Charles loses his job at the lumber mill, the family is unable to pay their bill at the mercantile. In order to pay his debt, the family pulls together and start working multiple jobs to raise the money. When they go pay the bill, Nels tells Charles that with how his family worked so hard together, the Ingalls are the richest family in Walnut Grove because of how much they love one another.



26 :02x02 - Four Eyes

First aired: Sep/17/1975
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Ford Rainey (Dr. Burke), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

After having problems seeing the blackboard at school, Mary has to get a pair of glasses. She likes wearing her glasses until some of the children at school make fun of her and say that she never will be found attractive by boys if she wears them, which ultimately makes her decide to hide her glasses in a hollow log. However, when she sees that Miss Beadle has a boyfriend and also wears glasses, Mary changes her mind and goes back to get her glasses.



27 :02x03 - Ebenezer Sprague

First aired: Sep/24/1975
Writer: Hindi Brooks
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Tracie Savage (Christy Kennedy), Ed Crick (Mr. Taylor), Sunshine Parker (Freight Man), Ted Gehring (Ebenezer Sprague), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), Janice Carroll (Mrs. Kennedy), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), James Killmond (Johnny), Donna Anderson Marshall (Woman)

Mr. Sprague, a banker, won't give Charles a loan. At a fishing pond, Laura and Mr. Sprague meet and become friends.



28 :02x04 - In The Big Inning

First aired: Oct/01/1975
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Gregory Walcott (Slick McBurney), Karl Lukas (Jebediah Mumfort), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), Chuck Hayward (Cosby), June Dayton (Margaret Mumfort)

Walnut Grove seeks a major win in their annual baseball game thanks to a new pitcher, Mr. Mumford. He is so good that people in the town begin wagering bets on the outcome. Once Mrs. Mumford finds out about the gambling, she tells her husband that he cannot play in the big game. It's up to Caroline to come to a solution to help Walnut Grove claim victory.



29 :02x05 - Haunted House

First aired: Oct/08/1975
Writer: Ray Goldrup, John Hawkins, B. W. Sandefur
Director: Victor French
Guest star: John Anderson (Amos Pike), Steffen Zacharias (Jamie Dent), Lisa Lyon (Lilly Baldwin), Karen Nicoletti (Jane)

Mrs. Oleson does not what the Ingalls children beating Nellie and Willie in the school's leaf collecting project. So Harriet convinces Nels to let them all go with the Ingalls on their camping trip, but the entire clan ends learning more about the side effects of a certain kind of leaf than they ever suspected.



30 :02x06 - The Spring Dance

First aired: Oct/29/1975
Writer: Gerry Day
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider), Clay O'Brien (Henry Henderson)

It's time for the town's annual spring dance and both Laura and Grace Snider have an idea of who they want to attend with. The problem is that neither of the two the want to invite seem to to even want to attend the event. So Laura and Grace decide the only solution to get what they want is to make the two guys jealous.



31 :02x07 - Remember Me (1)

First aired: Nov/05/1975
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Sanderson), Radames Pera (John Sanderson, Jr.), Patricia Neal (Julie Sanderson), Brian Part (Carl Sanderson)

A widowed neighbor of the Ingalls, Julie Sanderson discovers that she does not have long to live. She decides to ask Charles to find a good home for her three children, John Jr, Carl and Alicia. After her death, Charles finds it difficult to find someone to take all three children.



32 :02x08 - Remember Me (2)

First aired: Nov/12/1975
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Sanderson), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider), Victor French (Mr. Isaiah Edwards), Radames Pera (John Sanderson, Jr.), Brian Part (Carl Sanderson)

Charles desperately continues his search for a couple who will take all three of the Sanderson children because he does not want to break his promise to Julia. He soon begins to give up hope and comes to the conclusion that he will have to separate them anyway. However, a surprising couple ends up taking in the children.



33 :02x09 - The Campout

First aired: Nov/19/1975
Writer: Gerry Day, Joseph Bonaduce
Director: William F. Claxton

After Charles and Mr. Hansen build a bank for Walnut Grove, the new banker is Mr. Sprague. Laura ends up becoming friends with Sprague, but when Charles comes to him for a loan, he is convinced that Charles sent Laura to try and persuade him to give it to him.



34 :02x10 - At The End Of The Rainbow

First aired: Dec/10/1975
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Ted Gehring (Ebenezer Sprague), Shane Sinutko (Jonah)

Laura and her friend Jonah think they've hit the jackpot when the find gold in the stream while fishing. The two spend the next couple of weeks secretly gathering all they can and not telling a soul about it. However, a trip to Mr. Sprague reveals what their "gold" really is.



35 :02x11 - The Gift

First aired: Dec/17/1975
Writer: Rocci Chatfield
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: David Byrd (Faubus), Anne Gee Byrd (Mrs. Hobson), Eve McVeagh (Mrs. Hillstrom), Lurene Tuttle (Agnes Molson), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Peter Haas (David), Heather Totten (Miss Ames), Cindy Moore (Cissy)

All of the school children have decided to save up money to buy Reverend Alden the perfect gift for his birthday. Miss Beadle decides to allow Mary to be in control of the money and buy the present. Laura tells Mary that she should use the money to buy items they could sell to the townsfolk in order to make even more money to buy a gift with. However, the plan soon backfires as no one wants the items they have purchased.



36 :02x12 - His Father's Son

First aired: Jan/07/1976
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Sanderson), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), E. J. Andre (Amos Thomas), Radames Pera (John Sanderson, Jr.), Peter Haas (Tad Coty), Brian Part (Carl Sanderson), Neil Russell (Len Coty)

After Grace and Isaiah adopt John Sanderson, they soon discover that he loves books more than he does hunting or farming. Mr. Edwards decides to change all this by purchasing a gun for John's birthday. John tries to tell Mr. Edwards why he does not want to hunt in a letter, but he takes him hunting anyway. Soon the two end up encountering a bear and John cannot shoot it, so it ends up attacking Mr. Edwards. Later on, John learns why Mr. Edwards did not read his letter.



37 :02x13 - The Talking Machine

First aired: Jan/14/1976
Writer: Harold Swanton
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Eric Shea (Jason), George Furth (Hannibal Godfrey), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

Laura and Nellie are both attracted to a new boy in school, Jason. Laura decides to help Jason with his new invention and then invites him to dinner. Once Nellie finds out, she becomes infuriated and secretly records Laura talking about her feelings for Jason when she comes for a visit. To get even with her for taking Jason, Nellie plays the recording for all the class to hear and an embarrassed Laura is upset.



38 :02x14 - The Pride Of Walnut Grove

First aired: Jan/28/1976
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Beth Howland (Clerk), Rick Segall (Small Boy), Doris Martin (Monitor #1), Gracia Lee (Mrs. Bell)

Mary is thrilled to be chosen to participate in the state's math competition. However, she is heartbroken to find out that she cannot afford to go. Soon, the town council decides to help out since Mary will be representing the entire town.



39 :02x15 - A Matter Of Faith

First aired: Feb/04/1976
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: John Alderson (Turnbull), Kenneth Tobey (Barrett), Morgan Jones (Brad Cullers), K. T. Stevens (Mrs. Cullers), Moosie Drier (Junior Barrett), Alan Decker (Toby Cullers)

When Charles and the girls are away, Caroline develops an infection on her leg. When Charles gets home, Caroline is close to death.



40 :02x16 - The Runaway Caboose

First aired: Feb/11/1976
Writer: John Hawkins
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Larry J. Blake (Asa Dunn), Parley Baer (Diamond), Arch Johnson (Shell), Don Collier (Schultz), Paul Bryar (Kelly), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Troy Melton (Homer Greenwood), Robert F. Hoy (Fireman), Jerry Gatlin (Steve Ames), James Chandler (Hotchkiss), Brian Part (Carl Sanderson), Skip Riley (Jim Fox)

A caboose with Mary, Laura, and Carl in it begins to move with a train coming at it.



41 :02x17 - Troublemaker

First aired: Feb/25/1976
Writer: John Hawkins
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Cooper Huckabee (Herman Stone), Sean Kelly (Sven Jacobsen), Richard Basehart (Hannibal Applewood), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Jack McCulloch (George Jackson)

The school board decides to replace Miss Beadle. But Mr. Applewood, the new teacher, blames Laura for several things that happened, and gets her expelled.



42 :02x18 - The Long Road Home

First aired: Mar/03/1976
Writer: John Hawkins
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Judson Pratt (Sam Wallace), Richard Jaeckel (Murphy), Bill Quinn (James Frazer), Jerry Hardin (Unknown), Guy Raymond (Conductor), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), John Mitchum (Sam Benson), Jim Boles (Garvey), Frank Ferguson (Calder), Robert Doyle (Homer), Radames Pera (John Sanderson Edwards), Louis Gossett, Jr. (Henry Hill), Larry Golden (Bodeen), Brian Part (Carl Sanderson)

Charles, along with Mr. Edwards and two other men, get a dangerous job.



43 :02x19 - For My Lady

First aired: Mar/10/1976
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Richard Collier (Burnside), Ted Gehring (Ebenezer Sprague), Mariette Hartley (Widow Thurman)

Charles agrees to do some work for Widow Thurman, and in return wants a china set. When he spends more time at her house, his family gets concerned.



44 :02x20 - Centennial

First aired: Mar/17/1976
Writer: John Hawkins
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Theodore Bikel (Yuli Pyatakov), William Schallert (Snell), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Rayford Barnes (Taylor), Kelly Thordsen (Baker Makay), Ike Eisenmann (Viktor Pyatakov), Radames Pera (John Sanderson Edwards), Brian Part (Carl Sanderson), Lisa Pera (Fanya Pyatakov)

Taxes are increased, and a Russian immigrant loses his land. Even though he lost his land, he is still happy to live in America.



45 :02x21 - Soldier's Return

First aired: Mar/24/1976
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Kelly Jean Peters (Vera Collins), Queenie Smith (Mrs. Whipple), Michael-James Wixted (Roy Collins, Jr.), Richard Mulligan (Granville Whipple), Eddie Hice (Roy Collins), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

Mrs. Whipple's son Granville returns from fighting in the Civil War. He teaches kids in the town music, but the war caused him to have a morphine addiction.



46 :02x22 - Going Home

First aired: Mar/31/1976
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Lurene Tuttle (Anna Simms), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), E. J. Andre (Matthew Simms), Radames Pera (John Sanderson Edwards), Brian Part (Carl Sanderson)

Charles plans to return to Wisconsin when a tornado messes up his crop.



47 :03x01 - The Collection

First aired: Sep/27/1976
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Johnny Cash (Caleb Hodgekiss), June Carter Cash (Mattie Hodgekiss), Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Hope Summers (Addie Bjornesen), Ted Gehring (Ebenezer Sprague), Queenie Smith (Mrs. Whipple), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Brian Part (Carl Sanderson)

When Reverend Alden gets sick while collecting donations for a town whose crops were destroyed by a tornado, he becomes sick. After being found by Caleb Hodgekiss, a man down on his luck, the reverend gets nursed back to health by his wife while he goes to Walnut Grove looking for help.



48 :03x02 - Bunny

First aired: Oct/04/1976
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Eric Shea (Jason), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

Nellie is involved in a riding accident involving Bunny and seems to be paralyzed. After a while, Nellie is no longer paralyzed, but fakes it to make it seem she still is paralyzed.



49 :03x03 - The Race

First aired: Oct/11/1976
Writer: John V. Hanrahan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Walter Brooke (Sandler), James Jeter (Hans Dorfler), Carl Pitti (Carl), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Jack Lilley (Jack)

A race is coming up in Walnut Grove, and Nellie gets upset because of Nels giving Bunny back to Laura, causing Harriet to get her a horse. Laura is worried that Nellie and her horse might beat herself and Bunny.



50 :03x04 - Little Girl Lost

First aired: Oct/18/1976
Writer: Paul W. Cooper
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: John Ireland (Mr. Laudy), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Carl Pitti (Man), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Brian Part (Carl Edwards)

Carrie falls down a mine. Only person in town can get her out: an alcoholic.



51 :03x05 - The Monster Of Walnut Grove

First aired: Nov/01/1976
Writer: John Hawkins
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Milton Parsons (Thaddeus Moon), Candy Moore (Sarah), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Brian Part (Carl Edwards), Jack Lilley (Homer Bjorgson)

Nels getting his head cut off? That's what Laura thinks she saw, and the Oleson kids take advantage of that.



52 :03x06 - Journey In The Spring (1)

First aired: Nov/15/1976
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Arthur Hill (Lansford Ingalls), Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Jan Sterling (Laura Colby Ingalls), Mark Lenard (Peter Ingalls), Jim Boles (Brewster), Matthew Laborteaux (Young Charles Ingalls), Hersha Parady (Eliza Ann Ingalls), Brian Part (Carl Edwards)

Charles has two big problems. His mother dies and his father doesn't have the will to live any longer. Charles saves his father from a suicide attempt, and then tries to bring him back to Walnut Grove.



53 :03x07 - Journey In The Spring (2)

First aired: Nov/22/1976
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Arthur Hill (Lansford Ingalls), Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Robert Gibbons (Clerk), Jim Boles (Brewster), Brian Part (Carl Edwards)

Charles' father impoves in Walnut Grove, but Laura blames him for Bunny having to be shot, causing him to leave the town.



54 :03x08 - Fred

First aired: Nov/29/1976
Writer: Robert Vincent Wright
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Joan Tompkins (Mrs. Parsons), Arthur Space (Phineas Jenks), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Don 'Red' Barry (Rufe Parsons), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Brian Part (Carl Edwards), Bryce Berg (Boy)

Laura gets a goat as payment, but then he starts causing a lot of trouble. Will she be able to keep him?



55 :03x09 - The Bully Boys

First aired: Dec/06/1976
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Geoffrey Lewis (Sam Galinder), Rayford Barnes (Bert Henderson), Michael Le Clair (Bubba Galinder), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)

When three brothers move to Walnut Grove, Charles tries to ignore the fact that they are bullies, but when they assault Caroline and his children, he calls upon the town to help reason with them before asking the brothers to leave.



56 :03x10 - The Hunters

First aired: Dec/20/1976
Writer: Harold Swanton
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Burl Ives (Sam Shelby), John Crawford (Ben Shelby), Paul Brinegar (Glover), Michael Rougas (Dr. Canby)

Charles goes on a hunting trip, and lets Laura come along. But she accidentally knocks over a gun, which goes off and hits Charles. The only help is a blind man. Will she save her father?



57 :03x11 - Blizzard

First aired: Dec/27/1976
Writer: Paul W. Cooper
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Don Dubbins (Jim Bowers), Aaron Fletcher (Peetrie), Robert Gibbons (Mason), John Carter (Ted McGinnis), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Luana Anders (Lottie McGinnis), Christine Page (Joey Bowers), Johnny Timko (Henry McGinnis), Helen Stenborg (Betty Bowers), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Brian Part (Carl Edwards)

When the children leave school early on Christmas Eve, a snowstom hits. The school is used as a hospital, and the men go try to find their children who are are still lost.



58 :03x12 - I'll Ride The Wind

First aired: Jan/10/1977
Writer: Harold Swanton
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Walker Edmiston (Deering), Radames Pera (John Sanderson Edwards), Brian Part (Carl Edwards)

After learning that a publishing company is interested in his poetry, John Jr. is offered a four-year scholarship to attend college in Chicago. Upon hearing this, Grace is thrilled to know her son will have the opportunity to hone his writing skills at the university. However, John has to choose which path he wants to travel down – the one that will help him become a famous writer, or the one that will keep him in Walnut Grove with his loved ones.



59 :03x13 - Quarantine

First aired: Jan/17/1977
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Raymond Guth (Dixon), Rance Howard (Simpson), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Alex Sharp (Burman), Richard Farnsworth (Wall), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Brian Part (Carl Edwards), Marshall Kent (Dr. Quimby)



60 :03x14 - Little Women

First aired: Jan/24/1977
Writer: Dale Eunson, B. W. Sandefur
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Warren Vanders (Harold Mayfield), Rachel Longaker (Ginny Clark), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Brian Part (Carl Edwards), Roger Bowen (Samuel Mason), Kay Peters (Della Clark), Bryce Berg (Teddy)

A young girl uses the school play to coax her widowed mother back into society.



61 :03x15 - Injun Kid

First aired: Jan/31/1977
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: George Murdock (Jeremy Stokes), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Willie Aames (Seth), Ivy Jones (Amelia), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Vincent Cobb (Omaha), Bryce Berg (Boy), Caesar Ramirez (Joseph)

A half-Indian boy faces bigotry in the town when he and his widowed mother move to his grandmother's farm.



62 :03x16 - To Live With Fear (1)

First aired: Feb/14/1977
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Ivan Bonar (Dr. Mayes), Ralph Smiley (Conductor), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Darrell Zwerling (Horace Benson), Victor French (Isaiah Edwards), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Brian Part (Carl Edwards), Naomi Ross (Nurse Johnson), Sheldon Coburn (Dr. Washburn)

Mary ends up getting an infection which requires immediate, but costly surgery at a far away hospital.



63 :03x17 - To Live With Fear (2)

First aired: Feb/21/1977
Writer: John Hawkins
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: John McLiam (Harris), James Shigeta (Sam Wing), Ivan Bonar (Dr. Mayes), Darrell Zwerling (Horace Benson), Victor French (Isaiah Edwards), James Sikking (Franklin), Paul King (Chinese Workman), M. P. Murphy (Clancy), Naomi Ross (Nurse Johnson), Sheldon Coburn (Dr. Washburn), Cordy Clark (Sarah Mulligan)

So he can earn extra money to pay for Mary's next operation, Charles and Mr. Edwards take a dangerous job, dynamiting for a railroad company.



64 :03x18 - The Wisdom of Solomon

First aired: Mar/07/1977
Writer: Scott Swanton
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: David Downing (Jackson Henry), Maidie Norman (Mrs. Henry), Frederic Downs (Kramer), Russ Marin (Man), Don Pedro Colley (Dr. Tane), Todd Bridges (Solomon Henry), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Bryce Berg (Boy)

A black youth offers to sell himself into slavery so he can obtain money for an education.



65 :03x19 - The Music Box

First aired: Mar/14/1977
Writer: Robert Janes
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Katy Kurtzman (Anna Gillberg), Fred Stuthman (Judge), Lidia Kristen (Mrs. Gillberg)

Nellie blackmails Laura into making fun of a young girl who stutters after Laura breaks Nellie's music box.



66 :03x20 - The Election

First aired: Mar/21/1977
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Mitzi Hoag (Ellen Dobkins), Charles Aidman (Sam Dobkins), Dermott Downs (Kenny Bagby), Eric Olson (Elmer Dobkins), John Herbsleb (Joel Turner), Leslie Landon (Kate), Michael Landon, Jr. (Jim), Wade Alberty (Steve)

As a prank, a slow-witted boy is nominated to run for class president against Mary and Nellie.



67 :03x21 - Gold Country (1)

First aired: Apr/04/1977
Writer: John Hawkins, B. W. Sandefur
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: E. J. Andre (Zachariah), Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Robert Forward (Harlan), Vernon Weddle (Anderson), Wil Albert (Mr. Delano), Larry Pennell (Griffin), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Victor French (Isaiah Edwards), Brian Libby (Jake), Alan McRae (Angus Thoms), Vanna Salviati (Mrs. Delano), Steve Shaw (Sam Delano), Larry Golden (Reverend Phillips), Brian Part (Carl Edwards), Sparky Watt (Mr. Sawyer), Dick Armstrong (Grady Jennings)

Floods ruin crops, so Charles and Edwards head for the South Dakota gold fields.



68 :03x22 - Gold Country (2)

First aired: Apr/04/1977



69 :04x01 - Castoffs

First aired: Sep/12/1977
Writer: Tony Kayden
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Hermione Baddeley (Kezia), John Brandon (Freighter), James Jeter (Hans Dorfler), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey)

An eccentric, fantasy-prone woman settles down in Walnut Grove.



70 :04x02 - Times of Change

First aired: Sep/19/1977
Writer: Michael Raschella, Carole Raschella
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Paula Shaw (Angela), Joseph G. Medalis (Train Waiter), Bernie Kuby (Conductor), Barbara Morrison (Dowager), John Milford (O'Connell), Richard Stanley (Wesley Cox), Radames Pera (John Sanderson Edwards), Herbert Nelson (Hancock), Mike Lookinland (Boy On Train), Bill Mullikin (Hotel Clerk), Michael Dan Wagner (Chairman), Len Lawson (Bellboy), Hank Stohl (Reporter), Lisa Reeves (Claire Lawrence)

Charles wants to have a romantic time with Caroline in Chicago, but Mary goes with him to see her fiance. While there, they realize things are much different than at Walnut Grove.



71 :04x03 - My Ellen

First aired: Sep/26/1977
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: James Wainwright (Cal Taylor), Corinne Camacho (Eloise Taylor), Mia Bendixsen (Ellen Taylor), Bryce Berg (Jason), Ken Johnson (Busby), Matthew Roberts (Tommy)

Ellen Taylor drowns while with Mary and Laura. Her mother blames Laura and eventually holds her hostage, pretending Laura is her daughter.



72 :04x04 - The Handyman

First aired: Oct/03/1977
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Gil Gerard (Chris Nelson), Hermione Baddeley (Kezia), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster)

Charles leaves the kitchen he was building onto the house unfinished, and a handyman is sent from the Olesons to help finish the job. Chris Nelson, the handyman, is told to leave by Caroline when an affair between them is suspected by some.



73 :04x05 - The Wolves

First aired: Oct/17/1977
Writer: Lawrence Konner
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Don 'Red' Barry (Larrabee), Patrick Labyorteaux (Andy Garvey), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey), Jack Lilley (First Man)

When Caroline goes on a trip with Charles, Mary gets left in charge. Things begin to get out of hand when Laura’s friend Andy takes in a wolf and her puppy that are quickly accused of killing a neighbor’s sheep herd. When he brings the dogs to the Ingalls, a pack of wild dogs follows them there, resulting in Andy, Laura, Mary, and Carrie being trapped inside the barn, waiting for help.



74 :04x06 - The Creeper of Walnut Grove

First aired: Oct/24/1977
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Bernard Behrens (Bailey), Johnny Doran (Timothy), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey)

Somebody is stealing from the people of Walnut Grove, and Laura and Andy try to find out who it is.



75 :04x07 - To Run and Hide

First aired: Oct/31/1977
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Michael Pataki (Stanley Novack), Collin Wilcox (Beth Novack), Queenie Smith (Mrs. Whipple), Eddie Quillan (Jed Haney), Burr deBenning (Dr. Logan)

Doc Baker finds another doctor to replace him when he cannot save a patient.



76 :04x08 - The Aftermath

First aired: Nov/07/1977
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Frank Marth (Lewis Ford), Michael Conrad (Broder), Dennis Rucker (Dankworth), Troy Melton (Ned Watkins), Henry Wills (Turner), Bill Shannon (Slade), John Bennett Perry (Hobbs), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey), Tony Markes (Bob Ford)

Jesse James, along with his brother Frank, are in town hiding. They take hostages when people find out who they really are.



77 :04x09 - The High Cost of Being Right

First aired: Nov/14/1977
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Merlin Olsen (Jonathan Garvey), Alex Sharp (Sloan), Hal Burton (Harris), Carl Pitti (Silas), Ed Quinlan (Judge Parker), Dick Durock (Sharp), Denver Mattson (Wiggins), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey)

Jonathan Garvey's crops are destroyed by a fire in the barn, and he refuses to get a job at the post office. He eventually leaves town.



78 :04x10 - The Fighter

First aired: Nov/21/1977
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Moses Gunn (Joe Kagan), Raymond St. Jacques (Moody), Ketty Lester (Janie Kagan), Paul Bryar (Jake Barky), Sandy Rosenthal (Reporter), Tom Moore (Referee), Daryl Keith Roach (Tim Kagan), Justin Moses (Little Tim)

Charles is going to be in a boxing match with an ill man. After the match, the man finds out that he will die if he fights again.



79 :04x11 - Meet Me at the Fair

First aired: Nov/28/1977
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Steve Eastin (Shell Game Barker), Michael Morgan (Patrick), Sandy Rosenthal (Chair Dump Barker), Dick DeCoit (Cass), Dick Armstrong (Pickpocket), Helen Hintz (Little Old Lady), Enzio Cantini (Baseball Barker)

The Ingalls and Olesons go to the fair. While there, the two men of the families join a donkey-riding race, two guys fight for Mary, and Carries sets off on an adventure.



80 :04x12 - Here Come the Brides

First aired: Dec/05/1977
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Ivor Francis (Varnum), Joshua Bryant (Adam Simms), Montana Smoyer (Philomena), Bob Marsic (Luke Simms)

Mr. Simms begins to like Miss Beadle, and Luke and Nellie begin to like each other.



81 :04x13 - Freedom Flight

First aired: Dec/12/1977
Writer: Ron Chiniquy, Richalene Kelsay
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Vivian Brown (Mrs. MacGregor), Richard O'Brien (Hugh MacGregor), Richard Alexander (Sergeant), Guillermo San Juan (Spotted Wolf), Chief Geronimo Kuth Le (Long Elk), Nick Ramus (Little Crow), Roy Gunzburg (Caleb), Sonny Roubideaux (Dull Lance), Dawn Biglay (Yellow Feather), Brett Ericson (Rob MacGregor)

An Indian with a very sick father comes to Walnut Grove for help.



82 :04x14 - The Rivals

First aired: Jan/09/1978
Guest star: Sam Gilman (Si Perkins), Leon Belasco (Monsieur Francois), Don Starr (Zucker), Chris Petersen (Jimmy Hill), Seeley Ann Thumann (Samantha Higgins)

Laura tries to get the love of a man she likes, while Charles tries to save his business.



83 :04x15 - Whisper Country

First aired: Jan/16/1978
Writer: John Hawkins
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Anita Dangler (Miss Peel), Dee Croxton (Ellen Fisher), John McLiam (Caleb Fisher), Sandy McPeak (Jacob Bond), Michelle Downey (Sarah Millar), Mark Neely (Joshua Bond), Linda Mcmillan (Katie Fisher), Nancy Pearlberg (Mrs. Bond), Jennifer Brill (Hazel)

One of the town leaders doesn't approve of education when Mary gets a job as a teacher.



84 :04x16 - I Remember, I Remember

First aired: Jan/23/1978
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Sorrell Booke (Mr. Watson), Nicolas Coster (Lansford Ingalls), Katy Kurtzman (Young Caroline), Gregg Forrest (Henry Holbrook), Matthew Laborteaux (Young Charles Ingalls), Sarah Jane Miller (Laura Ingalls), Virginia Kiser (Charlotte Holbrook), Robin Muir (Polly Ingalls), Adam Gunn (Harold Watson), David Considine (Peter Ingalls), Kristi Jill Wood (Eliza Ann Holbrook)



85 :04x17 - Please Be My Friend

First aired: Jan/30/1978
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Woodrow Parfrey (Rev. Pritchard), Lenora May (Anna), Donald Moffat (Nathaniel), Michael Mullins (Bobbie), John Craig (Clark Harris), Dan McBride (Stranger)

A message in a bottle leads Laura to an abandoned baby.



86 :04x18 - The Inheritance

First aired: Feb/06/1978
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Allan Rich (Otto Ripley), Michael Prince (Roger Whitehead), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey), Michael Flanagan (Harvey Woods)

Charles receives surprising news. He will inherit money from a relative of his that is wealthy.



87 :04x19 - The Stranger

First aired: Feb/01/1978
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Nehemiah Persoff (Mr. Lundstrom), Stephen Coit (Mr. Tate), Michael Sharrett (Peter Lundstrom), Cicely Walper (Mrs. Caldwell)

Nels's nephew is now under the care of the Olesons after the boy has trouble at home, but they later realize they can't handle him.



88 :04x20 - A Most Precious Gift

First aired: Feb/27/1978
Writer: Michael Raschella, Carole Raschella
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Lili Valenty (Madame Maria), Joshua Bryant (Adam Simms), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey)

Caroline is pregnant with her fifth child, and she wants to have a son. Charles has to act as a doctor when she delivers the baby early.



89 :04x21 - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away (1)

First aired: Mar/06/1978
Writer: Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Ford Rainey (Dr. Burke), Robert Kenneally (Seth)

Mary becomes blind, and Doc Baker wants Charles and Caroline to put her in a school for the blind in Iowa.



90 :04x22 - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away (2)

First aired: Mar/13/1978
Writer: Michael Raschella, Carole Raschella
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Linwood Boomer (Adam), David Opatoshu (Taylor Nash), Peter Haas (Paul), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey), Jennifer Factor (Jenny)

Mary is put into a school for the blind in Iowa, and she begins to like an instructor there who helps her, Adam Kendall.



91 :05x01 - As Long As We're Together (1)

First aired: Sep/11/1978
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: F. William Parker (Sheriff), Frederic Downs (Mr. Thomas), Cletus Young (Harlan), Jodean Lawrence (Josie), Donald Elson (Fred), David Hooks (Mr. Ames), Anne Ramsey (Mrs. Schiller), Leon Charles (Standish), Richard Fullerton (Glover), Michelle Downey (Susan)

The Ingalls move to Winoka because of recent struggles in Walnut Grove, and it gets the family closer to Mary. Laura meets Albert, an orphan who Charles seems to like.



92 :05x02 - As Long As We're Together (2)

First aired: Sep/18/1978
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Cletus Young (Harlan), Jodean Lawrence (Josie), Donald Elson (Fred), David Hooks (Mr. Ames), John Joseph Thomas (Spence), Charles Alvin Bell (Mr. Davis), Leon Charles (Standish), Richard Fullerton (Glover), Michelle Downey (Susan), Adam Gunn (Jeb Standish)

Charles sells his fiddle to get Mary a gift for her birthday.



93 :05x03 - The Winoka Warriors

First aired: Sep/25/1978
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: John Ireland (Frank Carlin), Glenn Robards (Snyder), Peter Canon (Mr. Hoskins), John Joseph Thomas (Spence), Leon Charles (Standish), Brad Wilkin (Tom Carlin), Michelle Downey (Susan), Adam Gunn (Jeb Standish), Ivan Wideman (Thomas), J. Andrew Kenny (Luke)

Tom Carlin is a student at the school for the blind where Mary works. Mary gets him to play football to help him gain confidence.



94 :05x04 - The Man Inside

First aired: Oct/02/1978
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Cliff Emmich (John Bevins), Sam Edwards (Postman), Walker Edmiston (Dr. Moore), Julie Anne Haddock (Amelia), David Hooks (Mr. Ames), Katherine Woodville (Bess Bevins), Hap Lawrence (Smitty), Michelle Downey (Susan), Ivan Wideman (Thomas), David Murdock (Apple Vendor)

John Bevins is a heavy man who is made fun of a lot. He finally gets away from the ridicule by accepting a job at the school where Mary works, where no one can see him.



95 :05x05 - There's No Place Like Home (1)

First aired: Oct/09/1978
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Herb Armstrong (Harold), Jodean Lawrence (Josie), Donald Elson (Fred), John Joseph Thomas (Spence), Ray Bolger (Toby Noe), Leon Charles (Standish), Adam Gunn (Jeb Standish), Harlan Green (Fire Captain), Frank D'annibale (Man #1)

Toby Noe buys the kids a bunch of fireworks with the $5,000 he wins in a lottery. The Ingalls, Olesons, and Garveys all return to Walnut Grove, with Albert coming along with the Ingalls.



96 :05x06 - There's No Place Like Home (2)

First aired: Oct/16/1978
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Karl Swenson (Mr. Hanson), Michelle Downey (Susan), Ivan Wideman (Thomas), Angel Cook (Caulder)

When the Ingalls, Olesons, and Garveys get back to Walnut Grove, they find out that it has took a turn for the worse, so everybody tries to help rebuild the town.



97 :05x07 - Fagin

First aired: Oct/23/1978
Writer: Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Hal Riddle (Judge), Kraig Metzinger (Denzil), Jim Mendenhall (Fair Official)

Laura feels left out with Albert in the family. When Charles and Caroline are discussing her feelings, Albert overhears, and runs away.



98 :05x08 - Harriet's Happenings

First aired: Oct/30/1978
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: King Moody (Otto Schiller), Carl Pitti (Customer), Ike Eisenmann (Erich Schiller), John Hillerman (Sterling Murdock), Stacey O'Brien (Sarah Fuller), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Lisa Pera (Maria Schiller), Laurie Beach (Jenny Crawford)

Mrs. Oleson's cousin starts a newspaper, and she gets a job in it as a gossip columnist. But she starts too many rumors, so Charles tries to settle it.



99 :05x09 - The Wedding

First aired: Nov/06/1978
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Gina Mari (Elizabeth), David Hooks (Mr. Ames), Lou Fant (Reverend Corliss), Robert Ackerman (Manager), Michelle Downey (Susan), Ivan Wideman (Thomas), Christopher Bowman (George), Michael P. Alan (Peter)

Mary accepts when Adam asks her to marry him, but she questions her choice when she isn't sure if she could take care of kids. But she, along with Adam, rescues a blind kid lost in a dust storm.



100 :05x10 - Men Will Be Boys

First aired: Nov/13/1978
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Patrick Cranshaw (Spokes), Charles Cooper (Constable), Will Hunt (Postmaster), Jack Perkins (Lundstrum), Angel Cook (Caulder), Dorothy Conrad (Mrs. Channing), Gus Peters (Cooper)

Albert and Andy take a trip to Sleepy Eye. Charles and Jonathan follow behind to watch them.



101 :05x11 - The Cheaters

First aired: Nov/20/1978
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: William F. Claxton

Nellie begins tutoring Andy, but Nellie's advice to get good grades is by cheating.



102 :05x12 - Blind Journey (1)

First aired: Nov/27/1978
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Moses Gunn (Joe Kagan), Don 'Red' Barry (Larrabee), Donald Elson (Fred), David Hooks (Mr. Ames), Leon Charles (Standish), Michelle Downey (Susan), Ivan Wideman (Thomas)

Joe Kagan joins the congregation in town, and Mrs. Oleson does not like this. The school for the blind is closed, and Charles and Joe take them to the new school Walnut Grove opened.



103 :05x13 - Blind Journey (2)

First aired: Dec/04/1978
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Moses Gunn (Joe Kagan), Bill Quinn (Conductor), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Don 'Red' Barry (Larrabee), Marcus Chong (Samson), Michelle Downey (Susan), Ivan Wideman (Thomas)

Mrs. Oleson meets Hester-Sue and is disappointed to find out that she is African-American. Hester-Sue and her group of students join the group of the blind to go to Walnut Grove.



104 :05x14 - The Godsister

First aired: Dec/18/1978
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Burke Byrnes (Watkins), William Wintersole (Henderson), E. J. Andre (St. Peter), Patrick Sullivan Burke (Head Angel), Carl Pitti (Len), Dolph Sweet (Swaggart), George D. Wallace (Perkins), Lindsay Greenbush (Alyssa)

Carrie misses Charles when he is away on a job, so she creates an imaginary friend.



105 :05x15 - The Craftsman

First aired: Jan/08/1979
Writer: Paul Wolff
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Frank DeKova (Brower), Don 'Red' Barry (Larrabee), John Bleifer (Isaac Singerman), Tony Becker (Zeke), Alvin Kupperman (Aaron Singerman), Christian Berrigan (Lem)

Albert is ridiculed by classmates when he becomes an apprentice for an old Jewish man.



106 :05x16 - Blind Man's Bluff

First aired: Jan/15/1979
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Belle), Bert Kramer (Timothy), Michelle Downey (Susan), Lisa Scribner (Hannah), Vince Tortell (Thomas), Maureen Lee (Mrs. Herzog), Wesley Grant (Mr. Herzog), Ronnie Scribner (Jordan)

A boy pretends to go blind when his parents are about to be divorced.



107 :05x17 - Dance With Me

First aired: Jan/22/1979
Writer: Paul Wolff
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Ray Bolger (Toby Noe), Eileen Heckart (Amanda), Dan Priest (Dispatcher), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Al Eisenmann (Ned), Ysabel MacCloskey (Widow Mumford), Sean Frye (Jason)

There's gonna be a town dance, and Toby Noe comes to town. Laura and Albert try to be matchmakers.



108 :05x18 - The Sound of Children

First aired: Feb/05/1979
Writer: Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Philip Abbott (Giles Kendall), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Martha Nix (Holly), Ellen Regan (Miss Elliott), Michelle Downey (Susan), Christopher Bowman (Benjamin), Vince Tortell (Thomas), Dain Turner (Eli), Naomi White (Miss Bennett)

Mary is pregnant, and Adam's father hears about the news. He invites the couple to come live with him, but Mary later loses the baby.



109 :05x19 - The Lake Kezia Monster

First aired: Feb/12/1979
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Hermione Baddeley (Kezia), John Miranda (Flint)

Aunt Kezia doesn't pay her taxes, so Mrs. Oleson buys the property. Mrs. Oleson offers to let her stay as their servant, while Laura and Albert make up a story about a nearby monster.



110 :05x20 - Barn Burner

First aired: Feb/19/1979
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Moses Gunn (Joe Kagan), Joan Tompkins (Adele Larrabee), Jeff Corey (Judge Parker), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), James O'Connell (Bates), Don 'Red' Barry (Larrabee), Carl Pitti (Carl), Tony Becker (Zeke), Larry Golden (Matt), Ruth Foster (Woman #1), Brett Ericson (Tod), Christian Berrigan (Lem)

Larrabee is the only farmer in town who won't change his prices, so Jonathan embarrasses him in front of his family. But Larrabee retaliates, and gets himself into trouble.



111 :05x21 - The Enchanted Cottage

First aired: Feb/26/1979
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Ruth Foster (Woman #1), Michelle Downey (Susan), Vince Tortell (Thomas), Nathan Adler (Dr. Fromm)

Mary thinks that she may be regaining her sight, and Albert and Laura try to work on a cottage for Mary and Adam.



112 :05x22 - Someone Please Love Me

First aired: Mar/05/1979
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Samantha Harper), Bill McLean (Clerk), Jenny Sullivan (Leslie), Eddie Quillan (Gargan), Charles Cioffi (Harper), Edwin Owens (Sandy), Bobby Rolofson (Thomas)

Charles is planning on buying a horse from Brett Harper. While there, Brett's two children ask Charles to help prevent their parents from splitting up.



113 :05x23 - Mortal Mission

First aired: Mar/12/1979
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Dan Priest (Stationmaster), Jerry Hardin (Slade), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Matt Clark (Seth Berwick), Charles Parks (Virgil Fenton), Carolyn Conwell (Bess), Peter Kilman (Garth Fenton), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Bradley Greene (Nate Berwick), Vince Tortell (Thomas), Richard Lockmiller (Rawlings), David Rode (Ethan)

Two men sell mutton to the people of Walnut Grove, but the mutton contains anthrax. Charles and Jonathan go on a journey to get medical supplies, and are held up by a man. Laura, who is sick, goes blind.



114 :05x24 - The Odyssey

First aired: Mar/19/1979
Writer: Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Bill Quinn (Conductor), Maurice Hill (Editor), J. S. Young (Zacc McCabe), John Steadman (Jasper), Bill Ewing (Hearst), Melinda Cordell (Gwen), James Driskill (Snake), Steve Shaw (Dylan), Ken O'brien (Ferret), Gavin Mooney (Stationmaster)

Laura and Albert try to help their friend Dylan see the Pacific Ocean before he dies from leukemia.



115 :06x01 - Back to School (1)

First aired: Sep/17/1979
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Sunshine Parker (Workman), Dan McBride (Customer #1), David Murdock (Customer #2), Rod McGaughy (Jack)

Laura and Nellie set out to get Almanzo Wilder, brother of the new schoolmarm, to like them.



116 :06x02 - Back to School (2)

First aired: Sep/24/1979
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon

Almanzo breaks up a fight between Laura and Nellie, and takes Laura to his house. Charles gets the wrong idea about Laura going to his house.



117 :06x03 - The Family Tree

First aired: Oct/01/1979
Writer: Vince R. Gutierrez
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Orville Sherman (Headmaster), Michael Pataki (Quinn), John Zaremba (Judge Adams), Ken Letner (Mr. Tilley), Tiger Williams (Simon), Dolores Mann (Mrs. Tilley), Naomi White (Receptionist), Richard Lockmiller (Jacob)

Albert is unable to get a project for school done. The Ingalls legalize their adoption of Albert, but his real father comes in hopes of regaining his son.



118 :06x04 - The Third Miracle

First aired: Oct/08/1979
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Troy Melton (Stage Driver), Alex Sharp (Rider #1), James Jeter (Blacksmith), Carl Pitti (Rider #2), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Leslie Landon (Marge)

Albert and Laura give Adam money so that him and Mary can go to a ceremony for an award he won. But on the way, they get into an accident.



119 :06x05 - Annabelle

First aired: Oct/15/1979
Writer: Del Reisman
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: De'voreaux White (Roscue), Wendy Schaal (Christie), Carl Carlsson (Clown #2), Billy Barty (Owen), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Ken Berry (London), Danny Rees (Clown #3), The Great John L. (Strong Man), Bob Yerkes (Tumbler), Robert Wexler (Clown #1), Paula Crist (Tumbler), Michelle Downey (Susan), Nate Stein (Rope Walker), John Hayes (Stilt Clown), Russ Saunders (Tumbler), Moore's Mongrels (Dog Act), Harriett Gibson (Annabelle), Dorothea Sabina Nock (Rope Walker), Sandy Gross (Tumbler), Carol Buckley (Elephant Trainer), Tara The Elephant (Herself)

Nels gets to see his sister again when a circus comes to town.



120 :06x06 - The Preacher Takes a Wife

First aired: Oct/22/1979
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: William Schallert (Dean Harmon), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Jon Lormer (Jeremy Tyler), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Iris Korn (Anna)

Reverend Alden is planning on marrying Anna Craig, but Mrs. Oleson is very unhappy about this, so she tries to break them up.



121 :06x07 - The Halloween Dream

First aired: Oct/29/1979
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Frank DeKova (Chief Kilowatt), Philip Carey (Commander Kaiser), Richard Alexander (Sergeant), Ramon Chavez (Brave #3), George Aguilar (Brave #1), Henry Bal (Chief Sly Fox), Dawn Biglay (Taha), Bryson G. Liberty (Brave #2), Rosa Hamilton (Tiny Pebbles), Clint Lilley (Son of Running Bull), Hiawatha Hood (Chief Big Wolf)

Albert has a dream that he and Laura are kidnapped by Indians, and he has to attack Walnut Grove with them. Also, Gracie scares Carrie.



122 :06x08 - The Return of Mr. Edwards

First aired: Nov/05/1979
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Victor French (Isaiah Edwards), Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Edwards), Eddie Quillan (Shorty)

Mr. Edwards returns, but a tree falls and injures him. This causes him to lose his will to live.



123 :06x09 - The King Is Dead

First aired: Nov/12/1979
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Ray Walston (Jimmy Hart), Jennifer Rhodes (Nurse), Leo Gordon (Milo Stavroupolis), Nora Meerbaum (Anna Stavroupolis), Carl Pitti (Carl), Jack Lilley (Jack), Lee Generaux (N.D. Man), John Rupert Yates (Hans Mueller), Charles Julian (Bookie), Roy Gaintner (Farmer #1), Frank X. Alten (Swamper), Warner McKay (Postal Clerk)

Jonathan is convinced that he has talent as a wrestler, but it is all part of a man's plan to have a rigged wrestling match. Mrs. Oleson ends up betting the church's funds on the match.



124 :06x10 - The Little House Years (1)

First aired: Nov/15/1979

Highlights from past shows reflect the experiences of Laura.



125 :06x11 - The Little House Years (2)

First aired: Nov/15/1979

Part 2 of a three-part retrospective on the experiences of Laura.



126 :06x12 - The Little House Years (3)

First aired: Nov/15/1979
Guest star: Shawna Landon (Girl in the Library)

Conclusion of a review of episodes featuring Laura Ingalls.



127 :06x13 - The Faith Healer

First aired: Nov/19/1979
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: James Olson (Rev. Edward Danforth), Tom Rosqui (Matthew), Roy Gunzburg (Stablemaster), Francesca Jarvin (Hilda), Joey Seifers (Timothy), Marian O. Gibson (Mrs. Adams), James Jarnagin (Boy #2), Mike T. Powert (Boy #1), Hank Kendrick (Crippled Man), Jim Wiers (1st Man), Carol Norton (Near-Blind Woman), Fred Ashley (N.D. Man)

Reverend Edward Danforth, a faith healer, comes to town. Doc Baker and Reverend Alden are soon forgotten by the community.



128 :06x14 - Author, Author

First aired: Nov/26/1979
Writer: Michael Raschella, Carole Raschella
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Dan Priest (Stationmaster), Barry Sullivan (Frederick Holbrook), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Babs Bram (Dowager), Ron Chapman (Bates)

Caroline's father moves in with the Ingalls when his wife dies. Charles tries to get him to write a book to help him stop feeling lonely.



129 :06x15 - Crossed Connections

First aired: Dec/10/1979
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: David Morick (1st Technician), Royal Dano (Harold), Sam Edwards (Bill Anderson), Tom Pletts (Customer), Marie Denn (Alice's Mother), Sandy Gibbons (Gregory), John Flynn (2nd Technician), Todd Keller (Lineman)

Mrs. Oleson finds out that Mrs. Garvey had a husband before marrying Jonathan.



130 :06x16 - The Angry Heart

First aired: Dec/17/1979
Writer: Del Reisman
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Malcolm Atterbury (Brewster Davenport), John Furlong (Cop), Rick Segall (Young Tod), Gene Dynarski (Jedediah), Susan French (Virginia Davenport), Richard Donat (Joe Dortmunder), Richard Kennedy (Sheriff), Rod McGaughy (Driver), Clyde Harper (Gambler), Mary Hamill (Edna Dortmunder), Timothy Wead (Tod Dortmunder)

Tod Dortmunder comes to Walnut Grove to stay with his grandparents after being abused by his father. He is soon facing a jail sentence for stealing Charles' watch. Instead, Charles lets him work as a punishment.



131 :06x17 - The Werewolf of Walnut Grove

First aired: Jan/07/1980
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Patricia Donahue (Mrs. Slater), Sandy Ward (Bart Slater), Todd Thompson (Bartholomew Slater), Harry Pugh (Jenkins), Elmore Vincent (Old Man), Alan R. Peterson (Clarence)

Albert makes a plan to scare a school bully. The plan includes a werewolf.



132 :06x18 - What Ever Happened to the Class of '56?

First aired: Jan/14/1980
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Liam Sullivan (Dillon Hyde), Phillip Pine (Winthrop Morgan), Colin Drake (Senator), James Gallery (Arnie Cupps), Damian London (Waiter), J. Edward McKinley (Conductor), Conrad Bachmann (Farmer), John Lawrence (Jacob Platz), Jean Howell (Hattie Cupps), Lynn Benisch (Amy Sawyer), Ken Norris (Thaddeus Sawyer), Lynn Seibel (Bellboy), Lynn Cartwright (Florence Platz), Mary Elizabeth Corrigan (Clementina Hyde), John Wyler (Clerk), Woody Tracy (Bellboy)

Charles and Caroline go to Milwaukee for a farmers convention and a high school reunion.



133 :06x19 - Darkness Is My Friend

First aired: Jan/21/1980
Writer: Vince R. Gutierrez
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Jonathan Banks (Jed), J. S. Young (Head Guard), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), J. Edward McKinley (Conductor), Wayne Grace (Guard), James McIntire (Jake), Larry Golden (Abel), Toni Mele (Kim)

Laura and Mary are hostages at the school for the blind by three convicts who have escaped. Laura is supposed to go get a doctor for one of the men, but instead gets Charles.



134 :06x20 - Silent Promises

First aired: Jan/28/1980
Writer: Michael Raschella, Carole Raschella
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Lou Fant (Nathan Page), Gaye Nelson (Sara), Alban Branton (Daniel Page)

When Laura teaches a deaf neighbor how to talk with his family and friends through sign language, Daniel eventually falls in love with her, only to have his heart broken when Laura doesn't feel the same way.



135 :06x21 - May We Make Them Proud (1)

First aired: Feb/04/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: De'voreaux White (James), John Zaremba (Judge Adams), Bill Calvert (Clay Mays), Tom Kindle (Jason), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Ken Hill (Lawyer), Paul Barselou (Herb Gooder), Kevin Hagen (Dr. Hiram Baker), Gil Lamb (Harlan Potts), Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey), Michelle Downey (Susan), Dan McBride (Henry), Naomi White (Secretary), Dago Dimster (Tim), Tobias Anderson (Hank Mays)

While the town is enjoying a picnic at the Blind School, Albert and a friend sneak down to the root cellar to smoke a pipe. However, when they caught and throw the lit pipe in a pile of old rags, resulting in a fire. While trying to save the children, Alice and the Kendall’s son are unable to get out and ultimately die; leaving Albert with a heavy heart when he learned of what caused the fire.



136 :06x22 - May We Make Them Proud (2)

First aired: Feb/04/1980



137 :06x23 - Wilder and Wilder

First aired: Feb/11/1980
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Bill Cross (Mr. Parker), James Jeter (Blacksmith), Kay Howell (Mrs. Parker), Stacy Sipes (Penelope Parker), Charles Bloom (Perley Day Wilder)

Charles tries to get Laura to like Almanzo's younger brother Perley. Also, Albert and Andy try to get Penelope Parker's attention.



138 :06x24 - Second Spring

First aired: Feb/18/1980
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Suzanne Rogers (Molly Reardon)

Nels is tired of his family's actions, so he starts a new business and meets another lady, whom he starts to fall in love with.



139 :06x25 - Sweet Sixteen

First aired: Feb/25/1980
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Parley Baer (Mr. Williams), Lucille Benson (Miss Trimble), Dean Butler (Almanzo Wilder), Tim Maier (Chad Brewster), Kimberly Woodward (Ruby Dobkins), Elizabeth Howell (Martha)

Laura gets a job in a town nearby as a teacher. Since Almanzo drives her there, the two start to like each other more.



140 :06x26 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1)

First aired: May/05/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Dub Taylor (Houston), Dee Croxton (Secretary), Michael Prince (Mr. Carter), Steve R. Tracy (Percival Dalton), Dan McBride (Customer #1), Dean D'annibale (Butcher)

Laura accepts Almanzo's marriage proposal, but Charles insists that they must wait two years to wed.



141 :06x27 - He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2)

First aired: May/12/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Dub Taylor (Houston), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Nancy Lee Grahn (Saloon Girl), Dean Butler (Almanzo Wilder), Alvy Moore (Mr. Crowley), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson), Steve R. Tracy (Percival Dalton), Robert Wexler (Mr. Pims), Michelle Downey (Susan), Dan McBride (Customer #1), Bob Ulrich (Customer #2)

In the conclusion, Laura sees Almanzo rubbing a saloon-girl's back and becomes furious; Nellie's boyfriend says that he is leaving.



142 :07x01 - Laura Ingalls Wilder (1)

First aired: Sep/22/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Lucy Lee Flippin (Eliza Jane Wilder), James Cromwell (Harve Miller), Chris Shaffer (Matt Gray)

Laura finally sets her wedding date, while Eliza Jane finds her own love, for the very first time.



143 :07x02 - Laura Ingalls Wilder (2)

First aired: Sep/29/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Lucy Lee Flippin (Eliza Jane Wilder), James Cromwell (Harve Miller), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Alvy Moore (Storekeeper), Edmund Stoiber (Reverend Hartwig), Jack Lilley (Stage Driver), Judy Sardo (Mary Allenby), Kyle Williams (John Allenby)

Almanzo's sister has her heart broken, so she leaves town. Because of Eliza Jane leaving, Laura is hired as the new schoolmarm, so her and Almanzo can go on with their wedding.



144 :07x03 - A New Beginning

First aired: Oct/06/1980
Writer: John T. Dugan
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: John Larch (Arthur Mahoney), Stuart Nisbet (Jenkins), Med Flory (Pete Rawlins), Milton Selzer (Elija Pattman), Harry Carey, Jr. (Sheriff Pike), Alfred Hopson (Drunk), John Dukakis (Tim Mahoney), John-Clay Scott (R.J.), Cliff McLaughlin (Punk #1), Paul Larson (Pendergast), Cal Bowman (Abel Thorn), Scott Garrett (Hiram), Shane Barmby (Punk #2), Ben R. Scott (Punk #3), Arnold Roberts (Minister)

Plans for a new life are threatened when widower Jonathan Garvey and his son are harassed by young toughs.



145 :07x04 - Fight Team Fight!

First aired: Oct/13/1980
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Terrence O'Connor (Sandra Ellerbee), Josh Davis (Clyde), Ron Doyle (Referee), James Jarnagin (Dan Ellerbee), William Traylor (Pete Ellerbee)

Walnut Grove's new football coach thinks winning a game is like winning war and that only winning counts.



146 :07x05 - The Silent Cry

First aired: Oct/20/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Ivan Bonar (Mr. Case), Dub Taylor (Houston), David Faustino (Josh), Barbara Beckley (Mrs. Rooney), Elizabeth Hoffman (Miss Mason), George Dickerson (Mr. Rooney), Al Dunlap (Doc Higgs), David Hollander (Michael), Michelle Downey (Susan)

At the school for the blind, a caretaker shelters two runaway orphans who are facing separation.



147 :07x06 - Portrait of Love

First aired: Oct/27/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Jim Antonio (Victor Crosby), Ward Costello (Jeremy Unger), Mariclare Costello (Helen Crane), Madeleine Stowe (Annie Crane), Paul Napier (Sorrell Crane), Jack Lilley (Driver), Richard Neilson (Malcolm Cole), Constance Pfeifer (Marge Crosby), Jeanne Determann (Mrs. Barnsdale)

Annie Crane is a blind woman who is very well known for painting. Her mother shows up one day and wants her back, but Annie refuses because her mother abandoned her.



148 :07x07 - Divorce, Walnut Grove Style

First aired: Nov/10/1980
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Eve Brent (Olga Tuttle), Alvy Moore (Storekeeper), Gillian Grant (Susan), Tisch Raye (Brenda Sue), Eric Taslitz (Timothy), Patrick Armstrong (Steven)

A jealous Laura moves back with her parents when a pretty acquaintance reenters Almanzo's life.



149 :07x08 - Dearest Albert, I'll Miss You

First aired: Nov/17/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Dan Priest (Conductor), Olan Soule (Mr. McGinnis), Gillian Grant (Heather), Diane Shalet (Mrs. Barton), Martin Rudy (Dr. Marx), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Suzy Gilstrap (Leslie Barton), Jamie Seibert (Timmy), Dan Caldwell (Photographer), Dorothy Butts (Maid)

Albert lies to impress a pen pal, unaware that she's confined to a wheelchair and doing the same.



150 :07x09 - The In-Laws

First aired: Nov/24/1980
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Dan Priest (Conductor), Eddie Quillan (Kavendish), Terrence Evans (Horace Choate), Patricia Herd (Emma Choate), Don Brenon (Cooley), Chad Cowgill (Boy #1)

Freight-hauling partners Charles and Almanzo agree on a race to decide the better route between Walnut Grove and Sleepy Eye.



151 :07x10 - To See The Light (1)

First aired: Dec/01/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: De'voreaux White (Jason), Linwood Boomer (Adam), Peter Hobbs (Mr. Davis), Patrick Cranshaw (Manuel Barton), Kenneth Patterson (Dr. Raymond), Grant Owens (Gardner), Sunshine Parker (Parley), Clarke Gordon (Judge), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Diane Hill (Nurse #1), Giselle Seibert (Marcy), Michelle Downey (Susan), Dago Dimster (Boy #2), John Otrin (Orderly), Jo B. Cummings (Mrs. Davis), Peter James Griggs (Foreman), Bruce Stidham (Customer)

An accident gives Adam his eyesight back, but Mary is worried that he won't love her anymore.



152 :07x11 - To See The Light (2)

First aired: Dec/08/1980
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: De'voreaux White (Jason), Linwood Boomer (Adam), Kate Williamson (Nurse #2), Donald Hotton (Professor Mayfield), Sid Conrad (Doctor), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Donald Petrie (Alan Barton), Peter Forster (Gray), Troy Melton (Man #2), Giselle Seibert (Marcy), Michelle Downey (Susan), Jack Lilley (Driver), Dago Dimster (Boy #2), Anne Hall (Miriam), Brian Loeb (Man #1)

Adam is traveling to apply for a scholarship, but is beaten and robbed on the way, and also gets a fever.



153 :07x12 - Oleson Versus Oleson

First aired: Jan/05/1981
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Robert Balderson (Man #2), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Rod McGaughy (Man #1), Kay Howell (Elizabeth Smith), Jaye Durkus (Man #3)

When the people of Walnut Grove attend a hearing regarding a law granting women equal rights in property ownership; the men are hesitant to support it, causing Mrs. Oleson to lead the women in a revolt to make the men realize how important equal rights are.



154 :07x13 - Come, Let Us Reason Together

First aired: Jan/12/1981
Writer: Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Bea Silvern (Edna Cohen), E. M. Margolese (Benjamin Cohen), Jack Lilley (Stage Driver), Dan McBride (Mr. Reilly)

Mrs. Oleson meets Percival's parents, and she has an argument with his father over whether Nellie should raise her child as a Jew or a Gentile. Then Nellie gives birth to the baby, or as they find out, babies.



155 :07x14 - The Nephews

First aired: Jan/19/1981
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Aileen Fitzpatrick (Millie Wilder), Woody Eney (Royal Wilder), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Jack Lilley (Stage Driver), Ham Larson (Myron Wilder), Rossie Harris (Rupert Wilder)

Almanzo's brother Royal leaves his sons with him and Laura. The kids turn out to be hard to handle.



156 :07x15 - Make a Joyful Noise

First aired: Jan/26/1981
Writer: Kathleen McGhee-Anderson
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Keith Coogan (Timothy), Mel Stewart (Hertzell Lundy), Moses Gunn (Joe Kagan), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue)

Joe Kagan moves to Sleepy Eye and gets a job at the school of the blind, mainly because of Hester-Sue, but at first, she doesn't appear to like him.



157 :07x16 - Goodbye, Mrs. Wilder

First aired: Feb/02/1981
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: Cletus Young (Cole Parker), Dennis Dimster (Ralph), Walker Edmiston (Mr. Stohler)

Laura quits her job, and allows Mrs. Oleson to take over, but it doesn't go as well as Mrs. Oleson planned.



158 :07x17 - Sylvia (1)

First aired: Feb/09/1981
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Olivia Barash (Sylvia Webb), Royal Dano (Mr. Webb), Richard Jaeckel (Irv Hartwig), Carl Pitti (Man #1), Bradley Greene (Boy #2), Terry Nani (Boy #1)

A girl lives in fear and humiliation after being assaulted by a masked rapist.



159 :07x18 - Sylvia (2)

First aired: Feb/16/1981
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Olivia Barash (Sylvia Webb), Royal Dano (Mr. Webb), Richard Jaeckel (Irv Hartwig), Bradley Greene (Boy #2), Terry Nani (Boy #1)

In the conclusion, Albert resolves to marry Sylvia, even though her father is determined to take her away.



160 :07x19 - Blind Justice

First aired: Feb/23/1981
Writer: Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Linwood Boomer (Adam), Peter Hobbs (Mr. Davis), William Bramley (Jed Finley), Jeff Corey (Edgar Mills), John Zaremba (Judge), Dub Taylor (Houston), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Vivian Brown (Secretary), James E. Brodhead (William Sykes), Michelle Downey (Susan), Barbara Collentine (Edna Mills), Jack Lilley (Stage Driver), Don Brenon (Foreman), Peter James Griggs (Bailiff), William S. Forester (Dr. Howard Ruddy), Marion Scherer (Blonde)

Adam's first legal client is a land speculator accused of defrauding Walnut Grove investors.



161 :07x20 - I Do, Again

First aired: Mar/02/1981
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: William F. Claxton
Guest star: William Benedict (Reverend Lyman), Hugh Warden (Amos Phipps), James Gallery (Ed Poulsen), Robin Harlan (Myra Louise), Steven Spencer (Richard Poulsen), Sarah Jane Miller (Eunice Poulsen), Duane Ladage (Henry Poulsen), Dolores Albin (Ada Phipps), Win Michaelsen (Steven Poulsen)

Caroline thinks that she is pregnant again, but the doctor reveals the truth: she can't have any more children. Charles takes her to her hometown and they renew their wedding vows.



162 :07x21 - The Lost Ones (1)

First aired: May/04/1981
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Herb Armstrong (Halstead), Dan Priest (Conductor), Ivan Bonar (Mr. Case), Missy Francis (Cassandra Cooper), M. E. Loree (Sarah Cooper), Jason Bateman (James Cooper), George McDaniel (Alvin Cooper), E. J. Andre (Jed Cooper), Elizabeth Hoffman (Miss Mason)

Charles and Albert go with the Coopers to make a delivery, but the Coopers are killed in an accident. Charles decides to keep their children in his home for a while.



163 :07x22 - The Lost Ones (2)

First aired: May/11/1981
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Barbara Tarbuck (Beth Tompkins), Missy Francis (Cassandra Cooper), Jason Bateman (James Cooper), Len Wayland (Isaiah Tompkins), Randy Norton (Seth Tompkins)

Reverend Alden finds a home for Cassandra and James Cooper, but the home is unsuitable. Charles later agrees to adopt them.



164 :08x01 - The Reincarnation of Nellie (1)

First aired: Oct/05/1981
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Ivan Bonar (Mr. Case), Melora Hardin (Belinda Stevens), Gillian Grant (Cindy), Elizabeth Hoffman (Miss Mason), Dan McBride (Customer #1), Leroy Sweet (Burly Customer), Richard Armstrong (Customer)

The Olesons adopt a little girl, Nancy, who looks and acts like Nellie.



165 :08x02 - The Reincarnation of Nellie (2)

First aired: Oct/12/1981
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Susan Bjurman (Mrs. Stevens), Shanee Edwards (Mavis), Ivan Bonar (Mr. Case), Melora Hardin (Belinda Stevens), Gillian Grant (Cindy), Lawrence Bame (Mr. Stevens)

Kids at school have to keep Nancy in control, and Hester-Sue comes to Walnut Grove and gets a job at the Olesons restraunt.



166 :08x03 - Growin' Pains

First aired: Oct/09/1981
Writer: Larry Bischof
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Aaron Fletcher (Mr. Tibbs), Carl Pitti (Wagon Driver), Tricia Cast (Jenny), Justin Randi (Danny), Dan McBride (Dixler), Larry Moran (Tom)

James breaks Albert's razor, and tries to get him another one, but doesn't pay for it. He runs away after being called a thief.



167 :08x04 - Dark Sage

First aired: Oct/26/1981
Writer: Vince R. Gutierrez
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Don Marshall (Dr. Caleb Ledoux), Marlene Warfield (Mattie Ledoux), Anne E. Curry (Jenny Sherman), John Shearin (Nathan Sherman), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster)

Doc Baker gets a new assistant, but isn't very happy that he's black.



168 :08x05 - A Wiser Heart

First aired: Nov/02/1981
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Lucy Lee Flippin (Eliza Jane Wilder), George Petrie (Ralph Waldo Emerson), Darlene Conley (Mrs. Pierce), Patrick Collins (Mortimer Carstairs), Brett Miller (Waiter), Kathryn Fuller (Miss Ott), Joe Lambie (William Woestehoff), Leslie Landon (Pam), Warner McKay (Ticket Vendor), Frank Kennedy (Conductor), Kaley Ward (Emily), Casey Erickson (Delivery Boy)

While the students at the Walnut Grove School are enjoying their summer vacation, Laura decides to attend a literary seminar in Arizona with Eliza Jane. It doesn’t take her long to discover that the professor teaching the class is more interested in starting a relationship with her than teaching the works of Emerson, Twain and other American novelists.



169 :08x06 - Gambini the Great

First aired: Nov/09/1981
Writer: Jeri Taylor
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Jack Kruschen (Gambini), Stephen Manley (Marco), Martha Nix (Amy), Robert Torti (Stefano Gambini), William Keene (Ringmaster), Carl Pitti (1st Townsman), Gloria Manos (Anna Rosa), William S. Forester (Dr. Abbott), Sean Mcgaughey (2nd Townsman)

Albert likes a circus performer's, Gambini, act, but this causes an almost fatal accident. He also starts to like another circus performer.



170 :08x07 - The Legend of Black Jake

First aired: Nov/16/1981
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Todd Susman (Max), Sam Edwards (Mr. Anderson), Carl Pitti (Townsman), Royce D. Applegate (Georgie), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Gavin Mooney (Policeman)

When Mrs. Oleson refuses to pay the ransom of a kidnapped Nels, he gets mad after learning this. So, in order to get back at her, he helps his kidnappers get the ransom. After their plans go awry, the kidnappers let their hostages go with out hurting them.



171 :08x08 - Chicago

First aired: Nov/23/1981
Writer: John Hawkins, B. W. Sandefur
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Frances E. Williams (Mrs. Jackson), Terry Burns (Hill), M. Emmet Walsh (Callahan), Ernie Hudson (Thomas), Lillian Adams (Mrs. Baxter), Will MacMillan (Bartender), Herb Mitchell (Workman), June C. Ellis (Mrs. Harris), John Lawrence (Schultz), Lorinne Vozoff (Nurse), John C. Becher (Mr. Golden), Gene Ross (Drummond), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Tom Klunis (Webster), Jack Lilley (Wagon Driver), Chad Cowgill (Boy), Chez Lister (B.J. Jackson), Michele Jaimene (Girl), Tony Mendia (Paper Boy), Lorrie Blower (Nurse Nelson)

When Charles goes to Chicago with Mr. Edwards to investigate John Jr.'s death, they discover that it was not an accident.



172 :08x09 - For The Love of Nancy

First aired: Nov/30/1981
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Charles Shull (Mr. Miles), Elizabeth Rogers (Mrs. Miles), Carl Pitti (Stage Driver), J. Brennan Smith (Elmer Miles), Carl Steven (Jess Miles), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Michael P. Alan (Joey)

When Elmer, a new kid in town develops a crush on Nancy, she takes advantage of his affection to do her chores around the house. It isn't until he realizes that she's been using him to get back at the school kids who have been giving her a hard time and have been making fun of his size, that he decides to quit school and to lose some weight. When the class goes to apologize for their actions, Elmer goes back to school.



173 :08x10 - Wave of the Future

First aired: Dec/07/1981
Writer: Jeri Taylor
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Laurie Main (Major Guffey), Margaret Wheeler (Lady), Phil Chambers (Mr. Matlock), Carl Pitti (Driver), Mona Bruns (Customer), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), David Carlile (Photographer), Roger Bowen (Advertising Man), Dan McBride (Taylor), Clyde Harper (Customer), Elmore Vincent (Ernest), John A. Roberts (Bearded Man), Anita Keith (Mrs. Matlock)

Harriet sells her restaurant to a franchise, and Nels and Charles start a restaurant to rival hers.



174 :08x11 - A Christmas They Never Forgot

First aired: Dec/21/1981
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Don Dubbins (Master Hayes), Newell Alexander (Mr. Holbrook), Jerry Supiran (Young Almanzo), Tom Lester (Mr. Wilder), Dago Dimster (Young Royal), Eddy C. Dyer (Poppa Terhune), Helbi Ziroe (Momma Terhune), Alene Wilson (Young Hester-Sue), Holly Villaire (Charlotte Holbrook), Maggie Gwinn (Mrs. Wilder), Kathy Pazoff (Young Eliza Jane), Rebecca Wolfe (Young Alice), Sheri Strahl (Young Caroline), Vernon Barnwell (Boy #1), Rodney Booker (Boy #2), Kathleen Macnaughton (Emily), Oliver Aubrey (Santa Claus)



175 :08x12 - No Beast So Fierce

First aired: Jan/04/1982
Writer: Michael Raschella, Carole Raschella
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Jennifer Rhodes (Mrs. Hale), Dennis Howard (Braden Hale), Donald Elson (Farmer #2), Robert F. Hoy (Morgan), Robert Boon (Sven Johanssen), Peter Billingsley (Gideon Hale), John Miranda (Farmer #1), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Brandon Goldstein (Jimmy), Dick Lilley (Townsperson)

James becomes friends with a new kid, Gideon, but joins in on making fun of him when others do. This makes Gideon run away.



176 :08x13 - Stone Soup

First aired: Jan/18/1982
Writer: Peter Dixon
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Donald Elson (Farmer #2), John Miranda (Farmer #1), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Brandon Goldstein (Jimmy), Dick Lilley (Townsperson)

Laura thinks that she can take care of the farm while Almanzo is away, but the local children at the school have to save the crops when Laura suffers a heat stroke.



177 :08x14 - The Legacy

First aired: Jan/25/1982
Writer: Vince R. Gutierrez
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: J. S. Young (Uriah Cooper), June Whitley Taylor (Dolphia Prescott), Maggie Brown (Birdie Bennett), Pitt Herbert (Taylor), Claude Earl Jones (Jack Prescott), Pat Destro (Sara Prescott), Kurt Smildsin (Josh Bennett), Robert Boon (Sven Johanssen), Pamela Murphy (Linda Martin), Ken Smolka (Bob Martin), Paul Larson (Addison Fisk), William Patrick O'Hagan (Marvin), Wade Wallace (Matthew Prescott), M. K. Lewis (Hastings), George Barclay (Auctioneer)

The beginning set in 1982, some blueprints are discovered and are later to be found to be drawn by Charles. He has began cabinet-making to make a legacy for his family. But his design is stolen.



178 :08x15 - Uncle Jed

First aired: Feb/01/1982
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: E. J. Andre (Jed Cooper), Carl Pitti (Stage Driver), Wiley Harker (Judge Barrow), Claude Woolman (Philip Loring)

James' and Cassandra's grand-uncle Jed wants custody of the two. What follows is a court battle.



179 :08x16 - Second Chance

First aired: Feb/08/1982
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: J. A. Preston (Sam Terhune), William Phipps (Hicks), Jack Perkins (Bartender), Norman Rice (Croupier), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Dan McBride (Customer), Marguerite De Lain (Naomi Terhune), Lexie Neal (Saloon Girl), Richard Lilley (Townsman)

Hester-Sue's ex-husband shows up, wanting her back. He insists that he has given up bad habits.



180 :08x17 - Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow (1)

First aired: Feb/15/1982
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Lucy Lee Flippin (Eliza Jane Wilder), Eddie Quillan (Old Timer), Sam Edwards (Mr. Anderson), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Bill McLennan (Mr. Walsh)

A hailstorm destroys Laura and Almanzo's crops, but it doesn't end there. Almanzo has a stroke, and Laura gives birth.



181 :08x18 - Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow (2)

First aired: Feb/22/1982
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Lucy Lee Flippin (Eliza Jane Wilder), Dee Croxton (Mrs. Jackson), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Nathan Adler (Mr. Jackson)

The Wilder's trouble isn't over. A tornado destroys their home, and hurts Laura.



182 :08x19 - A Promise to Keep

First aired: Mar/01/1982
Writer: Vince R. Gutierrez
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Kyle Richards (Alicia Edwards), Jack Perkins (Barkeep), David Kaufman (Carl Edwards (as David R. Kaufman)), Hal Burton (Driver), Duane Tucker (Workman), Corinne Camacho (Grace Edwards), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Richard Lilley (Man #1), Charles W. Young (Cowboy)

Mr. Edwards has started drinking again and his wife kicks him out of the house, so he returns to Walnut Grove. His drinking causes Albert to get injured.



183 :08x20 - A Faraway Cry

First aired: Mar/08/1982
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Linda Hoy (Katherine), Brion James (Amos), Dennis Lipscomb (Sherman Andruss), James Griffith (Preacher Bob), Tom Rosqui (2nd Man), Betty McGuire (Nora Cramer), Alex Sharp (Andy), Will MacMillan (3rd Man), Cal Bartlett (Horace Beckwith), Ruth Silveira (Louisa Beckwith), Tom Pletts (Arnie Cramer), Judith Weston (Helen Andruss), Eric Milota (Jeffery), Jack Stryker (1st Man), Barbara Beaman (Woman), Lila Waters (Woman)

Caroline gets a call from a camp where she finds her old friend Louisa, who is pregnant and sick with the flu. She eventually dies, but her baby survives.



184 :08x21 - He Was Only Twelve (1)

First aired: May/03/1982
Writer: Paul W. Cooper
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Eldon Quick (Teller), John Dennis Johnston (Lawrence), Doug McGrath (Harkness), Hal Smith (Trumble), John Kelly (Sheriff), Chris Hendrie (Coy), R. D. Call (Dwayne), Bill Vint (Escal), Georg Olden (Danny), Tom Roy Lowe (Leon), Lionel Decker (Doctor), Robert Telford (Gun Proprietor), Sam Theord (Swamper), Nancy Berggren (Aggie), A. Paul Smith (Bartender)

James is at a bank when it is robbed, and he is shot. Charles wants Mr. Edwards to help him find the ones who shot him.



185 :08x22 - He Was Only Twelve (2)

First aired: May/10/1982
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Don Beddoe (Old Man), Martin Rudy (Dr. Stanfill)

James is in a coma, which is the result of him being shot, but Charles doesn't give up hope that he will heal.



Look Back to Yesterday

First aired: Dec/12/1983
Writer: Vince R. Gutierrez
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Charles Cyphers (Zack Taylor), Shonda Whipple (Amy Bryant), Lois Hall (Secretary), Robert Balderson (Doctor), Erik Holland (Gunnar Lindstrom), Sherri Stoner (Rachel Brown Oleson), Robert Casper (Sherwood Montague), Cooper Huckabee (Vance Reed), Melora Hardin (Michele Pierson), Matthew Laborteaux (Albert Ingalls), James T. Callahan (Doctor Houser), Henry Brandon (Otis Wagner), Victor Izay (Thomas Hall), Jack Lilley (Townsman #1), Robert Miles (Townsman #2)

Charles returns to Walnut Grove to find out that Albert has blood disease that almost always results in death.



The Last Farewell

First aired: Feb/06/1984
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: Victor French
Guest star: James Karen (Nathan Lassiter), Gary Pagett (Turner), Dennis Robertson (Drew Coleson), Rod Colbin (Davis), Sherri Stoner (Rachel Brown Oleson), Alex Sharp (Henchman), Robert Casper (Sherwood Montague), Roger Torrey (Colonel Arthur Forbes), Alvy Moore (1st Mayor), Ron Meszaros (Customer), Karen Grassle (Caroline Ingalls), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Steve Rumph (Arnie), Jack Lilley (Stagecoach Driver), Bill McLennan (2nd Mayor), Diane Kennerly (Girl)

The Ingalls find out that Walnut Grove is being bought by a miner. They decide to blow up the town since they are being forced to leave.



Bless All the Dear Children

First aired: Dec/17/1984
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Kate Williamson (Nurse), J. S. Young (Beggar), Robert Casper (Sherwood Montague), Harvey Vernon (Mr. Baker), Stephen Roberts (Dr. Langley), Colin Hamilton (Mr. Dodsworthy), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Robin Clarke (Patrick Clark), Patricia Pearcy (Elsa Norris), Jack Lilley (Stagecoach Driver), Hank Kendrick (Sheriff #1), Joel Graves (Sam), Robert L. Lee (Ticket Agent), Richard Armstrong (Sheriff #2), Jack Dunlap (Sheriff #3), Garin Bougié (Butcher Boy), Ike Eisenmann (Erich Schiller)

Rose is kidnapped by a woman who wants a child of her own.



186 :09x01 - Times are Changing (1)

First aired: Sep/27/1982
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Nicholas Pryor (Royal Wilder), Richard Lilley (Man #1)

The Ingalls sell their home and leave Walnut Grove, and Laura quits teaching to stay home with Rose.



187 :09x02 - Times are Changing (2)

First aired: Oct/04/1982
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Nicholas Pryor (Royal Wilder)

Royal, Almanzo's brother, wants his brother and Laura to take care of his daughter, Jenny, because he is dying. Jenny tries to kill herself, upset by her father's death.



188 :09x03 - Welcome To Olesonville

First aired: Oct/11/1982
Writer: Paul W. Cooper
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Lew Ayres (Lem McCary), Charles Lane (Jess Moffet), Sam Edwards (Mr. Anderson), Carl Pitti (Dance Caller), Norma Ransom (Maddy Sutherland), Thomas Murphy (Farmer #2), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Clyde Harper (Pig Farmer), Elmore Vincent (Floyd), Noni White (Elsie Moffet), Doc Livingston (Farmer #1)

After Harriet finds a Walnut Grove bearer bond while cleaning Lars Hanson’s home, she demands that if the town doesn’t change its ways to suit her family; then they will have to pay her over $14,000. However, Harriet gets a surprise when one of the town founders comes into Walnut Grove during the town’s first mayoral election with the intent of having his bond being paid off before hers.



189 :09x04 - Rage

First aired: Oct/18/1982
Writer: B. W. Sandefur
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Robert Loggia (Thomas Stark), Michele Marsh (Constance Stark), J. Edward McKinley (Phillips), Tammy Lauren (Elizabeth Stark), Kurt Smildsin (Tracy), Ronnie Scribner (Randall Page)

Mr. Stark tries to kill his wife and daughter after going bankrupt. He somehow gets in the Wilder house, and mistakes Laura and Jenny for his wife and daughter.



190 :09x05 - Little Lou

First aired: Oct/25/1982
Writer: Michael Landon
Guest star: Billy Barty (Lou Bates), Patty Maloney (Alice Bates), Sam Edwards (Mr. Anderson), Susan French (Mrs. Bates), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Steve M. De France (Customer)

Mrs. Oleson tries to keep Lou Bates, a little person who has recently lost his wife in childbirth, from getting a job.



191 :09x06 - The Wild Boy (1)

First aired: Nov/01/1982
Writer: Vince R. Gutierrez
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Jonathan Hall Kovacs (Matthew Rogers), David Hooks (Luther), Anthony Zerbe (Doctor Joshua McQueen), Angel Cook (Farmer #1), Steve M. De France (Farmer Tom)

The people of Walnut Grove try to rescue a boy who cannot speak when they see him apart of a carnival show.



192 :09x07 - The Wild Boy (2)

First aired: Nov/08/1982
Writer: Vince R. Gutierrez
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Jonathan Hall Kovacs (Matthew Rogers), Walter Brooke (Judge Simpson), David Hooks (Luther), Anthony Zerbe (Doctor Joshua McQueen)

Mr. Edwards is hiding the boy, but is ordered by a judge to put him in a mental hospital.



193 :09x08 - The Return of Nellie

First aired: Nov/15/1982
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson)

Nellie comes back to Walnut Grove, making Nancy run away.



194 :09x09 - The Empire Builders

First aired: Nov/22/1982
Writer: Larry Jensen
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Robert Balderson (Lester), Taylor Lacher (Harlem Wilkins), Chuck Hicks (Big Arnie), James O'Sullivan (Stewart Hobson), Hugh Warden (Ticket Agent), David Wiley (Business Man), Ross Elliott (Lawyer), Stephen Elliott (Hollingsworth), Bob Terhune (Herb), R. L. Tolbert (Hank), Dan McBride (1st Man), Rod McGaughy (2nd Man), Leroy Sweet (Collins), Charles W. Young (1st Thug), Steve Jesse Starr (Express Manager), James L. Kelly (Foreman)



195 :09x10 - Love

First aired: Nov/29/1982
Writer: Paul W. Cooper
Director: Victor Lobl
Guest star: Frederic Downs (Storekeeper), M. E. Loree (Woman), Walker Edmiston (Dr. Vanderan), Jill Schoelen (Jane Canfield), Elmore Vincent (Floyd), Lorrie Blower (Nurse), Justin Bayly (Boy)

When a former student from Walnut Grove’s Blind School returns to town, she and Mr. Edwards soon hit it off. After learning that Jane will be undergoing a surgery to restore her sight, Mr. Edwards starts to worry that she won’t want to be with him after she discovers the difference in their ages.



196 :09x11 - Alden's Dilemma

First aired: Dec/06/1982
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Rodney Kageyama (Agishi), Saachiko (2nd Japanese Girl), Ken Scott (Guard), Margaret Wheeler (Old Woman), Professor Toru Tanaka (Japanese Sumo), Thomas Murphy (Customer), Kellye Nakahara (Japanese Woman), Richard Kennedy (Policeman), David Huffman (Reverand Addison Hale), R. L. Tolbert (Stage Driver), Tom Spratley (Hotel Clerk), Chikae Ishikawa (1st Japanese Girl)

When a new minister comes to town, Mr. Edwards believes that he is out to get Reverend Alden's job and to turn the heads of the married women in town, especially those of Laura and Sara. Meanwhile, John and Almonzo run into some bad luck while going to a Grange meeting in San Francisco.



197 :09x12 - Marvin's Garden

First aired: Jan/03/1983
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Ray Rhodes
Guest star: Jon Lormer (Mr. Thoms), Ralph Bellamy (Dr. Marvin Haynes), Helen Kleeb (Miss Conley), Victor Izay (Dr. Jenkins)



198 :09x13 - Sins of the Fathers

First aired: Jan/10/1983
Writer: E. F. Wallengren
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Sheila Larken (Linda McAndrews), John McLiam (Elliot Reed), R. L. Tolbert (Stage Driver)



199 :09x14 - The Older Brothers

First aired: Jan/17/1983
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Robert Donner (Bart Younger), Raymond Guth (Stage Guard), Sunshine Parker (Sheriff), Geoffrey Lewis (Cole Younger), Owen Bush (Hotel Manager), Timothy Scott (Lonnie Younger), Carl Pitti (Stage Driver), Ross Sherman (Man), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Harry Middlebrooks (Frank James)



200 :09x15 - Once Upon a Time

First aired: Jan/24/1983
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Ralph Manza (Hugo), John Bennett Perry (Russel Matthews), William Prince (Mr. Broxton), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Patrick Waddell (Holmes), Ron Doyle (Bellman), Shawna Landon (Girl in the Library), Kay Howell (Secretary), Casey Erickson (Young Man), Albert Lord (Waiter)



201 :09x16 - Home Again (1)

First aired: Feb/07/1983
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Shonda Whipple (Tami), Charles Tyner (Mr. Janes), Jonathan Hall Kovacs (Matthew), Colin Drake (Mr. Hawkins), Claude Earl Jones (Mr. Gibson), Georgia Schmidt (Abel Colie), Michael Griswold (Sergeant Bates), Jon M. Benson (Officer), Matthew Laborteaux (Albert Ingalls), Hugo Stanger (Zeb Colie), Gavin Mooney (Officer Coogan), Jason Tucker (Stuart Bayless)



202 :09x17 - Home Again (2)

First aired: Feb/07/1983



203 :09x18 - A Child With No Name

First aired: Feb/14/1983
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Victor French
Guest star: R. L. Tolbert (Stage Driver), Elmore Vincent (Floyd)

After Laura and Almonzo's son dies, a grieving Laura blames Doc Baker, causing the rest of the town to turn their backs on him. However, when Rose comes down with small pox, Laura reluctantly lets the doctor treat the baby.



204 :09x19 - The Last Summer

First aired: Feb/21/1983
Writer: Duke Sandefur
Director: Maury Dexter
Guest star: Vera Miles (Ruthy Leland), Eric Christmas (Dewey)



205 :09x20 - For The Love of Blanche

First aired: Mar/07/1983
Writer: Michael Landon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Don Collier (Sheriff), Eddie Quillan (Buffalo Bill), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Don Michaelson (Mr. Paine), Elmore Vincent (Old Man), Strawberry The Ape (Blanche)



206 :09x21 - May I Have This Dance?

First aired: Mar/14/1983
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: Victor French
Guest star: Barbara Townsend (Mrs. Flannery (Mae)), Jack Ging (Mr. Brown), Sherri Stoner (Rachel Brown), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster)

As he gets ready to graduate, Willie surprises his parents by telling them that he has no intention of going to college. Instead, he wants to stay in Walnut Grove, run the restaurant, and marry his sweetheart Rachel Brown.



207 :09x22 - Hello and Goodbye

First aired: Mar/21/1983
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Peter Kwong (Employee), Jonathan Hall Kovacs (Matthew Rogers), Sherri Stoner (Rachel Brown), Robert Casper (Sherwood Montague), Jim Lau (Proprietor), Robert Darnell (Philip Rogers), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), Jack Lilley (Stage Driver), Bob Ulrich (Customer)

After an old friend passes away, Laura and Almonzo are surprised to learn that she willed them her home. Not wanting the large house to go to waste, Laura decides to turn it into a boarding house and soon discovers that a world famous author would like to rent a room. Meanwhile, Mr. Edwards is thrown for a loop when Matthew’s father arrives in Walnut Grove, looking to be apart of his son’s life.