Almonzo, bitter at his apparent life-crippling illness, nearly gives up on life, despite the birth of little Rose. His attitude nearly drives Laura to consider leaving her husband. A tornado…
Episode Title: Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow (2)
In an episode about hero worship, Charles and Nels share deep concerns over an aging circus performer’s influence on the children of Walnut Grove. Particularly since some of them –…
Nels is kidnapped by two crooks. The crooks try to get Mrs. Oleson to pay ransom for her husband, but she refuses to. This makes Mr. Oleson upset and causes…
Charles travels to Chicago to comfort a deeply grieving Mr. Edwards, whose son John Jr. had died in a tragic accident. But that grief soon gives way to rage when…
An overweight boy comes to school at Walnut Grove. The schoolkids pick on him because he is so heavy. Nancy persuades the boy to bully the other school children. The…
Mrs. Oleson changes the restaurant into a franchise restaurant, She has a hard time living up to the agreement of the franchise. Charles and Nels get together and decide to…
Mary, Adam, Hester Sue, the Wilders, and the Ingalls are all together for Christmas. The snow begins falling and soon they are snowed in by a blizzard. To pass time,…
James makes friends with Gideon Hale, a young boy who stutters. However, the budding friendship is damaged when Gideon overhears James making fun of him. A wolf that follows James…
Percival and Nellie go to New York so that Percival can run the family business now that his father has died. Mrs. Oleson gets very depressed because of Nellie leaving….
Nancy turns out to be worse than Nellie ever was. She even locks another girl in the ice house. The students devise a plan to teach Nancy a lesson. They…
James is trying to be more like Albert. He even wants to shave like Albert has to. While James is shaving, he breaks Albert’s razor. James steals a razor from…
Dr. Baker posts an ad for another doctor, to relieve his workload (and Mrs. Oleson’s constant pestering). He hires Dr. Caleb Ledoux, but doesn’t count on him being black. The…
Charles and Albert travel with the Cooper family while on a delivery. A serious accident occurs while the Coopers are going down a steep hill. The Cooper parents are killed….
Reverend Alden eventually finds someone to take in the kids. However, this family just wants them to work. When Cassandra and James run away, their adoptive father doesn’t even go…
Joe Hagen moves to Sleepy Eye to help at the blind school. He begins to fall in love with Hester Sue. However, she is planning to marry someone that has…
Mrs. Oleson wants Laura to add several courses to her school curriculum, including art appreciation and French. Since Laura believes that the kids don’t need to know these subjects, she…
A schoolyard escapade involving Albert brands 15-year-old girl Sylvia a tease. The two fall in love, but Albert is unaware of a number of circumstances which have thrown Sylvia’s life…
A pregnant Sylvia finds Albert is the only one she can turn to for solace, since her father blames her for her situation. Albert and Sylvia decide they want to…
Adam and Mary move back to Walnut Grove so that Adam can start a law practice there. Adam’s first case involves a person who has been swindling people in Walnut…
A friend of Laura begins liking Almanzo. Laura begins suspecting the worse. She goes so far as leaving him when she suspects he is having an affair. Laura later learns…
Albert begins writing more frequently to a pen pal of his. He tries to impress the girl he is writing to. The girl also does the same thing. Albert falls…
Almanzo and Mr. Ingalls expand their business by delivery goods to Sleepy Eye. Both of them believe they know the quickest way to get there. They even place a bet…Whoever…
Adam goes for his test and hopes to get a scholarship. But far away from home, he is robbed and beaten and after racing to continue his test (2nd part),…
Caroline Ingalls joins in protest with the rest of the Walnut Grove women to try to convince Charles and the other men to sign a petition addressing the injustice of…
Percival’s parents decide to pay a visit. Mrs. Oleson and Mr. Percival don’t hit it off so well. Mrs. Oleson is strongly against Mr. Percival’s idea of raising Nellie’s child…
Almanzo’s brother, Royal, leaves his two kids with the Wilders while he and his wife are on vacation. Laura and Almanzo have their hands full taking care of these boys.
Almanzo purchases some land and hires Harv, a friend of his, to help him in the field. Almanzo soon learns that he was tricked into buying the land. He is…
Eliza Jane falls in love with Harv, but is afraid to tell him how she feels. Eliza Jane is devastated when she finds out Harv has somebody else in his…
The Garveys move to Sleepy Eye to run a business. After being robbed several times, Jonathan decides to become a deputy sheriff to clean up the town of crime. When…
A former football star moves back to Walnut Grove. He agrees to become coach of the football team. His goal is to win at all costs. This kind of thinking…
A story of fear (for the brothers), heartache and love. Houston, an old man, takes care of two runaway orphans. The orphans were running away because the orphanage wants to…
A blind person has a talent for painting. Her work is so good, it soon gets publicized. The person’s biological mother comes and tries to make up for what happened…
Albert, Mary and Jonathan – all deeply impacted by the fire at the School For the Blind – continue to deal with their emotions. Charles helps Jonathan realize that his…
Almanzo’s brother, Perley comes to town. Perley injures one of Almanzo’s horses. Mr. Ingalls is proud of Almanzo when Charles sees him trying to nurse his horse back to normal….
Nels finally gets fed up with his wife and starts his own mobile merchant business. At a boarding house in another town, he meets a lovely young woman … and…
Albert, Mary and Jonathan – all deeply impacted by the fire at the School For the Blind – continue to deal with their emotions. Charles helps Jonathan realize that his…
