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- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.5 (413)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertLong hours studying by candlelight for the state teacher's exam results in tired, blurry eyes for Mary Ingalls, prompting a routine visit to the eye doctor; but when Charles is told that Mary's worsening sight is just the beginning of a much more serious problem, the concerned father can't bring himself to tell his beloved daughter that she will, most certainly, soon be completely blind.
- 1974–19831hTV-PG7.8 (363)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertAlbert experiments with smoking in the basement of the School For the Blind and, when shooed out of the basement, hides the still-lit pipe in some cloths. The pipes ignite and result in a late-night fire that kills Alice Garvey and Mary's baby son. As a result, several people struggle with the consequences: Albert becomes completely withdrawn when he learns his careless actions may have caused the fire, Mary in deep shock and Jonathan Garvey in an alcohol-induced state of denial.
- 1974–19831hTV-PG7.8 (318)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertAlbert, 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 alcoholism has taken a toll on his son, Andy, while Mary snaps out of her shock when she hears the melody of the music box Albert had purchased for her as a gift. But Mary's initial panic soon becomes Albert's when he finally understands his carelessness caused the fire that killed her baby and best friend's mother. Albert runs away, leading Charles and a reformed Jonathan to frantically search for the lad.
- 1974–19831h 36mTV-PG8.2 (1.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMelissa GilbertMichael LandonMelissa Sue AndersonThe story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.6 (647)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertCharles and his family settle on farmland by Plum Creek just outside the town of Walnut Grove. To support his family until he can bring in a harvest, Charles works several jobs, establishing himself as a valued community member and a man of his word.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertMean Nellie Oleson snubs Laura and Mary for wearing homespun dresses on their first day at school and, when Laura later complains, Caroline reminds her to be kind to Nellie to win her friendship. But Caroline forgets her own wise words, loses her temper with Nellie's haughty mother, store owner Harriet Oleson, and impulsively buys dress fabric she can barely afford. Later, Laura struggles to write an essay for the Visitors' Day program and Caroline must decide what to do with the expensive fabric. When Visitors' Day arrives, their love for each other helps both mother and daughter solve their problems.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.5 (485)TV EpisodeDirectorAlf KjellinStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertLaura befriends Olga, a girl crippled from birth with one leg shorter than the other and who, as a result, is teased by Nellie and often left out of the other children's games. But when Charles comes up with a way to help Olga walk more normally, he meets unexpected resistance...from Olga's over-protective father.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertA frightened, angry Caroline impulsively forbids Mary from taking a scholarship exam as punishment for accidentally starting a late-night fire in the barn where she had gone to study to keep from waking her sleeping little sister, Laura. But more than anything, Mary wants the exam winner's prize, a beautiful, new Webster's Dictionary, and when she delays telling her teacher that she won't be taking the test, Laura worries that her big sister is planning to defy their mother.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.4 (455)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertJealous of the attention Charles showers on his newborn son, Laura longs for the place she believes she's lost in her pa's affections and angrily refuses to pray for her little brother to get well when the baby becomes seriously ill.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.5 (489)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertBelieving that her jealousy was responsible for her infant brother's death and that her parents would rather have a son than a spare daughter, Laura climbs the highest hill she can find, hoping to get as close to God as possible to ask Him to take her instead and return the baby boy to the family. While Charles and Mr. Edwards desperately search for her, Laura meets Jonathan, a mystical mountain man who seems to have been sent purposely to guide her through this life-changing experience.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertWith the sudden intensity of a prairie storm, typhus is unleashed on an unsuspecting Walnut Grove, teaming Charles with Doc Baker and Reverend Alden, who work together to the point of exhaustion tending to the community's sick and dying; but when new victims begin to pour in from the surrounding countryside the desperate men know they must find the source of the plague if they expect to stop the deadly epidemic.
- DirectorLeo PennStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertFearing a swindle, angry Walnut Grove farmers vent their frustration on the anxious, pregnant wife of the man who promised them a good deal on hybrid corn and then doesn't show up with the grain as agreed, unaware that an accident has overturned his fully-loaded wagon and left him lying seriously injured down a steep slope, just out of sight of the road.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.8 (446)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertMr. Ingalls and his employer Mr. Hansen are anticipating a large income from a big job they have done. The Ingalls plan to pay their bill at the Mercantile store and more. Unfortunately, when Mr. Hansen learns that his client cannot pay, that means he cannot pay Mr. Ingalls and has to close his mill. With the bonus income lost, and the lack of regular income, the family has to think how they will pay their debts and keep up their other duties. Mr. Ingalls works for the livery owner, grooming and caring for the horses he owns. Once done there, he works for a local farmer to fix an irrigation system on his property. But, the women of the family want to help, too. Caroline and Laura plant a double crop of vegetables for the winter and plan to sell the eggs as they have been collecting. Mary plans to leave school temporarily to work for Mrs. Whipple, the seamstress, sewing assorted clothing items for ladies of the community. Laura continues in school, bringing home lessons to Mary so she doesn't get behind on her schoolwork. When she herself gets behind on turning in her homework, she tells Miss Beadle she ran out of tablet paper and doesn't want to ask her father to buy it. Miss Beadle offers a solution to the problem and all is much better.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.5 (427)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertA woman of strong faith, widow Julia Sanderson is unafraid of Doc Baker's diagnosis of incurable cancer, but knows she must help her three children cope with the news of her imminent death and secures neighbor Charles Ingalls' help, and his promise, to keep them together in a good home after she's gone.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.6 (396)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertWhen it appears no Walnut Grove family will adopt all three of the Sanderson children together, a weary Charles fears he must break his promise to their mother, resigning himself to finding good homes for them, even if it means one of them may be forced to move far away from the other two.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertTrying to interest his newly adopted son in more "manly" pursuits than reading and writing poetry, Isaiah Edwards buys a rifle for John Jr.'s birthday and stubbornly insists that the two of them go turkey hunting, even though the sensitive teenager has made it plain that he doesn't want to go. But a life-threatening situation during the hunt and a secret revealed afterward, result in a life-changing event for both of them.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertCaroline cuts her leg and the cut becomes a bacterial infection that puts her on a life-or-death collision course.
- DirectorVictor FrenchStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertWhen teacher, Miss Beadle, is deemed unable to control some of the rowdy, older boys in her class, Mrs. Oleson convinces the Walnut Grove school board to replace her with a firmer, male hand. But the new schoolmaster tries to bully his students into submission and singles little Laura out as a troublemaker, blaming and punishing her for the slightest infraction even when she isn't the one responsible.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.3 (343)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertWhen their grain doesn't sell for enough to see their families through the winter, Charles and Isaiah hire on with the railroad to haul a wagon-load of highly explosive nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain road and, as their journey progresses, find themselves dealing with situations almost as volatile as the freight they so carefully carry.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertOverwhelmed by the senseless destruction left in the wake of a devastating tornado, a bone-weary Charles Ingalls convinces himself to give up trying to make a life for his family on an unforgiving prairie, puts the farm up for sale and prepares to move back to the big woods where he was born.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertBlaming herself when Laura's doll breaks during a game of catch, Mary is delighted to give her sad, little sister an abandoned, baby raccoon. After Pa reluctantly agrees to let her keep him, Laura names him "Jasper", teaches him tricks and tries to keep the mischief-maker out of trouble. But one day, Jasper bites Jack, the Ingalls' dog, and disappears into the woods. When Charles later shoots a snarling, rabid raccoon who is killing the chickens and begins to watch Jack for signs of rabies, a tearful Mary reveals a terrible secret... Jasper had also bitten Laura who made Mary promise not to tell.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG8.5 (452)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertChristmas is coming and everyone is saying that it is a time for secrets and not to ask questions. Laura wants to buy something expensive for her mother and has to come up with a way to pay for it. Mary tries to decide what to make her Pa. Carrie uses her Christmas penny to buy a special present for Baby Jesus. It is a good Christmas!
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertCaroline is puzzled when her plan to provoke Isaiah Edwards to jealousy doesn't result in an invitation to the annual spring dance for his anxious gal, Grace Snider, until Charles reminds her what happened when she tried the same tactic with him years before.
- 1974–198350mTV-PG7.9 (325)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertMary worries that she'll disappoint Walnut Grove if she doesn't place first in the state mathematics competition after the community pays her way to represent them; meanwhile Laura's feelings of jealousy towards her older sister are soothed and she begins to feel more grown-up after her wise Pa asks her to take charge of the Ingalls household while Caroline accompanies Mary to Minneapolis.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertWhen Nellie Oleson is seriously injured after falling from Bunny, a horse that used to belong to Laura Ingalls, Nellie's mother blames Laura for the accident and orders the animal destroyed. But Laura secretly steals her still-beloved Bunny away from Mrs. Oleson's vengeance and resigns herself to the penance of waiting hand and foot on a demanding, bedridden Nellie.