As Louisa is now no longer there to stick up for her son and Horace is openly hostile toward children, especially girls, Caroline and Doc Baker are faced with a moral dilemma but eventually make the decision to let Helen and Sherman raise the Beckwith boy as their own in a loving home with two parents. Later, through working two jobs, Almanzo becomes gravely ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Oleson realizes how wrong she was and gets the charges dropped against Lou, who gets the job at the bank. Rate. Laura fantasizes about her family being very, very rich - and the Olesons being dirt-poor. After Jack dies suddenly of a heart attack on the return trip, and after which his farm is sold and his nameplate casually tossed into the kindling by the new owner, Charles decides he wants to do something to be remembered for. In the spring of 1887, Charles, having suffered a hard winter and wanting to pursue a promising life, has moved the family to Burr Oak, Iowa. 5. Charles is forced to address Albert's recent criminal behavior. Andy confesses in front of the entire class and Mrs. Olesen (who walked in on the class and is on the school board and insists on offering an award to the best student, whom she presumes will be her daughter Nellie). Eventually, when Doc Baker is unavailable for a call, Charles has to resort to desperate measures to enable Dr. Ledoux to attend to a pregnant mother experiencing complications during childbirth. Laura has a serious talk to Willie about responsibility, which he takes seriously, particularly after Laura (now five months pregnant) collapses from heat stroke trying to save the orchard during a heatwave. Caroline nurses her and sees loathingly to her husband Horace's basic needs until he threatens her with bodily harm after which she lashes back with a fire torch. ” And even more, interestingly, he portrayed the father of actor Stan Ivar, who played John Carter in Season 9 of “Little House on the Prairie.” More Trivia! Little House on the Prairie. Charles and Albert return to Walnut Grove after Albert has repeated run-ins with the law for curfew violations and theft. Hodgekiss volunteers to get the donations from Walnut Grove, but plans to take the donations for himself. Almanzo agrees, and he and Laura are married at the Blind School in Sleepy Eye, which happens to be the same day as Adam and Mary's anniversary. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) Episode List. A farmer named Mr. Stark is denied a loan at the bank and soon goes bankrupt. Mrs. Oleson finagles a job writing a column for the fledgling newspaper, and soon pens scandalous stories about the residents of Hero Township. Darkness Is My Friend. When a new girl arrives in school who looks like a rival, Laura decides she must compete for him by giving up her 'tom-boy' behaviour and becoming more like Nellie. Charles and Mr. Edwards are forced to take dynamiting jobs for the railroad to fund the surgery. Later, Almanzo reluctantly has dinner with Nellie, who serves his favourite cinnamon chicken, but stand-in cook Laura has maliciously loaded it with cayenne pepper. The Ingalls family (apart from Laura) leave Walnut Grove and move to Iowa. Adam returns to Sleepy Eye, having completed his studies and become a lawyer, but a promised job at a local law firm falls through. However, Nellie does not properly prepare for the race, so the stage is set for a close finish. Nellie exploits Laura's guilty feelings, but then Laura makes a discovery which leads to a comeuppance for Nellie, and Bunny becomes Laura's horse again. But for one particular family, it will not be a merry Christmas. Then Charles has the idea of trying to get it published. In her place, they appoint Hannibal Applewood (, When a bumper harvest causes a huge fall in the price of their wheat, Charles and Mr. Edwards take very well-paid jobs freighting highly explosive blasting oil for railroad construction. Directed by Michael Landon. In Burr Oak, Iowa, Charles gets a promotion as a purchasing agent, and he takes Albert with him on a buying trip to Minnesota. 10. Little House on the Prairie S01E09 School Mom by Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) Doradebiane. The relationship of Eliza Jane and Harve seems to blossom, but when she tells him she loves him, he reveals he is in love with someone else. Some main characters were missing, new ones starting in many of the episodes, and the plots just weren’t as good as previous seasons. Note: Suzy Gilstrap (age 14 at the time of filming) is a real-life paraplegic as a result of a tree branch falling on her and breaking her back at the age of 11 as she was crouched down feeding some ducks. Then an obesely overweight boy, Elmer, joins the school and is teased by his classmates, but he is a bright student and Nancy exploits his attraction to her. But this truth does not come to light until Rev. 7. Nancy tricks her new brother Willie into locking a classroom rival in the ice-house all night. There, Mary meets up with John Jr., who has started a job as a cub reporter for a newspaper. This is the final appearance of Matthew Labyorteaux as Albert. Louisa gives birth to a healthy baby boy but then dies in childbirth. Albert goes after him and, using some, Most of the people of Walnut Grove, including Harriet Oleson, are excited by the arrival of Gambini the Great (, Laura and Almanzo have invested all their money in trees for an orchard. 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