Unfortunately, part of Albert's problem is that he has gotten addicted to morphine and he steals some from Doc Baker so the problems persist. Little House on the Prairie S01E15 Christmas at Plum Creek by Little House on the Prairie. Nellie gives Laura some bad advice and she fails the exam miserably. With Jonathan as coach, Albert and the livery school's football team challenge the private academy's undefeated football team. Laura and Albert temporarily get back at Mrs. Oleson, but she responds by writing a story suggesting Charles fathered Albert outside his marriage. Laura has a crush on a new boy in school named Johnny Johnson, an older student in her class (Mitch Vogel) but Johnny only wants to be her friend, while he is romantically attracted to Mary who has no interest in him. Conti Angelo2016. The Ingalls can't make ends meet so they move to the city to find work. She returns to Walnut Grove temporarily in order to say goodbye. Initially against it, Charles is persuaded by the girls and Caroline to let them keep it and Laura names him Jasper. (This episode features one of the first looks at the softer side of Nellie's personality.). Houston hides the boys, and they become attached to him and he wants to adopt them, but is told that would not be possible for him. Mrs. Oleson opposes his plans and cruelly insults Rachel, and when Willie stands up to his mother and defends Rachel against her, she vows not to show up at the wedding. In the end, Adam and Eva themselves marry, not only uniting them through their symbolic names, but causing now-Mrs. Eva Simms to become a stepmother, though annoying the officiator and his wife to no end at the ungodly hour they were awakened. When the friends finally take it to the bank for safe keeping, Mr. Sprague delivers some very unwelcome news. Nels then plots his own escape and his revenge upon Harriet, which gets out of hand when it leads to several other members of the community also being kidnapped. Victor French, Dean Butler. Laura keeps the secret from his parents, but tells her dad, Charles. Laura's jealousy leads to her accusing Mary of deliberately encouraging Johnny and they fall out. Having learned that Almanzo is working in Sleepy Eye, Caroline suggests Laura go there to help set up the new blind school, but she runs into opposition from the grouchy caretaker who holes himself up in the building and the irascible rent collector. Originally aired as a 95-minute movie (excluding commercials), when offered in syndication, it is shown either in two parts or in its entirety. He completes the sale of their homestead to the Carter family from New York, and is given a farewell party by his friends. Guest stars: Ray Bolger (The Wizard of Oz), Eileen Heckart. When Adam Simms (Joshua Bryant) and his shoeless son Luke move to town, Adam instantly takes a liking to Miss Eva Beadle, while Luke and Nellie fall in love. The Ingalls and other townspeople make various attempts to get them to settle their differences. She falls into depression, so Charles, himself heartbroken upon learning that he will never have the chance of another natural son, takes Caroline on a trip to Wisconsin for the wedding of the son of an old friend, and there they decide to renew their own wedding vows. Charles takes her to an optometrist and she initially appears to need a stronger lens, but the vision still worsens a few days later. Unfortunately, many are unable to get home and the men of Walnut Grove must organize a search party. However, Nancy, whose mind is focused on the large reward, leads McQueen to Mr. Edwards. When Fagin wins, Laura gets the ribbon, but then says that she wants to give it to "my brother Albert," which brings him to tears. 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. When Charles' mother passes away, he travels to Wisconsin and persuades his father, Lansford Ingalls (Arthur Hill), to go back with him to Walnut Grove. But later, one of his tables with his 'CI' mark is bought as a prized antique at an auction approximately 100 years later in the then present day (1982). Laura has decided she wants to spend more time with Rose so the town has hired a new teacher, Etta Plum. Later, through working two jobs, Almanzo becomes gravely ill with pneumonia. Then Laura encounters an even greater problem, when all the children have to write an essay for Parents' Day, but when the day comes, she creatively rises to the occasion. Working with Callahan (M. 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