89/90. AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER (Part One) September 11, 1978
Poor economic conditions cause the Ingalls to move closer to Mary. Mary is now teaching young kids at the blind school. Laura catches an orphan, Albert, stealing from their hotel. Charles becomes friends with Albert and invites him to Mary's birthday party. Charles even sells his fiddle to buy Mary a gift. At the party, Mary gives Pa his fiddle back. Laura gives Mary a card. Mary is so proud of Laura writing the letter in Braille. Almost everyone is in tears, including Mrs. Oleson, when Mary announces that she has nothing to wish for, since she has everything that she could possibly want.

 

91. THE WINOKA WARRIORS September 25, 1978
A blind student feels he is useless. He is reluctant to do anything at the blind school. The student gains self-confidence when he is talked into being the quarterback for the Winoka football team. He is able to throw Albert across the goal line during the game to score the winning touchdown for the Winoka Warriors.

 

92. THE MAN INSIDE October 2, 1978
Amelia, a new girl that Laura meets in school, is ashamed of her very overweight father. Her father works at the blind school where Mary works. All the blind students like him a lot. They claim that they can see his love. One day, Laura and some other students from school, start making fun of the overweight person, not knowing that they were making fun of Amelia's father. When Laura discovers the truth she apologizes to Amelia but Amelia still denies that its her dad. Amelia's father pretends to leave town to work on a railroad since his girl is so ashamed of him. He hides out at the blind school. When he is involved in an accident, Laura tells her dad and he goes to the family, they rush to his aid and Amelia reveals to her dad how much she loves him, and how sorry she is.

 

93/94 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME (Two Parts) October 9, 1978
The Ingalls, Olesons, and Garveys get tired of the bustling city life and decide to return to Walnut Grove. The Ingalls take Albert along with them. They get home and discover a town that is badly in need of repair. With a lot of hard work, they're able to get the town back to its old self.

 

95. FAGIN October 23, 1978
Laura is jealous when Charles spends all his time helping Albert, his adopted son, about how to raise a newborn calf. When Albert overhears Charles and Caroline discussing Laura's jealousy, he decides to run away. When Laura shows he calf at the fair and she wins first place, she reveals that she owes the honor to her "brother" Albert, who was the one who prepared the calf for the show. Albert is secretly watching from behind a gate, and Charles sees him and chases him down. Charles convinces Albert that the family loves him and everything works out

 

96.Harriet's Happenings 10/30/78
Harriet Oleson begins writing an editorial in the newspaper called "Harriet's Happenings". Things are good at first but become  bad when Harriet starts writing prejudice things about a German family. One day at church, while Reverend Alden is away, Charles is giving the sermon. To try to show Mrs. Oleson that she was wrong for saying the things she did against the German family, Charles asks Mrs. Oleson to come up and read a German bible for everyone. When she can't read it, Mrs. Oleson realizes that a German family is no different than any American family.

 

97. The Wedding 11/06/78
When Mary decides to marry Adam, her parents begin talking about having grandchildren, and about how rambunctious Mary was when she was young. Mary begins having second thoughts, afraid that with them both blind they won't be able to care for a child, as the child could run off and they would have a hard time keeping track. Mary decides to call off the wedding. When a huge dust storm arises and one of the blind students does not make it back to the school, Mary and Adam go out to find her. After finding the student, Mary realizes she is more capable that she thought. The wedding goes on and they are happily married by Reverend Alden

 

98. Men Will Be Boys 11/13/78
Jonathan and Charles allow their boys to prove their manhood by allowing them to take a trip to Sleepy Eye by themselves. Jonathan and Charles secretly follow the boys. The boys end up making the trip with no problems at all. However, the fathers get into some embarrassing situations following their boys

 

99. The Cheaters 11/20/78
Andy Garvey's mother is embarrassed by her son's performance at school.  In desperation she hires Nellie Oleson (her star pupil)  to tutor him. Nellie reveals to Andy that she cheats to get good grades. She blackmails Andy to keep the secret. Andy eventually admits what he has been doing and his mother makes sure that Nellie isn't able to cheat on the next test.

 

100/101. Blind Journey [2 parts] 11/27/78, 12/04/78
When the blind school closes up, the people of Walnut Grove decide to make the old Reverend's house a blind school. Charles leads the 25 students to their new school. Harriet is eager to go with Charles to pick up the children because she hears about their teacher, who isn't blind, Hester-Sue Terhune. Harriet says the name Terhune is very prominent and it must be a sophisticated woman with a great upbringing. She buys new dress and even wears a wig. But when she meets Hester-Sue she is very disappointed to discover she is black. In the end it takes the words of a little blind black boy to teacher he asks why Mrs Olsone didn’t like him,  her that prejudice is wrong, and Harriet becomes nicer

 

102. The God Sister 12/18/78
Charles and Jonathan Garvey leave Walnut Grove for a month to work for a telephone company, putting up poles between Springfield and Sleepy Eye. Carrie is very lonely while he is away, and creates an imaginary friend, Elissa, who is her alter ego. Suddenly Carrie's lonely hours become exciting adventures, and she relives her dream almost every day until her Pa returns.

 

103. The Craftsman 01/08/79
Albert learns a painful lesson about prejudice when he becomes the apprentice of 80-year-old Isaac the only Jew in Walnut Grove. Though young Albert is branded a "Jew-lover" and beaten up by local boys, he refuses to turn his back on the old woodcarver, who teaches him the value of pride and tradition. Albert and Isaac become good friends

 

104. Blind Man's Bluff 01/15/79
After a boy is in an accident, he pretends to be blind to keep his parents from getting divorced. Laura discovers that the boy isn't blind, but doesn't tell his parents because the boy pleads with her not to. The boy is involved in another accident and has a concussion. The concussion causes him to not remember his pretending to be blind

 

105. Dance With Me 01/22/79
Laura and Albert decide to play matchmakers for the upcoming dance

 

106. The Sound Of Children 02/05/79
The Ingalls are filled with joy when Mary announces she is expecting a baby. Then Adam's father arrives, who offers them a chance to move to the city. Adam has never been close to his father, but his father offers him a chance to work for his law firm. They decide to go, until it is discovered that the only reason he wanted them to come was because of the baby Mary was carrying. After Mary miscarries, Adam's father no longer wants them to come, and Mary and Adam decide they are happier in Walnut Grove anyway

107. The Lake Kezia Monster 02/12/79
Kezia, a friend of Laura and Albert, believes she shouldn't have to pay taxes. The property goes up for sale and Mrs. Oleson buys it. Mrs. Oleson agrees to allow Kezia to be their servant. To try to get Mrs. Oleson off of the property, Laura and Albert tell Nellie and Willie that a monster was in the lake. They start haunting them and biting their feet in the water and making load noises at night, but the best joke of all is when Laura, Albert, and Andy dress up as a big monster and scare them off the property.

 

108. Barn Burner 02/19/79
The town faces a growing problems as the price of wheat is falling. The farmers agree to sell their wheat at a set price. However, one person in town sells to somebody at a lower price because he didn't want a black person to get the same price for wheat as he did. Mr. Garvey goes to the man's house and embarrasses him in front of his wife. The man goes to Garvey's home, but only Andy is there. He knocks Andy unconscious. When Andy awakens, he brings a lantern outside and takes off on the horse to warn his dad. After finding his dad, the Garveys return to find their barn on fire. The man who knocked Andy out is charged with the crime, their family, and the whole town, believe the he set the fire and a trail is held, even though he pleads his innocence. But Andy finds a broken lantern in the remains of the burnt barn and begins to wonder if he accidentally set the fire that night. In the end he tells the judge that the fire might have been his own fault, and the man is found innocent.

 

109. The Enchanted Cottage 02/26/79
The Ingalls are thrilled when Mary begins to distinguish light from dark, and they believe that she is getting her sight back. Mary is taken to the specialist only to discover that a brain impulse was causing her to see light when she felt the heat from the sun coming through a window. Laura and Albert have been fixing up Mr. Edwards old cabin for Mary and Adam, certain that her sight is returning. But the only colors available at the Oleson's Mercantile are purple and pink. When Mary returns, she thanks Laura and Albert for doing it for her anyway, and that it is okay her sight is not returning, as she is no worse off than before. And considering the color they painted the cabin, Mary is almost glad she cannot see it.

 

110. Someone Please Love Me 03/05/79
Charles stays with a family while looking for some horses to buy. The children of the family asks Mr. Ingalls if he could possibly do something to keep their parents from splitting up. Thanks to Charles talking to the husband and the wife, they decide to stay together and work things out.

 

111. Mortal Mission 03/12/79
Two men need money to survive the winter so they sell lamb meat they know is infected with anthrax. Several people in Walnut Grove get sick, so Charles and Mr. Garvey travel to Springfield to pick up medical supplies. On the way back, a man holds them up and takes the wagon. Charles and Jonathan follow him to his house. The crazed man's wife finally convinces her husband to let them have the medicine. Charles and Jonathan make it back. Several people die in this show including the men who sold the meat. There is a brief period in this episode where Laura actually goes blind due to being infected with anthrax.

 

112. The Odyssey 03/19/79
Albert and Laura leave home to run away with their friend, Dhillon. Dhillon, who is dying from leukemia, wants to achieve his life long dream of seeing the Pacific Ocean. They take a freight train, and are halfway to the Pacific Ocean when Charles catches up with the trio, and he decides to take them the rest of the way.

 
 

 

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