SEASON ONE (1974-1975)

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1. Harvest of Friends(Sept. 11, 1974)
2. Country Girls(Sept. 18, 1974)
3. The 100 Mile Walk(Sept. 25, 1974)
4. Mr. Edward's Homecoming(Oct. 2, 1974)
5. The Love of Johnny Johnson(Oct. 9, 1974)
6. If I Should Die Before I Wake(Oct. 23, 1974)
7. Town Party-Country Party(Oct. 30, 1974)
8. The Lord Is My Shepherd [2 hours] (Dec. 18, 1974)
9. Ma's Holiday(Nov. 6, 1974)
10. School Mom(Nov. 13, 1974)
11. The Voice of Tinker Jones(Dec. 4, 1974)
12. The Raccoon(Nov. 20, 1974)
13. The Award(Dec. 11, 1974)
14. Christmas at Plum Creek(Dec. 25, 1974)
15. Doctor's Lady(Jan. 22, 1975)
16. Family Quarrel(Jan. 15, 1975)
17. The Circus Man(Feb. 5, 1975)
18. Plague(Jan. 29, 1975)
19. Child of Pain(Feb. 12, 1975)
20. Money Crop(Feb. 19, 1975)
21. Survival(Feb. 26, 1975)
22. To See the World(March. 5, 1975)
23. Founder's Day(May 7, 1975)

 

1.)HARVEST OF FRIENDS- (Sept. 11, 1974)  
The Ingalls move into their house after leaving the Big Woods. Pa first meets the 
townsfolk, including Mrs. Oleson who refuses to give him credit because she fears he'll 
run up the bill and "skip out in the dead of night." He ends up striking a deal with Mr. 
       Liem O'Neil, the proprieter of the Walnut Grove Feed & Seed, in order to get the plow he 
       needs. He promises to fix the shed and stack the grain in 3 weeks or his oxen will go to 
       O'Neil. Later, during a family picnic, Pa crawls up a tree to get a kite and falls out, 
       breaking his ribs.  Dr. Baker tells him he must stay in bed. 
          Because he couldn't work his oxen are taken away. Pa goes to confront O'Neil even 
       though he wasn't supposed to get out of bed because he still has until midnight to 
       fulfill his part of the deal. He collapses while stacking the grain, and Mary & Laura, 
       who followed him there, run up and take over the job. This prompts the townsmen to all 
       come up and help out by forming an assembly line & stack the rest of the grain. O'Neil, 
       feeling guilty by now, tries to convince them he was about to give Mr. Ingalls more time, 
       but they ignore him.  
          After the work is done, Mr. Hanson tells Charles that the town is holding a plowing & 
       harrowing contest and they want to use his land.  (In other words, they want to do his 
       plowing for him.)
	

Laura's voice at the end says:"...Pa said he was glad we had come 
to live on the banks of Plum Creek because here, he'd harvested a crop he didn't 
know he'd planted -- a harvest of friends."

Guest Stars
                                   Ramon Bieri ....... Liem O'Neil
                                   Jim Jeter ......... Hans Dorfler
                                   Hal Burton ........ Driver




 2.) COUNTRY GIRLS- (1974) 
In this episode, Laura & Mary start school.  They have never been to a school before this, 
but Ma had taught Mary to read. Laura knew the alphabet.  
   Laura kept getting into fights with Nellie Oleson.  Pa had told her to "do unto others," 
       and Laura kept wondering "when Nellie's ma would get around to telling her the same 
       thing."
          The students have to write an essay to read in front of the classroom on Visitor's Day. 
       This worries Laura because she hasn't learned to write well yet and can't get what's in her 
       head down on paper.  
          Ma buys some nice blue material to make herself a new dress to wear on Visitor's Day, 
       but as it turns out, she makes dresses for Laura & Mary out of the material instead.
          When it comes time to read the essays, Laura does not read what's on her paper, but 
       instead says what she would have written down if she could have. Everyone loves it, 
       thinking she had it written on the piece of paper. When everyone leaves, Ma confronts 
       Laura by the school steps and asks if that was what was really on the paper. Laura shows 
       her the paper and decides she had better show it to Miss Beadle. When Miss Beadle sees the 
       real essay, she avoids mentioning it. She instead tells Ma that Laura's improving in school 
       but that her penmanship needs work. Laura & Ma are both relieved that she wasn't mad. 

Guest Stars

                                Tracie Savage ........ Christy Kennedy
                                Robert Hoffman ....... Sandy Kennedy
                                Georgia Schmidt ...... Mrs. Grandy







3.) THE 100-MILE WALK- (1974) 
A hailstorm ruins Pa's crop, forcing him to leave his family to find work. He meets 
some men along the way and they all get jobs working at a quary.







4.) MR. EDWARDS' HOMECOMING- (1974) 
Pa meets up with Mr. Edwards, for the first time since he left the Big Woods, when he 
hears a commotion inside the saloon as he is passing by. Mr. Edwards is drunk and is 
challenging every guy in the saloon to a fight. Pa almost has to fight him to get him 
       away from the saloon. Mr. Edwards goes back to Walnut Grove with him and stays 
       at the Ingalls' home.  Ma decides to play matchmaker and set Mr. Edward's up 
       with Grace Snider, a widow. Despite some problems along the way, things seem to 
       work out in the end.  







5.) THE LOVE OF JOHNNY JOHNSON- (1974) 
Laura has a crush on a new boy -- Johnny Johnson. Johnny is 15 though, and Laura is 8.  
This doesn't seem to bother Laura, but the fact that Johnny seems to be interested in her 
older sister Mary does bother her. However, Mary is appalled by the "barefoot bumpkin" and 
       only hangs around him when she's helping him with his homework. Laura continues to 
       try to get him to like her while at the same time, she and Mary begin to argue more 
       and more about it. When Pa finds out Johnny's age, he is upset that either of his 
       girls are involved in this.







6.) IF I SHOULD WAKE BEFORE I DIE- (1974) 
Ms. Amy, an 80 year old woman, is worried after her friend dies that she will die before 
she gets to see her family again. She gets the Ingalls family and Dr. Baker, although they
are very reluctant to be involved, to help her fake her death so she can see her kids and 
       grandkids. She knows that this is the only way they'll come and see her.  







7.) TOWN PARTY-COUNTRY PARTY- (1974) 
After Nellie has a party at her house, Laura & Mary decide to have one at their house. At 
Nellie's house, Olga, a girl with one leg shorter than the other, is ignored. Before Laura 
& Mary's party, Pa makes a platform for the bottom of Olga's shoe so that she won't limp.
       She surprises the other kids when she is able to run like everyone else. Nellie 
       tries to cause trouble but Laura finds a way to get back at her.







8.) THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD[2 parts]- (1974)
In part one, Ma has a baby boy who dies not long after. Because Laura had been jealous of 
the baby and wished it were dead, she blamed herself for the death. In order to get "closer 
to God" to pray for Him to give her parents their son back and take her instead, she leaves 
       in the middle of the night to climb to the top of a mountain.

          In part two, she climbs the mountain and meets a man named Jonathon. He takes care 
       of her. In the meantime, Pa & Mr. Edwards are searching for Laura. A wooden cross that 
       Jonathon makes for Laura gets lost down stream for Pa to find. This leads him to Laura.  
       In the end, we are left to assume that Jonathon was actually an angel sent to take care
       of Laura and lead Pa back to her.







9.) MA'S HOLIDAY- (1974)
Pa decides to take Ma on a trip but there is no one to leave the kids with. Though Ma isn't 
too comfortable with letting Mr. Edwards babysit, she ends up having to give in. At the 
Ingall's house, the girls have to get used to Mr. Edwards' food while he has to deal with 
       Carrie's games. Meanwhile, Pa has to continually comfort Ma who is extremely worried about 
       the kids.







10.) SCHOOL MOM- (1974)
Mrs. Beadle gets hurt and is unable to teach for awhile, so the school board asks Mrs. Ingalls 
to substitute. Not knowing that the oldest boy in the class can't read, she calles on him 
during class. This makes the other students tease him. He is embarrassed by this and refuses 
       to come back to school. Mrs. Ingalls has to convince him that he can learn. 







11.) THE VOICE OF TINKER JONES- (1974)
When the subject of a church bell is brought up, Mrs. Oleson says she will pay for it if she 
can put up a plaque on it in her name. This divides up the congregation into two groups: 
those who will leave if she is allowed to put up the plaque and those who will leave if she 
       isn't allowed to put it up. Tinker, a mute man, gets together with the kids in the town, and 
       they make the bell themselves in order to settle the dispute.







12.) THE RACCOON- (Nov.20,1974)
Jasper, a raccoon that Mary gives Laura, causes trouble when the Ingalls fear that he had 
rabies when he bit Laura and her dog Jack.







13.) THE AWARD- (Dec.11,1974)
While studying in the barn for an optional history exam that could win her a dictionary, Mary 
falls asleep, knocks the lantern over, and catches the barn on fire. Ma is very angry with her 
and refuses to let her take the exam. However, because the book that she borrowed from Mrs. 
       Beadle was burnt in the fire, she is scared to tell her she can't take the exam because she 
       doesn't have a book to give back.







14.) CHRISTMAS AT PLUM CREEK- (Dec.25,1974)
Laura sells her horse to buy an expensive stove for Ma. Pa wants to get the stove, but Laura 
has told Mr. Oleson not to tell anyone that she got it, and now, Mr. Oleson has to keep Pa 
from getting the same stove. Meanwhile, Ma and Mary make the same shirt for Pa, and Carrie 
       tries to buy a present with a penny she found.







15.) DOCTOR'S LADY- (Jan.22,1975)
Dr. Baker falls in love with the Olesons' young neice who is in about her mid to late 20's. 
She loves him too, but many things, including seeing her playing and running around with 
Laura & Mary, finally convince him that she is just a kid and way too young for him. 







16.) FAMILY QUARREL- (Jan.15,1975)
Mr. and Mrs. Oleson can't seem to get along, and the town folks try to trick them into 
apologizing to each other. 







17.) THE CIRCUS MAN- (Feb.5,1975)
Red Buttons plays a circus man named O'Hara who tries to get everyone to believe he has 
magic healing powders that will even heal broken ribs. This backfires though when Mrs. 
Oleson refuses to get an opperation because she believes Mr. O'Hara can cure her with the 
       powders. 







18.) PLAGUE- (Jan.29,1975)
Many of the people in town are getting seriously ill.  Dr. Baker turns the school into a 
hospital to take care of the growing number of patients while he and Mr. Ingalls try to 
discover the source of the sickness.







19.) CHILD OF PAIN- (Feb.12,1975)
Ma temporarily takes in a young boy who is abused by his father while Pa stays with the boy's 
father to sober him up.







20.) MONEY CROP- (Feb.19,1975)
A man who tries to help the residents of Walnut Grove by getting seed for them to plant a 
money-making crop is betrayed by his friends when he is late getting back because of an 
accident. 







21.) SURVIVAL- (Feb.26,1975)
The Ingalls family has to find shelter when a blizzard hits while they are on the road. Pa had 
to then find food for his family.  They meet an Indian and another man while there and have to 
protect the Indian from the prejudiced white man.







22.) TO SEE THE WORLD- (March 5,1975)
Johnny Johnson leaves home to "see the world" and Mr. Edwards goes with him to keep him out of 
trouble. Johnny meets a girl and is tricked out of a lot of his money without realizing it. 
However, Mr. Edwards uses the girl to trick Johnny into returning home.







23.) FOUNDER'S DAY- (May 7,1975)
Walnut Grove celebrates Founder's Day with a picnic and games. The Ingalls are in constant 
competition with the Olesons, and Pa is also competing against an older man in a lumberjack 
contest.