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64.)THE CASTOFFS -(1977) Laura's dog Jack dies, and she ignores the new dog that
followed Pa home. Also, the kids meet Kezia Horn, a lady who lives in a make-believe
house, and make friends with her. Mrs. Oleson, of course, is not too fond of the new
neighbor and tries to keep her from joining the church.
GUEST STARS
HERMIONE BADDELEY as Kezia MERLIN OLSEN as Jonathan Garvey (first appearance)
JIM JETER as Dorfler HERSHA PARADY as Alice Garvey (first appearance)
JOHN BRANDON as Freighter
65.)TIMES OF CHANGE -(1977) When Pa is invited to attend the Grange in Chicago,
he brings Mary along to meet John Jr. who has begun working for a newspaper there. John
had written her a letter earlier telling her he wished she could attend the catillian
with him but knew it would be impossible. Apparently, he really didn't want her to come
as she finds out later. Also, Pa finds out the Grange isn't all he hoped it would be.
Bit of trivia -
Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady from the Brady
Bunch) has a guest appearance at the end of this episode as a boy on the
train, named Patrick, that Mary meets and seems interested in. The interesting
twist to this is that Melissa Sue Anderson (Mary) guest starred in one of
the later Brady Bunch episodes before going on to her role as Mary in Little
House. In a later episode ("Meet Me At The Fair") another boy
takes over the role of Patrick.
GUEST STARS
RADAMES PERA as John Jr. BERNIE KUBY as Conductor
JOHN MILFORD as O'Connell WILLIAM MULLIKIN as Hotel Clerk
HERBERT NELSON as Hancock HANK STOHL as Reporter
MIKE LOOKINLAND as Boy on Train MICHAEL DAN WAGNER as Chairman
LISA REEVES as Claire Lawrence JOE MEDALIS as Train Waiter
PAULA SHAW as Angela LEN LAWSON as Bellboy
RICHARD STANLEY as Wesley Cox BARBARA MORRISON as Dowager
66.)MY ELLEN -(1977) Ellen, a friend of Laura and Mary's, drowns while they are
skinny dipping. Ellen's mother blames Laura, causing Laura to blame herself. Then, when
Laura brings her flowers one day before school, the grieving mother keeps seeing Ellen
when she looks at Laura. Because of her desire to keep her daughter, she tricks Laura
into going to the cellar for her and then locks her up. She makes Laura wear Ellen's
dress and fixes her hair like Ellen's hair was fixed. Meanwhile, Pa blames the strange
man that lives on Laura's way to Ellen's house for taking Laura. However, Mr. Garvey shot
and injured the man in pursuit and now they can't get anything out of him because he's
injured too bad.
GUEST STARS
JAMES WAINWRIGHT as Cal Taylor BRYCE BERG as Jason
CORINNE MICHAELS as Eloise Taylor MATTHEW ROBERTS as Tommy
MIA BENDIXSEN as Ellen Taylor KEN JOHNSON as Busby
67.)THE HANDYMAN-(1977) Pa has started building a kitchen onto the back of the
house when he finds out he has to be out of town for quite awhile. After he is gone,
Ma goes to the partially built kitchen to find a man checking it out. She finds out he
is a handyman sent by Mr. Oleson to see if they need any help finishing the room. She
hires him and he becomes a temporary part of the family with Carrie calling him Uncle
Chris. Mrs. Oleson sticks her nose into their business once again assuming that with
Charles gone that this man and Ma have something going on between them. She, of course,
passes this on to Nellie who decides to use this on Mary and Laura at lunch telling
them that "When the cat's away, the mice do play," and that there is some "monkey
business" going on. This flies right over Laura's head, but Mary understands perfectly
and promptly whacks Nellie across the face. Now, Mary becomes suspicious and starts
looking for things. When she sees something happen that convinces her that Nellie was
right, she confronts Chris and tells him off.
GUEST STARS
GIL GERARD as Chris Nelson RUTH FOSTER as Mrs. Foster
HERMIONE BADDELEY as Kezia
68.)THE WOLVES -(1977) When Ma & Pa leave for a few days, leaving Mary in charge,
Laura and Andy find an injured mama wolf and her babies. They take them home to Andy's
house to nurse them back to health. Mr. Larabee gets really upset about this and wants
to shoot them when he hears from Mrs. Oleson, who heard from Nellie, who bribed Andy
to tell him the secret that there are wolves in the Garvey's barn. Andy overhears Mr.
Larabee discussing his plan to go and kill them and immediately rushes home and moves
the wolves to Laura's barn. Not long after they get them in there, Mary walks outside
to find a pack of wild wolves charging toward the house. She drags Carrie to the barn,
with Laura and Andy already in there, and locks the doors and windows. When the dogs
start to dig through, it's Bandit, and even more so the mama wolf, that help save their
lives.
GUEST STARS
DON "RED" BARRY as Larabee JACK LILLEY as First Man
69.)THE CREEPER OF WALNUT GROVE-(1977) When things suddenly come up
missing, the town starts locking up their homes and businesses to keep the
"Creeper" out. Laura and Andy decide to become sleuths and solve the mystery.
Laura gets into lots of trouble with her Pa when her traps keep catching the
wrong people, including himself(Pa). When they discover the identity of the
"Creeper" they have to decide whether to tell everyone or not considering the
unusual circumstances of the "Creeper's" crime.
GUEST STARS
JOHNNY DORAN as Timothy BERNARD BEHRENS as Bailey
70.)TO RUN AND HIDE-(1977) When a patient dies, Dr. Baker decides he
isn't worth anything anymore and resigns. He has to be convinced that he is
actually needed when the new doctor proves to be a problem.
GUEST STARS
COLLIN WILCOX as Beth Novack EDDIE QUILLAN as Jed Haney
BURR DEBENNING as Dr. Logan QUEENIE SMITH as Mrs. Whipple
MICHAEL PATAKI as Stanley Novack
71.)THE AFTERMATH -(1977) The James brothers (Jesse and Frank) have
escaped from prison and are hiding out in Walnut Grove. The town doesn't
realize the two men are who they are and Mary is working for them. They end
up taking her hostage and now the town can't tell the posse where they are
because they fear for Mary's life.
GUEST STARS
MICHAEL CONRAD as Broder TROY MELTON as Ned Watkins
FRANK MARTH as Lewis Ford HENRY WILLS as Turner
TONY MARKES as Bob Ford BILL SHANNON as Slade
JOHN BENNETT PERRY as Hobbs(Frank)
DENNIS RUCKER as Dankworth(Jesse)
72.)THE HIGH COST OF BEING RIGHT -(1977) The Garveys get into an
argument and temporarily split up. Neither can bring themself to apologize
because they each feel that him/herself is the "correct" party.
GUEST STARS
EDDIE QUILLAN as Judge Picker HAL BURTON as Harris
CARL PITTI as Silas DICK DUROCK as Sharp
ALEX SHARP as Sloan DENVER MATTSON as Wiggins
73.)THE FIGHTER -(1977)[90 minute special] Mr. Ingalls has to compete against a
boxer.
(more details to be added later)
GUEST STARS
MOSES GUNN as Joe Kagan SANDY ROSENTHAL as Reporter
KETTY LESTER as Janie Kagan THOMAS MOORE as Referee
DARYL ROACH as Tim Kagan
JUSTIN MOSES as Little Tim
74.)HERE COME THE BRIDES-(1977) A man, Adam Simms, who is a pig farmer,
and his son, Luke Simms, move to town. Despite the fact that Luke goes barefoot
and is poor, Nellie falls in love with him. Mrs. Oleson is quite upset and angry
over this and forbids Nellie to see him. However, Nellie sneaks out at night to
be with him. She is caught, making her mother even madder. At the same time as Nellie
and Luke's romance, Miss Beadle has fallen for Mr. Simms. Nellie asks her about
marriage and unaware of who Nellie is referring to, she makes it sound ok. So Nellie
and Luke run off and elope. Her parents find out from Miss Beadle what must have
happened and they all 4 (the Olesons, Miss Beadle, and Mr. Simms) go after them.
However, the kids are already married and checked into a motel. Luckily, they are
caught right before anything happens and are forced back to the Justice of the Peace
to tear up the marriage certificate. While they are there, Miss Beadle and Mr. Simms
(Adam and Eva) get married.
GUEST STARS
JOSHUA BRYANT as Adam Simms IVOR FRANCIS as Varnum
BOB MARSIC as Luke Simms MONTANA SMOYER as Philomena
75.)MEET ME AT THE FAIR-(1977) The Ingalls and the Olesons go to the fair.
Mary is going to meet her boyfriend Patrick (originally played by Mike Lookinland
from The Brady Bunch at the end of the episode "Times of Change" )there and ends up
meeting a "friend" of his first who tries to "steal" her from Patrick. Meanwhile,
Laura has to bring Carrie around and let her ride the Carousel, but things keep
preventing Carrie from actually getting to ride it. Also a pickpocket steals money
from a lot of people, Laura tricks Nellie into sitting in the dunking booth, and Carrie
gets a "free ride" on the hot-air balloon.
GUEST STARS
DICK DE COIT as Cass STEVE EASTIN as Shell Game Barker
MICHAEL MORGAN as Patrick ENZIO CANTINI as Baseball Barker
DICK ARMSTRONG as Pickpocket SANDY ROSENTHAL as Chair Dump Barker
HELEN HINZ as Little Old Lady
76.)FREEDOM FLIGHT-(1977) When Indians come to Walnut Grove, the Ingalls
hide them to keep them safe from a prejudiced man in town who wants to kill them.
Mr. Ingalls eventually has to put them all in the wagon and flee to safety when
their location is discovered.
GUEST STARS
RICHARD O'BRIEN as Hugh MacGregor GERONIMO KUTH LE as Long Elk
VIVIAN BROWN as Mrs. MacGregor SONNY ROUBIDEAUX as Dull Lance
NICK RAMUS as Little Crow DAWN BIGLAY as Yellow Feather
GUILLERMO SAN JUAN as Spotted Wolf DICK ALEXANDER as Sergeant
ROY GUNZBURG as Caleb
77.)THE RIVALS-(1978) Laura falls for a boy at school and tries to change
herself to get him to like her. However, he liked her the way she was better.
GUEST STARS
CHRIS PETERSEN as Jimmy Hill SAM SILMAN as Si Perkins
SEELEY ANN THUMANN as Samantha Higgins DON STARR as Zucker
LEON BELASCO as Monsieur François
78.)WHISPER COUNTRY-(1978) Mary goes away to teach at a backwards school in
a town obsessed with superstition and living simply. She is chastised for everything
from her style of clothing to the way she teaches. Worse yet, the former teacher, who
basically is the "superstition ring-leader", is determined to turn the whole town
against her(Mary) by tarnishing her image and reputation. It takes a lot of courage,
but Mary finally stands up to her.
GUEST STARS
JOHN McLIAM as Caleb Fisher NANCY PEARLBERG as Mrs. Bond
DEE CROXTON as Ellen Fisher ANITA DANGLER as Miss Peel
LINDA McMILLAN as Katie Fisher MICHELLE DOWNEY as Sarah Miller
SANDY McPEAK as Jacob Bond JENNIFER BRILL as Hazel
MARK NEELY as Joshua Bond
79.)I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER-(1978) While waiting for her husband, who is very
late because of wagon troubles, to come home on their anniversary, Ma tells the girls
about when she and Pa met. (We see her and Pa as 12 year olds in flashbacks).
GUEST STARS
NICOLAS COSTER as Lansford Ingalls GREGG FORREST as Henry Holbrook
SARAH MILLER as Laura Ingalls(Charles' mother) KRISTI JILL WOOD as Eliza Ann Holbrook
VIRGINIA KISER as Charlotte Holbrook DAVID CONSIDINE as Peter Ingalls
MATTHEW LABORTEAUX as Young Charles ROBIN MUIR as Polly Ingalls
KATY KURTZMAN as Young Caroline ADAM GUNN as Harold Watson
SORRELL BOOKE as Mr. Watson
80.)BE MY FRIEND -(1978) A young unwed mother leaves her baby in a river
with a note for the person finding her asking them to "Be My Friend". Laura finds
the baby and names it Grace. But they have to find the baby's mother.
GUEST STARS
LENORA MAYS as Anna Mears DAN McBRIDE as Stranger
JOHN CRAIG as Clark Harris MICHAEL MULLINS as Bobbie Harris
DONALD MOFFAT as Nathaniel Mears WOODROW PARFREY as Reverend Pritchard
81.)THE INHERITANCE -(1978) When the Ingalls learn that they are coming into a
lot of money, after Mr. Ingalls' wealthy Uncle Ned (who Charles only met once when he
was 5) dies leaving him everything, they are targeted by their friends who want favors
and run up a lot of bills which they can't pay anyway in the end when they discover the
estate was "eaten up by debts, court costs, & legal fees" except for a box which when
they open it, discover that it is filled with money --- Confederate money (useless in
the post-war North).
GUEST STARS
ALLAN RICH as Otto Ripley MICHAEL FLANAGAN as Harvey Woods
MICHAEL PRINCE as Roger Whitehead
82.)THE STRANGER -(1978) The Oleson's wealthy nephew comes to stay with them,
after being expelled from his boarding school for stealing and cheating, so that he
can experience the life that his father did as a boy living on a farm. But the Oleson's
life isn't quite the same, and Mrs. Oleson babies him. When he busts out a store window,
it's the last straw for Mr. Oleson, and Charles agrees to let the boy stay with him and
work off the amount needed to pay for the window. This is more of the life his father
wanted him to get a taste of.
GUEST STARS
NEHEMIAH PERSOFF as Mr. Lundstrom CICELY WALPER as Mrs. Caldwell
MICHAEL SHARRETT as Peter Lundstrom STEPHEN COIT as Mr. Tate
Bit of trivia: Michael
Sharrett co-starred on the movie "Deadly Friend" with Matthew
Laborteaux (Albert Quinn / Ingalls) in 1985. Matthew was the main character
and Michael Sharrett was a friend of his that he met when he moved to town.
83.)A MOST PRECIOUS GIFT -(1978) Caroline consults a palm reader, after learning
that she is pregnant (with Grace), to determine the gender of her baby since there was
not yet a medical procedure for that. Ma wants a boy really bad since she has 3 girls
and her only son had died only a week or so after birth. Carrie has"adopted" some bird
eggs she "found" (took from their nest) and uses the same technique on the bird eggs for
determining a baby's gender that Ma gotten from the palm reader lady. But the birds,
unknown to Carrie, are already dead because they were taken from their mother, and the
"technique"(which involved holding a ring on a string up to the mother's stomach, or the
eggs in Carrie's case, to see which way it swings) the palm reader gave Ma indicates a boy
when it's actually a girl (Grace).
GUEST STARS
LILI VALENTY as Madame Maria JOSHUA BRYANT as Adam Simms
84.)I'LL BE WAVING AS YOU DRIVE AWAY -(1978)[2 parts]In part 1, Mary looses her
sight. She is bitter at first, especially when Ma tells her she'll be sent to a blind school
in Iowa. Then in part 2, she arrives at the school and learns to adapt to her situation.
GUEST STARS
PART 1 PART 2
FORD RAINEY as Dr. Burke DAVID OPATOSHU as Taylor Nash
ROB KENNEALLY as Seth LINWOOD BOOMER as Adam Kindall(first appearance)
PETER HAAS as Paul JENNIFER FACTOR as Jenny
64.)THE CASTOFFS -(1977) Laura's dog Jack dies, and she ignores the new dog that
followed Pa home. Also, the kids meet Kezia Horn, a lady who lives in a make-believe
house, and make friends with her. Mrs. Oleson, of course, is not too fond of the new
neighbor and tries to keep her from joining the church.
GUEST STARS
HERMIONE BADDELEY as Kezia MERLIN OLSEN as Jonathan Garvey (first appearance)
JIM JETER as Dorfler HERSHA PARADY as Alice Garvey (first appearance)
JOHN BRANDON as Freighter