Little House On The
Prairie: Season Two
24. The Richest Man In Walnut Grove
Guest Star: Kelly Thordsen (Baker Makay)
After the mill closes, Charles is unable to pay off his debt at the
mercantile. Charles must taken on several jobs at the same time. Mary gets
a job to help the family, while Laura does the chores at home. When the
bill finally gets paid, Nels tells Charles that he thinks Charles is the
richest man in Walnut Grove, since he has a very loving family.
b: 10-Sep-1975 pc: 2001
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25. Four Eyes
Mary is beginning to do worse in school because she has a hard time
reading the blackboard. When Mary first gets her new glasses, she really
likes them. The other school children begin to tease her. She purposely
loses her glasses, until she realizes that her teacher, who wears glasses,
has a boyfriend.
b: 17-Sep-1975 pc: 2002
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26. Haunted House
Guest Star: John Anderson (Amos Pike)
Laura goes into a haunted house when Nellie dares her to do it. She
becomes a friend of the old man that lives there, Mr. Pike. She finds out
that he is waiting for his wife to return. After Laura learns that Mrs.
Pike died years ago, she helps Mr. Pike cope with the death of his wife.
b: 24-Sep-1975 pc: 2007
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27. In The Big Inning
Guest Star: Victor French (Isaiah Edwards)
It's time for baseball! After losing badly last year, Walnut Grove expects
to win with their star pitcher, Mr. Mumford. People in Walnut Grove are so
confident that they are going to win, they place bets on the game.
However, Mr. Mumford's wife won't let her husband play because of the
gambling. Caroline convinces Mr. Mumford's wife to let her husband play on
the condition that any money made from the game goes to the church.
b: 01-Oct-1975 pc: 2008
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28. The Campout
Mrs. Oleson doesn't want the Ingalls children to beat her children on a
leaf-gathering project. Thus the Oleson's go with the Ingalls on their
camping trip. The Oleson's manage to get into trouble out in the wild,
which causes the campers to have a miserable time.
b: 08-Oct-1975 pc: 2006
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29. The Spring Dance
Guest Star: Victor French (Mr. Edward) Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider) Clay
O'Brien (Henry Henderson)
Laura and Grace Snider are both trying to have someone ask them to the
spring dance. However, the people these two want to invite don't seem
interested in going. In the end, the girls ask the guys to the dance.
b: 29-Oct-1975 pc: 2004 w: Gerry Day d: William F. Claxton
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30. Remember Me (1)
Guest Star: Victor French (Mr. Edward) Bonnie Bartlett (Grace Snider)
Radames Pera (John Jr.) Brian Part (Carl Sanderson) Patricia Neal (Julie
Sanderson)
The Ingalls' neighbor, the widow Julia Sanderson, finds out that she will
die soon. She asks Charles to find a good home for her three children.
After Julia dies, Charles has a difficult time finding someone that will
take all three of the children.
b: 05-Nov-1975 pc: 2009 w: Michael Landon d: Michael Landon
NOTE: Michael Landon authored the poem that Julia wanted read at her
funeral. It was read by Leslie Landon at Michael's own funeral.
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31. Remember Me (2)
Just when Charles decides he must separate the children, Mr. Edwards
marries Grace. They decide to adopt the three children.
b: 12-Nov-1975 pc: 2010
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32. Ebenezer Sprague
Guest Star: Ted Gehring (Ebenezer Sprague)
Charles and Hansen build a bank in Walnut Grove. The banker is Mr.
Sprague, a cold and heartless man. Laura becomes friends with Mr. Sprague
without knowing who he really was. Mr. Sprague believes that Charles sent
Laura to him to try to persuade Mr. Sprague to give a loan to Mr. Ingalls.
After Mr. Sprague accuses Laura of this, Charles pays him a visit. In the
end, a box of books was donated to the school by Mr. Sprague.
b: 19-Nov-1975 d: Victor French
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33. At The End Of The Rainbow
Guest Star: Shane Sinutko (Jonah) Ted Gehring (Mr. Sprague)
While fishing in a stream, Laura and a friend stumble upon "gold". They
spend several weeks trying to pick up all of the gold. When they bring it
to the bank, they learn that it is only fool's gold.
b: 10-Dec-1975
NOTE: Shane Sinutko appeared in "The Shaggy D.A." (1976) and was a guest
star on "Three's Company".
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34. The Gift
The school children have saved up some money to buy the Reverend a
birthday present. They give the money to Mary, who is in charge of buying
the present. Laura convinces Mary to buy something that they could sell to
people with the hope that they could buy Reverend Alden a better gift. The
plan backfires when they are unable to sell anything. Mary and Laura
explain to the Reverend what they did. On Sunday, Reverend Alden thanks
the children for buying a wooden box that he could put his old Bible in.
b: 17-Dec-1975 w: Rocci Chatfield d: William F. Claxton
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35. His Father's Son
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards adopt John Sanderson. John is a lot more interested
in books than farming or hunting. Mr. Edwards tries to make him different
and buys him a gun for his birthday. John, not wanting to hurt Mr.
Edwards' feelings, gives him a letter explaining why he didn't want to
hunt. Mr. Edwards says nothing about what is written and John thinks it is
because he is not loved. They go hunting and encounter a bear. Isaiah is
hurt when John freezes up and is unable to shoot the bear. He goes and
gets help for Mr. Edwards. Later, John finds out that Isaiah can't read
and thus was unable to read his letter about his feelings on hunting.
b: 07-Jan-1976
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36. The Talking Machine
Jason is a young man who is very interesting in new inventions and
electricity. Laura offers to help him out. Both Laura and Nellie are
trying to get his attention. One day, Laura invites Jason to dinner and he
accepts. This causes Nellie to want to get even. Nellie accomplishes this
by having Laura come to her room and talk about her feelings for Jason. At
the same time, Willie is secretly recording their conversation. In class,
Nellie lets everybody here the recording. When Laura hears this, she is
embarrassed and runs out of school. When Laura does see Jason again, she
finds out that Jason feels the same way about her.
b: 14-Jan-1976
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37. The Pride Of Walnut Grove
Mary is excited when she has the chance to participate in a state-wide
math competition. The problem is that Charles can't afford to have her go.
The town council decides to pay all of these costs since Mary would be
representing the entire town. Mary ends up finishing second in the
competition. Mary feels that she let the town down until she returns home
to a hero's welcome.
b: 28-Jan-1976
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38. A Matter Of Faith
Charles and his girls go on a trip, while Caroline stays home. Just before
they leave, she gets a scratch on her leg by a rusty nail. At first,
everything seems OK. However, as time progresses, she gets weaker and
weaker. She has to burn out the infection from the scratch on her own. She
recovers thanks to Doc Baker's help.
b: 04-Feb-1976
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39. The Runaway Caboose
Mary, Laura, and Mr. Edwards' adopted son, Carl, go along with Charles and
Mr. Edwards to a train station. The three children wander into the
caboose. The caboose then begins to move backwards. Charles is able to
catch up to a train that was heading straight for the caboose just before
tragedy would have struck.
b: 11-Feb-1976
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40. Troublemaker
Guest Star: Sean Kelly (Sven) Richard Basehart (Hannibal Applewood)
The older children at Walnut Grove School are causing trouble to the point
where Miss Beadle can no longer control them. Mrs. Oleson gets wind of
this and orders her dismissal. Her recommendation is upheld (albeit not
unanimously) by the school board, and her replacement is quickly hired --
Mr. Applewood, an ill-tempered teacher who has earned the nickname
"Crabapple." Mr. Applewood has it out for Laura from the beginning,
punishing her unfairly for things she did not do; Mrs. Oleson's
characterization of Laura only fuels Applewood's dislike. So when one of
the classroom troublemakers intentionally damages test papers by spilling
ink on them, Laura (who was inside cleaning the blackboards for an earlier
infraction) is expelled. Charles immediately demands an explanation, and
when Applewood is proven wrong, he lets Laura back in. Later, one of the
troublemakers causes problems again, and Charles (who has heard Applewood
angrily dealing with the student) from Hansen's Mill. After a
confrontation, Charles orders a school board meeting where Applewood's
attitude is exposed. The board accepts Applewood's resignation and Miss
Beadle is hired back. In the end, the children stand up to the
troublemaker, who confesses his wrongdoing to the teacher.
b: 25-Feb-1976 w: John Hawkins d: Victor French
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41. The Long Road Home
Charles, Mr. Edwards, and two other men take a job that involves handling
and transporting explosives. They must deal with many things along the
road, including prejudice.
b: 03-Mar-1976
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42. For My Lady
Guest Star: Mariel Hemingway (Widow Thurman)
Charles takes a job refinishing woodwork for Thurman in exchange for a
nice set of china to give to Caroline. Widow Thurman was a lovely, young
lady. To keep his secret, Charles had to lie. After he tells the girls and
Caroline different stories, everyone suspects that Charles is having an
affair. Their suspicions are proven to be false when Charles finally gives
Caroline the china.
b: 10-Mar-1976
NOTE: Laura and Mary were the first to suspect Charles of misconduct. We
will see Mary do this to Caroline in Season 4 Episode 70 "The Handyman"
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43. Centennial
The Independence Day celebration in Walnut Grove is threatened when taxes
are increased. A Russian immigrant shows the people why America is a great
place. Even though the immigrant lost his land since he couldn't pay his
taxes, he was happy to be in America. He considered it to be the best
place to live in the world.
b: 17-Mar-1976
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44. Soldier's Return
Guest Star: Michael-James Wixted (Roy Collins, Jr.) Richard Mulligan
(Granville Whipple) Queenie Smith (Mrs. Whipple)
The son of Mrs. Whipple returns to Walnut Grove after serving in the Civil
War. To forget his painful past, he takes morphine. His addiction to this
eventually ends up killing him.
b: 24-Mar-1976
NOTE: As in the Season 9 episode, "Home Again" (dealing with Albert's
morphine addiction), "Soldier's Return" contains some very graphic and
disturbing scenes detailing the effects of drug use. In the end, Mrs.
Whipple's son dies because of his drug use. A must see episode for anyone
thinking about using drugs, as they will quickly see what negatives they
could face.
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45. Going Home
After a tornado ruins his crop, Charles decides to sell the land and
return to the Big Woods of Wisconsin without consulting his family. In
this episode Mary and John Junior, Mr. Edward's son, share their first
kiss before she leaves. After the Ingalls begin thinking about the good
times in Walnut Grove, they decide to stay in Walnut Grove and give things
another try.
b: 31-Mar-1976
NOTE: First appearance of E.J. Andre. He will also be seen in Episode 66
as Zechariah; and episodes 159 and 175 as Jed Cooper.
