Product Description
Charles must work at several jobs to pay off
their debts while the entire family pitches in –
Laura makes a new friend and helps him get over
his grief - Charles promises a dying widow that
he will care for her three children – Walnut
Grove sees the opening of its first bank – Mary
becomes the pride and joy of the town – The
sensitive subject of drug abuse is addressed in
the second to last episode entitled "Soldiers
Return". These and many other exciting
adventures are featured in this Collector’s
Edition!
Special Features:
Interactive Full Motion Menu
Character profiles
The Ingalls Photo Album
The "Little House" Episode Quiz (Season 2)
Season 2 (1975-1976)
22 episodes
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Airdate
Prod. Code
Title
Overview
25
September 10, 1975
2001
The Richest Man In Walnut Grove
Hanson's Mill closes when a major
customer declares bankruptcy, leaving Lars unable to
pay Charles two months of back pay. The Ingalls have
a large tab at the Mercantile, forcing the family
into a spirit of cooperation and sacrifice to pay
off the bill. On the day Charles presents the funds
due, Nels remarks how mightily impressed he is by
the Ingalls' resolve.
26
September 17, 1975
2002
Four Eyes
The beginning chapter in a
story arc concerning Mary's failing eyesight,
which will soon render her blind. The tip off of her
vision problems comes with her flagging grades. Mary
is excited to receive a pair of brand new glasses
but her excitement fades when other students
relentlessly tease her even after Miss Beadle points
out her own pair of glasses. Mary decides to 'lose'
her glasses until Miss Beadle unwittingly shows her
that she does not need to worry about her glasses
making her look unattractive.
27
September 24, 1975
2007
Haunted House
When Nellie dares Laura to enter
a rickety old house, Laura instead discovers a
kindly old widower living there. She learns that he
is waiting for his beloved wife, a deceased actress,
to return home. Laura excitedly volunteers her help
in fixing up the place until a trip to Mankato shows
that his wife is dead and not coming back. Laura
then must help him overcome his denial and sorrow,
when she tells him that his wife is dead.
28
October 1, 1975
2008
In The Big Inning
It's Walnut Grove vs.
Sleepy Eye in the annual baseball battle. Star
pitcher Mumford appears to be an ace up Walnut
Grove's sleeve, until his wife discovers the
townspeople are
betting heavily on the game's outcome. To put a
stop to the madness, she benches him, leaving
Caroline to persuade Mrs. Mumford to allow him to
play. The troubles of the Walnut Grove team are not
over however, between arguments of the rightful name
of the team, to Sleepy Eye's Green Stockings'
win-at-any-cost attitude--the battle for the game is
fought in quite an
unorthodox manner.
29
October 8, 1975
2006
The Campout
Mrs. Oleson invites herself along
on the Ingalls' campout after she concludes that
Laura and Mary will have the upper hand collecting
leaves for a science project. The Ingalls and
Olesons seem to mix like water and oil throughout
the trip. After learning a "scratching" good lesson
about poison ivy, Laura and Nellie become trapped in
a raging current, leading the rivals to rely on each
other to save them from being swept away, nearly
resulting in the two families bonding closer
together.
30
October 29, 1975
2004
The Spring Dance
Laura wants to go to the annual
Spring Dance with Henry Henderson, while Grace
Snyder hopes Mr. Edwards will ask her out. But both
men, young and old, are too shy to ask the girls.
Caroline decides to teach them a technique she used
on Charles to make him jealous. While the two girls
shamelessly deceive their beaus, Charles reminds
Caroline about the exact circumstances that occurred
when she tried it on him.
31
November 5, 1975
2009
Remember Me (Part 1)
A widowed mother named Julia
Sanderson learns she has a terminal illness, and has
no close relatives willing to care for her three
children - sons John, Jr. and Carl; and daughter
Alicia. Charles promises Mrs. Sanderson the children
will find a new home. Meanwhile, the relationship
between Mr. Edwards and Grace Snyder begins to
really blossom. [Guest Star:
Patricia Neal]
32
November 12, 1975
2010
Remember Me (Part 2)
Charles has a difficult time
finding someone who will adopt all three Sanderson
children. At one point, a young couple hope to adopt
Alicia only, while John, Jr. and Carl are considered
to be potential farming hands to another. While the
kids try to show their bravery, Alicia breaks down
in tears not wanting to leave her brothers and
current guardian Grace Snyder. At the very last
minute Mr. Edwards makes a decision that will change
his life and the lives of the three orphaned
children. [Guest Star:
Patricia Neal]
33
November 19, 1975
2003
Ebenezer Sprague
Charles wants to seed a new field
and decides to obtain a loan from the new banker,
Ebenezer Sprague. The cold-hearted gentleman refuses
to trust Charles and his family until Laura
unwitting befriends him at the fishing hole. Their
friendship and its abrupt end shows the banker that
no man should worry about making any true friends.
34
December 10, 1975
2005
At The End Of The Rainbow
While fishing in a stream, Laura
and her friend Jonah find
pyrite and mistake it for gold. Laura spends her
days gathering the "gold dust", and begins
fantasizing about her family being very, very rich
... and the Olesons being dirt poor. The secrecy
starts to lead to squabbling and hasty action from
the nosy Oleson children. In the end, the truth
becomes a disappointment to the two excited
children.
35
December 17, 1975
2013
The Gift
The children of Walnut Grove pool
their money to buy Rev. Alden a new Bible, and
entrust Mary with the cash. However, Mary and Laura
decide to invest their money in medicines that, upon
their sale, could easily double their money and thus
allow them to buy one really great gift for their
beloved minister. After much scheming to follow
through with their project, they realize that
miracle medicines are really not truly needed, and
they must tell the truth to the sympathetic
Reverend.
36
January 7, 1976
2015
His Father's Son
Mr. Edwards and John, Jr. feel
estranged from each other, and an upset Mr. Edwards
tries to make his son join him in his way of life.
With an expensive gun Mr. Edwards also offers to
take him on a hunting trip to his son's dismay.
John, Jr. writes a heartfelt letter which Mr.
Edwards apparently disregards leaving his son with
no choice but to go with him. During the trip a
frightening encounter helps Mr. Edwards understand
his son, and John discovers that his father does
care for him, but he couldn't read the note he wrote
for him.
37
January 14, 1976
2012
The Talking Machine
Laura and Nellie vie for the
affections of a new schoolboy named Jason, who is
very adept with new contraptions. While Laura
accompanies Jason in all his experiments, Nellie
tries to use a brand new 'Talking Machine' to gain
his affection. When Nellie is unable to get Jason to
choose her over Laura, she decides to get even with
Laura in an especially embarrassing scheme.
38
January 28, 1976
2014
The Pride Of Walnut Grove
Mary enters a statewide math
competition, but Charles can't afford to pay the
travel expenses necessary for her to compete. The
entire town council foots the bill, with great pride
in her. This causes Mary to worry she will let them
down. Her return to Walnut Grove shows her that the
town is proud of her whether or not she comes first.
39
February 4, 1976
2011
A Matter Of Faith
Charles and the girls go on a
camping trip, and Caroline will join them later.
Caroline then scratches herself on a piece of baling
wire, and the minor scratch soon turns into a
serious infection. Just when she is about to succumb
to her illness, Caroline opens her Bible to a
passage where she decides to perform a painful
procedure which impresses even Doc Baker.
40
February 11, 1976
2016
The Runaway Caboose
At a train station, Mary, Laura,
and Carl wander into a caboose. Without warning, the
caboose begins to move, and it soon is on a crash
course with an oncoming train. Charles and Mr.
Edwards go on a race against time to try to warn the
locomotive operator and stop the runaway caboose.
41
February 25, 1976
2019
Troublemaker
Miss Beadle is relieved of her
duties as schoolmarm when several of the older
students' misbehavior becomes too much. In her place
is Hannibal Applewood - a strict disciplinarian whom
students call "Mr. Crabapple" in disdain. Acting on
a false tip from Mrs. Oleson, Mr. Applewood quickly
singles out Laura as the class troublemaker,
unfairly punishing her for things she did not do,
and even expelling her when test papers become
damaged. As things get out of hand, Charles decides
to step in and figure out just how Mr. Applewood
obtained his lengthy resume.
During a recession, Charles and
Mr. Edwards take a job handling highly explosive
liquid dynamite along a rough and dangerously
winding road. Also on the same job is an experienced
Negro with a tolerant attitude and a prejudiced
young man who refuses to accept his partner. Through
rough detours, bandits, and prejudice, Charles and
Mr. Edwards must work hard on the long road home.
To buy Caroline a new set of
china, Charles secretly takes a woodworking job for
an attractive young widow. The problem is, Mrs.
Oleson plants a suggestion in Mary's mind that
there's more going on than woodworking behind closed
doors. Laura and Mary soon decide they need to try
to "win Pa back" with plans of their own.
Walnut Grove prepares to
celebrate the nation's centennial, but the party is
threatened with cancellation when their taxes go up.
A Russian immigrant, Yuli Pyatakov, gives an
impassioned speech about what it's like to live in
America, and that he loves his new land despite its
faults. The townsfolk are inspired to resume the
celebration.
Mrs. Whipple's son, Granville,
returns to Walnut Grove to resume his career as a
music teacher. He becomes close to Mary Ingalls who
offers to copy music in exchange for lessons. His
new life takes a turn for the worse when a young
boy, whose father he abandoned, reminds him of his
past with the help of a haunting bugle. He relapses
into morphine addiction which contributes to his
eventual suicide.
His crops and farm lie in ruin,
thanks to a devastating tornado that sweeps through
Hero Township. A despondent Charles sees no
opportunity ahead, so he decides to move his family
back home to Wisconsin and sells his farm.
Meanwhile, Mary and John worry about their
blossoming relationship which ends up in Mary's
first kiss and talking about marriage. A crushed
Laura prays for Charles to have strength, a prayer
that is answered in the form of the previous owners
of the farm who want to buy back their old farm.
