1. The Reincarnation of Nellie (Part I)
Aired: Oct 5, 1981Several weeks earlier, Percy and Nellie traveled to New York (with their infa...
2. The Reincarnation of Nellie (Part II)
Aired: Oct 12, 1981Nels goes to the ice house to get supplies and finds an unconscious (and froz...
3. Growin' Pains
Aired: Oct 19, 1981James begins feeling insecure about his place in the Ingalls family, and trie...
4. Dark Sage
Aired: Oct 25, 1981Dr. Baker is enthusiastic about his new assistant, a young university-trained...
5. A Wiser Heart
Aired: Nov 1, 1981Laura attends a writing seminar in Arizona, but the experience is marred by a...
6. Gambini, the Great
Aired: Nov 8, 1981Aging circus daredevil Gambini the Great has a hypnotic effect on the childre...
7. The Legend of Black Jake
Aired: Nov 15, 1981A pair of bumbling crooks kidnaps Nels and holds him for ransom. However, Mrs...
8. Chicago
Aired: Nov 22, 1981Charles travels to Chicago to comfort his grief-stricken friend, Mr. Edwards,...
9. For the Love of Nancy
Aired: Nov 29, 1981A young, overweight boy named Elmer Miles is mercilessly teased at school. Ho...
10. Wave of the Future
Aired: Dec 6, 1981Mrs. Oleson decides that reopening Nellie's Restaurant and Hotel as a franchi...
11. A Christmas They Never Forgot
Aired: Dec 20, 1981Snowbound on the Ingalls homestead on Christmas eve, Caroline, Laura and Hest...
12. No Beast So Fierce
Aired: Jan 3, 1982Gideon Hale is a 9-year-old boy with a speech impediment; he stutters. Everyo...
13. Stone Soup
Aired: Jan 17, 1982A pregnant Laura has a tough time caring for the Wilder farm when Almanzo and...
14. The Legacy
Aired: Jan 23, 1982A present-day couple buy an antique, folding-leaf table with a large "CI" bra...
15. Uncle Jed
Aired: Jan 30, 1982Charles and Caroline are about to adopt James and Cassandra, but then Uncle J...
16. Second Chance
Aired: Feb 6, 1982Hester Sue's ex-husband, Sam, arrives in Walnut Grove, stating that he is ref...
17. Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow: Part One
Aired: Feb 13, 1982The marriage between Almanzo and Laura faces its first stern test when he fal...
18. Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow: Part Two
Aired: Feb 20, 1982Almanzo's continued morose outlook on life during his recovery from a crippli...
19. A Promise to Keep
Aired: Feb 27, 1982Mr. Edwards arrives back to Walnut Grove harboring some disturbing secrets, n...
20. A Faraway Cry
Aired: Mar 6, 1982Caroline travels to an influenza-ridden mining camp with Dr. Baker after she ...
21. He Was Only Twelve: Part 1
Aired: May 2, 1982During a trip to Sleepy Eye, James and Albert walk into a bank robbery staged...
22. He Was Only Twelve: Part 2
Aired: May 9, 1982James continues to linger in a coma, weeks after being shot during a bank rob...