Season 5 poster

Season 5

(1978)

Cast

Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
Melissa Gilbert

as Laura Ingalls

Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
Karen Grassle

as Caroline Ingalls

Katherine MacGregor as Harriet Oleson
Katherine MacGregor

as Harriet Oleson

Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
Melissa Sue Anderson

as Mary Ingalls

Richard Bull as Nels Oleson
Richard Bull

as Nels Oleson

Lindsay Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
Lindsay Greenbush

as Carrie Ingalls

Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
Sidney Greenbush

as Carrie Ingalls

Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
Michael Landon

as Charles Ingalls

Alison Arngrim as Nelly Olson
Alison Arngrim

as Nelly Olson

Episodes

As Long As We're Together (1) poster

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September 10, 1978

Poor economic conditions cause the Ingalls to move closer to Mary. Mary is now teaching at the blind school. The Ingall…

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September 17, 1978

Charles even sells his fiddle to buy Mary a gift. At the party, Mary gives Pa his fiddle back. Laura gives Mary a card.…

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September 24, 1978

A blind student feels he is useless. He is reluctant to do anything at the blind school. The student gains self-confide…

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October 1, 1978

Amelia, a new girl that Laura meets in school, is ashamed of her very overweight father. Her father works at the blind …

There's No Place Like Home (1) poster

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October 8, 1978

Toby Noe wins a lottery of $5,000 and becomes a man of means. He buys the children a cartload of fireworks, for an annu…

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October 15, 1978

As the Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons return to Walnut Grove they discover a town that is badly in need of repair. With a…

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October 22, 1978

Laura feels ignored and left out when Charles spends all of his time with Albert and the calf given to Albert. Albert r…

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October 29, 1978

Mrs. Oleson's cousin starts a newspaper in Walnut Grove, and she uses the fledgling small-town publication as her forum…

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November 5, 1978

Adam finally asks Mary to marry him. She begins having second thoughts when her parents starting talking about being gr…

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November 12, 1978

Jonathan and Charles allow their boys to prove their manhood by allowing them to take a trip to Sleepy Eye by themselve…

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November 19, 1978

Andy Garvey's mother is embarrassed by her son's performance at school. She hires Nellie Oleson to tutor him. Nellie re…

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November 26, 1978

When the blind school closes up, the people of Walnut Grove decide to make the old Reverend's house a blind school. Cha…

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December 3, 1978

When Mrs. Oleson meets Hester-Sue Terhune she is very disappointed to discover she is black. Hester-Sue has bought blac…

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December 17, 1978

In this episode starring twins Lindsey and Sidney Greenbush, Charles takes a job on a telephone crew that is working in…

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January 7, 1979

A story about bigotry. Albert becomes an apprentice of an old Jew, Isaac. The people in school call Albert a Jew-love…

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January 14, 1979

After a boy is in an accident, he pretends to be blind to keep his parents from getting divorced. Laura discovers that …

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January 21, 1979

Toby Noe turns up again after the Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons decided to leave the town Standish owned (episode 93, Th…

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February 4, 1979

Mary is expecting a child. Mary is able to get Adam closer to his father because of the expectancy of a child. His fath…

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February 11, 1979

Mrs. Olesen forecloses on the lakefront property of Kezia, and she, Nellie and Willie cause no end of grief for the eld…

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February 18, 1979

It all starts when a local farmer, who is hateful and bigoted, refuses to set a fair price for wheat, since black farme…

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February 25, 1979

Mary starts to be able to distinguish light from dark and the Ingalls believe she is regaining her sight. Mary is taken…

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March 4, 1979

Charles stays with a family while looking for some horses to buy. The children of the family asks Mr. Ingalls if he cou…

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March 11, 1979

Charles and Jonathan meet with danger as deadly as the disease they left behind them when they are sent for the medical…

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March 18, 1979

Albert and Laura leave home to run away with their friend, Dhillon. Dhillon, who is dying from leukemia, wants to achie…