2024-09-28
A promoter tricks Garvey into playing the patsy in a wrestling match. Hart: Ray Walston. Garvey: Merlin Olsen. Milo Stavroupolis: Leo Gordon. Hans Mueller: John Robert Yates. Alice: Hersha Parady. Anna Stavroupolis: Nora Meerbaum. (Repeat).
Walnut Grove is mesmerized by a faith healer (James Olson). Charles: Michael Landon. Dobbs: Tom Rosqui. Reverend Alden: Dabbs Greer. Mrs. Oleson: Katherine MacGregor. Timothy: Joey Seifers. (Repeat).
Caroline's father, depressed by his wife's death, is urged to write stories as therapy. Charles: Michael Landon. Caroline: Karen Grassle. Laura: Melissa Gilbert. Albert: Matthew Laborteaux. (Repeat).
Gossipy Mrs. Oleson is Walnut Grove's hotel telephone operator. Harold: Royal Dano. Jonathan: Merlin Olsen. Bill Anderson: Sam Edwards. Charles: Michael Landon. Alice's Mother: Marie Denn. Alice: Hersha Parady. (Repeat).
A hostile teenager steals Charles' watch. Michael Landon. Davenport: Malcolm Atterbury. Caroline: Karen Grassle. Virginia Davenport: Susan French. (Repeat).
Joan Blondell stars as Ma Bleeker, matriarch of an outlaw gang that plans to use the wagon train for their next heist. Al: Ed Nelson. Jenny: Ruta Lee. Hale: John McIntire. Holly: Holly McIntire. Dave: Tim McIntire. Duke: Scott Miller. Hawks: Terry Wilson. (Repeat).
A wanderer sells the immigrants shares in a gold mine, then takes their money and runs. Cain: Ron Hayes. Hale: John McIntire. Ruth: Anne Helm. Coop: Robert Fuller. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Benny: Allen Joseph. (Repeat).
Cassie Vance is a married woman with a hidden past: she once did time in prison. Cassie: Laraine Day. Hale: John McIntire. Adams: Richard Carlson. Davie: Kevin Corcoran. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Barnaby: Michael Burns. Jenkins: John Harmon. Lloyd: Robert Strauss. Mrs. Jenkins: Adrienne Marden. Mrs. Sharp: Eve McVeagh. (Repeat).
Flashbacks tell the story of wagon master Fenton Canaby, who deserted his train---leaving the passengers to die of thirst. Lucy: Barbara Bain. Hale: John McIntire. Duke: Scott Miller. Lowe: Robert Cornthwaite. Grace: Virginia Gregg. Gabe: John Locke. (Repeat).
Michael Parks portrays a troubled priest, traveling in the guise of a layman, who unwittingly captivates a woman. Juli: Joyce Bulifant. Nora: Nellie Burt. Mitchell: Dick York. Beth: Judi Meredith. Hale: John McIntire. Coop: Robert Fuller. Perez: Armand Alzamora. Hawks: Terry Wilson. (Repeat).
Ex-con Harry Whitmore is out to earn $10,000---by forcing Sheriff Frank Lewis to confess to a robbery committed years before. Lewis: Neville Brand. Jean: Jan Clayton. Cooper: Robert Fuller. Carr: Les Tremayne. Jennings: William Mims. Patsy: Lois Roberts. Hawks: Terry Wilson. (Repeat).
Midway through the desert, a pregnant woman destroys the food supply in a hysterical attempt to force the travelers to turn back. Aaron: Peter Brown. Hale: John McIntire. Ishmael: Archie Moore. Coop: Robert Fuller. Duke: Scott Miller. (Repeat).
Romance blossoms between Hale and rough-mannered, independent Kate Crawley (Barbara Stanwyck). Beasley: Noah Beery Jr. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Duke: Scott Miller. Barnaby: Michael Burns. (Repeat).
Grover Allen, who fled after killing his tyrannical boss, finds his long-sought peace on the wagon train threatened by a detective. Della: Nancy Gates. Jess: Scott Lane. Stebbins: Marshall Thompson. Cooper: Robert Fuller. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Duke: Scott Miller. (Repeat).