2024-06-29
Laura teaches sign language to a deaf friend (Alban Branton). Charles: Michael Landon. Albert: Matthew Laborteaux. Nathan Page: Lou Fant. Caroline: Karen Grassle. Miss Wilder: Lucy Lee Flippin. Almanzo: Dean Butler. (Repeat).
Part 1 of two. A fire at the school for the blind claims the lives of Mary's baby and Jonathan's wife. Albert: Matthew Laborteaux. Charles: Michael Landon. Mary: Melissa Sue Anderson. Jonathan: Merlin Olsen. (Repeat).
Conclusion. Albert bears a heavy burden of guilt for the lives lost in the fire that he accidentally set. Charles: Michael Landon. Mary: Melissa Sue Anderson. Jonathan: Merlin Olsen. (Repeat).
Almanzo's younger brother arrives, and Charles hopes Laura might fall for someone closer to her age. Michael Landon, Karen Grassle. Almanzo: Dean Butler. Miss Wilder: Lucy Lee Flippin. Penelope Parker: Stacy Sipes. Mrs. Parker: Kay Howell. (Repeat).
Oleson leaves home and meets a young woman who almost makes him forget his age---and his wife. Oleson: Richard Bull. Mrs. Oleson: Katherine MacGregor. Charles: Michael Landon. Willie: Jonathan Gilbert. Dan: Tom Clancy. Nellie: Alison Arngrim. (Repeat).
Barnaby takes flight after a beating from acting wagon master Hawks, who then leads the train to the brink of disaster. Jones: Martin Balsam. Barnaby: Michael Burns. Molly: Jeanne Cooper. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Dr. Burke: John Litel. (Repeat).
Indian Lance Starbuck is in love with Kim Case---whose uncle harbors a deep hatred for red men. Case: Joseph Wiseman. Kim: Jena Engstrom. Lance: Perry Lopez. Coop: Robert Fuller. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Major: Edward Binns. Duke: Scott Miller. Jute: Morgan Woodward. Hawks: Terry Wilson. (Repeat).
The train becomes a rolling casino when infamous gambler Link Cheney joins the travelers. Dorothea: Pippa Scott. Hale: John McIntire. Jones: Will Kuluva. Tim: Tim Simcox. Ellie: Yvonne Craig. Baffle: Harry Von Zell. Coop: Robert Fuller. (Repeat).
Neville Brand portrays an aging pioneer who joins the wagon train as a scout. Hale: John McIntire. Pietro: Robert Santon. Maria: Angela Dorian. Coop: Robert Fuller. Duke: Scott Miller. Parsons: Harry Harvey. Hanley: Sid Clute. (Repeat).
Celebration and sadness, love and hate, birth and death intermingle as the wagon train nears the end. Moses: Joe De Santis. Hale: John McIntire. Heather: Karen Green. Hannah: Naomi Stevens. Coop: Robert Fuller. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Duke: Scott Miller. (Repeat).
Coop tangles with an old enemy---ex-lawman Bob Stuart (Robert Ryan). Janice: Vera Miles. Keith: Tommy Sands. Hale: John McIntire. Colton: Andrew Prine. Thomas: Bill Smith. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Barnaby: Michael Burns. (Repeat).
Coop and Barnaby stalk buffalo with a group of hide hunters---one of whom delights in taunting young Barnaby. Coop: Robert Fuller. Gib: Chris Robinson. Zach: Morgan Woodward. Samantha: Charla Doherty. Hale: John McIntire. (Repeat).
Outlaw John Gillman is a loner and likes it that way. But an orphan girl has "adopted" him. Abigail: Betsy Hale. Hale: John McIntire. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Moore: Whit Bissell. Miss Roberts: Virginia Gregg. Gorman: James McCallion. (Repeat).
A young lady is upset to learn she's been hired as a saloon hostess---not an entertainer. Race: Dan Duryea. Annabelle: Cheryl Holdridge. Barnaby: Michael Burns. Coop: Robert Fuller. Hale: John McIntire. Julie: Allyson Ames. (Repeat).
Coop tries to save a stagecoach---and its beautiful cargo from a ring of bandidos. Coop: Robert Fuller. Frazer: G.B. Atwater. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Everest: Walter Woolf King. Hale: John McIntire. (Repeat).