1 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:04,832 Come on, Leon. Just relax. 2 00:01:04,865 --> 00:01:06,467 You want it all, don't you? 3 00:01:11,639 --> 00:01:12,706 We're getting out now! 4 00:01:14,342 --> 00:01:15,409 I'll keep you covered. 5 00:01:31,159 --> 00:01:33,494 I'm afraid it's quite serious. 6 00:01:33,527 --> 00:01:34,795 How serious is it? 7 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:36,697 I must tell you the truth. 8 00:01:36,730 --> 00:01:38,299 There's more than an even chance he won't make it. 9 00:01:44,238 --> 00:01:45,273 All clear! 10 00:02:01,322 --> 00:02:03,857 There's a grave out back. Fresh dug. 11 00:02:03,891 --> 00:02:05,125 Let's dig it up. 12 00:02:11,899 --> 00:02:13,767 Box of matches. 13 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:16,870 Printing on it is kind of worn. 14 00:02:16,904 --> 00:02:20,741 "Wooden nickle saloon" in hobbs. 15 00:02:27,715 --> 00:02:30,484 Where's your friend? I said where's your friend? 16 00:02:30,518 --> 00:02:31,452 Hold it! 17 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:38,559 You won't need this anymore. 18 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:39,927 That's him! 19 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,263 That's the one that shot James! 20 00:02:42,296 --> 00:02:44,732 James? 21 00:02:44,765 --> 00:02:45,866 My son. 22 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:51,339 The boy in the bank. 23 00:02:51,372 --> 00:02:55,876 You mean the kid that came running in on US at the bank? 24 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:58,946 Is that what this is all about? 25 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:02,350 You three come running after US on account of some kid? 26 00:03:28,409 --> 00:03:29,410 Let him go, Charles! 27 00:03:33,914 --> 00:03:35,749 In god's name, let him go! 28 00:04:05,846 --> 00:04:10,684 Laura: James survived the operation, but remained in a coma. 29 00:04:10,718 --> 00:04:15,623 Pa brought him home, never doubting that his son would recover. 30 00:04:15,656 --> 00:04:20,027 But the weeks passed, and James remained the same. 31 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:22,730 Doc baker came by twice a week, 32 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:25,966 but only because pa asked him to. 33 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:28,802 It was always the same... No change. 34 00:04:37,511 --> 00:04:40,448 No change. 35 00:04:40,481 --> 00:04:42,015 I wish I could give you some hope, Charles. 36 00:04:44,885 --> 00:04:46,354 Doctor, sometimes when I'm talking to him, 37 00:04:46,387 --> 00:04:48,856 I know he understands me. 38 00:04:48,889 --> 00:04:52,526 There's a look in his eyes. I know he understands. 39 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,928 You want to believe that. 40 00:04:54,962 --> 00:04:58,732 The damage is done. It can't be undone. 41 00:04:58,766 --> 00:05:00,634 You've got to begin to accept that. 42 00:05:00,668 --> 00:05:03,571 I can't accept that, and I won't. 43 00:05:03,604 --> 00:05:06,807 You have to. 44 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:08,876 God isn't going to let my son die. 45 00:05:08,909 --> 00:05:13,614 What happened in sleepy eye has nothing to do with god. 46 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:15,749 It was a bank robbery. 47 00:05:15,783 --> 00:05:19,553 Your son happened to be there at that moment. 48 00:05:19,587 --> 00:05:21,855 There's no one to blame except the man who shot him. 49 00:05:21,889 --> 00:05:22,890 What am I supposed to do, then? 50 00:05:24,992 --> 00:05:27,027 Sit back and watch my son waste away and die? 51 00:05:29,697 --> 00:05:30,898 At least he'll be in no pain. 52 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:35,636 James is not going to die. 53 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:36,604 Charles... 54 00:05:36,637 --> 00:05:37,771 Go away, hiram. 55 00:05:37,805 --> 00:05:40,541 Charles, I'm trying to be... 56 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:41,609 Go away, hiram. 57 00:05:52,820 --> 00:05:54,988 What you're asking for is a miracle. 58 00:05:59,627 --> 00:06:01,595 I've spent my whole life believing in god's word. 59 00:06:04,532 --> 00:06:05,933 Why shouldn't I ask for a miracle? 60 00:07:33,587 --> 00:07:35,489 I didn't even hear you come in. 61 00:07:35,523 --> 00:07:40,027 I know. I stopped by the house. Caroline told me you were here. 62 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:41,461 She says you've been coming every night. 63 00:07:44,031 --> 00:07:46,166 That all she said? 64 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:47,868 Just that she's worried about you. 65 00:07:56,276 --> 00:07:57,578 It's so hard to explain. 66 00:08:01,882 --> 00:08:06,153 At first, I asked god to spare my son. 67 00:08:06,186 --> 00:08:08,556 I thought perhaps he was being punished for something I did. 68 00:08:11,258 --> 00:08:13,160 I told god I'd try to be a better person. 69 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:20,901 This is just so hard to explain. 70 00:08:24,805 --> 00:08:25,839 Try, Charles. 71 00:08:34,782 --> 00:08:36,083 I just began coming here... 72 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:43,791 Thinking about god and Jesus... 73 00:08:43,824 --> 00:08:44,825 His teachings. 74 00:08:49,997 --> 00:08:51,264 I began to feel something... 75 00:08:54,668 --> 00:08:57,938 Something inside me saying, 76 00:08:57,971 --> 00:08:58,906 "believe. 77 00:09:01,308 --> 00:09:03,577 Believe in me, and all things are possible." 78 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:09,983 I feel a presence when I'm here alone. 79 00:09:18,826 --> 00:09:20,961 Reverend, I know god is going to save my son. 80 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:28,802 Charles, there's no way that you can be absolutely sure of that. 81 00:09:28,836 --> 00:09:29,770 But I am. 82 00:09:31,872 --> 00:09:33,273 I am, just as I'm sure Jesus made 83 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:36,910 the blind to see and the crippled to walk. 84 00:09:36,944 --> 00:09:37,978 Miracles happen. 85 00:09:40,881 --> 00:09:45,819 Yes, I'm sure they do, but... 86 00:09:45,853 --> 00:09:46,787 But what? 87 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:53,160 I've never seen one. 88 00:09:53,193 --> 00:09:56,063 In my 30 years as a minister, 89 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:59,399 I can't honestly say that I've ever seen one. 90 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:01,401 But the Bible tells of them. 91 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:03,103 The word "miracle," 92 00:10:03,136 --> 00:10:05,072 why would there be such a word if they didn't exist? 93 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:11,378 Reverend, my son is alive. 94 00:10:14,715 --> 00:10:17,985 I'm not asking god to bring him back from the dead. 95 00:10:18,018 --> 00:10:21,889 If he was in heaven, I could accept that. He'd be in peace. 96 00:10:21,922 --> 00:10:26,193 But he's alive. If god wanted him now, he would have taken him. 97 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:28,361 All the doctors have told you... 98 00:10:28,395 --> 00:10:29,797 I don't care what they've told me. 99 00:10:32,132 --> 00:10:34,401 My son will live. God will show me the way. 100 00:10:39,039 --> 00:10:40,007 And if he doesn't? 101 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:43,043 He will. 102 00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:53,954 Charles, one of the reasons that we pray is for strength, 103 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:58,225 strength that will carry US through the tragic times of our lives. 104 00:11:01,094 --> 00:11:04,464 And when you lost young Charles, 105 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:06,700 we prayed together. 106 00:11:06,734 --> 00:11:08,135 We asked god's help. 107 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:10,871 For ourselves. 108 00:11:10,904 --> 00:11:13,941 For ourselves, to help US go on after we've lost a loved one. 109 00:11:13,974 --> 00:11:15,242 There's more to it than that, reverend. 110 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:21,782 Charles, let me help you. 111 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:23,316 Let's pray together. 112 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:24,284 No. 113 00:11:30,758 --> 00:11:32,325 Reverend, you don't feel what I feel. 114 00:11:36,797 --> 00:11:38,265 This is between god and me. 115 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:43,103 And he will show me the way. 116 00:11:49,476 --> 00:11:50,944 He will show me the way. 117 00:12:19,006 --> 00:12:20,307 That tube Dr. Baker gave US 118 00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:22,475 makes it a lot easier to get the broth down. 119 00:12:22,509 --> 00:12:26,246 Took almost the whole bowl. 120 00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:29,216 Looked at me all the while while I was feeding him. 121 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:31,451 I know he understands when I talk to him. I can tell. 122 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:36,523 Cassandra. 123 00:12:50,337 --> 00:12:54,942 Cassandra. Oh. 124 00:12:54,975 --> 00:12:58,511 Why does pa keep talking like he's getting better? 125 00:12:58,545 --> 00:13:00,848 Why? 126 00:13:00,881 --> 00:13:03,817 Because he wants it to be true. 127 00:13:03,851 --> 00:13:05,285 But it's not. 128 00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:08,355 I can't watch him anymore. 129 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:10,824 Day after day, I can't watch him die. 130 00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:16,930 Please, ma, let me go away. 131 00:13:16,964 --> 00:13:20,968 Let me stay with Laura. Please! 132 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:22,235 I love James, but... 133 00:13:25,939 --> 00:13:27,908 I can't. 134 00:13:27,941 --> 00:13:30,210 It's all right. 135 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:31,178 It's all right. 136 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,014 I'll talk to your pa. 137 00:13:36,884 --> 00:13:39,419 It's going to be all right. 138 00:13:39,452 --> 00:13:40,387 Hmm? 139 00:13:44,925 --> 00:13:47,494 Now, you go inside and get your schoolbooks 140 00:13:47,527 --> 00:13:49,162 and tell the others it's time to go. 141 00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:22,162 Charles: Caroline, listen to this. 142 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:24,564 It's about a place called lourdes in France. 143 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:27,200 It says in 1858 a girl named Bernadette 144 00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:29,602 saw a vision of the virgin Mary. 145 00:14:29,636 --> 00:14:32,372 Since then, there have been miracles reported there. 146 00:14:32,405 --> 00:14:34,274 People have even left their crutches behind as evidence. 147 00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:41,014 You all right? 148 00:14:41,048 --> 00:14:43,650 I'm all right. I'm all right. 149 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:44,651 What is it? 150 00:14:44,684 --> 00:14:49,322 Charles, I can't help it. 151 00:14:49,356 --> 00:14:51,391 Our son is upstairs dying, 152 00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:54,327 and you keep talking about miracles. 153 00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:56,163 Cassandra was just outside crying, 154 00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:58,932 begging me to let her go to Laura's. 155 00:14:58,966 --> 00:15:03,136 It's too much for all of US. 156 00:15:03,170 --> 00:15:07,540 Now, the doctors have all told US the same thing. 157 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:09,542 If you could just accept it... 158 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:11,678 Charles! 159 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:14,614 I'm not trying to hurt you, 160 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:17,617 but for your own good, for the good of the family... 161 00:15:19,019 --> 00:15:19,953 Oh! 162 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:24,157 3 cans of peaches. Anything else? 163 00:15:24,191 --> 00:15:25,658 No. That'll do it. 164 00:15:25,692 --> 00:15:30,430 Let's see. That's, uh, $1.38. 165 00:15:30,463 --> 00:15:31,698 Gets higher every week. 166 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:34,534 Yeah, I know it. It's got to stop soon. 167 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:37,337 You know coffee is up to 12 cents a pound? 168 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:45,578 Afternoon, Charles. 169 00:15:45,612 --> 00:15:46,579 Nels. Doc. 170 00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:48,315 Charles. 171 00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:50,717 Doc, I almost forgot. I got those file cards you ordered, 172 00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:53,620 but I haven't had a chance to uncrate them yet. 173 00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:56,156 I'll wait. You go ahead with Charles. 174 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:58,125 I'm in no hurry, doc. 175 00:15:58,158 --> 00:15:59,692 No, no, no. I'll just browse around. 176 00:16:03,763 --> 00:16:07,300 Well, what can I do for you, Charles? 177 00:16:07,334 --> 00:16:09,336 I was wondering what you could give me on this watch. 178 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:15,408 Your father's watch. 179 00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:16,976 Yeah. You said you always admired it. 180 00:16:19,179 --> 00:16:22,282 Charles, you don't want to sell this. 181 00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:24,151 I mean, if you need credit... 182 00:16:24,184 --> 00:16:26,186 I'm going away for a while with my son James. 183 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:31,058 I won't be working until he's well. 184 00:16:31,091 --> 00:16:33,426 I need some money for my family. 185 00:16:33,460 --> 00:16:36,296 Charles. 186 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:40,033 It's all right. Just whatever you think it's worth. 187 00:16:40,067 --> 00:16:45,105 Well, it's a fine watch. 188 00:16:45,138 --> 00:16:46,106 $50. 189 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:54,081 The watch isn't worth $50, and you know it. 190 00:16:54,114 --> 00:16:55,815 Well, it is to me. 191 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,417 Don't be telling me my business. 192 00:17:03,323 --> 00:17:06,126 Thank you. 193 00:17:06,159 --> 00:17:07,127 It's all right. 194 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:12,465 Just credit my account, all right? 195 00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:13,433 Right. 196 00:17:38,825 --> 00:17:39,759 Doc. 197 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:42,429 Evening, Charles. 198 00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:45,398 I'd like you to meet an old friend of mine from sleepy eye. 199 00:17:45,432 --> 00:17:47,767 Dr. Stanfill, Charles Ingalls. 200 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:48,868 Hello, doctor. 201 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,238 Hello, Mr. Ingalls. 202 00:17:51,271 --> 00:17:56,743 Well, what is that you're working on? 203 00:17:56,776 --> 00:17:58,845 It's a backrest for my son. 204 00:17:58,878 --> 00:18:00,547 We're going on a trip. 205 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:01,748 I thought it would make him a little more comfortable. 206 00:18:03,383 --> 00:18:07,154 Yes. Hiram told me about your boy. 207 00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:11,591 I'm truly sorry. 208 00:18:17,197 --> 00:18:18,598 I take it this isn't a social call. 209 00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:20,099 Mind if I ask what this is all about? 210 00:18:22,235 --> 00:18:25,505 Charles, I asked Dr. Stanfill to come here to talk to you. 211 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:29,108 What, about James? 212 00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:34,247 No, Mr. Ingalls, about you. 213 00:18:38,285 --> 00:18:39,352 I'm afraid I don't understand. 214 00:18:41,221 --> 00:18:44,257 Well, you see, I'm a psychiatrist, 215 00:18:44,291 --> 00:18:46,826 and it's a fairly new field, 216 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:52,131 and you might not be aware of the type of work I do. 217 00:18:55,368 --> 00:18:57,304 Yeah, I read something about it in the paper. 218 00:18:57,337 --> 00:19:00,373 Folks pay you to listen to them talk, I believe. 219 00:19:00,407 --> 00:19:04,711 Well, I guess you might put it that way, yes. 220 00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:07,280 Well, I'm afraid you're wasting your time. 221 00:19:07,314 --> 00:19:09,249 You see, doctor, I'm not crazy. 222 00:19:09,282 --> 00:19:11,218 I've no intention of paying anybody to listen to me talk. 223 00:19:11,251 --> 00:19:12,385 I've got a whole houseful of folks 224 00:19:12,419 --> 00:19:13,586 who'll listen to me talk for free. 225 00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:19,326 No one's suggesting you are crazy, Mr. Ingalls. 226 00:19:21,728 --> 00:19:22,629 Then why are you here? 227 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:29,902 Charles, I know I should have discussed this with you first... 228 00:19:29,936 --> 00:19:31,238 That's right, doc, you should have. 229 00:19:33,773 --> 00:19:35,742 I'm leaving first thing in the morning. 230 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:37,710 Got a lot of work to do, so if you two will excuse me... 231 00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:50,323 Mr. Ingalls, what makes you think your son can be healed? 232 00:19:50,357 --> 00:19:53,226 I don't think it, doctor. I know it. 233 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:55,495 How do you know it? 234 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:57,864 God told me. 235 00:19:57,897 --> 00:20:01,534 God spoke to you? 236 00:20:01,568 --> 00:20:02,502 Not in words. 237 00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:08,808 Faith is a wonderful thing, Mr. Ingalls, 238 00:20:08,841 --> 00:20:11,644 but when it's carried too far... 239 00:20:11,678 --> 00:20:14,481 Are you saying a person can have too much faith, doctor? 240 00:20:14,514 --> 00:20:17,284 I'm saying a person can be avoiding the truth 241 00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:19,719 by believing god is speaking to him. 242 00:20:24,791 --> 00:20:25,825 It's a shame you weren't around 243 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:28,761 2,000 years ago, doctor. 244 00:20:28,795 --> 00:20:29,829 You could have saved Moses 245 00:20:29,862 --> 00:20:32,932 that long climb up mount sinai. 246 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:33,933 Mr. Ingalls... 247 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:35,268 Doctor, I'm sorry 248 00:20:35,302 --> 00:20:38,571 you made this long trip for nothing. 249 00:20:38,605 --> 00:20:39,539 Good night. 250 00:20:50,617 --> 00:20:51,584 Good night, Charles. 251 00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:40,760 There we go. 252 00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:43,062 It's not as good as your ma makes, 253 00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:44,864 but it's not so bad, if I do say so myself. 254 00:22:49,135 --> 00:22:50,136 There we are. 255 00:22:52,672 --> 00:22:53,673 That's it. 256 00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:57,644 Soon as we get some of this broth down you, 257 00:22:57,677 --> 00:22:59,979 I'll take you down to the lake and wash you up. 258 00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:02,649 It'll be good to get some of that trail dust off. 259 00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:11,390 Oh, that's a beautiful sight... 260 00:23:13,526 --> 00:23:14,527 Geese in flight. 261 00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:21,834 When I was a boy, I wanted to fly just like a bird. 262 00:23:21,868 --> 00:23:23,603 I suppose all young 'uns do, but... 263 00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:33,613 James, you can see. 264 00:23:40,487 --> 00:23:41,420 You can see. 265 00:23:48,661 --> 00:23:49,596 Look at me. 266 00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:54,501 Look at me, son. 267 00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:10,049 You understand me. 268 00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:13,853 I told them. 269 00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:26,032 Thank god, he understands me. 270 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:31,971 He understands me. 271 00:24:48,755 --> 00:24:51,791 "And the lord said unto Moses, 272 00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:53,993 "thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel. 273 00:24:54,026 --> 00:24:57,730 "Ye have seen that I have talked with ye from heaven. 274 00:24:57,764 --> 00:25:01,100 "Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, 275 00:25:01,133 --> 00:25:05,104 "neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 276 00:25:05,137 --> 00:25:08,074 "An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, 277 00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:12,679 "and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings, 278 00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:15,214 "thy sheep and thine oxen. 279 00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:17,083 "In all places where I record my name 280 00:25:17,116 --> 00:25:20,086 I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee..." 281 00:25:21,888 --> 00:25:25,625 "And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, 282 00:25:25,658 --> 00:25:28,928 "thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, 283 00:25:28,961 --> 00:25:32,164 "for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, 284 00:25:32,198 --> 00:25:33,232 thou hast polluted it." 285 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:39,872 If thou wilt make me an altar of stone. 286 00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:46,278 Yes. 287 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:51,884 James. 288 00:26:02,829 --> 00:26:03,930 I'll build the altar, lord. 289 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:51,070 It's finished, son. 290 00:27:51,103 --> 00:27:52,404 It's just as god wanted it to be. 291 00:27:59,111 --> 00:28:00,112 He'll come to US now. 292 00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:03,449 I know he will. 293 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:39,752 James. Son, you have to try to eat something. 294 00:28:42,254 --> 00:28:43,322 Come on, just a little. 295 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:24,330 He's getting weaker, lord. 296 00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:25,364 I don't know what to do. 297 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,237 I don't know what you want me to do. 298 00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:33,940 Please show me. 299 00:29:33,973 --> 00:29:36,475 Help me. 300 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:39,946 Give me some sign of hope. 301 00:29:39,979 --> 00:29:43,415 Man: Good day, friend. 302 00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:46,318 Oh, I don't want to interrupt. 303 00:29:46,352 --> 00:29:49,288 Say, that's really something, 304 00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:51,523 a cross up there like that. 305 00:29:51,557 --> 00:29:54,093 I never seen anything like it. 306 00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:55,594 You build it? 307 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:58,497 Yes. 308 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:01,868 What for? 309 00:30:01,901 --> 00:30:03,469 I had my reasons. 310 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:05,471 Oh, don't mean to pry. 311 00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:09,976 Old folks just tend to get nosy, I guess. 312 00:30:10,009 --> 00:30:11,944 I see you got a pot on the fire there. 313 00:30:11,978 --> 00:30:13,445 It's just some broth, 314 00:30:13,479 --> 00:30:15,014 but you're welcome to share it if you'd like. 315 00:30:15,047 --> 00:30:16,983 Thank you. I could use something hot. 316 00:30:17,016 --> 00:30:17,950 I'll dish you up a bowl. 317 00:30:42,942 --> 00:30:45,544 Is that your boy there? 318 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:47,279 Yeah. 319 00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:50,316 Doing mighty poorly. 320 00:30:50,349 --> 00:30:52,484 He's very ill. 321 00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:55,054 Oh, I see. 322 00:30:55,087 --> 00:30:57,389 That explains the cross. 323 00:30:57,423 --> 00:30:58,891 Kind of looking for a miracle, hmm? 324 00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:06,298 Yeah, you might say that. Here. 325 00:31:06,332 --> 00:31:07,333 Oh, bless you. 326 00:31:10,102 --> 00:31:13,039 Mmm, it's fine soup. 327 00:31:13,072 --> 00:31:16,342 Wish I could get the boy to take some. He's just so weak. 328 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,311 Mind if I try? You know how young 'uns are. 329 00:31:19,345 --> 00:31:22,648 Sometimes they'll do something for strangers they won't do for their own. 330 00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:23,649 I've tried, believe me. 331 00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,354 Let me try. 332 00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:35,161 All right. 333 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:51,277 He can't drink from the bowl. He has... 334 00:31:59,351 --> 00:32:01,687 Sometimes a stranger can work a miracle. 335 00:32:31,050 --> 00:32:33,285 You must eat, too, my son. 336 00:32:33,319 --> 00:32:34,386 You need all your strength. 337 00:32:37,656 --> 00:32:38,590 God be with you. 338 00:32:53,205 --> 00:32:55,207 Oh, it's a fine altar. 339 00:33:00,179 --> 00:33:01,113 Old man! 340 00:33:06,718 --> 00:33:07,653 Old man, I... 341 00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:06,805 I was just bathing the boy down by the lake. 342 00:35:10,476 --> 00:35:12,811 How did you find me? 343 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:15,447 Heard some folks on the stagecoach talking about that. 344 00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:20,118 Why, Charles? 345 00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:26,392 I don't know. 346 00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:30,896 Something inside me. 347 00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:36,635 A voice that said build it. 348 00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:37,636 A voice? 349 00:35:40,839 --> 00:35:44,210 Don't ask me to explain how I feel. 350 00:35:44,243 --> 00:35:47,446 Had to, Charles. I don't understand. 351 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:49,348 The family doesn't understand... 352 00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:50,349 Worried sick about you. 353 00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:54,820 Charles, why don't you bring the boy home, pray for him there? 354 00:35:56,788 --> 00:35:57,756 I can't. 355 00:36:00,492 --> 00:36:01,460 How is he? 356 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:05,831 He's the same. 357 00:36:09,568 --> 00:36:10,802 Charles, come home. 358 00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:16,308 No, Isaiah. 359 00:36:16,342 --> 00:36:18,344 You're not thinking right. 360 00:36:18,377 --> 00:36:20,178 Why? Because I don't believe as others believe? 361 00:36:22,348 --> 00:36:25,784 Isaiah, an old man came to me this morning. 362 00:36:25,817 --> 00:36:26,785 He talked to me. 363 00:36:29,588 --> 00:36:31,957 He gave James some soup... 364 00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:33,792 Not from the glass straw Dr. Baker gave me. 365 00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:39,665 James drank from the bowl. 366 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:40,699 What's that supposed to mean? 367 00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:44,936 That he was sent. 368 00:36:50,776 --> 00:36:53,545 He was sent, Isaiah. No mortal man can tell me otherwise. 369 00:36:56,448 --> 00:36:57,683 You won't come back with me? 370 00:37:03,322 --> 00:37:04,256 Go home, Isaiah. 371 00:37:07,326 --> 00:37:08,260 Please, go home. 372 00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:24,910 What do you want me to tell Caroline? 373 00:37:28,714 --> 00:37:29,715 Tell her that I love her... 374 00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:33,619 And to have faith. 375 00:37:57,343 --> 00:37:58,977 I will not leave this place, lord. 376 00:38:39,451 --> 00:38:41,587 You found them. 377 00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:42,554 Yeah. 378 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:48,560 Up north... other side of Kennedy meadows. 379 00:38:52,631 --> 00:38:55,367 He doesn't want to come back. 380 00:38:55,401 --> 00:38:57,569 No. 381 00:38:57,603 --> 00:39:02,808 Strange, Caroline, very strange. 382 00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:05,711 He built an altar. 383 00:39:05,744 --> 00:39:07,779 Says an old man came to him, 384 00:39:07,813 --> 00:39:09,915 that he was sent. 385 00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,050 Sent? 386 00:39:12,083 --> 00:39:14,953 Caroline, Charles believes that old man was sent by god. 387 00:39:20,926 --> 00:39:23,161 We've got to bring him home. 388 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:24,963 I know. 389 00:39:24,996 --> 00:39:28,133 That's not going to be an easy job, believe me. 390 00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:30,636 Will you go back with me? 391 00:39:30,669 --> 00:39:32,438 Sure. 392 00:39:32,471 --> 00:39:33,905 You can use almanzo's rig. 393 00:39:33,939 --> 00:39:35,474 I'll tell the children. 394 00:39:35,507 --> 00:39:39,077 Albert can take care of them while we're gone. 395 00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:40,779 I'll pick you up at your place in about an hour. 396 00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:51,923 There's a storm brewing. Going to be cold tonight. 397 00:39:51,957 --> 00:39:52,991 You better dress warm. 398 00:40:10,942 --> 00:40:12,110 Are you sure you don't want me to come with you? 399 00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:13,812 I'm sure. 400 00:40:13,845 --> 00:40:16,047 If Caroline can't change his mind, none of US can. 401 00:40:16,081 --> 00:40:17,816 I suppose you're right. 402 00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:19,918 Edwards, I want you to let US know as soon as you get back. 403 00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:21,820 I will. 404 00:40:21,853 --> 00:40:22,788 Good luck to you. 405 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:54,653 Don't go out to him tonight, Isaiah. 406 00:40:57,923 --> 00:40:58,957 What are you talking about? 407 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,061 Tell Caroline to go tomorrow. 408 00:41:07,533 --> 00:41:09,868 Wait a minute. How do you know about this? 409 00:41:09,901 --> 00:41:10,869 Who are you? 410 00:41:12,738 --> 00:41:15,774 A friend of Charles'. 411 00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:16,742 Friend? 412 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:22,981 Wait a minute. Who told you we were going out there tonight? 413 00:41:23,014 --> 00:41:27,052 Oh, it's not important how I know. 414 00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:31,957 It's more important that you do not go tonight. 415 00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:33,091 What's so important about tonight? 416 00:41:36,628 --> 00:41:37,563 You'll see. 417 00:41:45,671 --> 00:41:46,972 Wait a minute. I want to know how you... 418 00:42:24,676 --> 00:42:25,677 It's tonight, isn't it? 419 00:42:32,317 --> 00:42:33,318 I felt it all day. 420 00:42:38,123 --> 00:42:40,859 What shall I do? 421 00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:42,060 Go to the altar. 422 00:42:52,103 --> 00:42:55,841 Will he save my son? 423 00:42:55,874 --> 00:42:57,242 Only he knows. 424 00:43:02,814 --> 00:43:07,118 And if he doesn't, will you lose your faith? 425 00:43:12,023 --> 00:43:12,991 No. 426 00:43:17,028 --> 00:43:19,130 Then go to the altar, my son. 427 00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:04,469 James: Pa? 428 00:45:08,273 --> 00:45:09,207 Pa? 429 00:45:28,326 --> 00:45:29,260 Are you all right? 430 00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:33,999 James. 431 00:45:40,171 --> 00:45:41,306 Oh, James. 432 00:46:03,528 --> 00:46:04,762 James. 433 00:46:52,010 --> 00:46:52,944 There he is. 434 00:47:30,548 --> 00:47:31,482 James. 435 00:47:42,060 --> 00:47:42,994 Oh!