1 00:01:28,556 --> 00:01:31,559 Start the singing, Isaiah. You're always the one who... 2 00:01:35,496 --> 00:01:37,731 Where did your father go? 3 00:01:37,765 --> 00:01:40,468 Out to the barn. 4 00:01:48,176 --> 00:01:49,543 Should I blow them out? 5 00:01:49,577 --> 00:01:52,513 Yes. Don't forget to make a wish. 6 00:02:30,818 --> 00:02:33,621 You couldn't even wait for the cake. 7 00:02:35,623 --> 00:02:38,526 I'm inside trying to make Carl's birthday a happy occasion, 8 00:02:38,559 --> 00:02:41,195 and you're sitting out here getting drunk! 9 00:02:43,331 --> 00:02:45,866 I'm not drunk, grace. 10 00:02:45,899 --> 00:02:48,636 Just got to thinking 11 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:54,775 about birthdays and John, Jr. 12 00:02:54,808 --> 00:02:59,847 This letter he sent US... i just had to have a drink. 13 00:03:01,782 --> 00:03:06,687 I got to reading it over, and guess I couldn't help myself. 14 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,658 You know, it hasn't been easy for me getting over this. 15 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:14,562 Getting over this? It's been a year! 16 00:03:14,595 --> 00:03:16,630 How long are you going to use our son's death 17 00:03:16,664 --> 00:03:18,699 as an excuse for your getting drunk? 18 00:03:18,732 --> 00:03:20,968 I don't look for excuses to drink. 19 00:03:21,001 --> 00:03:23,871 Don't you accuse me of that. 20 00:03:23,904 --> 00:03:25,539 I can quit any time I want. 21 00:03:25,573 --> 00:03:27,375 Well, then, why don't you? 22 00:03:29,543 --> 00:03:34,548 Isaiah, I can't count the number of promises you have made me 23 00:03:34,582 --> 00:03:37,251 that you were going to stop. 24 00:03:38,752 --> 00:03:41,689 I'm sorry, grace. 25 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:44,658 I'll do better. 26 00:03:44,692 --> 00:03:46,594 I just... I need a little more time, 27 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:47,895 just a little more time. 28 00:03:48,996 --> 00:03:51,365 I am so tired of hearing that. 29 00:04:24,832 --> 00:04:26,400 The cake's beautiful, ma. 30 00:04:26,434 --> 00:04:29,036 Thank you. I know chocolate's your favorite. 31 00:04:29,069 --> 00:04:32,306 Isaiah: ♪ old Dan Tucker's a fine old man ♪ 32 00:04:32,340 --> 00:04:33,974 ♪ Washed his face in a... 33 00:04:36,510 --> 00:04:39,647 Happy... happy birthday! 34 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,048 Isaiah, please. 35 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:42,916 Please what? 36 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:46,854 Going to wish my son a happy birthday. Come on. 37 00:04:46,887 --> 00:04:49,523 Come on, get up here! Ha ha! 38 00:04:49,557 --> 00:04:51,058 Pa, don't! Please. 39 00:04:51,091 --> 00:04:54,895 What, are you getting too big to be hugged by your pa? 40 00:04:54,928 --> 00:04:59,667 Come on. Give US a hug like a man and not a boy. 41 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:01,735 Pa, stop it. 42 00:05:01,769 --> 00:05:03,671 You're drunk! 43 00:05:03,704 --> 00:05:04,872 Ugh! 44 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:07,007 You're as bad as your ma! 45 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:12,913 I've had a drink, but I'm not drunk. 46 00:05:12,946 --> 00:05:17,117 Alicia. Alicia, do you think I'm drunk? 47 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:19,487 You think I've had one too many? 48 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,855 Isaiah, why don't you go and lie down for a while? 49 00:05:21,889 --> 00:05:25,559 Nah! We're going to celebrate! 50 00:05:25,593 --> 00:05:28,629 Now we're all going to celebrate, here. 51 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:30,898 Isn't that right, Alicia? Come on. Come on, darling. 52 00:05:30,931 --> 00:05:32,032 Come on up here. 53 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:33,501 - Pa, please! - Here we go. 54 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:35,469 ♪ Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man ♪ 55 00:05:35,503 --> 00:05:37,671 ♪ Washed his face in a frying pan ♪ 56 00:05:37,705 --> 00:05:39,740 ♪ Combed his hair with a wagon wheel ♪ 57 00:05:39,773 --> 00:05:41,409 Stop it! Isaiah, you're drunk! 58 00:05:41,442 --> 00:05:44,812 Damn it, grace, I told you to stop! 59 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:47,648 Pa, why you got to go and ruin everything? 60 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,417 Everything! 61 00:06:06,033 --> 00:06:07,601 I'm sorry, Carl. 62 00:06:07,635 --> 00:06:09,970 Don't start apologizing for pa the way ma does, 63 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:11,772 because I don't want to hear it. 64 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:14,041 I wasn't. 65 00:06:14,074 --> 00:06:19,547 I just wanted you to know I feel as bad as you do. 66 00:06:19,580 --> 00:06:20,748 I couldn't even 67 00:06:20,781 --> 00:06:21,949 invite my friends for my birthday 68 00:06:21,982 --> 00:06:24,418 because I knew... 69 00:06:24,452 --> 00:06:26,920 I knew he'd be drunk again. 70 00:06:28,622 --> 00:06:30,524 I hate him. 71 00:06:30,558 --> 00:06:32,560 Carl, don't say that! 72 00:06:32,593 --> 00:06:35,429 You don't really mean it. 73 00:06:35,463 --> 00:06:37,665 I do hate him, Alicia. 74 00:06:37,698 --> 00:06:39,900 I hate him! 75 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:11,832 Isaiah, I want you to pack your things and leave. 76 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:17,905 What? 77 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:21,742 I've had enough, and so have the children. 78 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,911 Just pack your things and get out of here. 79 00:07:28,048 --> 00:07:30,250 This is my house! 80 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:32,520 Do you hear me? This is my house, 81 00:07:32,553 --> 00:07:33,954 and I'm not leaving! 82 00:07:33,987 --> 00:07:36,790 What are you going to do? Hit me? 83 00:07:36,824 --> 00:07:40,494 Because that's the only thing left you haven't done to me and the children. 84 00:07:54,575 --> 00:07:59,547 Isaiah, you said this was your house, 85 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:00,948 but you were wrong. 86 00:08:00,981 --> 00:08:03,283 I moved in here with a man... 87 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:05,185 Someone that I loved with all of my heart. 88 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:07,755 He was a wonderful father, 89 00:08:07,788 --> 00:08:10,558 but he went away and left you behind. 90 00:08:14,628 --> 00:08:17,931 Please, just go. 91 00:08:17,965 --> 00:08:20,233 For your own good and for ours. 92 00:08:57,805 --> 00:08:59,172 What do you say we take a break, huh? 93 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,774 That's fine with me. 94 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:06,847 Boy, am I bushed. 95 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,749 Can't blame you. 96 00:09:08,782 --> 00:09:11,018 We got to get one more wagonload for the day, 97 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:12,185 then we're done. 98 00:09:14,221 --> 00:09:15,923 What do you say there, Charles? 99 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:19,126 Isaiah! What on earth! 100 00:09:19,159 --> 00:09:20,327 Oh, it's good to see you. 101 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,062 Well, you're quite a sight yourself. 102 00:09:22,095 --> 00:09:24,665 Almanzo... this is my son-in-law almanzo. Isaiah Edwards. 103 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:25,833 Pleasure, Mr. Edwards. 104 00:09:25,866 --> 00:09:27,067 I've heard a lot about you. 105 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:29,770 So, that's him, huh? Almanzo Wilder. 106 00:09:29,803 --> 00:09:30,971 You're the one that won half-pint's heart. 107 00:09:31,004 --> 00:09:31,972 Yes, sir. 108 00:09:32,005 --> 00:09:33,874 Kind of ugly, ain't he? 109 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:36,810 Hey, be careful. That's the father of my granddaughter Rose. 110 00:09:36,844 --> 00:09:39,246 Oh, that's right. Half-pint's got herself a baby girl, doesn't she? 111 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:40,648 Oh, she's a beauty. 112 00:09:40,681 --> 00:09:42,683 Where are grace and the kids? 113 00:09:42,716 --> 00:09:44,284 Oh, they're still back home. 114 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:45,919 We were doing some hard thinking 115 00:09:45,953 --> 00:09:47,621 about moving back here to walnut grove. 116 00:09:47,655 --> 00:09:48,956 I thought I'd come check things out. 117 00:09:48,989 --> 00:09:50,658 You know, find a job, place to live, 118 00:09:50,691 --> 00:09:52,693 and all that, you know. Look things over. 119 00:09:52,726 --> 00:09:54,061 Oh, that's wonderful. Caroline will be so happy to hear that. 120 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:56,029 That'll go double for Laura. 121 00:09:56,063 --> 00:09:58,231 She and the baby are over at the restaurant. Can I take you down there? 122 00:09:58,265 --> 00:09:59,767 Tell you what. Why don't you let me surprise her? 123 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,068 Almanzo: All right. 124 00:10:01,101 --> 00:10:02,703 Fact is, I'm going to get over there now. 125 00:10:02,736 --> 00:10:04,204 I'll see you out. 126 00:10:06,674 --> 00:10:08,375 Hey, Isaiah, I was just thinking. 127 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:10,243 Almanzo's got some freight runs to Minneapolis 128 00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:11,979 and Rochester. He's going to be gone about a month. 129 00:10:12,012 --> 00:10:13,681 Why don't you take his place here? 130 00:10:13,714 --> 00:10:14,982 Might not be much at first, 131 00:10:15,015 --> 00:10:16,917 but it might work into something permanent. 132 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,819 Thank you, Charles. I appreciate that. 133 00:10:18,852 --> 00:10:20,387 Tell you what, why don't I go down and see half-pint 134 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:23,023 and see that new sprig of hers, grandpa? 135 00:10:23,056 --> 00:10:24,725 Go on. 136 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:29,763 Hey, Isaiah! 137 00:10:31,699 --> 00:10:33,801 It's good to have you back in walnut grove. 138 00:10:33,834 --> 00:10:36,303 Good to be back, Charles. 139 00:10:41,308 --> 00:10:43,944 Got some fresh hot tea. Anybody want some? 140 00:10:43,977 --> 00:10:45,345 I would. Thanks, Caroline. 141 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:47,280 None for me, thanks. 142 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:49,282 ♪ Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man ♪ 143 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:51,218 ♪ Washed his face in a frying pan ♪ 144 00:10:51,251 --> 00:10:53,854 ♪ Combed his hair with a wagon wheel ♪ 145 00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:56,123 ♪ Died of a toothache in his heel ♪ 146 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:57,390 Ha ha ha! 147 00:10:57,424 --> 00:10:59,126 ♪ Get out the way for old Dan Tucker ♪ 148 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:01,394 ♪ It's too late to get his supper ♪ 149 00:11:01,428 --> 00:11:03,030 ♪ Supper's over, and dinner's cooking ♪ 150 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:05,966 ♪ Old Dan Tucker just a-standing there looking ♪ 151 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:07,935 Ha ha ha! 152 00:11:09,302 --> 00:11:10,470 Oh! 153 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:12,372 Caroline, how are you? 154 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:13,874 Isaiah! 155 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:16,443 Isaiah Edwards, this is hester-sue terhune. 156 00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:17,845 She works here with me. 157 00:11:17,878 --> 00:11:19,780 It's a pleasure to finally meet you. 158 00:11:19,813 --> 00:11:22,449 Isaiah: No, ma'am, pleasure's all mine. 159 00:11:22,482 --> 00:11:24,184 Laura, I didn't think you'd remember those words. 160 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:26,754 I'll never forget that song. 161 00:11:26,787 --> 00:11:28,856 Well, Isaiah, what brings you here? 162 00:11:28,889 --> 00:11:30,891 Where are grace and the children? 163 00:11:30,924 --> 00:11:32,960 Oh, well, uh, Charles will tell you all about that. 164 00:11:32,993 --> 00:11:37,030 Right now, I want to see this new sprig of Laura's. 165 00:11:37,064 --> 00:11:39,232 Well, I don't believe it. 166 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:40,968 First that fine-looking husband of yours, 167 00:11:41,001 --> 00:11:43,436 now this pretty little baby girl. 168 00:11:43,470 --> 00:11:45,806 Hard to believe. 169 00:11:45,839 --> 00:11:47,207 What happened to my little girl? 170 00:11:50,811 --> 00:11:52,846 She grew up. 171 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,315 Yeah, she sure done that. 172 00:11:55,348 --> 00:11:58,185 Oh, wait a minute. Almost forgot something. 173 00:11:58,218 --> 00:11:59,219 What? 174 00:11:59,252 --> 00:12:00,788 Close your eyes. 175 00:12:00,821 --> 00:12:02,289 Go on, close your eyes. Don't want no peeking. 176 00:12:02,322 --> 00:12:05,225 Can't stand for peeking. 177 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:07,094 All right. Now, here you are. 178 00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:08,295 What is it? 179 00:12:08,328 --> 00:12:10,263 Go on, open it. 180 00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:15,869 Lemon verbena. 181 00:12:15,903 --> 00:12:17,070 Thought you might like some. 182 00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:18,505 Oh, thank you, Mr. Edwards. 183 00:12:18,538 --> 00:12:21,374 Well, come on, now. It wasn't all that much. 184 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:23,911 Hey, Caroline, you got a room for rent here? 185 00:12:23,944 --> 00:12:28,115 What for? You know Charles and I want you to stay with US. 186 00:12:28,148 --> 00:12:29,850 Oh, well, uh, thanks all the same, 187 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:32,185 but last thing grace said to me before I left home 188 00:12:32,219 --> 00:12:34,121 was not to put anybody out. 189 00:12:34,154 --> 00:12:35,522 Hester-sue, you got a room for rent? 190 00:12:35,555 --> 00:12:38,491 For you, the best one in the house. 191 00:12:45,966 --> 00:12:48,135 I tell you, now, there's a real art to spitting. 192 00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:49,970 Laura, here, she got almost as good as I am. 193 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:51,138 James: Really, Laura? 194 00:12:51,171 --> 00:12:52,372 You could really spit a long way? 195 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:54,407 I think that's enough talk about me. 196 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:59,279 Laura has something she'd like to say for the both of US. 197 00:13:01,248 --> 00:13:05,052 Well, this dinner tonight 198 00:13:05,085 --> 00:13:09,256 is not just because manly's going on a trip. 199 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:12,025 It's really for another reason. 200 00:13:14,928 --> 00:13:20,367 We talked it over, and manly agrees with me 201 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:24,905 that the one person outside of my own family 202 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:28,241 who's had the most influence on me 203 00:13:28,275 --> 00:13:30,243 is you, Mr. Edwards. 204 00:13:33,947 --> 00:13:37,184 I can't count all the things you've taught me, 205 00:13:37,217 --> 00:13:40,020 all the laughter and tears of growing up. 206 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:44,858 Well, you were there to share those things with me. 207 00:13:47,194 --> 00:13:52,032 And I want Rose to be able to share in them, too. 208 00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:54,534 And that's why we... 209 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:58,105 We want you, Mr. Edwards, 210 00:13:58,138 --> 00:14:00,340 to be our daughter's godfather. 211 00:14:04,611 --> 00:14:09,082 Wait a minute, here. Your kind would like me as a godfather? 212 00:14:09,116 --> 00:14:11,118 Sure about that, Laura? 213 00:14:11,151 --> 00:14:14,354 Laura: I've been sure since the day she was born. 214 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:17,991 And now that you're here, it'll be perfect. 215 00:14:18,025 --> 00:14:19,192 Will you? 216 00:14:23,463 --> 00:14:26,399 Well, try to make you proud. 217 00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:52,325 Charles. 218 00:14:52,359 --> 00:14:54,527 Hey. Didn't expect to see you at all today. 219 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:56,263 Hester-sue said you were feeling poorly. 220 00:14:56,296 --> 00:14:58,565 I'm sorry, Charles. I don't know what it was, 221 00:14:58,598 --> 00:14:59,967 but I'm fine now. 222 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,168 Are you sure? 223 00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:02,569 I can handle this myself, you know. 224 00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:04,704 No, no, no. I'm fit as a fiddle. 225 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,406 All right. 226 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:09,609 Mmm! 227 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:12,645 This is good. 228 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:14,214 You think grace and the young ones will be here 229 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:16,616 in time for Rose's christening? 230 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:19,519 Um... I don't know. 231 00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:20,720 Got a letter from her yesterday. 232 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:22,222 Said she'd be along real soon, 233 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:23,690 assuming everything works out all right. 234 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:25,292 I know grace. 235 00:15:25,325 --> 00:15:26,693 She finds out you're going to be a godfather, 236 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:28,161 she'll be here. 237 00:15:28,195 --> 00:15:30,030 Yeah, that's right. 238 00:15:30,063 --> 00:15:32,966 Mmm. I'm going to get some milk. It's in the office. 239 00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:50,443 Here's to Mr. Edwards, the godfather, 240 00:16:50,477 --> 00:16:52,612 wherever he may be. 241 00:17:45,465 --> 00:17:48,368 Good morning, Isaiah. 242 00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:49,702 What can I do for you? 243 00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:53,340 Listen, I wonder if you have something 244 00:17:53,373 --> 00:17:55,708 to help me get rid of this cough. 245 00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:58,211 I got a remedy. 246 00:17:58,245 --> 00:18:00,447 Dr. Flagg's elixir. 247 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,282 Doc baker doesn't like me to sell this stuff. 248 00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:04,151 It's almost 50% alcohol. 249 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:05,852 Oh. 250 00:18:05,885 --> 00:18:07,220 Does it work? 251 00:18:07,254 --> 00:18:08,455 Well, not really. 252 00:18:08,488 --> 00:18:10,323 But then again, if you take enough of it, 253 00:18:10,357 --> 00:18:11,524 you don't really care. 254 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,527 Is that right? 255 00:18:14,561 --> 00:18:18,665 Tell you, nels, how many of these you got left? 256 00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:20,900 Well, I got 3 more. 257 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:24,737 I tell you what, I'll take all 4. 258 00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:26,139 All 4? 259 00:18:26,173 --> 00:18:27,340 Tell you what I'm going to do... 260 00:18:27,374 --> 00:18:28,541 I'm either going to cure this cough, 261 00:18:28,575 --> 00:18:29,842 or kill it. 262 00:18:29,876 --> 00:18:32,479 One way or another, I ain't going to care. 263 00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:33,646 Good point. 264 00:18:37,417 --> 00:18:41,754 That is 50 cents apiece. 265 00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:44,524 That's $2.00 you owe me, Isaiah. 266 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:46,426 Here you go, nels. 267 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:48,228 Thank you. 268 00:18:48,261 --> 00:18:49,429 See you later. 269 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:51,198 Good day to you, Isaiah. 270 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:26,399 Albert, you've counted that money 5 times. 271 00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:29,802 I know. Just want to be sure. 272 00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:33,640 It's just that I really want that microscope for my science project. 273 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:36,943 I'm still almost $2.00 short, though. 274 00:19:36,976 --> 00:19:38,845 Why don't you ask around town? 275 00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:41,581 Maybe you could earn some extra chore money. 276 00:19:41,614 --> 00:19:43,916 Well, the thing is I'm running out of time. 277 00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:46,919 See, in the catalog it says allow 6 weeks for delivery. 278 00:19:46,953 --> 00:19:48,821 The project is due at the end of the term. 279 00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:52,525 That only leaves me two weeks to earn the money I need. 280 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:55,795 I'll just have to do it on something else. 281 00:19:55,828 --> 00:19:57,564 Albert, I'll tell you what. 282 00:19:57,597 --> 00:19:59,766 Edwards has got a freight run into sleepy eye on Saturday. 283 00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:01,601 He could use some help. 284 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:04,371 I think you just might earn enough money to get that microscope. 285 00:20:04,404 --> 00:20:05,372 Do you mean it? 286 00:20:05,405 --> 00:20:06,673 Charles: Sure I do. 287 00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:08,375 It's going to be a long, rough trip. 288 00:20:08,408 --> 00:20:10,743 Oh, that's all right. I'll do it, I'll do it. 289 00:20:10,777 --> 00:20:12,312 All right. In the meantime, 290 00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:13,413 I'll advance you the money for the microscope. 291 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:14,681 Oh, you don't need to do that. 292 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:16,483 I can wait until I get back on Saturday. 293 00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:20,553 No, no. This way you can send your mail order off right away. 294 00:20:20,587 --> 00:20:22,889 And put an end to your counting. 295 00:20:22,922 --> 00:20:24,591 Ha ha ha! 296 00:20:24,624 --> 00:20:25,958 Thanks, pa. 297 00:20:25,992 --> 00:20:27,860 You're welcome. 298 00:20:54,521 --> 00:20:55,888 Here. Take this over to the general store, 299 00:20:55,922 --> 00:20:56,889 have it filled, bring it back here. 300 00:20:56,923 --> 00:20:58,591 Yes, sir. 301 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:00,760 Listen. I got a couple of errands I want to run myself. 302 00:21:00,793 --> 00:21:01,961 Be about an hour. 303 00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:03,396 Good enough. 304 00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:12,872 Woman: Place your bets. All bets down. 305 00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:24,717 Whiskey. 306 00:21:24,751 --> 00:21:25,918 I'll be right with you. 307 00:21:25,952 --> 00:21:27,654 Anyway, I told him I'm not working... 308 00:21:27,687 --> 00:21:29,556 Hey, I ordered whiskey. 309 00:21:29,589 --> 00:21:31,891 I said I'd be right with you. 310 00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:33,393 Now. 311 00:21:42,101 --> 00:21:43,636 Leave the bottle. 312 00:22:21,908 --> 00:22:24,877 Excuse me. Do you know what happened to Mr. Edwards? 313 00:22:24,911 --> 00:22:27,113 Yeah. I saw him go down the street towards the saloon. 314 00:22:27,146 --> 00:22:28,615 Thanks. 315 00:22:35,922 --> 00:22:38,090 Ready to lose now, partner? 316 00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:41,761 Tell you what I'm going to do. 317 00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:43,730 First, I'm going to take you, 318 00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:45,698 and then I'm going to take all your friends. 319 00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:48,401 Hear that, boys? 320 00:22:48,435 --> 00:22:51,438 He's going to whip US all. 321 00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:53,640 Now we get serious. 322 00:22:53,673 --> 00:22:54,974 Just try me. 323 00:22:58,845 --> 00:23:03,583 All right. I'll go again. 324 00:23:03,616 --> 00:23:05,918 Boys, we're going to eat steak. 325 00:23:13,025 --> 00:23:16,028 Now, you ready to lose again, punk? 326 00:23:16,062 --> 00:23:19,198 All right, let's go. Quit your talking. 327 00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:29,576 Mr. Edwards! 328 00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:30,777 Are you all right? 329 00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:31,978 I'm all right. Just leave me be. 330 00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:33,112 You okay? 331 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,614 Just leave me be, boy. 332 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:36,916 I'm going to teach these weasels a lesson. 333 00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:41,821 I want no problem in my bar. 334 00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:44,156 Now, you've had enough, friend. 335 00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:45,858 You come back another day. 336 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:49,095 Come on. Let's go, Mr. Edwards. 337 00:23:49,128 --> 00:23:50,863 Just a minute. 338 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,231 And I mean it! 339 00:24:57,964 --> 00:24:59,131 All right. 340 00:25:04,704 --> 00:25:05,872 Whoops! 341 00:25:12,879 --> 00:25:16,716 Uh... mr. Edwards, would you like me to drive 342 00:25:16,749 --> 00:25:17,984 so you can take it easy and rest? 343 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:20,587 What? You think I can't drive them? 344 00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:22,622 I'll give you a lesson in driving. 345 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:27,727 Yah! Yah! 346 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,662 Yah, yah! 347 00:25:31,598 --> 00:25:33,866 Yah! Yah! 348 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:36,603 Mr. Edwards, stop! Slow down! 349 00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:37,870 You ain't seen nothing yet. 350 00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:39,038 Yah! 351 00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:45,311 Yah! 352 00:25:47,614 --> 00:25:48,848 Unh! 353 00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:52,218 Aah! 354 00:26:30,189 --> 00:26:33,392 I don't like the looks of it, Charles. 355 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,928 How bad is it, doc? 356 00:26:35,962 --> 00:26:37,163 It's a compound fracture, 357 00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:38,765 but the injury was aggravated 358 00:26:38,798 --> 00:26:41,768 because he wasn't taken to a doctor right away. 359 00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:42,969 What does that mean? 360 00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:46,105 He could lose his leg. 361 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:49,976 Caroline: Charles? 362 00:26:50,009 --> 00:26:52,812 Charles. Mrs. Foster just told me. What happened? 363 00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:54,380 An accident. I don't know yet. 364 00:26:54,413 --> 00:26:56,749 Dr. Baker: I've given him some morphine to ease the pain. 365 00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:02,955 Albert? 366 00:27:02,989 --> 00:27:04,724 Albert, we're here, son. 367 00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,100 Ma... 368 00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:19,839 Can you tell US what happened? 369 00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:32,785 Mr. Edwards had been drinking, and... 370 00:27:32,819 --> 00:27:34,721 And he wouldn't let me drive. 371 00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:43,429 He was going too fast, and he lost control. 372 00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,737 And then we went up onto the sidewalk... 373 00:27:54,907 --> 00:27:56,743 And I was thrown off. 374 00:28:02,381 --> 00:28:04,183 That's all I remember. 375 00:28:05,985 --> 00:28:10,222 Why didn't Isaiah take him to a doctor in sleepy eye? 376 00:28:10,256 --> 00:28:11,690 Because he was drunk. 377 00:28:15,161 --> 00:28:16,763 Because he was drunk, and he panicked. 378 00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:52,398 Charles, uh... 379 00:28:52,431 --> 00:28:55,167 I was just going to have a drink, Charles. 380 00:28:55,201 --> 00:28:56,435 What with everything that's happened, 381 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:59,071 you could probably use one as much as me. 382 00:29:04,811 --> 00:29:08,347 My son could lose his leg because of your drinking. 383 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:10,549 It was an accident, Charles. 384 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:11,984 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 385 00:29:12,018 --> 00:29:13,452 Isaiah, what's happened to you? 386 00:29:15,221 --> 00:29:17,389 What's happened? 387 00:29:17,423 --> 00:29:22,461 I lost my son, my wife. 388 00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:24,831 Grace sent me on my way. 389 00:29:24,864 --> 00:29:26,933 Says she don't want me near her or the children. 390 00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:28,134 Why? 391 00:29:28,167 --> 00:29:30,870 Because I drink. 392 00:29:30,903 --> 00:29:32,304 I drink. 393 00:29:32,338 --> 00:29:35,107 I can't find whiskey, I drink cough remedies. 394 00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:36,408 I drink. 395 00:29:36,442 --> 00:29:38,210 Then why in god's name don't you stop? 396 00:29:38,244 --> 00:29:39,445 Because I can't. 397 00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:41,147 Don't you understand that? 398 00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:42,348 I can't! 399 00:29:44,216 --> 00:29:45,985 All I understand is that your drinking cost you your family 400 00:29:46,018 --> 00:29:48,154 and almost cost me my son's life. 401 00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:56,963 Go away, Isaiah. 402 00:29:56,996 --> 00:29:59,231 I don't want you near me or my family again. 403 00:30:35,067 --> 00:30:36,368 Whoa. 404 00:30:40,639 --> 00:30:43,375 I was hoping I'd be able to catch up with you. 405 00:30:47,246 --> 00:30:48,580 How's Albert doing? 406 00:30:50,349 --> 00:30:52,384 Doc baker says he's going to be fine. 407 00:30:57,123 --> 00:30:58,324 Did your pa send you out here? 408 00:31:00,927 --> 00:31:05,097 I came out here because I thought I might be able to help you. 409 00:31:05,131 --> 00:31:08,100 Well, I'm not worth helping. 410 00:31:08,134 --> 00:31:11,503 Mr. Edwards, I can't just let you leave like this. 411 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:13,339 You mean too much to me. 412 00:31:15,341 --> 00:31:18,344 You are a very special man in my life. 413 00:31:20,612 --> 00:31:24,416 You were always there when I needed a friend, 414 00:31:24,450 --> 00:31:26,452 and that's why I'm here now. 415 00:31:29,688 --> 00:31:32,424 Everything is lost. 416 00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:34,927 Grace and the family... 417 00:31:34,961 --> 00:31:37,363 Now your pa. 418 00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:39,031 Then what's the use in it? 419 00:31:43,535 --> 00:31:47,940 Maybe I am the only one who still cares, 420 00:31:47,974 --> 00:31:51,410 but if I'm willing to help, 421 00:31:51,443 --> 00:31:54,680 you should at least be willing to try. 422 00:31:54,713 --> 00:31:57,649 Laura... 423 00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:59,318 Why are you doing this? 424 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:04,556 I owe you one. 425 00:32:07,193 --> 00:32:08,694 You taught me how to spit, remember? 426 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:16,368 Come on. 427 00:33:03,182 --> 00:33:04,383 Laura, voice-over: The weeks passed, 428 00:33:04,416 --> 00:33:06,685 and Mr. Edwards worked as hard as he could. 429 00:33:06,718 --> 00:33:10,022 He hadn't had a drink as far as we knew. 430 00:33:10,056 --> 00:33:11,723 Pa was angry that I'd taken him in 431 00:33:11,757 --> 00:33:15,461 and wouldn't even come by the house to visit. 432 00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:18,364 It wasn't easy for any of US, 433 00:33:18,397 --> 00:33:20,466 but I knew it would be worth all of it 434 00:33:20,499 --> 00:33:22,701 if Mr. Edwards would be well again. 435 00:33:30,609 --> 00:33:33,812 Whoa. I'll tell you, I'm double tired tonight. 436 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:35,614 Feels kind of good, though. 437 00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:39,618 Well, pa always says honest sweat strengthens the soul. 438 00:33:39,651 --> 00:33:40,819 Can't tell you the last time 439 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:43,089 my muscles quivered from hard work. 440 00:33:43,122 --> 00:33:46,058 Well, you look good, though. It's a good sign. 441 00:33:46,092 --> 00:33:47,726 I can't begin to count the number of times 442 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:50,429 that I'd drink just for the sake of drinking. 443 00:33:50,462 --> 00:33:52,131 I mean, I'd toast anything. 444 00:33:52,164 --> 00:33:54,300 Toast the sunrise, sunset, 445 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:56,535 and go out and drink with the moon. 446 00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:58,337 You know, I had bottles stashed everywhere. 447 00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:00,772 Even had one in the outhouse. 448 00:34:00,806 --> 00:34:03,842 Guess I figured if nobody saw me, it made it all right. 449 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,677 I was always taught that no matter 450 00:34:05,711 --> 00:34:07,679 what you do to hide things from people, 451 00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:10,216 there's always someone who knows what you're doing. 452 00:34:13,319 --> 00:34:16,855 I just want you to know... 453 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:19,325 That I'm proud of you. 454 00:34:19,358 --> 00:34:20,826 Proud that you've come this far. 455 00:34:22,861 --> 00:34:24,196 I really am. 456 00:34:27,433 --> 00:34:30,402 Well, I guess if I'm going to put in another day for you slave drivers, 457 00:34:30,436 --> 00:34:32,404 I better get out to the barn and get some sleep. 458 00:34:32,438 --> 00:34:33,605 Good night. 459 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:34,773 Laura: Good night. 460 00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:40,646 Um, what you were saying about hiding things, 461 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:43,849 I don't want to do that anymore. 462 00:34:43,882 --> 00:34:46,352 I want you to know 463 00:34:46,385 --> 00:34:49,521 I still think about drinking. 464 00:34:49,555 --> 00:34:51,190 Just wanted you to know. 465 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,371 Isaiah: Don't have to worry none at all. 466 00:35:05,404 --> 00:35:06,838 I'm going to take care of everything. 467 00:35:06,872 --> 00:35:09,308 Laura: You know how long-winded Mrs. Oleson is. 468 00:35:09,341 --> 00:35:12,144 Between her and the superintendent, I may be a while. 469 00:35:12,178 --> 00:35:13,579 Well, then, you don't need to worry. 470 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,747 The godfather'll take care of everything. 471 00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:37,936 Should be ready in just a minute, now. 472 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:40,739 There ain't no call for all that fussing. 473 00:35:47,713 --> 00:35:51,417 Yep, think you're going to like this relief. 474 00:35:51,450 --> 00:35:52,684 Here you go. Here you go. 475 00:35:52,718 --> 00:35:55,454 Put that there in your face. Go on, now. 476 00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:01,693 ♪ Get out the way for old Dan Tucker ♪ 477 00:36:01,727 --> 00:36:06,198 ♪ It's too late to get his supper ♪ 478 00:36:06,232 --> 00:36:10,202 ♪ Supper's over, and dinner's cooking ♪ 479 00:36:10,236 --> 00:36:14,773 ♪ Old Dan Tucker just a-stands there looking ♪ 480 00:36:17,376 --> 00:36:18,844 Ain't that the way of it? 481 00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:21,480 Folks always showing up when you're eating. 482 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:23,782 All right, now. Don't go away. 483 00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:27,453 Isaiah? 484 00:36:27,486 --> 00:36:29,755 Mrs. Foster. Listen, uh, Laura went into town. 485 00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:31,457 I know. I passed her on the road. 486 00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:33,859 She said you were in. I have a letter for you. 487 00:36:33,892 --> 00:36:35,261 For me? 488 00:36:35,294 --> 00:36:36,828 Yes, indeed. 489 00:36:36,862 --> 00:36:38,497 Well, uh, thanks for bringing it by. 490 00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:39,698 Have a nice day. 491 00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:41,467 Thank you. 492 00:36:50,642 --> 00:36:55,514 Grace, voice-over: Dear Isaiah, I hope this letter reaches you. 493 00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:57,283 I didn't know where to write, 494 00:36:57,316 --> 00:37:00,719 but I felt you might go back to walnut grove. 495 00:37:00,752 --> 00:37:04,790 I have met someone that I care for a great deal. 496 00:37:04,823 --> 00:37:07,759 His name is Nathan sims. 497 00:37:07,793 --> 00:37:12,864 He's a good man and very loving to the children. 498 00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:14,566 I have filed the necessary papers 499 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:18,003 for the dissolution of our marriage. 500 00:37:18,036 --> 00:37:19,738 I will send you a copy of the papers 501 00:37:19,771 --> 00:37:21,907 as soon as I receive them. 502 00:37:21,940 --> 00:37:23,742 Grace. 503 00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:42,594 Mrs. Oleson makes me so furious. 504 00:37:42,628 --> 00:37:43,962 She makes me drive all the way into town 505 00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:45,631 because she insists on having a meeting today, 506 00:37:45,664 --> 00:37:47,333 and then I get there, 507 00:37:47,366 --> 00:37:50,035 and she tells me that it's scheduled for next week. 508 00:37:52,838 --> 00:37:53,972 Are you all right? 509 00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:57,909 Oh, uh, yeah. It's, um... 510 00:37:57,943 --> 00:38:00,879 Just got a little bit of a headache. 511 00:38:00,912 --> 00:38:03,649 Hey, you, uh, mind if I borrow the buckboard to go into town? 512 00:38:03,682 --> 00:38:05,584 I'd like to pick up some headache powders. 513 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:07,085 Would you like me to go get some for you? 514 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:11,089 Oh, no, no. It's not that bad. I'll get them. 515 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:12,491 I won't be long. 516 00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:05,877 They're not open. 517 00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:07,112 What? 518 00:39:07,145 --> 00:39:08,814 They're closed at 2:00 on Saturdays. 519 00:39:11,049 --> 00:39:12,384 Thank you. 520 00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:42,641 Lord... 521 00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:50,716 I know I don't have the right to ask for no favors, 522 00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:52,818 but I have to. 523 00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:58,557 You see, uh... 524 00:40:58,590 --> 00:41:01,693 I hurt a lot of people with my drinking, and, uh... 525 00:41:04,996 --> 00:41:06,798 Lost my wife... 526 00:41:09,601 --> 00:41:11,703 And my friends. 527 00:41:14,305 --> 00:41:17,075 You see, there just ain't no way I can undo it. 528 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:26,117 Laura's taught me that I can get along all right without it. 529 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:29,755 And I want to. 530 00:41:31,790 --> 00:41:34,593 I want to more than anything in the world, 531 00:41:38,063 --> 00:41:40,131 but I'm scared. 532 00:41:43,201 --> 00:41:45,704 I'm scared. 533 00:41:49,808 --> 00:41:53,311 What I'm asking you for 534 00:41:53,344 --> 00:41:56,748 is just a little of your help 535 00:41:56,782 --> 00:41:58,584 to keep me strong. 536 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,288 Please, god. 537 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:06,558 Please. 538 00:42:12,631 --> 00:42:13,932 Amen. 539 00:42:16,234 --> 00:42:17,869 Reverend: Amen. 540 00:42:19,204 --> 00:42:22,107 Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. 541 00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:24,109 It was a fine prayer, Isaiah. 542 00:42:26,878 --> 00:42:28,814 I'm sorry you had to hear it, reverend. 543 00:42:39,290 --> 00:42:42,060 Isaiah, don't be afraid to ask god's help. 544 00:42:42,093 --> 00:42:44,830 That's why he's here. 545 00:42:44,863 --> 00:42:46,998 Ashamed to ask. 546 00:42:47,032 --> 00:42:50,636 Why would he want to help me? 547 00:42:50,669 --> 00:42:52,904 I asked myself that question once. 548 00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:57,943 Isaiah, over 30 years ago, 549 00:42:57,976 --> 00:43:00,946 I was exactly where you are now. 550 00:43:00,979 --> 00:43:03,214 I'd lost everything. 551 00:43:03,248 --> 00:43:05,050 Whiskey had you, too? 552 00:43:10,388 --> 00:43:12,090 God helped me. 553 00:43:13,792 --> 00:43:16,327 He gave me the strength. 554 00:43:16,361 --> 00:43:18,329 He made me work for it... 555 00:43:20,899 --> 00:43:24,736 But he held my hand, and I held his. 556 00:43:26,805 --> 00:43:29,374 Isaiah, take his hand. 557 00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:35,313 I want to. 558 00:43:35,346 --> 00:43:38,650 I truly want to. 559 00:43:38,684 --> 00:43:40,085 Take it. 560 00:44:20,792 --> 00:44:22,227 Isaiah. 561 00:44:24,495 --> 00:44:26,698 Charles. 562 00:44:30,468 --> 00:44:33,338 I wonder if I could talk to you for a minute. 563 00:44:40,145 --> 00:44:42,413 How you been doing? 564 00:44:43,949 --> 00:44:46,184 I'm... i'm... 565 00:44:49,220 --> 00:44:51,189 I've been doing good. 566 00:44:57,963 --> 00:45:02,768 Reverend Alden came over to my house tonight. 567 00:45:02,801 --> 00:45:04,235 And... 568 00:45:14,012 --> 00:45:17,715 And I'd like to ask you to forgive me. 569 00:45:22,387 --> 00:45:24,089 Me forgive you? 570 00:45:29,961 --> 00:45:32,463 I love you, friend. I missed you so. 571 00:45:43,875 --> 00:45:45,410 I missed you, too, Charles. 572 00:46:06,197 --> 00:46:07,498 Reverend: Is it your will 573 00:46:07,532 --> 00:46:10,869 that Rose be baptized in the faith of our lord? 574 00:46:10,902 --> 00:46:12,537 Isaiah: It is. 575 00:46:12,570 --> 00:46:17,208 Then I baptize thee Rose Wilder, 576 00:46:17,242 --> 00:46:20,378 in the name of the father and the son 577 00:46:20,411 --> 00:46:22,213 and the holy ghost. 578 00:46:25,316 --> 00:46:27,352 By the gift of god 579 00:46:27,385 --> 00:46:30,421 through water and the holy ghost, 580 00:46:30,455 --> 00:46:34,125 we are reborn into everlasting life. 581 00:46:34,159 --> 00:46:35,326 In his goodness, 582 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:37,996 may he continue to pour his blessings 583 00:46:38,029 --> 00:46:39,831 on his daughter, 584 00:46:39,865 --> 00:46:41,032 and may he send his peace 585 00:46:41,066 --> 00:46:43,434 on all who are gathered here today. 586 00:46:43,468 --> 00:46:46,437 In Christ Jesus, our lord, amen. 587 00:46:49,207 --> 00:46:50,976 I would just like to say a few words 588 00:46:51,009 --> 00:46:56,181 before we all step inside to enjoy some wonderful food. 589 00:46:56,214 --> 00:46:58,383 As you all know, 590 00:46:58,416 --> 00:47:02,120 baptism is a washing away of sin. 591 00:47:02,153 --> 00:47:04,856 It's a forgiveness. 592 00:47:04,890 --> 00:47:07,425 And on this wonderful day, 593 00:47:07,458 --> 00:47:10,595 I think it's important that we examine ourselves 594 00:47:10,628 --> 00:47:14,565 to make sure we accept the cleansing of one's soul 595 00:47:14,599 --> 00:47:18,436 no matter how and when it may occur. 596 00:47:18,469 --> 00:47:21,907 We should do as god does... 597 00:47:21,940 --> 00:47:28,113 Forgive and be ready to start life anew... 598 00:47:28,146 --> 00:47:30,982 With more love and fresh understanding. 599 00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:36,888 Would you like to hold your goddaughter?