Previously on Little House, Albert got in trouble with the police. Charles brought him back to Walnut Grove on a short trip to help him recuperate. Albert stole morphine from Doc Baker and has been taking it behind everybody's back; As we begin, Doc Baker had given morphine to one of his elderly patients and had just begun trying to fit Jason Carter with a pair of eyeglasses he wanted so badly, when suddenly the doctor is called away. It seems the morphine didn't work on old Zeb Colie, and it in turn made him sicker. See, Zeb is diabetic and the worst thing you can give someone in that state is sugar, which is what the morphine was revealed to be. So, Doc Baker set out to discover who did the switcheroo on his medicine. He was quick to blame Nels because the manufacturer was too reliable and by all means perfect, I guess. But when Nels mentioned Albert carrying the medicine out for delivery, Doc Baker heads to the mill to talk with Charles. The Ingalls patriarch instantly denied the accusations. Albert could never do anything like that. He could burn down a blind school and lie and cheat and talk back, but he'd never do morphine. But a thorough search of Albert's room proved him wrong as the medicine was found hidden in one of his shoes.
Charles confronted his son on the matter and made him promise to stop, and he agreed. So, we'll just have to wait and see; at school, Jason's new glasses did wonders for his education, even though he didn't really need them, he just wanted to look smart, as for Albert, the withdrawls were already setting in. At one point, he simply lost it and beat up poor Jeb Carter, and when Miss Plum tried to break them up, Albert slapped her and took off. Seems it wasn't as over as Charles wanted it to be (according to Doc Baker). Charles and Edwards look for the wayward lad but could not find him, however Doc Baker had a plan: that night when Albert went back to steal more morphine, Charles and Baker intervened. In order to keep a tighter watch on the boy, Edwards let them use his house while he was away, voluntarily. And so began a night in Hell- Albert woke up screaming, saying he couldn't breath, and when taken out for air, the little bugger took off again. Charles thankfully caught him and carried him back. By morning, Albert had finally gotten to sleep, but he woke up screaming again and this time it accompanied by convulsions, involuntary body movement and vomiting, and through it all, Charles never left his side. After many hours of enduring such torture, it was all over. Albert recovered and was soon as good as new, and it was time he and Charles headed back to the city, but first Albert made amends at the school and warned the children on the dangers of drug use, and as for Jason, he kicked his glasses after the new girl called him a "four eyes."
Fantastically acted episode, and at times difficult to watch. Matthew Laborteaux and Michael Landon were simply excellent at portraying all the pain and emotion their characters endured. I'm surprised Little House didn't win more Emmys for the acting. I mean, if they'd stop giving all the Emmys to M*A*S*H every year, they might have focused some attention on this show. So anyway, what became of Albert? We next see him in Season 10's "A Look Back to Yesterday" where he presumably dies from leukemia, it's not stated that he did, but he isn't in the other two finale movies so more than likely Albert died, and my guess is that Laura wrote him the "happy ending" mentioned in her closing narration. Anyhow, check this one out and brace yourself for wonderful, realistic acting!
Charles confronted his son on the matter and made him promise to stop, and he agreed. So, we'll just have to wait and see; at school, Jason's new glasses did wonders for his education, even though he didn't really need them, he just wanted to look smart, as for Albert, the withdrawls were already setting in. At one point, he simply lost it and beat up poor Jeb Carter, and when Miss Plum tried to break them up, Albert slapped her and took off. Seems it wasn't as over as Charles wanted it to be (according to Doc Baker). Charles and Edwards look for the wayward lad but could not find him, however Doc Baker had a plan: that night when Albert went back to steal more morphine, Charles and Baker intervened. In order to keep a tighter watch on the boy, Edwards let them use his house while he was away, voluntarily. And so began a night in Hell- Albert woke up screaming, saying he couldn't breath, and when taken out for air, the little bugger took off again. Charles thankfully caught him and carried him back. By morning, Albert had finally gotten to sleep, but he woke up screaming again and this time it accompanied by convulsions, involuntary body movement and vomiting, and through it all, Charles never left his side. After many hours of enduring such torture, it was all over. Albert recovered and was soon as good as new, and it was time he and Charles headed back to the city, but first Albert made amends at the school and warned the children on the dangers of drug use, and as for Jason, he kicked his glasses after the new girl called him a "four eyes."
Fantastically acted episode, and at times difficult to watch. Matthew Laborteaux and Michael Landon were simply excellent at portraying all the pain and emotion their characters endured. I'm surprised Little House didn't win more Emmys for the acting. I mean, if they'd stop giving all the Emmys to M*A*S*H every year, they might have focused some attention on this show. So anyway, what became of Albert? We next see him in Season 10's "A Look Back to Yesterday" where he presumably dies from leukemia, it's not stated that he did, but he isn't in the other two finale movies so more than likely Albert died, and my guess is that Laura wrote him the "happy ending" mentioned in her closing narration. Anyhow, check this one out and brace yourself for wonderful, realistic acting!
