Home Again: Part 2 

Doc Baker realizes that something is wrong with the morphine in his pouches and he tells Nels that the company is very responsible and loyal and so something had to happen to it when it ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Landon

Writers:

Blanche Hanalis (developed for television by), Laura Ingalls Wilder (based upon the series of books "Little House" by)

Stars:

Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Katherine MacGregor

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Melissa Gilbert	...	Laura Ingalls Wilder
Dean Butler	...	Almanzo James Wilder
Katherine MacGregor	...	Harriet Oleson (credit only)
Richard Bull	...	Nels Oleson
Victor French	...	Isaiah Edwards
Kevin Hagen	...	Dr. Hiram Baker
Ketty Lester	...	Hester-Sue Terhune (credit only)
Jonathan Gilbert	...	Willie Oleson
Allison Balson	...	Nancy Oleson
Stan Ivar	...	John Carter
Lindsay Kennedy	...	Jeb Carter
David Friedman	...	Jason Carter
Shannen Doherty	...	Jenny Wilder
Leslie Landon	...	Etta Plum
Claude Earl Jones	...	Mr. Gibson (credit only)

Storyline

Doc Baker realizes that something is wrong with the morphine in his pouches and he tells Nels that the company is very responsible and loyal and so something had to happen to it when it came here to Walnut Grove. He says no one messed with in the store and he had Albert drop it off for him. Doc Baker realizes that Albert must have switched the morphine for powdered sugar. He tells Charles to watch for symptoms of addiction. Charles finds the morphine in Albert's shoes and gives it back to Doc Baker. When Albert goes looking for it, Charles confronts him but Albert says he only did it once and he's sorry and it won't happen again. He lied and he has to go through a major major withdrawal to get off the morphine. Some of this episode is quite graphic where he vomiting up tons of grossness during the withdrawal.

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Romance | Western

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 1983 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Big Sky Ranch - 4927 Bennett Road, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ed Friendly Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last appearance of Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon). He had already stopped showing up on a regular basis since the season 8 finale.

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Goofs

Laura has a voiceover at the end of the Season 9 episode entitled "Home Again" in which she says that Albert comes back to Walnut Grove as a doctor later on. However, this is a highly debated issue because in the movie "Look Back to Yesterday", Albert contracts a rare blood disease and it is inferred that he died, although that is also debated. So he could not come back and be a doctor if he died at the end of LBtY. Also, in the movie "The Last Farewell", the residents of Walnut Grove blew up the town. Therefore, unless they rebuilt the town, Albert couldn't come back to Walnut Grove to be a doctor, because nothing was there mostly except ruins.

User Reviews

Excellent

The part one leads to this part where you can really see the effects of drugs and how it controlled Albert with his everyday tasks. He did an awesome job acting as a druggie and this episode was one that i would love to watch again. Even though during times in the movie, i would think "Oh my gosh!" and see how Albert reacted without his stolen morphine. It was nothing like other innocent "little house" episodes that i have seen. I felt bad for Albert because i thought, "wow his throat must hurt after filming because of all that screaming he did in that episode. It was a very good episode overall and i hope that others will read my comment and decide to watch the episode because it is really about what some people today are going through.