| "Episode 517: Dance With Me" | |
| Season 5, Episode 17 # overall in Series | |
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| Original air date | January 22, 1979 |
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| Written by | Paul Wolff |
| Directed by | Michael Landon |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous episode: Blind Man's Bluff |
Next episode: The Sound of Children |
Tobey Noe returns in this episode of Little House and stays with the Ingalls family. He is eating them out of house and home when the spirited spinster Amanda Cooper catches his eye. Toby sets out to win her heart but she is determined to keep him at arm's length. Meanwhile, Laura has a crush on schoolmate Jason and with Albert's council tries to get him to notice her.
Cast
Starring
- Michael Landon: Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle: Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert: Laura Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson: Mary Ingalls Kendall
- Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush: Carrie Ingalls
- Richard Bull: Nels Oleson
- Katherine MacGregor: Harriet Oleson
- Alison Arngrim: Nellie Oleson
- Jonathan Gilbert: Willie Oleson
- Merlin Olsen: Jonathan Garvey
- Dabbs Greer: Reverend Alden
- Matthew Laborteaux: Albert Ingalls
- Linwood Boomer: Adam Kendall
- Jeffrey: Bandit
Guest Star
- Eileen Heckart: Amanda Cooper
Special Guest Star
Co-Starring
- Al Eisenmann: Ned
- Sean Frye: Jason
- Ketty Lester: Hester-Sue Terhune
- Ysabel MacCloskey: Widow Mumford
- Dan Priest: Dispatcher
- Brenda Turnbaugh and Wendi Turnbaugh: Grace Ingalls (Uncredited)