| "A Faraway Cry" | |
| Season 8, Episode 20 #181 overall in Series | |
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| Original air date | March 8, 1982 |
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A Faraway Cry |
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| Previous episode: "A Promise to Keep" |
Next episode: "He Was Only Twelve (Part 1)" |
Plot[]
Caroline accompanies Doc Baker to a mining camp where an influenza virus has felled many of its residents and where Caroline's childhood friend is pregnant and desperately ill. Caroline vows to give the baby a good home after its mother dies shortly after giving birth.
Cast[]
- Karen Grassle: Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert: Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Missy Francis: Cassandra Ingalls
- Jason Bateman: James Ingalls
- Kevin Hagen: Hiram Baker
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