Episode 5— A Wiser Heart
Aired November 2, 1981 · 49 min
Synopsis
Laura goes to visit Eliza Jane because of a literature seminar that is going on in town. Laura has to find a part-time job to pay for meals and other stuff. She ends up hating the job. There is a person who Laura met on the train who begins to like Eliza Jane. Eliza Jane in turn begins to like the professor teaching the seminar and the professor likes Laura. The professor tells Laura that her writing is bad when Laura tells him she is happily married. The man on the train eventually defends Laura's writing. It only takes one punch by the man to get the professor to take off and leave.
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Michael Landon
as Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle
as Caroline Ingalls
Dean Butler
as Almanzo James Wilder
Melissa Gilbert
as Laura Ingalls
Lindsay Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Sidney Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
Matthew Labyorteaux
as Albert Quinn Ingalls
Katherine Macgregor
as Harriet Oleson
Jonathan Gilbert
as Willie Oleson
Richard Bull
as Nels Oleson
Allison Balson
as Nancy Oleson
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