1 00:01:57,351 --> 00:02:00,321 YOU TELL ME THE PROPRIETOR OF THIS HOTEL IS MR. OLESON? 2 00:02:00,354 --> 00:02:01,722 YES, SIR. 3 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:04,558 LEAVE MY LUGGAGE AT THE DESK. 4 00:02:04,592 --> 00:02:05,826 TELL THEM I'LL BE BACK SHORTLY. 5 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,261 THANK YOU, MR. REED. 6 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:13,467 Reed: OH, BOY... 7 00:02:13,501 --> 00:02:14,935 WHERE DO I RENT A RIG? 8 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:16,604 THE STABLES ARE ACROSS THE WAY THERE. 9 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,708 I'LL NEED A SMALL CARRIAGE. 10 00:02:22,443 --> 00:02:24,278 MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAN. 11 00:02:24,312 --> 00:02:26,447 SORRY, MISTER. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WALK OVER THERE YOURSELF. 12 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,316 I'M KIND OF BUSY. 13 00:02:28,349 --> 00:02:30,618 BE BACK IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. YOU CAN KEEP THE CHANGE. 14 00:02:40,428 --> 00:02:42,530 GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? 15 00:02:42,563 --> 00:02:44,965 I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE THE PROPRIETOR OF THE LOCAL HOTEL. 16 00:02:44,998 --> 00:02:47,335 AH, YES. I'M HARRIET OLESON. 17 00:02:47,368 --> 00:02:49,303 THIS IS MY HUSBAND NELS. 18 00:02:49,337 --> 00:02:50,971 WE OWN THE RESTAURANT ACROSS THE WAY, 19 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:52,740 AND, OF COURSE, THE MERCANTILE... 20 00:02:52,773 --> 00:02:56,910 WELL, ALL THE BUSINESSES OF ANY STANDING IN THE COMMUNITY. 21 00:02:58,812 --> 00:03:01,982 I WOULD LIKE A ROOM WITH A LARGE BED AND A PRIVATE BATH. 22 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,618 Harriet: YES, WELL, HESTER-SUE, THE WOMAN WHO WORKS FOR ME, 23 00:03:04,652 --> 00:03:07,921 WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU. 24 00:03:07,955 --> 00:03:10,691 I'M USUALLY NOT ACCUSTOMED TO DEALING WITH THE EMPLOYEES 25 00:03:10,724 --> 00:03:13,794 OF AN ESTABLISHMENT, MRS. OLESON. 26 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:15,763 I'LL ALSO NEED A DESK AND A TELEPHONE. 27 00:03:15,796 --> 00:03:19,567 WELL, I'M SORRY. NONE OF THE ROOMS ARE WIRED FOR TELEPHONES. 28 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,304 WELL, PERHAPS THIS WILL COVER THE COSTS OF INSTALLATION. 29 00:03:24,505 --> 00:03:26,674 OH, YES, WELL, OF COURSE. 30 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:30,578 WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU. 31 00:03:30,611 --> 00:03:33,514 UH, THAT'S MISTER, UM...? 32 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:36,550 REED, ELLIOTT REED. 33 00:03:36,584 --> 00:03:40,421 REED? REED, REED... 34 00:03:40,454 --> 00:03:41,622 ELLIOTT REED... 35 00:03:41,655 --> 00:03:43,491 OH, ARE YOU BY ANY CHANCE 36 00:03:43,524 --> 00:03:45,926 RELATED TO THE MANKATO REEDS? 37 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:49,863 UNTIL THIS TRIP, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN MANKATO IN MY LIFE, MRS. OLESON. 38 00:03:49,897 --> 00:03:51,599 OH, WELL... 39 00:03:51,632 --> 00:03:53,534 NOW, IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME WHERE JOHN CARTER LIVES, 40 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:54,735 I'LL BE ON MY WAY. 41 00:03:54,768 --> 00:03:56,270 STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD, 42 00:03:56,304 --> 00:03:58,339 ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. 43 00:03:58,372 --> 00:03:59,640 THANK YOU. 44 00:03:59,673 --> 00:04:03,444 ELLIOTT REED--THAT NAME IS SO FAMILIAR TO ME. 45 00:04:03,477 --> 00:04:05,613 MRS. OLESON, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF 46 00:04:05,646 --> 00:04:07,781 THE "NEW YORK GLOBE TELEGRAM"? 47 00:04:07,815 --> 00:04:10,418 WELL, YES, OF COURSE, BUT-- 48 00:04:10,451 --> 00:04:11,619 I OWN IT. 49 00:04:11,652 --> 00:04:14,522 YOU--YOU-- HE--HE OWNS IT! 50 00:04:14,555 --> 00:04:17,691 WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU WANT WITH THE JOHN CARTERS? 51 00:04:17,725 --> 00:04:19,327 I'M SARAH'S FATHER. 52 00:04:31,505 --> 00:04:34,308 A NICKEL AN HOUR'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR A BOY YOUR AGE. 53 00:04:34,342 --> 00:04:35,543 YOU SURE YOU'RE WORTH IT? 54 00:04:35,576 --> 00:04:37,445 MRS. McANDREWS THINKS I AM. 55 00:04:37,478 --> 00:04:39,580 Jason: YEAH. WAIT TILL SHE'S SEEN YOUR WORK. 56 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:41,949 SHE'S SEEN MY WORK PLENTY OF TIMES. 57 00:04:41,982 --> 00:04:43,484 THAT'S WHY SHE UPPED MY WAGE. 58 00:04:43,517 --> 00:04:45,453 ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ENOUGH. 59 00:04:45,486 --> 00:04:47,555 I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY BICKERING OR JEALOUSY AT THE SUPPER TABLE. 60 00:04:47,588 --> 00:04:49,056 IS THAT CLEAR? 61 00:04:49,089 --> 00:04:51,692 JASON, YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO HELP YOUR FATHER OUT... 62 00:04:51,725 --> 00:04:53,894 WITH JEB BUSY THE NEXT WHILE, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. 63 00:04:53,927 --> 00:04:56,364 Jason: THE PAY'S NOT AS GOOD. 64 00:04:56,397 --> 00:04:58,666 [HORSE NICKERS] 65 00:04:58,699 --> 00:05:00,601 THAT MUST BE ALMANZO. 66 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:02,970 I PROMISED HIM I'D TAKE A LOOK AT HIS WAGON HITCH AFTER SUPPER. 67 00:05:03,003 --> 00:05:04,304 OH. 68 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:07,508 IT WAS A GREAT MEAL. 69 00:05:07,541 --> 00:05:08,976 THANK YOU. 70 00:05:10,678 --> 00:05:12,312 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 71 00:05:18,686 --> 00:05:20,053 ELLIOTT. 72 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:21,422 HELLO, JOHN. 73 00:05:33,901 --> 00:05:35,436 DADDY. 74 00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:44,378 JEB, JASON... 75 00:05:44,412 --> 00:05:46,113 SAY HELLO TO YOUR GRANDFATHER. 76 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:48,949 -HELLO. -HELLO. 77 00:05:48,982 --> 00:05:50,951 I DON'T THINK THEY REMEMBER ME. 78 00:05:52,953 --> 00:05:56,690 HERE, BOYS. A LITTLE GET-ACQUAINTED PRESENT FOR EACH OF YOU. 79 00:05:59,493 --> 00:06:01,128 AW... 80 00:06:01,161 --> 00:06:03,697 LOOK AT THESE POLES. 81 00:06:03,731 --> 00:06:04,798 THEY'RE SPINNERS. 82 00:06:04,832 --> 00:06:06,434 WHAT DO YOU BOYS SAY? 83 00:06:06,467 --> 00:06:07,935 Boys: THANK YOU. 84 00:06:07,968 --> 00:06:10,938 NOW, GO OUT AND PUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN THE LOCAL FISH. 85 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:15,108 AND FOR MY DAUGHTER... 86 00:06:15,142 --> 00:06:18,779 A BOTTLE OF THE FINEST PERFUME IN ALL OF FRANCE. 87 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:33,661 I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 88 00:06:33,694 --> 00:06:37,197 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WHERE'S MAMA? 89 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:39,433 AND THIS IS FOR JOHN. 90 00:06:39,467 --> 00:06:40,734 IT'S ONLY A FUR CAP, 91 00:06:40,768 --> 00:06:43,937 BUT I FIGURED YOU'D MAKE GOOD USE OF IT. 92 00:06:43,971 --> 00:06:48,676 I HEAR TELL THAT MINNESOTA IS THE COLDEST STATE IN THE UNION. 93 00:06:48,709 --> 00:06:50,611 THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. 94 00:06:53,514 --> 00:06:56,016 WELL, WHY DON'T WE ALL SIT DOWN? 95 00:06:56,049 --> 00:06:57,651 JEB, PULL UP A CHAIR FOR YOUR GRANDFATHER. 96 00:06:57,685 --> 00:06:58,952 YES, MA'AM. 97 00:07:15,202 --> 00:07:16,504 WELL... 98 00:07:18,071 --> 00:07:20,574 YOU STILL HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION. 99 00:07:20,608 --> 00:07:22,543 WHAT BRINGS YOU ALL THE WAY OUT HERE? 100 00:07:22,576 --> 00:07:24,545 CAN'T BE THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS. 101 00:07:24,578 --> 00:07:27,581 NO. I WISH IT WERE. 102 00:07:27,615 --> 00:07:30,117 YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH. 103 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:31,852 I DIDN'T THINK A LETTER WAS APPROPRIATE. 104 00:07:37,157 --> 00:07:39,226 HOW DID IT HAPPEN? 105 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:40,994 INFLUENZA. 106 00:07:41,028 --> 00:07:44,732 COMPLICATIONS SET IN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. 107 00:07:44,765 --> 00:07:45,966 SHE WOKE ONE MORNING WITH A FEVER, 108 00:07:45,999 --> 00:07:48,468 AND BY NIGHTFALL SHE WAS GONE. 109 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:52,706 OH, MY GOD. 110 00:07:58,946 --> 00:08:01,181 I KEPT MEANING TO GO BACK AND SEE HER. 111 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:04,585 I'M SORRY, MA. 112 00:08:09,623 --> 00:08:10,791 EXCUSE ME. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 113 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:18,599 John: YOU'LL STAY TO SUPPER? 114 00:08:18,632 --> 00:08:21,301 OH, YES, I WAS COUNTING ON IT. 115 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:24,838 IT'LL GIVE ME A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW MY GRANDSONS. 116 00:08:24,872 --> 00:08:26,273 GOOD. 117 00:08:26,306 --> 00:08:29,109 JASON, YOU WANT TO SET ANOTHER PLACE? 118 00:08:29,142 --> 00:08:30,544 Jason: YES, PA. 119 00:08:42,055 --> 00:08:43,156 JOHN... 120 00:08:48,095 --> 00:08:50,030 [CRYING] 121 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:25,298 [KNOCK KNOCK] 122 00:09:27,034 --> 00:09:27,968 DADDY. 123 00:09:29,970 --> 00:09:32,806 I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE FREE UNTIL NOON. 124 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,044 FOR A FELLOW NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER, I AM FREE AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY. 125 00:09:38,746 --> 00:09:41,014 ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT? 126 00:09:41,048 --> 00:09:44,685 YOU DON'T LOOK AS IF YOU'RE TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF. 127 00:09:44,718 --> 00:09:46,186 I DIDN'T SLEEP VERY WELL LAST NIGHT. 128 00:09:48,656 --> 00:09:50,858 THE NEWS ABOUT MAMA HIT ME PRETTY HARD. 129 00:09:50,891 --> 00:09:52,993 I IMAGINE IT WOULD. 130 00:09:53,026 --> 00:09:56,029 I'M GLAD I COULD AFFORD TO TAKE THE TIME OFF TO BE HERE. 131 00:09:56,063 --> 00:09:56,997 ME, TOO. 132 00:09:59,867 --> 00:10:03,203 WELL, NOW, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME A GRAND TOUR OF 133 00:10:03,236 --> 00:10:05,138 THE "WALNUT GROVE GAZETTE"? 134 00:10:05,172 --> 00:10:06,339 [STIFLED CHUCKLE] 135 00:10:06,373 --> 00:10:09,076 I'M AFRAID YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT. 136 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:12,780 THIS IS THE SUM AND TOTAL OF MY PUBLISHING EMPIRE. 137 00:10:12,813 --> 00:10:16,249 WELL, I'M SURPRISED THAT YOU HAVE ANY EMPIRE AT ALL. 138 00:10:16,283 --> 00:10:18,719 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL, 139 00:10:18,752 --> 00:10:22,890 YOU STAYED AS FAR AWAY FROM MY NEWSPAPER AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD. 140 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:25,125 MAYBE TOO FAR AWAY. 141 00:10:25,158 --> 00:10:27,094 YOU COULD ALWAYS COME BACK, YOU KNOW. 142 00:10:30,998 --> 00:10:32,032 NO... 143 00:10:33,767 --> 00:10:35,102 I DON'T THINK SO. 144 00:10:37,437 --> 00:10:39,039 THIS IS MY HOME NOW. 145 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:41,174 HOME? 146 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:45,212 WITHOUT A MUSEUM... OR THEATERS... 147 00:10:45,245 --> 00:10:47,748 OR CENTRAL PARK? 148 00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:48,882 REMEMBER? 149 00:10:51,952 --> 00:10:54,888 I KNOW. I MISS ALL THOSE THINGS... 150 00:10:56,423 --> 00:10:58,792 BUT I LIKE THE OPEN AIR 151 00:10:58,826 --> 00:11:01,261 AND THE CORNFIELDS IN THE SPRINGTIME... 152 00:11:01,294 --> 00:11:03,764 COWS WANDERING LOOSE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. 153 00:11:05,432 --> 00:11:09,236 THERE'S SOMETHING MAGICAL IN A PLACE LIKE THIS. 154 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:14,207 HOW DO JEB AND JASON FEEL ABOUT IT? 155 00:11:14,241 --> 00:11:17,144 OH, TO THEM IT'S LIKE HEAVEN ON EARTH. 156 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:19,980 YOU SOUND VERY CONVINCING... 157 00:11:20,013 --> 00:11:22,482 BUT I'VE SEEN HOW YOU LIVE. 158 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:26,019 I CAN'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE VERY HAPPY HERE. 159 00:11:26,053 --> 00:11:28,288 OH, BUT I AM! 160 00:11:28,321 --> 00:11:30,991 I HAVE MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, 161 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:33,293 EVEN MY NEWSPAPER. 162 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:37,297 I SAW A COPY OF YOUR NEWSPAPER AT THE HOTEL THIS MORNING. 163 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:39,099 DON'T TELL ME THAT WRITING STORIES 164 00:11:39,132 --> 00:11:41,902 ABOUT CHURCH BAZAARS AND BARN RAISINGS 165 00:11:41,935 --> 00:11:43,103 IS VERY FULFILLING. 166 00:11:43,136 --> 00:11:45,305 THAT'S THE WAY WE LIVE AROUND HERE. 167 00:11:45,338 --> 00:11:47,074 I'LL LEAVE THE BIG NEWS STORIES TO YOU. 168 00:11:47,107 --> 00:11:49,176 I DON'T BUY THAT, SARAH. 169 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:53,246 IF YOU WANT TO PUBLISH A NEWSPAPER, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUBLISH IT RIGHT. 170 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,515 NOW, WHAT WERE YOU WORKING ON WHEN I WALKED IN HERE? 171 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:58,118 UH...JUST AN ARTICLE... 172 00:11:58,151 --> 00:12:00,453 ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOOK DRIVE. 173 00:12:00,487 --> 00:12:01,822 DO YOU WANT TO READ IT? 174 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:03,190 NO, AND I DON'T BELIEVE 175 00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:05,292 ANY OF YOUR READERS WANT TO READ IT EITHER. 176 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,196 WHEN DO YOU GO TO PRESS? 177 00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:12,232 UH...THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. 178 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:15,368 GOOD, THAT GIVES US SOME TIME TO PULL IT OUT OF THE FIRE. 179 00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:17,771 DAUGHTER, SOME SCRAP PAPER... 180 00:12:17,805 --> 00:12:21,141 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW A REAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER WORKS. 181 00:13:02,415 --> 00:13:04,084 WELL... 182 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:05,886 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 183 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:08,221 LOOKS FINE. 184 00:13:08,255 --> 00:13:10,457 WHAT IS IT? 185 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:14,527 IT'S A BRAKE ROD. WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO FIX DOC BAKER'S RIG. 186 00:13:14,561 --> 00:13:16,363 HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO CHARGE HIM TO DO THAT? 187 00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:20,834 NOW, WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME A QUESTION LIKE THAT? 188 00:13:20,868 --> 00:13:23,904 JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE. 189 00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:25,505 JEB'S EARNING A NICKEL AN HOUR, 190 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:27,440 AND GRANDPA'S RICH. 191 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:28,842 ARE WE RICH? 192 00:13:28,876 --> 00:13:31,078 Elliot: GOOD MORNING. 193 00:13:31,111 --> 00:13:33,080 GOOD MORNING, ELLIOTT. 194 00:13:33,113 --> 00:13:35,182 SO JEB'S MAKING A NICKEL AN HOUR, IS HE? 195 00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:36,316 YES, SIR. 196 00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:41,955 WOW! A QUARTER! 197 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,556 THANKS, GRANDPA! 198 00:13:43,590 --> 00:13:46,493 GO ON. FATTEN THE COFFERS AT OLESON'S MERCANTILE. 199 00:13:52,299 --> 00:13:53,433 YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT. 200 00:13:55,168 --> 00:13:58,171 JUST CONSIDER IT MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. 201 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:03,243 I WAS LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW FIRST THING THIS MORNING. 202 00:14:03,276 --> 00:14:05,979 YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE CRACK OF DAWN. 203 00:14:06,013 --> 00:14:08,515 YEAH, WELL, I'VE GOT MORE WORK THAN I CAN HANDLE. 204 00:14:08,548 --> 00:14:11,118 I'VE BEEN SENDING PEOPLE OVER TO SLEEPY EYE. 205 00:14:11,151 --> 00:14:13,954 AND YOU'RE VERY DILIGENT, JOHN. 206 00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:17,090 I MUST CONFESS, I NEVER SAID YOU WERE LAZY. 207 00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:20,928 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE $40.00 A WEEK? 208 00:14:20,961 --> 00:14:24,965 I'D LOVE IT. AND HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING THAT? 209 00:14:24,998 --> 00:14:27,600 YOU KNOW HOW JUST AS WELL AS I DO. 210 00:14:27,634 --> 00:14:32,272 IT'S THE SAME PRESSROOM JOB I'VE BEEN OFFERING YOU ALL THESE YEARS. 211 00:14:32,305 --> 00:14:35,142 YOU MEAN THE ONE I KEEP TURNING DOWN. 212 00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:38,611 I WANT A BETTER LIFE FOR SARAH AND THE BOYS. 213 00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:42,983 AND AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HOLDING THEM BACK. 214 00:14:45,052 --> 00:14:46,954 IS THAT WHAT SARAH TOLD YOU? 215 00:14:46,987 --> 00:14:50,090 NO. SARAH'S A WOMAN. SHE'S STARRY-EYED. 216 00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:55,028 BUT IF YOU WERE TO DECIDE TO MOVE TO NEW YORK, 217 00:14:55,062 --> 00:14:56,363 YOU COULD BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR 218 00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:59,099 SHE'D PACK UP AND MOVE THERE WITH YOU. 219 00:14:59,132 --> 00:15:01,134 I CAN'T AFFORD TO BET, 220 00:15:01,168 --> 00:15:02,602 AND WE BOTH LIKE LIVING HERE. 221 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:06,173 NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR LIFE, BE REASONABLE. 222 00:15:06,206 --> 00:15:08,641 I'M OFFERING YOU A JOB A HUNDRED MEN WOULD KILL FOR. 223 00:15:08,675 --> 00:15:10,677 WELL, THEN I CERTAINLY THINK ONE OF THEM SHOULD HAVE IT. 224 00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:14,247 -JOHN! -ELLIOTT, THE ANSWER IS NO! 225 00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:27,194 [SING-SONG] WALNUT GROVE! 226 00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:29,329 Man over phone: YES, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO LINDA McANDREWS, PLEASE. 227 00:15:29,362 --> 00:15:30,964 OH. 228 00:15:30,998 --> 00:15:32,299 THIS IS HER BROTHER. I'M CALLING FROM ST. LOUIS. 229 00:15:32,332 --> 00:15:33,967 UH-HUH. JUST A MOMENT. 230 00:15:37,704 --> 00:15:40,340 [TELEPHONE BUZZES] 231 00:15:46,379 --> 00:15:48,615 HELLO? 232 00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:51,184 ANDY. 233 00:15:51,218 --> 00:15:53,186 I'M FINE. HOW ARE YOU? 234 00:15:54,754 --> 00:15:57,390 OH, GUESS WHAT. 235 00:15:57,424 --> 00:16:00,560 I HAVEN'T HAD A DRINK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. 236 00:16:00,593 --> 00:16:02,095 NO. I DON'T EVEN KEEP IT IN THE HOUSE, 237 00:16:02,129 --> 00:16:04,097 EXCEPT FOR A LITTLE RUM FOR MY MINCEMEAT PIE. 238 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:11,071 WELL, AS FAR AS WALNUT GROVE IS CONCERNED, UH... 239 00:16:11,104 --> 00:16:14,107 I'M THE WIDOW McANDREWS. 240 00:16:14,141 --> 00:16:15,675 I WANT IT TO STAY THAT WAY. 241 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:30,757 SARAH, ISN'T THIS BETTER? 242 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:34,027 THE ARTICLE ON THE SCANDAL AT THE COMMODITIES MARKET RIGHT AT THE TOP, 243 00:16:34,061 --> 00:16:35,428 AND JUST BELOW IT, 244 00:16:35,462 --> 00:16:38,131 THE PIECE ON THE GERMAN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM. 245 00:16:38,165 --> 00:16:39,499 WHERE'S THE ARTICLE THAT I WROTE 246 00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:41,134 ABOUT ALL THE HELP THE TOWN GAVE THE SIMPSONS 247 00:16:41,168 --> 00:16:43,036 AFTER THEIR HOUSE BURNED DOWN? 248 00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:45,372 PAGE 4, LOWER LEFT-HAND CORNER. 249 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,140 OH, I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN STORY. 250 00:16:47,174 --> 00:16:48,775 MY DEAR SARAH, 251 00:16:48,808 --> 00:16:51,111 LAST YEAR, THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE LONDON "TIMES" 252 00:16:51,144 --> 00:16:53,113 CAME ALL THE WAY OVER FROM ENGLAND 253 00:16:53,146 --> 00:16:55,782 TO CONSULT WITH ME ABOUT MY PUBLISHING STYLE. 254 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:58,285 IF MY ADVICE WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM, 255 00:16:58,318 --> 00:16:59,586 IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU. 256 00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:02,422 OH, GOOD MORNING, MRS. OLESON. 257 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:03,623 GOOD MORNING. 258 00:17:03,656 --> 00:17:05,092 WE'RE AWFULLY BUSY RIGHT NOW. 259 00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,327 OH, WELL, THIS WILL JUST TAKE A MOMENT. 260 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:11,064 AFTER OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY EVENING, I WENT RIGHT HOME, 261 00:17:11,098 --> 00:17:12,599 AND I WROTE THIS LITTLE ARTICLE 262 00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:15,435 THAT I THOUGHT POSSIBLY YOU COULD USE. 263 00:17:15,468 --> 00:17:17,170 [CHUCKLES] 264 00:17:17,204 --> 00:17:18,471 POSSIBLY. 265 00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:19,672 WHAT IS IT? 266 00:17:19,706 --> 00:17:21,074 COME HERE, MADAM. 267 00:17:21,108 --> 00:17:22,209 YES? 268 00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:29,149 WHERE I COME FROM, 269 00:17:29,182 --> 00:17:32,652 WE DO NOT SPLIT INFINITIVES! 270 00:17:32,685 --> 00:17:34,787 OH, UH--UH, WELL... 271 00:17:34,821 --> 00:17:38,258 IT MUST BE JUST A LITTLE OVERSIGHT ON MY PART... 272 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:39,459 ELLIOTT. 273 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:42,629 IS IT ALL RIGHT IF I CALL YOU ELLIOTT? 274 00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:44,331 NO. 275 00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:45,465 OH. 276 00:17:52,472 --> 00:17:54,807 YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUNSTROKE UNLESS YOU SIT A SPELL. 277 00:17:54,841 --> 00:17:59,212 WELL, YOU'RE PAYING ME GOOD MONEY, AND I CAN'T VERY WELL TAKE A REST 278 00:17:59,246 --> 00:18:01,148 WITH ALL THAT WORK I'VE GOT TO DO. 279 00:18:01,181 --> 00:18:02,415 JEB CARTER, IT'S MY MONEY, 280 00:18:02,449 --> 00:18:04,684 AND I WILL SPEND IT AS I SEE FIT. 281 00:18:04,717 --> 00:18:06,486 COME ON OVER HERE AND TALK TO ME. 282 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:28,841 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOME? 283 00:18:31,811 --> 00:18:33,713 HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? 284 00:18:33,746 --> 00:18:36,683 DADDY--MY FATHER RAN IT OFF THIS AFTERNOON. 285 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,819 "WHISPERS, BY HARRIET OLESON." 286 00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:43,490 "LINDA McANDREWS, THE YOUNG WIDOW 287 00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:45,558 "WHO RECENTLY PURCHASED THE OLD CAMPBELL HOUSE 288 00:18:45,592 --> 00:18:48,628 "AND WHO HAS TRIED SO HARD TO ENDEAR HERSELF TO THE COMMUNITY, 289 00:18:48,661 --> 00:18:50,863 "IS NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS AT ALL. 290 00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:53,533 "FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, SHE HAS MANAGED TO HIDE HER TRUE IDENTITY 291 00:18:53,566 --> 00:18:55,502 "FROM THE CITIZENS OF WALNUT GROVE, 292 00:18:55,535 --> 00:18:57,404 "ATTENDING CHURCH SERVICES REGULARLY 293 00:18:57,437 --> 00:18:59,572 "AND CONTRIBUTING TO LOCAL CHARITIES. 294 00:18:59,606 --> 00:19:02,542 "BUT IN TRUTH, THE WIDOW McANDREWS IS A DIVORCEE 295 00:19:02,575 --> 00:19:05,212 TRYING TO ESCAPE HER ALCOHOLIC PAST." 296 00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:12,352 OH, MY GOD. 297 00:19:14,454 --> 00:19:15,788 OH, THAT POOR WOMAN. 298 00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:47,587 HI. MRS. McANDREWS? 299 00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:49,322 I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD TAKE THE MORNING OFF 300 00:19:49,356 --> 00:19:51,291 TO GO FISHING WITH MY GRANDPA. 301 00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:52,592 THAT'S FINE WITH ME. 302 00:19:54,994 --> 00:19:57,797 I'LL BE BACK BY NOON. 303 00:19:57,830 --> 00:19:59,932 DON'T BOTHER. I DON'T WANT YOU AROUND HERE ANYMORE. 304 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,670 BUT YOUR GARDEN'S NOT NEARLY READY FOR PLANTING-- 305 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:06,439 WHAT'S THE MATTER? DON'T YOU READ YOUR MAMA'S OWN PAPER? 306 00:20:06,473 --> 00:20:07,640 I DON'T WANT YOU SETTING FOOT ON 307 00:20:07,674 --> 00:20:08,875 MY PROPERTY AGAIN, YOU HEAR? 308 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:25,925 OH, I THINK WE BETTER MOVE ON. I HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE BITE. 309 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:27,427 WHAT ABOUT JEB? 310 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,296 THIS IS WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET US. 311 00:20:29,329 --> 00:20:30,930 HE'S LATE. 312 00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:33,466 WE'LL LEAVE HIS POLE HERE AND HE CAN FISH WHERE HE WANTS. 313 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:37,036 HERE. FETCH ME THAT TACKLE BOX. 314 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,538 YES, SIR. 315 00:20:46,813 --> 00:20:48,315 THERE HE IS! 316 00:20:55,788 --> 00:20:57,457 HEY, JEB, GUESS WHAT. 317 00:20:57,490 --> 00:20:59,526 GRANDPA GOT US A JAR OF FISH EGGS. 318 00:20:59,559 --> 00:21:01,728 IT'S THE BEST BAIT IN THE WORLD. 319 00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:03,330 ISN'T IT, GRANDPA? 320 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:07,800 WHY DID YOU AND MRS. OLESON 321 00:21:07,834 --> 00:21:10,503 SAY THOSE THINGS ABOUT MRS. McANDREWS? 322 00:21:10,537 --> 00:21:12,004 ALL WE DID WAS PRINT THE TRUTH. 323 00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:14,874 ALL YOU DID WAS HURT HER FOR NO REASON. 324 00:21:14,907 --> 00:21:16,343 YOU'VE NEVER EVEN MET HER! 325 00:21:18,745 --> 00:21:20,613 HERE. KEEP IT! 326 00:21:20,647 --> 00:21:23,550 I DON'T EVER WANT ANYTHING FROM YOU AGAIN! 327 00:21:23,583 --> 00:21:25,852 NOW, JEB, YOU COME BACK HERE! 328 00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:27,687 I'LL NOT HAVE YOU SPEAKING TO ME THAT WAY! 329 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,427 DID YOU SAY SOMETHING BAD ABOUT MRS. McANDREWS 330 00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:35,728 IN THE NEWSPAPER? 331 00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:39,366 I ONLY TOLD THE TRUTH, SON. 332 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:42,435 SHE'S A NICE LADY. 333 00:21:42,469 --> 00:21:45,405 WELL, THEN MAYBE YOU'LL JUST WANT TO TROT ALONG 334 00:21:45,438 --> 00:21:47,340 AFTER YOUR BROTHER. 335 00:21:47,374 --> 00:21:49,542 HE DOESN'T GIVE ME QUARTERS AND FISHING POLES. 336 00:22:17,904 --> 00:22:18,838 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU? 337 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:21,541 NOTHING. 338 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:29,749 YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? 339 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:35,021 I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT. 340 00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:38,858 WHAT WAS YOUR GRANDPA LIKE? 341 00:22:42,529 --> 00:22:45,465 WELL, I NEVER KNEW MY GRANDFATHER ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE, 342 00:22:45,498 --> 00:22:48,568 BUT GRANDPA CARTER WAS A GREAT BIG BEAR OF A MAN. 343 00:22:48,601 --> 00:22:50,703 HE WAS A BLACKSMITH. 344 00:22:50,737 --> 00:22:54,841 WHEN HE WAS ABOUT YOUR AGE, HE HELPED BUILD THE ERIE CANAL, 345 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:57,744 AND DIGGING UP A TON OF EARTH A DAY MADE A MAN OUT OF HIM REAL FAST. 346 00:22:59,479 --> 00:23:01,080 DID HE TEACH YOU HOW TO BE A BLACKSMITH? 347 00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:05,051 AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A HUMAN BEING. 348 00:23:06,686 --> 00:23:09,756 GRANDPA CARTER NEVER SHOOK HANDS WITH ANYBODY. 349 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:15,528 HE'D WRAP THOSE ARMS AROUND YOU AND PULL YOU UP TIGHT. HUH! 350 00:23:15,562 --> 00:23:17,096 THE WAY HE LOOKED AND THE WAY HE LAUGHED... 351 00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:21,668 SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT ALONG PRETTY GOOD WITH HIM. 352 00:23:21,701 --> 00:23:24,804 YEAH. BUT HE COULD RATTLE WINDOWS 353 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:28,841 WHEN ANGER GOT THE BEST OF HIM. 354 00:23:28,875 --> 00:23:31,744 HE ALWAYS USED TO SAY HE LIKED LAUGHTER A WHOLE LOT MORE 355 00:23:31,778 --> 00:23:34,681 BECAUSE ANGER WAS A PRETTY LONELY BUSINESS. 356 00:23:34,714 --> 00:23:36,182 GUESS I'M PRETTY LONELY RIGHT NOW. 357 00:23:38,518 --> 00:23:40,419 WEREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE OUT FISHING WITH ELLIOTT? 358 00:23:46,192 --> 00:23:50,963 I HATE HIM, PA. I WISH HE NEVER CAME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 359 00:23:50,997 --> 00:23:52,799 THOSE ARE MIGHTY STRONG WORDS, SON. 360 00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:55,935 WELL, LOOK AT WHAT HE DID TO MRS. McANDREWS. SHE WAS MY FRIEND, 361 00:23:55,968 --> 00:23:59,238 BUT NOW SHE WON'T LET ME COME NEAR HER BECAUSE OF HIM. 362 00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:01,874 MRS. McANDREWS IS A GOOD WOMAN, 363 00:24:01,908 --> 00:24:04,143 AND I WAS SORRY YOUR GRANDPA DECIDED TO PRINT THAT STORY. 364 00:24:06,579 --> 00:24:09,215 WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MA COULD LET HIM DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 365 00:24:09,248 --> 00:24:14,153 WHOA. YOUR GRANDFATHER TENDS TO RUN THINGS THE WAY HE SEES FIT. 366 00:24:16,756 --> 00:24:18,925 WELL, WHEN'S HE GOING BACK TO NEW YORK? 367 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:24,196 IN TIME. BUT FOR NOW, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ONE THING: 368 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:26,132 HE'S YOUR GRANDFATHER. 369 00:24:28,735 --> 00:24:31,137 WELL, I'LL REMEMBER IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE HIM. 370 00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:49,889 WHOA. 371 00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:51,724 GOOD AFTERNOON, SARAH. 372 00:24:51,758 --> 00:24:52,992 WELL, HELLO, DADDY. 373 00:24:53,025 --> 00:24:54,661 I WANT TO TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE. 374 00:24:54,694 --> 00:24:55,962 I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME THIS COUNTRYSIDE 375 00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,263 YOU SAY YOU LOVE SO MUCH. 376 00:24:57,296 --> 00:24:58,898 OH, I CAN'T. I-- 377 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,768 I HAVE AN ERRAND TO RUN. 378 00:25:01,801 --> 00:25:04,203 GOOD. I'LL TAKE YOU. CLIMB UP. 379 00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:16,849 WHERE ARE WE HEADED? 380 00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:21,721 TO LINDA McANDREWS' PLACE. 381 00:25:21,754 --> 00:25:23,590 WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GO THERE? 382 00:25:26,292 --> 00:25:28,695 I OWE HER AN APOLOGY. 383 00:25:28,728 --> 00:25:30,262 I'VE WAITED TOO LONG ALREADY. 384 00:25:30,296 --> 00:25:31,898 AN APOLOGY? 385 00:25:31,931 --> 00:25:33,566 THAT'S ABSOLUTE NONSENSE, GIRL. 386 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,835 YOU DON'T WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR PRINTING THE TRUTH. 387 00:25:35,868 --> 00:25:38,137 DADDY, SHE WAS HURT BY THAT STORY. 388 00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:40,272 AND GROVER CLEVELAND WAS MADDER THAN A HORNET 389 00:25:40,306 --> 00:25:43,275 BECAUSE OF A STORY I PRINTED IN MY PAPER TWO WEEKS AGO. 390 00:25:43,309 --> 00:25:45,945 HE'S BEEN DEMANDING AN APOLOGY EVER SINCE. 391 00:25:45,978 --> 00:25:47,146 AND IF I WON'T APOLOGIZE 392 00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:49,348 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 393 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:51,083 I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO HAVE MY DAUGHTER 394 00:25:51,117 --> 00:25:53,786 APOLOGIZE TO AN INSIGNIFICANT YOUNG WOMAN 395 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:57,156 WHO LIED HER WAY INTO THIS COMMUNITY. 396 00:25:57,189 --> 00:26:00,660 NOW, ARE YOU READY TO SHOW ME THE SIGHTS? 397 00:26:03,262 --> 00:26:06,165 [GLASS BREAKING] 398 00:26:06,198 --> 00:26:07,199 Linda: SARAH! 399 00:26:08,968 --> 00:26:12,171 SARAH CARTER, YOU COME OUT HERE! 400 00:26:12,204 --> 00:26:14,040 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU! 401 00:26:15,875 --> 00:26:18,210 WHAT'S THE MATTER? YOU AFRAID TO LOOK ME IN THE FACE? 402 00:26:23,683 --> 00:26:25,785 [LAUGHING] 403 00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:28,020 IT LOOKS LIKE I GOT YOU OUT OF BED. 404 00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:29,321 [LAUGHING] 405 00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:30,657 WHAT A PITY. 406 00:26:32,224 --> 00:26:35,327 OH, LINDA, I'M SO SORRY. 407 00:26:35,361 --> 00:26:40,332 YOU WANTED A TOWN DRUNK. HA HA! NOW YOU GOT ONE. 408 00:26:40,366 --> 00:26:43,202 CONGRATULATIONS, MRS. PUBLISHER. 409 00:26:43,235 --> 00:26:45,304 WHY DON'T YOU COME IN THE HOUSE? WE'LL TALK. 410 00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:46,873 YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME! 411 00:26:48,908 --> 00:26:50,743 MRS. McANDREWS, PLEASE! 412 00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:53,846 IS THAT YOU, JEB? 413 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:02,689 WHY DON'T YOU TELL YOUR MOTHER ABOUT ALL MY RIVERBOAT TRIPS? 414 00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:07,259 I'M SURE SHE COULD FILL IN THE BLANKS 415 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:12,398 WITH A REAL JUICY STORY FOR THE NEXT EDITION. 416 00:27:12,431 --> 00:27:13,866 [GIGGLING] 417 00:27:22,975 --> 00:27:24,977 DAMN YOU. 418 00:27:25,011 --> 00:27:27,714 DAMN YOU. DAMN YOU! 419 00:27:36,255 --> 00:27:38,290 JOHN, I'VE GOT TO TALK TO HER. 420 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:40,827 SHE'S IN NO CONDITION TO TALK TO ANYBODY. 421 00:27:40,860 --> 00:27:42,228 COME BACK TO BED. 422 00:28:27,273 --> 00:28:28,340 SARAH? 423 00:28:32,144 --> 00:28:33,245 HI, LAURA. 424 00:28:37,149 --> 00:28:38,284 WHERE'S ROSE? 425 00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:41,821 JENNY'S TENDING HER. 426 00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:57,804 DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE? 427 00:28:57,837 --> 00:29:00,773 YEAH. GOT ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD. 428 00:29:03,142 --> 00:29:04,243 SIT DOWN. 429 00:29:22,995 --> 00:29:27,299 AHEM. I CAN'T SEEM TO CONCENTRATE ON ANYTHING BUT LINDA McANDREWS. 430 00:29:29,368 --> 00:29:31,337 WELL, SHE'S THE REASON WHY I'M HERE. 431 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:38,477 I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HEAR ABOUT IT FROM ANYBODY ELSE. 432 00:29:40,947 --> 00:29:42,915 IT SEEMS SHE HAD A REALLY ROUGH MARRIAGE. 433 00:29:44,283 --> 00:29:46,218 I GUESS THAT'S WHY SHE STARTED DRINKING. 434 00:29:50,422 --> 00:29:52,091 GUESS THE ARTICLE IN THE "GAZETTE" 435 00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:53,860 DIDN'T HELP MATTERS MUCH, DID IT? 436 00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:57,997 SHE LEFT TOWN LAST NIGHT. 437 00:30:02,068 --> 00:30:05,037 SHE GOT DRUNK AND DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF HER HOUSE. 438 00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:12,378 IT'S ALL MY FAULT. 439 00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:14,146 NOBODY'S BLAMING YOU. 440 00:30:15,581 --> 00:30:19,018 IT'S MY PAPER, NOT MY FATHER'S. 441 00:30:19,051 --> 00:30:21,220 AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT HARRIET OLESON'S. 442 00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:25,925 I DON'T KNOW WHY I LET THAT MAN DO THIS TO ME. 443 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:28,194 [SNIFFLES] 444 00:30:28,227 --> 00:30:30,262 I FEEL LIKE... 445 00:30:30,296 --> 00:30:32,264 SUCH A CHILD WHEN I'M AROUND HIM. 446 00:30:34,133 --> 00:30:35,534 WELL, IF IT'S ANY HELP TO YOU... 447 00:30:38,104 --> 00:30:40,907 I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY WHEN I'M AROUND MY FATHER. 448 00:30:43,609 --> 00:30:45,077 MY MA TOLD ME... 449 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:49,415 THAT WE PROBABLY NEVER REALLY GET OVER THAT. 450 00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:56,088 I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW CHARLES VERY WELL... 451 00:30:58,290 --> 00:30:59,625 BUT HE SEEMS SO... 452 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,496 LOVING...AND OPEN. 453 00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:09,168 YOUR FATHER ISN'T? 454 00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:12,271 NOT AT ALL. 455 00:31:15,074 --> 00:31:18,410 HE'S...HE'S ALWAYS BEEN SO... 456 00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:23,149 IMPORTANT, SO FULL OF HIMSELF. 457 00:31:26,452 --> 00:31:29,121 I GREW UP THINKING THAT ALL MEN WERE BORN LIKE THAT. 458 00:31:33,025 --> 00:31:34,293 AND THEN I MET JOHN. 459 00:31:37,964 --> 00:31:39,365 BUT DADDY NEVER APPROVED OF HIM. 460 00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,202 HE TRIED EVERYTHING TO KEEP US APART. 461 00:31:47,706 --> 00:31:49,308 WE FINALLY HAD TO ELOPE. 462 00:31:51,978 --> 00:31:53,645 IT TOOK ME YEARS TO CONVINCE MY PA 463 00:31:53,679 --> 00:31:56,015 THAT ALMANZO AND I SHOULD GET MARRIED. 464 00:31:57,516 --> 00:31:59,351 EVEN AFTER HE SAID YES... 465 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:05,091 I COULD TELL THAT DEEP DOWN INSIDE... 466 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:10,062 HE WASN'T READY TO LET GO OF ME YET. 467 00:32:12,731 --> 00:32:16,035 I'M AFRAID THAT DADDY WILL RESENT JOHN TILL THE DAY HE DIES. 468 00:32:19,371 --> 00:32:21,207 DO YOU LIKE ELLIOTT? 469 00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:24,643 MY FATHER? OF COURSE I DO. 470 00:32:28,180 --> 00:32:30,082 BUT ONLY BECAUSE HE'S YOUR FATHER? 471 00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:37,556 OH, LAURA... 472 00:32:43,762 --> 00:32:45,431 OH, I'M SO FRIGHTENED. 473 00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:51,437 HE'S MY OWN FATHER. 474 00:32:54,606 --> 00:32:56,242 I'VE BEEN POISONED BY HIM. 475 00:33:06,352 --> 00:33:08,287 [SOBBING] 476 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:34,180 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 477 00:33:34,213 --> 00:33:36,282 JASON, WOULD YOU GET THAT FOR ME, PLEASE? 478 00:33:36,315 --> 00:33:37,416 YEAH. 479 00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:41,787 GRANDPA, COME IN. 480 00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:45,324 JASON, JEB. SARAH. 481 00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:49,628 WELL. I'D ALMOST GIVEN UP ON SEEING YOU TODAY. 482 00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:51,763 WELL, I HAD A LOT TO ATTEND TO. 483 00:33:51,797 --> 00:33:54,100 PERHAPS YOU BOYS WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT AND PLAY. 484 00:33:54,133 --> 00:33:56,602 YOUR MOTHER AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS. 485 00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:58,704 Sarah: GO AHEAD. 486 00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:00,739 YOU CAN FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK LATER. 487 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:04,510 COME ON, JASON. WE'VE GOT CHORES TO DO ANYWAY. 488 00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:05,811 Sarah: DON'T GO TOO FAR. 489 00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:07,479 SUPPER'S GOING TO BE READY IN AN HOUR. 490 00:34:15,621 --> 00:34:19,458 I SPOKE TO A MR. FORDWICK AT THE RUTLEDGE BOYS' SCHOOL 491 00:34:19,491 --> 00:34:21,127 IN WEST HAMPTON, LONG ISLAND. 492 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,862 HE'S EXPECTING TO SEE JASON IN A MONTH, 493 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:27,799 AND JEB'S ENROLLED IN THE NEW CANAAN MILITARY ACADEMY A WEEK LATER. 494 00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:32,338 AND YOU AND JOHN CAN COME AND LIVE WITH ME UNTIL YOU FIND A PLACE OF YOUR OWN. 495 00:34:32,371 --> 00:34:34,806 I DIDN'T AGREE TO ANY OF THIS. 496 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:39,111 I TRUST YOU MENTIONED OUR LITTLE CONVERSATION TO YOUR HUSBAND. 497 00:34:39,145 --> 00:34:40,512 NO. 498 00:34:40,546 --> 00:34:42,348 THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK TO HIM MYSELF. 499 00:34:42,381 --> 00:34:44,250 DADDY, I KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY. 500 00:34:44,283 --> 00:34:45,484 [DOOR OPENS] 501 00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:51,457 ELLIOTT. 502 00:34:51,490 --> 00:34:52,791 JOHN, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 503 00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:54,626 MAYBE YOU CAN TALK SOME SENSE INTO MY DAUGHTER. 504 00:34:56,395 --> 00:34:58,364 WHY? WHAT'S GOING ON? 505 00:34:58,397 --> 00:35:02,134 WELL, I WAS TRYING TO OUTLINE THE ADVANTAGES OF MOVING BACK TO NEW YORK: 506 00:35:02,168 --> 00:35:04,603 EXCELLENT SCHOOLING FOR THE CHILDREN, 507 00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:07,873 GOOD JOBS FOR BOTH OF YOU, WITH A FUTURE, 508 00:35:07,906 --> 00:35:09,341 A PROPER HOME. 509 00:35:09,375 --> 00:35:10,609 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS HOME? 510 00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:11,810 JOHN. 511 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:14,213 NO. I'M ASKING A QUESTION. 512 00:35:14,246 --> 00:35:16,548 WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS HOME? 513 00:35:16,582 --> 00:35:18,884 WELL, THAT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS. 514 00:35:18,917 --> 00:35:22,221 THIS SHACK YOU CALL A HOME ISN'T FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. 515 00:35:22,254 --> 00:35:27,493 THE BOYS SLEEP IN A LOFT. YOU PUMP YOUR WATER FROM A WELL BY HAND. 516 00:35:27,526 --> 00:35:30,362 I'M GLAD I DIDN'T LET EMMA COME OUT HERE AFTER ALL. 517 00:35:32,531 --> 00:35:37,403 MAMA WANTED TO COME VISIT US? 518 00:35:37,436 --> 00:35:40,372 WHEN SHE HEARD YOU WERE MOVING TO WALNUT GROVE. 519 00:35:40,406 --> 00:35:43,709 BUT THE TIMING WAS WRONG. SHE WAS IN NO SHAPE TO TRAVEL. 520 00:35:45,744 --> 00:35:47,746 WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE? 521 00:35:47,779 --> 00:35:50,249 WELL, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT. 522 00:35:53,552 --> 00:35:55,421 I--I THOUGHT SHE DIDN'T CARE. 523 00:35:57,223 --> 00:35:58,724 MONTHS AND MONTHS WENT BY WITHOUT A WORD 524 00:35:58,757 --> 00:35:59,891 FROM EITHER OF YOU. 525 00:35:59,925 --> 00:36:02,594 WELL, YOU KNOW HOW NEW YORK IS. 526 00:36:02,628 --> 00:36:06,432 FAST-PACE, EVERYTHING ON THE MOVE. 527 00:36:06,465 --> 00:36:10,236 DADDY, HOW LONG WAS MAMA SICK? 528 00:36:16,308 --> 00:36:17,443 I WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. 529 00:36:20,579 --> 00:36:24,516 I HAD HER MOVED TO A SANATORIUM IN CONNECTICUT A YEAR AGO. 530 00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:25,784 CONSUMPTION. 531 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,656 SHE DIDN'T DIE OF INFLUENZA, THEN? 532 00:36:35,327 --> 00:36:36,928 I COULD'VE GONE TO HER? 533 00:36:38,364 --> 00:36:40,198 NO. THERE WAS NOTHING YOU COULD DO. 534 00:36:41,667 --> 00:36:44,303 THE POOR WOMAN WAS VERY ILL. 535 00:36:44,336 --> 00:36:46,438 I DIDN'T SEE THE NEED TO BURDEN YOU. 536 00:36:46,472 --> 00:36:48,274 DIDN'T SEE THE NEED? 537 00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:53,645 YOU SENT HER ALL THE WAY TO CONNECTICUT, 538 00:36:53,679 --> 00:36:55,614 AND THEN YOU DELIBERATELY KEPT ME FROM HER... 539 00:36:58,617 --> 00:37:01,253 AT A TIME WHEN SHE NEEDED ME MOST? 540 00:37:01,287 --> 00:37:03,389 YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO DO THAT. 541 00:37:03,422 --> 00:37:07,293 I HAVE EVERY RIGHT. I'M YOUR FATHER. 542 00:37:07,326 --> 00:37:09,628 WELL, YOU'RE EVERYBODY'S FATHER, AREN'T YOU? 543 00:37:09,661 --> 00:37:12,498 MAMA'S, MINE, JOHN'S, EVERYBODY'S. 544 00:37:12,531 --> 00:37:14,800 EVERYBODY HAS TO DO WHAT YOU SAY. 545 00:37:14,833 --> 00:37:16,668 IS THAT THE KIND OF NONSENSE 546 00:37:16,702 --> 00:37:19,338 LIFE IN THIS PRAIRIE TOWN HAS TAUGHT YOU? 547 00:37:19,371 --> 00:37:20,972 IT'S TAUGHT ME INDEPENDENCE. 548 00:37:21,006 --> 00:37:23,909 IT'S TAUGHT ME THAT I'M NOT YOUR LITTLE GIRL ANYMORE. 549 00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:26,478 I'M A GROWN WOMAN WITH A HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN. 550 00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:31,783 YOU MAY GET YOUR WAY WITH YOUR EDITORS AND YOUR REPORTERS 551 00:37:31,817 --> 00:37:34,720 AND EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 552 00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:38,757 BUT NOT WITH ME, NOT EVER AGAIN. 553 00:37:38,790 --> 00:37:42,794 SARAH, I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU HAVE-- 554 00:37:42,828 --> 00:37:45,631 EVERYTHING YOU EVER ASKED FOR-- 555 00:37:45,664 --> 00:37:47,799 BUT I'LL CUT YOU OFF IF I HAVE TO STAND HERE 556 00:37:47,833 --> 00:37:49,335 AND LISTEN TO ANY MORE OF THIS. 557 00:37:53,472 --> 00:37:54,606 I THINK YOU SHOULD GO NOW. 558 00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:58,043 EVER SINCE SHE MET YOU, 559 00:37:58,076 --> 00:38:01,647 SHE HAS BEEN REBELLIOUS AND INTRACTABLE. 560 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,383 I DIDN'T APPROVE OF HER MARRYING YOU, 561 00:38:04,416 --> 00:38:06,852 BUT SHE WENT AHEAD AND MARRIED YOU ANYWAY. 562 00:38:06,885 --> 00:38:09,355 I DIDN'T APPROVE OF HER MOVING WEST, 563 00:38:09,388 --> 00:38:11,757 BUT HERE SHE IS. 564 00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:15,594 SHE HAS REJECTED MY ADVICE AND MY OFFERS OF HELP AT EVERY TURN. 565 00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:19,465 YOU DON'T GIVE ADVICE, ELLIOTT. YOU GIVE ORDERS. 566 00:38:19,498 --> 00:38:23,335 SHE'S TIRED OF BEING PUSHED AROUND BY YOU, AND SO AM I. 567 00:38:23,369 --> 00:38:26,838 NOW, YOU'VE GIVEN HER NOTHING BUT GRIEF EVER SINCE YOU GOT HERE. 568 00:38:26,872 --> 00:38:30,809 NOW, THIS MAY BE A SHACK, BUT IT'S OUR SHACK, 569 00:38:30,842 --> 00:38:32,010 AND YOU'RE NOT WELCOME IN IT. 570 00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:38,016 I'LL BE ON THE MORNING STAGE. 571 00:38:50,896 --> 00:38:52,764 ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? 572 00:38:52,798 --> 00:38:53,899 I'M GOOD. 573 00:38:55,967 --> 00:38:57,068 I'M FINE. 574 00:40:02,601 --> 00:40:03,869 [KNOCK ON DOOR] 575 00:40:08,774 --> 00:40:10,876 OH, GOOD EVENING, MR. REED. 576 00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:14,946 I HAVE SOMETHING HERE I THINK MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. 577 00:40:14,980 --> 00:40:17,783 IT'S MY NEXT COLUMN FOR THE "GAZETTE." 578 00:40:17,816 --> 00:40:20,519 OH, PLEASE NOT TONIGHT, MRS. OLESON. 579 00:40:20,552 --> 00:40:24,890 WELL, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE McANDREWS WOMAN. 580 00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:27,158 WHAT ABOUT HER? 581 00:40:27,192 --> 00:40:29,728 WELL, YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS, 582 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:33,499 BUT REVEREND ALDEN ACTUALLY WENT INTO SLEEPY EYE, 583 00:40:33,532 --> 00:40:35,701 AND HE FOUND HER, AND HE CONVINCED HER 584 00:40:35,734 --> 00:40:38,036 TO MOVE BACK TO WALNUT GROVE. 585 00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:39,671 CAN YOU IMAGINE? 586 00:40:39,705 --> 00:40:44,843 THAT--THAT REVEREND ACTUALLY AIDING AND ABETTING A-- 587 00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:47,713 A WOMAN OF THAT CALIBER. 588 00:40:47,746 --> 00:40:49,581 YES, INDEED. 589 00:40:49,615 --> 00:40:52,551 I SEE YOU'VE TAKEN THE POOR REVEREND TO TASK, TOO. 590 00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:55,554 OH, WELL, "THE POOR REVEREND," AS YOU SAY, 591 00:40:55,587 --> 00:40:58,890 IS CERTAINLY NOT ABOVE THE SIMPLE RULES OF DECENCY. 592 00:40:58,924 --> 00:41:02,961 AND NEITHER ON RARE OCCASIONS IS A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER. 593 00:41:02,994 --> 00:41:04,796 AND THAT'S WHY I'M DOING WALNUT GROVE 594 00:41:04,830 --> 00:41:07,098 AND MY DAUGHTER AND YOU THE COURTESY 595 00:41:07,132 --> 00:41:11,803 OF RIPPING THIS SLANDEROUS PIECE OF GARBAGE TO SHREDS. 596 00:41:11,837 --> 00:41:13,939 -GOOD HEAVENS-- -GOOD NIGHT, MRS. OLESON. 597 00:41:49,675 --> 00:41:51,042 WHAT TIME'S THE STAGE LEAVE? 598 00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:55,146 ABOUT A HALF-HOUR. 599 00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:57,916 I GUESS HE'LL BE GLAD TO GET BACK TO NEW YORK. 600 00:41:57,949 --> 00:42:01,252 MINNESOTA'S NOT HIS FAVORITE PLACE ON THIS EARTH. 601 00:42:01,286 --> 00:42:03,221 I DON'T SUPPOSE WE'LL EVER SEE HIM AGAIN. 602 00:42:06,958 --> 00:42:08,560 I WOULDN'T THINK SO. 603 00:42:15,667 --> 00:42:16,768 JOHN... 604 00:42:20,005 --> 00:42:21,072 PLEASE. 605 00:42:22,173 --> 00:42:23,742 I'LL HITCH UP THE TEAM. 606 00:42:39,858 --> 00:42:42,160 [THUNDER] 607 00:42:47,332 --> 00:42:49,234 ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, LET'S LOAD UP. 608 00:42:49,267 --> 00:42:51,569 THAT STORM'S MOVING IN AWFUL FAST. 609 00:43:23,869 --> 00:43:24,970 DADDY, I... 610 00:43:29,875 --> 00:43:32,010 I'M SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HERE. 611 00:43:34,746 --> 00:43:36,614 WE JUST COULDN'T LET YOU LEAVE WITHOUT... 612 00:43:38,249 --> 00:43:39,284 SAYING GOOD-BYE. 613 00:43:41,252 --> 00:43:44,756 I WAS AFRAID WE'D SAID OUR GOOD-BYES YESTERDAY. 614 00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:47,225 YESTERDAY'S OVER AND DONE WITH. 615 00:43:47,258 --> 00:43:51,129 WE SAID OUR PIECE, AND YOU SAID YOURS. 616 00:43:51,162 --> 00:43:55,133 AND I STILL WISH YOU WERE GOING BACK EAST WITH ME. 617 00:43:55,166 --> 00:43:58,369 I KNOW YOU WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR US, BUT I-- 618 00:43:58,403 --> 00:44:01,807 NO. I DON'T WANT IT FOR YOU... 619 00:44:03,208 --> 00:44:04,810 BUT FOR MYSELF. 620 00:44:06,344 --> 00:44:09,080 WHEN YOU GET OLDER, YOU FIND OUT THAT 621 00:44:09,114 --> 00:44:12,217 YOU'RE NOT AS STRONG AND INDEPENDENT AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. 622 00:44:14,019 --> 00:44:17,055 YOU LOOK AROUND AND SUDDENLY FIND YOU'RE ALL ALONE. 623 00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:21,226 THE TOP FLOOR OF THE "GLOBE TELEGRAM"... 624 00:44:22,794 --> 00:44:26,397 GETS TO BE A MIGHTY LONELY PLACE AT TIMES. 625 00:44:26,431 --> 00:44:28,199 Jason: YOU'RE COMING BACK, AREN'T YOU? 626 00:44:32,437 --> 00:44:35,140 I BELIEVE YOU OWE ME THE NEXT VISIT. 627 00:44:35,173 --> 00:44:37,042 CAN WE GO TO CONEY ISLAND? 628 00:44:39,110 --> 00:44:42,080 YES. IT'LL BE OUR FIRST STOP. 629 00:44:44,449 --> 00:44:48,987 AND, JEB... I'M SORRY ABOUT MRS. McANDREWS. 630 00:44:51,890 --> 00:44:53,358 I REALLY HOPE THAT THINGS ARE GOING 631 00:44:53,391 --> 00:44:55,026 TO BE ALL RIGHT WITH HER. 632 00:44:57,262 --> 00:44:58,764 I DO, TOO. 633 00:45:01,232 --> 00:45:06,271 JOHN, I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. 634 00:45:06,304 --> 00:45:08,206 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, 635 00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:11,042 THE ONLY HURT YOU EVER DID ME WAS... 636 00:45:11,076 --> 00:45:12,477 TO TAKE MY PLACE. 637 00:45:15,146 --> 00:45:18,216 I EXPECT YOU TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER. 638 00:45:18,249 --> 00:45:20,786 SHE'S THE ONLY FAMILY I HAVE. 639 00:45:23,554 --> 00:45:24,890 Jeb: WE'RE ALL YOUR FAMILY. 640 00:45:26,391 --> 00:45:28,426 YOU'RE OUR GRANDPA, AREN'T YOU? 641 00:45:38,804 --> 00:45:42,040 I CAN'T KEEP A STAGE FULL OF PEOPLE WAITING. 642 00:45:44,142 --> 00:45:45,443 GOOD-BYE, SARAH. 643 00:45:47,045 --> 00:45:49,147 I'LL WRITE TO YOU WHEN I GET TO NEW YORK. 644 00:45:51,349 --> 00:45:53,151 IS THAT A PROMISE? 645 00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:09,901 DADDY... 646 00:46:26,084 --> 00:46:27,452 I LOVE YOU. 647 00:46:47,438 --> 00:46:49,074 SARAH... 648 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,096 I LOVE YOU, TOO.