"Little House on the Prairie"
As Long as We're Together: Part 1 (1978)

Director:

Michael Landon

Writers:

Michael Landon (writer)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (novels)

TV Series:

"Little House on the Prairie" (1974)

Original Air Date:

11 September 1978 (Season 5, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance | Western

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Wheat Field | Americana | House | Parenthood | Prairie

Cast

Michael Landon	...	Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle	...	Caroline Ingalls
Melissa Gilbert	...	Laura Ingalls
Melissa Sue Anderson	...	Mary Ingalls
Lindsay Greenbush	...	Carrie Ingalls (as Lindsay Sidney Greenbush)
Sidney Greenbush	...	Carrie Ingalls (as Lindsay Sidney Greenbush)
Richard Bull	...	Nels Oleson
Scottie MacGregor	...	Harriet Oleson (as Katherine MacGregor)
Alison Arngrim	...	Nellie Oleson
Jonathan Gilbert	...	Willie Oleson
Merlin Olsen	...	Jonathan Garvey
Hersha Parady	...	Alice Garvey
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Andrew 'Andy' Garvey (as Patrick Laborteaux)
Matthew Laborteaux	...	Albert Quinn Ingalls
Linwood Boomer	...	Adam Kendall

The Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons move to Winoka.

Hardship has struck Walnut Grove and many of the citizens move to other towns to support themselves. Among them are the Olesons, the Garveys and the Ingalls.

In the town of Winoka, Mr and Mrs Oleson obtain work at a saloon, Charles and Caroline are hired to run a restaurant and hotel and Jonathan Garvey obtains employment also. All of them work for Mr. Standish (Leon Charles), who controls the town and is very mean.

Mrs. Garvey attempts to continue the children's lessons, meeting in an empty building also owned by Standish, as there is no school in Winoka. One day, Charles encounters a youngster named Albert (Matthew Laborteaux) who appears to be an orphan or runaway, the boy is very cadgy about divulging his history and Charles accepts him on those terms, attempting to be his friend and encouraging him to go to Mrs. Garvey's school.

Continued in part two of As Long as We're Together.