"Little House on the Prairie"
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away: Part 1 (1978)

Director:

William F. Claxton

Writers:

Carole Raschella (writer) (multiple episodes 1977-1981)
Michael Raschella (writer) (multiple episodes 1977-1981)

TV Series:

"Little House on the Prairie" (1974)

Original Air Date:

6 March 1978 (Season 4, Episode 21)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Western

Plot:

Long hours studying by candlelight for the state teacher's exam results in tired, blurry eyes for Mary Ingalls...

Plot Keywords:

Sister Sister Relationship | Optometrist | Dating | Spectacles | Sisters

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)
Kevin Hagen	...	Dr. Hiram Baker
Alison Arngrim	...	Nellie Oleson
Scottie MacGregor	...	Harriet Oleson (as Katherine MacGregor)
Jonathan Gilbert	...	Willie Oleson
Karl Swenson	...	Lars Hanson
Dabbs Greer	...	Reverend Robert Alden
Merlin Olsen	...	Jonathan Garvey
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Kenneally	...	Seth Barton (as Rob Kenneally)
Ford Rainey	...	Dr. Burke

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Charles calls Lars Hanson "Carl" when greeting him at the mill.