Save for the first episode of this season, we haven't really seen anything about Laura or Caroline or the other main characters this season. I'm not sure what the producers and writers were doing here - were they at a loss on what to do here - but I don't like it! After the awesome two part episode that opened the season, we watched a story about the Garvey's leaving Walnut Grove and trying to settle in Sleepy Eye (we briefly saw Adam and Mary, along with Nels and Harriet). In the show following that, Albert is concentrated on and we see most of the Ingalls family, but it was mainly about a down and out football coach and Albert happened to be the star. I suppose we can count it as an Ingalls story, but I'm not too satisfied with it. Now we're seeing a story taking place in Sleepy Eye about Houston, who we met in the finals two episodes of the previous season. Charles and Albert are involved in this story but I don't qualify that as an Ingalls' story...
I know the next story also has little involvement with the Ingalls family. Why so many stories in a row that take away from the Ingalls family? They have their heart-warming moments but I like the episodes better when the family is heavily involved in the story line...
In this story, two orphan boys who don't want to be separated run away. The youngest brother can't speak because of all the trauma he's experienced lately. They end up on the farm of Houston where they hid out. Charles discovers where they are but doesn't tell Jonathan, who's acting more like Sheriff than deputy in this episode. Then they team up and work together to see if they can keep the two together.
The story is sweet and someone may shed a tear at the end of the story.