Season 6 · Episode 15

What Ever Happened to the Class of '56?

Season
Season 6
Episode
15 (127 overall)
First aired
January 14, 1980
Network
NBC

Who’s in it: Charles IngallsCaroline Ingalls

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What happens

Charles heads to a Grange convention and Caroline travels with him to her school class reunion in Milwaukee. Among her old classmates are people who seem to have everything: money, success and fine homes.

Behind the polished surfaces the Ingalls find unhappy marriages and empty lives. The trip reminds Charles and Caroline that their own modest life together is the real success.

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