Season 7

Laura marries Almanzo and becomes Laura Ingalls Wilder. Adam regains his sight, Nellie has twins, Albert's first love ends in tragedy, and the orphaned Cooper children, James and Cassandra, join the Ingalls family. Season 7 aired on NBC in 1980–81 and has 22 episodes. Pick one below for a full synopsis.

1. 1Laura Ingalls Wilder (Part 1)First aired September 22, 1980Laura and Almanzo are engaged, and Almanzo buys a farm of his own to start their life together.
2. 2Laura Ingalls Wilder (Part 2)First aired September 29, 1980Drought ruins Almanzo's crop, and he loses the farm.
3. 3A New BeginningFirst aired October 6, 1980Jonathan Garvey moves to Sleepy Eye with his son Andy and buys a freight business, hoping for a fresh start after losing Alice.
4. 4Fight Team Fight!First aired October 13, 1980Walnut Grove gets a football team, and the new coach, Pete Ellerbee, cares more about winning than about the boys who play for him.
5. 5The Silent CryFirst aired October 20, 1980Two orphaned brothers, Josh and Michael, come under the care of Houston Lamb, the gruff but big-hearted groundskeeper at the school for the blind.
6. 6Portrait of LoveFirst aired October 27, 1980Annie Crane, a talented young blind artist, has never known her birth mother.
7. 7Divorce Walnut Grove StyleFirst aired November 10, 1980Newly married Laura becomes convinced that Almanzo is spending too much time with a lively young woman named Brenda Sue.
8. 8Dearest Albert, I'll Miss YouFirst aired November 17, 1980Albert starts writing letters to a pen pal named Leslie, and soon he's head over heels.
9. 9The In-lawsFirst aired November 24, 1980Charles and Almanzo go into the freight business together, but the two men can't agree on how to run it.
10. 10To See the Light (Part 1)First aired December 1, 1980After a second blow to the head, Adam Kendall regains his sight.
11. 11To See the Light (Part 2)First aired December 8, 1980Adam heads to Minneapolis for his law exams, but he is robbed and falls ill, missing the tests.

12. 12Oleson Versus OlesonFirst aired January 5, 1981A campaigner for women's rights comes to Walnut Grove gathering signatures for a petition, and most of the men want nothing to do with it.
13. 13Come, Let Us Reason TogetherFirst aired January 12, 1981Nellie is about to give birth, and Percival's father, who is Jewish, comes to Walnut Grove for the big day.
14. 14The NephewsFirst aired January 19, 1981Almanzo's brother Royal leaves his sons with Laura and Almanzo, and the boys are terrors.
15. 15Make a Joyful NoiseFirst aired January 26, 1981Joe Kagan, now living in Sleepy Eye, befriends Timothy, a blind boy at the school.
16. 16Goodbye, Mrs. WilderFirst aired February 2, 1981A state official demands changes to the school curriculum, and Laura clashes with Mrs.
17. 17Sylvia (Part 1)First aired February 9, 1981Albert falls for Sylvia Webb, a new girl in town who is harassed by boys because she looks older than her age.
18. 18Sylvia (Part 2)First aired February 16, 1981Sylvia's father plans to take her away from Walnut Grove, and Albert and Sylvia decide to run away and marry.
19. 19Blind JusticeFirst aired February 23, 1981Adam Kendall opens his law office in Walnut Grove, and his first client is a man accused of fraud after a land deal wipes out several families.
20. 20I Do, AgainFirst aired March 2, 1981Caroline learns that she can no longer have children and falls into a deep sadness.
21. 21The Lost Ones (Part 1)First aired May 4, 1981Alvin and Sarah Cooper die in a wagon accident, leaving behind two children, James and Cassandra.
22. 22The Lost Ones (Part 2)First aired May 11, 1981James and Cassandra are placed with a harsh foster father who works them like farm hands.