Season 8 · Episode 18
Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow (Part 2)
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- 18 (175 overall)
- First aired
- February 22, 1982
- Network
- NBC
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Laura gives birth to their daughter, Rose, but even the new baby can't pull Almanzo out of his depression. He refuses to do the exercises that might help him recover.
When a tornado tears the Wilders' house apart, Laura's fury and grief finally break through to him, and Almanzo begins to fight his way back. A moving story about resilience and marriage.
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