Season 8 · Episode 3

Growin' Pains

Season
Season 8
Episode
3 (160 overall)
First aired
October 19, 1981
Network
NBC

Who’s in it: AlbertJames & Cassandra

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What happens

James is struggling to fit into his new life with the Ingalls family. After getting caught stealing, he runs away.

Albert follows him, and the two boys shelter in an abandoned house during a storm. There, the brothers finally talk things through and come home together.

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