Season 8 · Episode 21

He Was Only Twelve (Part 1)

Season
Season 8
Episode
21 (178 overall)
First aired
May 3, 1982
Network
NBC
AdventureTwo-part story

Who’s in it: Charles IngallsAlbertJames & CassandraMr. Edwards

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What happens

James goes along on a trip to Sleepy Eye and walks straight into a bank robbery. He is shot and gravely wounded.

Ignoring orders to leave it to the law, Charles, Mr. Edwards and Albert ride out after the outlaws who did it. A tense, emotional two-parter begins.

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