Season 8 · Episode 22
He Was Only Twelve (Part 2)
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- 22 (179 overall)
- First aired
- May 10, 1982
- Network
- NBC
Who’s in it: Charles IngallsJames & Cassandra
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James lies in a coma, and the doctors hold out little hope. Charles refuses to accept that his son is lost.
He takes James into the woods, builds a shelter, and prays day and night for a miracle. A deeply moving finale, and the last regular-season episode with Michael Landon as a series regular.
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