Season 8 · Episode 14

The Legacy

Season
Season 8
Episode
14 (171 overall)
First aired
January 25, 1982
Network
NBC

Who’s in it: Charles IngallsCaroline Ingalls

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What happens

Charles discovers he has a real gift for building fine tables. Dreaming of leaving something lasting behind, Charles moves the family to the city to go into business.

Then a factory copies his design and floods the market with cheap imitations. Charles comes to see that his true legacy was never furniture. It's the children he and Caroline have raised.

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