Season 9 · Episode 17
A Child with No Name
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- 17 (196 overall)
- First aired
- February 14, 1983
- Network
- NBC
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Laura gives birth to a baby boy, but the infant dies before he can even be named. Lost in grief, Laura blames Doc Baker, and the heartbroken doctor decides to leave Walnut Grove.
When Rose comes down with smallpox, Doc stays to fight for her life, and Laura comes to see how wrong she was. Inspired by a real loss in the Wilder family.
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