Season 9 · Episode 21

Hello and Goodbye

Season
Season 9
Episode
21 (200 overall)
First aired
March 21, 1983
Network
NBC

Who’s in it: LauraMr. Edwards

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What happens

Matthew's real father turns up, and the boy leaves Walnut Grove to live with him. Mr. Edwards, who had come to think of Matthew as his own son, is devastated.

Lonely, he moves into the boardinghouse Laura runs, where a pompous writer named Sherwood Montague is also living. This was the last episode of the weekly series, though three TV movies followed.

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