Season 9 · Episode 16

Home Again

Season
Season 9
Episode
16 (195 overall)
First aired
February 7, 1983
Network
NBC

Who’s in it: Charles IngallsAlbert

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What happens

Michael Landon returns as Charles. Albert, now a young man, has fallen in with a bad crowd, and after a string of trouble, Charles discovers the reason: his son is addicted to morphine.

Charles brings Albert home to Walnut Grove and takes drastic measures to help him through withdrawal. A hard-hitting episode about addiction, with Landon and Matthew Labyorteaux at their most powerful.

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