Season 9 · Episode 1

Times Are Changing (Part 1)

Season
Season 9
Episode
1 (180 overall)
First aired
September 27, 1982
Network
NBC
TearjerkerTwo-part story

Who’s in it: Charles IngallsCaroline IngallsLauraAlmanzoJenny WilderThe Carters

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What happens

The ninth season, retitled Little House: A New Beginning, opens with big changes. Charles and Caroline sell the farm and move with the younger children to Burr Oak, Iowa, and the Carter family, John, Sarah and their sons Jeb and Jason, move into the little house.

Laura gives up teaching to care for her family. Then Almanzo's brother Royal arrives with his daughter, Jenny, carrying devastating news: he is dying, and he wants Laura and Almanzo to raise her.

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