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• At the end of HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT, Laura and Almanzo were told they had to wait until she was 17 (one year after 16), and it is revealed in this episode they have six months left. At the start of these six months, Nellie gets pregenaut. At the end of this episode Laura and Almanzo get married allowing us to asume the six months have past (or Charles is really slipping with his two year rule), in which case, Nellie should have less than three months left. However, it will not be for five more months till Nellie's twins are born. Talk about a late delivery :)
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, April 26, 1997.
• ANSWER: Laura and Almonzo didn't fully wait out the 6 months. With everything that they went through to be together Charles didn't object when they decided to share the same aniversery as her sister.
  Contributed by Brook L, December 26, 1997.

• When Dr.Baker prepares Mrs.oleson for Nellie's news in part one of this episode he says "she has maybe 6 months at best". This obvious attempt at injecting humor seems like one of the most farfetched scenes the show has ever had. No doctor in real would ever break pregnancy news to a family member as if they were misleading the family member into believing that their loved one had some terminal disease or something, unless that Doctor did not value his or her medical license that much.
  Contributed by Chuck, December 30, 1997.

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• I'm not sure but was it ever really determined if real football had been introduced in this country or was even invented in the form we know it by the time in which this episode was set.
  Asked by Chuck, December 30, 1997.

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• This is not really a nitpick but I just wondered if everyone noticed that the little boy who didn't talk until the end of the episode was a young David Faustino!! Most people probably know who he is. And as a matter of fact, he later had a role in an episode of Highway to Heaven. I wonder if he or his family was friends with Michael Landon. His younger brother was also in an episode of Highway to Heaven...and it was an episode where Richard Bull (Mr. Oleson) played a judge!!
  Contributed by HYPER, July 1, 1997.

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• When Marge abandoned her daughter she left her at the Winoka School for the Blind, the daughter was two years old. Now she is 16, which means 14 years ago she was left at the Winoka School. In AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER, Mary and Adam had just opened the Winoka School. Somehow, I do not think that Mary and Adam have been working there for 14 years :). Of course, the building in the flash back was different than the school as seen in the afore-mentioned episode, so it may have been a different blind school.
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, April 26, 1997.
• Additional: I believe the school had diffenet owners and that Adam was asked to take over even though it was not mentioned.
  Additional by Lydia, July 26, 1997.
• I'm not sure which episode it is, but the original owner of the blind school (who I assumed was Adam's father or relative) said that Adam was to take over the blind school because he was dying. This was the episode when the school was moved to Walnut Grove.
  Contributed by Doc, February 14, 1998.

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• The dirt on Laura's face (from the fight with the "other woman") changes shades, and is clearly written by a grease pencil...And how did she kneel on that glass and not get cut when it shattered?
  Contributed by Dick, September 12, 1997.

• Two problems exist other than what Dick submitted. For one early Almanzo complains that his hard work would be worth it if "supper could be alittle special" and basically chides Laura's cooking. However, just a few episodes later in "Goodbye Mrs.Wilder," Almanzo tells Charles and Caroline at the dinner table that "I'm spoiled, It's like this most every night" in refernce to Laura's cooking. Assumeably Laura learned to cook in a hurry.
• Secondly while Dick points out how ludicrous the dirt looks he fails to mention that oddly enough Almanzo never questions the dirt on Laura's face or if she had been in a fight or why she's virtually in tatters.
  Both contributed by Chuck, December 4, 1997.
• Correction: Laura was never a bad cook. In "Divorce, Walnut Grove Style," she had been too busy to spend much time cooking while she was teaching. That's what Almanzo was so upset about. Later, in "Goodbye Mrs. Wilder," Laura had quit teaching and had a lot of time to cook elaborate meals since she was going stir crazy without anything to do. That's why Almanzo refers to the great meals.
  Contributed by Heather B, December 26, 1997.

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• If we use the Timeline theory (based on the allowment of the growth of Jenny), then this episode would take place eight years after the episode "Sylvia", and at least seven months before "The Reincarnation Of Nellie" (to which Adam makes a back-reference to the "land-fraud swindle" deplicted in "Blind Justice"). This would allow Adam time to regain his sight and pass his exam in this particular two-part episode, and open up his law practice in Walnut Grove. Chronologically, to preserve continuity, the events in this episode would be followed by "Blind Justice".
  Contributed by Hiphats, July 1, 1997.
  Corrected July 7, 1997.

• If I am not mistaken, in Blind Journey, it is explained that Adam lost his sight during a truamatic childhood experience involving water (I don't remember exactly). This was the explanation for Adam having a panic attack when having to cross the river, and because of his panic, he had to be knocked out in order to get him across the river. However, the cause for Adam's blindness was explained as being caused by an explosion in To See the Light. Can someone clear this up?
  Asked by Dawn, July 28, 1997.
• Answer:  I thought that Adam did lose his eyesight by hitting his head on a rock in the river as told in Blind Journey. Then, the explosion in To See the Light knocked him out again, and his sight was restored.
  Contributed by Heather B, December 26, 1997.
• Answer:  I don't see any problem with how Adam loses his sight: he hits his head on a rock and gets knocked out. The doctor says in this episode that the explosion knocked Adam out because he hit his head (probably on the floor) and now his sight is restored. I think this is consistent: he hits his head => sight lost, hits head again => sight restored. Though this explanation reminds me of an old Dukes of Hazard episode in which Boss Hogg hits his head and gets amesia, hits head again thought restored, hits head third time and amesia (but remembers what happen from his last amesia incident).
  Answered by Alex Trenta, February 21, 1998.

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• The family looks back on occurences recorded in Laura's "rememberance book". At the beginning, Laura says she has kept it since the family moved from Wisconsin. But how could she have kept any kind of journal at that time when she couldn't even read?
  Contributed by Dan D, June 9, 1997.
• In these 3 episodes, Laura is reading from her "rememberence book" yet in the episodes that it flashes back to, (if you look at the original episodes and not the flashbacks on these 3) Laura says that IF SHE HAD a rememberence book she'd write about...(and whatever the situation was following). And to top that off, she's reading stuff that she supposedly wrote BEFORE she even knew how to read or write!!!
  Contributed by HYPER, July 1, 1997.
• To top this so called "illiteracy" or lack thereof, I remember that Laura even makes a comment on how she's spelled the month "April" incorrectly!
  Contributed by Agent 5304, July 31, 1997.
• I always got the impression that she wrote everything down when she did get a remembrance book a few years later. Just a couple of years wouldn't hinder writing about the Big Woods, etc.
  Contributed by Heather B, December 26, 1997.

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• You know, the first time I saw this episode, I was wondering who played the twins seen in parts of the episode being held by their dad but it didn't tell their names. Does anyone else get agitated by the fact that they never tell the names of all the people in the episodes? I also can't stand the fact that they never tell who plays the babies!! Like the first baby Grace or any of the other babies born or shown on the episodes. Who knows who they are now!!! They could be famous or even somebody we've seen before!!! I wish there were some way to find out.
  Contributed by HYPER, July 1, 1997.

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• As stated in LAURA INGALLS WILDER, This was one late delivery for Nellie.
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, April 26, 1997.

• In this episode we find out Percival's real name is Isaac Cohen and that he is Jewish and Harriet has a problem with it. However, wasn't that the reason Nellie and Percival did not have a church wedding and was married by the Doctor? I may be wrong, but I don't think so.
  Contributed by Michele J, August 22, 1997.
• Answer:  Harriet knew Percival was Jewish when he married Nellie. In this episode, she just found out his original name was Isaac Cohen.
  Contributed by Heather B, December 26, 1997.

• Oddly in this outing when speaking to his papa in one scene Percival tries to rationalize why it's okay for a practicing Jewish person to attend church services with his wife and his papa is so so with that. But in real an orthodox Jewish person such as Percival's dad would say no reason warrants a Jewish person attending church services or vice versa for that matter.
  Contributed by Chuck, December 30, 1997.

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• Breaking continuity, a completely different Royal Wilder will appear later in TIMES ARE CHANGING.
  Contributed by Jennifer Slegg, April 26, 1997.

• In this episode, it mentions Royal Wilder's wife is pregnant (we can only assume she's pregnant with Jenny). When we next see Royal Wilder two seasons later (with a different actor, of course), Jenny is already a ten-year old girl! That would mean that amount of time would have to pass between "The Nephews" and "Times Are Changing"! For more proof of this, see my Little House Timeline web site (http://members.aol.com/Hiphats/lhotp.html).
• One thing to note here...during production of Season 7 there was a Union strike involving actors, techincal people, musicians, etc. As a result, many series (like "Dallas") had to use "canned" music. Since the producers of "Little House" refused to resort to this measure, they decided to use tracked music from previous seasons of "Little House", so David Rose would still get composing credit. For example, at the end of this particular episode, the end music is tracked from the episode "FAMILY QUARREL".
  Both Contributed by HipHats, June 29, 1997. Corrected June 30, 1997.

• And, what the heck happened to Myran and Rupert in the episode where Royal came back with Jenny? Supposedly the mother died, but if the boys were supposed to grow up to be a minister and a doctor as stated at the end of this episode, then why did Royal say in the later episode that he was the only family that Jenny had left?
  Contributed by HYPER, July 1, 1997.

• In addition, Almanzo introduced Royal to Laura in "Times are Changing." Wouldn't they have already met from this episode?
  Contributed by TMTSoapop, December 25, 1997.

• (Not really about this episode, but about Royal & his siblings.) When Laura/Elmonzo are having one of there fights before they are about to be married, Liza Jane makes a long, beautiful speech about "how she Elmonzo have always depended on each other far too much; that they were really all each other had growing up." What?? It was only a season or so before this that we see that Perly-Day Jake-Leg show up in town, (little bro.,) & then we now there are at least 2 Royals. Nice speech, but wrong show!
  Contributed by Randy and Cami, January 21, 1998.

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• Did anyone notice in this episode the blind children were predominately black. But not in past or future episodes.
  Contributed by TMTSoapop, December 31, 1997.

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• Who does the cooking, Mrs. Olsen or Mr. Olsen? In SECOND SPRING, Mr. Olsen does the cooking because Mrs. Olsen burns everything she touches, yet here she is making supper for Mr. Olsen, who is very impatient for her to finish.
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, May 17, 1997.

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• Did Sylvia ever die? They made it unclear at the end of the second episode!
  Contributed by Tom, June 11, 1997.
• In the 2nd part of "Sylvia", Albert and her plan to get married. But, then at the end of the episode the writers never tell us whether they got married or not. So we never know...
  Contributed by Susan, June 23, 1997.
• Addition: Yes, Sylvia definitely dies in the end. Why else would Albert cry over her dead body before the final flashback? And no, they do not get married.
  Addition by Hiphats, June 30, 1997.
• Addition: I think that we are to assume that she died. Remember when Doc Baker tells Albert in the final scene that Sylvia wants to see him? They talk of their marriage and Albert kisses her and she closes her eyes....I think that she died then.
  Addition by Kimberly, June 30, 1997.
• Addition: Sylvia DOES die. That's what is implied in the episode. We don't see it but simply by the fact that Albert says that their parents agreed that they could get married we know. We know this because for one thing, he's trying to make her feel better (seriously he can't tell her "sure, Honey, you're going to die") and also because of the fact that she and Albert are NOT married in the next episodes or any following.
  Addition by HYPER, July 1, 1997.
• Alternative:  We view the same things differently at different ages in our lives. Viewing these episodes as a young teen: yes, I thought she died. As an adult: I know she looses the baby for sure, (Doc B. shakes his head,) but in those days it would not have been uncommon even after all of this to still pack it up & leave town. Of course we don't really know for sure; the writers leave it open-ended. But it is possible that Albert's close-up at the end, (when everyone is assuming she has died,) could just be an establishing shot showing that he knows it's over: he's mourning the baby he has accepted as his own to raise, & her father will opt to save their reputations by going with their original plans & moving on.
  Contributed by Randi & Cami, January 21, 1998.

• If we use the Timeline as a guide, then chronologically this episode would be followed by "To See The Light", eight years separating these episodes. Thus, "Sylvia" would be set in 1877, and "To See The Light" set in 1884.
  Contributed by Hiphats, July 1, 1997, keeper of the Timeline.
  Corrected July 7, 1997.

• This episode is one of those that would be considered controversial. Because our local TV station that airs Little House has never ever shown this one. I vaguely remeber parts like the girl in her room wrapping cloth tightly around her chest while Albert and Willy watch in the window. Naughty naughty!
  Contributed by Karnella, July 28, 1997.

• This is my favorite episode! I have always loved the Albert episodes; and the love story was very sweet. I have been wanting to get this one on tape, but I always seem to miss it when it airs.
  Contributed by Cindy T, January 24, 1997.

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• Law school in the late 1800s must only be a few months. Adam just left for law school after taking several hard tests in TO SEE THE LIGHT. I guess those tests must already cover all the basics, and only the last few months are needed to fine tune those skills. Mr. Davis sure is impatient though. He tells Adam he couldn't wait for till Adam finishes school so he had already filled the job. He couldn't wait six monthes.
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, May 17, 1997.
  Additional: Yes! this is actually realistic for those days when aspiring lawyers "read law" (studied law on their own) and then set up as lawyers when they felt ready, or attended law school for highly advanced stuff. no law degree was necessary and most lawyers never went to law school. it should have been mentioned in the episode that he'd been doing this.
  Additional by Molly, June 18, 1997.

• During the trial after it is found out that the man has a wife and child, the judge announces (after the man is found guilty) that the Olesons had offered to give the man's wife a job at the mercantile...but we never see her again after that episode.....
  Contributed by Christi, June 27, 1997.

• The soundtrack of the courtroom responses during Adam's defense is repeated over and over again. You can hear a woman say "Yes, I heard that," every time the people react. Slightly realistic until the verdict is read and the woman chimes in, "Yes, I heard that."
  Contributed by Lora J, January 12, 1998.

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• Caroline sure took the change hard. When she was pregnaut with Grace she thought she was going through the change and it did not seem to bother her then.
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, May 17, 1997.
  Addition: Yeah, I noticed that too! The episode in which she was pregnant with Grace is from season 4 and is entitled "A Most Precious Gift."
  Contributed by Steve C, October 3, 1997.

• Is the actor who played the father of the groom in this episode also the actor who played Caroline's highschool friend Arnie in "Whatever Happened to the Class of 56?"
  Contributed by Michelle S, October 2, 1997.

• I could be wrong, but Caroline did not have Grace. Laura found her in the woods after someone left her letters telling her about a "special friend." Laura and Charles went looking for this friend and found a baby in the woods. They took her home and kept her ever since. Could someone confirm this for me?
  Contributed by A. White, October 8, 1997.
• Answer: To answer the question about Grace...Grace Ingalls was Ma and Pa's natural born child. The other Grace you were referring to was the baby Laura and Pa found in the woods and she belonged to a young girl who had her out of wedlock ("Be My Friend") and was afraid and ashamed so she hid her. She eventually was reunited with her Grace and Ma and Pa later had Grace Ingalls ("A Most Precious Gift").
  Answered by Kimberly and Megan H, November 10, 1997.
• Additional:  The name Grace is used extensively during the series. Lets see, there was indeed that baby Grace. Then there was Grace, Mr. Edwards wife. Last but not least Grace Ingalls. I really don't think that alot of thought went into naming people on this show.
  Contributed by Beth N, November 11, 1997.

• In this episode(156) Laura announces her pregnancy. She has the baby literally a year later in the series in episode 175 "Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow". Long Pregnancy!! Everyone else who has a baby in the series, except for Nellie, has them in the same episode(Caroline: Charles Jr. and Grace, Miss Beatle-now Mrs. Simms, etc.). Even Nellie is only pregnant for half a season. If you watch the episodes after Laura announces her pregnancy, we never hear about the pregnancy or visually see it until the next season, approximately 10 episodes later.
  Contributed by Sarah M, October 20, 1997.

• Do you ever notice in this episode that the part where the lady that Charles and Caroline go to visit, I think her name is Eunice, gives Caroline her wedding dress because the lady never had a daughter of her own. And she takes Caroline up to her room to give it to her. Do you notice that that is the same bedroom that the Oleson's use?
  Contributed by Mark R, November 15, 1997.

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• I know people freeze when scared, but I find it very ironic that a person would rather stay in a wagon and plunge down the side of a hill to her death rather than jump out and maybe twist an ankle!!!
  Contributed by HYPER, July 1, 1997.

• This is not the only episode that I have this question, but when Carolyn takes Casandra with her to the restaurant while the other children go to school, where is baby Grace?
  Contributed by Shelley, July 11, 1997.

• When Caroline convinces Cassandra to go to school, Cassandra exits the restaurant building from a door off the kitchen, and Caroline stands at the door watching her go. When did this exit get there? It seems there are a multitude of occasions where the characters enter or leave the kitchen through the swinging door to the dining room, when the kitchen exit would have been more convenient. Help me! I can't recall another occasion when this exit was ever used or shown.
  Contributed by Steve C, October 26, 1997.

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