Not taking the pilot into consideration. This episode introduces 2 big characters Mr Edwards and the towns post mistres Grace Snijder. Mr Edwards is a long time friend of the ingalls and one of Lauras best friends. This episode is cute and fun!! Caroline tries to match Mr Edwards and grace Snider up. At first grace don't want anytihng to do with him but with all the tricks Caroline's got up her sleeve soon enough they both start to notice each other.Mr Edwards takes it a step further writes a letter to himself and tiis was the final spark that lit the wood!!! And grace asked him out on a date!!!! Also the relationship between Mr Edwards and Laura are the cutest!!! Al in all a good episode Continue to episode 5
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)
Mr. Edward's Homecoming (1974)
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Old Friends and New Friends.
ExplorerDS67899 July 2011
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One fine day, Charles was in Mankato on a freight run. Deciding to peruse the town and pick up something for the missus, Charles bustled about the quiet wooden streets when suddenly there was a commotion in the saloon. Going inside, he found a man who was plastered and getting violent. Charles recognized the man right away: Isaiah Edwards, the kind mountain man whom the family had met in Kansas (see pilot episode). Mr. Edwards was a nice man, but a mean drunk, and his problems with the bottle would continue for many years. Anyway, Edwards accepts Charles' invitation to come home to Walnut Grove with him and see the family and so Ingalls helped his inebriated friend aboard the wagon and they set off for Plum Creek. Edwards slept most of the way. So after they stopped at Olesons' to unload freight and Edwards accidentally spat a wad of tobaccy at the future love of his life, they arrived back home at the little house and Edwards was happily reunited with his friends, the Ingallses. However he was quite dismayed to discover Laura sick with tonsillitis. It brought back many painful memories for Edwards, about his previous family. He had a little girl like Laura, and both she and her mother died from an infectious disease Edwards had supposedly brought back with him. He continued to blame himself for what happened. However, after a lovely supper the family urged Mr. Edwards to stay on in Walnut Grove. Charles got him a job at the mill and Caroline considered trying to pair him up with Grace Snider, whose first impression of Edwards was nothing short of repulsive. Every now and then she watched him over at the mill, drinking from what looked like a whiskey jug. Out of morbid curiosity, she decided to have a look and discovered it was full of water. She apologized to Edwards and it looked as though the two got along nicely. Also, Laura had gotten around to feeling better. I'd say things were really looking up for Isaiah Edwards.
After Grace was unable to come for Sunday supper, Edwards devised a ploy that would give him an excuse to go see her: write himself a letter and then pick it up from Grace, the postmistress. After a little interaction, Edwards managed to guilt-trip Grace into coming over for supper. Hey, whatever works. It was a lovely evening of dinner and square dancing, and on their second date, they went fishing. After that, Grace would meet Edwards at the mill for lunch, they'd both take a swig from that water jug, and Mr. Hanson couldn't help but spy on them and think that Grace was an alcoholic. Yeah, those two kids just hit it off and everything seemed perfect, until one Saturday night when Grace invited Edwards to go with her to church and he declined, saying he no longer believed in the lord. After hearing this, Grace suddenly became stuck-up and refused to go fishing with him. Caroline the matchmaker attempted to intervene and talk with Edwards, who was now fixing to leave town. It seems his disbelief in God goes back to the death of his wife and daughter. He believes that God let them die. However, according to Caroline, by Edwards doing what he's doing, he's punishing the Almighty. Taking her words to heart, Edwards relented and went to church and everybody was happy.
Mr. Edwards has arrived and he's here to stay, until the end of Season 3, but he comes back again. Victor French is a welcomed addition to the cast, as he portrays Isaiah Edwards as both uproariously funny and unfathomably deep. He really is one of the best characters in television history and French was constantly robbed of Emmy nominations. Also good were Bonnie Barlett as Grace Snider, a sweet woman albeit stuck up. She let Edwards' stance on religion compromise their relationship, which ordinarily shouldn't matter but these folks are severely God fearing. Religion was taken much more serious back then than it is today, but still one's personal preferences are their own. Karl Swenson had an enjoyable cameo as the nosy Mr. Hanson who thinks Grace is drinking on the sly. That plot point never went anywhere, however and I don't think Hanson ever addressed it again. Anyway, if you want to see Mr. Edwards' introduction to the series, as a recurring character, then you've got to see Mr. Edwards' Homecoming, and sing the praises of Ol' Dan Tucker!
After Grace was unable to come for Sunday supper, Edwards devised a ploy that would give him an excuse to go see her: write himself a letter and then pick it up from Grace, the postmistress. After a little interaction, Edwards managed to guilt-trip Grace into coming over for supper. Hey, whatever works. It was a lovely evening of dinner and square dancing, and on their second date, they went fishing. After that, Grace would meet Edwards at the mill for lunch, they'd both take a swig from that water jug, and Mr. Hanson couldn't help but spy on them and think that Grace was an alcoholic. Yeah, those two kids just hit it off and everything seemed perfect, until one Saturday night when Grace invited Edwards to go with her to church and he declined, saying he no longer believed in the lord. After hearing this, Grace suddenly became stuck-up and refused to go fishing with him. Caroline the matchmaker attempted to intervene and talk with Edwards, who was now fixing to leave town. It seems his disbelief in God goes back to the death of his wife and daughter. He believes that God let them die. However, according to Caroline, by Edwards doing what he's doing, he's punishing the Almighty. Taking her words to heart, Edwards relented and went to church and everybody was happy.
Mr. Edwards has arrived and he's here to stay, until the end of Season 3, but he comes back again. Victor French is a welcomed addition to the cast, as he portrays Isaiah Edwards as both uproariously funny and unfathomably deep. He really is one of the best characters in television history and French was constantly robbed of Emmy nominations. Also good were Bonnie Barlett as Grace Snider, a sweet woman albeit stuck up. She let Edwards' stance on religion compromise their relationship, which ordinarily shouldn't matter but these folks are severely God fearing. Religion was taken much more serious back then than it is today, but still one's personal preferences are their own. Karl Swenson had an enjoyable cameo as the nosy Mr. Hanson who thinks Grace is drinking on the sly. That plot point never went anywhere, however and I don't think Hanson ever addressed it again. Anyway, if you want to see Mr. Edwards' introduction to the series, as a recurring character, then you've got to see Mr. Edwards' Homecoming, and sing the praises of Ol' Dan Tucker!
Mr. Edwards
mitchrmp3 February 2013
Two new cast members are introduced in this episode. Actually, we met Victor French (who plays Mr. Edwards) in the premier movie. The Ingalls family are very glad to see him again. He was the only family they had when they were settled in the wild hills of Kansas!
The focus of this episode is Mr. Edwards. It's revealed in this episode that he had been married and lost his wife and daughter to sickness. We learn through the episode that he blames God. It's Caroline's sweet spirit that gets through to him to give God another chance.
We also see the start of the crude courting of Mr. Edwards to the Widow Snider who runs the post office. This episode has some tension in it, so for comic relief we have Grace drinking from a whiskey jug that Mr. Hanson believes contains an alcoholic beverage. Mr. Edwards does nothing to correct him.
Another introduction in this episode is the famous song, "Ol' Dan Tucker." and the hymn that was sung a lot, "Bringing in the Sheaves."
The focus of this episode is Mr. Edwards. It's revealed in this episode that he had been married and lost his wife and daughter to sickness. We learn through the episode that he blames God. It's Caroline's sweet spirit that gets through to him to give God another chance.
We also see the start of the crude courting of Mr. Edwards to the Widow Snider who runs the post office. This episode has some tension in it, so for comic relief we have Grace drinking from a whiskey jug that Mr. Hanson believes contains an alcoholic beverage. Mr. Edwards does nothing to correct him.
Another introduction in this episode is the famous song, "Ol' Dan Tucker." and the hymn that was sung a lot, "Bringing in the Sheaves."
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