The menopause episode...
Guess they ran out of storylines at somepoint.
shareDid no one else catch this ep? Caroline was thinking she was preggo and had another shot at giving Chaz the son he always wanted, then old Doc had to break the news to her.
shareThe (son) thing was a constant during the show's entire run.
Bringing Albert into the fold was not the cure all whatsoever. He never settles, ever. It was herky jerky with him. Rejected by his father, living on the streets he's "captured" by Charles during the commission of crimes.
Charles accepts him, but, the mother? No, it's never sealed that way. Even terminally ill she will not return to Walnut Grove in Albert's finals days.
When you have time and you look back one wonders if Albert's travails are planned by Landon/production. The rape and murder of Albert's fiancee. The final rejection by Albert's father when he believes the boy is blind and won't be his slave. The fire that Albert causes results in the death of Mary's baby & Mrs. Garvey. Albert's drug addiction. Landon never preached outwardly on (Albert)---he just strung the episodes and let it lay there for (us).
Yeah, putting it all together like that makes the Albert storyline seem really sinister. I hated the episode with death of Albert’s fiancee. She was a little girl, but didn’t Albert promise to marry her when they grew up? That was dark, especially for tv in those days.
shareIt's a fine episode/"Sylvia." Royal Dano as the conflicted father who lost Sylvia's mother to a visiting drummer.
Richard Jackal as the blacksmith/rapist. It was nice of him to do that role, put his heart into it.
Albert was doomed. Was not born under a lucky star. He was cursed.
I think they were both in their early teens. I guess Albert meant they would marry after high school. Even if they changed their minds about marriage, I wonder if the Ingalls would have adopted the baby, or Doctor Baker might have found a home if Sylvia had lived and placed the kid up for adoption. It is too bad they killed her off. I would have preferred if she had stuck around for awhile, and later left town. Maybe make peace with her dad. I do not recall her mom leaving with a drummer. Perhaps I missed that part.