Wednesday November 6, 1974
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When Charles announces that he is going on a business trip to Mankato, he surprises Caroline with the suggestion that they go together and turn it into a second honeymoon. Everything is in place until Grace Snider gets sick and cannot stay with the children, and rather than allow their parents' special vacation to be spoiled, the girls convince Mr. Edwards to take care of them. Unfortunately, Charles and Caroline's own little private getaway is doomed from the start as Caroline worries incessantly about the kids, and Mr. Edwards has more than a few problems as he struggles to watch over three little girls.
Write a Recap »As a mom, I felt really badly for Ma.
Charles was absolutely trying to make her feel badly for worrying about the children - and yet, as a mother, she's almost biologically hard-wired to do so.
She's never left them alone before. Mr. Edwards is a rather odd and unpredictable character, and quite frankly, she's leaving her girls home with a man that she knows - but really - how well does she know him?
Gavin DeBeck teaches us to honor our fear and trepidation - that these feelings are gifts that enable us to survive. If a situation feels wrong, then don't feel badly about it - or fight that feeling - don't enable the situation to happen.
In the end, Edwards turns out to be a fine babysitter, and all is well, but Ma ends up castigating herself for normal maternal behavior: Worrying about leaving her 3 young girls alone with a bachelor that she's not sure knows how to care for children.
Worse, Pa sulks on part of the way home, grumpy because of the disappointing nature of their second honeymoon.
Just a fun episode, without anything serious going on. hide show
Charles decides to take Caroline to Manketo, just so that she can take a break from the housework, and it would be like a second honeymoon to them. He arranges Grace Snider to look after the children while they are gone, but Grace falls sick the day they are about to leave. So Mr. Edwards decides to fill her spot and look after the children. Little does he know that looking after the 3 girls was more work than what he bargained for.
Carrie keeps playing hide and seek with Mr. Edwards without him knowing it. Mary and Laura create a fiasco at night that makes Mr. Edwards think they are intruders and nearly shoots the roof down. It’s no fun for the children either. They have to eat Mr. Edwards cooking (where he uses ingredients that include snakes), and read to Carrie because they find out that he cannot read! Caroline seems to be concerned about the children and doesn’t enjoy her trip at all. Whatever she does and wherever she goes reminds her of them.
This was a funny episode that didn’t contain any serious morals or character developments. It was just a silly fun filled episode about the problems that Mr. Edwards faced when he has to take care of Mary, Laura, and especially Carrie while their parents went on their second honeymoon to Manketo. Some of the scenes like Caroline watching a play about lonely children, or the way Carrie kept hiding from Mr. Edwards were amusing to watch.
I would rate this episode 8/10.
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