Jonathan and Charles feel that it's about time Andy and Albert grew up and took on more responsibility so they send them off alone, across rough land, on a trip to Sleepy Eye where they are to live by their own wits, getting their own food etc. To prove they have actually made the journey, they are told to collect a letter addressed to Charles from the post office in Sleepy Eye and bring it back with them.
The boys set off overland on their journey, unaware that their fathers are following not far behind to make sure that they don't get into any difficulty. Their cooking skills don't exactly rate well but in all other respects, their fathers have no choice but to admire them, especially when they talk a lady who runs a boarding house in Sleepy Eye into giving them free room and board from the night.
All is well that ends well and the boys promise to be better behaved and more responsible in the future, which is what Charles and Jonathan wanted in the first place.
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Exasperated by Albert and Andy's lax attitudes toward school and personal cleanliness, Charles and Jonathan present them with a unique challenge - one that will test their manhood and (hopefully) make them more respectful in the future.
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Charles CooperConstable
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Dorothy ConradMrs. Channing
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GUEST STAR
Gus PetersCooper
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Melissa Gilbert
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls/Wilder
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Patrick Labyorteaux
Andrew 'Andy' Garvey (1977 - 1981) (as Patrick Laborteaux)
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Matthew Laborteaux
Albert Quinn Ingalls (1978 -1982)
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Michael Landon
Charles Ingalls (1974 - 1982)
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Karen Grassle
Caroline Quiner Holbrook Ingalls (1974 - 1982)
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Lindsay Greenbush
Carrie Ingalls (1974 - 1982)
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This is one of Merlin Olsen (Jonathan Garvey)'s favorite episodes, and he actually helped form the plot for it! He approached Michael Landon himself with an idea to give Andrew and Albert a storyline that tested their strength and helped them merge into manhood. From there, Landon extended the concept further by suggesting that the fathers secretly tag along after them.
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The story that Albert and Andy use to get to stay at the boarding house for free is the same story that Laura and Albert used to get money for their grandpa to publish a book in Season 6's Author! Author!
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At the boarding house, Albert and Andy make up an elaborate story to the owner about how they are orphans who live on the street. Given that the woman running the boarding house was so sweet and sympathetic to them, it's a bit of a stretch that she didn't insist on having them stay with her a little longer. Instead, the boys just up and left without a problem the very next day.
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Near the end of the episode, when the boys are spending their final night in the woods, it looks to be dusk while they're under the tree. When they run from the vagrant man, it looks like it's in the middle of the day, with the sun shining. When Charles and Jonathan reach the boys' campsite, it looks like dusk again, and you can hear the crickets, but the sky is clear blue.
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When Charles and Jonathan fall into the river while trying to cross across the fallen tree, Jonathan lets out a yell, and then there is a splash as they hit the water. They weren't that far behind Albert and Andy, and it's a bit of a stretch that the kids weren't able to hear them.
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In hindsight, Charles probably should have realized that Albert could skate his way to Sleepy Eye and back without spending a cent. At this point in the series, it hasn't been that long since Albert was living on the streets of Winoka, and Charles was aware of the boy's lying and stealing habits from back then.
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Series producer Kent McCray made a cameo appearance in this episode. He's the crazy mountain man who chased Albert and Andy away, then stole their food and fire at the camp.
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