Little House on the Prairie
Be My Friend
Season 4, Episode 17 · Aired 1978-01-30
Synopsis
After finding a number of bottles containing messages and a photograph from a mysterious girl, Laura finds an abandoned baby. Laura takes the child in and cares for it as if it were her own, not knowing it belongs to a timid young woman with an abusive father.
In the series
This episode is part of Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) on NBC.
Walnut Grove tears and triumphs — frontier family myth as weekly comfort.
Key cast
- Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
- Lindsay Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
- Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls