All episodes Season 4 S04E21 1978-03-06 60 min 1970s

Little House on the Prairie

I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away (1)

Season 4, Episode 21 · Aired 1978-03-06

Little House on the Prairie — I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away (1) (S04E21)

Synopsis

Long hours studying by candlelight for the state teacher's exam results in tired, blurry eyes for Mary Ingalls, prompting a routine visit to the eye doctor; but when Charles is told that Mary's worsening sight is just the beginning of a much more serious problem, the concerned father can't bring himself to tell his beloved daughter that she will, most certainly, soon be completely blind.

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

Also in season 4

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