Ancel Cook

Frank is elected "Man of the Year" down at the lodge and a reluctant Ray and Robert are enlisted to prepare his tribute.

Shocked at Walnut Grove's condition, the returning Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons try to convince the founder (Karl Swenson) it can be saved.

While their fathers secretly trail them, young Albert Ingalls and Andy Garvey set off to prove their mettle as men by accepting a challenge to live by their wits during a week-long, overland walk from Walnut Grove to Sleepy Eye and back.

When Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and Jesse Duke (Denver Pyle) challenge each other to see who is the greatest moonshine runner of all time, they relive the days when they were rival moonshine runners, younger, thinner and Boss had more hair.

Planning a surprise for the family with the Baldwin sisters, Grandpa makes Grandma jealous.

A broke salesman buys a doll for his daughter with Olivia's down-payment on a set of books.