Ruth Foster

Mary must get help when a stagecoach accident traps Adam and endangers a pregnant woman; Laura and Albert offer a beehive to their rivals.

Mr. Edwards almost alienates the Ingalls when he stays with them after alcoholism ruins his marriage.

Mrs. Oleson writes a newspaper gossip column that manages to anger and slander nearly everyone in town.

Laura endangers her health and the life of her unborn child when she fights to keep a newly planted fruit orchard alive.

Mr. Oleson seeks revenge on his wife after she refuses to pay a small ransom to his bumbling kidnappers.