Mike, a widower with three sons, marries a widow with three daughters the result of the merger is a conglomerate family.
Perry Mason defends a woman accused of murdering her sickly aunt and loses the case to DA Hamilton Burger.
Trouble erupts when a local farmer, who is hateful and bigoted, refuses to set a fair price for wheat, since black farmers would be entitled to the same price. The whole thing escalates when the farmer assaults Jonathan's young son and is later accused of setting fire to the Garvey’s barn.
After working temporarily for some neighbors, Laura decides to take their problematic billy goat instead of money. The neighbors are thrilled to have "Fred" off their hands, but now the Ingallses are forced to deal with him - and he's not exactly the ideal family pet.
An embittered, frustrated young woman kills the domineering uncle whose money has chained her to him.