Mia Bendixsen

A young girl loses her life during a trip to the local swimming hole. The girl's mother blames Laura for the accident and alienates everyone around her. With Eloise now disconnected from the entire Walnut Grove community, Laura attempts to cheer her up with a home visit and some flowers, but the woman's emotionally unstable condition puts Laura in some real danger.

Emily's worst fears are confirmed when she invites Bob to talk to her class on vocation day and then he insists on returning to try it again.

A black funeral wreath on his office door predicts Barnaby's death on Sunday. Even after he figures out who the psycho ex-convict is with a vendetta against him, Barnaby is stymied until his daughter-in-law is held hostage.

A released convict comes to claim as his own a married woman who for years had been corresponding with him purely out of kindness.