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Title: Quarantine
Season/Episode: Season 3, Episode 13
Air Date: January 17, 1977
Director: Victor French
In Little House on the Prairie’s “Quarantine,” a deadly mountain fever outbreak in Elmsville prompts a strict lockdown in Walnut Grove. Isaiah Edwards, believing himself immune, escorts Dr. Baker to the afflicted town but fears he’s brought the fever home when his adopted daughter, Alicia, falls ill. Racked with guilt from a past epidemic that killed his first family, Isaiah isolates Alicia in his old cabin. Laura Ingalls, ever the compassionate troublemaker, sneaks raspberries to Alicia, only to mistake poison ivy for fever spots and join the quarantine, fearing she’s infected. As Isaiah collapses from exhaustion, Laura tends to both him and Alicia. Charles braves obstacles to fetch Dr. Baker, who reveals Laura’s “fever” is just a rash. Alicia recovers, and the town breathes a sigh of relief, proving that love and a good misdiagnosis can conquer even the scariest frontier plagues.
10 Heartfelt Quotes I Chose
“Laura, we should pray to God that it doesn’t.”
“It’s my fault. I brought it to her.”
“Second time I brought it to my family.”
“Lost my wife and my little baby girl.”
“The worst part about being sick, I think, is how sad it makes other people.”
The opening song “Albert” is written and performed by the amazing Norwegian band, Project Brundlefly and is used with permission.
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https://www.facebook.com/ProjectBrundlefly
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The post Quarantine first appeared on The Little House on the Prairie Podcast: Walnut GroveCast.
Title: Quarantine
Season/Episode: Season 3, Episode 13
Air Date: January 17, 1977
Director: Victor French
In Little House on the Prairie’s “Quarantine,” a deadly mountain fever outbreak in Elmsville prompts a strict lockdown in Walnut Grove. Isaiah Edwards, believing himself immune, escorts Dr. Baker to the afflicted town but fears he’s brought the fever home when his adopted daughter, Alicia, falls ill. Racked with guilt from a past epidemic that killed his first family, Isaiah isolates Alicia in his old cabin. Laura Ingalls, ever the compassionate troublemaker, sneaks raspberries to Alicia, only to mistake poison ivy for fever spots and join the quarantine, fearing she’s infected. As Isaiah collapses from exhaustion, Laura tends to both him and Alicia. Charles braves obstacles to fetch Dr. Baker, who reveals Laura’s “fever” is just a rash. Alicia recovers, and the town breathes a sigh of relief, proving that love and a good misdiagnosis can conquer even the scariest frontier plagues.
10 Heartfelt Quotes I Chose
“Laura, we should pray to God that it doesn’t.”
“It’s my fault. I brought it to her.”
“Second time I brought it to my family.”
“Lost my wife and my little baby girl.”
“The worst part about being sick, I think, is how sad it makes other people.”
The opening song “Albert” is written and performed by the amazing Norwegian band, Project Brundlefly and is used with permission.
Check them out at:
https://www.facebook.com/ProjectBrundlefly
Become a Patron!
The post Quarantine first appeared on The Little House on the Prairie Podcast: Walnut GroveCast.
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