Walnut Grove residents are thrilled that the railroad will pass their small town, bringing career opportunities along - until they learn struggling farmers will be forced off their land as a result.
Matlock defends a man whose murder case he lost seven years before: the man, now nearing parole, is charged with the stabbing death of a fellow inmate.
Sarah's strong-willed publisher father tries to persuade the Carters to move to New York and exerts a maleficent influence on Sarah's little country weekly.
