Episode
Little House on the Prairie: Make a Joyful Noise
Overview
Joe Hagen moves to Sleepy Eye to help at the blind school. He begins to fall in love with Hester Sue. However, she is planning to marry someone that has a more promising future. One day Hester Sue hears Joe comforting one of the blind students. Hearing this makes her decide not to marry the other person.
Details
- Series
- Little House on the Prairie
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1981-01-26
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
Make a Joyful Noise is Episode 15 in Season 7 of Little House on the Prairie. It aired on 1981-01-26. The runtime is 49 min.
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