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Be My Friend: Directed by Michael Landon. With Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson. After finding a number of bottles containing messages, including a photograph, from a mysterious girl, Laura finds an abandoned baby.
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- Michael Landon
- TV-PG
- Drama, Family, Romance
- Plot
- Cast
When Laura finds a bottle with a note inside that reads, "Be my friend," she convinces Charlesto help her look for the person, and they find a baby. They then look for the child's parents.
Starring
1. Michael Landon: Charles Ingalls 2. Karen Grassle: Caroline Ingalls 3. Melissa Sue Anderson: Mary Ingalls 4. Melissa Gilbert: Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. Lindsay Sidney Greenbush: Carrie Ingalls
The Town
1. Richard Bull as Nels Oleson 2. Kevin Hagen as Dr. Hiram Baker 3. Katherine MacGregor as Harriet Oleson
Guest Stars
1. Lenora May as Anna Mears 2. Michael Mullins as Bobbie Harris
"Little House on the Prairie" Be My Friend (TV Episode 1978) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A troubled girl who had a fling out of wedlock gives birth to a child in secret, and has to abandon the baby in a basket downstream before her father (an unreasonable menace who drove his wife away with his fanatical abuse of the Bible) discovers the scandal.
BE MY FRIEND. Laura discovers a note in a bottle while down at the river. When Laura tries to find the person who sent the note, she finds a baby instead. She tells Charles who decides to look for the mother and her boyfriend, while Laura cares for the infant.
Charles visits Doc Baker and discovers a town on a map where Anna might be. After questioning a preacher/fire chief, he finds the child's father, who is still very much in love with Anna. He joins in the search. Anna leads a pretty isolated life far out in the middle of nowhere.
Episode Details. While playing near the creek, Laura finds a note inside a bottle that simply reads “Be my friend.”. She begins searching for new messages each day, and before long, this “friend” starts sending more than just letters, which prompts Charles to get involved.
