<Tr> <Th> 41 </Th> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> "Troublemaker" </Td> <Td> Victor French </Td> <Td> John Hawkins </Td> <Td> February 25, 1976 (1976 - 02 - 25) </Td> <Td> 2019 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Miss Beadle is relieved of her duties as schoolmistress when the town council decide she cannot control the older students . In her place, they appoint Hannibal Applewood (Richard Basehart), a strict disciplinarian . Influenced by Mrs. Oleson's gossip, Mr. Applewood singles out Laura as the class troublemaker . When the other students fight back and feelings run high, Charles convinces the rest of the town council to think again . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 42 </Th> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> "The Long Road Home" </Td> <Td> Michael Landon </Td> <Td> John Hawkins </Td> <Td> March 3, 1976 (1976 - 03 - 03) </Td> <Td> 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> When a bumper harvest causes a huge fall in the price of their wheat, Charles and Mr. Edwards take very well - paid jobs freighting highly explosive blasting oil for railroad construction . Travelling with them are a black man (Louis Gossett, Jr .), who has done the job many times before, and a white man with a colour prejudice (Richard Jaeckel). Rough roads and bandits are just some of the problems the four men have to deal with . </Td> </Tr>

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