<Tr> <Th> 111 </Th> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> "The Enchanted Cottage" </Td> <Td> William F. Claxton </Td> <Td> Don Balluck </Td> <Td> February 26, 1979 (1979 - 02 - 26) </Td> <Td> 5022 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Mary suddenly thinks she is able to see light, and everybody has hopes that she might soon recover her sight . She and Charles travel to visit the eye doctor for tests, while Adam struggles with the possibility of Mary regaining her vision and what that might mean for their future . An excited Laura recruits Albert to help her fix up Mr. Edward's old shack for Mary and Adam to live in . However, the eye doctor discovers that Mary is only experiencing a rare condition in which her senses perceive the heat in sunlight as light (now known as synesthesia). Charles helps Mary come to terms with the shattering of her hopes, and when they are back in Walnut Grove Mary bravely does the same for a despondent Laura . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 112 </Th> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> "Someone Please Love Me" </Td> <Td> William F. Claxton </Td> <Td> Michael Landon </Td> <Td> March 5, 1979 (1979 - 03 - 05) </Td> <Td> 5017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> <P> During a horse - buying trip to Sleepy Eye, Charles meets up with Brett Harper, one of the state's best horse breeders . Harper's alcoholism has taken a deep toll on the family, which is coming apart because of the lack of a strong head of the household . Charles temporarily takes the role as the family man while he tries to sober Harper up, but his touch may have worked too well: Harper's wife and children like Charles better than drunken Brett (who had become that way after his son had died). Charles manages to convince his family that Brett is a good person, but needs to be sober to be so . </P> Notes: An episode of Bonanza, titled "A Dream to Dream", had a story with a similar theme to this episode, and is a near - duplication of the former story down to the spoken dialogue . Both episodes were written by Michael Landon . Michael Landon is the only member of the regular cast to appear . This episode also reveals that Lansford Ingalls, Charles' father, has now died . </Td> </Tr>

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