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"Little House on the Prairie" Child of Pain (1975)


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8.3/10   18 votes
Réalisateur:
Victor French
Writers:
Blanche Hanalis (developed for television by)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (novels)
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Original Air Date:
12 février 1975 (Season 1, Episode 20)
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The Walnut Grove community intervenes after a badly-beaten Graham Stewart is found unconscious on the floor of his cabin... suite | add synopsis
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While John Stewart was hallucinating, what did he see that he thought he saw but was not there?
What did Caroline Ingalls make for dinner, which is the family's favorite, just about?
What did Mary Ingalls give to Gram Stweart as a gift?
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The First Recollection Of Child Beating On Television!!, 26 June 2007
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Author: ellisel de United States

The opening plot of "Child Of Pain" had Graham Stewart preparing for the evening supper. John Stewart -- a predictable drunk -- demanded Graham Stewart to supply him whiskey at the supper table. The youngster destroyed both bottles of the whiskey. John Stewart took a leather belt to his back instead of his behind -- in a drunken matter. Miss Beadle took Graham Stewart out of school to see Dr. Baker. Dr. Baker -- along with Charles Ingalls and Miss Beadle -- noticed the welts on Graham Stewart's back from his pa's leather belt. Little did they know the beatings became a repeated pattern in the home. Graham Stewart -- without warning -- received up to six beatings in the last month from a drunken father.

The town council later had a discussion of what to do with John Stewart. Mr. Kennedy wanted the father in jail for child beating. The other members wanted him tarred and feathered to a pulp. Caroline Ingalls believed differently about John Stewart. Later, Graham Stewart was severely injured from the beatings of his father. Charles Ingalls later took Graham Stewart out of the home; he then took the child to Dr. Baker's Office after the severe beating from his pa.

John Stewart demanded that he see Graham Stewart. Charles Ingalls said no; he eventually grabbed John Stewart by the coat and took him to see Graham Stewart and witness the abuse he did to his boy. Caroline Ingalls took care of Graham Stewart; Charles Ingalls took charge of caring for John Stewart. Charles Ingalls believed -- with reluctance -- every person had something decent in terms of character. From there, he and Charles Ingalls improved on the place -- first by removing the whiskey from the house, then started drinking water, planting a corn crop, and finally having a discussion with Reverend Alden. By then, John Stewart realized he could not avoid the issue for his actual abuse of Graham Stewart: Lucy Stewart died after giving birth to Graham Stewart. The End Result: A Fat 10 from the 1974-1975 Television Season!! An A!!

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