Stephen Coit

When young Peter Lundstrom is expelled from his private school for petty theft, his wealthy father sends the boy to stay with Uncle Nels Oleson in Walnut Grove for a long-overdue lesson in values.

Hoping to obtain vital information from a foreign country, Jaime becomes a navigator in an international desert auto race.

Tramp gets framed.

Oliver is finally fed up with the lousy service of the Hooterville phone company. He petitions the state futilities commercial for improvements but they can't help; Hooterville needs at least forty-two customers to be covered by the law. Tired of hearing Oliver boast about how he could run the company better the owner hands him the keys to the place.

Kimble makes a careless error disclosing his whereabouts and Lt. Gerard hastily returning from a vacation with his wife closes in.