Little House on the Prairie

Feeling that Cassandra and his presence with Charles and his family is causing more problems that they solve, James decides to run away, especially after Albert complains about how he always follows him around. After discovering that his actions towards James may have played a part in him leaving, Albert decides to go look for James to convince him to come home.

Mr. Oleson gets kidnapped by a pair of bumbling ex-convicts. When he learns that Mrs. Oleson refuses to pay their ransom demands, Nels thinks of a way to bring about his freedom, resulting in a large number of Walnut Grove residents also getting kidnapped by the same pair of men.

In an unusual framing sequence, a 1980s couple bids on a antique folding table, and notice the "CI" brand as its maker. The episode flashes back to Charles handcrafting the table for sale in Mr. Johanssen's shop. Mr. Johanssen commissions Charles to craft more of the tables to meet demand in Minneapolis. Soon, Charles is running a small round-the-clock factory to fashion the tables, leaving his family back in Walnut Grove for weeks on end. An unscrupulous furniture factory owner steals the design for the table and begins to mass-produce the item at a much lower cost.