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Someone needed to remind Adam how afraid he had been when he thought Mary had a chance to regain her sight in Season Five (The enchanted Cottage) He'd been so afraid he admitted to her mother Caroline that he wasn't sure he wanted her to see again. It sounded like a selfish thing to say, but it was understandable considering that in that episode he'd been the one facing the possibility of staying behind in the dark world that Mary winded up staying in.

Despite his understandable excitement at regaining his sight, this wasn't something Adam should have forgotten as Mary went through her own fears. That he couldn't see something didn't seem realistic to me. He couldn't have been that wrapped up in himself and his new found sight to forget and yet he sure looked like he did. I would have liked to have seen the show take more time to explore this even if to have Adam look at himself and try to be more understanding. For everything he and Mary had been through together I would have liked to have seen him help her through her fears here like he'd done so many other times before. The only person Mary admitted some of what she felt was to Esther Sue.

Caroline could have reminded Adam for she was the one to have that conversation with him in the first place. But overall this was a good episode or a good two part episode. Watching Adam pursue his dream, while Mary struggles with the changes, (its like she says its like meeting someone all over again) but its sure frustrating to hear him be so thoughtless at times. "Have you ever seen so much food in your life?" I believe Adam asked Mary this question. Talk about thoughtless and yes even selfish.

Jonathan's freight business was really booming, figuratively and sadly, literally as our story progresses. Today he received a shipment of blasting oil, liquid explosives, extreme volatile (if you remember "The Long Road Home") just as he and Parley, the delivery man, were fixing to unload the TNT, Jonathan was called away to act as deputy-sheriff for a lunatic who thought he was General Custer, so Parley unloaded the rest of the crates of molotov cocktails himself and left, just as Hester Sue and Adam arrived looking for some braille books. They found the crate and as Hester Sue went to find a crowbar, Adam lost his balance, knocking over the crate of blasting oil Parley had foolishly left open, causing an explosion. Thankfully Adam wasn't killed, but he suffered a great concussion. Mary became despondent, worrying for the life of her husband, without whom her life would not be worth living. Meanwhile back in Walnut Grove, a pregnant Nellie continues sneaking food between meals, for which Percival chastises her for and mentions how fat her mother is, Harriet actually walking in on the latter half of that outburst. Harriet denied being full figured, but decreed she would go on a diet. She cancels supper that night, a sacrifice she was willing to make.

Back in Sleepy Eye, Adam awakens one morning and saw... just that, he saw! He could see again! Overjoyed, Jonathan raced to tell Mary the news. When he was able to see his wife for the first time, he was practically speechless. She was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen, so needless to say, this was one very happy couple. So while Adam started down the road to recovery, Harriet tries to keep her mind off of food...while hanging out in Nellie's kitchen, good place to go if you don't want to think of food, and it turns out Harriet's idea of a good diet is starvation, which is simply wrong. News of Adam regaining his sight spread like wildfire, and Mr. Kendall was like a new man. He was almost a child again. He ran through the fields, overjoyed. He literally wanted to see the world. Mary was happy for him, but not quite as happy as she'd like to be. Adam's sight was not only affecting his personal life, but his job as well, because one afternoon he walked out in the middle of class to sit in on a trial in the courthouse. He was very impressed with the defense attorney, Arthur Davis, and wanted to meet him afterwords. Davis invites Adam to a lawn party on Saturday, which he accepts. Since Adam's life long dream was to be a lawyer, this was ideal, so he and Mary went to the Davises and while Adam played croquet, badminton and mingled, poor Mary just sat on a bench by herself and listened. That night: Adam to Mary: "You ever see so much food in your life?" She should have said, "no, I didn't see, you moron." To make up for it, Adam arranges for a class picnic by the lake and he would meet Mary there after a meeting with Davis. He promised he'd be there... he never showed. Big surprise. However, he laid out his master plan to Mary that night: teaching wasn't for him, he wanted to be a lawyer, and Mr. Davis arranged for him to go to Minneapolis and take the bar exam. He had a chance at a scholarship and then be on his way to bigger and better things. Mary's reaction was mixed, happy for Adam to fulfill his dream, but sadness as in she hardly knew this man anymore. Will things ever be the same between them? Will Adam succeed in becoming the best darn lawyer the country's never seen? Will Harriet cheat on her diet or put some effort into it? Tune in next week, same Prairie time, same Prairie channel.

Well, Adam regains his sight and from here on out, he's like a new man. Linwood Boomer was fascinating at portraying Adam here, showing the vast change his character goes through. He was excellent. Also good were Melissa Sue Anderson, Peter Hobbs and Katherine MacGregor. I liked the scenes with Nellie, she's become so sweet, Percival was great as always and it was a kick to hear him put down Harriet with her in the room. If you like Adam, you want to see him as a changed man who literally has a outlook on life, you've gotta check out To See the Light: Part I. Stay tuned for Part II.

This two part episode is one of the better drama episodes of the series. Adam played by Lindwood Boomer is involved in an accident at John Garvey's freight company, resulting in a bottle of blasting oil that gets knock over and explodes, resulting in seriously injuring Adam. The Ingals rally to be with Mary as they all pray that Adam will survive and recover. Adam, in one of the best scenes from the series, wakes up in his hospital bed and opens his eyes to discover that his sight has been restored. This takes the episode into the drama of how Adam's being able to see affects his relationship with Mary, but also how it affects Adam's perception of the world which had been hidden in darkness from him since he was a child, and now he wants new goals for himself other than being a teacher. Adam being excited about his new goals in life fails to realize the fears Mary has about losing her husband to a world that she cannot see, and that eventually Adam will see her as burden. Adam oblivious to Mary's fears pursues hid dream of becoming a lawyer, only to have that dream almost taken away by a robbery and assault Adam is involved in while taking the entrance exam to qualify for law school. Mary feeling guilty for her feelings rallys to her husband's side and helps him accomplish his goal and Adam gets to complete his exam and triumphantly enters law school. This episode is filled with hope, fear, moments that make you want to stand up and cheer, shed a tear or two, but above all how love conquers all.

Go go go! What I have been maintaining for a long time is confirmed: The happy "School for the blind" is nothing more than a toy that their relatives buy and support Adam and Mary so that they can find a reason for their lives, being a totally deficient institute that It should never have existed. Already in the previous chapter, the young blind painter Annie demonstrated how you can achieve a real life motive, not an artificial one, by creating a school around yourself just to be teachers. Well, this is confirmed: As soon as Adam regains his sight, the first thing that occurs to him is to leave aside that silly "comfort" school for the blind to go to more ambitious activities like being a lawyer.

I agree with the others that he should have been more understanding and discreet in his displays of euphoria in front of Mary, who would never regain her sight.

Harriet's fatness really seems stupid to me.