Michael Morgan

The Ingalls and Oleson families spend a fun-filled and exciting day at a county fair. Sparks fly between Mary and a smooth-talking balloonist, Caroline and Harriet face off in a pie-baking contest, and Charles and Nels enter a gritty competition of their own. Laura wastes all her spending money in a surprising way, and Carrie faces serious danger when Laura fails to supervise her.

Oscar and TV sports legend Howard Cosell engage in a tongue-to-tongue showdown.

Attempts to steal Highway Patrol vehicles not only result in total destruction of two cars following high-speed chases, but also cause a rash of problems at CHP Central. The crimes also spark a series of related incidents which ultimately effect the entire CHiPs team before Jon and Ponch discover that the seemingly unrelated incidents are part of an elaborate robbery scheme. Anne Francis guest stars.

Charlie and Phoebe Stoner are having hard times because of his drinking. Major Bullock arrives from the East, willing to grubstake Charlie to learn his mining expertise.

Tom and Eddie get excited over the idea of buying a house and start searching for one that's suitable. They encounter Irma Handily, a real estate saleswoman, while looking at a most ordinary house described in advertising as "almost a mansion." Irma is a determined type set on selling Tom a house. Norman persuades Tom to look for something old and gracious that can be purchased cheaply and then renovated. Irma comes through with a "white elephant" she's been unable to unload and Tom takes Eddie, Norman and Tina to see it. It looks like the perfect house until Tom and Eddie have a serious talk just before Tom is to close the deal with Irma. Moving would mean not seeing Mrs. Livingston and changing friends and schools for Eddie. Both Eddie and Tom decide they'd rather stay in the nice apartment they already have.