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Episode number: 1

Overview: Josephine (Jo) Bhaer and her husband Fritz have run a boarding school for boys for several years. Now that Fritz has died everyone assumes that Jo will close the school. When Nick, a sailor home from the sea, hires on as handyman, Jo sees that there is a chance to keep the school open.

Quarantine

Episode number: 2

Overview: A dangerous measles epidemic breaks out at the school.

Thanksgiving

Episode number: 3

Overview: As Thanksgiving nears Amy decides that doesn't want her daughter in school with boys. Nick decides to return to the sea.

Tough Choices

Episode number: 4

Overview: An old friend of Dan turns up at the school and asks Dan to leave with him.

Emancipation

Episode number: 5

Overview: Prejudice finds some unlikely allies when a poor black family arrives at Plumfield.

The Christmas Angel

Episode number: 6

Overview: Nick and the children discover a battered pregnant woman in the forest.

Philanthropy

Episode number: 7

Overview: Jo finds out that Nick can't read. The students are tasked with doing a good deed in order to learn the meaning of the word Philanthropy.

Bluffing

Episode number: 8

Overview: Nan plagiarizes one of Nat's essays. Laurie joins a poker game.

Coming Attractions

Episode number: 9

Overview: Meg is attracted to a friend of Laurie's. Dan and Bess are paired on a science project.

Blame

Episode number: 10

Overview: After Jo's carriage overturns, Nick searches for her; Dan is left in charge of the children.

The Living Years

Episode number: 11

Overview: Asia's estranged father attempts a reconciliation; another woman pursues Nick.

Father Figure

Episode number: 12

Overview: When Nat wants to enter a father son ski race with Nick as his surrogate fathers, Jo must teach Nick to ski.

Looking Forward

Episode number: 13

Overview: Amy moves to Plumfield. Dan befriends a native american and goes on a vision quest of his own.