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  • Bravo Matthew and Micheal....amazing performances on both parts! I'm so impressed!

  • Opiate withdraw is a real bitch,but alcohol withdraw will kill you. 

  • TPTB should have used Albert's accidental cause of the burning down of the blind school as his reason for getting addicted to morphine.

  • Any idea how old Matt is in this?? 16? 17?

  • I think "Pa Ingalls" was the BEST father in TV history! ;-) He went above and beyond for his kids and truly presented the ideal of what a man and a father should be. Michael Landon was awesome for presenting such a character.

  • what incredible actors. 

  • I loved the Albert character....I had a major crush on him back in the day

  • @mustwinder actually severe cramping and vomiting are both classic symptoms of morphine withdrawal. The way it is portrayed here is mild compared to what many victims experience especially in the second and third days following the last dose.

  • i read an med thing on mortphine withdrtaws can be that bad!

  • omg the vomit was gross....

  • @pewpewgirlable Ya, it was. What was with the music during that...it was corny and didn't really fit the circumstance.

  • my God, when you forget they are actors...that's amazing, these kind of actors don't exist anymore

  • LOL! I'm afraid I couldn't help but laugh when his legs were twitching XD

  • @SpockLover27 restless leg syndrome caused by withdrawl from opiates

  • @TheKalen486 I know... I watched the whole episode... it was still really corny xD

  • I think they over exaggerate the withdrawals just a little bit. I had withdrawals from oxycontin (which is far worse than morphine) and although they were terrible...they were not anything like they portray here. Futhermore, I think alcohol withdrawals are WAY worse than any opiate withdrawal. You may feel like killing yourself with opiate withdrawal, but alcohol withdrawal CAN kill you! It's HORRIBLE!!!!

  • Really great acting by both!

  • I was trying to figure out what he would have been spitting out in real life...

    milk looked just like it :) mmmnmm yumm !

  • If they wanted to more accurately depict opiate withdrawals they should have shown Albert puking his guts out.

  • @gimmedaalbatross Wait...I spoke too soon lol.

  • @gimmedaalbatross They do.

  • you can cry and you beg and you can plead not with me its not going to work

    he reminds me of my grandfater they look alike im serious

  • Thats it. Im never, ever, going to take any form of a drug.... o.O

  • "oh god, i'm gonna die!" "you're gonna live!" "I'm gonna die!" "you're going to LIVE!!" lmao.

  • @juliemmm99 inoo i think tht funny lol im like all sad nd then they said tht and i burst out lauhin

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  • how stupid to get off a drug like that automatically.. You take a little less a day for a while then it will be easier..

  • Wow! Walnut Grove's brand of rehab. Withdrawal symptoms are scary! Shouldn't Doc Baker have been there throughtout the detox, just to check if Albert doesn't have a heart attack or something from the shock.

  • I can't believe Albert is doing this. I mean, once you're addicted it's hard to stop, I understand that, but I just can't believe he started. Oh and he's hot. lol :3

  • you can cry and you beg nad plead its not going to work

  • Amazing how Albert can sleep!!!

  • Abruptly stopping a drug like that can have very serious consequences not mentioned here. Heart attack, rage, etc.

  • How do actors fake vomit? I know it sounds like a dumb question, but I've been wondering about it for years...

  • @ilovesushii94

    My guess is for Albert, they mixed something like maybe milk and water together (or perhaps something thicker). If you notice, the camera cuts take place right between each... erm... retch, meaning they probably cut to let him get more of the concoction in his mouth before they started filming again. Hope that helps to appease your curiosity! :)

  • @GoldenFlute88 That makes sense! :) I read about it online and it's pretty cool how they do it.

  • @ilovesushii94

    I agree, I think it's really interesting what people come up with! I also love where some sound effects come from! I've heard that one of the best sound effects for bones breaking is to break a carrot in half! Who'd have thought? It's really awesome! Oh cinema, how you are amazing! :D

  • @GoldenFlute88 YES, it is! LOL

  • omg michael landon and matthew labertaeu r both amazing actors

  • @misscurlybop12345 Yeah, they are terrific in this epi! : D

  • @Emotional2000 I agree!! they are my two favorite actors of all time!! I loved them when I was a kid, when I first saw them....Michael was like a father to me & Matthew was like a brother....I felt I knew them growing up...they were incredible!!

  • @misscurlybop12345 They're both really good with crying scenes, so their combo in this ep was perfect :)

  • @ShoujoKairi yea im like mesmerized they really r amazin

  • @misscurlybop12345 I so love them both as a team!! They are my fav ever on TV these days with watching this!! I wish more tv shows were like this today!! I never tire of this show...I love it so much!!

  • i dont think michael landon liked tht food beuz he was twiddlin with it alot lmao

  • this is so sad but everytime pa says your gunna live i burst out laughin i feel so mean

  • question is that a scripd or is that a cloth

    pa should have let alrua help him thats her brother

  • question is that a scripd or is that a cloth

  • 4:06 I think he said the F word !!! The F word on Little House !!!

  • @XvxBERSERKxvX sounds like it but im pretty sure he didnt

  • I love that scene in the beginning of this part, it's really awesome. This episode is so tragic.

  • this was disturbing with albert and his legs and him throwing up. But poor albert.

    :(

  • @bananaman1903 i was almost sick watching him throw up it looked like milk

  • Rani1223 yeah I still think he's hot

  • Still think Albert is "hot" now?

  • 4:55 does it look like charles is choking him ?

  • I remember seeing this about 10 years ago it scared the living shit out of me, I had to search it now to see if it still has the same effect now... it does! :S damn good performance! this is scarier to me than any horror movie i've ever seen.

  • Matthew Labertaux (sp) should have gotten a emmy 4 that performance.

    Is (was) withdraw really like that (then)?

  • Michael Landon aged liked twenty years in this episode.

  • I laughed my ass off

  • @ChaoticSymphonies Lol, Yea me too, the music made it worse. It made me Giddy !

  • LOL so funny Xd

  • having the flu times 10, while every bone aches, your gut liquifies, your sinuses clog, you can't sleep, you feel like you are having a bad acid trip- all your thoughts are depressing horrible, its very common to have hallucinations, your muscles tense and shake, you have hot and cold flashes,goosebumps...i could go on and on. i am very happy to hear that so many of you were able to avoid these miseries. you are very blessed.

  • they did experiments on rats- where the rats pressed a button and got a hit of either heroin or cocaine. the rats that got the heroin would hit the buttons often, of course, but they would take breaks, eat, wash themselves, etc. the rats w the cocaine hit the button repeatedly until they overdosed. withdrawl from opiates is a sudden and drastic shortage of dopamine- which lowers our blood pressure, relaxes our muscles, helps us sleep,makes us happy and gives us comfort. withdrawl feels like

  • just to stave off the horrible withdrawl symptoms that are, actually, oftentimes worse than those depicted here. Withdrawl from opiates, as well as alcohol can easily be fatal- in the form of heart attack or stroke. your blood pressure rises dangerously when you are detoxing from these two. A high threshold for drugs as a result of abuse is called a tolerance. People do not have strong physical withdrawls from cocaine, but the mental clutch of cocaine is unbelievably powerful.

  • artificial dopamine from the drugs, creating a high. which is an flooding to the brain of dopamine. Now, after a while of putting this artificial dopamine into your brain, your brain looks around, and checks the dopamine levels and says "hey! theres too much of this stuff! I need to halt production!" so then comes the phase of addiction called "maintenance". this is where an addict has to keep using more and more drugs to acheive the same high and after a while just to feel normal and finally

  • ok. he's not vomiting milk or morphine, he's just vomiting. nobody drinks a gallon of morphine. its just whitish. and kinda foamy.its a stage prop... now for withdrawl- from unfortunate past experience. imagine opiates (morphine, heroin,etc) as being a lubricant for your brain and body. happy stuff. it affects the part of your brain that makes dopamine- the feel good stuff. normally, your brain makes this on its own. when you add opiates, it combines your brains natural dopamine with the

  • was his hair really turning gray or is that just for the show? it looks really fake.

  • @americancutie1 haha it really is gray. his hair started turning gray when he was 20.

  • @hsmsucks12 Lol oh okay.

  • @americancutie1 i always felt that way too..

  • theres nothing easy about trying to break an addiction youv'e battled with for years.

    its very difficult.

  • I can imagine how physically stressed Albert's stomach and how strained his heart must have been when he was vomiting and as he collapsed back on the bed afterwards.

    I felt extemely sorry for him when he was going through withdrawal symptoms, especially when he said "Oh, God, it's starting all over again", grasping o

    on tightly to the curtain near him, as he began to shake and scream again.

  • They did amazing acting this out. My dad and I are watching this right now, and I am completely taken back on their amazing acting skills. Kudos to them both.

  • Listen carefully between 4:08 and 4:11, when Albert was shouting as Charles went into the room to help him, his dialouge overlaps his screams. (When he yells, "What's happening?", it is heard twice after the first time he says it.)

    I don't know if that matters, but just wondered if anyone else caught that.

  • Albert's withdrawals are mild compared to reality.

  • its got to be milk hes puking thers no way hes puking morphine

    hed be dead i dont know what hes puking but im thinking its milk

  • The beginning scene is just too brilliant for words. a lot of the little house viewers were kids so im sure it was rather scary to watch . this episode is mostly for adults i reckon. kids wouldnt understand it. youre brilliant for uploading these.

  • Is it just me or did anyone notice that Albert calls Charles "Dad" instead of "Pa" at 0:10?

  • WTF???????????????????????????­????????????

  • Albert (panicking about not being able to take morphine): "I'LL DIE IF I DON'T!"

    Charles: "YOU'LL DIE IF YOU DON'T STOP!"

    A powerful and strong message there about abusing drugs. 

  • You can see that Michael Landon portrayed his character in this episode brilliantly and heartfelt. As Albert was vomiting, Charles is shown with crying, overwhelmingly. Michael Landon genuinely portrayed the emotions of heartbreak and immense pain that Charles felt for his son during the horror of it all.

  • At first Charles was so determined to leave him behind because of Albert's behavior causing trouble for the both of them. But now after the horrific truth about Albert's condition caused by the drugs he took, Charles let go of all the pain of sending him away to help Albert overcome the seriousness of his addiction.

    Charles is a great father (and so was Michael Landon himself as a person). He'd never ever give up on his children, no matter how bad things got.

  • throwing up that badly takes the worst out of you and makes you feel even more exhausted and physically stressed. =(

  • @starrbeatlesqueen Agreed... I felt so bad for Albert during this epi.

  • unlike today, there weren't many medicines to help people with withdrawal back then (not even sure if there are any today). all Charles could do was try comfort him and try to hold him to protect Albert from accidentally injuring while he was going through the withdrawal effects. i feel horrible for both Charles and Albert.

  • this might be a dumb question, but is it possible for a person who trying to withdraw from abusing drugs day after day to not experience the pain or symptoms of withdrawal? talking about all drugs (from hard/illegal drugs to soft OTC medicines).

  • @starrbeatlesqueen All addicts that abuse drugs suffer from withdrawl or pain symptoms to some degree...especially if the abuser is trying to stop taking drugs. Albert's case show the extreme side of what drugs can do to an individual. From a student nurse point of view, this is my opinion on the matter. However,I am no expert on the issues of drug abuse. Not yet, anyway... lol : D

  • @Emotional2000 I have a question as to why one of Albert's withdrawal symptoms were violent vomiting. Is that normal to happen during a withdrawal from morphine (or any other hard drugs like it)?

    (Also when Albert was throwing up, why did it look like he was vomiting milk or something?)

  • @starrbeatlesqueen If you are only an occasional user and your body is not physically addicted then more than likely you won't go thru withdrawal. It is when your body becomes physically addicted after a period of abuse is when you go thru withdrawal because your body doesn't have what it is usually getting.

  • @starrbeatlesqueen Everybody is different and therefore experiences different symptoms and a different degree of severity. Some people may only have slight withdrawals like insomnia, nausea, diarrhea...basically like having a really bad flu. Others can have seizures, extreme abdominal pain, hallucinations etc. IT depends on SO many different factors. But if you are a heavy drug user and just stop cold turkey...you are going to suffer through something. Guaranteed.

  • i don't know really..

  • so sad...

  • @littlebutgreat

    Yes it is sad when I was a child and first saw this I thought it was awful and the most disturbing scene I had ever seen it scared the hell out of me expecially when he lost control of his legs. Did things like this really happen back then?

  • @jamajezzie Yes, many Americans during the1800's were chronic abusers of morphine. Back then, the drug was legal and used for medical purposes only. Most doctors of this time period did not yet grasp the complete side effects of this drug until the late 1800's.

  • Matther Laborteaux is a really good actor(as is Michael Landon) and this proves it...He should have won some type of award.

  • Yeah, i was pretty young when i saw this episode... scarred for life. Hahaha.

  • stunnning acting on all parts - especially Michael Landon

  • This episode used to frighten me I would cover my eyes and ears when Albert went through the with drawl faze.

  • omy gahhh he puked morphine !

    this is too much to handle.

  • Just under a minute into this episode I burst out into tears.

    Charles Ingalls is the epitome of what a father should be.

  • This part is always hard.

  • the first time i saw this i was like o____o

    kinda disturbing ===D

  • Albert was going through what psychologist now call drug with drawl. He was also having the delirium tremens, which includes hallucinations.

  • that was the wole idea! it was suppose to be disturbing!

  • @nukecat yeah. Michael Landon wrote this episode to raise awareness on teens using and abusing drugs.

  • i love albert <3

  • Me too.=)

  • The emotion on Michael Landon's face I'm sure was genuine during the scenes where his character was helping his son. Michael Landon was a genuinely kind hearted person in real life (wish I have had a chance to meet him).

  • @starrbeatlesqueen i heard he was a wife beater is that true?

  • sorry..but...albert was sick or something?...he die??..=`(

  • i always thought his puke looked slightly like milk.

  • it probably was

  • @forevathesickestjill whatever it was it looked nasty...

  • They were both so brilliant in this episode, and this scene in particular. One of the best acting jobs I've ever seen in my life.

  • How could they act sooo well?!?!

    How could Matt puke and stuff? ugh...

  • Michael London was a strong man to carry Matthew Laborteau like that!!!

  • i see that i've found the videos of this novel that i've never finished ...thank you

  • All I have to say about this episode is t that Charles and Albert are really strong actors... seeing someone that you love your son going through something like that had to be so heartbreaking to watch!!!!!!!! I love this episode!!!!!

  • This episode is touching.

  • Their acting in this episode was the best out of the whole series. They have amazing chemistry! This has to be my favourite episode. Its a good learning lesson for anyone who wants to try drugs.

  • he never married her.

  • Wow...like everyone before me has said, incredible acting. Charles is soo strong. I can't imagine what it would be like to go through that let alone watch someone who you care for so much to go through it. And poor Albert. That would be so scary.

  • question: why did charles plan to leave him there inthe first place?

  • because he had bad friends in the city and he was always getting arrested and stuff.

  • Vomiting is part of a heavy morphine addiction and when milk is the only thing in your stomach, it's milk that will come out first. But I guess in this case it was only symbolic.

  • That is hot o_o

    but hard to watch.

  • Poor Albert!

  • wow it's even hard to watch... couldn't imagine how it would be like in real...

  • Fantastic acting on both of their parts. Truly brilliant. Props to them. :)

  • opiate based pain killer addiction can be this addicting. When first tried...it is a wonderful high........

  • This is great acting and a great series. This episode scared me out of ever doing drugs as well. Just to think, Heroin is at least 2-3 times stronger than what Albert did. Think of how bad withdrawls would be with Cocaine, much less Heroin. I think every child about 11 or 12 should watch this episode. Unfortunately, probably not enough of them do.

  • good acting indeed !! Wonder whatever happened to Albert ??..Is he still acting ?

  • That withdrawal scene is one of the most depressing/traumatic scenes that I recall seeing from my childhood. Always stuck with me. What a great episode, fantastic acting.

  • @ambrookers same here. I was 12 or 13 when I first saw this episode. It scared me too.

  • my sister loves him!!!!!

  • This was absolutely heartbreaking to watch.

  • Michael LAndon was SO powerful in this epsiode. I just can't get over how well put together this episode is.

    Thanks for posting!

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  • Oh God...the music goes sooo well.

    This episode is sooo powerful.

  • Tahnks alot , do you kno where to find the movies?

  • not a season 10, just three movies. you can buy them where you get the seasons in a set.they are called:

    -look back to yesterday

    -bless all the children(i think)

    -the last farewell

    -

  • Hey Emotional, Just a question, How many seasons did, LHOTP do?

  • They did 9 seasons. Michael came back for a 2-3 episodes (i think in season 9) This is by far one of his best performances as Charles Ingalls and also one of the most intense and saddest episodes I've ever seen in the series.

  • I agree; this was probably the best acting jobs I had seen either of them do on the series. I saw this when it first aired back when I was 11 or 12 and I think it was one of the things that scared me out of ever trying drugs! LOL

  • this was one of the saddest episodes ever. thank goodness albert and charles got through it. ( in fact, i have this episode at home! its season 9!)

  • okay can someone please explain to me what was happening when albert's legs were going crazy and he was throwing up and stuff? it always makes me cry, but i'm not sure what's happening to him....

  • He was going through withdrawl as a result of his drug addiction...

  • well i knew he was going through a withdrawl, but why was his body doing that? (sorry if i'm being annoying about it, i just really want to know what's happening) oh, and thanks for the videos!!

  • Becuase he is seeing things, and he doesn't know where he is or what's going on, I think. the withdraw, is making him go mad.

    It's possibly like being incredably drunk, with the room spinning and feeling really heavy. Exsept that you feel pain, when your drunk you don't.

  • After you recover From a drug in this case morphine, your body gose through stages as your kinda being cleaned hence getting clean, you body gose throuh invilentary movments, cungested thoughts, and perfuse sweating, shaking, puking and what not,

    Some people have it werse off when they get clean, Albert did a great jobing tryin to bring that to life

  • i love the line: "i'll die if i don'!" "you'll die if you don't stop!"

    this is such a powerful episode

  • "i didnt put that poison IN YOU, you did"

  • One of the most disturbing Little house scenes ever and very real and touching at the same time.

  • VERY terrifying :'O almost too hard to watch!

  • I'm gonna die!

    You're gonna live!

    I'm gonna die!

    You're gonna live!

    AH!

    AH!

    AHHHHHHHH!!!

  • I love that scene... It's so powerful!

  • Yes.

  • IT WOULD MATTER!!!!!!!

  • You're welcome for the epi... However, I don't think the answer to Albert's problem is to take more drugs... He has an addiction and he clearly needs help....

  • IT WOULD TO HURT

  • Agreed!

  • "You're gonna live!!!" Gotta love Michael Landon. :)

  • Morphine Withdrawal symptoms include but are not limited to:* restlessness* lacrimation *rhinorrhea* yawning* perspiration* *restless sleep* mydriasis* twitching and spasms of muscles* kicking movements* severe aches in the back, abdomen, and legs* abdominal and muscle cramps* hot and cold flashes* insomnia* nausea* vomiting* diarrhea* coryza* severe sneezing

    * increases in body temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and heart rate

  • Thanks for the infor on the drug Dramaluver16! : )

  • im just cryin my eyes out... albert is my fav character... i know hes not rea