On Little House on the Prairie TV show, Mary Ingalls meets Adam at the Burton School for the blind where he was a teacher, and she was originally a student. They fall in love and get married. But a year after the couple is married, Adam is injured in an accident, and he then discovers his eyesight is restored, in the episode To See the Light (Part One).
After he regains his eyesight, Adam decides to go to school to become a lawyer, as he had planned to do before he lost his eyesight as a child in a previous accident.
Adam becomes Walnut Grove’s lawyer, but he and Mary decide to move away to New York where he can practice law in his family’s law office.
Adam does not lose his sight again after this time. Mary does not regain her sight during the show either.
Adam Kendall, a blind character, miraculously regains his sight after a year due to an unexpected accident. Despite his wife, Mary, remaining blind, Adam’s restored vision allows him to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer. He achieves this goal by earning a scholarship to attend law school. Previously, Adam’s ambitions had been put on hold when he lost his sight as a child in a tragic accident. Throughout the series, Adam’s journey showcases the resilience and determination of the human spirit, even in the face of adversity.
