LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE EPISODE GUIDE THIS GUIDE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. MORE EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS WILL BE ADDED SOON. You are visitor # since 7-8-96. Go back to my Little House Page Go back to my homepage SEND ME MAIL by clicking HERE. I have added a list of the shows above the descriptions. The list is complete. There are descriptions for the first season so far. You can scroll to the bottom of the page or click on the title to see the description. CHECK OUT THE EPISODES I FORGOT TO ADD LAST TIME: The Little House Years(season 6), and Dark Sage(season 8)!!! CO-STARS Karl Swenson .................... Lars Hanson (1974-1978) Richard Bull .................... Nels Oleson Katherine MacGregor.............. Harriet Oleson Alison Arngrim .................. Nellie Oleson Dalton (1974-1981) Jonathan Gilbert .................Willie Oleson Kevin Hagen ..................... Dr. Hiram Baker Dabbs Greer ..................... Rev. Robert Alden Charlotte Stewart ............... Eva Beadle Simms (1974-1978) Victor French ................... Mr. Isaiah Edwards (1974-1977; 1979; 1982-1984) Bonnie Bartlett ................. Grace Snider Edwards (1974-1977) Robert Hoffman .................. Sandy Kennedy (1974-1975) Tracie Savage ................... Christy Kennedy (1974-1975) Jim Jeter ....................... Hans Dorfler (1974-?) more co-stars to be added later List Of Episodes Premiere Movie-"Little House on the Prairie"        First Season(1974-1975) Harvest of Friends(Sept. 11, 1974) Country Girls(Sept. 18, 1974) The 100 Mile Walk(Sept. 25, 1974) Mr. Edward's Homecoming(Oct. 2, 1974) The Love of Johnny Johnson(Oct. 9, 1974) If I Should Die Before I Wake(Oct. 23, 1974) Town Party-Country Party(Oct. 30, 1974) The Lord Is My Shepherd [2 hours] (Dec. 18, 1974) Ma's Holiday(Nov. 6, 1974) School Mom(Nov. 13, 1974) The Voice of Tinker Jones(Dec. 4, 1974) The Raccoon(Nov. 20, 1974) The Award(Dec. 11, 1974) Christmas at Plum Creek(Dec. 25, 1974) Doctor's Lady(Jan. 22, 1975) Family Quarrel(Jan. 15, 1975) The Circus Man(Feb. 5, 1975) Plague(Jan. 29, 1975) Child of Pain(Feb. 12, 1975) Money Crop(Feb. 19, 1975) Survival(Feb. 26, 1975) To See the World(March. 5, 1975) Founder's Day(May 7, 1975) Second Season(1975-1976) The Richest Man In Walnut Grove(1975) Four Eyes(1975) Ebenezer Sprague(1975) The Spring Dance(1975) At the End of the Rainbow(1975) The Camp-Out(1975) Haunted House(1975) The Big Inning(1975) Remember Me [2 parts] (1975) A Matter of Faith(1975) The Talking Machine(1975) The Gift(1975) The Pride of Walnut Grove(1975) His Father's Son(1975) The Runaway Caboose(1976) The Long Road Home(1976) Centennial(1976) Troublemaker(1976) For My Lady(1976) Going Home(1976) Soldier's Return(1976) Third Season(1976-1977) The Collection(1976) Bunny(1976) The Race(1976) Little Girl Lost(1976) The Monster of Walnut Grove(1976) Journey in the Spring [2 parts] (1976) Fred(1976) The Bully Boys(1976) The Hunters[90 minute special] (1976) Blizzard(1976) I'll Ride the Wind(1976) Quarantine(1977) Little Women(1977) Injun Kid(1977) To Live With Fear [2 parts] (1977) The Wisdom of Soloman(1977) The Music Box(1977) The Election(1977) Gold Country [2 parts](1977) Fourth Season(1977-1978) Castoffs(1977) Times of Change(1977) My Ellen(1977) The Handyman(1977) The Wolves(1977) The Creeper of Walnut Grove(1977) To Run and Hide(1977) The Aftermath(1977) The High Cost of Being Right(1977) The Fighter [90 minute special](1977) Here Come The Brides(1977) Meet Me At the Fair(1977) Freedom Flight(1977) The Rivals(1978) Whisper Country(1978) I Remember, I Remember(1978) Be My Friend [90 minute special] (1978) The Inheritance(1978) The Stranger(1978) A Most Precious Gift(1978) I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away [2 parts] (1978) Fifth Season(1978-1979) As Long As We're Together [2 parts] (1978) The Winoka Warriors(1978) The Man Inside(1978) There's No Place Like Home [2 parts] { 2nd part is 90 minutes} (1978) Fagin(1978) Harriet's Happenings(1978) The Wedding(1978) Men Will Be Boys(1978) The Cheaters(1978) Blind Journey[2 parts] (1978) The Godsister [90 minute special] (1978) The Craftsman(1979) Blind Man's Bluff(1979) Dance With Me [90 minute special] (1979) The Sound of Children(1979) The Lake Kezia Monster(1979) Barn Burner(1979) Enchanted Cottage(1979) Someone Please Love Me(1979) Mortal Mission(1979) The Odyssey(1979) Sixth Season(1979-1980) Back To School [2 parts] (1979) The Family Tree(1979) The Third Miracle(1979) Annabelle(1979) The Preacher Takes a Wife(1979) The Halloween Dream(1979) The Little House Years[3 parts] (1979) This was a special Thanksgiving series. It was called The Little House Years, not Little House on the Prairie. The Return of Mr. Edwards(1979) The King is Dead(1979) The Faith Healer(1979) Author, Author(1979) Crossed Connections(1979) The Angry Heart(1979) The Werewolf of Walnut Grove(1979) Whatever Happened to the Class of '56?(1979) Darkness is My Friend(1980) Silent Promises(1980) May We Make Them Proud [2 hour special] (1980) Wilder and Wilder(1980) Second Spring(1980) Sweet Sixteen(1980) He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not [2 parts] (1980) Seventh Season(1980-1981) Laura Ingalls Wilder [2 parts] (1980) A New Beginning(1980) Fight, Team, Fight(1980) The Silent Cry(1980) Portrait of Love(1980) Divorce, Walnut Grove Style(1980) Dearest, Albert, I'll Miss You(1980) The In-Laws(1980) To See the Light [2 parts] (1980) Oleson versus Oleson(1980) Come, Let Us Reason Together(1980) The Nephews(1981) Make a Joyful Noise(1981) Goodbye, Mrs. Wilder(1981) Sylvia [2 parts] (1981) Blind Justice(1981) I Do, Again(1981) The Lost Ones [2 parts] (1981) Eighth Season(1981-1982) The Reincarnation of Nellie [2 parts] (1981) Growin' Pains(1981) Dark Sage(1981) A Wiser Heart(1981) Gambini the Great(1981) The Legend of Black Jake(1981) Chicago(1981) For the Love of Nancy(1981) Wave of the Future(1981) A Christmas They Never Forgot(1981) No Beast So Fierce(1981) Stone Soup(1981) The Legacy(1982) Uncle Jed(1982) Second Chance(1982) Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow [2 parts] {1st part is 90 minutes} (1982) A Promise To Keep(1982) A Faraway Cry(1982) He Was Only Twelve [2 parts] (1982) For the last season, the name of the show changed from "Little House on the Prairie" to "Little House: A New Beginning". There were some major changes in the show, such as the Ingalls moving out and almost totally disappearing from the show (Pa came back a few times and Ma didn't come back until the final movie which was made after the regular episodes had stopped). The Carter family moved in and the show focused more on them and the Wilders. Ninth Season(1982-1983) Times Are Changing [2 parts] (1982) Welcome To Olesonville(1982) Rage(1982) Little Lou(1982) The Wild Boy [2 parts] (1982) The Return of Nellie(1982) The Empire Builders(1982) Love(1982) Alden's Dilemma(1982) Marvin's Garden(1982) The Older Brothers(1982) Sins of the Fathers(1983) Once Upon a Time(1983) Home Again [2 parts] (1983) A Child With No Name(1983) The Last Summer(1983) For the Love of Blanche(1983) May I Have This Dance(1983) Hello and Goodbye(March 21, 1983) Movie specials that aired after the show ended. Little House: Look Back To Yesterday [2 hour special] (1983) Bless All The Dear Children [2 hour special] (1983) Little House: The Last Farewell [2 hour special] (1984) FIRST YEAR 1.)HARVEST OF FRIENDS- (Sept. 11, 1974) The Ingalls move into their house after leaving the Big Woods. Pa first meets the townsfolk, including Mrs. Oleson who refuses to give him credit because she fears he'll run up the bill and "skip out in the dead of night." He ends up striking a deal with Mr. Liem O'Neil, the proprieter of the Walnut Grove Feed & Seed, in order to get the plow he needs. He promises to fix the shed and stack the grain in 3 weeks or his oxen will go to O'Neil. Later, during a family picnic, Pa crawls up a tree to get a kite and falls out, breaking his ribs. Dr. Baker tells him he must stay in bed.    Because he couldn't work his oxen are taken away. Pa goes to confront O'Neil even though he wasn't supposed to get out of bed because he still has until midnight to fulfill his part of the deal. He collapses while stacking the grain, and Mary & Laura, who followed him there, run up and take over the job. This prompts the townsmen to all come up and help out by forming an assembly line & stack the rest of the grain. O'Neil, feeling guilty by now, tries to convince them he was about to give Mr. Ingalls more time, but they ignore him.    After the work is done, Mr. Hanson tells Charles that the town is holding a plowing & harrowing contest and they want to use his land. (In other words, they want to do his plowing for him.) Laura's voice at the end says:"...Pa said he was glad we had come to live on the banks of Plum Creek because here, he'd harvested a crop he didn't know he'd planted -- a harvest of friends." Guest Stars Ramon Bieri ....... Liem O'Neil Jim Jeter............ Hans Dorfler                              Hal Burton ........ Driver 2.) COUNTRY GIRLS- (1974)In this episode, Laura & Mary start school. They have never been to a school before this, but Ma had taught Mary to read. Laura knew the alphabet.    Laura kept getting into fights with Nellie Oleson. Pa had told her to "do unto others," and Laura kept wondering "when Nellie's ma would get around to telling her the same thing."    The students have to write an essay to read in front of the classroom on Visitor's Day. This worries Laura because she hasn't learned to write well yet and can't get what's in her head down on paper.    Ma buys some nice blue material to make herself a new dress to wear on Visitor's Day, but as it turns out, she makes dresses for Laura & Mary out of the material instead.    When it comes time to read the essays, Laura does not read what's on her paper, but instead says what she would have written down if she could have. Everyone loves it, thinking she had it written on the piece of paper. When everyone leaves, Ma confronts Laura by the school steps and asks if that was what was really on the paper. Laura shows her the paper and decides she had better show it to Miss Beadle. When Miss Beadle sees the real essay, she avoids mentioning it. She instead tells Ma that Laura's improving in school but that her penmanship needs work. Laura & Ma are both relieved that she wasn't mad. Guest Stars    Tracie Savage ........ Christy Kennedy    Robert Hoffman ....... Sandy Kennedy Georgia Schmidt ...... Mrs. Grandy 3.) THE 100-MILE WALK- (1974)A hailstorm ruins Pa's crop, forcing him to leave his family to find work. He meets some men along the way and they all get jobs working at a quary. 4.) MR. EDWARDS' HOMECOMING- (1974)Pa meets up with Mr. Edwards, for the first time since he left the Big Woods, when he hears a commotion inside the saloon as he is passing by. Mr. Edwards is drunk and is challenging every guy in the saloon to a fight. Pa almost has to fight him to get him away from the saloon. Mr. Edwards goes back to Walnut Grove with him and stays at the Ingalls' home. Ma decides to play matchmaker and set Mr. Edward's up with Grace Snider, a widow. Despite some problems along the way, things seem to work out in the end. 5.) THE LOVE OF JOHNNY JOHNSON- (1974)Laura has a crush on a new boy -- Johnny Johnson. Johnny is 15 though, and Laura is 8. This doesn't seem to bother Laura, but the fact that Johnny seems to be interested in her older sister Mary does bother her. However, Mary is appalled by the "barefoot bumpkin" and only hangs around him when she's helping him with his homework. Laura continues to try to get him to like her while at the same time, she and Mary begin to argue more and more about it. When Pa finds out Johnny's age, he is upset that either of his girls are involved in this. 6.) IF I SHOULD WAKE BEFORE I DIE- (1974)Ms. Amy, an 80 year old woman, is worried after her friend dies that she will die before she gets to see her family again. She gets the Ingalls family and Dr. Baker to help her fake her death so she can see her kids and grandkids. She knows that this is the only way they'll come and see her. 7.) TOWN PARTY-COUNTRY PARTY- (1974)After Nellie has a party at her house, Laura & Mary decide to have one at their house. At Nellie's house, Olga, a girl with one leg shorter than the other, is ignored. Before Laura & Mary's party, Pa makes a platform for the bottom of Olga's shoe so that she won't limp. She surprises the other kids when she is able to run like everyone else. Nellie tries to cause trouble but Laura finds a way to get back at her. 8.) THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD[2 parts]- (1974)In part one, Ma has a baby boy who dies not long after. Because Laura had been jealous of the baby and wished it were dead, she blamed herself for the death. In order to get "closer to God" to pray for Him to give her parents their son back and take her instead, she leaves in the middle of the night to climb to the top of a mountain. In part two, she climbs the mountain and meets a man named Jonathon. He takes care of her. In the meantime, Pa & Mr. Edwards are searching for Laura. A wooden cross that Jonathon makes for Laura gets lost down stream for Pa to find. This leads him to Laura. In the end, we are left to assume that Jonathon was actually an angel sent to take care of Laura and lead Pa back to her. 9.) MA'S HOLIDAY- (1974)Pa decides to take Ma on a trip but there is no one to leave the kids with. Though Ma isn't too comfortable with letting Mr. Edwards babysit, she ends up having to give in. At the Ingall's house, the girls have to get used to Mr. Edwards' food while he has to deal with Carrie's games. Meanwhile, Pa has to continually comfort Ma who is extremely worried about the kids. 10.) SCHOOL MOM- (1974)Mrs. Beadle gets hurt and is unable to teach for awhile, so the school board asks Mrs. Ingalls to substitute. Not knowing that the oldest boy in the class can't read, she calles on him during class. This makes the other students tease him. He is embarrassed by this and refuses to come back to school. Mrs. Ingalls has to convince him that he can learn. 11.) THE VOICE OF TINKER JONES- (1974)When the subject of a church bell is brought up, Mrs. Oleson says she will pay for it if she can put up a plaque on it in her name. This divides up the congregation into two groups: those who will leave if she is allowed to put up the plaque and those who will leave if she isn't allowed to put it up. Tinker, a mute, gets together with the kids in the town, and they make the bell themselves in order to settle the dispute. 12.) THE RACCOON- (Nov.20,1974)Jasper, a raccoon that Mary gives Laura, causes trouble when the Ingalls fear that he had rabiees when he bit Laura and her dog Jack. 13.) THE AWARD- (Dec.11,1974)While studying in the barn for an optional history exam that could win her a dictionary, Mary falls asleep, knocks the lantern over, and catches the barn on fire. Ma is very angry with her and refuses to let her take the exam. However, because the book that she borrowed from Mrs. Beadle was burnt in the fire, she is scared to tell her she can't take the exam because she doesn't have a book to give back. 14.) CHRISTMAS AT PLUM CREEK- (Dec.25,1974)Laura sells her horse to buy an expensive stove for Ma. Pa wants to get the stove, but Laura has told Mr. Oleson not to tell anyone that she got it, and now, Mr. Oleson has to keep Pa from getting the same stove. Meanwhile, Ma and Mary make the same shirt for Pa, and Carrie tries to buy a present with a penny she found. 15.) DOCTOR'S LADY- (Jan.22,1975)Dr. Baker falls in love with the Olesons' young neice who is in about her mid to late 20's. She loves him too, but many things, including seeing her playing and running around with Laura & Mary, finally convince him that she is just a kid and way too young for him. 16.) FAMILY QUARREL- (Jan.15,1975)Mr. and Mrs. Oleson can't seem to get along, and the town folks try to trick them into apologizing to each other. 17.) THE CIRCUS MAN- (Feb.5,1975)Red Buttons plays a circus man named O'Hara who tries to get everyone to believe he has magic healing powders that will even heal broken ribs. This backfires though when Mrs. Oleson refuses to get an opperation because she believes Mr. O'Hara can cure her with the powders. 18.) PLAGUE- (Jan.29,1975)Many of the people in town are getting seriously ill. Dr. Baker turns the school into a hospital to take care of the growing number of patients while he and Mr. Ingalls try to discover the source of the sickness. 19.) CHILD OF PAIN- (Feb.12,1975)Ma temporarily takes in a young boy who is abused by his father while Pa stays with the boy's father to sober him up. 20.) MONEY CROP- (Feb.19,1975)A man who tries to help the residents of Walnut Grove by getting seed for them to plant a money-making crop is betrayed by his friends when he is late getting back because of an accident. 21.) SURVIVAL- (Feb.26,1975)The Ingalls family has to find shelter when a blizzard hits while they are on the road. Pa had to then find food for his family. They meet an Indian and another man while there and have to protect the Indian from the prejudiced white man. 22.) TO SEE THE WORLD- (March 5,1975)Johnny Johnson leaves home to "see the world" and Mr. Edwards goes with him to keep him out of trouble. Johnny meets a girl and is tricked out of a lot of his money without realizing it. However, Mr. Edwards uses the girl to trick Johnny into returning home. 23.) FOUNDER'S DAY- (May 7,1975)Walnut Grove celebrates Founder's Day with a picnic and games. The Ingalls are in constant competition with the Olesons, and Pa is also competing against an older man in a lumberjack contest. Last Updated Wed Sep 11 20:31:54 1996 This web page was provided by Angelfire Communications. The material on this page are the responsibility of its author, not Angelfire Communications.