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Little House On the Prairie

PRIMETIME EMMYS® 1X nominee in 1983
Life on the frontier brings trials and triumphs for the beloved Ingalls family in Season 4 of this 22-episode saga that includes a devastating drowning, Laura's kidnapping, crime and outlaws in Walnut Grove, Nellie's marriage, Caroline's pregnancy, Mary's blindness, and more.
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Episodes

  1. S4 E1 - Castoffs

    September 11, 1977
    49min
    13+
    Laura is shocked and devastated to find her beloved dog Jack dead in the barn. After an emotional burial, Charles brings home a stray named Bandit to curb his daughter's pain, but Laura refuses to bond with the new dog.
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  2. S4 E2 - Times of Change

    September 18, 1977
    49min
    13+
    When Charles gets the opportunity to visit Chicago on business, he hopes to turn it into a romantic getaway for him and Caroline, but he ends up escorting Mary, who longs to visit her fiancé John.
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  3. S4 E3 - My Ellen

    September 25, 1977
    49min
    13+
    A young girl loses her life during a trip to the local swimming hole. The girl's mother blames Laura for the accident and alienates everyone around her.
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  4. S4 E4 - The Handyman

    October 2, 1977
    49min
    7+
    Charles begins building a kitchen onto the back of the house, but a sudden business trip leaves him unable to complete the job. A charismatic handyman named Chris is hired to help finish while Charles is away.
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  5. S4 E5 - The Wolves

    October 16, 1977
    49min
    7+
    Laura and Andy come across an injured female wolf and her pups. When they bring them back to the Garveys' barn, Jonathan reluctantly agrees to let them stay until Doc Baker nurses the mother back to health.
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  6. S4 E6 - The Creeper of Walnut Grove

    October 23, 1977
    49min
    7+
    Laura and Andy are determined to find out who has been robbing the mercantile and stealing food from people. The "Garvey and Ingalls Detective Agency" is officially in business, but it ultimately causes more harm than good.
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  7. S4 E7 - To Run and Hide

    October 30, 1977
    49min
    13+
    After two miscarriages, Beth Novack is thrilled to be experiencing a healthy pregnancy, but when her husband takes a tumble from the roof, she becomes a widow within 24 hours.
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  8. S4 E8 - The Aftermath

    November 6, 1977
    49min
    13+
    Jesse and Frank James hide out in Walnut Grove. The people of Walnut Grove find out who they really are when bounty hunters come looking for them.
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  9. S4 E9 - The High Cost of Being Right

    November 13, 1977
    49min
    13+
    Jonathan Garvey is convinced that he has a great crop coming up, but as he is celebrating with his family at the dinner table, a fateful fire burns their entire barn down.
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  10. S4 E10 - The Fighter

    November 20, 1977
    1 h 14 min
    13+
    Fourteen years after being abandoned by his wife and son, a famous boxer named Joe Kagen passes through Walnut Grove.
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  11. S4 E11 - Meet Me at the Fair

    November 27, 1977
    49min
    7+
    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.
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  12. S4 E12 - Here Comes the Brides

    December 4, 1977
    49min
    13+
    Adam Simms and his son Luke move into town. Adam and Miss Beadle quickly fall in love, while Luke and Nellie develop a whirlwind romance of their own.
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  13. S4 E13 - Freedom Flight

    December 11, 1977
    49min
    7+
    A Native American man arrives in Walnut Grove with his tribe, seeking medical attention for his ailing father.
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  14. S4 E14 - The Rivals

    January 8, 1978
    48min
    13+
    Charles and Jonathan leave on a business trip that will greatly increase their incomes, but they both have a change of heart when they regret the extensive time being spent away from their families.
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  15. S4 E15 - Whisper Country

    January 15, 1978
    48min
    13+
    Reverend Alden offers 15-year-old Mary her first temporary teaching position in a backwoods community. Unfortunately, it ends up being one of the most difficult jobs a young girl could ever encounter.
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  16. S4 E16 - I Remember, I Remember

    January 22, 1978
    48min
    7+
    On the cold, rainy evening of his wedding anniversary, Charles is stuck in the middle of nowhere with a broken wagon wheel. Caroline and the girls wait at home with a special celebration dinner all prepared.
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  17. S4 E17 - Be My Friend

    January 29, 1978
    1 h 13 min
    13+
    After finding a number of bottles containing messages, including a photograph, from a mysterious girl, Laura finds an abandoned baby. Laura takes the child in and cares for it like it was her own, not knowing it belongs to a timid young woman with an abusive father.
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  18. S4 E18 - The Inheritance

    February 5, 1978
    48min
    ALL
    Charles inherits the entire estate of a wealthy uncle. Within 24 hours the family suddenly becomes Harriet Oleson's best pals. They are pressured to make various contributions throughout the community, and even receive newspaper article offers to chronicle this tremendous change in their lives.
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  19. S4 E19 - The Stranger

    February 19, 1978
    48min
    13+
    When young Peter Lundstrom is expelled from his private school for petty theft, his wealthy father sends the boy to stay with Uncle Nels Oleson in Walnut Grove for a long-overdue lesson in values.
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  20. S4 E20 - A Most Precious Gift

    February 26, 1978
    48min
    13+
    An misinterpreted remark from husband Charles plants a seed of worry in newly pregnant Caroline Ingalls that he will be disappointed if the baby isn't a boy.
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  21. S4 E21 - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away Pt 1

    March 5, 1978
    48min
    ALL
    Long hours studying by candlelight for the state teacher's exam results in tired, blurry eyes for Mary Ingalls, prompting a routine visit to the eye doctor; but when Charles is told that Mary's worsening sight is just the beginning of a much more serious problem.
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  22. S4 E22 - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away Pt 2

    March 12, 1978
    48min
    7+
    Feeling lost and abandoned, Mary battles anger and self-pity at a school for the blind. But soon, she finds a source of hope in her new teacher, Adam Kendall, and as they work together they find they have much in common.
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Content advisory

Violencealcohol usesmokingfoul language

Subtitles

None available

Directors

Various

Producers

Various

Cast

Melissa GilbertMichael LandonKaren GrassleRachel Lindsay GreenbushSidney GreenbushMelissa Sue AndersonKatherine MacGregorRichard BullJonathan GilbertKevin Hagen

Studio

NBC
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