Little House on the Prairie: Season 2, Episode 8

Table Of Content

• Season 2, Episode 1 – The Richest Man in Walnut Grove
• The Best '70s Shows to Watch Right Now
• Brian Part (Carl Sanderson Edwards)
• Season 2, Episode 14 – The Pride of Walnut Grove
• Melissa Gilbert and stars from 'Little House on the Prairie' reunite. See them now.
• Season 5, Episode 15 “The Craftsman”
• Principal cast

When her grandmother begs Charles for help, he has an idea for a way to help Olga, despite her embittered father Jon's (Jan Merlin) lack of support. Jon happens to be overly protective of his child's safety and doesn't want his daughter to go anywhere in her condition, even to a point of wanting to keep her isolated, much to his mother's (Olga's grandmother) dismay. Then, when the Ingalls girls have their own party with their friends from school, Laura exacts her revenge on Nellie. Doc Baker hires a highly qualified doctor named Caleb Ledoux, but is disconcerted to discover that he is black.

Season 2, Episode 1 – The Richest Man in Walnut Grove

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“A Matter of Faith” is Karen Grassle’s (“Ma” Ingalls) favorite episode from Season 2. Surprisingly enough, the school board’s unanimous decision to finance Mary’s trip for the math competition included a “yes” vote from Mrs. Oleson. This is one of the first episodes where Nellie and Laura are rivals for the affections of a classmate, Jason.

Brian Part (Carl Sanderson Edwards)

When Nellie falls off the horse and appears to be seriously injured, Mrs. Oleson blames Laura and wants Bunny to be killed, so Laura takes Bunny and hides her. Nellie exploits Laura's guilty feelings, but then Laura makes a discovery which leads to a comeuppance for Nellie, and Bunny becomes Laura's horse again. Charles and the girls go on a camping trip, with Caroline planning to join them later.

Season 2, Episode 14 – The Pride of Walnut Grove

Royal's wife believes a parent should never say 'No' to a child, and their boys' constant mischief tries the patience of Almanzo and Laura, who are determined to adopt a different parenting style with their own children. Caroline hears that her mother and stepfather are coming for a visit, but her mother passes away during the train journey. Caroline's stepfather, Frederick Holbrook, is inconsolably distraught, until the family—enjoying his tales of when Caroline was young—persuade him to write his autobiography.

Previously, Caroline had scratched her leg on a piece of baling wire, and the minor scratch turns into a serious infection. Unable to summon help, she is about to succumb to her illness, but she is inspired by a passage in her Bible to perform a painful procedure, which later impresses even Doc Baker. Charles, who is generally known to be upbeat and motivating, displays a rare, defeated attitude in this episode. His crop had failed to sell (“The Long Road Home”), and his property taxes were doubled (“Centennial”). The tornado in this episode, and the damage it causes, justifiably seems to push him over the edge. In this episode, viewers have the rare occasion of seeing Alison Arngrim without her wig on, and what’s more, her hair is not done in curls.

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A bit later, Laura runs back into the school yelling for Miss Beadle while wearing a white pinafore that she did not have on in the scene a few seconds earlier. Lauren Tuttle, the actress who plays Mrs. Molson, was also a very well-known radio actress. Her only daughter married the famous movie score composer John Williams (“Star Wars”, “Superman”, and many others). Alison Arngrim’s (“Nellie Oleson”) parents both worked in the entertainment industry. Her father represented the famous pianist, singer, and actor, Liberace. Her mother was a voice actress, best known for voicing characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost and Gumby.

When Kate accompanies him on a visit to deliver a baby to a woman whose own birth he had handled, their age difference is magnified for both of them. It’s the Ingalls family origin story and shows the immediate challenges they face as soon as they settle on the banks of Plum Creek, just outside Walnut Grove. Ellin believes it’s also where you get first examples of how kind, tough, and hard-working the family was.

Mr. Edwards and Doc Baker provide help to a nearby town during a mountain fever epidemic. When Mr. Edwards returns, Walnut Grove is placed under quarantine and Alicia, Mr. Edwards' daughter, becomes ill with the disease. Laura, unaware of the danger, visits the Edwards' home and helps nurse her friend back to health. The following is a list of episodes for the television show Little House on the Prairie, an American Western drama about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota from the 1870s to the 1890s.

When it seems all is lost for the livery school, help comes from an unexpected place in the form of one of Adam's blind students. Mary needs more surgery, something that weighs heavily on Charles' mind as he feverishly works to earn enough money for his daughter's surgery. Eventually, a fatigued Charles causes an accident that traps him and a co-worker inside. Mr. Edwards leads a harried but courageous effort to save the two men's lives. The only person she can find to help her is Sam (Burl Ives), who is almost blind, but still able to find his way in the forest.

However, on the wedding day, some surprise visitors show up, and Hester-Sue sadly realizes that, despite his good intentions, Sam has not changed. Trying to start a new life after Alice's death, Jonathan moves to Sleepy Eye and buys a freight business. Jonathan helps Andy resolve his feeling that Mary and Adam are to blame for his mother's death. The fledgling business quickly becomes the target of robbers, and Jonathan becomes a deputy to support the sheriff in dealing with the villains.

However, this final match strains elderly Milo's heart, and he dies after the match concludes with his victory and his pride restored. Outraged by his betrayal, Jonathan Garvey confronts Larabee in front of his family. A vengeful Larabee goes to the Garveys house with a shotgun, but Andy is the only one home and Larabee lashes out at him, accidentally injuring him. When Larabee leaves, Andy gets a lamp and begins looking for his mom and dad.

The show is a full-colour version of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s series of Little House books. The life of a 19th-century Minnesota farming family, seen through the eyes of the middle daughter Laura. Ketty Lester, 89, signed some of her CDs for fans and sang at a worship service at the reunion. "I had a whole spiritual journey for maybe 20 years, I’ve worked in finance on Wall Street, lived in Manhattan for a long time," Gilbert, 56, says. Arngrim, 62, has written a best-selling book, "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch" (which is a must-read for "Little House" fans) and has turned the book into a one-woman show.

As Lassiter walks off in defeat, Reverend Alden loudly proclaims that Walnut Grove did not die in vain, prompting a huge celebration. He starts to take over her newspaper, demand that she and the family move back to New York City, and causes other problems for Sarah and the rest of her family in their own personal lives. Sarah eventually grows tired of being told what to do, and stands up to her father. Sarah's father eventually sees the error of his ways and lets Sarah and her family stay in Walnut Grove. The characters Mary and Adam had taken a back seat and only appeared a handful of times in the 7th season.

With Caroline and Hester-Sue run off their feet at the restaurant, Harriet signs up with a franchise which promises greater efficiency and more profit, and the restaurant is renamed "Mrs. Sullivan's Kitchen". Unfortunately, Harriet has not read the small print in the contract, and the onerous conditions result in everyone's life becoming even more busy. When Charles reluctantly has to take over the cooking at home, he gets together with Nels to work on a plan to release Harriet from her contract and get things back to normal. In this three-hour special, the Ingalls family spends Thanksgiving reminiscing their past years in Walnut Grove (via clips from previous episodes). With Jonathan as coach, Albert and the livery school's football team challenge the private academy's undefeated football team.

This episode is shot with all the players on the Sleepy Eye team wearing gloves when fielding. However, this was a time period costuming error, because all fielders didn’t start wearing gloves until the late 1890s. Many fans wrote in after this episode to share how ‘Four Eyes’ had helped their children cope with similar situations in their own lives.