NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Gold Country (2)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/4/1977
A heavy rain has been falling in Walnut Grove for two months, and it shows no signs of stopping. Farmers like Charles fear that their families will go hungry, and after reading an article in the newspaper, they take a 400-mile journey with their wives and children for a temporary new life in Gold Country. Things start out pretty well when Charles and Isaiah dig up some gold, but Laura and Carl get a completely different perspective from a new friend that they meet near their camp site. Meanwhile, Caroline opens and teaches a school in a tent, right in the middle of town, but it proves to be a less-than-ideal learning environment for everyone.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: N/A
5.1/10382 votesLoading...#2 - The Halloween Dream
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1979
Albert's imagination starts to get the better of him when he dreams that he and Laura are taken by Indians.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: Michael Landon
5.2/10417 votesLoading...#3 - The Godsister
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1978
In this episode starring twins Lindsey and Sidney Greenbush, Charles takes a job on a telephone crew that is working in southern Minnesota, which requires him to be away from home for several weeks. Carrie, heartsick for her Pa and craving attention, only manages to get into everybody else's way, so the lonesome tyke creates an imaginary friend, Alyssa, to ease the pain.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: N/A
6.0/10311 votesLoading...#4 - The Nephews
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1981
Almanzo's brother, Royal, leaves his two kids with the Wilders while he and his wife are on vacation. Laura and Almanzo have their hands full taking care of these boys.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chris Abbott
6.4/10276 votesLoading...#5 - The Older Brothers
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1983
The Older Brothers is a gang that used to have a notorious reputation. First they hold up Mr. Edwards but end up losing the money. Then they try to get ransom money for Mr. Edwards but that doesn't go very well.
Director: Victor French
Writer: Michael Landon
6.6/10293 votesLoading...#6 - Fight Team Fight!
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1980
A former football star moves back to Walnut Grove. He agrees to become coach of the football team. His goal is to win at all costs. This kind of thinking puts Albert in great danger. Towards the end of the show the football coach starts to realize that winning isn't everything.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: N/A
6.8/10315 votesLoading...#7 - Oleson Versus Oleson
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1981
Caroline Ingalls joins in protest with the rest of the Walnut Grove women to try to convince Charles and the other men to sign a petition addressing the injustice of a law that transfers a woman's property rights to her husband after marriage.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chris Abbott
6.8/10275 votesLoading...#8 - Gambini, the Great
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1981
In an episode about hero worship, Charles and Nels share deep concerns over an aging circus performer's influence on the children of Walnut Grove. Particularly since some of them - Albert and Willie in particular - have tried some of the daredevil's more dangerous stunts, with mixed results.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: Jeri Taylor
6.8/10310 votesLoading...#9 - The Legend of Black Jake
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1981
Nels is kidnapped by two crooks. The crooks try to get Mrs. Oleson to pay ransom for her husband, but she refuses to. This makes Mr. Oleson upset and causes him to help the crooks. The kidnappers aren't very lucky. After kidnapping several different people, the crooks decide that they need to try another line of work. They leave without hurting any of the kidnapped people.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: Chris Abbott
6.9/10367 votesLoading...#10 - To See The World
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1975
Johnny Johnson leaves to ""see the world"" and Mr. Edwards goes along with him to keep him out of trouble. Johnny meets up with a girl who is able to trick him out of a lot of money. Mr. Edwards talks to this girl to try to have her convince Johnny to go back home.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: N/A
6.9/10307 votesLoading...#11 - Blind Man's Bluff
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/14/1979
After a boy is in an accident, he pretends to be blind to keep his parents from getting divorced. Laura discovers that the boy isn't blind, but doesn't tell his parents because the boy pleads with her not to. The boy is involved in another accident and has a concussion. The concussion causes him to not remember his pretending to be blind.
Director: N/A
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
6.9/10364 votesLoading...#12 - He Was Only Twelve (2)
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/1982
When Charles refuses to admit that James will likely never recover from his gunshot wound, he leaves Walnut Grove with his adopted son. He builds an altar in the woods and hopes that God will bring a miracle.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: Michael Landon
7.0/10321 votesLoading...#13 - Meet Me At The Fair
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1977
The Ingallses and Olesons take a trip to the fair. Patrick, a carnival worker and Mary's boyfriend, and his boss, Cass (a balloonist and suave ladies man) vie for Mary's attention; Charles and Nels entering a jackass riding contest; and Carrie has her own adventure.
Director: N/A
Writer: Arthur Heinemann
7.1/10461 votesLoading...#14 - The Love of Johnny Johnson
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1974
Laura falls in love with a new student, Johnny Johnson. Johnny, who is a lot older than Laura, is interested in Mary instead. Although Mary is not interested in Johnny, Laura's actions cause tension between the sisters. When Charles finds this out, he is appalled that either of his girls is involved with Johnny.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10326 votesLoading...#15 - The Winoka Warriors
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1978
A blind student feels he is useless. He is reluctant to do anything at the blind school. The student gains self-confidence when he is talked into being the center for the Winoka football team. He is able to throw Albert across the goal line during the game to score the tying touchdown for the Winoka Warriors, keeping the Warriors from losing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10298 votesLoading...#16 - What Ever Happened to the Class Of '56?
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1980
During a visit to a farmer's convention in Milwaukee, Charles and Caroline meet up with old school mates. Charles learns that larger farmers are trying to put his small farming friends out of business and urges them to stand up for their profession. Meanwhile, Caroline becomes envious about the financial fortunes of their one-time friends, but she soon learns there's more to their success stories than meets the eyes.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: Michael Landon
7.1/10255 votesLoading...#17 - A Faraway Cry
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1982
A longtime friend of Caroline writes to her and asks for help. Her friend is pregnant and lives at a gold prospector's camp where there is an outbreak of influenza. Caroline finds out that her friend's husband doesn't like her wife. In fact, he wants his wife's baby to die. Caroline's friend dies during childbirth, but the child survives. In another tent, a mother's child dies while be born. Caroline decides to give the baby to the other mother since she knows that the baby will be taken care of properly.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10270 votesLoading...#18 - Welcome to Olesonville
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1982
Harriet finds a bearer bond from Walnut Grove. She uses this to try to get people to follow her suggestions. She tells the town council that if she doesn't get her way, she will cash in the bond which would force the town to pay Mrs. Oleson over $10,000.
Director: N/A
Writer: Paul W. Cooper
7.1/10268 votesLoading...#19 - Rage
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1982
Mr. Stark has gotten himself so far in debt that he has lost his mind. He goes home and shoots his wife and daughter. Then he goes off and ends up at Laura's house. He mistakes Laura and Jenny for his wife and daughter, but when he sees Rose, he thinks that his daughter has had a baby.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10238 votesLoading...#20 - Sins of the Fathers
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1983
When Mrs. Carter's mother dies, Sarah Carter's father comes to town. He tries to get the Carters to come with home back to New York. He wants the Carters to have a better life. The Carters tell him that home sweet home is in Walnut Grove. After a while, Sarah's father begins to understand while the Carters feel this way.
Director: Victor French
Writer: N/A
7.1/10274 votesLoading...#21 - For The Love of Blanche
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 3/6/1983
Mr. Edwards and the residents of Walnut Grove make friends with an orangutan. But the friendship and the fun-loving primate's life may be short-lived when Nancy and Mrs. Olesen cause trouble.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: N/A
7.2/10302 votesLoading...#22 - The High Cost Of Being Right
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1977
After Mr. Garvey's barn burns to the ground with the crops inside, his wife, Alice, takes a job at the post office. Mr. Garvey opposes this believing that a man should be able to support his family. He is ready to get a divorce until he realizes what his stubborn pride was doing to his family.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: N/A
7.2/10313 votesLoading...#23 - Dance With Me
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1979
Toby Noe turns up again after the Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons decided to leave the town Standish owned (episode 93, There's No Place Like Home (1)). He makes an immediate impact, stirring things up, especially with Amanda. Laura and Albert do some matchmaking for the upcoming dance.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: N/A
7.2/10292 votesLoading...#24 - Dearest Albert, I'll Miss You
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1980
Albert begins writing more frequently to a pen pal of his. He tries to impress the girl he is writing to. The girl also does the same thing. Albert falls in love with her and goes to see her one time. This girl is very reluctant. Albert thinks that she doesn't like him until he sees her in a wheelchair. Both of them promise to continue writing to each other, but this time they would only tell the truth in their writings.
Director: Michael Landon
Writer: Michael Landon
7.2/10268 votesLoading...#25 - Growin' Pains
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1981
James is trying to be more like Albert. He even wants to shave like Albert has to. While James is shaving, he breaks Albert's razor. James steals a razor from the mercantile hoping Albert wouldn't notice the difference. When the truth is found out about the razor, James runs away. Albert takes off after him. When Albert finds James, it takes a lot of convincing before James decides to come back home with him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Little House on the Prairie
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Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Gold Country (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Little House on the Prairie". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Michael Landon and written by N/A, it aired on 4/4/1977. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Halloween Dream".