- 8.7/1015 votesLoading...
#1 - Family Business
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/1999
Meg assumes control of Plumfield. Asia considers dropping out to run a restaurant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1012 votesLoading...
#2 - Philanthropy
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/2/1999
Jo finds out that Nick can't read. The students are tasked with doing a good deed in order to learn the meaning of the word Philanthropy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1012 votesLoading...
#3 - For Love or Money
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/1999
Nan and Nat find saddlebags full of money on the banks of a stream.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1015 votesLoading...
#4 - Tough Choices
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/1998
An old friend of Dan turns up at the school and asks Dan to leave with him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1018 votesLoading...
#5 - Thanksgiving
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1998
As Thanksgiving nears Amy decides that doesn't want her daughter in school with boys. Nick decides to return to the sea.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1024 votesLoading...
#6 - Changes
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/1998
Josephine (Jo) Bhaer and her husband Fritz have run a boarding school for boys for several years. Now that Fritz has died everyone assumes that Jo will close the school. When Nick, a sailor home from the sea, hires on as handyman, Jo sees that there is a chance to keep the school open.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1012 votesLoading...
#7 - Father Figure
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/20/1999
When Nat wants to enter a father son ski race with Nick as his surrogate fathers, Jo must teach Nick to ski.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1014 votesLoading...
#8 - Stepping Out
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/1999
An older boy is attracted to Bess; Nick's hesitation leads Jo to accept a date with an old nemesis.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1011 votesLoading...
#9 - The Sign
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1999
Melancholy Jo awaits her birthday, questioning the choices she has made.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1011 votesLoading...
#10 - Home for Christmas
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1999
Nick is accused of killing a gambler to whom Ben owes money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1012 votesLoading...
#11 - Bluffing
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/16/1999
Nan plagiarizes one of Nat's essays. Laurie joins a poker game.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1013 votesLoading...
#12 - Blame
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/1999
After Jo's carriage overturns, Nick searches for her; Dan is left in charge of the children.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1012 votesLoading...
#13 - Looking Forward
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/6/1999
Amy moves to Plumfield. Dan befriends a native american and goes on a vision quest of his own.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1013 votesLoading...
#14 - Civil Disobedience
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/27/1999
Popular opinion turns against Jo when a boy breaks his leg.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1015 votesLoading...
#15 - The Lantern Man
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1999
Nan, Nat and Tommy seek the grave of the legendary ghost, the Lantern Man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1011 votesLoading...
#16 - Dangerous Lessons
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/1999
Nick and Dan track a lion that escaped from a traveling circus; Nat plays violin in a talent competition.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1011 votesLoading...
#17 - Coming Attractions
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/1999
Meg is attracted to a friend of Laurie's. Dan and Bess are paired on a science project.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1012 votesLoading...
#18 - The Living Years
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/1999
Asia's estranged father attempts a reconciliation; another woman pursues Nick.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1015 votesLoading...
#19 - Leap of Faith
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/1/1999
Jo becomes withdrawn after being robbed. Franz receives disturbing news from Isabel.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1011 votesLoading...
#20 - Brothers and Sisters
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/1999
Nick's charming brother is pursued by gamblers to whom he owes money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1015 votesLoading...
#21 - Emancipation
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/1998
Prejudice finds some unlikely allies when a poor black family arrives at Plumfield.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1012 votesLoading...
#22 - Opposites Attract
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/17/1999
Franz is smitten with a brassy boarding house maid.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1015 votesLoading...
#23 - The Christmas Angel
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/1998
Nick and the children discover a battered pregnant woman in the forest.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1014 votesLoading...
#24 - The Weaker Sex
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/1999
Jo becomes a suffragist; Dr. Pierce urges Nan to become a nurse.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1019 votesLoading...
#25 - Quarantine
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/1998
A dangerous measles epidemic breaks out at the school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Family Business" is the best rated episode of "Little Men". It scored 8.7/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Philanthropy".