An Annotated Tour of Little House on the Prairie
Recaps with commentary, conversation and pictures, focusing on the sublime and ridiculous Little House television series
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“He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” (Part One)
New York CITY?!; or It Took a Gay Guy To Teach Nels To Be a Man (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” [sic] Airdate: May 5, 1980 Written and directed by Michael Landon SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Almanzo shows his true colors when Pa insists Laura can’t marry…
Sweet Sixteen
That’s Professor Pint To You; or Two Girls, One Churn? (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: Sweet Sixteen Airdate: February 25, 1980 Written by John T. Dugan Directed by Michael Landon SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Suddenly and magically, Laura becomes a grown-up woman teacher, which inexplicably makes Almanzo fall in love with her. Guest-starring the…
Second Spring
Crazy Wife, Crazy Life; or Why Don’t You Just Move to Fucking Chicago, Nels (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: Second Spring Airdate: February 18, 1980 Written by John T. Dugan Directed by William F. Claxton SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Nels has an honest-to-God affair with the fake-Irish lass to end all fake-Irish lasses. (He…
Wilder and Wilder
It’s a Beef Butt Roast; or Almanzo Furioso (a recap by Will Kaiser) Title: Wilder and Wilder Airdate: February 11, 1980 Written by John T. Dugan Directed by Maury Dexter SUMMARY IN A NUTSHELL: Half the town goes sex-crazy when Almanzo’s puke of a little brother comes to visit and a new student matriculates. (Zero…
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