Little House on the Prairie Season One

Just looking at the blurb for the misspelled “The Raccoon” episode of Little House on the Prairie, and I know it’s going to rank up there with “If I Should Wake Before I Die” as one of the more frustrating episodes viewed so far. Let’s see if I’m right. Sidenote: The beautiful thing about streaming is that you can skip the opening intro. Because I am already tired of the opening credits and, if I remember correctly, they didn’t change for years. Little House on the Prairie: Season 1, Episode 10, The Racoon, or, Spelled Correctly, The Raccoon We open Continue Reading

Today, we are watching Season 1, Episode 9 of Little House on the Prairie. School Mom. Which, I guess, is a play on “school marm.” Clever, Michael Landon. Very Clever. School Mom Here we go. Girls running down the side of the all-purpose hill. Ma and Pa are smiling. Carrie falling. Bear with me. This will be the case for several seasons. We begin at the end of a school day, where the only one who seems to be in a rush to go home is Miss Beadle. With chores and homework waiting, I can’t really say I blame anyone Continue Reading

It’s been a minute, recap fans. I took a bit of a holiday break, but now I’m ready to dive back into it with Season 1, Episode 8 of Little House on the Prairie: “Ma’s Holiday.” Here goes nothing. We begin peacefully, with Jack barking at a deer feeding in the creek as we pan into the Little House. At dinner, the family is eating something brown, per usual, but there is thankfully no corn today. Mary continues her dinner table gossip streak, informing her parents that Willie Oleson was held after school again for talking in class. Laura adds Continue Reading

Welcome back, Little House fans. Today, we’re recapping Little House on the Prairie, Season 1, Episode 7, “Town Party, Country Party.” Before we get into it, I am kind of blown away. I was today years old when I learned that there are a ton of people who watch Little House on the Prairie like, all day, every day. Or whenever they watch TV, anyway. They either stream it or watch the DVDs, and when they are done, they start all over again. It’s the only thing on in their homes. And then they get on Facebook and discuss it Continue Reading

Today, we’re going to recap Little House on the Prairie, Season 1, Episode 6: If I Should Wake Before I Die. It already sounds morbid. If I Should Wake Before I Die Warning: I have thoughts about “If I Should Wake Before I Die,” and they’re not all positive. Just wanted to make that clear before you invest time in reading this. We open with a pair of older hands playing “Camptown Races” on a stringed lap instrument that I don’t know what it’s called. As the camera pans out, we see a smiling Laura staring at the playing hands Continue Reading

“The Love of Johnny Johnson” is a title from Little House on the Prairie episodes that has popped into my head now and then over the years. I don’t know why, because I don’t remember a thing about this episode, and I’m watching it decades after my first viewing, as if it were new. Other than “Country Girls,” and maybe the Little House on the Prairie Pilot, it’s the only title I remember from this entire series. Here we are—opening credits. Ma and Dad pull up in the wagon. Girls and a dog are running. Carrie falls. Laughter ensues. Over Continue Reading

Welcome back, Little House fans! Today, we’re going to take a look back at Season 1, Episode 4 of Little House on the Prairie: Mr. Edwards’ Homecoming. This title is a little off-putting. If I remember correctly, Mr. Edwards is the “wildcat from Tennessee.” So, how can it be a homecoming for him to come to Missouri? We open with a man in a rowboat, going to a busy dock. What man, which rowboat, and what dock, you might ask? I have no idea. I also have no idea why there’s a palm tree in the background. Let’s learn together. Continue Reading

I’m really excited today, recappers. We’re diving into Season 1, Episode 2 of Little House on the Prairie, “Country Girls.” Ladies and gentlemen, Nellie Oleson is in the house! I was only ten when this episode aired in 1974, and while I may have seen it once or twice as a kid since then, it’s been decades. If it’s not apparent, I haven’t watched Little House since it first aired, and even then, I only watched the first few seasons. As a fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s historic fiction series, and a bigger fan of all the books and biographies Continue Reading

I listed “Harvest of Friends” as Season 1, Episode 1, the first episode of “Little House on the Prairie.” Please note that I obtained my information from IMDb, Wikipedia, Little House on the Prairie Wiki, and the boxed set. Originally, the Little House on the Prairie pilot was a TV movie and not counted as an “episode.” I know that’s how the streaming services currently list Little House, but we’re going pre-streamers here at Recapping the Oldies. Now then… When we last saw the Ingalls family in the Little House on the Prairie Pilot episode, the family had to leave Kansas Continue Reading