The BEST episodes of Little House on the Prairie season 4
Every episode of Little House on the Prairie season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Little House on the Prairie season 4!
Based upon the best selling "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The show follows the lives of a simple farming family, the Ingalls, who settle into a quaint little house near the small town of Walnut Grove during the late 1800s. The majority of the shows were narrated by Laura and the series follows her from when she and her family arrive in Walnut Grove until her adulthood with Almanzo Wilder, with whom she starts a family of her own.
#1 - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away (2)
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/13/1978
Charles and Caroline sign Mary up for the blind school in Iowa. At first, Mary is very reluctant to learn anything at the school. However, after being with her teacher, Adam Kendall, for a while, she turns her outlook on life around. Mary is such a great student that Adam asks her to help her teach at a blind school with him.
#2 - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away (1)
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/1978
Mary falls in love with Seth. When Mary's eyesight starts to get worse, Charles takes her to a specialist. He is devastated when the specialist tells him that Mary will lose her sight. Charles is unable to tell Mary for a while that she is going blind. When Mary does go blind, the whole family suffers.
#3 - The Inheritance
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/1978
When Charles learns that he's inherited the estate of a wealthy uncle, the Ingalls family find themselves on the brink of a new way of life.
#4 - The Handyman
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1977
Charles must take a delivery to Mankato immediately and is unable to finish the addition to his house. Caroline hires a handsome man, Chris, to finish the house. Mary suspects that her Ma and Chris are falling in love.
#5 - The Stranger
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1978
Nels' brother sends his 12-year-old son to Walnut Grove after repeated conflicts at home and school. When Mrs. Oleson interferes in her husband's plans to rehabilitate his nephew, Nels asks Charles to step in and teach the boy some values.
#6 - Here Come The Brides
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1977
Adam Simms and his son Luke move into town. Adam falls in love with Miss Beadle, while Luke and Nellie Oleson fall for each other. After Miss Beadle talks to Nellie about love and marriage, Nellie and Luke decide to get married.
#7 - A Most Precious Gift
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1978
Charles and Caroline are going to have another baby. Caroline constantly refers to the baby as he. Caroline delivers the baby sooner than expected causing Charles to be the doctor. The baby ends up being a girl, Grace.
#8 - I Remember, I Remember
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1978
Mr. Ingalls is severely delayed when a wheel breaks on his wagon in the pouring rain. This is the day of Charles and Caroline's wedding anniversary. Everything had been all prepared and set up for that day. When Charles doesn't show up in time, Caroline tells the children how hard it was to get Charles to notice her and how many heartbreaks she had before she finally knew that Charles loved her.
#9 - The Aftermath
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1977
Jesse and Frank James hide out in Walnut Grove. The people of Walnut Grove find out who they really are when bounty hunters come looking for them.
#10 - Whisper Country
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1978
Mary eagerly accepts a teaching job in a backwoods community, only to face the sternest test of her career and life when she meets the community's leader: an elderly woman who is totally against education but has concealed a shameful secret.
#11 - Meet Me At The Fair
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1977
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.
#12 - The Fighter
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1977
People in Walnut Grove are betting on a big boxing match in town. Mr. Ingalls does not know that he will be fighting an extremely sick person. That's why Charles is surprised in the ring when he is able to defeat his opponent so quickly. After his opponent collapses, he is brought to Doc Baker. Doc Baker is able to save him but warns him that he needs to stop fighting.
#13 - The Rivals
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1978
Charles must try to save his business from a competitor. Laura, who is love with Jimmy Hill, must compete with somebody else for him.
#14 - The Creeper of Walnut Grove
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1977
Things are being stolen in Walnut Grove. Laura and Andy try to figure out who's the crook. They end up getting a lot of people mad at them, including Mr. Ingalls, especially after his hair turns green.
#15 - Be My Friend
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1978
When Laura is playing along a creek, she finds a bottle with a note in it. The note read, "Be my friend." Laura convinces Pa to help her look for the person who sent the note. They end up finding a baby. Charles then searches for the parents of the child. The baby belongs to teen parents. The reason the mother left the baby for the Ingalls to find was because her dad was opposed to her being with the guy she conceived the child with. The young parents take the baby and try things again.
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#16 - To Run And Hide
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1977
When Doc Baker is unable to save a patient of his, he believes that he is unhappy being a doctor. He finds a new doctor for the town. Doc Baker stays on when he realizes that the new doctor really doesn't care about his patients.
#17 - The Wolves
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1977
Charles and Caroline go away and leave Mary in charge. Laura and Andy find some baby wolves.
#18 - Times Of Change
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1977
After going to Chicago for the first time, Charles and Mary are very disappointed in what life in the city is really like.
#19 - My Ellen
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1977
A mother is in deep denial over her daughter's death in a tragic drowning. To comfort herself, she kidnaps Laura, hoping she will take her late daughter's place.
#20 - The High Cost Of Being Right
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1977
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.
#21 - Freedom Flight
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1977
An Indian boy comes to Walnut Grove trying to get help for his sick father. The people of Walnut Grove become very hostile toward the Indians. Thanks to Mr. Ingalls' help the Indians are able to escape.
#22 - Castoffs
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1977
When Laura's dog, Jack, dies, her Pa gives her a new dog, Bandit, after the dog follows him home. Although the dog seems very friendly to Laura, Laura doesn't want it. When Laura later visits Aunt Kezia, a lonely women, she realizes that she really loves Bandit.