The One ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Storyline That Karen Grassle Wasn’t Allowed to Do

Karen Grassle, best known as Caroline “Ma” Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie, recently answered some fan questions on TikTok, showing how graceful she remains over 50 years after the show premiered. Among other fascinating behind-the-scenes facts, Grassle revealed a storyline she pitched to the show and how it was unfortunately shot down. In the storyline, Ma Ingalls would have a nervous breakdown from the stress of frontier living, which was common in that era; but producers were not interested.