Little House on the Prairie
Cast & Crew
Michael Landon Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle Caroline Ingalls
Melissa Gilbert Laura Ingalls Wilder
Melissa Sue Anderson Mary Ingalls Kendall
Alison Arngrim Nellie Oleson Dalton
Charlotte Stewart Eva Beadle Simms
Victor French Mr. Isaiah Edwards
Merlin Olsen Jonathan Garvey
Patrick Laborteaux Andy Garvey
Hersha Parady Alice Garvey
Matthew Labyorteaux Albert Ingalls
Jason Bateman James Cooper
Shannen Doherty Jenny Wilder
⨁Full Cast & CrewUpcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Tuesday, April 23
The Collection
Season 3 • Episode 1
A con man, garbed as a man of the cloth, arrives in Walnut Grove.
Tuesday, April 23
Bunny
Season 3 • Episode 2
Nellie feigns injury after an argument with Laura, then tries to manipulate others.
Tuesday, April 23
The Race
Season 3 • Episode 3
Only Laura's tired steed challenges Nellie's Thoroughbred in an annual race.
Tuesday, April 23
His Father's Son
Season 2 • Episode 12
Mr. Edwards' adopted son, an avid reader, shows no interest in hunting.
Tuesday, April 23
Dark Sage
Season 8 • Episode 4
Overworked Dr. Baker is shocked to discover his new medical partner (Don Marshall) is black.
Tuesday, April 23
The Talking Machine
Season 2 • Episode 13
A voice-recording device broadcasts Laura's love for a new boy (Eric Shea) all over town.
Tuesday, April 23
A Wiser Heart
Season 8 • Episode 5
Laura's teacher suggests her grade will depend on her reaction to his romantic overtures.
Tuesday, April 23
The Pride of Walnut Grove
Season 2 • Episode 14
Caroline takes Mary to Minneapolis for a state arithmetic championship, leaving Laura in charge.
Tuesday, April 23
Gambini the Great
Season 8 • Episode 6
The children of town idolize an aging daredevil.
Tuesday, April 23
A Matter of Faith
Season 2 • Episode 15
A deadly infection fells Caroline before she can join her family on a camping trip.
Wednesday, April 24
I'll Ride the Wind
Season 3 • Episode 12
Mr. Edwards' adopted son, John, refuses a college scholarship when Mary agrees to be his wife.
Wednesday, April 24
The Monster of Walnut Grove
Season 3 • Episode 5
Laura thinks she saw Mr. Oleson kill his wife, but no one believes her.
Wednesday, April 24
Journey in the Spring
Season 3 • Episode 6
Charles rushes to Wisconsin to be with his suicidal, widowed father.
Wednesday, April 24
The Runaway Caboose
Season 2 • Episode 16
Charles and Mr. Edwards race to rescue Mary, Laura and a friend from a runaway caboose.
Wednesday, April 24
The Legend of Black Jake
Season 8 • Episode 7
Mrs. Oleson refuses to pay $100 ransom to the bumblers holding Mr. Oleson hostage.
Wednesday, April 24
Troublemaker
Season 2 • Episode 17
A strict teacher (Richard Basehart) develops an instant dislike for Laura.
Wednesday, April 24
Chicago
Season 8 • Episode 8
In Chicago, Mr. Edwards suspects the death of his son was no accident.
Wednesday, April 24
The Long Road Home
Season 2 • Episode 18
Charles and Mr. Edwards transport highly sensitive explosives.
Wednesday, April 24
For the Love of Nancy
Season 8 • Episode 9
A fat, sensitive boy withstands classmates' taunts but gets angry when Nancy spurns him.
Wednesday, April 24
For My Lady
Season 2 • Episode 19
Charles' family is suspicious when he does odd jobs for a widow.
Thursday, April 25
Journey in the Spring
Season 3 • Episode 7
Charles' father stays with the Ingalls, but an incident with Laura deepens his depression.
Thursday, April 25
Fred
Season 3 • Episode 8
Laura cannot understand why the rest of the family doesn't like her cranky billy goat.
Thursday, April 25
Bully Boys
Season 3 • Episode 9
Charles tries to tolerate three bullies, until they assault his family.
Thursday, April 25
Centennial
Season 2 • Episode 20
A Russian emigrant (Theodore Bikel) objects to cancellation of the centennial party.
Thursday, April 25
Wave of the Future
Season 8 • Episode 10
Mrs. Oleson converts her restaurant to "fast food," but her success causes problems.
Thursday, April 25
Soldier's Return
Season 2 • Episode 21
A gentle and sensitive musician returns to Walnut Grove to resume his career as a teacher.
Thursday, April 25
A Christmas They Never Forgot
Season 8 • Episode 11
The Ingalls family and friends remember Christmases past while snowbound on Christmas Eve.
Thursday, April 25
Going Home
Season 2 • Episode 22
A crop-destroying tornado convinces Charles to sell the farm and return to his old home.
Thursday, April 25
No Beast So Fierce
Season 8 • Episode 12
Hunting for a runaway friend, James and Charles encounter a feral dog that changes their lives.
Thursday, April 25
The Collection
Season 3 • Episode 1
A con man, garbed as a man of the cloth, arrives in Walnut Grove.
Friday, April 26
Blizzard
Season 3 • Episode 11
A snowstorm traps the children on their way home from school.
Friday, April 26
Little Girl Lost
Season 3 • Episode 4
A drunken former miner (John Ireland) must rescue Carrie from a deep hole.
Friday, April 26
Quarantine
Season 3 • Episode 13
Laura tries to help Mr. Edwards and his daughter, stricken with fever.
Friday, April 26
I'll Ride the Wind
Season 3 • Episode 12
Mr. Edwards' adopted son, John, refuses a college scholarship when Mary agrees to be his wife.
Friday, April 26
Stone Soup
Season 8 • Episode 13
Laura risks her life and her unborn child to keep a new orchard alive through drought.
Friday, April 26
Bunny
Season 3 • Episode 2
Nellie feigns injury after an argument with Laura, then tries to manipulate others.
Friday, April 26
The Legacy
Season 8 • Episode 14
A modern couple buys a piece of antique furniture, unaware of Charles' pains to create it.
Friday, April 26
The Race
Season 3 • Episode 3
Only Laura's tired steed challenges Nellie's Thoroughbred in an annual race.
Friday, April 26
Uncle Jed
Season 8 • Episode 15
James and Cassandra's elderly relative comes to Walnut Grove to get custody.
Friday, April 26
The Monster of Walnut Grove
Season 3 • Episode 5
Laura thinks she saw Mr. Oleson kill his wife, but no one believes her.
Friday, April 26
Journey in the Spring
Season 3 • Episode 6
Charles rushes to Wisconsin to be with his suicidal, widowed father.
Friday, April 26
Journey in the Spring
Season 3 • Episode 7
Charles' father stays with the Ingalls, but an incident with Laura deepens his depression.
Friday, April 26
Fred
Season 3 • Episode 8
Laura cannot understand why the rest of the family doesn't like her cranky billy goat.
Friday, April 26
Bully Boys
Season 3 • Episode 9
Charles tries to tolerate three bullies, until they assault his family.
Friday, April 26
Blizzard
Season 3 • Episode 11
A snowstorm traps the children on their way home from school.
Saturday, April 27
Little Girl Lost
Season 3 • Episode 4
A drunken former miner (John Ireland) must rescue Carrie from a deep hole.
Saturday, April 27
Quarantine
Season 3 • Episode 13
Laura tries to help Mr. Edwards and his daughter, stricken with fever.
Saturday, April 27
To Live With Fear
Season 3 • Episode 16
Only dangerous work pays enough for Charles to afford an operation to save Mary.
Sunday, April 28
Second Chance
Season 8 • Episode 16
Charles and Caroline decide to help Hester Sue's reformed husband win her back.
Monday, April 29
A Promise to Keep
Season 8 • Episode 19
Isaiah Edwards seeks refuge with the Ingallses after his wife throws him out for drinking.
Monday, April 29
A Faraway Cry
Season 8 • Episode 20
Caroline and Dr. Baker go to an unhealthy mining camp to care for her ailing, pregnant friend.
Monday, April 29
Injun Kid
Season 3 • Episode 15
The Ingalls try to help a half-Indian boy, rejected by the town and his white grandfather.
Monday, April 29
To Live With Fear
Season 3 • Episode 16
Only dangerous work pays enough for Charles to afford an operation to save Mary.
Tuesday, April 30
To Live With Fear
Season 3 • Episode 17
Mr. Edwards fumes when Charles endangers a Chinese railroad crew to rush a blasting job.
Tuesday, April 30
The Wisdom of Solomon
Season 3 • Episode 18
A black boy (Todd Bridges) offers to be the Ingalls' slave in exchange for attending school.
Tuesday, April 30
The Music Box
Season 3 • Episode 19
Laura suffers guilt after stealing Nellie's music box, then becomes Nellie's blackmail victim.
Wednesday, May 1
The Election
Season 3 • Episode 20
The boys want to prove a slow-witted male classmate can beat Mary and Nellie for class president.
Wednesday, May 1
Gold Country
Season 3 • Episode 21
The Ingalls and Edwards try their luck in the gold fields.
Wednesday, May 1
Gold Country
Season 3 • Episode 22
Charles faces reality when a recluse pays a deadly price for telling Laura a secret.
Thursday, May 2
Castoffs
Season 4 • Episode 1
Only Walnut Grove's children welcome an old wanderer (Hermione Baddeley).
Thursday, May 2
Times of Change
Season 4 • Episode 2
A Grange convention in Chicago disillusions Charles; Mary drifts away from John.
Thursday, May 2
My Ellen
Season 4 • Episode 3
A grieving mother who blames Laura for her child's drowning holds the girl hostage.
Thursday, May 2
The Wild Boy
Season 9 • Episode 7
Mr. Edwards is determined the carnival owner will not regain custody of the mute boy.
Thursday, May 2
The Return of Nellie
Season 9 • Episode 8
Nancy gets angry when her competition, Mrs. Nellie Oleson Dalton, visits Walnut Grove.
Thursday, May 2
The Empire Builders
Season 9 • Episode 9
Walnut Grove farmers will be forced off their land when the construction of a railroad begins.
Thursday, May 2
Love
Season 9 • Episode 10
Mr. Edwards' friends disapprove when he falls for a 19-year-old blind girl.
Friday, May 3
The Handyman
Season 4 • Episode 4
Caroline faces temptation when handyman finds her attractive.
Friday, May 3
The Wolves
Season 4 • Episode 5
A pack of starving dogs arrives at the Ingalls farm, where Mary is alone with the children.
Friday, May 3
The Creeper of Walnut Grove
Season 4 • Episode 6
Sleuths Laura and Andy try to track down a thief in Walnut Grove.
Sunday, May 5
The Older Brothers
Season 9 • Episode 13
Mr. Edwards stumbles into a robbery by the Younger gang and is mistaken for one of them.
Monday, May 6
Home Again
Season 9 • Episode 16
Charles decides to bring Albert back to Walnut Grove after police arrest him for theft in Chicago.
Monday, May 6
Home Again
Season 9 • Episode 17
Charles discovers a morphine addiction is causing Albert's anger.
Monday, May 6
To Run and Hide
Season 4 • Episode 7
Despondent Doc Baker retires after the death of a farmer who refused medical attention.
Monday, May 6
The Aftermath
Season 4 • Episode 8
Frank and Jesse James, posing as businessmen, hire Mary to run errands and then take her hostage.
Monday, May 6
The High Cost of Being Right
Season 4 • Episode 9
Jonathan's objections to his wife's needed new job leads to a separation.
Tuesday, May 7
Meet Me at the Fair
Season 4 • Episode 11
The Ingalls family travels to a nearby town for the annual fair.
Tuesday, May 7
Here Come the Bride
Season 4 • Episode 12
Mrs. Oleson asks Miss Beadle to talk with the father of a boy who wants to date Nellie.
Tuesday, May 7
Freedom Flight
Season 4 • Episode 13
Charles hides an ailing Indian chief and his family when townspeople threaten to fight the tribe.
Wednesday, May 8
Whisper Country
Season 4 • Episode 15
Teacher Mary clashes with a hostile, domineering woman (Anita Dangler) in a remote community.
Wednesday, May 8
I Remember, I Remember
Season 4 • Episode 16
Waiting for Charles on their anniversary, Caroline recalls their meeting and courtship.
Thursday, May 9
The Inheritance
Season 4 • Episode 18
Friends try to advise Charles on how to spend an inheritance.
Thursday, May 9
The Stranger
Season 4 • Episode 19
Charles helps Mr. Oleson's unloved nephew learn values by hiring him for odd jobs.
Thursday, May 9
A Most Precious Gift
Season 4 • Episode 20
Pregnant Caroline worries Charles will be disappointed if her baby is a girl.
Thursday, May 9
Country Girls
Season 1 • Episode 2
Before their first day of school, Laura and Mary worry other students won't accept them.
Thursday, May 9
The 100-Mile Walk
Season 1 • Episode 3
After wheat is destroyed, farmers must take risky quarry jobs.
Friday, May 10
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away
Season 4 • Episode 21
Caroline and Charles do not tell Mary she will soon be totally blind.
Friday, May 10
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away
Season 4 • Episode 22
An understanding instructor helps Mary cope with her blindness; Walnut Grove faces financial ruin.
Friday, May 10
As Long as We're Together
Season 5 • Episode 1
The Ingalls move from financially troubled Walnut Grove to the busy town of Winoka.