Who remembers the ending of Little House on the Prairie? Don’t look it up. I want to know if you remember.

Question:
What happened in the last episode?

Choices:
They bury Charles Ingalls after he died from tuberculosis
The town folks blow up the entire town of a Walnut Grove
Nellie Oleson buys Walnut Grove and gives the deeds back to all the families
Laura sits down and begins writing about her memories of the first episode and it begins again.

 

Going with Option 1. Been a lifetime since I watched that show, and I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday.

Could've sworn I remembered correctly. I didn't.

#3

She blowed up good.

The decision to end it that way is kinda interesting as well

I remember.

Rarely watched the show in its first run, but a few years ago, my wife and I caught all of the episodes on MeTV, some a couple times over.

Wow. So far no votes for the Nellie redemption arc.


Edit - ok. Someone felt bad for mean ol’ Nellie and threw her a vote. Hahaha. She was written to be hated. But Nancy was far worse.

Sampson Option. Final answer.

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Originally posted by Slippery Pete:
Going with Option 1. Been a lifetime since I watched that show, and I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday.

It was meatloaf.

Strange bit of trivia I just found out about yesterday.

Q: Teeter from Yellowstone is the daughter of who?
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A: Michael Landon

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Originally posted by mark123:
Wow. So far no votes for the Nellie redemption arc.


Edit - ok. Someone felt bad for mean ol’ Nellie and threw her a vote. Hahaha. She was written to be hated. But Nancy was far worse.

I can't imagine the show w/o Nellie and her mother.
Nancy? Meh.

Nancy never seemed to add much to the show although I'll admit I wasn't a faithful watcher .

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Originally posted by mark123:

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Originally posted by Slippery Pete:
Going with Option 1. Been a lifetime since I watched that show, and I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday.

It was meatloaf.

That’s who is coming to dinner.

I got the last Little House on the Prairie episode wrong. I swear I remember the option I picked.

I never watched it but wasn't Michael Landon in it?

I saw a short on "100 Hollywood Actors that Were Alcoholics" and was surprised Michale Landon was one. (Most were not surprises.)

^^^^^^^^

I remember at the time he died, it was revealed that he was a heavy drinker, and also a chain smoker, he smoked four packs per day. But the man was a pure workaholic; if you look back on his career, he worked 30 straight years of TV shows, back to back. Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, then Highway to Heaven, without a break.

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Originally posted by bendable:
She blowed up good.

The decision to end it that way is kinda interesting as well

Yep. That's some deep dive trivial right there. When they leased the land, the lease stipulated that the land be returned to its original, natural, state when the show was complete. Landon wrote an episode where a land baron had acquired the land, but not the buildings (IIRC), so the townspeople blew up the buildings in spite. At least that's how I remember the last episode.

I have this show on my Plex server, and yes, she blowed up good.

The actor that played Nellie has a you tube interview ,

In it she explains how M. Landon wanted to do two story lines with the show and could not get the time money and backing to end the show differently.

He stated to the higher ups how disappointed he was so
He decided on a giant " F.U. "
move.

Rather than see the studios use his sets, buildings and props in future TV shows,

He had the whole deal destroyed at a substantial cost expense. A bunch of people involved in the production departed on less than amicable circumstances.

I think the phrase " fit to be tied" was used.

Fun fact the Ingalls sister that went blind on the show was the same actress that kissed Bobby Brady and he saw fireworks.

I thought that the kid bit the dust...

It became an HOA and they all moved out to wayyyyy out in the prairie?
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