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Last Updated: December 22, 1997

• What happened with the Edwards? I know that Victor French temporay left the series, and the roles of the Garvey's was supposed to replace the Edwards, but what ever happened to an explanation? They could have said that Edwards went to start his own mill and Johnathon bought his house. The story writters went our of their way to explain the different dog, why not the different best friend?
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, April 26, 1997.

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• I don't know if I was imagining things or just not paying attention very well about this nitpick I noticed. Charles was away and Caroline had the buckboard. When Charles was on his way home, where you see a signpost 9-miles to Walnut Grove it seems like he had the buckboard, but when he gets to the house he is on one horse. That 9-mile post also made me wonder how far did the Ingalls live from town? In one episode a boy says he is moving to a town that Mary says is a half hour away from their place and they all go to the same school so how far do they live from Walnut Grove.
  Contributed by Raven, August 21, 1997.

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• At the beginning of this episode, we see Joe Kagen's wife. She is played by Hetty Lester. Later Joe was interested in Hester Sue, played by the same actress. I guess he only has one taste in women. :)
  Contributed by Pamela, November 16, 1997.

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• In the scene where they are chasing the hotair balloon that Carrie is asleep in, you can actually see, if you look at the bottom left hand corner of the television screen, tracks being made by the vehicle carrying the camera shooting the scene....
  Contributed by Christi, June 27, 1997.

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• Did you ever notice that in all the episodes that have non-regular characters in them, such as children from the school that have a major role in one episode, that after that one episode where they actually talk and play a role, they are never seen again in the series. They aren't in the school or in town. Did these guest-star kids just move to town for a couple of weeks and then move away??? Same thing goes for the adult guest-stars who have one episode that they are in. What happens to all these people after the episode is over??? It's as if they never existed!
  Contributed by Paige, June 18, 1997.
  Additional: I have the solution! They did not move away, they all died when Walnut Grove has its yearly plague that seems to wipe out half the population. Just like when we have new people that move to Walnut Grove for an episode, we get a plague in which most of the town dies, but in the next episode you see no noticable drop in the town's population.
  Additional by Alex Trenta, June 29, 1997.

• In this episode the guy Laura likes is named Jimmy Hill, but in the episode "The Return of Nellie", Laura mentioned the apple incident to Almanzo and she says the boy's name was Jeremy Dodds!!!
  Contributed by HYPER, July 1, 1997.

• I've noticed that certain "families" occur and reoccur in the series from time to time. In "Sweet Sixteen," (saw it this morning on tv) Laura teaches to family by the name of "Dobkins." Normally I'd not even notice this, but while I was watching, I remembered that Elmer (The Election) was also of the family "Dobkins."
• I've also notice that Michael Landon et al (the writers at least) have kind of stayed "with" the stories when naming various characters and depicting certain events (ie "Cap Garland" is called for jury duty in one of the episodes and "mimaceous" [sp?!] is also mentioned as one of the spelling words that Mrs. Garvey gives during the spelling bee in the "Harriet's Happenings" episode).
  Both Contributed by Agent 5304, July 31, 1997.

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• Is there no age requirement for a teaching certificate? Mary is 14. Laura had to wait till she was 16 in SWEET SIXTEEN for hers.
  Contributed by Alex Trenta, April 26, 1997.
  Comment: In the episode where Laura wants to get her teaching cert. She askes Ms. Wilder if there is an age limit. Ms. Wilder says no, so Laura takes the test only to fail. Also her Pa makes her wait.
  Contributed by Michael & Shannon P, October 3, 1997.

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• In this episode, Ma is telling Mary and Laura how her and pa fell in love. So, my question is, Is Ma suppossed to be older than pa, because when Ma thinks back to when they were younger, it looks like she is much older than the young Pa (played by Mathew Laboryteaux).
  Contributed by Gabbie T, July 27, 1997.

• When Caroline and Laura are lying in the bed, as Caroline was telling Laura about the schoolmaster who didn't like Charles and how unfairly he treated Charles.....At the end of the story Caroline tells her, Laura makes the comment that she's glad that they didn't have a teacher like that.......Obviously, a few years made a whole lot of difference in Laura's memory......In the episode "Troublemaker" Mr. Applewood treated Laura pretty much the same way the schoolmaster treated Charles when he was a child.
  Contributed by Christi, August 23, 1997.

• Has anyone ever noticed how in this episode Ma's family is relativly poor, and later in the Christmas episode where they all tell stories Ma's family is very well off?? Ma is about the same age, so how did she suddenly become very rich or why did she suddenly become very poor?? The stories just don't mesh.
  Contributed by Lindsey S, November 7, 1997.

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• Where is this episode?? I wish they would actually show this episode. Is this the one where Laura finds a baby and names it Grace? TBS airs LHOP everyday and they never play it. I realize it is only 90 minutes but they could run a special movie.
  Asked by Sarah M, August 13, 1997.
  Answer: According to Steve C, TBS will be showing the 90 minute episodes during the final week of episodes. I am fortunate that the stataion I watch my Little House on the Prairie, VisionTV (Canada's Faith Network that also airs Highway to Heaven), shows all the episodes in order, including the 90 minute episodes. Anyone in Canada should be able to find this station on cable. (...and YES, this is the episode that Laura finds the baby and names her Grace.)
  Answered by Alex Trenta, August 29, 1997.

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• Grace is the only one of the Ingalls girls, besides Laura, who has reference made to her middle name, and she is given the wrong one! The real Grace Ingalls' middle name was Pearl, NOT Holbrook.
  Contributed by Rachel L, July 7, 1997.

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• This episode won a top 100 rating as part of the best 100 tv episodes ever!
  Contributed by Clint E, July 1, 1997.

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Last Updated: December 22, 1997.

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