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Little House on the Prairie: Season 6

23 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1979 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Little House on the Prairie

Season 6 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Little House on the Prairie Season 5.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (20): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S6·E1 Mytharc

Back to School (1)

Sep 16, 1979 · 49 min

The school's new teacher is Ms. Wilder. Laura falls in love with Ms. Wilder's brother Almanzo. Laura is crushed when Nellie invites Almanzo over for dinner. Laura gets even with Ne

S6·E2 Core

Back to School (2)

Sep 23, 1979 · 49 min

When Laura and Nellie get in a fight about the graduation test, Almanzo separates them and takes Laura home with him. When Charles finds out that Almanzo took Laura home with him,

S6·E3 Core

The Family Tree

Sep 30, 1979 · 49 min

Each student must trace their family tree for a school assignment. Albert is unsure how he can do the assignment. The Ingalls decide to legally adopt Albert, but run into problems

S6·E4 Core

The Third Miracle

Oct 7, 1979 · 49 min

Adam wins a prestigious award. Laura and Albert give the Christmas money they had made from collecting honey, to Adam and Mary to go on a trip to receive the award. The stagecoach

S6·E5 Core

Annabelle

Oct 14, 1979 · 49 min

A circus comes to Walnut Grove. Everybody is helping set up, except Nels Oleson. His long, lost sister is in the circus. Only Mrs. Oleson believes her husband's story about his sis

S6·E6 Core

The Preacher Takes a Wife

Oct 21, 1979 · 49 min

Mrs. Craig is in love with Reverend Alden. Although Mrs. Oleson tries to stop Reverend Alden from marrying Mrs. Craig, the wedding goes on as planned.

S6·E7 Core

The Halloween Dream

Oct 28, 1979 · 49 min

Albert's imagination starts to get the better of him when he dreams that he and Laura are taken by Indians.

S6·E8 Core

The Return of Mr. Edwards

Nov 4, 1979 · 49 min

When Isaiah Edwards loses his will to live after a crippling logging accident, a letter to Walnut Grove from his worried wife, Grace, brings Charles and Laura back to the big woods

S6·E9 Core

The King is Dead

Nov 11, 1979 · 49 min

Aging professional wrestler Milo Stavroupolis comes to nearby Mankato to "fight" the locals. Stavroupolis' promoter, the shrewd Jimmy Hart, convinces Jonathan Garvey to fight the o

S6·E10 Core

The Faith Healer

Nov 18, 1979 · 49 min

Mrs. Oleson invites a charismatic preacher, the Rev. James Danforth, to preach in Walnut Grove. He immediately woos parishioners away from Rev. Alden's congregation with his fiery

S6·E11 Core

Author! Author!

Nov 25, 1979 · 49 min

During a trip to Walnut Grove, Caroline's mother passes away. Her father is very grief-stricken, until son-in-law Charles - impressed with his stories about growing up in the Littl

S6·E12 Core

Crossed Connections

Dec 9, 1979 · 49 min

The telephone comes to Walnut Grove, and Mrs. Olesen is hired as the switchboard operator. She takes advantage of her responsibilities to engage in her favorite pastime: gathering

S6·E13 Core

The Angry Heart

Dec 16, 1979 · 49 min

A 17-year-old budding criminal named Tod Dortmunder is sent to Walnut Grove to live with his grandparents after his mother loses patience with his ill-tempered behavior. His behavi

S6·E14 Core

The Werewolf of Walnut Grove

Jan 6, 1980 · 49 min

School bully Bart begins menacing his classmates, especially Albert. Tired of the constant harassment, Albert creates a paper maché werewolf mask to terrorize Bart into ceasing his

S6·E15 Core

Whatever Happened to the Class of '56?

Jan 13, 1980 · 49 min

During a visit to a farmer's convention in Milwaukee, Charles and Caroline meet up with old school mates. Charles learns that larger farmers are trying to put his small farming fri

S6·E16 Core

Darkness is My Friend

Jan 20, 1980 · 48 min

On a dark and stormy night, Laura and Mary are staying alone at the School For the Blind when they are taken hostage by a trio of escaped convicts. One of the criminals is badly in

S6·E17 Core

Silent Promises

Jan 27, 1980 · 49 min

Laura takes a job tutoring a deaf boy named Daniel, teaching him how to communicate through sign language. Daniel makes more than an academic breakthrough - he develops a huge crus

S6·E18 Core

May We Make Them Proud

Feb 3, 1980 · 99 min

Albert experiments with smoking in the basement of the School For the Blind and, when shooed out of the basement, hides the still-lit pipe in some cloths. It ignites and results in

S6·E19 Core

Wilder And Wilder

Feb 10, 1980 · 49 min

Almanzo's indolent brother, Perley, comes to town. Knowing that Almanzo's interest in a much younger Laura has deepened, Charles is convinced that Perley is the better man for his

S6·E20 Core

Second Spring

Feb 17, 1980 · 49 min

Nels finally loses patience with his henpecked family life and begins a mobile merchant business. During one of his stops, he meets a much younger woman whom is the exact opposite

S6·E21 Core

Sweet Sixteen

Feb 24, 1980 · 49 min

The school district's superintendent comes to Walnut Grove, looking for someone who can replace a teacher who has fallen and broken her leg. Eliza Jane recommends Laura. Almanzo th

S6·E22 Mytharc

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1)

May 4, 1980 · 49 min

Almanzo asks for Laura's hand in marriage. Mr. Ingalls tells Almanzo to wait until Laura was eighteen. Not wanting to wait, Almanzo forces Laura to choose him or respect her father

S6·E23 Mytharc

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2)

May 11, 1980 · 49 min

Laura helps Adam and Mary set up a new blind school in Sleepy Eye to try to get her mind off of Almanzo. Almanzo gets very sick.

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