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Little House on the Prairie: Season 7

22 episodes Premiered Sep 22, 1980 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Little House on the Prairie

Season 7 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 6.
  • ⚡ 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 7 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 7: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S7·E1 Mytharc

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1)

Sep 22, 1980 · 49 min

Almanzo purchases some land and hires Harv, a friend of his, to help him in the field. Almanzo soon learns that he was tricked into buying the land. He is unable to get any justice

S7·E2 Core

Laura Ingalls Wilder (2)

Sep 29, 1980 · 49 min

Eliza Jane falls in love with Harv, but is afraid to tell him how she feels. Eliza Jane is devastated when she finds out Harv has somebody else in his life. Since Eliza Jane doesn'

S7·E3 Core

A New Beginning

Oct 6, 1980 · 49 min

The Garveys move to Sleepy Eye to run a business. After being robbed several times, Jonathan decides to become a deputy sheriff to clean up the town of crime. When Jonathan catches

S7·E4 Core

Fight Team Fight!

Oct 13, 1980 · 49 min

A former football star moves back to Walnut Grove. He agrees to become coach of the football team. His goal is to win at all costs. This kind of thinking puts Albert in great dange

S7·E5 Core

The Silent Cry

Oct 20, 1980 · 49 min

A story of fear (for the brothers), heartache and love. Houston, an old man, takes care of two runaway orphans. The orphans were running away because the orphanage wants to separ

S7·E6 Core

Portrait of Love

Oct 27, 1980 · 49 min

A blind person has a talent for painting. Her work is so good, it soon gets publicized. The person's biological mother comes and tries to make up for what happened in the past. Onl

S7·E7 Core

Divorce, Walnut Grove Style

Nov 10, 1980 · 45 min

A friend of Laura begins liking Almanzo. Laura begins suspecting the worse. She goes so far as leaving him when she suspects he is having an affair. Laura later learns that Almanzo

S7·E8 Core

Dearest Albert, I'll Miss You

Nov 17, 1980 · 49 min

Albert begins writing more frequently to a pen pal of his. He tries to impress the girl he is writing to. The girl also does the same thing. Albert falls in love with her and goes

S7·E9 Core

The In-Laws

Nov 24, 1980 · 49 min

Almanzo and Mr. Ingalls expand their business by delivery goods to Sleepy Eye. Both of them believe they know the quickest way to get there. They even place a bet...Whoever got to

S7·E10 Core

To See the Light (1)

Dec 1, 1980 · 49 min

Adam makes a decision when his sight returns, after an accident at Jonathan's freight warehouse. Mary feels that Adam may be slipping away from her.

S7·E11 Core

To See the Light (2)

Dec 8, 1980 · 49 min

Adam goes for his test and hopes to get a scholarship. But far away from home, he is robbed and beaten and after racing to continue his test (2nd part), he catches a fever.

S7·E12 Core

Oleson Versus Oleson

Jan 5, 1981 · 49 min

Caroline Ingalls joins in protest with the rest of the Walnut Grove women to try to convince Charles and the other men to sign a petition addressing the injustice of a law that tra

S7·E13 Core

Come, Let Us Reason Together

Jan 12, 1981 · 49 min

Percival's parents decide to pay a visit. Mrs. Oleson and Mr. Percival don't hit it off so well. Mrs. Oleson is strongly against Mr. Percival's idea of raising Nellie's child as a

S7·E14 Core

The Nephews

Jan 19, 1981 · 49 min

Almanzo's brother, Royal, leaves his two kids with the Wilders while he and his wife are on vacation. Laura and Almanzo have their hands full taking care of these boys.

S7·E15 Core

Make a Joyful Noise

Jan 26, 1981 · 49 min

Joe Hagen moves to Sleepy Eye to help at the blind school. He begins to fall in love with Hester Sue. However, she is planning to marry someone that has a more promising future. On

S7·E16 Core

Goodbye, Mrs. Wilder

Feb 2, 1981 · 49 min

Mrs. Oleson wants Laura to add several courses to her school curriculum, including art appreciation and French. Since Laura believes that the kids don't need to know these subjects

S7·E17 Core

Sylvia (1)

Feb 9, 1981 · 49 min

A schoolyard escapade involving Albert brands 15-year-old girl Sylvia a tease. The two fall in love, but Albert is unaware of a number of circumstances which have thrown Sylvia's l

S7·E18 Core

Sylvia (2)

Feb 16, 1981 · 49 min

A pregnant Sylvia finds Albert is the only one she can turn to for solace, since her father blames her for her situation. Albert and Sylvia decide they want to elope so she doesn't

S7·E19 Mytharc

Blind Justice

Feb 23, 1981 · 49 min

Adam and Mary move back to Walnut Grove so that Adam can start a law practice there. Adam's first case involves a person who has been swindling people in Walnut Grove. Adam believe

S7·E20 Core

I Do, Again

Mar 2, 1981 · 49 min

Caroline is crushed when she learns she is no longer able to carry a baby, and fabricates a pregnancy to deal with the pain.

S7·E21 Mytharc

The Lost Ones (1)

May 4, 1981 · 49 min

Charles and Albert travel with the Cooper family while on a delivery. A serious accident occurs while the Coopers are going down a steep hill. The Cooper parents are killed. Charle

S7·E22 Mytharc

The Lost Ones (2)

May 11, 1981 · 49 min

Reverend Alden eventually finds someone to take in the kids. However, this family just wants them to work. When Cassandra and James run away, their adoptive father doesn't even go

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