All episodes Season 4 S04E20 1978-02-27 60 min 1970s

Little House on the Prairie

A Most Precious Gift

Season 4, Episode 20 · Aired 1978-02-27

Little House on the Prairie — A Most Precious Gift (S04E20)

Synopsis

A misinterpreted remark from husband Charles plants a seed of worry in newly pregnant Caroline Ingalls that he will be disappointed if the baby isn't a boy.

In the series

This episode is part of Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) on NBC.

Walnut Grove tears and triumphs — frontier family myth as weekly comfort.

Key cast

Also in season 4

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