Little House on the Prairie
A Wiser Heart
Season 8, Episode 5 · Aired 1981-11-02
Synopsis
Laura gets invited to attend a Great American Writers seminar in Arizona by Eliza Jane. Upon her arrival there, she is in for a rude awakening when she realizes the professor teaching the course is more interested in pursuing a brief, romantic encounter with her than teaching her about what the rest of the class is learning through reading the novels.
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
- Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
- Lindsay Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
- Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls