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The reason that Michael Landon blew up Walnut Grove was that he was ordered to destroy the sets when the final movie was filmed. He brilliantly incorporated it to be in a movie. Only two buildings was sparred. One was the church cause it would upset the Christian community and would be in extreme poor taste. Second was the Ingalls house cause it was iconic.

I love Little House On The Prairie so much. I cried when they blew up all the main buildings. I think it would have been great if they left all the buildings up so people could actually visit "Walnut Grove". I would have loved to see what it was like practically growing up there. I think it would have been so much fun to make that kind of a television show. I still watch it everyday on TBS even though I've seen every single episode. =)

If your a little house fan , then this the final episode is a must . Even for those who are not fans , this one was a real tear jerker . As most little house episodes where . Still glad to see those reruns . A reunion would be wonderful , even though , it would never be the same without Pa . They could do it up like the Andy Griffith reunion without Aunt Bee . Wasn't the same without her , but they never forgot her . Just hope that we get to see Albert in it as well , because they've never really shown us whether or not he kicked the blood disease, to live his life out as Dr. Albert Ingels . And it would just be awesome to see Melissa Gilbert as our Laura Ingels once again . I highly recommend this final series of little house .

I would much rather see this type of movie and/or show on TV anytime than some of the weird, grotesque things that are on now. What is this world coming to with all the zombies and vampires, etc. and wacky, idiot, reality TV that we have to see now? Why can't we have nice wholesome shows like they were back then? Why shouldn't they have blown up the buildings? I think that it was only fair that the townspeople took with them what they brought. The "landowner" should not be able to get that for free, too. He was only showing how very greedy he was and how unreasonable he could be. If he had been a "real" human being, he would have tried to negotiate with the townspeople to try to be fair.

Lassiter a land developer marches into walnut grove taking ownership of walnut grove no respect he has his men inckuding himself beat almonzo up infront of his daughter whos just a toddler clearly no respect what kind of person does that i mean I'm sure we've had fights but infront of toddlers i mean like really seriously i was disappointed that a show that ran for 9 seasons had to end like this. The show is based on laura ingalls wilders books walnut grove was destroyed but in real life the town still exists and theres a museum called the laura ingalls wilder museum.

They could have ended this beloved series a million different ways that would've been great. I'll never understand why they chose to have everyone of Walnut Grove forced off their land and to blow up the whole town the way they did. It was so unnecessary and a kick in the gut to viewers.

I get that Michael Landon didn't want to have the set used by others, but he could've blown the town up after filming the finale instead of doing it in front of millions of loyal viewers.

Yes, I like happy endings and this is Little House on the Prairie, where happy endings are expected to happen. I wish Landon would've had the foresight to know that this series would be watched and still loved for decades after it's original airing and it would've been better closure to see all the characters continue on in their home happy and together. Why kill Walnut Grove? Why punish the viewers?

For me, Walnut Grove still exists and I choose to ignore that this movie ever happened. I give it 5 stars for Caroline's return and her reunion with Laura. But that's it.

This episode happens to be my favorite one. The reason why Mrs. Oleson is not in it is because (if you have ever seen it) she is in the hospital in Minneapolis. She has been in there for 6 months. But Katherine McGregor (the person who plays her) was on a pilgrimage for India. I would recommend watching it, especially if you have seen the rest of the series, because I feel that I the best of them all.

"Little House On The Prairie" was one of those rare shows that actually had a final episode for it's original run. Perhaps Michael Landon's long relationship with NBC had something to do with that. The plot is simple. A evil miner takes advantage of the law and buys Walnut Grove forcing the people of the town to take action. James Karen plays the bad guy "Nathan Lassiter" to perfection. At the time Karen did a lot of commercials on television, and after playing "Lassiter" sponsors were afraid to use him as their spokesman. Luckily for us he would go on to find more work in film and television. Michael Landon's writing and direction on this final show was wonderful. He was always able to get a lot out of his actors. Dabbs Greer, who plays "Rev. Alden" should have won the Emmy. His performance is both moving and touching. No doubt Michael Landon had something to do with that. How sad shows like this aren't made anymore.

This show aired on TV on February 6 1984 starring Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls Wilder, Dean Butler as Almanzo Wilder and Richard Bull as Nels Olesen. Little House: The Last Farewell was the third and last TV movie based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, though it was telecast out of sequence, shown before the second film. Charles Ingalls and his wife Karen leave in another town far away from Walnut Grove. So Charles gets a vacation and the only place that Charles and Karen wants to go back to is Walnut Grove. So the two get on a train and then takes a stage coach that's drops them of in front of the Wilders house three hours early. So Melissa who's overwhelm with emotions after seeing her mom for the first time in 5 years. Out of nowhere a vaster shows up at the Sunday church service and makes an announcement that sets off a chain of reactions that no one dream of. This was the third of three "Little House" telemovie sequels, and the last story to be filmed, but not the last to be broadcast it debuted during Easter of 1984, while the film made before it, Little House: Bless All the Dear Children in 1984 would air eight months later, in December of that same year. I wasn't a big Little House on the Praire fan but this movie made for TV. Caught my eye. I love the action and drama and it kept you on the edge of you seat. Based on that, I give this movie 8 weasel stars, because there was no real leading actress.

A lot of people were upset with how Michael Landon ended LHPOP with this abbreviated 10th season television film, but he stood his ground and for what he believed in. This film is all about what property rights, hard work and life are really about. We learn, correctly, that property rights do not believe what the people of Walnut Grove and most of us assume that it means. If the government thinks that it would better serve society for a corporation, in this case a railroad, to have your property, then they can take it, but Michael Landon shows us with a bang, that we can stand together against this forces.

This is the final show for a enduring piece of television history. Little House on the prairie is one of those iconic shows that we all grew up with and the cast is so familiar to all of us its like they are part of the family. We all watched the struggles and triumphs of the Ingalls family for over 9 years. It gaves us so many heart warming and rememerable episodes, such as when Adam regained his sight, to a deranged man that attacked his family and held Laura hostage. It also at times dealt with serious subject matters such as rape in the two part episode titled "Silvia". We also got a cast of rememerable supporting characters we all loved such as: Mr. Edwards, Jonathan Garvey, The Olsens, Doc Baker, Reverend Aldin, Miss Beadle, and the list goes on and on. The one thing that really seperates this show from so many others was its faith based foundation. This has been lost in modern television today, which is really sad. Shows that talk about morality and God have been replaced with really nonsense and political overtones. Michael Landon produced a show that taught the importance of faith and family which is why this show has endured for over 40 years. This show still airs today, but mostly is available for streaming. This swan song to such a legendary show especially the ending scene is truly unforgettable. I still watch this show on Amazon Prime and I encourage you to watch it, you will get hooked on it. Thank You Michael Landon for giving us such a heart warming family show that really has stood the test of time. That is how you know a show made its mark in television.

The cynicism of Michael Landon (and Hollywood in general) is very apparent in this final episode of Little House (in fact, this was a TV-movie which aired after the show had already concluded, not the official 'final episode').

A land developer owns rights to Walnut Grove real estate and forces everyone from their homes. Disgusted with the idea, the townsfolk come up with a 'wonderful' solution: they will BLOW UP the town! This seems like a good thing to do to all involved -- no one protests that this prospect might be rather demented, as well as violent and destructive to the children.... "This is the way to solve any problem, kids. If you can't have something, DESTROY IT with vengeance and hatred so no one else can have it".

At one point, Half-Pint goes berserk and smashes dishes on the floor, followed by pulverizing all the windows in her own home. Um.... does anyone know if Doc Baker practices psychiatry, as it would seem Half-Pint is in need of some serious therapy.

What a terribly pathetic way to end a mostly beloved family series, besides being an extremely selfish final statement by executive producer Landon, who reportedly ended the series this way because he was enraged that in canceling 'Little House', NBC did not tell him anything about it until the last minute.

The main problem with this TV-movie finale of the "Little House on the Prairie" series is that it features the cast of the show's final season, by which time many of the better characters had been replaced by blander carbon-copies. So, you get the Carters instead of the Ingalls (with a few exceptions), Nancy Oleson instead of Nellie, Miss Plum instead of Miss Beadle, etc. The return of original series stars Michael Landon and Karen Grassle helps, but where's Mary, Adam, Albert, and Carrie? And, worst of all, Katherine MacGregor, who played town villianness Harriet Oleson, is nowhere to been seen. The Oleson family was the saving grace of "Little House", helping to cut through all the treacle, and the two most important Olesons, Harriet and Nellie, aren't in this movie. The story doesn't help, either. Couldn't they come up with a more uplifting plot than the destruction of the entire town?

Unless you're a die-hard fan, skip this one (as well as the other two sequel TV movies), and seek out the original pilot movie instead.

This made for tv movie really seemed thrown together. It was liked the script was written on the set while they were filming and even ad-libbed in spots. Anyway, long story short, a land developer arrived claiming the property Walnut grove was built on. He offered to allow the people to live there, but as employees of his company. The towns people did not like the terms, so they ultimately blew up about all the buildings there out of spite (yeah, kinda stupid). When the land owner showed up with the town leaders from neighboring communities, he got threats from them as well. If he was going to go to their communities, he can expect the same thing from them. The Reverend then said, you see, this wasn't done in vain. Then they all marched out of town

Just so everyone knows, Katherine MacGregor wasn't in the episode because she had just converted to Hinduism and was on a pilgrimage in India during the filming of this movie.