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diciembre de 1983
10×01 – Recuerdos del ayer
12 de diciembre de 1983
En
Burr Oak, Iowa, Charles recibe un ascenso como agente de compras, y se lleva a
Albert con él en un viaje de compras a Minnesota. En el camino, se detienen en
la Universidad de Minnesota, donde Albert planea continuar con sus esfuerzos
médicos, luego se reúnen con familiares y viejos amigos en Walnut Grove. Albert
encuentra el romance con una chica llamada Michele Pierson, y Charles alienta a
los granjeros locales a comenzar una cooperativa para que puedan competir con
las grandes granjas.
Sin
embargo, Albert comienza a sufrir hemorragias nasales graves y agotamiento y se
le diagnostica leucemia. En última instancia, elige regresar a Walnut Grove,
donde pasa su tiempo haciendo recuerdos especiales y recibe la oferta de una
beca de cuatro años de la universidad a la que había planeado asistir.
Finalmente,
Albert, Laura y Michele se unen a Miss Plum y los niños de la escuela local en
su escalada anual al ‘árbol de recuerdos’ en la cima de Harper’s Bluff, donde
se unen y los alzan en un saludo de celebración.
Esta es la aparición final de Matthew Labyorteaux como
Albert
Originalmente
transmitido como una película de 95 minutos (excluyendo comerciales), cuando se
ofrece en sindicación, se muestra en dos partes o en su totalidad. Home
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En
una entrevista años más tarde, el productor Kent McCray confirmó que la
intención siempre fue que Albert muriera de su enfermedad, aunque nunca se
representó en la pantalla y contradijo el epílogo del episodio “Home Again”,
que reconoce que Albert regresó a Walnut Grove años después. como doctor. Esto
a su vez contradice el episodio de “Despedida final”. Promo
10×02 – Benditos sean los niños
17 de diciembre de 1983
Laura
y Almanzo están en una carrera desesperada contra el tiempo después de
enterarse de que su hija Rose fue robada por una mujer que anhela tener un hijo
propio. Esta conmovedora aventura de películas ha sido recientemente restaurada
y remasterizada para obtener un sonido y una calidad de imagen superiores.
Originalmente
transmitido como una película de 95 minutos (excluyendo comerciales), cuando se
ofrece en sindicación, se muestra en dos partes o en su totalidad. La película
originalmente se emitió en diciembre de 1983, pero no se emitió hasta diciembre
de 1984.
10×03 - El último adiós
10 de febrero de 1984
Charles
y Caroline visitan Walnut Grove y están encantados de poder quedarse en la
‘Pequeña Casa’ cuando John y Sarah Carter salen de la ciudad. Luego, la gente
del pueblo se entera de que un magnate del desarrollo de la tierra, Nathan
Lassiter (James Karen), ha adquirido el título de toda la tierra en Hero
Township, que creían que era tierra de granja.
Al
no haber podido derrotar su reclamo por motivos legales e incluso con armas de
fuego contra una unidad de caballería del ejército, Laura se inspira en la
gente del pueblo para desahogar su ira por lo que ven como una injusticia, y
deciden un plan de acción drástico. Cuando Lassiter llega para reclamar la
ciudad, encuentra todos los edificios de la ciudad dinamitados, y la gente del
pueblo se va para comenzar una nueva vida en otros lugares, como muchos de
ellos lo han hecho antes.
Sin
embargo, se ve obligado a ceder cuando se le dice que los líderes y empresarios
de otras ciudades cercanas, después de escuchar lo que sucedió en Walnut Grove,
anuncian que harán lo mismo. Mientras Lassiter se marcha derrotado, el
reverendo Alden proclama en voz alta que Walnut Grove no murió en vano, lo que
provocó una gran celebración.
Notas: La distancia entre Walnut Grove y Sleepy Eye es 63 kilómetros por carretera. Actualmente por carretera toma aproximadamente 40 minutos y pasa a través de Lamberton, Springfield y Revere.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Link to The New York Times February 1984
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Death comes to all things, including successful television
series. When the inevitable occurs, most popular series like to go out with a
bang, figuratively speaking. The bang, however, was literal when the cast and
crew of NBC-TV's ''Little House on the Prairie'' filmed their last episode a
few weeks ago.
''The Last Farewell'' will be seen tonight. It concludes
with perhaps the most apocalyptic valedictory to any television series in
history: the townspeople of the fictional hamlet Walnut Grove decide to blow
their town to smithereens. And so the entire set that the company had inhabited
for the last 10 years was actually dynamited for this finale.
During its first seven years on the air, ''Little House on
the Prairie'' consistently scored in the top 10 in the Nielsen ratings. It was
one of the rare family shows to continue to hold an audience in prime time. So
the show's creators wanted to provide a memorable ending for its fans. A
Ruthless Buyer
There were a couple of reasons for the fireworks, according
to Michael Landon, the star of the show, who also wrote and directed the final
episode. Ten years ago, NBC leased a large parcel of land in the Simi Valley,
north of Los Angeles, from the Getty Oil Company and the Newhall Land and
Development Corporation. Their agreement with the owners was that when they
were through with the location they would restore it to its original state. So
when Mr. Landon and the network jointly decided to cancel the show, they knew
the elaborate sets would have to be destroyed. It was Mr. Landon's idea to
incorporate that contractual obligation into the story and dismantle the sets
on camera.
The plot he concocted has a ruthless robber-baron buying up
the town; the only protest the residents can make is to destroy their own
property rather than see it taken over by this unscrupulous rogue. ''I think it
makes for a good strong pioneer ending,'' Mr. Landon said of this violent
conflagration. ''It was also a nice catharsis for the cast and crew. There were
lots of tears when we finally blew up the town. The actors had all become very
attached to their own buildings, so it was very emotional.''
The idea that a program advocating violent destruction of
property is an affirmation of American values may raise some eyebrows, but Mr.
Landon was given a chance to realize his anarchic vision. Filming the sequence
was logistically complicated. ''We did quite a few tests first to make sure
nobody would get hurt,'' Mr. Landon explained. ''So when we finally blew
everything up, it went off like clockwork. We did it all in one day.'' Pilot
for New Series Written
Today, a visitor to the Simi Valley location would have no
idea that this sleepy cow pasture was just a few weeks ago a thriving center of
the Old West. But this reversion to a pristine state of nature is only
temporary. The combine that owns the land plans to turn it into a large
development of houses and condominiums. ''So people who want to live in Walnut
Grove will be able to do so,'' Mr. Landon said with a chuckle.
Now that his work on this series is over, Mr. Landon has
written a pilot for a new television series which he hopes to sell, and he has
also completed a feature film called ''Sam's Son,'' which is scheduled to open
in the summer, which he describes as ''a semi-autobiographical piece about my
day as a javelin thrower in high school.''
He said he felt that ''Little House on the Prairie'' had run
its course, partly because ratings were declining in the last season, and also
because Melissa Gilbert, who played his daughter on the series, had grown from
a young girl to a woman. ''I didn't think a married woman should still be
coming to her father for advice,'' Mr. Landon explained. ''But when we started
this show, we never imagined it would last this long.''
Although Walnut Grove has been destroyed, it will reappear
one last time, thanks to the capriciousness of television programmers. An
episode filmed earlier, when the town was still intact, will be shown next
Christmas. At the last minute, NBC decided to reverse the order in which the
shows were to have been shown. And how will they explain the town's
resurrection? ''Mike will probably do a voice-over for the Christmas show,''
according to Bill Kiley, a publicity agent for NBC, ''saying that this happened
a few weeks before the destruction of the town.''
