The Long Road Home

Episode aired Mar 3, 1976
TV-PG
50m

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

434

YOUR RATING

Louis Gossett Jr. and Victor French in Little House on the Prairie (1974)

Drama Family Romance Western

When their grain doesn't sell for enough to see their families through the winter, Charles and Isaiah hire on with the railroad to haul a wagon-load of highly explosive nitroglycerin over a ... Read allWhen their grain doesn't sell for enough to see their families through the winter, Charles and Isaiah hire on with the railroad to haul a wagon-load of highly explosive nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain road and, as their journey progresses, find themselves dealing with s... Read allWhen their grain doesn't sell for enough to see their families through the winter, Charles and Isaiah hire on with the railroad to haul a wagon-load of highly explosive nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain road and, as their journey progresses, find themselves dealing with situations almost as volatile as the freight they so carefully carry.

Director
- Michael Landon
Writers
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- John Hawkins
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

434

YOUR RATING

Director
- Michael Landon
Writers
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- John Hawkins
Stars

5User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Romance

John Wayne and Harry Carey Jr. in The Searchers (1956)

Western

Storyline

Did you know

Trivia
Larry Golden, who appears briefly as Bodeen, would return to the series in the two-part season 3 finale "Gold Country", playing the larger role of Rev. Phillips, followed by a smaller part in season 5's "Barn Burner" and another larger one in season 6's "Darkness is My Friend". Richard Jaeckel would return to star in season 7's controversial two-part episode "Sylvia".

Goofs
When Caroline is searching through the mail with Grace looking for a letter from Charles, she looks up at Grace and keeps flipping the letters. She could have easily missed the letter she was looking for by doing that.

Quotes
Isaiah Edwards: I guess you better write something for me. Let's see now... uh... Feel funny saying it to you.
Charles Ingalls: Come on. Dear Grace, that's an easy way to start.
Isaiah Edwards: Alright, dear grace. Uh... Tell her everything's fun and give the young one's a kiss and uh...
Charles Ingalls: And?
Isaiah Edwards: And I love her. Don't sit there grinning like a cat in a birdhouse. Write it down.