| "The Wild Boy (Part 1)" | |
| Season 9, Episode 6 #189 overall in Series | |
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| Original air date | November 1, 1982 |
| Episode Guide | |
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The Wild Boy (Part 1) |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous episode: "Little Lou" |
Next episode: "The Wild Boy (Part 2)" |
Plot[]
A traveling sideshow comes to Walnut Grove, with a wild boy as its main attraction. The wild boy, Matthew Roger, escapes and becomes friends with the Wilders who later learn the real reason he acts wild is because he is given morphine.
Cast[]
- Melissa Gilbert: Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Dean Butler: Almanzo Wilder
- Shannen Doherty: Jenny Wilder
- Jennifer and Michell Steffin: as Rose Wilder
- Victor French: as Isaiah Edwards
- Stan Ivar: as John Carter
- Pamela Roylance: as Sarah Carter
- Lindsay Kennedy: as Jeb Carter
- David Friedman: as Jason Carter
- Leslie Landon: as Etta Plum
- Katherine MacGregor: as Harriet Oleson
- Richard Bull: as Nels Oleson
- Jonathan Garvey: Willie Oleson
- Allison Balson: Nancy Oleson
- Sherri Stoner: as Rachel Brown
- Ketty Lester: as Hester Sue Terhune
- Kevin Hagen: as Dr. Hiram Baker
- Dabbs Greer: as Reverend Robert Alden
- Sam Edwards: as Bill Anderson
External links[]
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