Little House On The Prairie Season 4 Deluxe Remastered Edition DVD

Yet another wonderful season and very happy with it !! came in good time and in very good condition Read more

Little House was one of my favortie shows growing up. My friends and I would read the books during the day and watch the show at night every week. I bought the set for myself but I look forward to introducing my young daughter to it one day. A must have for your DVD library. Disc 1 CASTOFFS: Pa gives Laura a new dog when Jack, her old dog, dies. Laura just can't seem to get attached to Bandit even though he is obviously quite fond of her. She later has a change of heart after visiting Aunt Kezia. TIMES OF CHANGE: Charles and Mary look forward to their trip to Chicago with great anticpation, only to discover that life in the big city isn't what they expected. MY ELLEN: Laura and Mary convince Ellen's mom to let her go swimming with them. Tragically, Ellen drowns and Eloise, Ellen's mother, can't accept her death. Believing that Laura is actually Ellen, she lures her into the cellar with the intention of locking her up. THE HANDYMAN: Charles must interrupt the construction of an addition to his house when he is called upon to make an urgent delivery in Mankato. Caroline hires a handsome man, Chris, to finish the house, but things get complicated when Mary suspects that her Ma and Chris are falling in love. Disc 2 THE WOLVES: When Charles and Caroline go away and leave Mary in charge, Laura and Andy find baby wolves and set up a pen for them in the barn. This attracts wild dogs which surround the barn trapping the children inside. THE CREEPER OF WALNUT GROVE: Laura and Andy set out to find the person responsible for stealing from the citizens of Walnut Grove, creating an unexpected reaction from the townspeople, including charles Ingalls. TO RUN AND HIDE: When Doc Baker is unable to save a patient, he decides to stop practicing medicine and finds a new doctor to replace him in Walnut Grove. THE AFTERMATH: Jesse James and his brother, Frank, hide out in Walnut Grove. When the townspeople discover their true identities, the outlaws decide to take hostages. Disc 3 THE HIGH COST OF BEING RIGHT: Mr. Garvey's barn burns to the ground with his crops inside. His wife Alice, goes to work at the post office to help out. Mr. Garvey is opposed to this, as he believes that a man should be able to support his family alone. THE FIGHTER: The people of Walnut Grove gear up for a big boxing match. Charles is one of the fighters and is surprised and concerned when he defeats his opponent with ease. MEET ME AT THE FAIR: The Ingalls travel to the annual fair where Carrie gets tired and climbs into the basket of a hot-air balloon for a nap. The real adventure begins when the balloon lifts off! DVD Extras (on Disc 3): Looking Back at Season 4 Gain unique insight into what occurred behind the scenes during the creation of Season 4. Author and journalist, Patrick Loubatiere, recalls conversations with "series insiders" regarding these episodes and shares some of what he learned! 1. A true gentle giant 2. From the author's pen to television 3. Her own theme song! 4. Like father like son 5. Ruth Foster to the rescue! 6. A generous boss 7. Bravo Melissa Sue! Disc 4 HERE COME THE BRIDES: Adam Simms and his son Luke move to Walnut Grove and find love when Adam falls for Miss Beadle, and Luke and Nellie Oleson fall for each other. FREEDOM FLIGHT: An Indian boy comes to Walnut Grove seeking help for his sick father. The townspeople become very hostile toward the Indians and Charles must step in to help them leave town. THE RIVALS: Charles fights off a competitor to save his business, while Laura must compete for the attention of Jimmy Hill. WHISPER COUNTY: Mary becomes a teacher in a distant rural community where Miss Peal is against having a school at all. She convinces the other people in the community that school isn't necessary. Mary asks Miss Peal to read a passage from the Bible. The community, including Miss Peal, then becomes more receptive to the school. Disc 5 I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER It is a miserable rainy day when a wheel breaks on Charles' wagon preventing him from getting home on time. This day is also Charles and Caroline's wedding anniversary. While waiting for Pa to arrive, Caroline reminisces and tells the children how hard it was to get Charles to notice her so many years ago. BE MY FRIEND: Laura finds a bottle with a note inside which says, "Be my friend". She convinces Pa to help her look for the person who sent the note and they find a baby. The search for the baby's parents begins. THE INHERITANCE: Charles receives a sum of money from one of his relatives and must listen to everyone's advice on how to spend it! However, his windfall turns into nothing but rouble when it is discovered that he has inherited confederate money! Disc 6 THE STRANGER: A nephew of Mr. Oleson's comes for a visit to try to learn some morals. Mr. Oleson ends up sending the child to Mr. Ingalls. Mr. Ingalls has the child help him on the farm. After being with the Ingalls, he learns how he should behave. He goes back home again a changed man. A MOST PRECIOUS GIFT: Charles must demonstrate his "medical skills" when Caroline, who is expecting their fourth child, goes into labor earlier than expected. I'LL BE WAVING AS YOU DRIVE AWAY: In this dramatic two-hour episode, Charles takes Mary to an eye specialist when she begins to experience difficulty seeing. He is devestated to learn that she will most certainly lose her sight, and for a while, cannot bring himself to tell her the truth about her condition. Read more

As with all of the Little House seasons, this too is very good. We are liking the remastered DVD, it has decent sound and good video quality. This is the real deal for pro family video. There are no parts to fast forward through, and no covering kids eyes or whatever. It is of course a sanitized version of that time period, but it does cover some of the darker elements, it just does so in a tasteful manner that makes it suitable for children. Read more

Packaging couldn’t have been any better. Quality of discs and wrapping were flawless. Delivered in a timely manner much sooner than expected. 100% Read more

Strong story telling with strong moral values seems to be a dying art. Fortunately, DVDs like this Little House series mean you and your family can enjoy and benefit whenever it's convenient from the great messages and lessons this stellar series provides. Especially if you have children this is a fantastic moral values teaching tool, while being highly entertaining. It's great to be able to pause, and discuss parts. My daughter especially was having me pause more than I was. Michael Landon (God rest his soul) was a genius of a kind. No matter how often these are watched, either old lessons and values are reinforced or new ones are noticed and learned. This great country was founded and grew up on the strong Christian values depicted so eloquently in this Little House series. Read more

First of all I want to point out that I haven't seen that older DVD release of the show. I'm sure the quality of this Blu-Ray release is from another planet compared to that but since I have only seen this, there are a few complaints in the picture I've noticed. One, episode 12: feels like they have done the restoration of the title sequence with left hand, it's a bit grainy and not as sharp as the rest of them. Two, episode 19: first two shots at the beginning of the episode give me a cause of complaint. First one is extremely grainy and in second one picture wobbles a bit. After that there the picture is clear during the rest of the episode. Three, episode 21: same as with episode 12, but this time in end credits. Picture isn't as sharp as in rest of them. Now, as I stated in headline, I'd give this release four and half stars if it was possible because of these observations. But since it's not, full five stars is absolutely correct star count, those points being only hairsplitting. Being a perfectionist though (I wish I wasn't) I find it frustrating that they have left those there, I'm sure it would have been an easy job to clear them out. Read more

This is the best season. The HD quality is outstanding. If you really want to see them fresh than the HD prints online from VUDU and Amazon Instant Video are the best. Michael Landon actually filmed these in Panavision. On my 42 inch screen when viewing through VUDU or Amazon the aspect ratio is 1.37:1. The prints are more relaxed and not stretched or compressed like the syndicated garbage we have been watching all these years. It is pillar boxed meaning black borders on all 4 sides. No full screen bloat. The camera angles and vistas are just wonderful. It is like viewing them for the first time. The colors are vivid and I can actually see Melissa Gibert's acne on her forehead in a few scenes. Just wonderful! Read more

Definitely better than the DVD version Read more