Out of character moments?
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LiteraryLane — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 11:34 AM)
I'm not trying to be messy, but can you really blame him? This is post Civil War and people still harsh lots of hard feelings towards African-Americans who still did not have many rights in the North or the South. A lot of people would have been intimidated by an educated black man, let alone a doctor. They were okay with Hester Sue and Joe Kagan for example, because neither of them they "stayed in their place."
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deem_bastille — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 04:42 PM)
not really. and you at not being messy.
I just notice how basically this guy is all 'is this because i'm black???' over everyone. literally everyone. he even calls Charles out on his 'see me for more than scrapes' thing. I mean, really? is that how to make customers?
it's like the writers took a saying/feeling from the 80's and transported it a hundred years before then.
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glitterrose — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 12:34 PM)
I liked the DS episode but it bugs me when they do storylines like that for characters that really are genuinely nice to everybody/doesn't have a mean bone in their body. I know Roseanne had an episode like it too. It was when DJ had to kiss a girl in the school play and he didn't want to because she's black. Idk if the writers think it packs more of a punch having the main characters doing those storylines or what. I really don't think so. I think for the LH episode, it packed more of a punch seeing the man being a total *sshole to Dr. Ledoux (sp?) and not wanting him to treat his pregnant wife. And yeah, I realize all three characters got sucked into a black hole because we never saw them ever again.
As for the TR episode..I agree about the Mary factor. I can maybe see Laura letting out her inner "girly girl" every now an again and wanting to play with dolls but I flat out don't see Mary being into sports AT ALL. -
koala_t_98 — 9 years ago(September 27, 2016 08:44 AM)
I think the point of "Dark Sage" was to point out that many people can be bigoted without being aware of it until something like this episode makes them sit up and take notice. Another show that Michael Landon was in had an episode that highlighted the same point.
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jlynnbristol — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 04:53 PM)
The mentality of the 1800s is very different from the current times. Something people forget when they watch a show like this.
More people went to church, and lived by the teachings in the bible, so everyone was a "holy roller".
Racism and discrimination were rampant, so it makes perfect sense about Mary calling the Indians heathens and the Doc being an alleged bigot. History was an ugly place, and not the Disneyland people like to think it was.
Nothing is odd about the way they're acting, that was normal for them. -
glitterrose — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 05:14 PM)
And I can agree with that. Idk how to word this next part so here's hoping people can at least get what I'm trying to say. Talking about LH, I know we had a few *sshole characters mixed in every now and again while everybody else around them were the voice of reason and kind to everybody. I think of Mr. Larabee (sp?) on LH and I would think that's how a LOT of people would've been throughout history.
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deem_bastille — 9 years ago(September 06, 2016 04:28 PM)
I think of Mr. Larabee (sp?) on LH and I would think that's how a LOT of people would've been throughout history.
I seriously just finished writing about how people on here are losing their shi7 over Harriet and Nellie but this Judd Larabee cantankerous tool gets a pass???
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snickerdoodle68 — 9 years ago(September 06, 2016 04:13 PM)
The episode where dummy Carrie falls in a well and Caroline loses her sh-t, screaming at Miss Beadle that it's all her fault that Carrie fell in the well and may be dead. None of that struck me as being true to Caroline's character.
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deem_bastille — 9 years ago(September 06, 2016 04:26 PM)
the funny thing this episode is usually shown back to back with another 'rag on miss beadle' episode: the winter/christmas blizzard. most of the town is pissed at Miss beadle for letting the kids leave early when it was flurrying. Only little [in the corner] Willie tells her it wasn't her fault as Doppler radar hadn't been invented at that time.
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TazMoose — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 07:50 AM)
Just watched "A Most Precious Gift" in S4 where Caroline has baby Grace and is way overly dramatic about wanting it to be a boy for Charles. She's usually the calm and collected one and they just made her a total basket case. But the thing that really struck me as odd was when she went to the fortune teller. Seemed way out of character for her. That whole episode just felt weird.
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Oddly-Even — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 11:58 AM)
I hate that episode. But she was pregnant after all and all those hormones during pregnancy can drive a woman crazy. But you're right, no way in hell would have ever visited a fortune teller.
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chrisjohnson-2 — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 06:02 PM)
Nobody mentioned an episode in Season 3 called "The Bully Boys", when the these three brothers with the last name Galender move to Walnut Grove and basically terrorize the town.
I won't get into all the details - you can easily find the whole episode on YouTube somewhere. At the end of the episode Reverend Alden has had enough with their antics and lying, tells them when they show up for Sunday services he will run them out of the church and out of the town. The oldest brother basically says, "yeah, you and who else?" and then Reverend Alden yanks him out of his seat and slams him against the wall. You don't see a member of the clergy doing that every day.
Just as the middle brother stands up to intervene, Mr. Edwards and other men step in and show the brothers that the whole town agrees with Rev. Alden, and Rev. Alden lays down the law, saying the brothers will leave town immediately and take only what they brought in with them (why not give them a taste of their own medicine and let them leave town with everything they brought except their pants - that would have been funny). The male members of the congregation march them out while the women with Rev. Alden stay back to sing the first hymn.
Great episode and great example of frontier justice! Too bad that your typical modern day Galender brothers would have "rights" and could file a civil lawsuit against Walnut Grove for trying to do something like this. -
whjones79-1 — 9 years ago(November 12, 2016 01:23 PM)
How about The Legend of Black Jake? This episode is so out of character for both Almanzo and especially Charles. It makes them look like a couple of dorks.
First of all neither of the two "bad guys" were all that threatening to begin with and secondly the entire group of prisoners tottering back into town with that goofily tied rope. Come on!!!!
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