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<h2 id="episodes">Episodes</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Nº</th><th>Title</th><th>Directed by</th><th>Written by</th><th>Air date</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">0</th><td rowspan="1">"Lucas Tanner"</td><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Donner/IuRASvgD">Richard Donner</a></td><td>Jerry McNeely</td><td>May 8, 1974 (1974-05-08)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">90-minute pilot.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">1</th><td rowspan="1">"A Matter of Love"</td><td><a href="/facts/Gordon_Hessler/wTHxPRMc">Gordon Hessler</a></td><td>John McGreevey</td><td>September 11, 1974 (1974-09-11)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">2</th><td rowspan="1">"Instant Replay"</td><td>Gordon Hessler</td><td>Robert Van Scoyk</td><td>September 18, 1974 (1974-09-18)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">3</th><td rowspan="1">"Thirteen Going on Twenty"</td><td><a href="/facts/Walter_Doniger/8o5Jfbrm">Walter Doniger</a></td><td>Jerry McNeely</td><td>October 2, 1974 (1974-10-02)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">4</th><td rowspan="1">"Winners and Losers"</td><td><a href="/facts/Leo_Penn/LJ0rv1fx">Leo Penn</a></td><td>Eugene Price</td><td>October 9, 1974 (1974-10-09)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">5</th><td rowspan="1">"A Question of Privacy"</td><td>Jerry McNeely</td><td>Jerry McNeely</td><td>October 16, 1974 (1974-10-16)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">6</th><td rowspan="1">"Three Letter Word"</td><td>Walter Doniger</td><td>Leonard & Arlene Stadd</td><td>October 23, 1974 (1974-10-23)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">7</th><td rowspan="1">"By the Numbers"</td><td>William Asher</td><td>Sue Milburn</td><td>November 6, 1974 (1974-11-06)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">8</th><td rowspan="1">"Echoes"</td><td>Walter Doniger</td><td>Arthur Heinemann</td><td>November 13, 1974 (1974-11-13)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">9</th><td rowspan="1">"Look the Other Way"</td><td>Jerry London</td><td><i>S</i> : Gene Thompson<i>S/T</i> : Arthur Heinemann</td><td>November 20, 1974 (1974-11-20)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">10</th><td rowspan="1">"Cheers"</td><td>Paul Kransky</td><td>William Froug</td><td>December 4, 1974 (1974-12-04)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">11</th><td rowspan="1">"Merry Gentlemen"</td><td>Walter Doniger</td><td>Robert Van Scoyk</td><td>December 25, 1974 (1974-12-25)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">12</th><td rowspan="1">"Bonus Baby"</td><td>Randal Kleiser</td><td>Bruce Shelly & David Ketchum</td><td>January 8, 1975 (1975-01-08)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">13</th><td rowspan="1">"Pay the Two Dollars"</td><td>Allen Baron</td><td>Robert Van Scoyk</td><td>January 15, 1975 (1975-01-15)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">14</th><td rowspan="1">"Those Who Cannot, Teach"</td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Scheerer/RQGFAYEK">Robert Scheerer</a></td><td><i>S</i> : Lila Garrett<i>T</i> : Judy Burns & Robert Van Scoyk</td><td>January 22, 1975 (1975-01-22)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">15</th><td rowspan="1">"What's Wrong with Bobbie?"</td><td>Walter Doniger</td><td>Booker T. Bradshaw & David P. Lewis</td><td>January 29, 1975 (1975-01-29)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">16</th><td rowspan="1">"Collision"</td><td>Alexander Singer</td><td><i>T</i> : Robert Van Scoyk<i>S/T</i> : Max Hodge</td><td>February 5, 1975 (1975-02-05)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">17</th><td rowspan="1">"Why Not a Happy Ending?"</td><td>Charles S. Dubin</td><td><i>T</i> : Judy Burns<i>S/T</i> : Claire Whitaker</td><td>February 12, 1975 (1975-02-12)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">18</th><td rowspan="1">"Shattered"</td><td>Richard Bennett</td><td><i>T</i> : Robert Van Scoyk<i>S/T</i> : Ann Beckett</td><td>February 19, 1975 (1975-02-19)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">19</th><td rowspan="1">"The Noise of a Quiet Weekend"</td><td>Leo Penn</td><td><i>S</i> : Joel Clark<i>T</i> : Robert Van Scoyk</td><td>February 26, 1975 (1975-02-26)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">20</th><td rowspan="1">"Requiem for a Son"</td><td>Robert Scheerer</td><td>David P. Lewis & Booker T. Bradshaw</td><td>March 12, 1975 (1975-03-12)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">21</th><td rowspan="1">"A Touch of Bribery"</td><td>Paul Kransky</td><td>Eugene Price</td><td>April 2, 1975 (1975-04-02)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" rowspan="1">22</th><td rowspan="1">"One to One"</td><td>Charles S. Dubin</td><td><i>T</i> : Robert Van Scoyk<i>S/T</i> : Norman Hudis</td><td>April 9, 1975 (1975-04-09)</td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Tim Brooks & Earle Marsh, <i><a href="/facts/The_Complete_Directory_to_Prime_Time_Network_and_Cable_TV_Shows/U4DWaq9P">The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows</a></i> (7th ed. 1999), p. 601.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071008/"><i>Lucas Tanner</i></a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Morrison, Bill. "Bland Television Menu Could Give You Ulcers," The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), Sunday, September 22, 1974. Retrieved January 17, 2023. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81786320/little-house-on-the-prairie-season-one/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81786320/little-house-on-the-prairie-season-one/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>NBC TV Guide ad for week of May 4, 1974, at Vintage Toledo TV. <a href="http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/print-ads-nbc/nbc-print-ads/3662365" target="_blank">http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/print-ads-nbc/nbc-print-ads/3662365</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>