| "The Bully Boys" | |
| Season 3, Episode 9 #55 overall in Series | |
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| Series: | Little House on the Prairie |
| Network/Country: | NBC |
| Original air date | December 6, 1976 |
| Production code | 3009 |
| Episode Guide | |
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The Bully Boys |
| Written by | B.W. Sandefur |
| Directed by | Victor French |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous episode: "Fred" |
Next episode: "The Hunters" |
The Galender brothers, two adults and a teenager, come to Walnut Grove and quickly cause trouble. Reverend Alden pleads with the townspeople to be patient with the newcomers, but it soon becomes clear the Galenders want to do nothing but cause trouble. The men run up bills at the Mercantile and Hanson's Mill, promising to pay with a bank draft that never appears, while the boy causes trouble at school, eventually punching both Laura and Mary. But eventually all the children (mainly the girls minus Nellie, with Willie joining them) descend on him and beat him up.
Things get uglier when the men accost Caroline while she was on the way to the Mercantile to deliver eggs; when Charles goes to confront the Galenders, he too is beaten up. Reverend Alden realizes the Galenders are indeed nothing but thugs and invites them to church, to order them out of town.
Cast
Starring
- Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
- Lindsay Greenbush / Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
Supporting Cast
- Barney as Jack
- Richard Bull as Nels Oleson
- Katherine MacGregor as Harriet Oleson
- Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson
- Jonathan Gilbert as Willie Oleson
- Dabbs Greer as Reverend Robert Alden
- Kevin Hagen as Dr, Hiram Baker
- Charlotte Stewart as Eva Beadle
- Karl Swenson as Lars Hanson
- Victor French as Isaiah Edwards
Guest Stars
- Roy Jenson as George Galender
- Michael LeClair as Bubba Galender
- Geoffrey Lewis as Sam Galender
- Rayford Barnes as Bert Henderson
Uncredited Supporting Cast
- Bonnie Bartlett as Grace Edwards
- Ross Dollarhide as Townsman
- Rudy Doucette as Townsman
- Jaye Durkus as Townsman
- Jack Lilley as Townsman
- Carl Pitti as Townsman
- Cindy Moore as Tall Schoolgirl
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