Little House On The Prairie - Season Three (1976 - 1977/NBC/Lionsgate Blu-ray)

Picture: B Sound: B Extras: D Episodes: A-

Welcome to Little House On The Prairie. Join the Ingalls with Mary, Laura and Carrie as they grow up in Walnut Groove. Little Laura learns all about surviving in the wilderness, farming, life lessons and living with the other children in town. From the help taking care of her recent widowed Grandfather, a blizzard, Mary's engagement, to a mischievous billy goat Laura picks up, Laura learns how to face life with courage, kindness, understanding and acceptance.

Based on the popular children's book, Little House on the Prairie, it is about mainly the Ingalls family, a poor, but rich in spirit family living in the American frontier. The main characters are Laura, her sisters and her Ma and Pa. Her Pa is a hard working father with a strong morals and teaches his daughters how treat others fairly and equally. While Laura is your average normal girl, her innocence, kindness and joy is loved by all, and it is about how she connects with the people and how they all come together in Season Three of the hit series.

Whatever happened to the American dream? When fathers work hard to provide a better future for their families, and daughter's listened to their fathers? When all the town's citizens helped each other out in times of need. This was a wonderful heartwarming series for the family, each episode reminds people of the morals of a hard day worth of work, it's joys, it's challenges and meaning of family.

The 1080p 1.33 X 1 digital High Definition image transfers on Little can show the age of the materials used, but look good while the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 2.0 Mono lossless mixes on each show is warm and clear enough to just earn its rating. There are no extras, but here are the episodes for this season:

The Collection - The Ingalls help a man collect money for the needy, but the man isn't what he seems.

Bunny - After an accident Nellie fakes being injured and forces Laura to do her homework for her.

The Race - Laura and Nellie races their horses against each other.

Little Girl Lost - Carrie falls down an old mine shaft and the whole town works together to rescue her.

The Monster of Walnut Grove - It's Halloween and Laura thinks she saw Mr. Olsen behead Mrs. Olsen.

Journey in the Spring (Part 1) - Laura's Grandmother passes away and Pa wants to bring Grandpa to live with them.

Journey in the Spring (Part 2) - Laura's horse dies and Grandpa helps Laura come to understand life and death.

Fred - Laura brings a mischievous goat home that no one wants.

The Bully Boys - A family of con artists comes to town and cheats everyone.

The Hunter - Laura goes hunting with her Pa, but Pa accidentally gets shot.

Blizzard - A Blizzard hits town and all the children are missing.

I'll Ride the Wind - Mary gets engaged.

Quarantine - A deadly fever hits the nearby towns and Willow Grove.

Little Women - The girls put on a play to help a little girl connect with her mother.

Injun Kid - A young Indian boy has to deal with town and his grandfather who won't accept him.

To Live Without Fear (Part 1) - Mary needs to go to a big city for an operation to save her life.

To Live Without Fear (Part 2) - Pa works in a tunnel get money for Mary's operation, but there is a cave in.

The Wisdom of Solomon - A young runaway African American shows the Ingalls the importance of learning to read.

The Music Box - Laura steals Nellie's music box.

The Election - The kids learn about how to vote ...and opens a can of worms.

Gold Country - The Ingalls learn about gold fever and how it turns men into green eyed monsters.

- Ricky Chiang