The Wild Boy

One of my favorite later episodes. Just saw it Friday for the first time in many years.

I don't like this episodes.

I loved Isaiah's speech at the end of this two-part episode.

Me too. Not one of my favs, but still worth to watch.

Vanesa.

I like this episode, although I have not seen it for quite a while. But I really hate it when later Mr. Edwards gives up Matthew.

bethandmanly wrote:

I loved Isaiah's speech at the end of this two-part episode.

It was good.

I'm sure alot of this thing went on back then. There was alot of traveling shows and they used anything that would bring in a dime.
Human life and feelings are worth so much more than how they abused Matthew. Jonathan Hall Kovacs did a wonderful job as Matthew in this. The sign language was great.

wow. So ppl did anything for money.

This episode is so touching...

Interesting fact about Wild Boy. Jonathon Hall Kovacs played the deaf boy.
He is actually deaf in real life.....

I had no idea.

Yes. He is. I've read it in Patrick Loubatière's book. And Jonathan Hall Kovacs is also mute, as some deaf people uses to be.

Vanesa.

I liked this episode

Vanesa wrote:

Yes. He is. I've read it in Patrick Loubatière's book. And Jonathan Hall Kovacs is also mute, as some deaf people uses to be.

Vanesa.

Jonathon Hall Kovacs Today

Mr. Edward's does do a nice speech at the end, I wish there were more stories that were like this in quality toward the last years.
The actor's were still good, they just had less to work with.

Vanesa wrote:

Yes. He is. I've read it in Patrick Loubatière's book. And Jonathan Hall Kovacs is also mute, as some deaf people uses to be.

Vanesa.

I saw this book was for sale on Amazon through third party sellers for about 8.50. Was it a good book...was it just a coffee table type of book?

littlehouselover wrote:

Mr. Edward's does do a nice speech at the end, I wish there were more stories that were like this in quality toward the last years.
The actor's were still good, they just had less to work with.

I will always believe that that scene was Victor French's finest hour on Little House. It was Emmy material.
You are right about season 9 and the actors having less to work with. However, most long running shows end up the same in the last season. They simply run out of good material.
My Bright Spots in Season 9 were:
The Wild Boy
Marvins Garden
Home Again
May I Have This Dance
Hello and Goodbye
The Love of Blanche was pretty cute.

I liked May I have this Dance very much and Wild Boy. Home Again (to see Albert and Charles together again) was also a good one, dramatic roles for both.
I know they were running out of material but really they could have thought of more things, I think they saw the writing on the wall and knew it was ending soon. That's why some show go off "early" so to speak. I'm glad they stayed on though.
Another "quirk" was not showing Mathew especially during episodes like "Love" where Mr. Edwards falls in love with Jane and you never see him again. Maybe he was busy but they could have said he was at school or something.

littlehouselover wrote:

I liked May I have this Dance very much and Wild Boy. Home Again (to see Albert and Charles together again) was also a good one, dramatic roles for both.
I know they were running out of material but really they could have thought of more things, I think they saw the writing on the wall and knew it was ending soon. That's why some show go off "early" so to speak. I'm glad they stayed on though.
Another "quirk" was not showing Mathew especially during episodes like "Love" where Mr. Edwards falls in love with Jane and you never see him again. Maybe he was busy but they could have said he was at school or something.

[b]Yeah,Season 9 wasnt the best. They had a few good esp tho

I loved this episode! I like how Laura, Almanzo and Mr. Edwards helped Matthew and took him in. Of course, Harriet and Nancy show their awful sides again, as they would rather have the $50 reward money and give the boy back to McQueen to be mistreated. I love when Nels destroys all of the elixir in front of Harriet... it gets even better when he ripped the $50 bank draft into pieces before her eyes!

But the ending was by far the best part! Mr. Edwards "speech" at the end in front of the judge was some of the best acting ever! I really like how he walks out and the judge follows him... then the judge tells him to take Matthew over to the authorities in 20 years and to pretend the judge was never there. Mr. Edwards runs back into the church and tells Matthew that he doesn't have to go, and that he can stay right there in Walnut Grove! Great ending!

LauraIngallsfan wrote:

I loved this episode! I like how Laura, Almanzo and Mr. Edwards helped Matthew and took him in. Of course, Harriet and Nancy show their awful sides again, as they would rather have the $50 reward money and give the boy back to McQueen to be mistreated. I love when Nels destroys all of the elixir in front of Harriet... it gets even better when he ripped the $50 bank draft into pieces before her eyes!

But the ending was by far the best part! Mr. Edwards "speech" at the end in front of the judge was some of the best acting ever! I really like how he walks out and the judge follows him... then the judge tells him to take Matthew over to the authorities in 20 years and to pretend the judge was never there. Mr. Edwards runs back into the church and tells Matthew that he doesn't have to go, and that he can stay right there in Walnut Grove! Great ending!

Sweet ending.

This is good episode. I didn't like McQueen. Glad, the judge had a change of heart. In part 2. In court. I was wondering who was watching Rose Wilder? Almost everyone in town, show up in court. All I can think of, is Mrs. Foster watching Rose. I didn't see her, in court. The mystery of who was babysitting Rose?

I liked this episode though I wish Matthew had been in more episodes after this one! Mr. Edwards speech at the end of the episode seemed so unlike him because he always seemed like a man of few words that were not that serious. But I'm glad he stood up for Matthew when it seemed like no one else was going to.

I also liked that this was one of the few episodes when Nels stood up to Harriet. I wish that had happened more often throughout the series because she sure deserved it. It also showed how awful Nancy really was- all she cared about was money and nice things and never even began to consider another person's feelings! Nancy in one of her worst moments and Nels in one of his better moments.