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May I Have This Dance (1983)
Overview
TV Series:
"Little House on the Prairie" (1974)Original Air Date:
14 March 1983 (Season 9, Episode 21)Plot:
When Willie announces his plans to marry sweetheart Rachel Brown and manage the hotel-restaurant bearing his sister's name... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Mrs Oleson's farewell moreUS TV Schedule:
| Mon. Aug. 4 | 3:00 PM | HALMRK | May I Have This Dance? | #9.21 |
Cast
(Episode Credited cast)| Melissa Gilbert | ... | Laura Ingalls Wilder | |
| Dean Butler | ... | Almanzo James Wilder | |
| Scottie MacGregor | ... | Harriet Oleson (as Katherine MacGregor) | |
| Richard Bull | ... | Nels Oleson | |
| Kevin Hagen | ... | Dr. Hiram Baker | |
| Dabbs Greer | ... | Reverend Robert Alden | |
| Jonathan Gilbert | ... | Willie Oleson | |
| Allison Balson | ... | Nancy Oleson | |
| Stan Ivar | ... | John Carter | |
| Pamela Roylance | ... | Sarah Reed Carter | |
| Lindsay Kennedy | ... | Jeb Carter | |
| David Friedman | ... | Jason Carter | |
| Shannen Doherty | ... | Jenny Wilder | |
| Leslie Landon | ... | Etta Plum | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ruth Foster | ... | Melinda Foster | |
| Jack Ging | ... | Mr. Brown | |
| Sherri Stoner | ... | Rachel Brown Oleson | |
| Barbara Townsend | ... | Mrs. Mae Flannery | |
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It's the last episode where Mrs Oleson (McGregor) plays a prominent part.She briefly appears in "Hello and Goodbye" and is absent from the three final episodes.But what makes this "May I have this dance ? " so endearing is that ,for the first time in nine years,Mr and Mrs Oleson show romanticism.That makes this episode the most unexpected one.
Willie is at the crossing of the roads:shall he go to college or shall he marry Rachel?For his proud mother,this girl who wants to steal his clever son from her is not worth any king's shilling.But Willie,like Nellie before him has become more mature and he has understood that the only way to become a true man is to leave his stifling milieu.
I must say that the Olesonless episodes -with a few exceptions-fail to excite me.