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Well, here we go again. Mrs. Oleson is once again learning the truth about discrimination. It seems we've been down this road several times with her and it seems she's never learned.

John is a big player in this episode. This is the first episode he's really had a big part in, and he comes shining through! He meets Lou Bates, a little person, when Lou's wife goes into labor and asks for help. After his wife dies, John talks him into settling in Walnut Grove.

Enter Mrs. Oleson in all her dark beauty! Mrs. Oleson is not happy with Lou working for her or for the bank and makes some threats. But when one of her own family members is in trouble, she may be signing to a different tune...

The story is good, though the discrimination line is getting a little older. Every time, Mrs. Oleson learns her lesson in the end, but we find out in the next discriminating episode that she hasn't learned a thing.

While I watched the episode "Little Lou" when it first aired in 1982, I kept thinking I've seen this story before. The story is about a circus midget who gains respect by an act of heroism. I was sure this same story was on Lorne Greene's classic series BONANZA ("It's A Small World"). Both episodes starred Michael Landon which only added to the deja vu. I was a bit disappointed that Michael Landon would redo the same story. I see Michael Landon wrote both episodes so at least he wasn't ripping off someone else. Both stories are deep in pathos and suspense but it is a bit of a let down that a well respected show would rehash a plot line from a similarly well respected show that I'm sure many viewers would have been familiar with.

This was the same exact episode from Bonanza but a few different characters. Little Joe/ Charles Ingalls used the exact episode from Bonanza!