The Fighter

Episode aired Nov 21, 1977
TV-PG
50m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

343

YOUR RATING

Michael Landon and Moses Gunn in Little House on the Prairie (1974)

Drama Family Romance Western

A road-weary, aging boxer who has sacrificed his family and his health for the only career he has ever known, comes to a long-dreaded crossroads when he unexpectedly meets his match in a rin... Read allA road-weary, aging boxer who has sacrificed his family and his health for the only career he has ever known, comes to a long-dreaded crossroads when he unexpectedly meets his match in a ring in Walnut Grove.A road-weary, aging boxer who has sacrificed his family and his health for the only career he has ever known, comes to a long-dreaded crossroads when he unexpectedly meets his match in a ring in Walnut Grove.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

343

YOUR RATING

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1sln-48459

Bored me to sleep

I have binge watched every single episode on Amazon Prime, and I could not make it through the first 10 minutes of this one....yawn.

5mitchrmp

Nah

Nope. This was never one of my favorites. Wrestling just bores me to tears - it's just a personal preference, so...if you like it and you like LHOTP, then you'll love this one!

Of course the best part of this episode is seeing Ketti Lester (who later returns to play Hester Sue (can't spell last name), a teacher at the blind school and later a cook in the restaurant and a love interest for Joe Kagan (Moses Gunn) It's interesting that Joe Kagan, who's the same character to come back later on the show, is actually married tot he same woman who played divorcée, Hester Sue. Interestingly, she is not divorced from Joe Kagan...

The banter between Charles, Jonathan, and Dr. Baker in this episode is also priceless.

Trivia
Ketty Lester, who played Janie Kagan, would later go on to play Hester-Sue Terhune.

Goofs
There is a preliminary bout in the 1865 flashback. Since boxing matches at the time weren't timed or limited as to rounds, and often lasted for hours, prize fights almost always featured just a single bout.