Upset over the cancellation of the long-running series, Landon, who also served as Little House's writer and executive producer, came up with a storyline that leveled the set so no other productions could use it. And, in a clear message to network executives, he would be the one to blow it up.
"That whole experience from reading the script until the last day was the longest funeral I'd ever attended."
The shocking storyline moment came after Walnut Grove's residents decided to blow up their town rather than leave their homes to a greedy land developer. It was a bold, symbolic ending that mirrored Michael Landon’s frustration with the show’s cancellation.
Melissa Gilbert says Michael Landon was 'angry' over 'Little House's' end
In a February 2025 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Melissa Gilbert shared details of those fateful, final days of filming Little House on the Prairie. She revealed that Michael Landon was "angry" over the show's cancellation and reportedly wanted to send NBC a clear message.
NBCU Photo Bank"It was just such a disrespectful thing to do to him," the actress added. "For me personally, that whole experience from reading the script until the last day was the longest funeral I'd ever attended."
"To see these buildings — they were not just façades, they were buildings — where we'd gone to school, where we'd communed, where we gathered and spent such an intense 10 years of all of our lives just flattened."
Additionally, Landon tearfully told TODAY the experience was like living in a house for years. 'You can liken it to people living in a house for ten years and then, blown up."
Do any buildings from the 'Little House' set remain?
The town's church was not part of the final explosive scene of Little House: The Last Farewell. Gilbert said it was a "conscious decision" to not demolish that particular structure, as it would symbolize "hatred."
Sadly, the last piece of the set left standing, the Ingalls home, was destroyed in a fire, reported The Sacramento Bee. “It’s one of the last props, if not the last props from the set,” Ventura County Fire Department spokesman Scott Dettorre told the outlet in 2019.
By destroying Walnut Grove, Michael Landon made sure the show ended exactly as he intended, on its own terms. In doing so, he left fans with a finale as unforgettable as the series itself.
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