History Recap / LittleHouseOnThePrairieS9E7TheEmpireBuilders

* CommunityThreateningConstruction: The railroad is initially welcomed into town until it's revealed that it its works invovle displaicng people from their lands, and that it's bringing with it drunks and other rowdies that would completely transform the character of Walnut Grove. The town fights against the railroad and the railroad eventually redirects to go to a different small town.

* MoreDespicableMinion: While Hollingsworth is the true mind behind the railroad project which intends to drive people out of their lands and turn Wlanut Grove into a CompanyTown, his henchman, Halrn Wilkins, is the one shown orchestrating dirty tactics to convince the people to leave, up to and including threats and physical assault.

CommunityThreateningConstruction: The railroad is initially welcomed into town until it's revealed that it its works invovle displaicng people from their lands, and that it's bringing with it drunks and other rowdies that would completely transform the character of Walnut Grove. The town fights against the railroad and the railroad eventually redirects to go to a different small town.

* SoftGlass: During a brawl between two railroad workers for a seat, one of them is thrown through the window of Nellie's place, but gets up without so much as a scratch.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Although Mr. Hollingsworth is willing to let his men go to shady lengths to get the families out of their lands, he warns them that he doesn't want any bloodshed when a group of towsnmen take over the Carter Place and Harlan Wilkins suggests that they fight them off.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Perhaps unintentional because the episode was unrelated and not intended to bear a connection to what later came about that was written in the future, but it becomes ''much'' harsher to watch in hindsight of the series finale, where the premise of a railroad tycoon taking over the town will come up one more time. Here, the people in charge aren't powerful enough to get their way, but a few years later, one Nathan Lassiter, who ''is'' powerful enough to muscle his way through, will come snooping around wanting to make a land grab and signal the end of Walnut Grove.
* LeaveHimToMe: When Harlan Wilkins, a railroad enforcer who personally threatened the Carters shows up to finish his Bill at Nellie's place, Almanzo gets up ready to go after him, but John Carter (whose land was the pivotal center of the dispute and was beaten up for it) stops him and says "he's mine". He approaches Wilkins, punches him in the face and when Wilkins complains that he got dirt on his clothes, John Carter boasts about how he and the others, a bunch of dirt farmers, beat them [[TitleDrop empire builders]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Almanzo, John Carter, Mr. Edwards and other men take over the land at Plum Creek, without which the railroad couldn't be built and keep guard there to sabotage the railroad schedule, the company owner, Mr. Hollingsworth, invokes a reunion with their wives, hoping that they could visit their rebellious husbands and talk them out of it before there was any bloodshed. Laura, Sarah and the other women do visit the occupied Plum Creek... [[DareToBeBadass with guns of their own and announcing that they will join their husbands in defending the land]]. This turns out to be final nail in the coffin, as the company [[SlaveToPR can't be seen fighting a bunch of women]], which combined to their tight schedule, forces them to go for the plan B and build the railroad in Tracy instead.

* LeaveHimToMe: When Harlan Wilkins, a railroad enforcer who personally threatened the Carters shows up to finish his Bill at Nellie's place, Almanzo gets up ready to go after him, but John Carter (whose land was the pivotal center of the dispute and was beaten up for it) stops him and say "he's mine". He approaches Wilkins, punches him in the face and when Wilkins complains that he got dirt on his clothes, John Carter boasts about how he and the others, a bunch of dirt farmers, beat them [[TitleDrop empire builders]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Although Mr. Hollingsworth is willing to let his men go to shady lengths to gets the families out of their lands, he warns them that he doesn't want any bloodshed when a group of townmen take over the Carter Place and one of his men suggest that they fight them off.

LeaveHimToMr: When Harlan Wilkins, a railroad enforcer who personally threatened the Carters shows up to finish his Bill at Nellie's place, Almanzo gets up ready to go after him, but John Carter (whose land was the pivotal center of the dispute and was beaten up for it) stops him and say "he's mine". He approaches Wilkins, punches him in the face and when Wilkins complains that he got dirt on his clothes, John Carter boasts about how he and the others, a bunch of dirt farmers, beat them [[TitleDrop empire builders]].

LeaveHimToMr: When one of the railroad members who personally threatened the Carters shows up to finish his Bill at Nellie's place, Almanzo gets up ready to go after him, but John Carter (whose land was the pivotal center of the dispute and was beaten up for it) stops him and say "he's mine". He approaches the man, punches him in the face and when he complains that he got dirt on his clothes, John Carter boast about how he and others, a bunch of dirt farmers, beat them empire builders.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Almanzo, John Carter, Mr. Edwards and other men take over the land at Plum Creek, without which the railroad couldn't be built and keep guard there to sabotage the railroad schedule, the company owner, Mr. Hollingsworth, invokes a reunion with their wives, hoping that they could visit their rebellious husbands and talk them out of it before there was any bloodshed. Laura, Sarah and the other women do visit the occupied Plum Creek... [[DraeToBeBadass with guns of their own and announcing that they will join their husbands in defending the land]]. This turns out to be final nail in the coffin, as the company [[SlaveToPR can't be seen fighting a bunch of women]], which combined to their tight schedule, forces them to go for the plan B and build the railroad in Tracy instead.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Almanzo, John Carter, Mr. Edwards and other men take over the land at Plum Creek, without which the railroad couldn't be built and keep guard there to sabotage the railroad schedule, the company owner, Mr. Hollingsworth, invokes a reunion with their wives, hoping that they could visit their rebellious husbands and talk them out of it before there was any bloodshed. Laura, Sarah and the other women do visit the occupied Plum Creek... with guns of their own and announcing that they will join their husbands in defending the land. This turns out to be final nail in the coffin, as the company [[SlaveToPR can't be seen fighting a bunch of women]], which combined to their tight schedule, forces them to go for the plan B and build the railroad in Tracy instead.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Almanzo, John Carter, Mr. Edwards and other men take over the land at Plum Creek, without which the railroad couldn't be built and keep guard there to sobotage the railroad schedule, the company owner, Mr. Hollingsworth, invokes a reunion with their wives, hoping that they could visit their rebellious husbands and talk them out of it before there was any bloodshed. Laura, Sarah and the other women do visit the occupied Plum Creek... with guns of their own and announcing that they will join their husbands in defending the land. This turns out to be final nail in the coffin, as the company [[SlaveToPR can't be seen fighting a bunch of women]], which combined to their tight schedule, forces them to go for the plan B and build the railroad in Tracy instead.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Almanzo, John Carter, Mr. Edwards and other men take over the house at Plum Creek, without which the railroad couldn't be built, the company owner, Mr. Hollingsworth, invokes a reunion with their wives, hoping that they could visit their rebellous husbands and talk them out of it before there was any bloodshed. Laura, Sarah and the other women do visit the occupied Plum Creek... with guns of their own and announcing that they will join their husbands in defending the land. This turns out to be final nail in the coffin, as the company [[SlaveToThePR can't be seen fighting a bunch of women]], which combined to their tight schedule, forces them to go for the plan B and build the railroad in Tracy instead.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Perhaps unintentional because the episode was unrelated and not intended to bear a connection to what later came about that was written in the future, but it becomes ''much'' harsher to watch in hindsight of the series finale, where the premise of a railroad tycoon taking over the town will come up one more time. Here, the people in charge aren't powerful enough to get their way, but a few years later, one Nathan Lassiter, who ''is'' powerful enough to muscle his way through, will come snooping around wanting to make a land grab and signal the end of Walnut Grove.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Perhaps unintentional because the episode was unrelated, but it becomes ''much'' harsher to watch in hindsight of the series finale, where the premise of a railroad tycoon taking over the town will come up one more time. Here, the people in charge aren't powerful enough to get their way, but a few years later, one Nathan Lassiter will come snooping around wanting to make a land grab and signal the end of Walnut Grove.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Perhaps unintentional because the episode was unrelated, but it becomes ''much'' harsher to watch in hindsight of the series finale, where the premise of a railroad taking over the town will come up one more time. Here, the people in charge aren't powerful enough to get their way, but a few years later, one Nathan Lassiter will come snooping around wanting to make a land grab and signal the end of Walnut Grove.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Perhaps unintentional, but the premise of a railroad taking over the town will come up one more time. Here, the people in charge aren't powerful enough to get their way, but a few years later, one Nathan Lassiter will come snooping around wanting to make a land grab and signal the end of Walnut Grove.