"Little House on the Prairie" was a heartwarming, family-oriented hit that offered viewers a gentler vision of life in the 1800s Midwest, but the central Ingalls family was never without hardship. One especially devastating story became star Melissa Gilbert's favorite of the series. Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls for nine seasons of one of the best Western shows of all time, told USA Today in 2024 that her favorite storyline was Season 1's two-part "The Lord Is My Shepherd." "The Lord Is My Shepherd" centers on the birth of Charles, a new baby boy in the Ingalls family. Laura, the second-oldest Ingalls sibling, grows jealous when her new brother becomes the focus of the family's attention.