Iconic ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Star Reflects on Controversial Scene’s Modern Infeasibility

On a recent episode of the ‘Little House 50’ podcast, Alison Arngrim, who played Nellie Oleson in ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ discussed the iconic 1977 episode ‘Here Come the Brides’ with host Pamela Bob and co-star Dean Butler. The episode, which aired as part of the fourth season of the show, explored the romantic tension between Oleson and Luke Simms, a character played by Bob Marsic. Arngrim, who was 15 at the time of filming, noted that the age gap between the characters and the lack of modern safeguards like intimacy coordinators would make such a storyline unlikely today.