Laura’s eventual love interest Almanzo first appeared on the show as the new schoolteacher’s brother in the season 6 premiere of “Back to School”. imdb, Spoke with Dean Butler daily Planet about her time on the iconic show, and she revealed her favorite episode of Season 6’s “Sweet Sixteen,” marking — you guessed it — Laura’s 16th birthday. Butler liked that episode because, as he recalled, “It was a huge turning point for Melissa Gilbert as Laura and it was a turning point for me in the work I was doing as Alamanzo and It was a huge turning point in the series.” That defining moment was the first kiss between Laura and Almanzo.
It was also 15-year-old Gilbert’s first kiss ever; Butler was 23 years old, Peru imdb, In a joint interview with Gilbert and Butler on Hallmark Channel’s “Home and Family” talk show, Gilberto Told That before the kiss, she was “horrified” and also revealed that it must have been “a huge responsibility” for co-star Butler. For his part, he called Gilbert “brave” because his first kiss was in character and on-screen. It seems she had to be brave because apparently in the background, Gilbert’s mother was crying audible, Pero. stars in the house,
