Episode
Little People, Big World: While Matt's Away
Overview
Before heading to Florida for a convention, Matt plots a surprise birthday party for Amy and Molly. He gives the twins money, and asks them to get everything ready in time for his return, but worries that they might not come through.
Details
- Series
- Little People, Big World
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 2007-04-16
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
While Matt's Away is Episode 26 in Season 2 of Little People, Big World. It aired on 2007-04-16. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 25: Safety First
In light of the dangerous trebuchet accident, Matt decides to order a professional safety inspection of the entire farm. Meanwhile, Matt and Amy revisit familiar arguments over finances, and Amy struggles to impart the value of a dollar to the kids.
Episode 27: Big Matt on Campus
Jeremy's lackluster performance in school gets Matt and Amy thinking about his academic future. When Matt makes a motivational speech at a Pennsylvania college, he uses the opportunity to put in a plug for his C-student son.
More episodes from this season
Episode 24: Accident Aftermath
Jacob and Mike are treated at the hospital for their traumatic injuries. While Jacob goes into surgery, Amy holds vigil at the hospital. Matt holds down the fort at home, fielding endless calls from the local media interested in the bizarre accident.
Episode 28: Drive Me Crazy
The twins are 16 and old enough to get their drivers licenses. However, Jeremy must wait until his grades improve while Zach, who's still shaky behind the wheel, takes driving lessons. Meanwhile, Matt races his VW bug at a local drag strip.
Episode 23: Trebuchet Trouble
It's the last weekend of pumpkin season. Jacob and Mike are launching pumpkins with the trebuchet when something goes terribly wrong. The medieval catapult misfires, seriously injuring Mike and Jacob, and sending them both to the hospital.
Episode 29: The Twin's Big Play
After sitting out last season, Zach gives high school soccer another shot, but struggles to win the respect of his team. Jeremy is crushed when he fails to make the Olympic Development soccer team, while the twins' team has a shot at the playoffs.
Episode 22: Farm Overload
Roloff Farms' pumpkin season gets off to an overwhelming start, and unforeseen problems force Matt to temporarily shut the farm down. Matt celebrates his 45th birthday with much fanfare, including a surprise visit from a state senator.
Episode 30: Of Moles and Men
When Matt offers a $100 bounty for the capture of a particularly bothersome mole, Jeremy's efforts to trap the rodent kick into high gear. Jacob's increasingly stinky feet can no longer be ignored, and Matt applies his own secret foot powder.
Episode 21: Matt on a Mission
Matt first goes to a school to try and educate youngsters about dwarfism then he travels to California to meet Marty and a social worker who's trying to get a dwarf child named Chance adopted by people who want him and can afford his medical bills. Matt and Marty are the founders of CoDA, Colalition for Dwarf Advocacy and give Chance's social worker the financial means to hurry the adoption process through. Matt and Marty finally meet Chance and his hospital care giver, Grandma Nellie, who introduce them to Chance and his adoptive mother Michelle.
Episode 31: Men's Crisis Center
Matt turns a barn into a Men's Crisis Center where he can hang out with his sons, safe from female criticism. In the midst of the project, Matt discovers his childhood diary and Jacob has the ultimate camp out on the farm, complete with an apple war!
Episode 20: Twin Trouble
Another corporate picnic is coming to Roloff Farms. Matt and Amy have a few chores for the Roloff twins to do, but their laziness and mischief gets them grounded, and in turn, they are assigned a lot of extra work.
Episode 32: That's Agri-Tainment!
Matt hatches a scheme to raise cash by having truckloads of soil dumped on the farm, but an all-day caravan of dust and noise has Amy outraged. Still, when Matt shares his grand plan for the farm, Amy can't help but admire his passion and vision.