Little People, Big World

- Season 3

(2007)

After a fiasco with the parking on his property the weekend before Halloween Matt knows that he'll have to aggressively defend his farm practices but an accident at the trebutchet, that involves his youngest son and his business partner, brings Matt outside. The consequences of the accident are almost deadly.

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.

Matt hires an engineering consultant to assess the safety of the farm's attractions. Matt's father Ron is involved in a serious car accident.

Before leaving for a convention, Matt plots a surprise birthday party for Amy and Molly.

Matt makes a motivational speech at a Pennsylvania college.

The twins become old enough to get their driver's licenses.

Zach gives high-school soccer another shot; Jeremy learns he did not make the Olympic Development soccer team.

This "lost" episode rewinds to the end of summer 2005. Jeremy and Matt embark on a 'dirty' showdown with a pesky mole that's determined to wreak havoc on the Roloff's lawn. Jacob's feet also 'reek' their own mayhem on the family, and require some immediate parental attention from Matt.

Matt turns a barn into a men's crisis center; Matt finds his childhood diary.

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 passions and vision.

Jacob's new bad attitude causes frustration for Amy. Matt and Jeremy take Rocky to the Vet.

While Amy is busy juggling her kids' events, working 2 jobs, and doing her chores at home, she is suddenly taxed with finding host families for three visiting soccer coaches. Meanwhile, Matt impulsively decides to clean the house from top to bottom.

An inventive bicycle designer custom builds Zach a bike that allows him to keep up with his average-height brother.

With just 1 week before Halloween, Matt decides to throw an impromptu Harvest Party to promote his pumpkin business. When Matt tries to enlist the Roloff kids' support for the idea, Zach storms off, annoyed by Matt's haphazard, last-minute planning.

Amy takes Zach to a surgeon who will perform an operation to correct his bowed legs.

The Family heads the Oakland, CA for Zach's knee surgery. Matt tries to help Zach calm down before the operation.

Zach's whole family gathers in oakland for his knee surgery.

Marty visits the farm to cheer Zach up.

Matt begins remodeling the kid's bedrooms.

When Jacob reaches 10 years old Matt plans a surprise for him that he won't soon forget. Matt hires someone to paint the constellations on Jacob's bedroom walls so that he can look at the constellations and planets.

The kids have a snow day, but Zach cannot play in the snow because of his cast.

Amy and Zach fly down to Oakland, California to get Zach's cast off.

After Zach gets his cast off, he does physical therapy. But when he thinks it is okay to run, his leg begins hurting.

Matt buys a 1968 Camaro for Jeremy to fix up if he can get his grades up.

Matt has a lot of projects going on at one time; the men's crisis center is complete.

Microtel Inns and Hawthorn Suites order 400 of Matt's little people accesibility kits.

Jeremy agrees to help complete the rest of the farm's remodel in exchange for something else from his parents; Amy receives an invitation from Central Michigan University, where she went to school, to give a speech to the students. So Matt and Amy go to a speaking conference in Las Vegas.

Amy has trouble getting ready for her speech at Central Michigan University with all the excitement going on around the farm, and she is nervous about the talk as she travels to the school; Amy reminisces about her time in college.

The family takes a trip to the theme park Knott's Berry Farm in California for a fun vacation, but Zach is disappointed to learn he won't be able to ride all of the roller coasters with the other kids because of his shunt.

Five Roloff family members head for the LPA conference in Phoenix. After they arrive back home, Matt surprises everyone with an RV trip to the Yosemite and Grand Canyon national parks.

Previously unaired interviews with the family highlight this retrospective of the first season.

The Roloffs look back on the previous year and comment on the changes to the farm and family.