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The Landmark Series That Celebrates Family.
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
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The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
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Episode 1
Everybody mourns the death of Grandpa Zeb and Flossie Brimmer. John struggles hard to fill a huge lumber contract and Mary Ellen & Erin move to Charlottesville and they get an apartment.
Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Michael Conrad, Mary Jackson, Peggy Rea, Helen Kleeb, Dick Whittington
Episode 2
Jim-Bob meets the Baldwin's cousin, a young girl who is in a convent preparing to become a nun. Ben hires a mill hand who turns out to be an alcoholic.
Directed by Gwen ArnerWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Stacey Nelkin, Mary Jackson, Bruce French, Helen Kleeb, Jeanette Nolan, Mitzi Hoag
Episode 3
Boone Walton comes back to Walton's mountain and gets in trouble with the law. Boone gets released in Jason's custody. Daisy Garner also comes back to Walton's Mountain to visit.
Directed by Lawrence DobkinGuest stars Ford Rainey, Mary Jackson, Deirdre Lenihan, Helen Kleeb, Morgan Woodward
Episode 4
Mary Ellen gets prescription drugs and abuses them in order to study long hours for her Nurse's exam. Cissy Tucker Yancy Tucker's wife has had enough and she puts her foot down.
Directed by Gwen ArnerGuest stars Alley Mills, Robert Donner, Mary Jackson, Deirdre Lenihan, Helen Kleeb, Tom Bower
Episode 5
Just before Elizabeth's 13th birthday, she becomes reluctant to grow up and creates a poltergeist. Jason starts a new job as a radio talk show host giving advice to the lovelorn.
Directed by Lawrence DobkinWritten by Robert PiroshGuest stars Russ Marin
Episode 6
Erin is both attracted and repelled by a brooding artist who is here from Paris. As part of a war-time mural on the wall of an old house the artist asks to paint Erin's portrait.
Directed by Ralph SenenskyGuest stars Jared Martin
Episode 7
Jim-Bob tries to teach Elizabeth to drive. Corabeth 's drinking problem becomes severe and Elizabeth has to drive Aimee and Corabeth home.
Guest stars Mary Jackson, Helen Kleeb
Episode 8
Ester Verdie's daughter comes back to Walton's Mountain disillusioned over having a college degree & unable to land a meaningful job. Erin helps her find a job at J.D. Pickett's plant.
Written by John McGreeveyGuest stars Todd Bridges, Lynn Hamilton, Lewis Arquette
Episode 9
Grandma's ex-boyfriend comes calling on Grandma much to the horror of Elizabeth. Jim-Bob persuades Yancy Tucker to make fuel in his still instead of moonshine.
Directed by Gwen ArnerGuest stars Lisa Lindgren, Robert Donner, Arthur Space
Episode 10
Christmas 1941. Mary Ellen says she will be going to be with Curt in Hawaii. News from Pearl Harbor comes and the Waltons are told that Curt is dead.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Art Gilmore, Lynn Hamilton
Episode 11
Elizabeth falls in love with the minister when he is forced out of the parsonage by a skunk. Erin is helping the Baldwin sisters write their memoirs and Erin finds a ring that was left by Ashley Longworth.
Guest stars Mary Jackson, Helen Kleeb
Episode 12
Ben talks the townspeople into opening an auto court against John's advice. Yancy Tucker goes into business for himself.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Robert PiroshGuest stars Robert Donner, Mary Jackson, Helen Kleeb, Ethelreda Leopold
Episode 13
Jason has second thoughts about joining the military service and considers becoming a Conscientious Objector much to Ben's dismay. Jim-Bob gets a military tattoo.
Directed by Gwen ArnerWritten by Michael McGreeveyGuest stars Wayne Northrop, Hal Bokar
Episode 14
Mike Paxton, John-Boy's old friend, is confined to a wheel chair and believes there is no hope for the future. Through the help of the family, he comes out of his shell.
Guest stars Lewis Arquette
Episode 15
John and Olivia are both tired so Olivia suggests a trip, but the vacation does not help Olivia. Olivia sees a doctor and is told she has TB and must go to a sanitarium.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Barbara Tarbuck, Booth Colman, Neva Patterson, Marshall Reed
Episode 16
After a car jack slips and falls and Jim-Bob escapes serious injury, Jim-Bob decides to become a minister.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Tony Moran, Ivor Francis
Episode 17
Ben enters a casual picture of Erin in a contest where she wins 1st prize. She finds herself the center of attention and the official pin-up girl of Camp Lee to John's dismay.
Directed by Larry StewartGuest stars David Hinton
Episode 18
Ike has a heart attack because of the pressures and shortages of war-time shop-keeping. The Walton children pitch in and help keep Ike's store open in his absence.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Stanley Grover
Episode 19
Ashley Longworth Jr, who bears striking resemblance to his dad, comes to the Baldwin home and is courted by Miss Emily and Erin.
Guest stars Jonathan Frakes, Mary Jackson, Helen Kleeb
Episode 20
Ben comes home in the middle of the night with his new wife Cindy and they set up housekeeping in the shed. The early years of marriage aren't easy until Grandma steps in.
Directed by Philip Leacock
Episode 21
Cally May, John's ex-girlfriend, comes to Walton's mountain and buys the Dew Drop Inn. John and Olivia's kids try to protect John from Cally May's attention. Ike, Cindy and Elizabeth turn Godsey's hall into a canteen for soldiers from Camp Rockfish.
Guest stars Wyatt Knight
Episode 22
Jim-Bob can not join the Air Corps because he fails the eye exam. Jim-Bob decides to run off and join the Army.
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Episode 23
Jason tries desperately with his music professor to meet the course's requirements of an original composition. He composes Appalachian Portrait while he plans the piece.
Guest stars Dean Jagger, Mary Jackson, Helen Kleeb, Hank Stohl
Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026
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