The Waltons

1972 • CBS
4.9
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Season 4 episodes (24)

1 The Sermon
75-09-11
When Walton Mountain's only schoolteacher and its minister suddenly decide to get married, their only chance for a honeymoon depends on Olivia taking over the classroom and John-Boy giving the Sunday sermon.
2 The Genius
75-09-18
The Walton household is upset when John-Boy brings home a teenage college-student genius with a photographic memory.
3 The Fighter
75-09-25
The Walton family befriends a young, black preacher who wants to earn money to start his own church by becoming a professional prizefighter.
4 The Prophecy
75-10-02
Thinking himself a failure compared to his more successful former classmates, John Walton is apprehensive and irritable as he contemplates his high school class' 25th reunion.
5 The Boondoggle
75-10-09
When an investigative reporter comes to Walton's Mountain to write a historical guide to the State of Virginia, he uncovers a secret that embarrasses the Baldwin sisters and angers the rest of the community.
6 The Breakdown
75-10-16
Jason Walton stretches himself to the breaking point by working too hard to prove his self-worth.
7 The Wingwalker
75-10-23
Death-Defying Bobby Storm, a beautiful, young stuntwoman, offers her dangerously troubled heart to John-Boy Walton
8 The Competition
75-10-30
Olivia Walton and her daughter, Erin, must face intense life challenges when forced to give up newfound love relationships.
9 The Emergence
75-11-06
The Walton children learn that it is not easy having their mother as a substitute teacher, and John-Boy rediscovers a former girlfriend.
10 The Loss
75-11-13
When a young widow comes to stay in their home, the Walton children learn a hard lesson about how to cope with another person's grief.
11 The Abdication
75-11-20
John-Boy Walton shares an inner bond with Edward the Eighth, King of England, when he faces the most important professional and personal decision of his life.
12 The Estrangement
75-12-04
A frightened, young mother seeks refuge in the Walton home when she leaves her husband.
13 The Nurse
75-12-11
Mary Ellen's ambition to become a nurse is tested by disappointment and an experience with death.
14 The Intruders
75-12-18
A rival lumber company threatens to put Walton and Sons out of business, and young Ben Walton picks the worst possible time to leave home.
15 The Search
76-01-01
Olivia, Jim Bob and Elizabeth become lost on Walton's Mountain.
16 The Secret
76-01-08
Convinced he was adopted, young Jim-Bob Walton searches for the truth about his birth and finds it shrouded in mystery.
17 The Fox
76-01-15
Grandpa Zeb Walton is just as surely trapped by a set of unique circumstances as a wild, young mountain animal captured by Ben Walton.
18 The Burn Out - Part I/The Burn Out - Part II
76-01-22
A flash fire demolishes the second floor of the Walton's house and begins a series of events that threatens to destroy the family.

A flash fire demolishes the second floor of the Walton's home and starts a series of events that threatens to destroy the family.
19 The Big Brother
76-01-29
John-Boy undertakes an act of charity that exposes the family to the unexpected wiles of a most unlikely con artist.
20 The Test
76-02-05
Olivia Walton must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a remarkable business opportunity.
21 The Quilting
76-02-12
Grandma is determined to have a quilting for Mary Ellen to announce she's of marrying age. But Mary Ellen considers the custom insulting.
22 The House
76-02-19
Grandpa Walton wins a contract to demolish an old house that holds many dear memories for Grandma.
23 The Fledgling
76-02-26
Would-be newspaper publisher John-Boy battles to scrape together enough money for an old printing press.
24 The Collision
76-03-04
A former girlfriend returns to Walton's Mountain and challenges John-Boy to reexamine his goals.

About this show

Winner of 13 Emmys®, including Outstanding Drama Series, this beloved, heartwarming and long-running family drama is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where young John-Boy (Golden Globe nominee Richard Thomas) and his close-knit family struggle together from the Depression to World War II. Money is scarce, but love and pride is plentiful.

Ratings and reviews

4.9
492 reviews
Gwyn Huff
September 23, 2015
The Waltons is a 1970's TV series that is still relevant today. It's relevance is that it depicts the moral and social expectations of rural USA in the 1930's-family roles and economic priorities and childrens' roles. Whether the 1970's changes in family structure and the social events were played out by the television writers is beyond my scope to comment, The Waltons TV show is a door for discussion and thought with current generations.
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Tony Marella
May 2, 2017
Much of the shows of the 70's focused on large families, Post WW or current they covered various struggles and some humor, void of profanity or sexual scenes. It is a classic show that is loved The Homecoming is still my favorite growing up watching the Walton's on Sunday evenings Maybe big networks would revive big family theme shows . Nice change from the current
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Eileen Tsiapanos
January 28, 2016
family show set in the mountains of Virginia in pre and post WW2. A show I grew up on and have watched with my own children. It may well be 'out of date', 'out of style', etc., but still a great watch.
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