The Waltons

1972 • CBS
4.8
37 reviews
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Season 4 episodes (24)

1 The Sermon
9/11/75
Season-only
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
9/18/75
Season-only
The Walton household is upset when John-Boy brings home a teenage college-student genius with a photographic memory.
3 The Fighter
9/25/75
Season-only
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
10/2/75
Season-only
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
10/9/75
Season-only
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
10/16/75
Season-only
Jason Walton stretches himself to the breaking point by working too hard to prove his self-worth.
7 The Wingwalker
10/23/75
Season-only
Death-Defying Bobby Storm, a beautiful, young stuntwoman, offers her dangerously troubled heart to John-Boy Walton
8 The Competition
10/30/75
Season-only
Olivia Walton and her daughter, Erin, must face intense life challenges when forced to give up newfound love relationships.
9 The Emergence
11/6/75
Season-only
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
11/13/75
Season-only
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
11/20/75
Season-only
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
12/4/75
Season-only
A frightened, young mother seeks refuge in the Walton home when she leaves her husband.
13 The Nurse
12/11/75
Season-only
Mary Ellen's ambition to become a nurse is tested by disappointment and an experience with death.
14 The Intruders
12/18/75
Season-only
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
1/1/76
Season-only
Olivia, Jim Bob and Elizabeth become lost on Walton's Mountain.
16 The Secret
1/8/76
Season-only
Convinced he was adopted, young Jim-Bob Walton searches for the truth about his birth and finds it shrouded in mystery.
17 The Fox
1/15/76
Season-only
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
1/22/76
Season-only
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
1/29/76
Season-only
John-Boy undertakes an act of charity that exposes the family to the unexpected wiles of a most unlikely con artist.
20 The Test
2/5/76
Season-only
Olivia Walton must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a remarkable business opportunity.
21 The Quilting
2/12/76
Season-only
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
2/19/76
Season-only
Grandpa Walton wins a contract to demolish an old house that holds many dear memories for Grandma.
23 The Fledgling
2/26/76
Season-only
Would-be newspaper publisher John-Boy battles to scrape together enough money for an old printing press.
24 The Collision
3/4/76
Season-only
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

4.8
37 reviews
Michael Turner
June 20, 2021
The 1 star is not for the show I would give the show a 100, I'm giving it 1 star for the price, why are they making you buy them individually and not as a boxset
Sharon Anyamele
January 19, 2015
Fantastic series was totally hooked on it at one time. But can watch for free on True Entertainment. ;)
7 people found this review helpful
Linda Rowan
January 28, 2018
Love this show, real family show.