The Waltons

1972 • CBS
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Season 7 episodes (23)

1 The Empty Nest - Part I&2
9/21/78
The family mourns Grandpa's death--and celebrates his life. John struggles to fill a huge lumber contract, while Mary Ellen and Erin become roommates in Charlottesville. Corabeth opens a tearoom.

The family mourns Grandpa's death--and celebrates his life. John struggles to fill a huge lumber contract, while Mary Ellen and Erin become roommates in Charlottesville. Corabeth opens a tearoom.
2 The Calling
9/28/78
Jim-Bob falls in love with a young woman who is struggling to decide whether or not to become a nun.

Ben hires a mill hand with an alcohol problem.
3 The Moonshiner
10/12/78
Jason takes responsibility for cousin Boone when he gets in trouble with the law, and Daisy comes back for a visit.
4 The Obsession
10/19/78
Mary Ellen becomes dependent on drugs while preparing for her final exams for nursing school. Sissy wants to divorce Yancy.
5 The Changling
10/26/78
Just before her thirteenth birthday, Elizabeth becomes reluctant to grow up, and she generates a poltergeist, which causes mischief. Jason has an advice-to-the-lovelorn radio show and gets into more trouble than he can handle.
6 The Portrait
11/2/78
Erin becomes involved with a brooding artist who is mentally ill. Grandma is given a canary that will not sing.
7 The Captive
11/9/78
Elizabeth has trouble learning to drive. Corabeth's drinking gets worse.
8 The Illusion
11/16/78
Verdie Foster's daughter comes home, bitter toward her mother for educating her beyond her social level as a young black woman. Erin seeks a job locally.
9 The Beau
11/23/78
Elizabeth is horrified when an old suitor of Grandma's comes calling. Yancy switches his still to produce fuel instead of moonshine.
10 Day Of Infamy
12/7/78
News of the Pearl Harbor attack affects each of the Waltons--especially Mary Ellen, as her husband is a doctor stationed in Hawaii and she is about to join him there.
11 The Yearning
12/14/78
Elizabeth falls in love with the new Reverend. Erin helps the Baldwin sisters compile their memoirs.
12 The Boosters
12/28/78
Ben leaves the mill and starts a business of his own. Yancy Tucker takes a correspondence course to become a barber.
13 The Conscience
1/4/79
Jason considers becoming a conscientious objector to military service, and Jim Bob gets a military tattoo.
14 The Obstacle
1/11/79
The Walton family helps an old friend of John-Boy's who is convinced he has no future because has been physically disabled during World War II.

Ben and Ike become "song and dance men" as their contribution on the war effort.
15 The Parting
1/18/79
Olivia and John take a vacation together, but after the vacation, Olivia learns that she has tuberculosis and must go away to a sanitarium.
16 The Burden
1/25/79
Jim Bob narrowly escapes death and decides to become a minister.

Elizabeth works on a science project that involves collecting insects.
17 The Pin-Up
2/8/79
Erin becomes the pin-up girl of Camp Lee when Ben enters her photo in a contest.

Mary Ellen becomes obsessed with her role as a mother to John Curtis.
18 The Attack
2/15/79
Ike has a heart attack from the stress of war-time shortages, and the Waltons pitch in to keep the store going.

Ben and Jim-Bob build a sorghum mill to produce molasses.
19 The Legacy
2/22/79
Excitement and romance come to Walton's Mountain with the arrival of Ashley Longworth, Jr. Elizabeth experiences adolescent insecurity.
20 The Outsider
3/1/79
Ben shocks the family when he comes home with a new bride, but the first days of their marriage are difficult until Grandma intervenes.
21 The Torch
3/8/79
A former girlfriend of John's buys the Dew Drop Inn, and the children worry that he will be vulnerable to her charms.

Elizabeth and Cindy open a canteen for the troops from Camp Rockfish.
22 The Tailspin
3/15/79
Jim Bob is despondent when he fails an eye exam--which will bar him from entering the Air Corps.
23 Founder's Day
3/22/79
Jason struggles to complete a major musical composition, and a plan for a Walton's Mountain Founders' Day develops.

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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