The Waltons

1972
4.9
34 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (24)

1 The Journey
9/13/73
Season-only
John-Boy sacrifices a date with the girl of his dreams to escort an elderly woman on the last and most important journey of her life: a return trip to the sea.
2 The Odyssey
9/20/73
Season-only
Trying to write a short story, John-Boy leaves home for a short time to seek privacy but finds himself in the awkward position of having to deliver a baby.
3 The Separation
9/27/73
Season-only
The Walton family has a monetary crisis, causing a grave misunderstanding that leads Grandpa to take Grandma and leave the family.
4 The Theft
10/4/73
Season-only
The integrity and pride of the Waltons is severely challenged when the head of a seemingly well-to-do, fashionable family accuses John Walton of being a thief.
5 The Roots
10/11/73
Season-only
When a migrant worker and his son come to Walton's mountain for work, the boy enjoys the Walton's family life so much that he strives to convince his father to stop roaming.
6 The Chicken Thief
10/18/73
Season-only
John-Boy faces a tough decision when he discovers a friend stealing chickens from a farmer who is shot by a thief the following night.
7 The Prize
10/25/73
Season-only
Olivia Walton must consider "what might have been" when one of her childhood suitors comes home as a wealthy, successful politician ... still attracted to the girl who turned him down.
8 The Braggart
11/1/73
Season-only
John Walton is asked to negotiate a professional baseball contract for a teenage orphan boy who pays a return visit to the Waltons, the only family he has ever known.
9 The Fawn
11/8/73
Season-only
Erin nurses an ophaned fawn, while John-Boy takes a job as a rent-collector for a hated landlord.
10 The Thanksgiving Story Part 1/The Thanksgiving Story Part 2
11/15/73
Season-only
The anticipated joy of Thanksgiving turns to sorrow for the Walton family when John-Boy suffers a head injury that prevents him from taking his college scholarship examination.
11 The Substitute
11/22/73
Season-only
A substitute teacher creates havoc among her young charges until she begins to learn some of the facts of life from the Waltons.
12 The Bequest
11/29/73
Season-only
Grandma Walton inherits $250 and with it a host of problems.
13 The Air Mail Man
12/13/73
Season-only
Olivia's surprise birthday party is attended by two unexpected guests when a United States Airmail plane makes an emergency landing in the Waltons' meadow--and Olivia is treated to her first ride in an airplane.
14 The Triangle
12/20/73
Season-only
John-Boy jealously competes for the attentions of his favorite schoolteacher against Reverend Fordwick.
15 The Awakening
1/3/74
Season-only
The limitations of age are sharp to both Grandma, on the eve of her 68th birthday, and to a 14-year-old Mary Ellen in love with a college boy.
16 The Honeymoon
1/10/74
Season-only
A weary Olivia embarks on a one-woman "sit-down" strike, prompting her husband to take her on a belated honeymoon--after 19 years of marriage. John-Boy is hesitant to allow his relationship with Marcia to become serious.
17 The Heritage
1/17/74
Season-only
The Walton family heritage is threatened when a corporation offers John a modest fortune to sell the mountain and John-Boy objects strenuously.
18 The Gift
1/24/74
Season-only
Jason Walton faces one of life's most difficult lessons when he learns that his close friend is suffering from a terminal illness and has only a year to live.
19 The Cradle
1/31/74
Season-only
Olivia Walton surprises her family when she announces that she intends to earn extra money as a door-to-door saleslady and then has to give it up when she discovers she's pregnant.
20 The Fulfillment
2/7/74
Season-only
Through the Waltons, an eight-year-old orphan boy finds a home.
21 The Ghost Story
2/14/74
Season-only
Curiosity over a Ouija Board and the memory of an unexplained phenomenon that Olivia experienced after the death of a childhood friend create an eerie scene in the Walton household.
22 The Graduation
2/21/74
Season-only
The Walton family is so proud of the eldest son, John-Boy, graduating from high school, that everyone sacrifices to buy him a new suit for the commencement ceremony. But when the family cow dies, John-Boy returns his new suit for the cash to buy another cow.
23 The Five Foot Shelf
3/7/74
Season-only
A desperate and despondent book salesman takes Olivia Walton's money under false pretenses in order to bring a little joy to his own daughter.
24 The Car
3/14/74
Season-only
Needing transportation to college, John-Boy agrees to work for a local man in exchange for his car. But though John-Boy does the work, the man refuses to part with the vehicle.

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
34 reviews
Diane Scribner
December 10, 2016
Thank you for adding "All" the season's for this show. I remember watching this show as a kid, it brings back great memories for me. It's right up there with "Little House on the Prairie, Leave it to Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, Wonder Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, The Lone Ranger to The Beverly Hillbillies" and so many More! Great Family Shows for Best Entertainment and (Learning) Value....With "No Foul Language"! A Must to watch again and again. (We NEED More of these shows NOW for our Next Generation's of Children to watch and Learn from. It's a Shame these days with Having to Pay so Much for Cable - That Companies "Don't Bother" to put more shows like these above, there would be less fighting in the world today...with a heavy heart, thank you. God Bless - Diane
Jarrett H.
May 20, 2015
Awesome! Thanks for adding all the seasons. This is an amazing show for the whole family.
HØŁŁŸ
August 30, 2019
Love the Walnuts♥️Lol