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Episodes: All (213)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  unknown
Year: 1972  |  1973  |  1974  |  1975  |  1976  |  1977  |  1978  |  1979  |  1980  |  1981


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: The Foundling

Original Air Date—14 September 1972
The family takes in a deaf girl who was abandoned by her mother.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Carnival

Original Air Date—21 September 1972
Four carnival performers are stranded after the carnival leaves Walton's Mountain, so they stay with the Waltons while they try to get back home.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Calf

Original Air Date—28 September 1972
The children are upset when their father sells a newborn calf to another farmer who intends to slaughter it for beef.

Season 1, Episode 4: The Hunt

Original Air Date—5 October 1972
John-Boy goes on his first turkey hunt with his father and two of his friends.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Typewriter

Original Air Date—12 October 1972
John-Boy secretly borrows a typewriter from the Baldwin sisters, and Mary Ellen inadvertently gives it to a junk dealer.

Season 1, Episode 6: The Star

Original Air Date—19 October 1972
When a meteorite falls through the Baldwin sisters' roof, it has strange effects on the people of Walton's Mountain; the sisters are convinced by their cousin Polonius that the star is a sign from their father saying that they should stop making "the recipe", while Grandpa believes he is going to die soon.

Season 1, Episode 7: The Sinner

Original Air Date—26 October 1972
Reverend Mathew Fordwick arrives in Walton's Mountain, but his credibility is tarnished even before his first service after drinking "the recipe" at an afternoon with the Baldwin sisters.

Season 1, Episode 8: The Boy from the CCC

Original Air Date—2 November 1972
A cynical New York teenager ends up staying on Walton's Mountain.

Season 1, Episode 9: The Ceremony

Original Air Date—9 November 1972
A family of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany move to Walton's Mountain, where they try to hide their Judaism for fears of antisemitism.

Season 1, Episode 10: The Legend

Original Air Date—16 November 1972
One of John's old military buddies comes to visit the Waltons.

Season 1, Episode 11: The Literary Man

Original Air Date—30 November 1972
A writer comes to Walton's Mountain and impresses John-Boy with his tales of literary connections and accomplishments.

Season 1, Episode 12: The Dust Bowl Cousins

Original Air Date—7 December 1972
Cousins from Kansas come to visit while they await news of possible employment in Newport News.

Season 1, Episode 13: The Reunion

Original Air Date—14 December 1972
The Baldwin sisters' cousin Homer Lee Baldwin visits them, and inspires the sisters to organize a family reunion.

Season 1, Episode 14: The Minstrel

Original Air Date—21 December 1972
The Waltons have a contract to pick an apple orchard, but Mary Ellen shirks it to listen to a traveling musician who convinces her that her dreams are more important than her responsibilities.

Season 1, Episode 15: The Actress

Original Air Date—4 January 1973
Alvira Drummond, a glamorous actress of the stage and screen, is stranded on Walton's Mountain by her chauffeur whom she claims has stolen all of her money and her belongings.

Season 1, Episode 16: The Fire

Original Air Date—11 January 1973
Miss Hunter is threatened by Lutie Bascomb for teaching the origins of the human race, accusing her of filling his daughter Lois Mae's head with "blasphemy" and "atheism".

Season 1, Episode 17: The Love Story

Original Air Date—18 January 1973
John-Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendleton, a young girl staying with the family while her father and stepmother are in Richmond.

Season 1, Episode 18: The Courtship

Original Air Date—25 January 1973
The family sets up their cousin Cody, a 64-year-old bachelor, on a date with Cordelia Hunnicutt, who has been married four times.

Season 1, Episode 19: The Gypsies

Original Air Date—1 February 1973
A band of traveling Gypsies face prejudice from some of the townspeople.

Season 1, Episode 20: The Deed

Original Air Date—8 February 1973
The validity of the Walton's claim to their land is questioned when they cannot produce a legal deed to the property.

Season 1, Episode 21: The Scholar

Original Air Date—22 February 1973
When Verdie Grant learns her daughter is graduating from college, she feels embarrassed by the fact that she never learned to read or write. She asks John-Boy to teach her, on the condition that he keeps it a secret.

Season 1, Episode 22: The Bicycle

Original Air Date—1 March 1973
John-Boy's meddling in a long-distance romance backfires.

Season 1, Episode 23: The Townie

Original Air Date—8 March 1973
John-Boy refuses to take friendship with a neighbor's sheltered daughter to the next level.

Season 1, Episode 24: The Easter Story

Original Air Date—19 April 1973
When Olivia is stricken with polio, John-Boy refuses to accept the doctor's prognosis that she may never walk again.

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: The Journey

Original Air Date—13 September 1973
An elderly neighbor reinforces John-Boy's feelings that despite hard times he is lucky to be surrounded by a loving family.

Season 2, Episode 2: The Odyssey

Original Air Date—20 September 1973
John-Boy seeks some solitude to write his stories, but finds a life-altering situation.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Separation

Original Air Date—27 September 1973
A misunderstanding and plain stubborn pride causes a rift between the Walton grandparents.

Season 2, Episode 4: The Theft

Original Air Date—4 October 1973
The disappearance of some valuable silver pieces throws suspicion on one of the Waltons.

Season 2, Episode 5: The Roots

Original Air Date—11 October 1973
An itinerant worker and his young son stay with the Waltons, causing the son to want his father to give up life on the road.

Season 2, Episode 6: The Chicken Thief

Original Air Date—18 October 1973
A local "Robin Hood" who steals from the "haves" and gives to the "have-nots" causes a crisis of conscience for John-Boy

Season 2, Episode 7: The Prize

Original Air Date—25 October 1973
As the Waltons prepare their entries for the local fair, an old suitor of Olivia's visits.

Season 2, Episode 8: The Braggart

Original Air Date—1 November 1973
When a grownup Hobie Shanks visits the Waltons, John Boy seems to be the only one put off by his outlandish claims.

Season 2, Episode 9: The Fawn

Original Air Date—8 November 1973
Erin adopts a wild animal while John Boy gets a life lesson with a new job

Season 2, Episode 10: The Thanksgiving Story

Original Air Date—15 November 1973
Thanksgiving time on Walton's Mountain means a turkey shoot, a school play about early settlers, and the big meal. One year it also included a rekindled love affair and a life-threatening accident.

Season 2, Episode 11: The Substitute

Original Air Date—22 November 1973
When Miss Hunter is called away unexpectedly, a substitute teacher with ways of her own takes over.

Season 2, Episode 12: The Bequest

Original Air Date—29 November 1973
The promise of inherited money is behind some happy moments and unusual conflicts for the Walton Family.

Season 2, Episode 13: The Air Mail Man

Original Air Date—13 December 1973
Engine trouble on the air mail transport plane means the Waltons have a guest for a few days.

Season 2, Episode 14: The Triangle

Original Air Date—20 December 1973
John Boy's growing attachment to Miss Hunter is rocked when she becomes interested in someone else.

Season 2, Episode 15: The Awakening

Original Air Date—3 January 1974

Season 2, Episode 16: The Honeymoon

Original Air Date—10 January 1974
Olvia and John finally get a chance to take their postponed honeymoon to Virginia Beach.

Season 2, Episode 17: The Heritage

Original Air Date—17 January 1974
An offer to buy their land makes the Waltons think about what it would be like to have more money than they need.

Season 2, Episode 18: The Gift

Original Air Date—24 January 1974
Jason and John Boy's friend Seth is diagnosed with leukemia. Seth wants to teach Jason how to play a recorder he made for him before he dies.

Season 2, Episode 19: The Cradle

Original Air Date—31 January 1974

Season 2, Episode 20: The Fulfillment

Original Air Date—7 February 1974

Season 2, Episode 21: The Ghost Story

Original Air Date—14 February 1974

Season 2, Episode 22: The Graduation

Original Air Date—21 February 1974

Season 2, Episode 23: The Five Foot Shelf

Original Air Date—7 March 1974

Season 2, Episode 24: The Car

Original Air Date—14 March 1974
John Boy is in need of a car, now that he is in college. He finds a good car owned by a neighbor, but he refuses to part with it, even after John Boy makes a deal with him to trade the car for work performed on his house.

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: The Conflict

Original Air Date—12 September 1974

Season 3, Episode 2: The First Day

Original Air Date—19 September 1974

Season 3, Episode 3: The Thoroughbred

Original Air Date—26 September 1974

Season 3, Episode 4: The Runaway

Original Air Date—3 October 1974

Season 3, Episode 5: The Romance

Original Air Date—10 October 1974

Season 3, Episode 6: The Ring

Original Air Date—17 October 1974

Season 3, Episode 7: The System

Original Air Date—24 October 1974

Season 3, Episode 8: The Spoilers

Original Air Date—31 October 1974

Season 3, Episode 9: The Marathon

Original Air Date—7 November 1974

Season 3, Episode 10: The Book

Original Air Date—14 November 1974

Season 3, Episode 11: The Job

Original Air Date—21 November 1974

Season 3, Episode 12: The Departure

Original Air Date—5 December 1974

Season 3, Episode 13: The Visitor

Original Air Date—12 December 1974

Season 3, Episode 14: The Birthday

Original Air Date—19 December 1974

Season 3, Episode 15: The Lie

Original Air Date—2 January 1975

Season 3, Episode 16: The Matchmakers

Original Air Date—9 January 1975

Season 3, Episode 17: The Beguiled

Original Air Date—16 January 1975

Season 3, Episode 18: The Caretakers

Original Air Date—23 January 1975

Season 3, Episode 19: The Shivaree

Original Air Date—30 January 1975

Season 3, Episode 20: The Choice

Original Air Date—6 February 1975

Season 3, Episode 21: The Statue

Original Air Date—13 February 1975

Season 3, Episode 22: The Song

Original Air Date—20 February 1975

Season 3, Episode 23: The Woman

Original Air Date—27 February 1975

Season 3, Episode 24: The Venture

Original Air Date—6 March 1975

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: The Sermon

Original Air Date—11 September 1975

Season 4, Episode 2: The Genius

Original Air Date—18 September 1975

Season 4, Episode 3: The Fighter

Original Air Date—25 September 1975

Season 4, Episode 4: The Prophecy

Original Air Date—2 October 1975

Season 4, Episode 5: The Boondoggle

Original Air Date—9 October 1975

Season 4, Episode 6: The Breakdown

Original Air Date—16 October 1975

Season 4, Episode 7: The Wing-Walker

Original Air Date—23 October 1975

Season 4, Episode 8: The Competition

Original Air Date—30 October 1975

Season 4, Episode 9: The Emergence

Original Air Date—6 November 1975

Season 4, Episode 10: The Loss

Original Air Date—13 November 1975

Season 4, Episode 11: The Abdication

Original Air Date—4 December 1975

Season 4, Episode 12: The Estrangement

Original Air Date—4 December 1975

Season 4, Episode 13: The Nurse

Original Air Date—11 December 1975

Season 4, Episode 14: The Intruders

Original Air Date—18 December 1975

Season 4, Episode 15: The Search

Original Air Date—1 January 1976

Season 4, Episode 16: The Secret

Original Air Date—8 January 1976

Season 4, Episode 17: The Fox

Original Air Date—15 January 1976

Season 4, Episode 18: The Burnout

Original Air Date—22 January 1976
A devastating fire tests the family's love, strength and courage.

Season 4, Episode 19: The Big Brother

Original Air Date—29 January 1976

Season 4, Episode 20: The Test

Original Air Date—5 February 1976

Season 4, Episode 21: The Quilting

Original Air Date—12 February 1976

Season 4, Episode 22: The House

Original Air Date—19 February 1976

Season 4, Episode 23: The Fledgling

Original Air Date—26 February 1976

Season 4, Episode 24: The Collision

Original Air Date—4 March 1976

Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: The First Edition

Original Air Date—23 September 1976

Season 5, Episode 2: The Vigil

Original Air Date—30 September 1976

Season 5, Episode 3: The Comeback

Original Air Date—7 October 1976

Season 5, Episode 4: The Baptism

Original Air Date—14 October 1976

Season 5, Episode 5: The Firestorm

Original Air Date—21 October 1976
John Boy upsets the town when he decides to publish excerpts from Hitler's writings in his newspaper.

Season 5, Episode 6: The Nightwalker

Original Air Date—28 October 1976

Season 5, Episode 7: The Wedding: Part 1

Original Air Date—4 November 1976

Season 5, Episode 8: The Wedding: Part 2

Original Air Date—4 November 1976

Season 5, Episode 9: The Cloudburst

Original Air Date—11 November 1976

Season 5, Episode 10: The Great Motorcycle Race

Original Air Date—18 November 1976

Season 5, Episode 11: The Pony Cart

Original Air Date—2 December 1976

Season 5, Episode 12: The Best Christmas

Original Air Date—9 December 1976

Season 5, Episode 13: The Last Mustang

Original Air Date—16 December 1976

Season 5, Episode 14: The Rebellion

Original Air Date—23 December 1976

Season 5, Episode 15: The Ferris Wheel

Original Air Date—6 January 1977

Season 5, Episode 16: The Elopement

Original Air Date—13 January 1977

Season 5, Episode 17: John's Crossroad

Original Air Date—20 January 1977

Season 5, Episode 18: The Career Girl

Original Air Date—27 January 1977

Season 5, Episode 19: The Hero

Original Air Date—3 February 1977

Season 5, Episode 20: The Inferno

Original Air Date—10 February 1977

Season 5, Episode 21: The Heartbreaker

Original Air Date—17 February 1977

Season 5, Episode 22: The Long Night

Original Air Date—24 February 1977

Season 5, Episode 23: The Hiding Place

Original Air Date—3 March 1977

Season 5, Episode 24: The Go-Getter

Original Air Date—10 March 1977

Season 5, Episode 25: The Achievement

Original Air Date—17 March 1977

Season 6


Season 6, Episode 1: The Hawk

Original Air Date—15 September 1977

Season 6, Episode 2: The Stray

Original Air Date—22 September 1977

Season 6, Episode 3: The Recluse

Original Air Date—29 September 1977

Season 6, Episode 4: The Warrior

Original Air Date—13 October 1977

Season 6, Episode 5: The Seashore

Original Air Date—20 October 1977

Season 6, Episode 6: The Volunteer

Original Air Date—27 October 1977

Season 6, Episode 7: The Grandchild

Original Air Date—3 November 1977

Season 6, Episode 8: The First Casualty

Original Air Date—10 November 1977

Season 6, Episode 9: The Battle of Drucilla's Pond

Original Air Date—17 November 1977

Season 6, Episode 10: The Flight

Original Air Date—1 December 1977

Season 6, Episode 11: The Children's Carol

Original Air Date—15 December 1977

Season 6, Episode 12: The Milestone

Original Air Date—8 December 1977

Season 6, Episode 13: The Celebration

Original Air Date—22 December 1977

Season 6, Episode 14: The Rumor

Original Air Date—5 January 1978

Season 6, Episode 15: Spring Fever

Original Air Date—12 January 1978

Season 6, Episode 16: The Festival

Original Air Date—26 January 1978

Season 6, Episode 17: The Anniversary

Original Air Date—2 February 1978

Season 6, Episode 18: The Family Tree

Original Air Date—9 February 1978

Season 6, Episode 19: The Ordeal

Original Air Date—16 February 1978

Season 6, Episode 20: The Return

Original Air Date—16 March 1978

Season 6, Episode 21: The Revelation

Original Air Date—23 March 1978

Season 6, Episode 22: Grandma Comes Home

Original Air Date—30 March 1978

Season 7


Season 7, Episode 1: The Empty Nest

Original Air Date—21 September 1978

Season 7, Episode 2: The Calling

Original Air Date—28 September 1978

Season 7, Episode 3: The Moonshiner

Original Air Date—12 October 1978

Season 7, Episode 4: The Obsession

Original Air Date—19 October 1978

Season 7, Episode 5: The Changeling

Original Air Date—26 October 1978

Season 7, Episode 6: The Portrait

Original Air Date—2 November 1978

Season 7, Episode 7: The Captive

Original Air Date—9 November 1978

Season 7, Episode 8: The Illusion

Original Air Date—16 November 1978

Season 7, Episode 9: The Beau

Original Air Date—23 November 1978

Season 7, Episode 10: Day of Infamy

Original Air Date—7 December 1978

Season 7, Episode 11: The Yearning

Original Air Date—14 December 1978

Season 7, Episode 12: The Boosters

Original Air Date—28 December 1978

Season 7, Episode 13: The Conscience

Original Air Date—4 January 1979

Season 7, Episode 14: The Obstacle

Original Air Date—11 January 1979

Season 7, Episode 15: The Parting

Original Air Date—18 January 1979

Season 7, Episode 16: The Burden

Original Air Date—25 January 1979

Season 7, Episode 17: The Pin-Up

Original Air Date—8 February 1979

Season 7, Episode 18: The Attack

Original Air Date—15 February 1979

Season 7, Episode 19: The Legacy

Original Air Date—22 February 1979

Season 7, Episode 20: The Outsider

Original Air Date—1 March 1979

Season 7, Episode 21: The Torch

Original Air Date—8 March 1979

Season 7, Episode 22: The Tailspin

Original Air Date—15 March 1979

Season 7, Episode 23: Founder's Day

Original Air Date—22 March 1979

Season 8


Season 8, Episode 1: The Home Front: Part 1

Original Air Date—20 September 1979

Season 8, Episode 2: The Home Front: Part 2

Original Air Date—20 September 1979

Season 8, Episode 3: The Kinfolk

Original Air Date—27 September 1979

Season 8, Episode 4: The Diploma

Original Air Date—4 October 1979

Season 8, Episode 5: The Innocents

Original Air Date—11 October 1979

Season 8, Episode 6: The Starlet

Original Air Date—18 October 1979

Season 8, Episode 7: The Journal

Original Air Date—25 October 1979

Season 8, Episode 8: The Lost Sheep

Original Air Date—1 November 1979

Season 8, Episode 9: The Violated

Original Air Date—8 November 1979

Season 8, Episode 10: The Waiting

Original Air Date—22 November 1979

Season 8, Episode 11: The Silver Wings

Original Air Date—29 November 1979

Season 8, Episode 12: The Wager

Original Air Date—13 December 1979

Season 8, Episode 13: The Spirit

Original Air Date—20 December 1979

Season 8, Episode 14: The Fastidious Wife

Original Air Date—27 December 1979

Season 8, Episode 15: The Unthinkable

Original Air Date—3 January 1980

Season 8, Episode 16: The Idol

Original Air Date—10 January 1980

Season 8, Episode 17: The Prodigals

Original Air Date—17 January 1980

Season 8, Episode 18: The Remembrance

Original Air Date—24 January 1980

Season 8, Episode 19: The Inspiration

Original Air Date—31 January 1980

Season 8, Episode 20: The Last Straw

Original Air Date—7 February 1980

Season 8, Episode 21: The Travelling Man

Original Air Date—14 February 1980

Season 8, Episode 22: The Furlough

Original Air Date—21 February 1980

Season 8, Episode 23: The Medal

Original Air Date—28 February 1980

Season 8, Episode 24: The Valediction

Original Air Date—13 March 1980

Season 9


Season 9, Episode 1: The Outrage: Part 1

Original Air Date—20 November 1980

Season 9, Episode 2: The Outrage: Part 2

Original Air Date—27 November 1980

Season 9, Episode 3: The Pledge

Original Air Date—4 December 1980

Season 9, Episode 4: The Triumph

Original Air Date—18 December 1980

Season 9, Episode 5: The Premonition

Original Air Date—25 December 1980

Season 9, Episode 6: The Pursuit

Original Air Date—1 January 1981

Season 9, Episode 7: The Last Ten Days

Original Air Date—8 January 1981

Season 9, Episode 8: The Move

Original Air Date—15 January 1981

Season 9, Episode 9: The Whirlwind

Original Air Date—22 January 1981

Season 9, Episode 10: The Tempest

Original Air Date—5 February 1981

Season 9, Episode 11: The Carousel

Original Air Date—12 February 1981

Season 9, Episode 12: The Hot Rod

Original Air Date—19 February 1981

Season 9, Episode 13: The Gold Watch

Original Air Date—26 February 1981

Season 9, Episode 14: The Beginning

Original Air Date—5 March 1981

Season 9, Episode 15: The Pearls

Original Air Date—12 March 1981

Season 9, Episode 16: The Victims

Original Air Date—19 March 1981

Season 9, Episode 17: The Threshold

Original Air Date—2 April 1981

Season 9, Episode 18: The Indiscretion

Original Air Date—7 May 1981

Season 9, Episode 19: The Heartache

Original Air Date—15 May 1981

Season 9, Episode 20: The Lumberjack

Original Air Date—21 May 1981

Season 9, Episode 21: The Hostage

Original Air Date—28 May 1981

Season 9, Episode 22: The Revel

Original Air Date—4 June 1981

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Original Air Date—6 March 1978

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