"The Waltons"
The Pledge (1980)

Director:

Lawrence Dobkin

Writers:

Earl Hamner Jr. (creator)
Kathleen Hite (writer)

TV Series:

"The Waltons" (1972)

Original Air Date:

4 December 1980 (Season 9, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Intimacy | Male Female Relationship | Multiple Actors For One Character | Family Relationships | Great Depression

Cast

Ralph Waite	...	John Walton, Sr.
Judy Norton-Taylor	...	Mary Ellen Walton Willard
Jon Walmsley	...	Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Erin Walton
Eric Scott	...	Ben Walton
David W. Harper	...	James Robert 'Jim Bob' Walton (credit only)
Kami Cotler	...	Elizabeth Walton
Joe Conley	...	Ike Godsey
Ronnie Claire Edwards	...	Corabeth Walton Godsey
Earl Hamner Jr.	...	Narrator
Peggy Rea	...	Rose Burton
Leslie Winston	...	Cindy Brunson Walton
Mary Jackson	...	Emily 'Miss Emily' Baldwin
Helen Kleeb	...	Mamie 'Miss Mamie' Baldwin
Robert Wightman	...	John 'John-Boy' Walton Jr.

Trivia:

The character Ronie Cotter was originally played by Lane Bradbury in episode 8.4 "The Diploma" and Sweet Billy was originally played by Les Lannom in episodes 8.4 "The Diploma" and 8.6 "The Starlet".

Quotes:

Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] In those last months of the war, though death and destruction continued, it was possible for the first time to think of a world at peace. There would then be the small, personal wars to be reckoned with, such as my sister Mary Ellen's adversary role with life...