The Waltons (TV Series) The Recluse (1977) User Reviews

We need this in 2022

[jaimhaas · 9/10 · 22 March 2022]

Does family really come first anymore? Ben is doing quite well living in a big city and reaping the rewards of having job skills that are in demand. Papa needs help back at the mountain and Ben goes to help him even though he must give up the life he has earned and enjoyed. Family comes first.

Another Clunker Like The Seashore

[janet-conant · 3/10 · 30 November 2023]

I guess it was nice of Jason to help out the woman who hadn't left her home in years but why did it take so long for someone to help her out. It was just like she came from a beam of light and landed in the house. I had seen it before and was never interested much. The other plot is Ben who decides to get on the bus and go to Norfolk for a change of scenery. Huh he knows he's needed at home at the mill. He finds that schyster car salesman is closing business and headed to Norfolk. He says he was hoping to work selling lemons full time when he graduates. Then suddenly he's headed to Norfolk. Mama Walton would never allow one of her brood to quit school.

Well that subplot is totally ridiculous. He gets a job right away, makes a friend and all of a sudden they're out to a Waikiki restaurant drinking umbrella drinks with two beauties. Ben is in love again. What happened to the car salesman's daughter? Only on the Waltons can someone like Ben be attractive to the ladies. I think he returns to the mountain he wouldn't want to be written out like Corby. Jason gets to meet women in these episodes but they're old enough to be his mother.

Season 6 started pretty bad and continued with really substandard stories. I bet Thomas was glad he packed it in.