"The Waltons" The Reunion (1972)

Director:

Jack Shea

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"The Waltons" (1972)

Original Air Date:

14 December 1972 (Season 1, Episode 13)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

The Baldwin sisters' cousin Homer Lee Baldwin visits them, and inspires the sisters to organize a family reunion. |

Plot Keywords:

1930s | Virginia | Great Depression | Male Female Relationship | Farm Life

Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)

Richard Thomas	...	John-Boy Walton
Ralph Waite	...	John Walton, Sr.
Michael Learned	...	Olivia Walton (as Miss Michael Learned)
Ellen Corby	...	Esther Walton
Will Geer	...	The Grandfather
Judy Norton-Taylor	...	Mary Ellen Walton (as Judy Norton)
Jon Walmsley	...	Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Erin Walton (as Mary Elizabeth McDonough)
Eric Scott	...	Ben Walton
David W. Harper	...	Jim-Bob Walton (as David Harper)
Kami Cotler	...	Elizabeth Walton
Joe Conley	...	Ike Godsey
Earl Hamner Jr.	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adele Claire	...	Daisy Burgess
John Crawford	...	Sheriff Ep Bridges
Mary Jackson	...	Emily Baldwin
Helen Kleeb	...	Mamie Baldwin
Denver Pyle	...	Cousin Homer Lee Baldwin
Iler Rasmussen	...	Frank Winston

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

Robert Donner	...	Yancy Tucker
Nora Marlowe	...	Flossie Brimmer

Trivia:

The Baldwin sisters are excited that the motion picture they are going to see in Charlottesville is their first "talkie". The theater's billboard advertises the film as "The Rhythm of The Rockies" starring Billy-Jack Bibb as "The Crooning Cowboy".

Quotes:

Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Waltons Mountain had been in our family for generations, a silent witness to all the bright and wonderful days I knew as a boy. If mountains remember events then, surely, it must treasure, as I do, the memory of that day during the Depression when my sister, Mary Ellen, got into a fight after school and the events that followed.

Movie Connections:

References The Gold Rush (1925)

Soundtrack:

Blow The Man Down

The Recipe

This episode aired on December 14 1972 with this opening. Waltons Mountain had been in our family for generations, a silent witness to all the bright and wonderful days I knew as a boy. If mountains remember events then, surely, it must treasure, as I do, the memory of that day during the Depression when my sister, Mary Ellen, got into a fight after school and the events that followed. Once again, the show starts with the beautiful sites of Waltons Mountain and it reminds of the mountain above the hog farm that I worked on for years. The trees and the wildlife that ran across the mountain and when you were up there it's was so quite and peaceful that you never wanted to leave. Down at the bottom of the mountain Mary Ellen is in yet another after school fight, this time defending Jim Bob. While sitting at the table, Olivia talk about how she wished that she had a laundry machine. While eating, John Boy remembers the washing machine that Ike had for sale in his store. Therefore, the next day, John Boy goes down to ask Ike the price for the machine. After getting the price that he needs, now he needs to find a job and he gets one with none other then the Baldwin Sisters. When John Boy gets to the Baldwin house, the Sisters introduce him to there Cousin Homer Baldwin. Homer tells the sisters that it's been so long since he's seen the family that the sisters decide to have a family reunion. The next day John Boy gets the family truck so he can haul supplies from Ike store to Baldwin sister's house. Since John Boy didn't have a licenses Grandpa goes with him so there no trouble with the law. Later that evening the family is sitting around the table but there's no sign of Grandpa or John Boy who are still over at the Baldwin Sisters. Homer decided to take the sisters to a talking picture show but when they get ready to leave his car won't start. Therefore, Grandpa decides that he and John Boy will take Homer and the Baldwin Sisters to Charlottesville. However right before John Boy left the Baldwin Sisters, Cousin Homer put a suitcase in the back of the truck that sounded like glass. The question is what was in the case and what was Homer going to do with it? I like this episode because of the title and the story line so i give this episode 8 weasel stars.