My 30 favorite episodes of The Waltons
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- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedWhen Olivia is stricken with polio, John-Boy refuses to accept the doctor's prognosis that she may never walk again.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedA cynical New York teenager ends up staying on Walton's Mountain.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedThe validity of the Waltons' claim to their land is questioned when they cannot produce a legal deed to the property. To sort out their legal troubles they must raise $200 and John-boy assists by taking a job in the city of Wheeling.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedJohn-Boy goes on his first turkey hunt with his father and two of his friends.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedWhen 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.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedThanksgiving 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.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedAn offer to buy their land makes the Waltons think about what it would be like to have more money than they need.
- DirectorRalph SenenskyStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedJason 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.
- DirectorJack SheaStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedOlvia and John finally get a chance to take their postponed honeymoon to Virginia Beach.
- DirectorRalph SenenskyStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedOlivia is happy to learn that she is pregnant again, but John worries that having another baby will be hard for her.
- DirectorIvan DixonStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedGrandpa loses his will to live after a near fatal heart attack; the family takes desperate measures.
- DirectorIvan DixonStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedGrandpa and Grandma feel left out and move to house-sit for for a neighbor. John has to hire someone to help at the mill who turns out to be no good.
- DirectorIvan DixonStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedFeeling "put out to pasture," John Walton seeks adventure by taking a job at a shipyard in Norfolk.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedEveryone in the Walton house is too busy to pay attention Jim Bob so he takes matters into his own hands.
- DirectorRalph WaiteStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedThe family may lose its considerable investment in a new business when John gets hospitalized with pneumonia.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedA fire breaks out and burns most of the house. John-Boy loses his completed novel in order to save Erin. As John, Grandpa and John-Boy make repairs, the family must send the younger children to friends and neighbors.
- DirectorRichard C. BennettStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedBen is upset at how he is treated at the mill. He gets a job at another lumber company, not realizing they are competing for the same jobs.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedOlivia and Elizabeth take a car trip; Jim-Bob is forced to also go. They have car trouble. Elizabeth wanders off. Olivia and Jim-Bob find her but by now, all are lost. Jim-Bob uses his skills to keep everyone safe till they are found.
- DirectorHarvey S. LaidmanStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedJim-Bob wonders if he is adopted because he does not look like other family members. No one wants to talk about his birth, so he investigates and uncovers a long hidden family secret.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedThe reverend and teacher get married. Olivia is asked to be the substitute teacher and John Boy is asked to preach the sermon.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedThe children are upset when their father sells a newborn calf to another farmer who intends to slaughter it for beef.
- DirectorJack SheaStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedThe Baldwin sisters' cousin Homer Lee Baldwin visits them, and inspires the sisters to organize a family reunion.
- DirectorLee PhilipsStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedJohn-Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendleton, a young girl staying with the family while her father and stepmother are in Richmond.
- DirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedAn elderly neighbor reinforces John-Boy's feelings that despite hard times he is lucky to be surrounded by a loving family.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsRichard ThomasRalph WaiteMichael LearnedEngine trouble on the air mail transport plane means the Waltons have a guest for a few days.