- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Along with the rest of the country, 1942 brought great upheaval to Waltons Mountain. Each day the news from the battlefronts grew more grim while here at home defense plants worked around the clock to produce the weapons of war. In our home we suffered a personal tragedy, for our mother was away recovering from a serious illness. It was a time of great trial for each of us, but especially for Jim Bob.
- Jim-Bob Walton: Elizabeth, aren't you supposed to be collecting insects or something?
- Elizabeth Walton: I'm looking for an ant-hill. Wanna help?
- Jim-Bob Walton: I'm not going to look for ants on the Sabbath, and you shouldn't either.
- Elizabeth Walton: A scientist is a scientist, seven days a week.
- Jim-Bob Walton: Woe onto them that are wise in their own eyes. Isaiah 5:21.
- Elizabeth Walton: Jim Bob, are you sure that car didn't fall on your head?
- Ben Walton: [while the family are settling into bed] Thanks for fixing my car, Jim-Bob.
- Jim-Bob Walton: Who's car, Ben?
- Erin Walton: Jim-Bob, will you show me how to work my shortwave radio?
- Jim-Bob Walton: I didn't know you had a shortwave radio, Erin.
- Elizabeth Walton: My new goggles are great for sneaking up on insects, Jim-Bob. They make me look like one.
- Jim-Bob Walton: Your goggles, Elizabeth?
- Ben Walton: Now Jim-Bob, you know that God loveth a cheerful giver. Second Corinthians 9:7.
- Jim-Bob Walton: Yes, but what the former preacher giveth, the former preacher taketh way. Jim-Bob 1:2.
- Ben Walton, Erin Walton: Goodnight, Jim-Bob!