- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] One of the things that I find distressing about life today is that people don't really seem to enjoy their work anymore. When I was growing up on Waltons Mountain, my father and my grandfather loved their work and they instilled a respect for work in each of us. But I recall one time when my brother Jason had to make a choice, a choice that was difficult for him, but even more difficult for my father.
- Olivia Walton: Good night John, I love you.
- John Walton, Sr.: What do you love me for? I can't write. I can't do music. I can't do nothin'.