The Waltons
The Waltons
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The Waltons

The Landmark Series That Celebrates Family.

7.2 / 10
1972
9 seasons
210 episodes
Drama

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

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CBS promo The Waltons 1980

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Cast

Seasons

  • The Foundling

    1.The Foundling

    14-09-197250m

    When a young girl is left on the doorstep of the Walton's home, they take her in. Not Before learning she is deaf after taking her to the doctor. One night while the Walton family...

  • The Carnival

    2.The Carnival

    21-09-197250m

    A Carnival troupe comes to Walton's Mountain. When the manager absconds with the money, four members are stranded at the Walton house. They thank the Waltons with a private perform...

  • The Calf

    3.The Calf

    28-09-197250m

    The Family cow, Chance gives birth to a healthy calf but John announces that it must be sold to make ends meet. Elizabeth and Jim Bob hide the Calf to save it. John relents and the...

  • The Hunt

    4.The Hunt

    05-10-197250m

    John Boy prepares to go on his first hunt and distress over taking an animals life. During the hunt he saves John's life from an attacking bear. Meanwhile Mary Ellen debates over a...

  • The Typewriter

    5.The Typewriter

    12-10-197250m

    John Boy borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters so he can send a story to a magazine. Mary Ellen mistakenly sells it to a junk man, but through diligence, gets it b...

  • The Star

    6.The Star

    10.0
    19-10-197250m

    When a meteorite falls on the Baldwin's house, Zeb believes his time has come. The Baldwin sisters are hoaxed by their cousin until Zeb and John come to the rescue.

  • The Sinner

    7.The Sinner

    4.0
    26-10-197250m

    The Reverend Matthew Fordwick comes to Walton's Mountain and upsets the family with his strict and forceful preaching. He innocently samples "the recipe," and John helps him to be...

  • The Boy From the C.C.C.

    8.The Boy From the C.C.C.

    02-11-197250m

    Gino, a boy from the slums of New York City runs away from a CCC Camp and learns about trust and love from the Waltons

  • The Ceremony

    9.The Ceremony

    09-11-197250m

    A Jewish family, escaping refugees from Nazi Germany, come to Waltons Mountain for safety. Their 13 year old son loses respect for his father in the sons attempt to maintain his re...

  • The Legend

    10.The Legend

    16-11-197250m

    John's old army buddy, Tip Harrison, tries to cover his lack of success with childish actions and comments culminating in an accidental fire and the shooting of reckless the family...

  • The Literary Man

    11.The Literary Man

    30-11-197250m

    John-Boy's truck breaks down and he meets the author, A.J. Covington. John-Boy jeopardizes a timber contract badly needed by the family.

  • The Dust Bowl Cousins

    12.The Dust Bowl Cousins

    07-12-197250m

    The Walton's distant cousins arrive on the mountain and immediately upset everyone's life by their shiftless dishonest ways.

  • The Reunion

    13.The Reunion

    14-12-197250m

    The Baldwin sisters and The Recipe play a pivotal role in this story involving their unscrupulous scheming cousin, Homer Lee Baldwin.

  • The Minstrel

    14.The Minstrel

    21-12-197250m

    Mary Ellen meets a traveling troubadour, Jamie and neglects her responsibilities of helping pick fruit.

  • The Actress

    15.The Actress

    04-01-197350m

    When her car breaks down, the famous extravagant actress, Alvira Drummond finds herself stranded on Waltons Mountain. The Children, especially Mary Ellen, are fascinated by her "Ho...

  • The Fire

    16.The Fire

    11-01-197350m

    A young girls father objects to Miss Hunter's teaching Evolution. During a drunken rage he burns down the school and is killed in the fire.

  • The Love Story

    17.The Love Story

    18-01-197350m

    John Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendleton who returns to Walton's Mountain. Jenny's father and new step-mother follow her to the mountain. Her father is killed in an auto acciden...

  • The Courtship

    18.The Courtship

    25-01-197350m

    Olivia's uncle Cody Nelson comes to visit with the Waltons and finds love with a woman who has been divorced four times.

  • The Gypsies

    19.The Gypsies

    01-02-197350m

    A gypsy family is stranded, but the leader refuses to accept help from the Waltons. His pride almost costs the life of his baby son.

  • The Deed

    20.The Deed

    08-02-197350m

    It seems that the Waltons never officially registered the deed to Waltons Mountain. In order to help pay the legal fees, John-Boy leaves home for a job in the city. He meets new fr...

  • The Scholar

    21.The Scholar

    22-02-197350m

    A neighbor lady, Verdie Grant asks John-Boy to teach her to read and write. He agrees to teach her as he helps Elizabeth. Things go wrong, however, and feelings get hurt.

  • The Bicycle

    22.The Bicycle

    01-03-197350m

    Local blacksmith, Curtis Norton has John-Boy write letters to his bride-to-be. When she arrives on Walton's Mountain, life and Curtis are much different than she expected. Meanwhil...

  • The Townie

    23.The Townie

    08-03-197350m

    John-Boy's friend Sarah sees him as a way to escape her "trapped" life with her demanding mother. When John-Boy rejects her advances, she runs off and plans to elope with a townie.

  • An Easter Story

    24.An Easter Story

    19-04-1973100m

    The entire family suffers a crisis when Olivia is stricken with polio. Dr Vance prescribes the accepted treatment, but Olivia does not get better. John-Boy learns of a new treatmen...

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