The Waltons
Weekdays at 12 PM
eastern (on most MeTV stations)
The Waltons is based on the rural upbringing of creator Earl Hamner Jr. who detailed his childhood memories in the 1961 novel Spencer’s Mountain, which was made into a feature film two years later starring Oscar winners Henry Fonda and Maureen O’Hara. Following the success of a 1971 made-for-television movie based on the beloved characters, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, and with urging from Congress for TV networks to air more family-oriented programming, The Waltons television series premiered on CBS in 1972
Next Airings
- 7/7 12:00PMThe Comeback
"Jason's scholarship at the music academy is canceled"
- 7/8 12:00PMThe Baptism
"A famous evangelist visits Walton's Mountain to preach and baptize converts"
- 7/9 12:00PMThe Firestorm
"John Boy publishes excerpts from Hitler's writing in his newspaper and the town is upset."
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Stories
Episode Guide
Episode Guide
Season 1
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
- Season 4
- Season 5
- Season 6
- Season 7
- Season 8
- Season 9
Ep : Homecoming: A Christmas Story
The family takes in a deaf girl who was abandoned by her mother.
Ep 1: The Foundling
The family takes in a deaf girl who was abandoned by her mother.
Ep 2: The Carnival
Four carnival performers are stranded after the carnival leaves Walton's Mountain, so they stay with the Waltons while they try to get back home.
Ep 3: The Calf
The children are upset when their father sells a newborn
Ep 4: The Hunt
John-Boy goes on his first turkey hunt with his father and two of his friends
Ep 5: The Typewriter
John-Boy borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters so he can submit a proper manuscript to a magazine
Ep 6: The Star
A meteorite crashes through the roof of the Baldwin sisters' "Recipe"" room
Ep 7: The Sinner
A young preacher, Matthew Fordwick (John Ritter), comes to Walton's Mountain fresh from seminary, where he has learned the currently-popular fire and brimstone style of preaching.
Ep 8: The Boy From The C.C.C.
A troubled teenager from Manhattan runs away from the Civilian Conservation Corps to Walton's Mountain.
Ep 9: The Ceremony
A Jewish Nazi-refugee family moves to Walton's Mountain from Germany
Ep 10: The Legend
John's World War I buddy (Jim Antonio) visits,
Ep 11: The Literary Man
A well-read man claiming to be a writer, comes to Walton's Mountain and befriends John-Boy, helping him with his writing
Ep 12: The Dust Bowl Cousins
John's cousin, her husband and children seek refuge in Walton's Mountain after losing their Kansas farm to the Dust Bowl
Ep 13: The Reunion
The Baldwin sisters plan to hold a family reunion when their cousin Homer visits.
Ep 14: The Minstrel
A young wandering musician visits the Mountain
Ep 15: The Actress
Alvira Drummond, a famous stage and screen actress, is invited to stay at the Walton home after her car breaks down in Walton's Mountain
Ep 16: The Fire
A girl whose mother died years ago, runs away from her father and new stepmother, back to her deserted house in Walton's Mountain.
Ep 17: The Love Story
John Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendelton.
Ep 18: The Courtship
The family sets up their cousin Cody, a 64-year-old bachelor, on a date with Cordelia Hunnicutt
Ep 19: The Gypsies
A band of gypsies are traveling through Walton's Mountain when they become stranded
Ep 20: The Deed
The validity of the Waltons' claim to their land is questioned when they cannot produce a legal deed to the property.
Ep 21: The Scholar
When Verdie Grant learns her daughter is graduating from college, she feels embarrassed by the fact that she never learned to read or write.
Ep 22: The Bicycle
John-Boy's meddling in a long-distance romance backfires.
Ep 23: The Townie
John-Boy refuses to take friendship with a neighbor's sheltered daughter to the next level
Ep 24: Easter Story, An
When Olivia is stricken with polio, John-Boy refuses to accept the doctor's prognosis that she may never walk again.
Ep 25: Easter Story. An
When Olivia is stricken with polio, John-Boy refuses to accept the doctor's prognosis that she may never walk again.
Ep 1: The Journey
An elderly neighbor reinforces John-Boy's feelings that despite hard times he is lucky to be surrounded by a loving family
Ep 2: The Odyssey
John-Boy seeks some solitude to write his stories, but finds a life-altering situation
Ep 3: The Separation
A misunderstanding and plain stubborn pride causes a rift between the Walton grandparents
Ep 4: The Theft
The disappearance of some valuable silver pieces throws suspicion on one of the Waltons
Ep 5: The Roots
An itinerant worker and his young son stay with the Waltons, causing the son to want his father to give up life on the road
Ep 6: The Chicken Thief
A local "Robin Hood"" who steals from the ""haves"" and gives to the ""have-nots"" causes a crisis of conscience for John-Boy "
Ep 7: The Prize
As the Waltons prepare their entries for the local fair, an old suitor of Olivia's visits
Ep 8: The Braggart
When a grownup Hobie Shanks visits the Waltons, John Boy seems to be the only one put off by his outlandish claims.
Ep 9: The Fawn
Erin adopts a wild animal while John Boy gets a life lesson with a new job
Ep 10: The Thanksgiving Story - Part I
Thanksgiving 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
Ep 11: The Thanksgiving Story - Part 2
Thanksgiving 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
Ep 12: The Substitute
When Miss Hunter is called away unexpectedly, a substitute teacher with ways of her own takes over
Ep 13: The Bequest
The promise of inherited money is behind some happy moments and unusual conflicts for the Walton Family.
Ep 14: The Airmail Man
Engine trouble on the air mail transport plane means the Waltons have a guest for a few days.
Ep 15: The Triangle
John Boy's growing attachment to Miss Hunter is rocked when she becomes interested in someone else.
Ep 16: The Awakening
Grandma is turning 68 and concerned about getting old
Ep 17: The Honeymoon
Olvia and John finally get a chance to take their postponed honeymoon to Virginia Beach
Ep 18: The Heritage
An offer to buy their land makes the Waltons think about what it would be like to have more money than they need
Ep 19: The Gift
Jason and John Boy's friend Seth is diagnosed with leukemia.
Ep 20: The Cradle
Olivia is happy to learn that she is pregnant again, but John worries that having another baby will be hard for her
Ep 21: The Fulfillment
Curtis and Ann are unhappy to learn that they are unable to have children of their own.
Ep 22: The Ghost Story
Strange things are occurring at the Walton home. The family uses a Ouija board to ask questions about the happenings
Ep 23: The Graduation
John Boy graduates from school. Needs a suit. Ends up with grandpa's suit
Ep 24: The Five Foot Shelf
Olivia buys books from a peddler who does not turn in the order
Ep 25: The Car
John Boy is in need of a car, now that he is in college.
Ep 1: The Conflict - Part 1
Grandpa's sister in law is being forced out of their home by a government project.
Ep 2: The Conflict - Part 2
Grandpa's sister in law is being forced out of their home by a government project.
Ep 3: The First Day
Everything seems to go wrong on John-Boy's first day at Boatwright University
Ep 4: The Thoroughbred
John Boy and his mule aim to get the Walton family name on a local race's trophy for the first time since Grandpa won the race years ago.
Ep 5: The Runaway
Everyone in the Walton house is too busy to pay attention Jim Bob so he takes matters into his own hands.
Ep 6: The Romance
In this episode, John Boy encourages his mother, Olivia's, talent in painting
Ep 7: The Ring
Mary Ellen finds a ring in a purse she got. Belongs to a neighbor. Loses it at a dance
Ep 8: The System
John Boy tutors another person on a scholarship
Ep 9: The Spoilers
A mountain man moves his family back to Walton's Mountain
Ep 10: The Marathon
John Boy participates in a dance marathon with Daisy
Ep 11: The Book
John Boy gets his book of short stories published
Ep 12: The Job
John Boy gets a job reading to a blind woman
Ep 13: The Departure
John Walton gets job in city because he wants an adventure
Ep 14: The Visitor
Former neighbor, an elderly man comes back to Walton's Mountain to live
Ep 15: The Birthday
Grandpa has heart problems. Thinks he is going to die.
Ep 16: The Lie
Ben secretly borrows John Boy's car and gets both into trouble
Ep 17: The Matchmakers
Cora Beth joins the series and marries Ike
Ep 18: The Beguiled
John-Boy encounters a sassy, spoiled, selfish gal whose selfish ways cause problems for John Boy and even for Jim Bob's friend
Ep 19: The Caretakers
Grandpa and Grandma feel left out and move to house-sit for for a neighbor
Ep 20: The Shivaree
A cousin who is named after Olivia visits
Ep 21: The Choice
John wants to expand the mill and call it Walton and Sons, but Jason wants to study music
Ep 22: The Statue
Grandpa wins a statue at a raffle
Ep 23: The Song
Jason writes a song to sing with Bobby Bigalow's band
Ep 24: The Woman
John-Boy falls for a poet who is visiting his college
Ep 25: The Venture
John takes on a loan to improve the business and he gets a big order
Ep 1: The Sermon
The reverend and teacher get married
Ep 2: The Genius
John-Boy's dean asks him to take care of a 16-year-old genius college student for a weekend.
Ep 3: The Fighter
A prize fighter arrives searching for work, living and training in the Waltons' barn
Ep 4: The Prophecy
John's 25th high school reunion is being planned; he thinks he is not successful, but at the reunion, everyone thinks he is the winner
Ep 5: The Boondoggle
A traveling reporter visits the mountain to write story about Judge Baldwin
Ep 6: The Breakdown
Jason spends too much time playing with a band
Ep 7: The Wingwalker
Jim-Bob falls in love with a wing-walker
Ep 8: The Competition
Mary Ellen and Erin both fall for a forestry student
Ep 9: The Emergence
Marsha, John-Boy's old girlfriend, returns to sell her family home at the urging of her fiance
Ep 10: The Loss
Cousin Olivia, who married on the mountain in The Shivaree episode, returns to Walton's Mountain following her husband's sudden death
Ep 11: The Abdication
King Edward VIII abdicates the throne and the Waltons follow the story
Ep 12: The Estrangement
The family helps Vera Walton and her husband, Wade, navigate a rough patch in their marriage
Ep 13: The Nurse
Mary Ellen is eager to begin nursing school, but is unhappy to learn that she lacks the education in algebra and chemistry needed to enter
Ep 14: The Intruders
Ben is upset at how he is treated at the mill
Ep 15: The Search
Olivia and Elizabeth take a car trip; Jim-Bob is forced to also go.
Ep 16: The Secret
Jim-Bob wonders if he is adopted because he does not look like other family members
Ep 17: The Fox
Ben starts to hunt animals for their skins to sell for profit.
Ep 18: The Burn Out - Part 1
John-Boy smokes a pipe and Grandpa leaves a heater plugged in and turned on and a fire breaks out
Ep 19: The Burn Out - Part 2
John-Boy smokes a pipe and Grandpa leaves a heater plugged in and turned on and a fire breaks out
Ep 20: The Big Brother
John-Boy sees a young innocent looking girl who appears to be traveling alone
Ep 21: The Test
Olivia gets a job in the city as a dressmaker
Ep 22: The Quilting
Mary Ellen resists joining in on a quilting when she reaches the marrying age
Ep 23: The House
An old abandoned home is condemned
Ep 24: The Fledgling
John-Boy wants to buy a printing press to start his own newspaper
Ep 25: The Collision
Selena Linville returns and talks to John-Boy about the rebellion in Spain
Ep 1: The First Edition
John-Boy publishes his first newspaper
Ep 2: The Vigil
Grandma is sick and Mary Ellen misdiagnosis the ailment.
Ep 3: The Comeback
Jason's scholarship at the music academy is canceled
Ep 4: The Baptism
A famous evangelist visits Walton's Mountain to preach and baptize converts
Ep 5: The Firestorm
John Boy publishes excerpts from Hitler's writing in his newspaper and the town is upset.
Ep 6: The Night Walker
An unknown person is walking around Walton's Mountain at nights and causing worry
Ep 7: The Wedding - Part 1
Mary Ellen is engaged to Dr David Spencer and they plan the wedding.
Ep 8: The Wedding - Part 2
Mary Ellen is engaged to Dr David Spencer and they plan the wedding.
Ep 9: The Cloudburst
A mining company comes to town and wants to buy land.
Ep 10: The Great Motorcycle Race
Jim-Bob fixes up Ike's old motorcycle and enters a motorcycle race
Ep 11: The Pony Cart
Martha Corrine, Grandpa's sister in law, comes to the mountain to visit.
Ep 12: The Best Christmas
Olivia wants this Christmas to be the best ever
Ep 13: The Last Mustang
A wild mustang is captured on Walton land and Grandpa wants it to remain be and remain free
Ep 14: The Rebellion
Another woman begins to play the church organ instead of Grandma which upsets Grandma
Ep 15: The Ferris Wheel
Elizabeth has nightmares about being trapped on a Ferris wheel.
Ep 16: The Elopement
The forestry student who previously visited Waltons Mountain (in "The Competition"") now returns
Ep 17: John's Crossroad
John takes a job away from home to make more money
Ep 18: The Career Girl
Erin graduates from high school still having no direction for her life
Ep 19: The Hero
The Waltons find out Sheriff Ep is a decorated war hero and John-Boy wants to write about it.
Ep 20: The Inferno
John-Boy won the right to accompany news reporters to a news event - the Hindenburg
Ep 21: The Heartbreaker
Curtis Willard's sister left her husband to pursue a singing career.
Ep 22: The Long Night
Grandma is in the hospital and Grandpa wants to bring her home
Ep 23: The Hiding Place
A Baldwin relative visits and John-Boy wants to interview her about events in Europe
Ep 24: The Go-Getter
John and Ben again come to blows about work at the mill.
Ep 25: The Achievement
John-Boy sent his novel to a publisher and does not hear anything.
Ep 1: The Hawk
A hawk is attacking the Waltons' chickens
Ep 2: The Stray
The Waltons find a 12 year old runaway in their barn
Ep 3: The Recluse
Jason helps a woman named Fern; she is withdrawn from the world because of a past relationship
Ep 4: The Warrior
An elderly Indian and his grandson visit the mountain to find their family burial ground
Ep 5: The Seashore
The Waltons visit the seashore and stay at the Baldwin's beach home
Ep 6: The Volunteer
GW Haines proposes to Erin
Ep 7: The Grandchild - Part I
Mary Ellen gives birth to the Waltons' first grandchild
Ep 8: The Grandchild - Part II
Mary Ellen gives birth to the Waltons' first grandchild
Ep 9: The First Casualty
GW Haines is in the army
Ep 10: The Battle Of Drucilla's Pond
Soldiers practice war at Drusilla's pond
Ep 11: The Flight
Jim-Bob meets a boy who is on his way to join the Air Corps, but the boy never actually leaves
Ep 12: The Children's Carol - Part I
As Christmas approaches, Mary Ellen and the baby leave to be near Curt
Ep 13: The Children's Carol - Part II
As Christmas approaches, Mary Ellen and the baby leave to be near Curt
Ep 14: The Milestone
Olivia becomes emotional (menopausal symptoms) and runs away from home to visit a relative
Ep 15: The Celebration
The Waltons have one remaining payment on their mortgage
Ep 16: The Rumor
Members of Flossie Brimmer's family visit the mountain
Ep 17: Spring Fever
Ben and Jim-Bob get on each other's nerves. They end up dating each other's girlfriends.
Ep 18: The Festival
In spring of 1940, Jason practices his music for a town festival
Ep 19: The Anniversary
John and Olivia celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary
Ep 20: The Family Tree
Jason helps Verdie research her family tree
Ep 21: The Ordeal - Part I
Elizabeth falls while standing on top of a wood pile and fractures her leg
Ep 22: The Ordeal - Part II
Elizabeth falls while standing on top of a wood pile and fractures her leg; Doctors doubt her ability to walk ever again.
Ep 23: The Return - Part I
John-Boy returns to Walton's Mountain to write about the failing economy and lack of jobs
Ep 24: The Return - Part II
John-Boy returns to Walton's Mountain to write about the failing economy and lack of jobs
Ep 25: The Revelation
John-Boy proposes to Daisy and she says yes.
Ep 26: Grandma Comes Home
Grandma returns from the hospital but the family does not let her do anything
Ep 1: The Empty Nest - Part 1
Grandpa Zeb has died and everyone is mourning.
Ep 2: The Empty Nest - Part 2
Grandpa Zeb has died and everyone is mourning.
Ep 3: The Calling
A cousin of the Baldwin sisters visits
Ep 4: The Moonshiner
Boone Walton returns after he was convicted of moon-shining andJason promises to keep watch on him
Ep 5: The Obsession
Mary Ellen starts taking pills to stay awake, and then to sleep.
Ep 6: The Changeling
Elizabeth is turning 13 years old - not quite a child, not quite a woman
Ep 7: The Portrait
Erin meets a painter who wants to paint her portrait.
Ep 8: The Captive
Corabeth Godsey feels trapped by her unchanging life on Walton's Mountain
Ep 9: The Illusion
Verdie Foster's daughter Esther returns to the mountain. After graduating with honors from college, she cannot find a job.
Ep 10: The Beau
A former boyfriend of Grandma's comes to visit
Ep 11: Day Of Infamy
Mary Ellen packs to go to Hawaii to join Curtis at Pearl Harbor.
Ep 12: The Yearning
A new minister joins the community at Walton's Mountain.
Ep 13: The Boosters
Ben starts an autocourt venture with Corabeth.
Ep 14: The Conscience
Jason expresses doubt to the army recruiters that he could ever kill a person.
Ep 15: The Obstacle
John-Boy asks his family to help Mike Paxton, a friend who was recently handicapped
Ep 16: The Parting
Olivia is always tired these days. When a rest does not help, she sees a doctor and learns what is wrong
Ep 17: The Burden
While Jim-Bob is working underneath a car, it falls and Jim-Bob has a close call with death
Ep 18: The Pin-Up
Ben has a new camera and takes pictures of Erin that becomes a pin-up
Ep 19: The Attack
Ike has a heart attack and is hospitalized
Ep 20: The Legacy
Ashley Longworth returns to Emily Baldwin
Ep 21: The Outsider
Ben surprises his family by bringing home a woman - his new bride
Ep 22: The Torch
An old girlfriend of John Walton buys the Drew Drop Inn where Jason works.
Ep 23: The Tailspin
Jim-Bob finds out he is not eligible to fly in the Air Corps due to bad vision
Ep 24: Founder's Day
The town prepares for a Founder's Day Celebration
Ep 1: The Home Front - Part 1
John has been appointed to the local draft board
Ep 2: The Home Front - Part 2
The family members all seem involved in the war effort
Ep 3: The Kinfolk
Rose arrives at the Waltons' home with her grandchildren
Ep 4: The Diploma
John has to prove he graduated from high school in order to continue getting contracts and security for government contracts
Ep 5: The Innocents
The parents who work at Picket's defense plant leave their children in the parking lot while the parents work
Ep 6: The Starlet
Film makers film a documentary at Picket's Plant and make Erin the "star"". "
Ep 7: The Journal
John-Boy is still missing, but a publisher has his journal and wants to publish it
Ep 8: The Lost Sheep
Ashley Longworth Jr returns to the mountain. He proposes to Erin and she accepts
Ep 9: The Violated
A soldier is sending his wife mail, but getting no replies
Ep 10: The Waiting
John-Boy is no longer missing in war
Ep 11: The Silver Wings
Jim-Bob delivers a package to a woman whose husband is in the war
Ep 12: The Wager
A run (on foot) and ride (on horse) race is being held. Mary Ellen and Erin bet two guys that they will win
Ep 13: The Spirit
Things begin to disappear from stores and homes as it gets closer to Christmas
Ep 14: The Fastidious Wife
Corabeth tries to sell a book at the store about being a perfect wife
Ep 15: The Unthinkable
A soldier in Jason's company is Jewish. He tells the Waltons what is happening to Jews by the Nazis
Ep 16: The Idol
There is a new teacher at school who is fun and modern.
Ep 17: The Prodigals
Jeffrey and Josh steal from Ike's store and Josh gets caught.
Ep 18: The Remembrance
Zadok Walton visits the mountain. He seems eccentric, but turns out he is held in esteem by Boatwright University for his work
Ep 19: The Inspiration
Mamie Balwin has a cataract, but does not want an operation
Ep 20: The Last Straw
John thinks about giving up the lumber mill when it seems like everything is going wrong
Ep 21: The Travelling Man
A former boyfriend and dance partner of Rose's comes to visit
Ep 22: The Furlough
John-Boy is released from the hospital and returns to Walton's Mountain
Ep 23: The Medal
Mary Ellen receives a medal that was awarded to Curtis after he died
Ep 24: The Valediction
Jim-Bob's class is graduating and he has the high grade
Ep 25: A Decade of the Waltons
All the family is preparing for Grandma's birthday and her present is to be a photograph album. This allows us to look back on important moments throughout the series
Ep 1: The Outrage - Part 1
Verdie's husband Harley is arrested for an old crime
Ep 2: The Outrage - Part 2
Verdie's husband Harley is arrested for an old crime
Ep 3: The Pledge
Mary Ellen wants to attend medical school
Ep 4: The Triumph
Jason and his squad find out the war is over, but there is a German soldier still shooting at them
Ep 5: The Premonition
While happy the war is over, Cindy has a premonition that Ben is in trouble
Ep 6: The Pursuit
A woman accuses Jim-Bob of fathering her unborn child
Ep 7: The Last Ten Days
Ben and another captured solider are led from camp on an unknown trip
Ep 8: The Move
Ben returns home. He plans on leaving the Waltons' mill and becoming an engineer
Ep 9: The Whirlwind
Jonesy arrives in town and meets Mary Ellen.
Ep 10: The Tempest
Mary Ellen travels to Florida.
Ep 11: The Carousel
When Cindy's father dies, she goes through his things and she finds adoption papers
Ep 12: The Hot Rod
Jim-Bob and Jody open an auto repair place
Ep 13: The Gold Watch
Stanley Perkins is retired and returns to the mountain to see Rose
Ep 14: The Beginning
Another new minister begins at Walton's Mountain. The church is in disarray, but he gets the community involved.
Ep 15: The Pearls
Corabeth returns to her family home to help a dying aunt
Ep 16: The Victims
A neighbor is being beaten by her drunken husband and the Waltons help
Ep 17: The Threshold
John-Boy needs a job. At the university, he convinces them to let him set up a television media program.
Ep 18: The Indiscretion
Corabeth finds a romantic letter in Ike's belongings and wants a divorce
Ep 19: The Heartache
Rose and Stanley plan to get married.
Ep 20: The Lumberjack
A new company starts in the area and wants to sell wood to the Waltons.
Ep 21: The Hostage
One of Mary Ellen's mountain patient dies, leaving his young teen to the helping hand
Ep 22: The Revel
John-Boy returns to New York with a new book - that is not good
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