The Ordeal – Parts I-II

Mary Ellen gives birth, but a grieving neighbor steals the baby. The leader of a gospel choir hears Jason play at the burlesque theater and offers him a job. Conclusion.

John is trapped inside the mine that John-Boy has struggled to re-open to create jobs in Rockfish. Conclusion.

Elizabeth's broken leg bones heal, but she is still unable to walk. Conclusion.

Christmas comes to Walton's mountain as preparations for war occupy everyone's attention. But Olivia's faith in God, tested by the horrors on the oncoming war and by events within her community, is reaffirmed when Jim-Bob uses his short-wave radio to located the two English children's mother. Conclusion.

A fierce hawk threatens peace on the Walton farm, and a handsome new minister is chosen for the Walton community.

Mysterious events at the Walton farm lead to the discovery of a 12-year-old, black orphan boy, who attaches himself to John Walton.

Jason befriends a mysterious recluse who loves music, and Ben leaves home to look for a job in a defense plant.

The startling history of Walton's Mountain leads to the beginning of a new Indian burial ground, and Myrtle, the goat, is healed.

The Waltons vacation at the Baldwin's beach cottage and meet a mysterious English girl. Ben tries to enjoy the carefree life home alone.

John and Olivia must accept that Erin is growing up when G.W. Haines proposes marriage. But when she turns down his proposal, G.W. joins the army.

As Mary Ellen's baby comes due, one of her friends' baby is born prematurely and stillborn. Out of grief, she torments Mary Ellen with talk of bad omens and portents about Mary Ellen's baby. Jason gets a job at the burlesque theater.

The war deeply affects the Waltons when Curt is called into active duty and G.W. Haines is killed during training.

The United States Army invades Walton's Mountain to practice maneuvers, and Olivia sells all her paintings to a mysterious gentleman.

Jim Bob befriends a boy who claims to be joining the Air Corps. Elizabeth adopts Maud as a grandmother, and Myrtle the goat has a baby.

The war seems very close to Walton's Mountain as two young English orphans seek refuge from the German blitzkrieg, everyone in the family becomes involved in military preparations and Jim-Bob rebuilds an old short-wave radio, which he uses to communicate with people under siege in England. Olivia's faith in God is tested by the horrors of the oncoming war and by events within her community and her family. Part 1 of 2.

Olivia is forced to deal with the loss of emotional composure as she enters menopause, and Jim-Bob struggles to reach his manhood.

After years of hard work, the Walton family is out of debt, and Corabeth is interested in getting the handsome new preacher married.

Elizabeth's vivid imagination starts a rumor that an innocent family is spying for the Germans, and the outcome threatens her family and friends.

Mamie Baldwin thinks her declining rosebush is a sign of her own impending death. Jim Bob and Ben fight over each other's girlfriends.

Jason encounters racism when he and Josh audition for the Spring Festival, and Elizabeth falls in love with a new schoolmate.

John and Olivia celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, and Mary Ellen and Curt both fight temptation during their separation due to the army.

Verdie searches for her family history with Jason's help. Elizabeth stretches the truth to her soldier pen pal, letting him think she's 18 and looks like Erin.

Elizabeth loses the use of her legs in an accident, and the Walton family members adjust to the tragedy in their own ways.

Daisy accepts John-Boy's proposal of marriage, and he brings his fiancée home to meet the family. But John-Boy learns a secret that Daisy has been hiding, which prevents their wedding from moving forward and decides to accept a job offer in London.

Grandma finally returns home after her stroke, but everyone is so protective of her that she no longer feels she is needed -- or has a place in the family.

John-Boy returns to a pre-war, impoverished Walton's Mountain and tries to reopen a long forgotten mine. Meanwhile, Erin hides her second job from the family, attempting to earn more money for the family. Part 1 of 2