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Olivia Walton must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a remarkable business opportunity.
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EpisodeOlivia Walton must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a remarkable business opportunity.
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EpisodeGrandpa Walton wins a contract to demolish an old house that holds many dear memories for Grandma.
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EpisodeJason Walton stretches himself to the breaking point by working too hard to prove his self-worth.
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EpisodeGrandma is determined to have a quilting for Mary Ellen to announce she's of marrying age. But Mary Ellen considers the custom insulting.
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EpisodeJohn-Boy Walton shares an inner bond with Edward the Eighth, King of England, when he faces the most important professional and personal decision of his life.
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EpisodeThe Walton children learn that it is not easy having their mother as a substitute teacher, and John-Boy rediscovers a former girlfriend.
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EpisodeOlivia Walton and her daughter, Erin, must face intense life challenges when forced to give up newfound love relationships.
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EpisodeWhen Walton Mountain's only schoolteacher and its minister suddenly decide to get married, their only chance for a honeymoon depends on Olivia taking over the classroom and John-Boy giving the Sunday sermon.
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EpisodeWhen an investigative reporter comes to Walton's Mountain to write a historical guide to the State of Virginia, he uncovers a secret that embarrasses the Baldwin sisters and angers the rest of the community.
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EpisodeA flash fire demolishes the second floor of the Walton's home and starts a series of events that threatens to destroy the family. Conclusion
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EpisodeJohn-Boy undertakes an act of charity that exposes the family to the unexpected wiles of a most unlikely con artist.
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Episode"Death-Defying Bobby Storm," a beautiful, young stuntwoman, offers her dangerously troubled heart to John-Boy Walton
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EpisodeWhen a young widow comes to stay in their home, the Walton children learn a hard lesson about how to cope with another person's grief.
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EpisodeThe Walton family befriends a young, black preacher who wants to earn money to start his own church by becoming a professional prizefighter.
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EpisodeWould-be newspaper publisher John-Boy battles to scrape together enough money for an old printing press.
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EpisodeThe Walton household is upset when John-Boy brings home a teenage college-student genius with a photographic memory.
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EpisodeA former girlfriend returns to Walton's Mountain and challenges John-Boy to reexamine his goals.
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EpisodeA rival lumber company threatens to put Walton and Sons out of business, and young Ben Walton picks the worst possible time to leave home.
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EpisodeA flash fire demolishes the second floor of the Walton's house and begins a series of events that threatens to destroy the family. Part 1 of 2
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EpisodeThinking himself a failure compared to his more successful former classmates, John Walton is apprehensive and irritable as he contemplates his high school class' 25th reunion.
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EpisodeConvinced he was adopted, young Jim-Bob Walton searches for the truth about his birth and finds it shrouded in mystery.
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EpisodeGrandpa Zeb Walton is just as surely trapped by a set of unique circumstances as a wild, young mountain animal captured by Ben Walton.
The Sermon
Episode 401When Walton Mountain's only schoolteacher and its minister suddenly decide to get married, their only chance for a honeymoon depends on Olivia taking over the classroom and John-Boy giving the Sunday sermon.
The Genius
Episode 402The Walton household is upset when John-Boy brings home a teenage college-student genius with a photographic memory.
The Fighter
Episode 403The Walton family befriends a young, black preacher who wants to earn money to start his own church by becoming a professional prizefighter.
The Prophecy
Episode 404Thinking himself a failure compared to his more successful former classmates, John Walton is apprehensive and irritable as he contemplates his high school class' 25th reunion.
The Boondoggle
Episode 405When an investigative reporter comes to Walton's Mountain to write a historical guide to the State of Virginia, he uncovers a secret that embarrasses the Baldwin sisters and angers the rest of the community.
The Breakdown
Episode 406Jason Walton stretches himself to the breaking point by working too hard to prove his self-worth.
The Wingwalker
Episode 407"Death-Defying Bobby Storm," a beautiful, young stuntwoman, offers her dangerously troubled heart to John-Boy Walton
The Competition
Episode 408Olivia Walton and her daughter, Erin, must face intense life challenges when forced to give up newfound love relationships.
The Emergence
Episode 409The Walton children learn that it is not easy having their mother as a substitute teacher, and John-Boy rediscovers a former girlfriend.
The Loss
Episode 410When a young widow comes to stay in their home, the Walton children learn a hard lesson about how to cope with another person's grief.
The Abdication
Episode 411John-Boy Walton shares an inner bond with Edward the Eighth, King of England, when he faces the most important professional and personal decision of his life.
The Estrangement
Episode 412A frightened, young mother seeks refuge in the Walton home when she leaves her husband.
The Nurse
Episode 413Mary Ellen's ambition to become a nurse is tested by disappointment and an experience with death.
The Intruders
Episode 414A rival lumber company threatens to put Walton and Sons out of business, and young Ben Walton picks the worst possible time to leave home.
The Secret
Episode 416Convinced he was adopted, young Jim-Bob Walton searches for the truth about his birth and finds it shrouded in mystery.
The Fox
Episode 417Grandpa Zeb Walton is just as surely trapped by a set of unique circumstances as a wild, young mountain animal captured by Ben Walton.
The Burn Out – Parts I-II
Episode 418A flash fire demolishes the second floor of the Walton's house and begins a series of events that threatens to destroy the family. Part 1 of 2
The Big Brother
Episode 419John-Boy undertakes an act of charity that exposes the family to the unexpected wiles of a most unlikely con artist.
The Test
Episode 420Olivia Walton must choose between her family and a career when she is offered a remarkable business opportunity.
The Quilting
Episode 421Grandma is determined to have a quilting for Mary Ellen to announce she's of marrying age. But Mary Ellen considers the custom insulting.
The House
Episode 422Grandpa Walton wins a contract to demolish an old house that holds many dear memories for Grandma.
The Fledgling
Episode 423Would-be newspaper publisher John-Boy battles to scrape together enough money for an old printing press.
The Collision
Episode 424A former girlfriend returns to Walton's Mountain and challenges John-Boy to reexamine his goals.