The Waltons

1972 • CBS
4.9
492 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (24)

1 The Foundling
9/14/72
When the Waltons teach sign language to an abandoned deaf girl, the love created by their concern reunites the child with her family.
2 The Carnival
9/21/72
Olivia's concern over the friendship between the Walton children and four stranded carnival performers turns to respect and admiration after the family is invited to a private performance.
3 The Calf
9/28/72
Elizabeth and Jim Bob rebel when John announces they need to sell Chance's calf.
4 The Hunt
10/5/72
Unable to pull the trigger to shoot a turkey on his first hunting trip, John-Boy proves his courage by saving his father's life.
5 The Typewriter
10/12/72
When John-Boy secretly borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters, his sister innocently sells it to a junkman.
6 The Star
10/19/72
Grandpa Walton believes a shooting star is an omen of death until he learns that another superstitious belief may result in the Baldwin sisters losing their famous still.
7 The Sinner
10/26/72
A young preacher staying a few days with the Waltons leads John-Boy to learn the meaning of grace.
8 The Boy From The C.C.C.
11/2/72
An injured runaway boy who is taken in by the Waltons unexpectedly betrays their trust.
9 The Ceremony
11/9/72
A family of Jewish refugees comes to Walton's Mountain from Nazi Germany, and the family members worry that the persecution they have suffered will continue in their new country. But when John-Boy arranges for a rabbi to perform a bar mitzvah ceremony, the family regains its dignity and finds a home in America.
10 The Legend
11/16/72
While visiting the Walton family, an old World War I buddy of John's tries to hide his failure in life with a barrage of wartime tales about his daring deeds.
11 The Literary Man
11/30/72
A self-styled writer sends John-Boy's literary dreams soaring so high that the Waltons lose an important wood-cutting contract.
12 The Dust Bowl Cousins
12/7/72
The unexpected arrival of the Waltons' cousins creates havoc in the home, but John-Boy learns a good lesson from Grandpa.
13 The Reunion
12/14/72
John-Boy unexpectedly becomes an undercover agent for the sheriff, when an unscrupulous relative of the Baldwin sisters uses their "recipe" for whiskey for his own gain.
14 The Minstrel
12/21/72
Mary Ellen becomes enamored of a 19-year-old wandering minstrel and fails to help the family at a time when she is needed.
15 The Actress
1/4/73
A world-famous actress becomes a reluctant houseguest of the Waltons when her car breaks down and she is abandoned by her chauffeur.
16 The Fire
1/11/73
Tragedy strikes the life of a young girl befriended by the Waltons when her drunken father burns the schoolhouse in the name of religion after he learns the children are being taught the theory of evolution.
17 The Love Story
1/18/73
John-Boy Walton finds himself in love for the first time when a young girl in need of love and attention returns to her remarried father's home on Walton's Mountain.
18 The Courtship
1/25/73
When Olivia's uncle, a fastidious man of 64, visits Walton's Mountain after an absence of 30 years, he becomes involved with a divorcée who is eager to marry again.
19 The Gypsies
2/1/73
Despite dire predictions that a band of gypsies will steal from the Waltons, John-Boy invites them to live in the family home until they can fix their wagon.
20 The Deed
2/8/73
John-Boy leaves home to get a job to help pay legal fees when the Waltons are in danger of losing the mountain because their forebears never filed a deed.
21 The Scholar
2/22/73
John-Boy demonstrates love and understanding as he teaches a proud but uneducated woman how to read and write.
22 The Bicycle
3/1/73
When John-Boy puts into poetic words the heartfelt thoughts of the local blacksmith, the letters win the stoic mountaineer a bride. But the bride, dreaming of the man in the letters, is shocked when she meets the blacksmith. Olivia, who has always had dreams of becoming a professional singer, devotes so much time to singing in church that her family begins to feel neglected.
23 The Townie
3/8/73
John-Boy is caught in an emotional whirlwind when an innocent afternoon movie date with a pretty girl opens the floodgates of her suppressed and impassioned desires.
24 An Easter Story
4/19/73
Olivia develops polio and the stunned family unites to help her and each other. Olivia dedicates herself to two goals: she'll fight through the pain of therapy to walk again by Easter and now, more than ever, she wants to inspire her children to fulfill their potentials.

About this show

Winner of 13 Emmys®, including Outstanding Drama Series, this beloved, heartwarming and long-running family drama is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where young John-Boy (Golden Globe nominee Richard Thomas) and his close-knit family struggle together from the Depression to World War II. Money is scarce, but love and pride is plentiful.

Ratings and reviews

4.9
492 reviews
Gwyn Huff
September 23, 2015
The Waltons is a 1970's TV series that is still relevant today. It's relevance is that it depicts the moral and social expectations of rural USA in the 1930's-family roles and economic priorities and childrens' roles. Whether the 1970's changes in family structure and the social events were played out by the television writers is beyond my scope to comment, The Waltons TV show is a door for discussion and thought with current generations.
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Tony Marella
May 2, 2017
Much of the shows of the 70's focused on large families, Post WW or current they covered various struggles and some humor, void of profanity or sexual scenes. It is a classic show that is loved The Homecoming is still my favorite growing up watching the Walton's on Sunday evenings Maybe big networks would revive big family theme shows . Nice change from the current
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Eileen Tsiapanos
January 28, 2016
family show set in the mountains of Virginia in pre and post WW2. A show I grew up on and have watched with my own children. It may well be 'out of date', 'out of style', etc., but still a great watch.
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