Seasons & episodes
S7 · E18The Attack 1979-02-15 · 50 min
Ike has a heart attack because of the pressures and shortages of war-time shop-keeping. The Walton children pitch in and help keep Ike's store open in his absence.
S7 · E19The Legacy 1979-02-22 · 50 min
Ashley Longworth Jr, who bears striking resemblance to his dad, comes to the Baldwin home and is courted by Miss Emily and Erin.
S7 · E20The Outsider 1979-03-01 · 50 min
Ben comes home in the middle of the night with his new wife Cindy and they set up housekeeping in the shed. The early years of marriage aren't easy until Grandma steps in.
S7 · E21The Torch 1979-03-08 · 50 min
Cally May, John's ex-girlfriend, comes to Walton's mountain and buys the Dew Drop Inn. John and Olivia's kids try to protect John from Cally May's attention. Ike, Cindy and Elizabeth turn Godsey's hall into a canteen for soldiers from Camp Rockfish.
S7 · E22The Talespin 1979-03-15 · 50 min
Jim-Bob can not join the Air Corps because he fails the eye exam. Jim-Bob decides to run off and join the Army.
S7 · E23Founders' Day 1979-03-22 · 50 min
Jason tries desperately with his music professor to meet the course's requirements of an original composition. He composes Appalachian Portrait while he plans the piece.
S8 · E1The Home Front 1979-09-20 · 100 min
John serves on the local draft board. A young soldier he drafted has been killed and the boy's Dad threatens John & Jim-Bob. The family receives word that John-Boy is missing in action.
S8 · E2The Kinfolk 1979-09-27 · 50 min
Rose arrives for a visit which is extended with Serena and Jeffery, her grandchildren. Jim-Bob and Ike Godsey build an air raid siren big enough for Richmond.
S8 · E3The Diploma 1979-10-04 · 50 min
Mary Ellen subs as the county nurse. John tries to prove to the army that he really did graduate from high school. John can not find his diploma so he takes another test.
S8 · E4The Innocents 1979-10-11 · 50 min
Olivia says the mountain needs a day nursery for children of defense plant workers. Corabeth thinks that Ike has a girlfriend when she sees Rose teaching him to dance.
S8 · E5The Starlet 1979-10-18 · 50 min
The film company comes to Walton's Mountain and Pickett plant is used for a war-time documentary. Erin is convinced by the director that she has potential in Hollywood.
S8 · E6The Journal 1979-10-25 · 50 min
A publisher asks permission from John and Olivia about printing the new book that John-Boy wrote in Europe. Jeff does not want Reckless put to sleep after Reckless becomes sick.
S8 · E7The Lost Sheep 1979-11-01 · 50 min
Ashley Longworth Jr. comes back and asks Erin to be his wife. She has some serious doubts after he says he has lost his faith in God.
S8 · E8The Violated (1) 1979-11-08 · 50 min
Olivia searches for a soldier's wife at the request from the Red Cross. The soldier's wife won't answer her husband's letters. Corabeth expects an inheritance.
S8 · E9The Waiting (2) 1979-11-22 · 50 min
To be near John-Boy who is in a coma, Olivia joins the Red Cross. Rose plans the big Thanksgiving dinner. John and Olivia spend Thanksgiving in Richmond Hospital with John-Boy.
S8 · E10The Silver Wings 1979-11-29 · 50 min
Jim-Bob meets Betsy, a married woman and falls in love with her while delivering her a package.
S8 · E11The Wager 1979-12-13 · 50 min
All of Jefferson County watched with wonder when Mary Ellen and Erin decide to venture even farther into a mans world.
S8 · E12The Spirit 1979-12-20 · 50 min
There's an escapee from a POW camp in North Carolina hiding on Walton's Mountain and he is befriended by Jeffrey. They ask him in on Christmas Eve.
S8 · E13The Fastidious Wife 1979-12-27 · 50 min
Cindy gets a book from Corabeth on how to be the perfect wife and Cindy resolves to cater to Ben's every need. Jeffrey takes home a cat and names her Harold, until the cat gives birth to kittens.
S8 · E14The Unthinkable 1980-01-03 · 50 min
There's a recruit working for Jason's company who is Jewish. He tells how his grandfather was arrested and killed by German soldiers in Warsaw.
S8 · E15The Idol 1980-01-10 · 50 min
Hazel Lamphere, the new school teacher, comes to Walton's Mountain and Elizabeth is immediately attached to her. Virginia is born to Cindy and Ben.
S8 · E16The Prodigals 1980-01-17 · 50 min
Josh and Jeffrey break into Godsey's store and are in trouble with the law. After being humiliated by a solider in uniform, Ben decides to enlist.
S8 · E17The Remembrance 1980-01-24 · 50 min
Zadoc Walton, Zeb's cousin, arrives to keep a 21 year old promise and makes a surprising contribution to Boatwright University.
S8 · E18The Inspiration 1980-01-31 · 50 min
Mamie Baldwin makes it through a difficult operation with Grandma's help.