Episodes
1. The Foundling
September 14, 1972
50 min
When a young girl is left on the doorstep of the Walton's home, they take her in. Not Before learning she is deaf after taking her to the doctor. One night while the Walton family listen to the radio John boy takes matters into his own hands when Holly (the deaf girl) runs up to her room crying. He teaches her sign language...or really Sign spelling! This new skill comes in handy when the youngest of the Walton family gets locked by accident in a box in the Haunted House, which later turns out to be the house of which Holly lives!
Guest Stars:
Charlotte Stewart, John Crawford, Richard Kelton
2. The Carnival
September 21, 1972
50 min
A Carnival troupe comes to Walton's Mountain. When the manager absconds with the money, four members are stranded at the Walton house. They thank the Waltons with a private performance.
Guest Stars:
Billy Barty, Gino Conforti, Cindy Eilbacher, John Crawford
3. The Calf
September 28, 1972
50 min
The Family cow, Chance gives birth to a healthy calf but John announces that it must be sold to make ends meet. Elizabeth and Jim Bob hide the Calf to save it. John relents and the family keeps the calf.
Guest Stars:
Leonard Stone, Tony Becker, John Crawford
4. The Hunt
October 5, 1972
50 min
John Boy prepares to go on his first hunt and distress over taking an animals life. During the hunt he saves John's life from an attacking bear. Meanwhile Mary Ellen debates over a new dress or a baseball mitt.
Guest Stars:
Teddy Wilson, Cindy Eilbacher, John Crawford
5. The Typewriter
October 12, 1972
50 min
John Boy borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters so he can send a story to a magazine. Mary Ellen mistakenly sells it to a junk man, but through diligence, gets it back for her brother.
Guest Stars:
Elizabeth Harrower, Mary Jackson, John Crawford, Helen Kleeb, George Tobias
6. The Star
October 19, 1972
50 min
When a meteorite falls on the Baldwin's house, Zeb believes his time has come. The Baldwin sisters are hoaxed by their cousin until Zeb and John come to the rescue.
Guest Stars:
Ignatius Wolfington, Byron Morrow, Mary Jackson, Cindy Fisher, Helen Kleeb
7. The Sinner
4.0
October 26, 1972
50 min
The Reverend Matthew Fordwick comes to Walton's Mountain and upsets the family with his strict and forceful preaching. He innocently samples "the recipe," and John helps him to be accepted within the community
Guest Stars:
Robert Donner, Mary Jackson, Helen Kleeb, Collin Wilcox Paxton, John Ritter
8. The Boy From the C.C.C.
November 2, 1972
50 min
Gino, a boy from the slums of New York City runs away from a CCC Camp and learns about trust and love from the Waltons
9. The Ceremony
November 9, 1972
50 min
A Jewish family, escaping refugees from Nazi Germany, come to Waltons Mountain for safety. Their 13 year old son loses respect for his father in the sons attempt to maintain his religious beliefs and practices.
Guest Stars:
Noah Keen, Radames Pera, Ellen Geer
10. The Legend
November 16, 1972
50 min
John's old army buddy, Tip Harrison, tries to cover his lack of success with childish actions and comments culminating in an accidental fire and the shooting of reckless the family dog.
11. The Literary Man
November 30, 1972
50 min
John-Boy's truck breaks down and he meets the author, A.J. Covington. John-Boy jeopardizes a timber contract badly needed by the family.
Guest Stars:
David Huddleston, Victor Izay, John Crawford
12. The Dust Bowl Cousins
December 7, 1972
50 min
The Walton's distant cousins arrive on the mountain and immediately upset everyone's life by their shiftless dishonest ways.
Guest Stars:
Robert Donner, Warren Vanders
13. The Reunion
December 14, 1972
50 min
The Baldwin sisters and The Recipe play a pivotal role in this story involving their unscrupulous scheming cousin, Homer Lee Baldwin.
Guest Stars:
Denver Pyle, Mary Jackson, John Crawford, Helen Kleeb
14. The Minstrel
December 21, 1972
50 min
Mary Ellen meets a traveling troubadour, Jamie and neglects her responsibilities of helping pick fruit.
Guest Stars:
Regis Cordic, John Crawford
15. The Actress
January 4, 1973
50 min
When her car breaks down, the famous extravagant actress, Alvira Drummond finds herself stranded on Waltons Mountain. The Children, especially Mary Ellen, are fascinated by her "Hollywood" ways.
Guest Stars:
Mary Jackson, John Crawford, Helen Kleeb, Dorothy Neumann, Pippa Scott
16. The Fire
January 11, 1973
50 min
A young girls father objects to Miss Hunter's teaching Evolution. During a drunken rage he burns down the school and is killed in the fire.
Guest Stars:
Teddy Wilson, Richard Bradford, Mary Jackson, Lisa Eilbacher, John Crawford
17. The Love Story
January 18, 1973
50 min
John Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendleton who returns to Walton's Mountain. Jenny's father and new step-mother follow her to the mountain. Her father is killed in an auto accident and Jenny returns home with her step mother. John-Boy suffers his first lost love.
Guest Stars:
Byron Morrow, Sian Barbara Allen, John Crawford, Diane Shalet
18. The Courtship
January 25, 1973
50 min
Olivia's uncle Cody Nelson comes to visit with the Waltons and finds love with a woman who has been divorced four times.
Guest Stars:
Eduard Franz, Mary Jackson, Helen Kleeb, John Ritter
19. The Gypsies
February 1, 1973
50 min
A gypsy family is stranded, but the leader refuses to accept help from the Waltons. His pride almost costs the life of his baby son.
Guest Stars:
Victor Argo, Barry Miller, John Crawford, Celia Lovsky, Gregory Sierra
20. The Deed
February 8, 1973
50 min
It seems that the Waltons never officially registered the deed to Waltons Mountain. In order to help pay the legal fees, John-Boy leaves home for a job in the city. He meets new friends, gets mugged and earns a reward to help the family keep their home.
Guest Stars:
Jenny Sullivan, Robert Donner, Robert Karnes, George Tobias, Russ Grieve
21. The Scholar
February 22, 1973
50 min
A neighbor lady, Verdie Grant asks John-Boy to teach her to read and write. He agrees to teach her as he helps Elizabeth. Things go wrong, however, and feelings get hurt.
Guest Stars:
Lynn Hamilton, Kerry MacLane
22. The Bicycle
March 1, 1973
50 min
Local blacksmith, Curtis Norton has John-Boy write letters to his bride-to-be. When she arrives on Walton's Mountain, life and Curtis are much different than she expected. Meanwhile, Olivia is feeling new pangs for freedom and something "different" in her life.
Guest Stars:
Ned Beatty, Nora Marlowe, Lynn Hamilton, Patsy Garrett, David Doremus
23. The Townie
March 8, 1973
50 min
John-Boy's friend Sarah sees him as a way to escape her "trapped" life with her demanding mother. When John-Boy rejects her advances, she runs off and plans to elope with a townie.
Guest Stars:
Sissy Spacek, Nicholas Hammond, Allyn Ann McLerie, John Crawford, Tom Anfinsen
24. An Easter Story
April 19, 1973
100 min
The entire family suffers a crisis when Olivia is stricken with polio. Dr Vance prescribes the accepted treatment, but Olivia does not get better. John-Boy learns of a new treatment practiced by sister Kenny and the family tries it to success in time for the Easter service.
Guest Stars:
Joseph Bernard, Don Collier, Mary Jackson, John Crawford, Helen Kleeb
