Season 8
Episodes
S8 · E1 · 20 Sept 1979 · 100 min
The Home Front
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 · E2 · 27 Sept 1979 · 50 min
The Kinfolk
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 · E3 · 4 Oct 1979 · 50 min
The Diploma
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 · E4 · 11 Oct 1979 · 50 min
The Innocents
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 · E5 · 18 Oct 1979 · 50 min
The Starlet
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 · E6 · 25 Oct 1979 · 50 min
The Journal
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 · E7 · 1 Nov 1979 · 50 min
The Lost Sheep
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 · E8 · 8 Nov 1979 · 50 min
The Violated (1)
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 · E9 · 22 Nov 1979 · 50 min
The Waiting (2)
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 · E10 · 29 Nov 1979 · 50 min
The Silver Wings
Jim-Bob meets Betsy, a married woman and falls in love with her while delivering her a package.
S8 · E11 · 13 Dec 1979 · 50 min
The Wager
All of Jefferson County watched with wonder when Mary Ellen and Erin decide to venture even farther into a mans world.
S8 · E12 · 20 Dec 1979 · 50 min
The Spirit
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 · E13 · 27 Dec 1979 · 50 min
The Fastidious Wife
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 · E14 · 3 Jan 1980 · 50 min
The Unthinkable
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 · E15 · 10 Jan 1980 · 50 min
The Idol
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 · E16 · 17 Jan 1980 · 50 min
The Prodigals
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 · E17 · 24 Jan 1980 · 50 min
The Remembrance
Zadoc Walton, Zeb's cousin, arrives to keep a 21 year old promise and makes a surprising contribution to Boatwright University.
S8 · E18 · 31 Jan 1980 · 50 min
The Inspiration
Mamie Baldwin makes it through a difficult operation with Grandma's help.
S8 · E19 · 7 Feb 1980 · 50 min
The Last Straw
When John's equipment breaks down and Jim-Bob breaks his, John decides maybe he has had enough. Jeffrey builds himself a soapbox car sponsored by Godsey's store.
S8 · E20 · 14 Feb 1980 · 50 min
The Traveling Man
Rose's ex-boyfriend Stanley Perkins arrives on Waltons Mountain and he makes a re-acquaintance with Rose.
S8 · E21 · 21 Feb 1980 · 50 min
The Furlough
John-Boy returns home physically cured but he still suffers from a loss of memory. Ike gets arrested for draft evasion because he ignores a letter from the Army.
S8 · E22 · 28 Feb 1980 · 50 min
The Medal
Mary Ellen receives a medal that was awarded to Curtis after he died. A former friend of Corabeth visits; he and Corabeth begin to see each other. Ike is concerned.
S8 · E23 · 13 Mar 1980 · 50 min
The Valediction
Jim-Bob graduates as class valedictorian and Erin finds out that Ashley Longsworth Jr married a girl in London. The Walton boys join the War.
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