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The Waltons Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1972 - 1973
Episode 1
The Foundling
Thu, Sep 14, 1972 60 mins
A moving story about John-Boy's efforts to communicate with a deaf girl. Holly: Erica Hunton. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. Mother: Charlotte Stewart. Father: Richard Kelton.
Episode 2
The Carnival
Thu, Sep 21, 1972 60 mins
A carnival in the Walton barn. Tommy: Billy Barty. Pete: Gino Conforti. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. Belle: Barbara Davis. Marco: John Harper. John: Ralph Waite. Olivia: Michael Learned.
Episode 3
The Calf
Thu, Sep 28, 1972 60 mins
The pet calf is headed for the slaughterhouse. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. Jim-Bob: David W. Harper. Elizabeth: Kami Cotler. John: Ralph Waite. Olivia: Michael Learned. Farmer: Leonard Stone.
Episode 4
The Hunt
Thu, Oct 5, 1972 60 mins
An initiation into manhood: John-Boy's first turkey hunt. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. John: Ralph Waite. Charlie: Tom Peters. Dooley: Theodore Wilson. Grandpa: Will Geer. Olivia: Michael Learned.
Episode 5
The Typewriter
Thu, Oct 12, 1972 60 mins
An antique typewriter plays a crucial role in this story about John-Boy's writing career. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. Mamie: Helen Kleeb. Emily: Mary Jackson. Mary Ellen: Judy Norton.
Episode 6
The Star
Thu, Oct 19, 1972 60 mins
How a shooting star touched the Waltons' lives. Will Geer. Ben: Eric Scott. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. John: Ralph Waite. Olivia: Michael Learned. Grandma: Ellen Corby. Mamie: Helen Kleeb.
Episode 7
The Sinner
Thu, Oct 26, 1972 60 mins
John Ritter as a stiff-backed minister who stumbles off the straight and narrow. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. John: Ralph Waite. Olivia: Michael Learned. Grandpa: Will Geer. Grandma: Ellen Corby.
Episode 8
The Boy From the CCC
Thu, Nov 2, 1972 60 mins
The family attempts to gain the trust of a runaway (Michael Rupert) from a CCC camp. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. John: Ralph Waite. Olivia: Michael Learned. Elizabeth: Kami Cotler. Jim-Bob: David W. Harper.
Episode 9
The Ceremony
Thu, Nov 9, 1972 60 mins
A story of Jewish refugees who can't escape the fear of persecution. Prof. Mann: Noah Keen. Paul: Radames Pera. Eva: Ellen Geer. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. John: Ralph Waite. Olivia: Michael Learned. Jim-Bob: David W. Harper.
Episode 10
The Legend
Thu, Nov 16, 1972 60 mins
A study of an old Army buddy still reliving his adventures in the Great War. John: Ralph Waite. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. Olivia: Michael Learned. Jason: Jon Walmsley. Grandpa: Will Geer.
Episode 11
The Literary Man
Thu, Nov 30, 1972 60 mins
John-Boy's hopes for a literary career get a boost from a world-traveling author. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. John: Ralph Waite. Olivia: Michael Learned. Grandma: Ellen Corby.
Episode 12
The Dust-Bowl Cousins
Thu, Dec 7, 1972 60 mins
The plight of dust-bowl refugees who lost their values as well as their farm. Ham: Warren Vanders. Cora: Jay MacIntosh. Job: Ken Wolger. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. John: Ralph Waite. Olivia: Michael Learned. Grandpa: Will Geer.
Episode 13
The Reunion
Thu, Dec 14, 1972 60 mins
A con artist has great plans for the Baldwin sisters' hooch.
Episode 14
The Minstrel
Thu, Dec 21, 1972 60 mins
Mary Ellen's bad case of wanderlust is made worse by the tales of an itinerant minstrel.
Episode 15
The Actress
Thu, Jan 4, 1973 60 mins
Mary Ellen's star struck, Grandma's scandalised ... predictable reactions to a flamboyant actress stranded at the Waltons'.
Episode 16
The Fire
Thu, Jan 11, 1973 60 mins
A student is caught in a parent-teacher clash over evolution.
Episode 17
The Love Story
Thu, Jan 18, 1973 60 mins
An old-fashioned love story: John-Boy and "just about the prettiest thing I ever laid eyes on".
Episode 18
The Courtship
Thu, Jan 25, 1973 60 mins
John-Boy plays matchmaker for an unlikely pair.
Episode 19
The Gypsies
Thu, Feb 1, 1973 60 mins
A Gypsy family's encounter with prejudice.
Episode 20
The Deed
Thu, Feb 8, 1973 60 mins
Big-city adventure for John-Boy in a timber-rights battle with a lumber company.
Episode 21
The Scholar
Thu, Feb 22, 1973 60 mins
John-Boy as a tutor to a woman too proud to admit she can't read or write.
Episode 22
The Bicycle
Thu, Mar 1, 1973 60 mins
John-Boy plays John Alden for a shy blacksmith courting a starry-eyed city girl.
Episode 23
The Townie
Thu, Mar 8, 1973 60 mins
Sissy Spacek plays John-Boy's romantic classmate, who's part tiger, part pussycat---and anxious to get married. John-Boy: Richard Thomas. Ted Claypool: Nicholas Hammond. John: Ralph Waite. Widow Simmons: Allyn Ann McLerie. Olivia: Michael Learned. Theodore Claypool Sr.: John Myhers.
Episode 24
The Crisis(Part 1)
Thu, Apr 19, 1973 60 mins
The Waltons are grief-stricken when a doctor pronounces Olivia a disabled victim of polio. First of two parts. Michael Learned. John: Ralph Waite. Mary Ellen: Judy Norton-Taylor. Erin: Mary Elizabeth McDonough. Jason: Jon Walmsley. Ben: Eric Scott. Elizabeth: Kami Cotler.
Episode 25
The Crisis (Part 2)
Thu, Apr 19, 1973 60 mins
Conclusion. Olivia attempts to overcome the effects of polio. Michael Learned, Ralph Waite. Mary Ellen: Judy Norton-Taylor. Erin: Mary Elizabeth McDonough. Jason: Jon Walmsley. Ben: Eric Scott. Elizabeth: Kami Cotler.