Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
The Waltons Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
The Home Front: Part 1
Thu, Sep 20, 197960 mins
John has been appointed to the local draft board. John convinces a young soldier who went AWOL to return to his unit and the boy is subsequently lost when a troop ship is torpedoed. The boy's father wants revenge. Also, there's bad news about John-Boy.
Episode 2
The Home Front: Part 2
Thu, Sep 20, 197960 mins
The family members all seem involved in the war effort. John helps with the draft board. A soldier who signed up because of John is killed in the war, and the father wants to take revenge. Bad news about John-Boy.
Episode 3
The Kinfolk
Thu, Sep 27, 197960 mins
Rose arrives at the Waltons' home with her grandchildren. The grandchildren always cause trouble and get into mischief on purpose. Jim-Bob and Ike build an air raid siren; Jeffrey finds it and causes trouble.
Episode 4
The Diploma
Thu, Oct 4, 197960 mins
John has to prove he graduated from high school in order to continue getting contracts and security for government contracts. Mary Ellen becomes the nurse for the mountain folk when Nora is called into the service.
Episode 5
The Innocents
Thu, Oct 11, 197960 mins
The parents who work at Picket's defense plant leave their children in the parking lot while the parents work. Olivia wants to open a day care in Picket's bar room for the workers. Ike learns to dance.
Episode 6
The Starlet
Thu, Oct 18, 197960 mins
Film makers film a documentary at Picket's Plant and make Erin the "star". She thinks she might have a future in movies; one of the assistants gives her the truth. The Baldwin sisters host a dinner for the soldiers. Jason helps.
Episode 7
The Journal
Thu, Oct 25, 197960 mins
John-Boy is still missing, but a publisher has his journal and wants to publish it. It is told from a soldier's point of view. John and Olivia have to decide.
Episode 8
The Lost Sheep
Thu, Nov 1, 197960 mins
Ashley Longworth Jr returns to the mountain. He proposes to Erin and she accepts. Problems arise when he says he does not want to be married in a church. Serena (Rose's granddaughter) follows Elizabeth all the time.
Episode 9
The Violated
Thu, Nov 8, 197960 mins
A soldier is sending his wife mail, but getting no replies. Olivia looks into it and finds something bad happened to the wife. Corabeth Godsey learns she will receive an inheritance. It is not what she expects.
Episode 10
The Waiting
Thu, Nov 22, 197960 mins
John-Boy is no longer missing in war. He is in a coma in a hospital in Alexandria. John and Olivia go to see him. Rose is left at home to make the Thanksgiving meal and tries to cheer everyone up.
Episode 11
The Silver Wings
Thu, Nov 29, 197960 mins
Jim-Bob helps a newcomer, the wife of an Air Corps pilot, refurbish an old cabin and finds himself falling hopelessly in love.
Episode 12
The Wager
Thu, Dec 13, 197960 mins
A run (on foot) and ride (on horse) race is being held. Mary Ellen and Erin bet two guys that they will win. Elizabeth becomes a taskmaster in training Mary Ellen and Erin. Jeffrey gets a signed picture from a movie star.
Episode 13
The Spirit
Thu, Dec 20, 197960 mins
A series of thefts worries the community. Jeffrey makes friends with a mysterious visitor (Ned Bellamy) on Walton's Mountain. He's an escaped German prisoner. Corabeth's holiday pageant is canceled.
Episode 14
The Fastidious Wife
Thu, Dec 27, 197960 mins
Corabeth tries to sell a book at the store about being a perfect wife. She gives Cindy a book. She tries to follow all the instructions and ends up exhausted. Jeffrey and Serena find a pregnant cat and want to keep her and the kittens.
Episode 15
The Unthinkable
Thu, Jan 3, 198060 mins
A soldier in Jason's company is Jewish. He tells the Waltons what is happening to Jews by the Nazis. Meanwhile, Elizabeth is getting teased for being such a smart student at school.
Episode 16
The Idol
Thu, Jan 10, 198060 mins
Elizabeth is fascinated by the new schoolteacher, a modern thinker who dares to teach her students where babies come from. Cindy is reaching the final stage of her pregnancy.
Episode 17
The Prodigals
Thu, Jan 17, 198060 mins
Jeffrey and Josh steal from Ike's store. Josh gets caught. Ben decides to enlist in the service even though he is exempt due to working at the mill.
Episode 18
The Remembrance
Thu, Jan 24, 198060 mins
Grandpa's Cousin Zadok pays the family a visit to settle his affairs. At Camp Rockfish, Jason tries to break the ice with an officious female sergeant.
Episode 19
The Inspiration
Thu, Jan 31, 198050 mins
Mamie Baldwin refuses to have cataract surgery, so Grandma moves in with the Baldwins and shows them what it is like to be blind. Elizabeth starts seeing Drew (Tony Becker).
Episode 20
The Last Straw
Thu, Feb 7, 198060 mins
John thinks about giving up the lumber mill when it seems like everything is going wrong. Jeffrey builds a soapbox and enters a race.
Episode 21
The Travelling Man
Thu, Feb 14, 198060 mins
A former boyfriend and dance partner of Rose's comes to visit. Rose and Stanley Perkins resume their relationship. The open road still calls out to Stanley. Meanwhile, Jeffrey has a new dog who is in the teething stage.
Episode 22
The Furlough
Thu, Feb 21, 198060 mins
John-Boy is released from the hospital and returns to Walton's Mountain. Ike is arrested for draft evasion.
Episode 23
The Medal
Thu, Feb 28, 198060 mins
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.
Episode 24
The Valediction
Thu, Mar 13, 198060 mins
Jim-Bob's class is graduating and he has the high grade. He is the valedictorian. His class prepares a graduation ceremony that is fitting for war time. (June 1944)