Season 8
23 episodes · Sep 20, 1979
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S8E1The Home Front
Sep 20, 1979100mJohn 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.
S8E2The Kinfolk
Sep 27, 197950mRose 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.
S8E3The Diploma
Oct 4, 197950mMary 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.
S8E4The Innocents
Oct 11, 197950mOlivia 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.
S8E5The Starlet
Oct 18, 197950mThe 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.
S8E6The Journal
Oct 25, 197950mA 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.
S8E7The Lost Sheep
Nov 1, 197950mAshley 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.
S8E8The Violated (1)
Nov 8, 197950mOlivia 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.
S8E9The Waiting (2)
Nov 22, 197950mTo 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.
S8E10The Silver Wings
Nov 29, 197950mJim-Bob meets Betsy, a married woman and falls in love with her while delivering her a package.
S8E11The Wager
Dec 13, 197950mAll of Jefferson County watched with wonder when Mary Ellen and Erin decide to venture even farther into a mans world.
S8E12The Spirit
Dec 20, 197950mThere'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.
S8E13The Fastidious Wife
Dec 27, 197950mCindy 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.
S8E14The Unthinkable
Jan 3, 198050mThere'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.
S8E15The Idol
Jan 10, 198050mHazel Lamphere, the new school teacher, comes to Walton's Mountain and Elizabeth is immediately attached to her. Virginia is born to Cindy and Ben.
S8E16The Prodigals
Jan 17, 198050mJosh 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.
S8E17The Remembrance
Jan 24, 198050mZadoc Walton, Zeb's cousin, arrives to keep a 21 year old promise and makes a surprising contribution to Boatwright University.
S8E18The Inspiration
Jan 31, 198050mMamie Baldwin makes it through a difficult operation with Grandma's help.
S8E19The Last Straw
Feb 7, 198050mWhen 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.
S8E20The Traveling Man
Feb 14, 198050mRose's ex-boyfriend Stanley Perkins arrives on Waltons Mountain and he makes a re-acquaintance with Rose.
S8E21The Furlough
Feb 21, 198050mJohn-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.
S8E22The Medal
Feb 28, 198050mMary 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.
S8E23The Valediction
Mar 13, 198050mJim-Bob graduates as class valedictorian and Erin finds out that Ashley Longsworth Jr married a girl in London. The Walton boys join the War.