Episode 1: The Home Front
1979-09-20100 min
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.
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The Waltons Season 8 — Episodes and Where to Watch
23 episodes · first aired 1979-09-20
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Episode 2: The Kinfolk
1979-09-2750 min
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.
Episode 3: The Diploma
1979-10-0450 min
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.
Episode 4: The Innocents
1979-10-1150 min
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.
Episode 5: The Starlet
1979-10-1850 min
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.
Episode 6: The Journal
1979-10-2550 min
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.
Episode 7: The Lost Sheep
1979-11-0150 min
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.
Episode 8: The Violated (1)
1979-11-0850 min
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.
Episode 9: The Waiting (2)
1979-11-2250 min
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.
Episode 10: The Silver Wings
1979-11-2950 min
Jim-Bob meets Betsy, a married woman and falls in love with her while delivering her a package.
Episode 11: The Wager
1979-12-1350 min
All of Jefferson County watched with wonder when Mary Ellen and Erin decide to venture even farther into a mans world.
Episode 12: The Spirit
1979-12-2050 min
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.
Episode 13: The Fastidious Wife
1979-12-2750 min
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.
Episode 14: The Unthinkable
1980-01-0350 min
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.
Episode 15: The Idol
1980-01-1050 min
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.
Episode 16: The Prodigals
1980-01-1750 min
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.
Episode 17: The Remembrance
1980-01-2450 min
Zadoc Walton, Zeb's cousin, arrives to keep a 21 year old promise and makes a surprising contribution to Boatwright University.
Episode 18: The Inspiration
1980-01-3150 min
Mamie Baldwin makes it through a difficult operation with Grandma's help.
Episode 19: The Last Straw
1980-02-0750 min
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.
Episode 20: The Traveling Man
1980-02-1450 min
Rose's ex-boyfriend Stanley Perkins arrives on Waltons Mountain and he makes a re-acquaintance with Rose.
Episode 21: The Furlough
1980-02-2150 min
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.
Episode 22: The Medal
1980-02-2850 min
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 23: The Valediction
1980-03-1350 min
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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