The Waltons

The Waltons work together to teach sign language to a 6-year-old whose mother abandoned her.

The Walton children befriend four stranded carnival performers.

Elizabeth and Jim Bob rebel when John announces they need to sell Chance's calf.

Unable to pull the trigger to shoot a turkey on his first hunting trip, John-Boy proves his courage by saving his father's life.

When John-Boy secretly borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters, his sister innocently sells it to a junkman.

Grandpa Walton believes a shooting star is an omen of death until he learns that another superstitious belief may result in the Baldwin sisters losing their famous still.

A young preacher staying a few days with the Waltons leads John-Boy to learn the meaning of grace.

An injured boy taken in by the Waltons unexpectedly betrays their trust.

The Waltons share their Baptist heritage with a Jewish family from Germany.

John's Army buddy, hides his troubles and regales the family with tales of his wartime escapades.

Dreaming of a writing career, John-Boy loses a much-needed woodcutting contract.

The Denby cousins move in unexpectedly and take advantage of hospitality.

An unscrupulous relative of the Baldwin sisters uses their "recipe" for his own profit.

Mary Ellen falls for a minstrel and resists helping the family fulfill a vital contract.

An actress stays with the family after her car breaks down and her driver leaves.

A zealot, objecting to his daughter's curriculum, burns down the schoolhouse.

John-Boy falls in love with a girl who returns to the mountain to live with her father.

While visiting Walton's Mountain, Olivia's uncle becomes involved with an often-married divorcee.

Gypsies stay with the Waltons until they can fix a wagon and cure a sick child.

John-Boy leaves home to get a job to help pay legal fees when the Waltons are in danger of losing the mountain because their forebears never filed a deed.

John-Boy teaches a woman how to read and write.

When John-Boy puts into poetic words the heartfelt thoughts of the local blacksmith, the letters win the stoic mountaineer a bride. But the bride, dreaming of the man in the letters, is shocked when she meets the blacksmith.

John-Boy goes to the movies with a woman.

The faith of the Walton family is sorely tried when Olivia contracts polio.