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The Waltons: Season 1

24 episodes Premiered Sep 13, 1972 Updated Jul 18, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

The Foundling

Sep 14, 1972 · 50 min

When a young girl is left on the doorstep of the Walton's home, they take her in. Not Before learning she is deaf after taking her to the doctor. One night while the Walton family

S1·E2

The Carnival

Sep 21, 1972 · 50 min

A Carnival troupe comes to Walton's Mountain. When the manager absconds with the money, four members are stranded at the Walton house. They thank the Waltons with a private perform

S1·E3

The Calf

Sep 28, 1972 · 50 min

The Family cow, Chance gives birth to a healthy calf but John announces that it must be sold to make ends meet. Elizabeth and Jim Bob hide the Calf to save it. John relents and the

S1·E4

The Hunt

Oct 5, 1972 · 50 min

John Boy prepares to go on his first hunt and distress over taking an animals life. During the hunt he saves John's life from an attacking bear. Meanwhile Mary Ellen debates over a

S1·E5

The Typewriter

Oct 12, 1972 · 50 min

John Boy borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters so he can send a story to a magazine. Mary Ellen mistakenly sells it to a junk man, but through diligence, gets it b

S1·E6

The Star

Oct 19, 1972 · 50 min

When a meteorite falls on the Baldwin's house, Zeb believes his time has come. The Baldwin sisters are hoaxed by their cousin until Zeb and John come to the rescue.

S1·E7

The Sinner

Oct 26, 1972 · 50 min

The Reverend Matthew Fordwick comes to Walton's Mountain and upsets the family with his strict and forceful preaching. He innocently samples "the recipe," and John helps him to be

S1·E8

The Boy From the C.C.C.

Nov 2, 1972 · 50 min

Gino, a boy from the slums of New York City runs away from a CCC Camp and learns about trust and love from the Waltons

S1·E9

The Ceremony

Nov 9, 1972 · 50 min

A Jewish family, escaping refugees from Nazi Germany, come to Waltons Mountain for safety. Their 13 year old son loses respect for his father in the sons attempt to maintain his re

S1·E10

The Legend

Nov 16, 1972 · 50 min

John's old army buddy, Tip Harrison, tries to cover his lack of success with childish actions and comments culminating in an accidental fire and the shooting of reckless the family

S1·E11

The Literary Man

Nov 30, 1972 · 50 min

John-Boy's truck breaks down and he meets the author, A.J. Covington. John-Boy jeopardizes a timber contract badly needed by the family.

S1·E12

The Dust Bowl Cousins

Dec 7, 1972 · 50 min

The Walton's distant cousins arrive on the mountain and immediately upset everyone's life by their shiftless dishonest ways.

S1·E13

The Reunion

Dec 14, 1972 · 50 min

The Baldwin sisters and The Recipe play a pivotal role in this story involving their unscrupulous scheming cousin, Homer Lee Baldwin.

S1·E14

The Minstrel

Dec 21, 1972 · 50 min

Mary Ellen meets a traveling troubadour, Jamie and neglects her responsibilities of helping pick fruit.

S1·E15

The Actress

Jan 4, 1973 · 50 min

When her car breaks down, the famous extravagant actress, Alvira Drummond finds herself stranded on Waltons Mountain. The Children, especially Mary Ellen, are fascinated by her "Ho

S1·E16

The Fire

Jan 11, 1973 · 50 min

A young girls father objects to Miss Hunter's teaching Evolution. During a drunken rage he burns down the school and is killed in the fire.

S1·E17

The Love Story

Jan 18, 1973 · 50 min

John Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendleton who returns to Walton's Mountain. Jenny's father and new step-mother follow her to the mountain. Her father is killed in an auto acciden

S1·E18

The Courtship

Jan 25, 1973 · 50 min

Olivia's uncle Cody Nelson comes to visit with the Waltons and finds love with a woman who has been divorced four times.

S1·E19

The Gypsies

Feb 1, 1973 · 50 min

A gypsy family is stranded, but the leader refuses to accept help from the Waltons. His pride almost costs the life of his baby son.

S1·E20

The Deed

Feb 8, 1973 · 50 min

It seems that the Waltons never officially registered the deed to Waltons Mountain. In order to help pay the legal fees, John-Boy leaves home for a job in the city. He meets new fr

S1·E21

The Scholar

Feb 22, 1973 · 50 min

A neighbor lady, Verdie Grant asks John-Boy to teach her to read and write. He agrees to teach her as he helps Elizabeth. Things go wrong, however, and feelings get hurt.

S1·E22

The Bicycle

Mar 1, 1973 · 50 min

Local blacksmith, Curtis Norton has John-Boy write letters to his bride-to-be. When she arrives on Walton's Mountain, life and Curtis are much different than she expected. Meanwhil

S1·E23

The Townie

Mar 8, 1973 · 50 min

John-Boy's friend Sarah sees him as a way to escape her "trapped" life with her demanding mother. When John-Boy rejects her advances, she runs off and plans to elope with a townie.

S1·E24

An Easter Story

Apr 19, 1973 · 100 min

The entire family suffers a crisis when Olivia is stricken with polio. Dr Vance prescribes the accepted treatment, but Olivia does not get better. John-Boy learns of a new treatmen