The Waltons: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Waltons Season 5.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
The Hawk
Sep 15, 1977 · 50 min
A young minister comes and causes some uneasiness within the congregation
The Stray
Sep 22, 1977 · 50 min
Strange foorprints & a stringer of catfish lead the Waltons to find 12 year old Josh a runaway in the barn hiding.He attaches himself to John immediately
The Recluse
Sep 29, 1977 · 50 min
Jason and Fern Lockwood,a recluse who shares his love of music but she is timid and finds life threatening . Ben goes to Norfolk and looks for work and comes back home to help
The Warrior
Oct 13, 1977 · 50 min
An old man, his grandson,and two Indians come to Walton's Mountain saying there are sacred burial grounds where the barn is built.
The Seashore
Oct 20, 1977 · 50 min
The Waltons have an encounter with a strange English girl while on a small vacation at the Baldwin sister's beach cottage. Ben stays home alone expecting to live the life of a care
The Volunteer
Oct 27, 1977 · 50 min
After Erin says no to the marriage proposal of G.W. Haines, he joins the Army. Erin visits G.W. at Camp Lee Army Base despite her father's reluctance.
The Grandchild
Nov 3, 1977 · 100 min
Mary Ellen Gives birth to the Waltons 1 st grandchild a boy name John Curtis Williard
The First Casualty
Nov 10, 1977 · 50 min
Dr. Willard has been drafted to serve for the US Med Corps. Erin's boyfriend G.W. Haines is killed in a training accident and Yancy Tucker announces that he is joining. They turn
The Battle of Drucilla's Pond
Nov 17, 1977 · 50 min
At Drucilla's pond, the Army practices maneuvers. Olivia paints quiet scenes wchi she enters in a local art show. They are bought by a mysterious admirer.
The Flight
Dec 1, 1977 · 50 min
This new boy that Jim-Bob meets says he is going to join the Air Corps. Elizabeth adopts Maud Gormley as a sub grandma only until her real grandma comes back home.
The Milestone
Dec 8, 1977 · 50 min
Olivia goes to Alberene her home town to see her Aunt Kate. Olivia copping with going through the change of life. Jim-Bob fakes his Mom's signature on a job application
The Children's Carol
Dec 15, 1977 · 100 min
Two British children escape the London Blitz to find safety in Walton's Mountain with the Baldwins and the Waltons for Christmas. Meanwhile, Jason contemplates whether he can fight
The Celebration
Dec 22, 1977 · 50 min
John finds out that the family is almost out of debt so everybody pitches in on a big contract. During the mortgage burning party, Ike Godsey says that the bank will forclosing on
The Rumor
Jan 5, 1978 · 50 min
A new family, the Brimmer's, move to the Mountain and look for work and a place to live. Some people from the town are suspicious of their German accent and John helps them.
Spring Fever
Jan 12, 1978 · 50 min
A rose bush owed by Mamie Baldwin is dying and she views that as a sign of her own impending death. Jim-Bob dates Ben's girlfriend and Ben dates Jim-Bob's girlfriend. They come to
The Festival
Jan 26, 1978 · 50 min
Jason gets a lesson in prejudice when he and Josh Verdie's son audition for a recital. Aimee Godsey and Elizabeth experience Spring Fever.
The Anniversary
Feb 2, 1978 · 50 min
John and Olivia have been married 25 years. Olivia buys John a phone to put in the house and John builds a gazebo for Olivia on top of the mountain. Mary Ellen and Curt have proble
The Family Tree
Feb 9, 1978 · 50 min
With Jason's help, Verdie searches her roots for the history of her family. Elizabeth corresponds with a soldier who thinks she is 18 years old and looks like Erin.
The Ordeal
Feb 16, 1978 · 100 min
Elizabeth falls from a log pile and she breaks her leg. Elizabeth can only walk with crutches. Jim-Bob talks her into walking.
The Return
Mar 16, 1978 · 100 min
John-Boy comes back home and helps with reopening the old Guthrie Mine. John and some other men work in the mine. Without warning, the fault gives way to its weaknesses and traps t
The Revelation
Mar 23, 1978 · 50 min
John-Boy asks Daisy to marry him so both return home and make arrangements .John talks to Daisy's mom and learns Daisy has a 3 yr old daughter.
Grandma Comes Home
Mar 30, 1978 · 50 min
The Waltons are happy to finally have Grandma back home with them This was also sad for all of the Walton clan as it was the last show that actor Will Geer (Grandpa) was on.