The Waltons — Season 6
The Landmark Series That Celebrates Family.
About this season
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
Episodes (22)
1. The Hawk
Aired 15 September 1977 • 50 min
A young minister comes and causes some uneasiness within the congregation
2. The Stray
Aired 22 September 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
3. The Recluse
Aired 29 September 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 an overworked father
4. The Warrior
Aired 13 October 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.
5. The Seashore
Aired 20 October 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 carefree bachelor.
6. The Volunteer
Aired 27 October 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.
7. The Grandchild
Aired 3 November 1977 • 100 min
Mary Ellen Gives birth to the Waltons 1 st grandchild a boy name John Curtis Williard
8. The First Casualty
Aired 10 November 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 him down because of his flat feet.
9. The Battle of Drucilla's Pond
Aired 17 November 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.
10. The Flight
Aired 1 December 1977 • 50 min
This new boy that Jim-Bpb 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
11. The Milestone
Aired 8 December 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
12. The Children's Carol
Aired 15 December 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 in the impending war, and Olivia has a faith crisis as she can't understand how God could allow war.
13. The Celebration
Aired 22 December 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 store. Olivia and John come to the rescue.
14. The Rumor
Aired 5 January 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.
15. Spring Fever
Aired 12 January 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 blows because they are jealous.
16. The Festival
Aired 26 January 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.
17. The Anniversary
Aired 2 February 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 problems being apart from each other.
18. The Family Tree
Aired 9 February 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.
19. The Ordeal
Aired 16 February 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.
20. The Return
Aired 16 March 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 the men under tons of dirt and rock.
21. The Revelation
Aired 23 March 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.
22. Grandma Comes Home
Aired 30 March 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.