9.0/10225 votesLoading...#1 - Grandma Comes Home
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/30/1978
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.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: N/A
8.9/10287 votesLoading...#2 - The Best Christmas
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1976
The 11 members of the Walton family are together for Christmas This would be the last time that all of the Waltons would be together
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: John McGreevey
8.8/10199 votesLoading...#3 - The Fire Storm
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1976
John-Boy tries to keep the community updated about the news in Europe sohe decides to print excerpts about Hitler's Mein Kampf in his paper. A great outcry ensues and the town is torn apart over the issue of publishing unfavorable items in the Blue Ridge Chronicle.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: N/A
8.6/10235 votesLoading...#4 - An Easter Story
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 4/19/1973
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 treatment practiced by sister Kenny and the family tries it to success in time for the Easter service.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
8.6/10240 votesLoading...#5 - The Conflict
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1974
Aunt Martha Corinnie Walton's home is in danger by the right-of-way for The Blue Ridge Parkway. All of the Walton clan comes to her aid and try and stop the contractor. During a skirmish with the contractor and deputies, John-Boy gets shot.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: N/A
8.6/10158 votesLoading...#6 - The Inferno
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/10/1977
John-Boy goes to Lakehurst New Jersey to travel to cover the landing of Hindenburg and is deeply affected by its crash. Curt tries to figure out how to have more private time with Mary Ellen.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.6/10162 votesLoading...#7 - The First Casualty
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1977
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.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.5/10182 votesLoading...#8 - The Gift
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1974
Jason learns one of life's hardest lessons: the death of a close friend. Seth Turner learns he has only one year to live because he has a fatal disease.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: N/A
8.5/10163 votesLoading...#9 - The Secret
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1976
Jim-Bob thinks he was adopted. He searchs his birth records and finds out he's a twin. Jim-Bob's twin brother died at birth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10188 votesLoading...#10 - The Burn Out
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1976
The Walton's house is nearly destroyed by fire and the children must live temporarily with friends. John-Boy has a difficult time to begin the task of rewriting his lost novel.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.5/10192 votesLoading...#11 - The Empty Nest
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1978
Everybody mourns the death of Grandpa Zeb and Flossie Brimmer. John struggles hard to fill a huge lumber contract and Mary Ellen & Erin move to Charlottesville and they get an apartment.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
8.4/10149 votesLoading...#12 - The Graduation
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1974
John-Boy gets ready to graduate from high school in a new suit. When the cow dies John-Boy returns the suit and gets his money back and uses the money to buy another cow. John-Boy graduates in Grandpa's old suit.
Director: Alf Kjellin
Writer: N/A
8.4/10174 votesLoading...#13 - The Prophecy
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1975
Father and son struggle with personal crisis: John approaches his 25-year high school reunion regretting he is not a greater success; and John-Boy fears he will never be able to make a living as a writer.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Marion Hargrove
8.4/10145 votesLoading...#14 - The Fledgling
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/26/1976
John-Boy sure trys to raise the down payment for an old printing press to publish his own newspaper
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Earl Hamner, Jr.
8.3/10225 votesLoading...#15 - The Literary Man
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1972
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.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
8.3/10147 votesLoading...#16 - The System
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1974
Ben learns the hazards of smoking. John-Boy sticks up for a fellow student who violates Boatwright's honor code during a history exam. There were extenuating circumstances
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.3/10144 votesLoading...#17 - The Choice
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/6/1975
John wants to expand the mill and call it Walton and Sons,Jason wants to study music and he tries for a scholarship
Director: Alf Kjellin
Writer: N/A
8.3/10167 votesLoading...#18 - The Heartbreaker
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/17/1977
Jason falls in love with Vanessa, Curt's sister, who left her husband so she could become a singer. John-Boy begins to publish sections of his novel in the newspaper.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10151 votesLoading...#19 - Day of Infamy
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1978
Christmas 1941. Mary Ellen says she will be going to be with Curt in Hawaii. News from Pearl Harbor comes and the Waltons are told that Curt is dead.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Paul Savage
8.2/10173 votesLoading...#20 - The Deed
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1973
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 friends, gets mugged and earns a reward to help the family keep their home.
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: N/A
8.2/10200 votesLoading...#21 - The Scholar
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1973
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.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: N/A
8.2/10222 votesLoading...#22 - The Thanksgiving Story
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1973
John-Boy anticipates a visit from his girlfriend and is pending a college scholarship exam. He has an accident in the sawmill and his vision is blurred. He is unable to finish his test and eventually must undergo surgery.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: Joanna Lee
8.2/10165 votesLoading...#23 - The Bequest
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/1973
Grandma finds out she has inherited $250 and decides to share her wealth. Mary Ellen experiments with being a blond and uses Jim-Bob as a test case.
Director: Alf Kjellin
Writer: N/A
8.2/10158 votesLoading...#24 - The Heritage
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1974
An investor talks John into selling the mountain as a tour center. John thinks it over but realizes what the home means to the rest of his family and turns the ofter down.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Dale Eunson
8.2/10168 votesLoading...#25 - The Car
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1974
When John-Boy starts college and needs a car to travel to and from college, he makes a deal with Hyder Rudge. John-Boy works at the Rudge home for the car. Hyder hides the auto and refuses to sell to John-Boy because the car belong to Hyder's dead son.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Waltons
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The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Grandma Comes Home" is the best rated episode of "The Waltons". It scored 9/10 based on 225 votes. Directed by Ralph Senensky and written by N/A, it aired on 3/30/1978. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Best Christmas".