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The Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 4

Every episode of The Waltons Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 4!

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Season 4 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Waltons" season 4 is "The Sermon", rated 8.2/10 from 143 user votes. It was directed by Harry Harris and written by Kathleen Hite. "The Sermon" aired on 9/11/1975 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Genius".

  • The Sermon
    8.2/10 143 votes

    #1 - The Sermon

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1975-09-11

    Reverend Fordwick asks John-Boy to deliver the Sunday sermon, and Miss Hunter asks Olivia to act as the substitute teacher. It proves to be an interesting experience for both as Reverend Fordwick and Miss Hunter plan their wedding and honeymoon

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: Kathleen Hite

  • The Genius
    8.2/10 158 votes

    #2 - The Genius

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1975-09-18

    John-Boy's Dean asks him to take care of a 16 year old genius college student for the weekend. It seems that Lyle is wonderful with science and math, but woefully lacking when it comes to dealing with people.

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fighter
    7.6/10 146 votes

    #3 - The Fighter

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1975-09-25

    Young prize fighter James Travis Clark from Richmond arrives on Walton's Mountain looking for work. He lives in the Walton's barn while training for his next fight. Grandma and Olivia are upset with the whole idea until they find out that James is a minister.

    Director: Ivan Dixon

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prophecy
    8.4/10 165 votes

    #4 - The Prophecy

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1975-10-02

    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

  • The Boondoggle
    7.5/10 124 votes

    #5 - The Boondoggle

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 1975-10-09

    Porter Sims, a reporter from New York, comes to get material for a guide book on Virginia. John-Boy takes him to see the Baldwin sisters who allow him to look through the late Judge Baldwin's private papers. These reveal that their father was accused of treason for harboring Yankee soldiers during the Civil War. Deeply shocked and hurt, they decide not to leave their house ever again.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Breakdown
    7.8/10 132 votes

    #6 - The Breakdown

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 1975-10-16

    Jason is attending Klineberg Conservatory while playing with the Haystack Gang & the Sunrise Gospeleers. He is not doing too well and decides to slow down. John-Boy takes a new job in Boatwright's library.

    Director: Ivan Dixon

    Writer: N/A

  • The Wing-Walker
    7.9/10 155 votes

    #7 - The Wing-Walker

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 1975-10-23

    John-Boy is doing a story on a female wing-walker who is performing at the local fair. He invites her to stay at the Walton home. Jim Bob is soon madley in love with the flyer. Maude Gormley gives Mytrle the goat to the Waltons.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Competition
    8.0/10 143 votes

    #8 - The Competition

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1975-10-30

    A handsome forestry student name Chad Marshall arrives on Walton's Mountain. Both Erin and Mary Ellen are smitten and a competition delelops between them. Each is sure that she is the chosen one. Mary Ellen realizes that it is Erin thats truly in love.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: N/A

  • The Emergence
    7.7/10 130 votes

    #9 - The Emergence

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1975-11-06

    John-Boy's old girlfriend Marica Woolery returns to Walton's Mountain with her fiance to sell some inherited property. She plans to invest the money in her fiance's proposed business. John-Boy exposes the fiance as a braggart and not in love with Marcia. Olivia subs. A student obtain a pair of much needed eye glasses.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: N/A

  • The Loss
    7.8/10 146 votes

    #10 - The Loss

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1975-11-13

    Olivia Hill, Olivia's young cousin, returns to Walton's Mountain to grieve the sudden death of her husband. The family attempts to cheer her up. It does not work until Elizabeth's cat, Calico, gives birth to kittens.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: N/A

  • The Abdication
    7.8/10 140 votes

    #11 - The Abdication

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1975-11-20

    John-Boy renews his friendship with A.J. Covington who is working with a movie company. The Walton family intently follows the abdication of King Edward while following the activities of a movie company fliming on Walton's Mountain.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Matt Robinson

  • The Estrangement
    7.3/10 126 votes

    #12 - The Estrangement

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1975-12-04

    Vera Walton has left her husband Wade and moves into the Walton home. Wade has been abusive and is running moonshine. John gives Wade a job at the mill to help the young couple get on their feet and get back together.

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Nurse
    8.1/10 139 votes

    #13 - The Nurse

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1975-12-11

    As Mary Ellen nervously awaites word on her acceptance to nursing school, the rest of the Waltons prepares surprise good-bye gifts. Mary Ellen is accepted, but she needs more work in math and science and ends up studying with John-Boy and Miss Nora Taylor, the county nurse.

    Director: Alf Kjellin

    Writer: Kathleen Hite

  • The Intruders
    8.0/10 143 votes

    #14 - The Intruders

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1975-12-18

    Ben gets angry and leaves home at the same time Grandpa and John enter a competition with another lumber mill for the big contract. Without knowing, Ben goes to work for the other firm. Grandpa devises a clever scheme to get their lumber to market first.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Search
    8.2/10 161 votes

    #15 - The Search

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1976-01-01

    Olivia and the two youngest children, Jim-Bob and Elizabeth, go up on Walton's Mountain and become lost. They experience many challenges. Jim-Bob saves the day using woodsman skills taught to him by Grandpa.

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Secret
    8.5/10 152 votes

    #16 - The Secret

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1976-01-08

    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

  • The Fox
    7.7/10 119 votes

    #17 - The Fox

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1976-01-15

    Grandpa enjoys telling tales of his days with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish Amercian War, but he balks about attending a reunion of the Rough Riders. Ben decides to go into to business trapping and selling animal skins.

    Director: Richard Thomas

    Writer: Max Hodge

  • The Burn Out (1)
    8.5/10 178 votes

    #18 - The Burn Out (1)

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1976-01-22

    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

  • The Burn Out (2)
    7.5/10 127 votes

    #19 - The Burn Out (2)

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1976-01-22

    The Waltons home is repaired.The fire was cause by John-Boy's pipe or by a fan that was not working

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Brother
    7.9/10 115 votes

    #20 - The Big Brother

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1976-01-29

    John-Boy meets up with a runaway girl named Muffin who's 12 years old. Muffin tells him that she was abused and is trying to find her mother. John-Boy takes her home and she fools everyone but Grandpa.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • The Test
    8.0/10 122 votes

    #21 - The Test

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 1976-02-05

    Olivia gets a job as a dress maker.She does very well & soon she gets full time work.She is pleased with the attention but realizes she wants too be home more than at work .Maude Gormley is put in an old folks home and loses her zest for life

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Kathleen Hite

  • The Quilting
    8.0/10 130 votes

    #22 - The Quilting

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 1976-02-12

    A quilting is to announce that a woman is of marrying age. Grandma is determined to have one for her granddaughter Mary Ellen who is just as determined not to participate in what she considers an insulting custom.

    Director: Lawrence Dobkin

    Writer: N/A

  • The House
    8.5/10 137 votes

    #23 - The House

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 1976-02-19

    Esther wants to save an old house from being torn down. Grandpa wants the contract to destroy it for the old wood. They both argue until Zeb realizes that house holds sentimental memories for grandma.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fledgling
    7.2/10 126 votes

    #24 - The Fledgling

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 1976-02-26

    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.

  • The Collision
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #25 - The Collision

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 1976-03-04

    Selena Linville comes back to Walton's Mountain & lights a fire under John-Boy to go to Spain & write all about Rebel cause

    Director: Richard Thomas

    Writer: John McGreevey