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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!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Waltons Season 4 Episode 16 - The Secret
    8.6/10(194 votes)

    S4:E16

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 18 - The Burn Out
    8.5/10(213 votes)

    S4:E18

    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:Unknown

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  3. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 23 - The Fledgling
    8.5/10(167 votes)

    S4:E23

    John-Boy sure trys to raise the down payment for an old printing press to publish his own newspaper

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writers:Earl Hamner, Jr.

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  4. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 4 - The Prophecy
    8.4/10(209 votes)

    S4:E4

    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

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  5. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 1 - The Sermon
    8.2/10(181 votes)

    S4:E1

    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

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  6. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 2 - The Genius
    8.2/10(203 votes)

    S4:E2

    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:Unknown

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  7. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 15 - The Search
    8.2/10(206 votes)

    S4:E15

    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:Unknown

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  8. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 13 - The Nurse
    8.1/10(181 votes)

    S4:E13

    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

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  9. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 14 - The Intruders
    8.1/10(183 votes)

    S4:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 22 - The House
    8.0/10(160 votes)

    S4:E22

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 7 - The Wing-Walker
    7.9/10(197 votes)

    S4:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 8 - The Competition
    7.9/10(182 votes)

    S4:E8

    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:Unknown

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  13. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 17 - The Fox
    7.9/10(154 votes)

    S4:E17

    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

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  14. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 20 - The Test
    7.9/10(149 votes)

    S4:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Kathleen Hite

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  15. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 6 - The Breakdown
    7.8/10(169 votes)

    S4:E6

    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:Unknown

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  16. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 11 - The Abdication
    7.8/10(184 votes)

    S4:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Matt Robinson

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  17. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 21 - The Quilting
    7.8/10(157 votes)

    S4:E21

    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:Unknown

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  18. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 9 - The Emergence
    7.7/10(171 votes)

    S4:E9

    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:Unknown

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  19. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 10 - The Loss
    7.7/10(190 votes)

    S4:E10

    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:Unknown

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  20. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 19 - The Big Brother
    7.6/10(162 votes)

    S4:E19

    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:Unknown
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  21. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 3 - The Fighter
    7.5/10(191 votes)

    S4:E3

    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:Unknown

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  22. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 5 - The Boondoggle
    7.5/10(161 votes)

    S4:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 12 - The Estrangement
    7.2/10(165 votes)

    S4:E12

    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:Unknown

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  24. The Waltons Season 4 Episode 24 - The Collision
    7.2/10(167 votes)

    S4:E24

    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

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Secret" is the best rated episode of "The Waltons" season 4. It scored 8.6/10 based on 194 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/1976. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Burn Out".