7.4/10135 votes#1 - The Hawk
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1977
A young minister comes and causes some uneasiness within the congregation
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10153 votes#2 - The Stray
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1977
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
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Kathleen Hite
7.7/10139 votes#3 - The Recluse
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1977
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
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10155 votes#4 - The Warrior
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1977
An old man, his grandson,and two Indians come to Walton's Mountain saying there are sacred burial grounds where the barn is built.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: N/A
6.9/10143 votes#5 - The Seashore
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1977
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.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Marion Hargrove
7.8/10118 votes#6 - The Volunteer
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1977
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.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: Kathleen Hite
7.5/10155 votes#7 - The Grandchild
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1977
Mary Ellen Gives birth to the Waltons 1 st grandchild a boy name John Curtis Williard
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: N/A
8.6/10162 votes#8 - 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
7.4/10123 votes#9 - The Battle of Drucilla's Pond
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1977
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.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
7.8/10117 votes#10 - The Flight
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1977
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
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10157 votes#11 - The Milestone
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1977
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
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
6.9/10128 votes#12 - The Children's Carol
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1977
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.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: Kathleen Hite
7.9/10141 votes#13 - The Celebration
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1977
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.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: Marion Hargrove
7.6/10123 votes#14 - The Rumor
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1978
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kathleen Hite
7.7/10118 votes#15 - Spring Fever
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1978
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10138 votes#16 - The Festival
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1978
Jason gets a lesson in prejudice when he and Josh Verdie's son audition for a recital. Aimee Godsey and Elizabeth experience Spring Fever.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael McGreevey
8.2/10120 votes#17 - The Anniversary
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1978
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10144 votes#18 - The Family Tree
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1978
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.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
7.9/10140 votes#19 - The Ordeal
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1978
Elizabeth falls from a log pile and she breaks her leg. Elizabeth can only walk with crutches. Jim-Bob talks her into walking.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
8.2/10152 votes#20 - The Return
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/16/1978
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.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.0/10140 votes#21 - The Revelation
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 3/23/1978
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.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: N/A
9.0/10225 votes#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 6
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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
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"The Hawk" is the best rated episode of "The Waltons" season 6. It scored 7.4/10 based on 135 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/15/1977. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Stray".