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The Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 7

Every episode of The Waltons Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 7!

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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 7 Episode 1 - The Empty Nest
    8.6/10(214 votes)

    #1 - The Empty Nest

    S7:E1

    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:Unknown

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  2. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 2 - The Calling
    7.4/10(146 votes)

    #2 - The Calling

    S7:E2

    Jim-Bob meets the Baldwin's cousin, a young girl who is in a convent preparing to become a nun. Ben hires a mill hand who turns out to be an alcoholic.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Kathleen Hite

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  3. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 3 - The Moonshiner
    7.6/10(142 votes)

    #3 - The Moonshiner

    S7:E3

    Boone Walton comes back to Walton's mountain and gets in trouble with the law. Boone gets released in Jason's custody. Daisy Garner also comes back to Walton's Mountain to visit.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 4 - The Obsession
    7.0/10(135 votes)

    #4 - The Obsession

    S7:E4

    Mary Ellen gets prescription drugs and abuses them in order to study long hours for her Nurse's exam. Cissy Tucker Yancy Tucker's wife has had enough and she puts her foot down.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 5 - The Changeling
    5.6/10(224 votes)

    #5 - The Changeling

    S7:E5

    Just before Elizabeth's 13th birthday, she becomes reluctant to grow up and creates a poltergeist. Jason starts a new job as a radio talk show host giving advice to the lovelorn.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Robert Pirosh

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  6. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 6 - The Portrait
    5.9/10(141 votes)

    #6 - The Portrait

    S7:E6

    Erin is both attracted and repelled by a brooding artist who is here from Paris. As part of a war-time mural on the wall of an old house the artist asks to paint Erin's portrait.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 7 - The Captive
    7.2/10(137 votes)

    #7 - The Captive

    S7:E7

    Jim-Bob tries to teach Elizabeth to drive. Corabeth 's drinking problem becomes severe and Elizabeth has to drive Aimee and Corabeth home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 8 - The Illusion
    7.6/10(145 votes)

    #8 - The Illusion

    S7:E8

    Ester Verdie's daughter comes back to Walton's Mountain disillusioned over having a college degree & unable to land a meaningful job. Erin helps her find a job at J.D. Pickett's plant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  9. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 9 - The Beau
    7.4/10(126 votes)

    #9 - The Beau

    S7:E9

    Grandma's ex-boyfriend comes calling on Grandma much to the horror of Elizabeth. Jim-Bob persuades Yancy Tucker to make fuel in his still instead of moonshine.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 10 - Day of Infamy
    8.5/10(170 votes)

    #10 - Day of Infamy

    S7:E10

    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

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  11. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 11 - The Yearning
    7.1/10(130 votes)

    #11 - The Yearning

    S7:E11

    Elizabeth falls in love with the minister when he is forced out of the parsonage by a skunk. Erin is helping the Baldwin sisters write their memoirs and Erin finds a ring that was left by Ashley Longworth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 12 - The Boosters
    7.2/10(117 votes)

    #12 - The Boosters

    S7:E12

    Ben talks the townspeople into opening an auto court against John's advice. Yancy Tucker goes into business for himself.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Robert Pirosh

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  13. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 13 - The Conscience
    7.6/10(125 votes)

    #13 - The Conscience

    S7:E13

    Jason has second thoughts about joining the military service and considers becoming a Conscientious Objector much to Ben's dismay. Jim-Bob gets a military tattoo.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Michael McGreevey

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  14. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 14 - The Obstacle
    7.7/10(128 votes)

    #14 - The Obstacle

    S7:E14

    Mike Paxton, John-Boy's old friend, is confined to a wheel chair and believes there is no hope for the future. Through the help of the family, he comes out of his shell.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 15 - The Parting
    8.1/10(136 votes)

    #15 - The Parting

    S7:E15

    John and Olivia are both tired so Olivia suggests a trip, but the vacation does not help Olivia. Olivia sees a doctor and is told she has TB and must go to a sanitarium.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Kathleen Hite

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  16. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 16 - The Burden
    6.9/10(128 votes)

    #16 - The Burden

    S7:E16

    After a car jack slips and falls and Jim-Bob escapes serious injury, Jim-Bob decides to become a minister.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 17 - The Pin-Up
    7.2/10(134 votes)

    #17 - The Pin-Up

    S7:E17

    Ben enters a casual picture of Erin in a contest where she wins 1st prize. She finds herself the center of attention and the official pin-up girl of Camp Lee to John's dismay.

    Director:Larry Stewart
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 18 - The Attack
    7.9/10(129 votes)

    #18 - The Attack

    S7:E18

    Ike has a heart attack because of the pressures and shortages of war-time shop-keeping. The Walton children pitch in and help keep Ike's store open in his absence.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 19 - The Legacy
    7.7/10(131 votes)

    #19 - The Legacy

    S7:E19

    Ashley Longworth Jr, who bears striking resemblance to his dad, comes to the Baldwin home and is courted by Miss Emily and Erin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 20 - The Outsider
    7.3/10(133 votes)

    #20 - The Outsider

    S7:E20

    Ben comes home in the middle of the night with his new wife Cindy and they set up housekeeping in the shed. The early years of marriage aren't easy until Grandma steps in.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 21 - The Torch
    7.2/10(119 votes)

    #21 - The Torch

    S7:E21

    Cally May, John's ex-girlfriend, comes to Walton's mountain and buys the Dew Drop Inn. John and Olivia's kids try to protect John from Cally May's attention. Ike, Cindy and Elizabeth turn Godsey's hall into a canteen for soldiers from Camp Rockfish.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 22 - The Talespin
    8.0/10(128 votes)

    #22 - The Talespin

    S7:E22

    Jim-Bob can not join the Air Corps because he fails the eye exam. Jim-Bob decides to run off and join the Army.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Waltons Season 7 Episode 23 - Founders' Day
    8.1/10(136 votes)

    #23 - Founders' Day

    S7:E23

    Jason tries desperately with his music professor to meet the course's requirements of an original composition. He composes Appalachian Portrait while he plans the piece.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"The Empty Nest" is the best rated episode of "The Waltons" season 7. It scored 8.6/10 based on 214 votes. Directed by Philip Leacock and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1978. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Calling".