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The Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 8

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The Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 8

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

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    #1 - The Home Front

    S8:E1

    John serves on the local draft board. A young soldier he drafted has been killed and the boy's Dad threatens John & Jim-Bob. The family receives word that John-Boy is missing in action.

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - The Kinfolk

    S8:E2

    Rose arrives for a visit which is extended with Serena and Jeffery, her grandchildren. Jim-Bob and Ike Godsey build an air raid siren big enough for Richmond.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - The Diploma

    S8:E3

    Mary Ellen subs as the county nurse. John tries to prove to the army that he really did graduate from high school. John can not find his diploma so he takes another test.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - The Innocents

    S8:E4

    Olivia says the mountain needs a day nursery for children of defense plant workers. Corabeth thinks that Ike has a girlfriend when she sees Rose teaching him to dance.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - The Starlet

    S8:E5

    The film company comes to Walton's Mountain and Pickett plant is used for a war-time documentary. Erin is convinced by the director that she has potential in Hollywood.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - The Journal

    S8:E6

    A publisher asks permission from John and Olivia about printing the new book that John-Boy wrote in Europe. Jeff does not want Reckless put to sleep after Reckless becomes sick.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - The Lost Sheep

    S8:E7

    Ashley Longworth Jr. comes back and asks Erin to be his wife. She has some serious doubts after he says he has lost his faith in God.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - The Violated (1)

    S8:E8

    Olivia searches for a soldier's wife at the request from the Red Cross. The soldier's wife won't answer her husband's letters. Corabeth expects an inheritance.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - The Waiting (2)

    S8:E9

    To be near John-Boy who is in a coma, Olivia joins the Red Cross. Rose plans the big Thanksgiving dinner. John and Olivia spend Thanksgiving in Richmond Hospital with John-Boy.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - The Silver Wings

    S8:E10

    Jim-Bob meets Betsy, a married woman and falls in love with her while delivering her a package.

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    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - The Wager

    S8:E11

    All of Jefferson County watched with wonder when Mary Ellen and Erin decide to venture even farther into a mans world.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - The Spirit

    S8:E12

    There's an escapee from a POW camp in North Carolina hiding on Walton's Mountain and he is befriended by Jeffrey. They ask him in on Christmas Eve.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - The Fastidious Wife

    S8:E13

    Cindy gets a book from Corabeth on how to be the perfect wife and Cindy resolves to cater to Ben's every need. Jeffrey takes home a cat and names her Harold, until the cat gives birth to kittens.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - The Unthinkable

    S8:E14

    There's a recruit working for Jason's company who is Jewish. He tells how his grandfather was arrested and killed by German soldiers in Warsaw.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - The Idol

    S8:E15

    Hazel Lamphere, the new school teacher, comes to Walton's Mountain and Elizabeth is immediately attached to her. Virginia is born to Cindy and Ben.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - The Prodigals

    S8:E16

    Josh and Jeffrey break into Godsey's store and are in trouble with the law. After being humiliated by a solider in uniform, Ben decides to enlist.

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    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - The Remembrance

    S8:E17

    Zadoc Walton, Zeb's cousin, arrives to keep a 21 year old promise and makes a surprising contribution to Boatwright University.

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    #18 - The Inspiration

    S8:E18

    Mamie Baldwin makes it through a difficult operation with Grandma's help.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - The Last Straw

    S8:E19

    When John's equipment breaks down and Jim-Bob breaks his, John decides maybe he has had enough. Jeffrey builds himself a soapbox car sponsored by Godsey's store.

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - The Traveling Man

    S8:E20

    Rose's ex-boyfriend Stanley Perkins arrives on Waltons Mountain and he makes a re-acquaintance with Rose.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - The Furlough

    S8:E21

    John-Boy returns home physically cured but he still suffers from a loss of memory. Ike gets arrested for draft evasion because he ignores a letter from the Army.

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - The Medal

    S8:E22

    Corabeth gets pursued by an old suitor. Mary Ellen is attracted to Eddie Ramirez.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - The Valediction

    S8:E23

    Jim-Bob graduates as class valedictorian and Erin finds out that Ashley Longsworth Jr married a girl in London. The Walton boys join the War.

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Home Front" is the best rated episode of "The Waltons" season 8. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/20/1979. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Kinfolk".