- 7.6/10123 votes
#1 - The Outrage (1)
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 11/20/1980
John is thrown to jail after he tries to defend a black neighbour, who is accused to murdering a white man.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10112 votes
#2 - The Outrage (2)
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 11/27/1980
John is given 24 hours to talk his black neighbour, who was accused of murder, into turning himself in.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10111 votes
#3 - The Pledge
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 12/4/1980
Mary Ellen feels inadequate as a nurse to help Mountain folk. Against the Dean's advice, Mary Ellen applies for medical school.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10107 votes
#4 - The Triumph
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 12/18/1980
With the war drawing to a close, Jason and a young man in his squad deal with the question of killing. Ike and Corabeth face problems with the Ration Board.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10104 votes
#5 - The Premonition
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 12/25/1980
Cindy has bad dreams about Ben, who becomes a POW. John-Boy falls in love with a french girl in Paris who runs a book shop.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/10134 votes
#6 - The Pursuit
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 1/1/1981
Jim-Bob's ex-girlfriend comes to Walton's Mountain saying that Jim-Bon is the father of her baby. In the Pacific, Ben is still a POW.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10116 votes
#7 - The Last Ten Days
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 1/8/1981
Ben is taken on an unexpected trip by his captor who turns Ben in to the American forces. Toni is seriously courted by Jason.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10116 votes
#8 - The Move
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 1/15/1981
Ben comes home from the war and tells John he wants to study engineering. The long awaited vacation that Erin plans to go on is interrupted. John tells the his family he has to take Olivia to Arizona to the sanitarium.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10120 votes
#9 - The Whirlwind
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 1/22/1981
Mary Ellen agrees to marry Jonesey but finds out that Curt might very well be alive. The Dew Drop Inn is reopened by Jason.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.4/10141 votes
#10 - The Tempest
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/1981
Mary Ellen finds out that Curt is still alive. He is living in Florida but is quite the different person from the man she remembers. J.D. asks Erin to come back to work by begging Erin.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10109 votes
#11 - The Carousel
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 2/12/1981
Cindy's father gets killed and Cindy finds out she is adopted when she goes through some old papers. Cindy goes to find her Mother. Elizabeth and Drew have problems.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10111 votes
#12 - The Hot Rod
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/1981
Jim-Bob and Jody get discharged from the service. They celebrate and they decide to open up a garage. The Baldwin sisters get forced to close their recipe machine until they discover their Grandfather's still in a secret room.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10120 votes
#13 - The Gold Watch
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/1981
Stanley Perkins comes again and eventually says he is suffering from a nervous break down. Because of a new singer at The Dew Drop Inn that pays too much attention to Toni, Jason has problems. Rose gives Stanley a gold watch.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10116 votes
#14 - The Beginning
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 3/5/1981
Tom Marshall, the new minister, comes to Walton's Mountain and shakes up the congregation. Toni moves into the Baldwin's home and she tells the family she's Jewish. Toni and Jason decide to get married.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10120 votes
#15 - The Pearls
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 3/12/1981
Orma Lee, Corabeth's twin sister, arrives to see Ike when Corabeth is away. Elizabeth goes to Arizona to see Olivia and John because she feels lonely.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/10113 votes
#16 - The Victims
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/1981
The Waltons help a woman who's husband beats her when he is drunk. Jim-Bob decides he will make a fortune by investing in war surplus.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10110 votes
#17 - The Threshold
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 4/2/1981
John-Boy comes home to ponder his future and he ends up doing a TV show for Boatwright University. Rose is given a run for her money by Zuleika Dunbar over the affection of Stanley.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10116 votes
#18 - The Indiscretion
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/1981
Corabeth finds Ike's old love letters and files for a divorce. Drew wants to spend a romantic night with Elizabeth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10111 votes
#19 - The Heartache
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/1981
Rose cancels her wedding to Stanley because she hides a heart condition. Cindy realizes that she would rather stay home than work in the shop.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/10105 votes
#20 - The Lumberjack
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/1981
A member of a influential family named Paul Matthews Northridge brings mystery & romance to Erin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10124 votes
#21 - The Hostage
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 5/28/1981
A 14 year old girl is promised marriage in mountain tradition. Mary Ellen interferes and the bride-groom kidnaps Elizabeth to get his bride back. Octavia, an eccentric cousin of the Baldwins, is treated to a visit by him.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10138 votes
#22 - The Revel
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 6/4/1981
John-Boy comes back home after he hits upon hard times when he is in New York pursuing his writing career. The Baldwin sisters send out invitations for the lavish ball and the invitations are returned. The Waltons save the day for the Baldwins.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 9
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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 9 Ratings Summary
"The Outrage (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Waltons" season 9. It scored 7.6/10 based on 123 votes. Directed by Philip Leacock and written by N/A, it aired on 11/20/1980. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Outrage (2)".