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The Worst Episodes of The Waltons

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The Worst Episodes of The Waltons

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

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  1. Background image for The Tempest
    5.3/10(159 votes)

    #1 - The Tempest

    S9:E10

    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.

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  2. Background image for The Changeling
    5.7/10(212 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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  3. Background image for The Portrait
    6.0/10(136 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for The Diploma
    6.5/10(132 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Pledge
    6.5/10(124 votes)

    #5 - The Pledge

    S9:E3

    Mary Ellen feels inadequate as a nurse to help Mountain folk. Against the Dean's advice, Mary Ellen applies for medical school.

    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Pursuit
    6.5/10(148 votes)

    #6 - The Pursuit

    S9:E6

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Starlet
    6.6/10(117 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Lumberjack
    6.6/10(120 votes)

    #8 - The Lumberjack

    S9:E20

    A member of a influential family named Paul Matthews Northridge brings mystery & romance to Erin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Journal
    6.7/10(114 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Victims
    6.7/10(125 votes)

    #10 - The Victims

    S9:E16

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Indiscretion
    6.7/10(129 votes)

    #11 - The Indiscretion

    S9:E18

    Corabeth finds Ike's old love letters and files for a divorce. Drew wants to spend a romantic night with Elizabeth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Elopement
    6.8/10(166 votes)

    #12 - The Elopement

    S5:E15

    Erin's 1st love, Chad Marshall, comes back and asks Erin to be his wife. She agrees but John emphatically says no so Erin and Chad run off to elope.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Unthinkable
    6.8/10(113 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for The Whirlwind
    6.8/10(133 votes)

    #14 - The Whirlwind

    S9:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Hostage
    6.8/10(137 votes)

    #15 - The Hostage

    S9:E21

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for The Seashore
    6.9/10(159 votes)

    #16 - The Seashore

    S6:E5

    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.

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  18. Background image for The Children's Carol
    6.9/10(142 votes)

    #17 - The Children's Carol

    S6:E12

    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.

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  19. Background image for The Burden
    6.9/10(122 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for The Lost Sheep
    6.9/10(113 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Remembrance
    6.9/10(117 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for The Premonition
    6.9/10(119 votes)

    #21 - The Premonition

    S9:E5

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Heartache
    6.9/10(125 votes)

    #22 - The Heartache

    S9:E19

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Obsession
    7.0/10(132 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. Background image for The Silver Wings
    7.0/10(143 votes)

    #24 - The Silver Wings

    S8:E10

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

    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for The Triumph
    7.0/10(122 votes)

    #25 - The Triumph

    S9:E4

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Tempest" is the worst rated episode of "The Waltons". It scored 5.3/10 based on 159 votes. Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/5/1981. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Changeling".