1x1 - The Foundling

September 14, 1972

When a young girl is left on the doorstep of the Walton's home, they take her in. Not Before learning she is deaf after taking her to the doctor. One night while the Walton family listen to the radio John boy takes matters into his own hands when Holly (the deaf girl) runs up to her room crying. He teaches her sign language...or really Sign spelling! This new skill comes in handy when the youngest of the Walton family gets locked by accident in a box in the Haunted House, which later turns out to be the house of which Holly lives!

1x2 - The Carnival

September 21, 1972

A Carnival troupe comes to Walton's Mountain. When the manager absconds with the money, four members are stranded at the Walton house. They thank the Waltons with a private performance.

1x3 - The Calf

September 28, 1972

The Family cow, Chance gives birth to a healthy calf but John announces that it must be sold to make ends meet. Elizabeth and Jim Bob hide the Calf to save it. John relents and the family keeps the calf.

1x4 - The Hunt

October 5, 1972

John Boy prepares to go on his first hunt and distress over taking an animals life. During the hunt he saves John's life from an attacking bear. Meanwhile Mary Ellen debates over a new dress or a baseball mitt.

1x5 - The Typewriter

October 12, 1972

John Boy borrows an antique typewriter from the Baldwin sisters so he can send a story to a magazine. Mary Ellen mistakenly sells it to a junk man, but through diligence, gets it back for her brother.

1x6 - The Star

October 19, 1972

When a meteorite falls on the Baldwin's house, Zeb believes his time has come. The Baldwin sisters are hoaxed by their cousin until Zeb and John come to the rescue.

1x7 - The Sinner

October 26, 1972

The Reverend Matthew Fordwick comes to Walton's Mountain and upsets the family with his strict and forceful preaching. He innocently samples "the recipe," and John helps him to be accepted within the community

1x8 - The Boy From the C.C.C.

November 2, 1972

Gino, a boy from the slums of New York City runs away from a CCC Camp and learns about trust and love from the Waltons

1x9 - The Ceremony

November 9, 1972

A Jewish family, escaping refugees from Nazi Germany, come to Waltons Mountain for safety. Their 13 year old son loses respect for his father in the sons attempt to maintain his religious beliefs and practices.

1x10 - The Legend

November 16, 1972

John's old army buddy, Tip Harrison, tries to cover his lack of success with childish actions and comments culminating in an accidental fire and the shooting of reckless the family dog.

1x11 - The Literary Man

November 30, 1972

John-Boy's truck breaks down and he meets the author, A.J. Covington. John-Boy jeopardizes a timber contract badly needed by the family.

1x12 - The Dust Bowl Cousins

December 7, 1972

The Walton's distant cousins arrive on the mountain and immediately upset everyone's life by their shiftless dishonest ways.

1x13 - The Reunion

December 14, 1972

The Baldwin sisters and The Recipe play a pivotal role in this story involving their unscrupulous scheming cousin, Homer Lee Baldwin.

1x14 - The Minstrel

December 21, 1972

Mary Ellen meets a traveling troubadour, Jamie and neglects her responsibilities of helping pick fruit.

1x15 - The Actress

January 4, 1973

When her car breaks down, the famous extravagant actress, Alvira Drummond finds herself stranded on Waltons Mountain. The Children, especially Mary Ellen, are fascinated by her "Hollywood" ways.

1x16 - The Fire

January 11, 1973

A young girls father objects to Miss Hunter's teaching Evolution. During a drunken rage he burns down the school and is killed in the fire.

1x17 - The Love Story

January 18, 1973

John Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendleton who returns to Walton's Mountain. Jenny's father and new step-mother follow her to the mountain. Her father is killed in an auto accident and Jenny returns home with her step mother. John-Boy suffers his first lost love.

1x18 - The Courtship

January 25, 1973

Olivia's uncle Cody Nelson comes to visit with the Waltons and finds love with a woman who has been divorced four times.

1x19 - The Gypsies

February 1, 1973

A gypsy family is stranded, but the leader refuses to accept help from the Waltons. His pride almost costs the life of his baby son.

1x20 - The Deed

February 8, 1973

It seems that the Waltons never officially registered the deed to Waltons Mountain. In order to help pay the legal fees, John-Boy leaves home for a job in the city. He meets new friends, gets mugged and earns a reward to help the family keep their home.

1x21 - The Scholar

February 22, 1973

A neighbor lady, Verdie Grant asks John-Boy to teach her to read and write. He agrees to teach her as he helps Elizabeth. Things go wrong, however, and feelings get hurt.

1x22 - The Bicycle

March 1, 1973

Local blacksmith, Curtis Norton has John-Boy write letters to his bride-to-be. When she arrives on Walton's Mountain, life and Curtis are much different than she expected. Meanwhile, Olivia is feeling new pangs for freedom and something "different" in her life.

1x23 - The Townie

March 8, 1973

John-Boy's friend Sarah sees him as a way to escape her "trapped" life with her demanding mother. When John-Boy rejects her advances, she runs off and plans to elope with a townie.

1x24 - An Easter Story

April 19, 1973

The entire family suffers a crisis when Olivia is stricken with polio. Dr Vance prescribes the accepted treatment, but Olivia does not get better. John-Boy learns of a new treatment practiced by sister Kenny and the family tries it to success in time for the Easter service.

1x25 - An Easter Story (2)

April 19, 1973

The entire family suffers a crisis when Olivia is stricken with polio. Dr Vance prescribes the accepted treatment, but Olivia does not get better. John-Boy learns of a new treatment practiced by sister Kenny and the family tries it to success in time for the Easter service.

Ralph Waite

John Walton Sr.

Jon Walmsley

Jason Walton

Mary Beth McDonough

Erin Walton

David W. Harper

Jim-Bob Walton

Earl Hamner, Jr.

Narrator

Eric Scott

Ben Walton

Kami Cotler

Elizabeth Walton

Joe Conley

Ike Godsey

Judy Norton

Mary Ellen Walton