
The life of a Depression-era family in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains is the subject of this wholesome series. The show is seen from the point of view of eldest son John Boy, who eventually goes to college, serves in World War II and becomes a novelist.

John-Boy struggles with his beliefs about killing but proves his courage on a turkey hunt with his father.

John-Boy's sisters unknowingly sell a museum-piece typewriter he borrowed from the Baldwins to a junkman.

Grandpa interprets a shooting star that crash-landed at the Baldwins as an omen of his death.

The Waltons welcome a visiting preacher (John Ritter) and his mentor (Collin Wilcox-Horne), a fiery missionary.