
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.

A new minister (Kip Niven) arouses Corabeth's suspicions and gives advice when Toni decides she can't wed Jason because she's Jewish.

Corabeth's sister drops in on Ike while Corabeth is away; Elizabeth, feeling lonely for her parents, makes up her mind to leave home.

The Waltons come to the rescue of a woman whose drunken husband beats her; Jim-Bob invests in war surplus.

John-Boy prepares a television presentation for the university while Jim-Bob attempts to build a set; Rose thinks she is overweight.