
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.

The Waltons work together to teach sign language to a 6-year-old whose mother abandoned her.

The children befriend four performers stranded on the mountain after the carnival moves on; guest Billy Barty.

The Walton children learn the family cow's calf, sold to a neighboring farmer, is due to be slaughtered.

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