
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.
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.
Jim-Bob graduates at the head of his class and prepares to go overseas to fight; Erin learns Ashley Longworth has married in London.
John-Boy prepares a television presentation for the university while Jim-Bob attempts to build a set; Rose thinks she is overweight.