The Waltons - Season 8

The Waltons - Season 8

Season 8

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Episodes24
DatesSep 20, 1979 - Mar 13, 1980
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Episodes

The Home Front (1)
Season 8Episode 160 min

The Home Front (1)

John serves on the local draft board. A young soldier he drafted has been killed and the boy's Dad threatens John & Jim-Bob. The family receives word that John-Boy is missing in action.
Sep 20, 1979
The Home Front (2)
Season 8Episode 260 min

The Home Front (2)

John serves on the local draft board. A young soldier he drafted has been killed and the boy's Dad threatens John & Jim-Bob. The family receives word that John-Boy is missing in action.
Sep 20, 1979
The Kinfolk
Season 8Episode 360 min

The Kinfolk

Rose arrives for a visit which is extended with Serena and Jeffery, her grandchildren. Jim-Bob and Ike Godsey build an air raid siren big enough for Richmond.
Sep 27, 1979
The Diploma
Season 8Episode 460 min

The Diploma

Mary Ellen subs as the county nurse. John tries to prove to the army that he really did graduate from high school. John can not find his diploma so he takes another test.
Oct 4, 1979
The Innocents
Season 8Episode 560 min

The Innocents

Olivia says the mountain needs a day nursery for children of defense plant workers. Corabeth thinks that Ike has a girlfriend when she sees Rose teaching him to dance.
Oct 11, 1979
The Starlet
Season 8Episode 660 min

The Starlet

The film company comes to Walton's Mountain and Pickett plant is used for a war-time documentary. Erin is convinced by the director that she has potential in Hollywood.
Oct 18, 1979
The Journal
Season 8Episode 760 min

The Journal

A publisher asks permission from John and Olivia about printing the new book that John-Boy wrote in Europe. Jeff does not want Reckless put to sleep after Reckless becomes sick.
Oct 25, 1979
The Lost Sheep
Season 8Episode 860 min

The Lost Sheep

Ashley Longworth Jr. comes back and asks Erin to be his wife. She has some serious doubts after he says he has lost his faith in God.
Nov 1, 1979
The Violated (1)
Season 8Episode 960 min

The Violated (1)

Olivia searches for a soldier's wife at the request from the Red Cross. The soldier's wife won't answer her husband's letters. Corabeth expects an inheritance.
Nov 8, 1979
The Waiting (2)
Season 8Episode 1060 min

The Waiting (2)

To be near John-Boy who is in a coma, Olivia joins the Red Cross. Rose plans the big Thanksgiving dinner. John and Olivia spend Thanksgiving in Richmond Hospital with John-Boy.
Nov 22, 1979
The Silver Wings
Season 8Episode 1160 min

The Silver Wings

Jim-Bob meets Betsy, a married woman and falls in love with her while delivering her a package.
Nov 29, 1979
The Wager
Season 8Episode 1260 min

The Wager

All of Jefferson County watched with wonder when Mary Ellen and Erin decide to venture even farther into a mans world.
Dec 13, 1979
The Spirit
Season 8Episode 1360 min

The Spirit

When a German POW escapes from a nearby camp and hides out on Walton's Mountain, he befriends Jeffrey, and in turn helps the boy find the true meaning of Christmas.

Dec 20, 1979
The Fastidious Wife
Season 8Episode 1460 min

The Fastidious Wife

Cindy gets a book from Corabeth on how to be the perfect wife and Cindy resolves to cater to Ben's every need. Jeffrey takes home a cat and names her Harold, until the cat gives birth to kittens.
Dec 27, 1979
The Unthinkable
Season 8Episode 1560 min

The Unthinkable

There's a recruit working for Jason's company who is Jewish. He tells how his grandfather was arrested and killed by German soldiers in Warsaw.
Jan 3, 1980
The Idol
Season 8Episode 1660 min

The Idol

Hazel Lamphere, the new school teacher, comes to Walton's Mountain and Elizabeth is immediately attached to her. Virginia is born to Cindy and Ben.
Jan 10, 1980
The Prodigals
Season 8Episode 1760 min

The Prodigals

After an encounter with a GI, Ben is annoyed with what he feels to be preferential treatment in regards to being deferred in the draft to work at the mill. After getting into trouble with their respective families, Jeffrey and his friend Josh Foster get in trouble gambling. When Josh gets caught trying to steal their winnings out of Ike's store, Jeffrey starts to feel guilty when Josh has to deal with all the fallout.

Jan 17, 1980
The Remembrance
Season 8Episode 1860 min

The Remembrance

Zadoc Walton, Zeb's cousin, arrives to keep a 21 year old promise and makes a surprising contribution to Boatwright University.
Jan 24, 1980
The Inspiration
Season 8Episode 1960 min

The Inspiration

Mamie Baldwin makes it through a difficult operation with Grandma's help.
Jan 31, 1980
The Last Straw
Season 8Episode 2060 min

The Last Straw

When John's equipment breaks down and Jim-Bob breaks his, John decides maybe he has had enough. Jeffrey builds himself a soapbox car sponsored by Godsey's store.
Feb 7, 1980
The Traveling Man
Season 8Episode 2160 min

The Traveling Man

Rose's ex-boyfriend Stanley Perkins arrives on Waltons Mountain and he makes a re-acquaintance with Rose.
Feb 14, 1980
The Furlough
Season 8Episode 2260 min

The Furlough

While home on furlough, John Boy has a hard time trying to remember when he was shot down with his friend Stewart while flying over Belgium. Ike looks to John for help when he gets drafted by the Army.

Feb 21, 1980
The Medal
Season 8Episode 2360 min

The Medal

When a Mexican-American paratrooper who Curt saved at Pearl Harbor arrives on the mountain to personally deliver a medal awarded to Curt, things get off to a rocky start when bigots start picking on him due to his heritage. While there, Mary Ellen helps him work through his anger and the pair become close. Meanwhile, Corabeth crosses paths with an old beau who is preparing to go overseas with his Army unit.

Feb 28, 1980
The Valediction
Season 8Episode 2460 min

The Valediction

It's the end of the school year on Walton's Mountain and Jim Bob will be graduating. When teacher Corabeth informs him that as long as he passes an upcoming test, he'll have the highest grades in his class and will be the valedictorian. However, Jim Bob is less than thrilled the prospect of having to stand up and give a speech and contemplates failing on purpose so he won't have to. Then on graduation day, Corabeth panics when she can't find Jim Bob and his classmates, only to have a surprise when they eventually arrive in time to receive their diplomas.

Mar 13, 1980

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