Episode guide
The Waltons: Season 7
23 episodes · first aired Sep 21, 1978
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- 1 The Empty Nest Sep 21, 1978 · 1h 40m Everybody mourns the death of Grandpa Zeb and Flossie Brimmer. John struggles hard to fill a huge lumber contract and Mary Ellen & Erin move to Charlottesville and they get an apartment.
- 2 The Calling Sep 28, 1978 · 50m Jim-Bob meets the Baldwin's cousin, a young girl who is in a convent preparing to become a nun. Ben hires a mill hand who turns out to be an alcoholic.
- 3 The Moonshiner Oct 12, 1978 · 50m Boone Walton comes back to Walton's mountain and gets in trouble with the law. Boone gets released in Jason's custody. Daisy Garner also comes back to Walton's Mountain to visit.
- 4 The Obsession Oct 19, 1978 · 50m Mary Ellen gets prescription drugs and abuses them in order to study long hours for her Nurse's exam. Cissy Tucker Yancy Tucker's wife has had enough and she puts her foot down.
- 5 The Changeling Oct 26, 1978 · 50m Just before Elizabeth's 13th birthday, she becomes reluctant to grow up and creates a poltergeist. Jason starts a new job as a radio talk show host giving advice to the lovelorn.
- 6 The Portrait Nov 2, 1978 · 50m Erin is both attracted and repelled by a brooding artist who is here from Paris. As part of a war-time mural on the wall of an old house the artist asks to paint Erin's portrait.
- 7 The Captive Nov 9, 1978 · 50m Jim-Bob tries to teach Elizabeth to drive. Corabeth 's drinking problem becomes severe and Elizabeth has to drive Aimee and Corabeth home.
- 8 The Illusion Nov 16, 1978 · 50m Ester Verdie's daughter comes back to Walton's Mountain disillusioned over having a college degree & unable to land a meaningful job. Erin helps her find a job at J.D. Pickett's plant.
- 9 The Beau Nov 23, 1978 · 50m Grandma's ex-boyfriend comes calling on Grandma much to the horror of Elizabeth. Jim-Bob persuades Yancy Tucker to make fuel in his still instead of moonshine.
- 10 Day of Infamy Dec 7, 1978 · 50m Christmas 1941. Mary Ellen says she will be going to be with Curt in Hawaii. News from Pearl Harbor comes and the Waltons are told that Curt is dead.
- 11 The Yearning Dec 14, 1978 · 50m Elizabeth falls in love with the minister when he is forced out of the parsonage by a skunk. Erin is helping the Baldwin sisters write their memoirs and Erin finds a ring that was left by…
- 12 The Boosters Dec 28, 1978 · 50m Ben talks the townspeople into opening an auto court against John's advice. Yancy Tucker goes into business for himself.
- 13 The Conscience Jan 4, 1979 · 50m Jason has second thoughts about joining the military service and considers becoming a Conscientious Objector much to Ben's dismay. Jim-Bob gets a military tattoo.
- 14 The Obstacle Jan 11, 1979 · 50m Mike Paxton, John-Boy's old friend, is confined to a wheel chair and believes there is no hope for the future. Through the help of the family, he comes out of his shell.
- 15 The Parting Jan 18, 1979 · 50m John and Olivia are both tired so Olivia suggests a trip, but the vacation does not help Olivia. Olivia sees a doctor and is told she has TB and must go to a sanitarium.
- 16 The Burden Jan 25, 1979 · 50m After a car jack slips and falls and Jim-Bob escapes serious injury, Jim-Bob decides to become a minister.
- 17 The Pin-Up Feb 8, 1979 · 50m Ben enters a casual picture of Erin in a contest where she wins 1st prize. She finds herself the center of attention and the official pin-up girl of Camp Lee to John's dismay.
- 18 The Attack Feb 15, 1979 · 50m Ike has a heart attack because of the pressures and shortages of war-time shop-keeping. The Walton children pitch in and help keep Ike's store open in his absence.
- 19 The Legacy Feb 22, 1979 · 50m Ashley Longworth Jr, who bears striking resemblance to his dad, comes to the Baldwin home and is courted by Miss Emily and Erin.
- 20 The Outsider Mar 1, 1979 · 50m Ben comes home in the middle of the night with his new wife Cindy and they set up housekeeping in the shed. The early years of marriage aren't easy until Grandma steps in.
- 21 The Torch Mar 8, 1979 · 50m Cally May, John's ex-girlfriend, comes to Walton's mountain and buys the Dew Drop Inn. John and Olivia's kids try to protect John from Cally May's attention. Ike, Cindy and Elizabeth turn…
- 22 The Talespin Mar 15, 1979 · 50m Jim-Bob can not join the Air Corps because he fails the eye exam. Jim-Bob decides to run off and join the Army.
- 23 Founders' Day Mar 22, 1979 · 50m Jason tries desperately with his music professor to meet the course's requirements of an original composition. He composes Appalachian Portrait while he plans the piece.