The BEST episodes directed by Ralph Waite

The Boondoggle
star
8.25
22 votes

#1 - The Boondoggle

The Waltons - Season 4 - Episode 5

Porter Sims, a reporter from New York, comes to get material for a guide book on Virginia. John-Boy takes him to see the Baldwin sisters who allow him to look through the late Judge Baldwin's private papers. These reveal that their father was accused of treason for harboring Yankee soldiers during the Civil War. Deeply shocked and hurt, they decide not to leave their house ever again.

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The Five Foot Shelf
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8.15
26 votes

#2 - The Five Foot Shelf

The Waltons - Season 2 - Episode 23

A traveling salesman named George Reed talks Olivia into buying a 5 foot collection of books called The Harvard Classics. George uses the down payment to buy his daughter a doll.

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The Fawn
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8.13
31 votes

#3 - The Fawn

The Waltons - Season 2 - Episode 9

John-Boy secures a position of rent collector for a hated landlord while Erin, who is disappointed by her knight in shining armor, nurses an orphaned fawn back to health.

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The Ghost Story
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7.96
25 votes

#4 - The Ghost Story

The Waltons - Season 2 - Episode 21

The Children get a Ouija board from Ike. Olivia and Grandma have misgivings about the children playing with it and speaking to it's spirits.

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The Visitor
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7.88
26 votes

#5 - The Visitor

The Waltons - Season 3 - Episode 13

Zeb's old friend returns to Walton's Mountain without his wife. The Walton's learn that she died earlier but he will not acknowledge her passing.

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The Venture
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7.71
17 votes

#6 - The Venture

The Waltons - Season 3 - Episode 24

John decides to expand his business by building a new mill. To meet a deadline for a big order, John works day and night & gets pneumonia. While he's in the hostipal his friends finish the mill, but he loses the big contract.

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The Heartbreaker
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7.63
16 votes

#7 - The Heartbreaker

The Waltons - Season 5 - Episode 20

Jason falls in love with Vanessa, Curt's sister, who left her husband so she could become a singer. John-Boy begins to publish sections of his novel in the newspaper.

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The Baptism
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7.50
22 votes

#8 - The Baptism

The Waltons - Season 5 - Episode 4

John refuses to visit the tent meeting or get baptised, even with the presence of a famous evangelist.

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The Big Brother
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7.44
18 votes

#9 - The Big Brother

The Waltons - Season 4 - Episode 19

John-Boy meets up with a runaway girl named Muffin who's 12 years old. Muffin tells him that she was abused and is trying to find her mother. John-Boy takes her home and she fools everyone but Grandpa.

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