The BEST episodes of The Waltons season 6
Every episode of The Waltons season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Waltons season 6!
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its saw mill on Walton's Mountain. The story is told through the eyes of John Boy, who wants to be a novelist and go to college. The saga follows the family through depression and war, through growing up, school, courtship, marriage, employment, birth, aging, illness and death.
#1 - The Stray
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1977
Strange foorprints & a stringer of catfish lead the Waltons to find 12 year old Josh a runaway in the barn hiding.He attaches himself to John immediately
#2 - The Children's Carol
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1977
Two British children, separated from their parents due to the war, come to stay with the Baldwins. Jason is not sure he can fight in the war. Jim-Bob uses a short-wave radio and makes an amazing connection on that 1940 Christmas morning.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#4 - The Hawk
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1977
A young minister comes and causes some uneasiness within the congregation
#5 - The Warrior
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1977
An old man, his grandson,and two Indians come to Walton's Mountain saying there are sacred burial grounds where the barn is built.
#7 - The Volunteer
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1977
After Erin says no to the marriage proposal of G.W. Haines, he joins the Army. Erin visits G.W. at Camp Lee Army Base despite her father's reluctance.
#8 - The Revelation
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/23/1978
John-Boy proposes to Daisy and she says yes. Daisy reconnects with her mother and learns some surprising news. Mary Ellen and Aimee open a lemonade stand. Grandpa finds a way to increase sales.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - The Ordeal
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1978
Elizabeth falls while standing on top of a wood pile. Fractures her leg. Doctors doubt her ability to walk ever again.
Watch Now:Apple TV#10 - The Return
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/16/1978
John-Boy returns to Walton's Mountain to write about the failing economy and lack of jobs. He talks Mr Guthrie into opening the old mine. As the menfolk are in the mine, it collapses. John makes a decision about working at a defense plant.
Watch Now:Apple TV#11 - The Recluse
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1977
Jason and Fern Lockwood,a recluse who shares his love of music but she is timid and finds life threatening . Ben goes to Norfolk and looks for work and comes back home to help an overworked father
#12 - Spring Fever
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1978
Ben and Jim-Bob get on each other's nerves. They end up dating each other's girlfriends. Meanwhile, Mamie Baldwin sees a rose bush dying and thinks it means she will die. Grandpa finds a way to help her feel young again.
Watch Now:Apple TV#13 - Grandma Comes Home
Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/30/1978
Grandma returns from the hospital but the family does not let her do anything. (Ellen Colby recovered enough from her stoke to return to the series.) An overweight boy is interested in Elizabeth. (This is Will Geer's last episode.)
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - The Rumor
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1978
Members of Flossie Brimmer's family visit the mountain. The community does not welcome them due to their German accent. Elizabeth starts a rumor about them.
Watch Now:Apple TV#15 - The Flight
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1977
Jim-Bob meets a boy who is on his way to join the Air Corps, but the boy never actually leaves. Turns out he is a runaway. Meanwhile, Elizabeth misses Grandma, and thus builds a grandmotherly relationship with Maude Gormley.
Watch Now:Apple TV#16 - The Grandchild
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1977
Mary Ellen Gives birth to the Waltons 1 st grandchild a boy name John Curtis Williard
Watch Now:Apple TV#17 - The Anniversary
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1978
John and Olivia celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Mary Ellen and Curtis begin to feel the stain of separation due to the war.
Watch Now:Apple TV#18 - The Festival
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1978
Jason practices his music for a town festival. He finds Josh, Verdie's son, plays the horn. They practice together. The festival organizers do not want Josh. Elizabeth and Aimee Godsey compete for the same boy.
Watch Now:Apple TV#19 - The Family Tree
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1978
Jason helps Verdie research her family tree. They find people who knew her family. Elizabeth starts writing to a soldier at Camp Lee, pretending she is 18 years old. Sends Erin's picture as her own.
Watch Now:Apple TV#20 - The Milestone
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1977
Feeling old and restless, Olivia visits her Aunt Kate in her home town. Jim-Bob wants to get a job but needs both parents to sign a permission slip.
Watch Now:Apple TV#21 - The Battle of Drucilla's Pond
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1977
Soldiers practice war at Drusilla's pond. Corabeth teaches a tap dance routine to Elizabeth and Aimee. They put on a show.
Watch Now:Apple TV#22 - The Seashore
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1977
The Waltons have an encounter with a strange English girl while on a small vacation at the Baldwin sister's beach cottage. Ben stays home alone expecting to live the life of a carefree bachelor.