The BEST episodes of The Waltons season 7
Every episode of The Waltons season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Waltons season 7!
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.
#3 - The Empty Nest
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1978
Everybody mourns the death of Grandpa Zeb and Flossie Brimmer. John struggles hard to fill a huge lumber contract and Mary Ellen and Erin move to Charlottesville and get an apartment.
#4 - Day of Infamy
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1978
It's Christmas 1941 on Walton's Mountain. 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.
#5 - The Illusion
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1978
Ester, Verdie's daughter, comes back to Walton's Mountain disillusioned over having a college degree and unable to land a meaningful job. Erin helps her find a job at J.D. Pickett's plant.
#7 - The Talespin
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/15/1979
Jim-Bob can not join the Air Corps because he fails the eye exam. Jim-Bob decides to run off and join the Army.
Watch Now:Apple TV#8 - The Torch
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/8/1979
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 Godsey's hall into a canteen for soldiers from Camp Rockfish.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - The Legacy
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1979
Ashley Longworth Jr., who bears a striking resemblance to his father, comes to the Baldwin home and is courted by Miss Emily and Erin.
#10 - The Attack
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1979
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.
#11 - The Burden
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1979
After a car jack slips, falls and Jim-Bob narrowly escapes serious injury, Jim-Bob decides to become a minister.
#12 - The Parting
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1979
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.
#13 - The Obstacle
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1979
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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - The Conscience
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1979
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.
#15 - The Boosters
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/28/1978
Ben talks the townspeople into opening an auto court against John's advice. Yancy Tucker goes into business for himself.
#16 - The Yearning
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1978
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 Ashley Longworth.
#17 - The Beau
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1978
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.
#18 - The Captive
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1978
Jim-Bob tries to teach Elizabeth to drive. Corabeth 's drinking problem becomes severe and Elizabeth has to drive Aimee and Corabeth home.
Watch Now:Apple TV#19 - The Portrait
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1978
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.
#20 - The Changeling
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1978
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.
#21 - The Obsession
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1978
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.
#22 - The Moonshiner
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1978
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. She and John-Boy never married.
#23 - The Calling
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1978
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.