The Waltons

10 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.

Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 30, 2022.

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#15 - The Changeling (Season 7 - Episode 5)

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.

The episode was rated 7.33 from 15 votes.

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#14 - The Talespin (Season 7 - Episode 22)

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Jim-Bob can not join the Air Corps because he fails the eye exam. Jim-Bob decides to run off and join the Army.

The episode was rated 7.40 from 10 votes.

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#13 - The Obstacle (Season 7 - Episode 14)

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.

The episode was rated 7.50 from 10 votes.

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#12 - The Moonshiner (Season 7 - Episode 3)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.50 from 10 votes.

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#11 - The Obsession (Season 7 - Episode 4)

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.

The episode was rated 7.54 from 13 votes.

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#10 - The Yearning (Season 7 - Episode 11)

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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.

The episode was rated 7.67 from 15 votes.

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#9 - The Portrait (Season 7 - Episode 6)

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.

The episode was rated 7.75 from 12 votes.

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#8 - The Burden (Season 7 - Episode 16)

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After a car jack slips and falls and Jim-Bob escapes serious injury, Jim-Bob decides to become a minister.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 10 votes.

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#7 - The Parting (Season 7 - Episode 15)

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.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 11 votes.

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#6 - The Captive (Season 7 - Episode 7)

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Jim-Bob tries to teach Elizabeth to drive. Corabeth 's drinking problem becomes severe and Elizabeth has to drive Aimee and Corabeth home.

The episode was rated 8.08 from 12 votes.

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#5 - The Outsider (Season 7 - Episode 20)

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.

The episode was rated 8.18 from 11 votes.

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#4 - The Beau (Season 7 - Episode 9)

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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.

The episode was rated 8.20 from 10 votes.

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#3 - The Boosters (Season 7 - Episode 12)

Ben talks the townspeople into opening an auto court against John's advice. Yancy Tucker goes into business for himself.

The episode was rated 8.30 from 10 votes.

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#2 - The Torch (Season 7 - Episode 21)

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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.

The episode was rated 8.33 from 12 votes.

The Waltons - S7E1

#1 - The Empty Nest (Season 7 - Episode 1)

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.

The episode was rated 8.71 from 17 votes.

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