The Waltons: Season 7 (1978)


97 mins 9/21/1978 1. The Empty Nest
	Grandpa Zeb (Will Greer) has died and everyone is mourning. Neighbor Flossie Brimmer has also died. Mary Ellen and Erin move to Charlottesville into an apartment to be on their own. John tries to get a large lumber contract.
48 mins 9/28/1978 2. The Calling
	Jim-Bob falls for the Baldwin sisters' pretty young cousin who's visiting from a convent school, but her plans may not include long-term romance. Ben hires a mill hand with a drinking problem.
48 mins 10/12/1978 3. The Moonshiner
	Boone Walton is placed in the care of Jason after being charged with bootlegging. John-Boy's old love, Daisy Garner, arrives on the mountain with her daughter Melissa.
49 mins 10/19/1978 4. The Obsession
	Mary Ellen becomes dependent on amphetamines while studying for her nursing exam. Fed up with his lifestyle, Sissy Tucker leaves Yancy.
48 mins 10/26/1978 5. The Changeling
	Elizabeth is turning 13 years old - not quite a child, not quite a woman. Strange things begin to happen due to her being unsettled. Jason has a job giving love advice on the radio.
48 mins 11/2/1978 6. The Portrait
	Erin meets a painter who wants to paint her portrait. He is troubled by events he saw in Paris.
49 mins 11/9/1978 7. The Captive
	Corabeth Godsey feels trapped by her unchanging life on Walton's Mountain. She begins to drink.
48 mins 11/16/1978 8. The Illusion
	Verdie Foster's daughter Esther returns to the mountain. Graduated with honors from college, she cannot find a job. Erin helps her get a job at Pickets Plant. Ike Godsey puts up a board of the local boys in the war.
48 mins 11/23/1978 9. The Beau
	A former boyfriend of Grandma's comes to visit. He understands her struggles with a stroke. Elizabeth is upset that someone seems to take Grandpa's place.
49 mins 12/7/1978 10. Day of Infamy
	Just as Mary Ellen prepares to join Curt in Hawaii, the attack on Pearl Harbor occurs, forcing the U.S. into World War II and leaving Mary Ellen and Verdie concerned for their loved ones stationed there.
48 mins 12/14/1978 11. The Yearning
	A new minister joins the community at Walton's Mountain. Elizabeth helps him settle in, and begins to fall for him. Erin helps the Baldwin sisters with their memoirs.
48 mins 12/28/1978 12. The Boosters
	Ben starts an autocourt venture with Corabeth. Then they find out the government stops all new constructions. Ben comes up with a clever plan to use old cabins. Meanwhile, Yancy takes a mail course to become a barber.
48 mins 1/4/1979 13. The Conscience
	Jason expresses doubt to the army recruiters that he could ever kill a person. Ben is embarrassed by his hesitation to serve. Meanwhile, Jim-Bob cannot wait to serve.
60 mins 1/11/1979 14. The Obstacle
	John-Boy asks his family to help Mike Paxton, a friend who was recently handicapped. They show him being in a wheelchair is not the end of his life and show him how to adjust. Erin helps him get a job at Pickets.
48 mins 1/18/1979 15. The Parting
	Olivia is always tired these days. When a rest does not help, she sees a doctor and learns what is wrong. Jim-Bob tries to show that he can do more than just work on machines.
48 mins 1/25/1979 16. The Burden
	While Jim-Bob is working underneath a car, it falls and Jim-Bob has a close call with death and decides to become a minister. Elizabeth catches bugs for a school project and keeps them in the house.
49 mins 2/8/1979 17. The Pin-Up
	Ben has a new camera. Erin walks in the room with shorts and cute top. She poses coyly, and he takes a picture. The picture becomes a pin-up for the soldiers at Camp Lee. Since losing Curt, Mary Ellen is overly protective of John Curtis.
49 mins 2/15/1979 18. The Attack
	Ike has a heart attack and is hospitalized. The Walton family children help out by running his store for him. Ben and Jim-Bob make molasses due to the sugar shortage.
49 mins 2/22/1979 19. The Legacy
	Ashley Longworth returns to Emily Baldwin. Ashley Longworth Jr, that is. Miss Emily blends her beau with Ashley Jr and sometimes loses reality. Erin and Ashley begin a relationship. Elizabeth wonders if she should wear a bra.
49 mins 3/1/1979 20. The Outsider
	Ben surprises his family by bringing home a woman - his new bride. It takes a while, but the family welcomes her. Corabeth Godsey wants Ike to purchase a fountain she remembers so well from her youth.
49 mins 3/8/1979 21. The Torch
	An old girlfriend of John Walton buys the Dew Drop Inn where Jason works. John stops at the Dew Drop to visit with her. She still has feelings for him, but he loves his wife. Ike Godsey opens a canteen for the soldiers.
49 mins 3/15/1979 22. The Tailspin
	Jim-Bob finds out he is not eligible to fly in the Air Corps due to bad vision. He realizes he can join to work on the planes even if he cannot fly them. Mary Ellen has doubts about starting to go out again.
49 mins 3/22/1979 23. Founders' Day
	The town prepares for a Founder's Day Celebration. Who settled there first? The Baldwins, the Waltons, or the Godseys? Jason has to prepare a piece of music for graduating from the Kleinberg Conservatory.

	Ralph Waite	John Walton / Sr.
	Ellen Corby	Esther Walton
	Ronnie Claire Edwards	Corabeth Godsey
	David W. Harper	Jim-Bob Walton
	Jon Walmsley	Jason Walton
	Mary Beth McDonough	Erin Walton
	Judy Norton	Mary Ellen Walton
	Kami Cotler	Elizabeth Walton
	Eric Scott	Ben Walton
	Earl Hamner Jr.	The Narrator
	Joe Conley	Ike Godsey
	Michael Reed	John Curtis Willard
	Marshall Reed	John Curtis Willard
	Michael Learned	Olivia Walton
	Mary Jackson	Emily Baldwin
	Helen Kleeb	Mamie Baldwin
	Robert Donner	Yancy Tucker
	Jack Berle	Townsman
	Rachel Longaker	Aimee Louise Godsey
	Leslie Winston	Cindy Brunson Walton