Episode
The Waltons: The Townie
Overview
John-Boy's friend Sarah sees him as a way to escape her "trapped" life with her demanding mother. When John-Boy rejects her advances, she runs off and plans to elope with a townie.
Details
- Series
- The Waltons
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1973-03-08
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Townie is Episode 23 in Season 1 of The Waltons. It aired on 1973-03-08. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 22: The Bicycle
Local blacksmith, Curtis Norton has John-Boy write letters to his bride-to-be. When she arrives on Walton's Mountain, life and Curtis are much different than she expected. Meanwhile, Olivia is feeling new pangs for freedom and something "different" in her life.
Episode 24: An Easter Story
The entire family suffers a crisis when Olivia is stricken with polio. Dr Vance prescribes the accepted treatment, but Olivia does not get better. John-Boy learns of a new treatment practiced by sister Kenny and the family tries it to success in time for the Easter service.
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Episode 20: The Deed
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Episode 19: The Gypsies
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Episode 18: The Courtship
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Episode 17: The Love Story
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Episode 16: The Fire
A young girls father objects to Miss Hunter's teaching Evolution. During a drunken rage he burns down the school and is killed in the fire.
Episode 15: The Actress
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Episode 14: The Minstrel
Mary Ellen meets a traveling troubadour, Jamie and neglects her responsibilities of helping pick fruit.
Episode 13: The Reunion
The Baldwin sisters and The Recipe play a pivotal role in this story involving their unscrupulous scheming cousin, Homer Lee Baldwin.
Episode 12: The Dust Bowl Cousins
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