Episode
The Waltons: The Departure
Overview
John seeks work in a Norfolk shipyard because he feels that life has passed by him but he soon realizes that the family needs him at home and he really wants to be there.
Details
- Series
- The Waltons
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1974-12-05
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Departure is Episode 12 in Season 3 of The Waltons. It aired on 1974-12-05. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 11: The Job
John-Boy gets a job reading to a young blind woman. The woman is hostile towards him and the world in general. She goes to Walton's Mountain and realizes she has much more for which to be thankful.
Episode 13: The Visitor
Zeb's old friend returns to Walton's Mountain without his wife. The Walton's learn that she died earlier but he will not acknowledge her passing.
More episodes from this season
Episode 10: The Book
John-Boy finds out that a collection of his short stories will be published and Jason secures a job with Bobby Bigelow and the haystack gang
Episode 14: The Birthday
Grandpa has a heart attack and seems to be unresponsive to treatment. The family try to cheer him up, and against doctor's orders, move him to a tent outside so he can communicate with nature
Episode 9: The Marathon
In Scottsville John-Boy enters a dance marathon with Daisy Garner, a total stranger. It starts out fun but quickly becomes a drudgery until Olivia comes to the rescue.
Episode 15: The Lie
Ben goes to Charlottesville to take a young girl to meet her mother and borrows John-Boy's truck without his permission. The truck is involved in a hit and run unknown to Ben.
Episode 8: The Spoilers
A New York family who is dysfunctional moves to Walton's Mountain. They end up causing havoc in the Walton's household and they move back to New York City
Episode 16: The Matchmakers
Corabeth Walton, a cousin of the Waltons, comes for an unannounced extended visit. Ike Godsey is instantly taken with her and they quickly marry. Erin enters the Jefferson County Sweetheart Contest.
Episode 7: The System
Ben learns the hazards of smoking. John-Boy sticks up for a fellow student who violates Boatwright's honor code during a history exam. There were extenuating circumstances
Episode 17: The Beguiled
John-Boy encounters a sassy but unprincipled girl whose selfish ways cause hard feelings and suspicion toward Danny, Jim Bob's friend.
Episode 6: The Ring
Mary Ellen buys a purse. At home she finds there's a pretty amethyst ring inside which she decides to wear at the dance, but she and Erin keep the finding of the ring a secret.
Episode 18: The Caretakers
Grandpa and Grandma become angry with the family and move out to care for a friend's house.Everybody soon realizes that their place is back home