Episode

The Waltons: The Caretakers

Name: The Waltons: The Caretakers
Released: 1975-01-23
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, David W. Harper, Earl Hamner, Jr.

The WaltonsSeason 31975-01-23

Overview

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

Details

Series: The Waltons
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 18
Air date: 1975-01-23
Runtime: 50 min

Episode context

The Caretakers is Episode 18 in Season 3 of The Waltons. It aired on 1975-01-23. The runtime is 50 min.

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Episode 17: The Beguiled 1975-01-16 | 50 min John-Boy encounters a sassy but unprincipled girl whose selfish ways cause hard feelings and suspicion toward Danny, Jim Bob's friend.

Episode 19: The Shivaree 1975-01-30 | 50 min Wedding plans for the daughter of a friend go awry when the mountain custom of kidnapping the groom get out of hand

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Episode 20: The Choice 1975-02-06 | 50 min John wants to expand the mill and call it Walton and Sons,Jason wants to study music and he tries for a scholarship

Episode 15: The Lie 1975-01-02 | 50 min 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 21: The Statue 1975-02-13 | 50 min Godsey's store has a raffle of a statue and Grandpa wins the statue - a dead ringer that looks like one of Grandpa's girlfriend prior to Grandma. John-Boy writes a story of a failed romance between Miss Emily and Ashley Longworth

Episode 14: The Birthday 1974-12-19 | 50 min 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 22: The Song 1975-02-20 | 50 min Sally Ann Harper has eyes for Jason but Ben falls in love with her. Grandpa and John enter a billiard competition at Ike's store

Episode 13: The Visitor 1974-12-12 | 50 min 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.

Episode 23: The Woman 1975-02-27 | 50 min John and Olivia make plans for their 20 th wedding anniversary, John-Boy falls in love with a older woman and decides to leave the mountain with her

Episode 12: The Departure 1974-12-05 | 50 min 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.

Episode 24: The Venture 1975-03-06 | 50 min John decides to expand his business by building a new mill. To meet a deadline for a big order, John works day and night & gets pneumonia. While he's in the hostipal his friends finish the mill, but he loses the big contract.