Episode

The Waltons: The Ordeal

Name: The Waltons: The Ordeal
Released: 1978-02-16
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, David W. Harper, Earl Hamner, Jr.

The WaltonsSeason 61978-02-16

Overview

Elizabeth falls from a log pile and she breaks her leg. Elizabeth can only walk with crutches. Jim-Bob talks her into walking.

Details

Series: The Waltons
Season: Season 6
Episode: Episode 19
Air date: 1978-02-16
Runtime: 100 min

Episode context

The Ordeal is Episode 19 in Season 6 of The Waltons. It aired on 1978-02-16. The runtime is 100 min.

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Episode 18: The Family Tree 1978-02-09 | 50 min With Jason's help, Verdie searches her roots for the history of her family. Elizabeth corresponds with a soldier who thinks she is 18 years old and looks like Erin.

Episode 20: The Return 1978-03-16 | 100 min John-Boy comes back home and helps with reopening the old Guthrie Mine. John and some other men work in the mine. Without warning, the fault gives way to its weaknesses and traps the men under tons of dirt and rock.

More episodes from this season

Episode 17: The Anniversary 1978-02-02 | 50 min John and Olivia have been married 25 years. Olivia buys John a phone to put in the house and John builds a gazebo for Olivia on top of the mountain. Mary Ellen and Curt have problems being apart from each other.

Episode 21: The Revelation 1978-03-23 | 50 min John-Boy asks Daisy to marry him so both return home and make arrangements .John talks to Daisy's mom and learns Daisy has a 3 yr old daughter.

Episode 16: The Festival 1978-01-26 | 50 min Jason gets a lesson in prejudice when he and Josh Verdie's son audition for a recital. Aimee Godsey and Elizabeth experience Spring Fever.

Episode 22: Grandma Comes Home 1978-03-30 | 50 min The Waltons are happy to finally have Grandma back home with them This was also sad for all of the Walton clan as it was the last show that actor Will Geer (Grandpa) was on.

Episode 15: Spring Fever 1978-01-12 | 50 min A rose bush owed by Mamie Baldwin is dying and she views that as a sign of her own impending death. Jim-Bob dates Ben's girlfriend and Ben dates Jim-Bob's girlfriend. They come to blows because they are jealous.

Episode 14: The Rumor 1978-01-05 | 50 min A new family, the Brimmer's, move to the Mountain and look for work and a place to live. Some people from the town are suspicious of their German accent and John helps them.

Episode 13: The Celebration 1977-12-22 | 50 min John finds out that the family is almost out of debt so everybody pitches in on a big contract. During the mortgage burning party, Ike Godsey says that the bank will forclosing on the store. Olivia and John come to the rescue.

Episode 12: The Children's Carol 1977-12-15 | 100 min Two British children escape the London Blitz to find safety in Walton's Mountain with the Baldwins and the Waltons for Christmas. Meanwhile, Jason contemplates whether he can fight in the impending war, and Olivia has a faith crisis as she can't understand how God could allow war.

Episode 11: The Milestone 1977-12-08 | 50 min Olivia goes to Alberene her home town to see her Aunt Kate. Olivia copping with going through the change of life.Jim-Bob fakes his Mom's signature on a job application

Episode 10: The Flight 1977-12-01 | 50 min This new boy that Jim-Bpb meets says he is going to join the Air Corps.Elizabeth adopts Maud Gormley as a sub grandma only until her real grandma comes back home