Episode
The Waltons: The Burden
Overview
After a car jack slips and falls and Jim-Bob escapes serious injury, Jim-Bob decides to become a minister.
Details
- Series
- The Waltons
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1979-01-25
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Burden is Episode 16 in Season 7 of The Waltons. It aired on 1979-01-25. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 15: The Parting
John and Olivia are both tired so Olivia suggests a trip, but the vacation does not help Olivia. Olivia sees a doctor and is told she has TB and must go to a sanitarium.
Episode 17: The Pin-Up
Ben enters a casual picture of Erin in a contest where she wins 1st prize. She finds herself the center of attention and the official pin-up girl of Camp Lee to John's dismay.
More episodes from this season
Episode 14: The Obstacle
Mike Paxton, John-Boy's old friend, is confined to a wheel chair and believes there is no hope for the future. Through the help of the family, he comes out of his shell.
Episode 18: The Attack
Ike has a heart attack because of the pressures and shortages of war-time shop-keeping. The Walton children pitch in and help keep Ike's store open in his absence.
Episode 13: The Conscience
Jason has second thoughts about joining the military service and considers becoming a Conscientious Objector much to Ben's dismay. Jim-Bob gets a military tattoo.
Episode 19: The Legacy
Ashley Longworth Jr, who bears striking resemblance to his dad, comes to the Baldwin home and is courted by Miss Emily and Erin.
Episode 12: The Boosters
Ben talks the townspeople into opening an auto court against John's advice. Yancy Tucker goes into business for himself.
Episode 20: The Outsider
Ben comes home in the middle of the night with his new wife Cindy and they set up housekeeping in the shed. The early years of marriage aren't easy until Grandma steps in.
Episode 11: The Yearning
Elizabeth falls in love with the minister when he is forced out of the parsonage by a skunk. Erin is helping the Baldwin sisters write their memoirs and Erin finds a ring that was left by Ashley Longworth.
Episode 21: The Torch
Cally May, John's ex-girlfriend, comes to Walton's mountain and buys the Dew Drop Inn. John and Olivia's kids try to protect John from Cally May's attention. Ike, Cindy and Elizabeth turn Godsey's hall into a canteen for soldiers from Camp Rockfish.
Episode 10: Day of Infamy
Christmas 1941. Mary Ellen says she will be going to be with Curt in Hawaii. News from Pearl Harbor comes and the Waltons are told that Curt is dead.
Episode 22: The Talespin
Jim-Bob can not join the Air Corps because he fails the eye exam. Jim-Bob decides to run off and join the Army.