Episode 1
Aired Sep 20, 1979
The Home Front
Erin confronts Pickett; Jason shapes up his recruits; a grieving father attacks Jim-Bob; John-Boy is missing in action.
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Episode 1
Aired Sep 20, 1979
The Home Front
Olivia returns home to find many changes; John helps locate a recruit gone AWOL; Erin considers asking for a raise.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 27, 1979
The Kinfolk
Cousin Rose comes with her grandchildren and a determination to make Olivia's life easier; Ike enlists Jim-Bob for a secret project.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 4, 1979
The Diploma
Mary Ellen substitutes as the county nurse; John searches for his diploma to prove to the Army that he graduated from high school.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 11, 1979
The Innocents
Olivia campaigns for a day nursery; plans for the Godsey's anniversary are almost ruined by jealousy.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 18, 1979
The Starlet
A director making a documentary about the Pickett Plant gains Erin's cooperation by telling her she could be a star.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 25, 1979
The Journal
A publisher wants to print John-Boy's manuscript, although the author is missing in action; Jeff doesn't want Reckless put to sleep.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 1, 1979
The Lost Sheep
Ashley Longworth Jr. returns to ask Erin to marry him, but their plans are disrupted when he confesses to her that he's an atheist.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 8, 1979
The Violated
Olivia searches for the man who raped an Army wife; Corabeth expects an inheritance; news comes of missing John-Boy.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 22, 1979
The Waiting
Olivia works as a Red Cross volunteer while watching over seriously injured John-Boy's (Robert Wightman) recovery.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 29, 1979
The Silver Wings
Jim-Bob helps a newcomer, the wife of an Air Corps pilot, refurbish an old cabin and finds himself falling hopelessly in love.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 13, 1979
The Wager
Elizabeth coaches Erin and Mary Ellen in a run-and-ride race being held to raise war-bond money; Jeff dreams of meeting a movie star.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 20, 1979
The Spirit
As Christmas nears, Jeffrey befriends an escaped German POW hiding on Walton's Mountain; Corabeth's holiday pageant is canceled.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 27, 1979
The Fastidious Wife
Cindy endangers her unborn baby trying to be the perfect wife; Jeff names his new cat Harold, then finds "he" is expecting kittens.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 3, 1980
The Unthinkable
One of Jason's fellow recruits, a Jewish Polish-American, tells how his grandfather was arrested and killed by Germans in Warsaw.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 10, 1980
The Idol
Elizabeth learns a new, progressive schoolteacher she admires is dying; Ben drinks to forget fears of fatherhood.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 17, 1980
The Prodigals
Jeffrey and Josh break into Ike's store to retrieve their confiscated gambling winnings; Ben considers going to war.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 24, 1980
The Remembrance
The family isn't sure what to do with Grandpa's cousin, who came to collect an old debt from Zeb; Jason pursues a girl named Toni.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 31, 1980
The Inspiration
Mary Ellen and John enlist Grandma's help to convince Mamie Baldwin to have cataract surgery.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 7, 1980
The Last Straw
John's nerves are strained to the limit as the orders pile up and his machinery breaks down; Jeffrey builds a soapbox race car.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 14, 1980
The Traveling Man
Rose renews an acquaintance with her former dance partner, who then asks her to marry him; Jim-Bob decides he wants his own room.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 21, 1980
The Furlough
John-Boy returns home and tries to recall the details of his plane crash for a comrade's sister; Ike is arrested for draft evasion.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 28, 1980
The Medal
Mary Ellen is attracted to a paratrooper who brings her some mementos of Curt; Corabeth's old flame pressures her to meet with him.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 13, 1980
The Valedictorian
Jim-Bob graduates at the head of his class and prepares to go overseas to fight; Erin learns Ashley Longworth has married in London.
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