Airdate: 11/3/77
Pregnant Mary
Ellen is eight months along and everyone’s looking forward to the grand
arrival, oh, except a local girl who just delivered a stillborn child and is
now expecting the same for the Walton baby. This, on top of portentous tea
leaves and the usual prepartum neuroses, and you have one worried mama and a
bevy of drama- two hours worth, to be exact. Why, Olivia is so preoccupied she
can’t even deliver her usual Baptist harangue when she finds out Jason’s been
playing piano at a burlesque show!
A Walton’s
milestone is delivered in the usual fashion, as a double-length episode, yet it
still feels quite padded. The dramatic crux, involving a clearly troubled and
mentally unsound young woman, gives this episode an eerie tone, as well as an
unexpectedly suspenseful finale. I’m not really spoiling anything by revealing
that all’s well that ends well, and the ever-expanding Walton’s clan now has
the cuteness factor, and a potential “Next-generation” reboot, if all else
fails.
FYI:
Charlottesville is 28 miles away from Walton’s Mountain. WWII is barely
mentioned.
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