Airdate: 2/17/77
Jason falls head
over heels in love with Curt’s sister, Vanessa, a recently divorced woman, but
their affair causes a scandal among the conservative folk of Waltons Mountain.
Singing together one night at the Dew Dew Drop in, she is spotted by a country
music singer and his manager, and is offered a job out in Nashville, which she
accepts. Heartbroken, Jason is consoled by his dad, who tells him that she is a
free spirit, just like the ducks Jason wanted to tame when he was a boy.
Subplot: Zeb is outraged by his depiction in John-Boy’s novel, until the boy
explains some of his word choices.
If Jason is
going to risk his neck to dally around with, in some people’s eyes, a married
woman, she’d better be worth it – and boy is she ever! Guest actress Linda Purl
is a knockout here, even better than her previous appearance in the 3rd
season’s “The Spoilers.” Ending is inevitable, but again, an experience we can relate
to all too easily.
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