Airdate: 11/9/78
Episode focusing almost exclusively on the Godseys shows a
different side of Corabeth. Frustrated with the lack of culture on Waltons
Mountain and her husband’s lack of interest in her, she vows to open a dance
school, but her increasingly heavy drinking interferes with the demands of the
job. When she drives Aimee and Elizabeth home, intoxicated, Elizabeth must take
the wheel (she had been learning to drive), leaving John to help sort out the
Godsey’s marital difficulties as only the paragon of matrimonial accord can do.
Great to see the featured players on the show get a turn in
the spotlight.Corabeth’s character had been growing more elitist and agitated
lately, so her plummet into drink is a credible evolution. Ronnie Claire
Edwards delivers some poignant dialogue here (including a mini-soliloquy
singing the praises of her quaint hometown, Doe Hill), revealing a fragile,
insecure human being behind a façade of haughty propriety.
Funniest scene: Inside the car, Jason tells Elizabeth he’d
rather not teach her to drive; as the camera slowly zooms out, it reveals the
car is half submerged in a pond!
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