Airdate: 1/31/80
Mamie Badwin is dropping antiques, misidentified Jason
Walton and now she’s f***ed up the recipe! A doctor diagnoses that she has
cataracts, and will go blind without an operation. She’s entirely against the
idea, as she had vowed never to undergo surgery as that’s how father died. John
is brought in to change her mind, but he realizes bigger guns are needed – in
the form of grandma. Ellen Corby returns in a guest spot as the only one
stubborner than Mamie, and it works: both Baldwins realize that surgery is for
the best, as father would have wanted the sisters to look after each other. Subplot: Elizabeth carries a
torch for a boy in class, even creating a system to get him to go out with her.
After that fails, he goes to the dance with another guy, Drew Cutler, who would
become a featured player on the show.
Grandma returns from visiting relatives in Buckingham County
for a good reason – Mamie is an MVP, if for no other reason than she’s one of
two people who can make the recipe. This is sort of a standard Waltons
health-crisis episode, and the drama comes from her refusal to have sight-preserving
surgery. Not bad, but a few too many corny, clichéd scenes, including one in
which Grandma tricks Emily into playing Blindman’s Bluff – to show her what
it’s like being blind.
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