Airdate:
10/11/79
Platt’s Plant is hiring more women than ever, but that leaves
a lot of kids unattended. Olivia hits upon an idea: turn the Waltons homestead
into a day care center! The place starts teeming with young-uns, but after one
wanders into the sawmill, both John and Olivia realize new locale is needed. Unfortunately,
Pickett himself says he has no room, or does he? His plans to build a new
taverns seems to refute this, ad when Olivia calls him out on it, he stubbornly
tells her he has the legal right to do with his space what he wants. Realizing
it will “take an army” to change Pickett’s mind, she amasses all factory
workers and children to storm the new tavern – Pickett relents, and allows the
bar to be used for child care during the day…
…Meanwhile, Ike and Coarabeth’s anniversary is approaching,
but she admonishes his lack of romance. He wants to surprise her, so he takes
tango lessons from rose, but a perfume-scented handkerchief arouses her
jealousy, and she’s furious – until he discovers his surprise.
Another lightweight offering wants to pile more cute
children onto a show that’s starting to lose its dramatic impact. Plot
developments are as predictable as they are contrived (choice to end he day
care at the Waltons house because of access to mill machinery could be easily
rectified by putting a lock on the mill door), and Pickett as the heavy is
getting increasingly cartoony.
The embroidered handkerchief discovered by Corabeth is a
possible reference to Othello, in
which a handkerchief inflamed Othello’s jealousy. In both cases: no actual
affair, but here, Corabeth does not murder
Ike.
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