Rachel Longaker

Despite prejudice, Jason encourages Josh Foster to audition with him for the Spring Festival; Elizabeth likes a new boy in her class.

A fierce hawk threatens peace on the Walton farm and a handsome new minister is chosen for the Walton community.

The joy surrounding the birth of the Waltons' first grandchild is diminished when Mary Ellen's baby is stolen.

Elizabeth is badly injured in a fall from a faulty log pile and must learn to walk again.

The youngest Walton boy, Jim-Bob, takes his first step into the world when he enters a race, riding Ike's motorcycle.

Olivia returns home to find many changes; John helps locate a recruit gone AWOL; Erin considers asking for a raise; Erin confronts Pickett; Jason shapes up his recruits; a grieving father attacks Jim-Bob; John-Boy is missing in action.