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The Best Episodes of The Waltons Season 6

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Waltons Season 6 Episode 22 - Grandma Comes Home
    9.0/10(272 votes)

    S6:E22

    The Waltons are happy to finally have Grandma back home with them This was also sad for all of the Walton clan as it was the last show that actor Will Geer (Grandpa) was on.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 8 - The First Casualty
    8.7/10(188 votes)

    S6:E8

    Dr. Willard has been drafted to serve for the US Med Corps. Erin's boyfriend G.W. Haines is killed in a training accident and Yancy Tucker announces that he is joining. They turn him down because of his flat feet.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 20 - The Return
    8.3/10(185 votes)

    S6:E20

    John-Boy comes back home and helps with reopening the old Guthrie Mine. John and some other men work in the mine. Without warning, the fault gives way to its weaknesses and traps the men under tons of dirt and rock.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 17 - The Anniversary
    8.2/10(141 votes)

    S6:E17

    John and Olivia have been married 25 years. Olivia buys John a phone to put in the house and John builds a gazebo for Olivia on top of the mountain. Mary Ellen and Curt have problems being apart from each other.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 2 - The Stray
    8.1/10(186 votes)

    S6:E2

    Strange foorprints & a stringer of catfish lead the Waltons to find 12 year old Josh a runaway in the barn hiding.He attaches himself to John immediately

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Kathleen Hite

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  6. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 16 - The Festival
    8.1/10(160 votes)

    S6:E16

    Jason gets a lesson in prejudice when he and Josh Verdie's son audition for a recital. Aimee Godsey and Elizabeth experience Spring Fever.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael McGreevey

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  7. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 18 - The Family Tree
    8.1/10(165 votes)

    S6:E18

    With Jason's help, Verdie searches her roots for the history of her family. Elizabeth corresponds with a soldier who thinks she is 18 years old and looks like Erin.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 21 - The Revelation
    8.1/10(168 votes)

    S6:E21

    John-Boy asks Daisy to marry him so both return home and make arrangements .John talks to Daisy's mom and learns Daisy has a 3 yr old daughter.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 13 - The Celebration
    7.9/10(165 votes)

    S6:E13

    John finds out that the family is almost out of debt so everybody pitches in on a big contract. During the mortgage burning party, Ike Godsey says that the bank will forclosing on the store. Olivia and John come to the rescue.

    Director:Gwen Arner
    Writer:Marion Hargrove

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  10. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 19 - The Ordeal
    7.9/10(173 votes)

    S6:E19

    Elizabeth falls from a log pile and she breaks her leg. Elizabeth can only walk with crutches. Jim-Bob talks her into walking.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 3 - The Recluse
    7.8/10(167 votes)

    S6:E3

    Jason and Fern Lockwood,a recluse who shares his love of music but she is timid and finds life threatening . Ben goes to Norfolk and looks for work and comes back home to help an overworked father

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 10 - The Flight
    7.8/10(142 votes)

    S6:E10

    This new boy that Jim-Bob meets says he is going to join the Air Corps. Elizabeth adopts Maud Gormley as a sub grandma only until her real grandma comes back home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 11 - The Milestone
    7.8/10(191 votes)

    S6:E11

    Olivia goes to Alberene her home town to see her Aunt Kate. Olivia copping with going through the change of life. Jim-Bob fakes his Mom's signature on a job application

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 6 - The Volunteer
    7.7/10(143 votes)

    S6:E6

    After Erin says no to the marriage proposal of G.W. Haines, he joins the Army. Erin visits G.W. at Camp Lee Army Base despite her father's reluctance.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Kathleen Hite

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  15. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 14 - The Rumor
    7.7/10(153 votes)

    S6:E14

    A new family, the Brimmer's, move to the Mountain and look for work and a place to live. Some people from the town are suspicious of their German accent and John helps them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Kathleen Hite

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  16. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 15 - Spring Fever
    7.7/10(139 votes)

    S6:E15

    A rose bush owed by Mamie Baldwin is dying and she views that as a sign of her own impending death. Jim-Bob dates Ben's girlfriend and Ben dates Jim-Bob's girlfriend. They come to blows because they are jealous.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 7 - The Grandchild
    7.6/10(185 votes)

    S6:E7

    Mary Ellen Gives birth to the Waltons 1 st grandchild a boy name John Curtis Williard

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 1 - The Hawk
    7.5/10(159 votes)

    S6:E1

    A young minister comes and causes some uneasiness within the congregation

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 4 - The Warrior
    7.5/10(188 votes)

    S6:E4

    An old man, his grandson,and two Indians come to Walton's Mountain saying there are sacred burial grounds where the barn is built.

    Director:Ralph Senensky
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 9 - The Battle of Drucilla's Pond
    7.4/10(145 votes)

    S6:E9

    At Drucilla's pond, the Army practices maneuvers. Olivia paints quiet scenes wchi she enters in a local art show. They are bought by a mysterious admirer.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 5 - The Seashore
    7.0/10(177 votes)

    S6:E5

    The Waltons have an encounter with a strange English girl while on a small vacation at the Baldwin sister's beach cottage. Ben stays home alone expecting to live the life of a carefree bachelor.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Marion Hargrove

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  22. The Waltons Season 6 Episode 12 - The Children's Carol
    6.9/10(159 votes)

    S6:E12

    Two British children escape the London Blitz to find safety in Walton's Mountain with the Baldwins and the Waltons for Christmas. Meanwhile, Jason contemplates whether he can fight in the impending war, and Olivia has a faith crisis as she can't understand how God could allow war.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Kathleen Hite

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Grandma Comes Home" is the best rated episode of The Waltons season 6. It scored 9.0/10 from 272 votes. Directed by Ralph Senensky and written by Unknown, it aired on March 30, 1978. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The First Casualty".