| Season | |
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| Seasonal Information | |
| No. of Episodes: | 25 |
| First Aired: | September 14, 1972 - April 19, 1973 |
| Premiere: | "The Foundling" |
| Finale: | "An Easter Story" |
| DVD release: | May 11, 2004 |
| Season Chronology | |
| Next Season: | Season 2 |
| GALLERY | |
Episode List: 1972-1973[]
Episode: The Foundling
Airdate: September 14, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 1, 1 Overall
Writer: John McGreevey
Director: Vincent Sherman
Summary: The Waltons find an abandoned little girl, Holly is her name, on their doorstep.
Episode: The Carnival
Airdate: September 21, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 2, 2 Overall
Writer: Nigel McKeand
Director: Alf Kjellin
Summary: A new carnival has come to Walton's Mountain!
Episode: The Calf
Airdate: September 28, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 3, 3 Overall
Writer: Jim Byrnes
Director: Harry Harris
Summary: The Waltons need cash. Bad. Will John sell Chance's new calf?
Episode: The Hunt
Airdate: October 5, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 4, 4 Overall
Writer: John McGreevey
Director: Robert Butler
Summary: John-Boy has very mixed feelings about killing a turkey for Thanksgiving.
Episode: The Typewriter
Airdate: October 12, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 5, 5 Overall
Writer: Theodore Apstein
Director: Philip Leacock
Summary: The Baldwin Sisters lend John-Boy their father's old typewriter, which Mary-Ellen assumes is junk and sells it to the junk man.
Episode: The Star
Airdate: October 19, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 6, 6 Overall
Writer: John McGreevey
Director: Alf Kjellin
Summary: Whoosh!! A falling star lands in the Baldwin Sisters' home! Grandpa takes it as a bad omen, while everyone else loves it!
Episode: The Sinner
Airdate: October 26, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 7, 7 Overall
Writer: John Furia Jr.
Director: Philip Leacock
Summary: A new pastor visits Walton's Mountain, and he is a zealous preacher of fire and brimstone. John believes in forgiveness and compassion, and John-Boy will learn the true meaning of grace.
Episode: The Boy From the C.C.C.
Airdate: November 2, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 8, 8 Overall
Writer: William Welch
Director: Harry Harris
Summary: A runaway boy from the C.C.C. comes to live with The Waltons. Is he a safe man, or dangerous?
Episode: The Ceremony
Airdate: November 9, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 9, 9 Overall
Writer: Nigel McKeand
Director: Vincent Sherman
Summary: A Jewish family from Germany immigrates to Walton's Mountain. They believe that the persecutions they fled from in Germany are in Walton's Mountain too, after Jim-Bob and a friend accidentally throw a rock at their window.
Episode: The Legend
Airdate: November 16, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 10, 10 Overall
Writer: John McGreevey
Director: Lee Phillips
Summary: Is war all fun and games? The Walton children will find out when a post-traumatized friend of John comes to visit.
Episode: The Literary Man
Airdate: November 30, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 11, 11 Overall
Writer: Colley Cibber
Director: Philip Lecock
Summary: A literary man comes to Walton's Mountain, helping John-Boy with his writing.
Episode: The Dust Bowl Cousins
Airdate: December 7, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 12, 12 Overall
Writer: Paul Savage
Director: Robert Butler
Summary: They're related by blood, but not by character. The arrival of the Denbys - shiftless, nimble-fingered kin of the Waltons, roils the waters of the mountain brood's homelife.
Episode: The Reunion
Airdate: December 14, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 13, 13 Overall
Writer: Earl Hamner
Director: Jack Shea
Summary: The Baldwin Sisters are having a big Walton's Mountain Reunion for all of their childhood-early adulthood friends, and John-Boy is helping them make The Recipe, which is actually Bootlake Whiskey (the Baldwins do not know this).
Episode: The Minstrel
Airdate: December 21, 1972
Number: Season 1 Episode 14, 14 Overall
Writer: John Furia Jr.
Director: Philip Leacock
Summary: The Waltons have a hefty, high paying order that requires all of their help. But Mary-Ellen is distracted by a wandering, handsome troubadour.
Episode: The Actress
Airdate: January 4, 1973
Number: Season 1 Episode 15, 15 Overall
Writer: William Bast
Director: Vincent Sherman
Summary: An actress who's car broke down on Walton's Mountain comes to stay with The Waltons. However, truth gets out that she is penniless.
Episode: The Fire
Airdate: January 11, 1973
Number: Season 1 Episode 16, 16 Overall
Writer: Earl Hamner
Director: Harry Harris
Summary: Lutie Bascomb, a local alcoholic, strikes vengeance against the Walton's Mountain School because Ms. Hunter is teaching evolution.