Rachel Longaker

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.

Grandma's hospitalisation troubles the family, especially Grandpa, who becomes depressed and withdrawn.

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 campaigns for a day nursery; plans for the Godsey's anniversary are almost ruined by jealousy.

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