"The Waltons"
The Waiting (1979)

Director:

Philip Leacock

Writers:

Earl Hamner Jr. (creator)
Kathleen Hite (writer)

TV Series:

"The Waltons" (1972)

Original Air Date:

22 November 1979 (Season 8, Episode 10)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sentimental | Family Relationships | Intimacy | Great Depression | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Ralph Waite	...	John Walton, Sr.
Michael Learned	...	Olivia Walton
Judy Norton-Taylor	...	Mary Ellen Walton Willard
Jon Walmsley	...	Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough	...	Erin Walton
Eric Scott	...	Ben Walton
David W. Harper	...	James Robert 'Jim Bob' Walton
Kami Cotler	...	Elizabeth Walton
Joe Conley	...	Ike Godsey
Ronnie Claire Edwards	...	Corabeth Walton Godsey
Earl Hamner Jr.	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
K Callan	...	Nurse Corrigan
Keith Coogan	...	Jeffrey Burton (as Keith Mitchell)
Regis Cordic	...	Dr. Banion
Diana Douglas	...	Mrs. Denman
Martha Nix	...	Serena Burton
Peggy Rea	...	Rose Burton
Marshall Reed	...	John Curtis Willard
Michael Reed	...	John Curtis Willard
Morgan Stevens	...	Sam Stadder
Linda St. James	...	Desk Nurse (as Lynda St. James)
Llynn Storer	...	Orderly
Robert Wightman	...	John 'John-Boy' Walton Jr.
Leslie Winston	...	Cindy Brunson Walton

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

Robert Donner

...

Yancy Tucker

Trivia:

Robert Wightman premiers in this episode as character "John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr.", replacing Richard Thomas who played the eldest Walton son in seasons one through six.

Quotes:

Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Joy and tragedy walked hand in hand during the dark days of World War Two. When good news came it always seemed to be tinged with sadness. The words "your son is alive" were too often followed by the phrase "he is badly injured". When those words came to my family it meant that the long wait was not over, it had just begun.