Miss Hunter and the Rev. Fordwick take a two-week honeymoon, leaving Olivia in the classroom and John-Boy at the pulpit.
John-Boy brings home his college tutor, a 16-year-old genius who seems to possess no social skills.
An aspiring preacher (Cleavon Little) enters a boxing match in order to win enough money to build a church on Walton's Mountain.
John is apprehensive about facing his highly successful classmates at his 25-year high-school reunion.
When an investigative reporter, arrives at Walton Mountain to write a historical guide to the State of Virginia, he uncovers a secret that angers the rest of the community.
John-Boy's story, if published, may devastate Emily Baldwin; Grandpa's raffle prize is a statue of a woman.
Ben's plans to win the heart of a special girl backfires, and sends her into the arms of Jason.
The family may lose its considerable investment in a new business when John is hospitalized with pneumonia.