1 00:00:03,971 --> 00:00:07,007 - Come on, seven. - Come on, nine. 2 00:00:07,075 --> 00:00:09,177 (Jeffrey) 'Come on, seven. Come on, seven.' 3 00:00:09,243 --> 00:00:10,744 (Officer 1) 'Nine.' 4 00:00:10,811 --> 00:00:14,715 - Seven, we won. We win. - What's going on over there? 5 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:18,652 You just hold it right there. 6 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:20,821 There's no gambling in Walton's Mountain. 7 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:22,690 And I'm just gonna take all of it. 8 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:25,093 - 'Wait a minute.' - 'You can't do that.' 9 00:00:25,159 --> 00:00:28,329 Well, the side window is unlocked. 10 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:30,798 You mean, I ought to go in and take it? 11 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:35,103 No, only what's yours. Four quarters and two dimes. 12 00:00:35,169 --> 00:00:38,339 Just take what's yours. Four quarters and two dimes. 13 00:00:40,908 --> 00:00:42,543 [bell chiming] 14 00:00:42,610 --> 00:00:45,279 (Corabeth) 'I'm just going to check the day's receipts.' 15 00:00:45,346 --> 00:00:46,680 Let's get out of here. 16 00:00:46,747 --> 00:00:48,048 [Corabeth screaming] 17 00:00:48,116 --> 00:00:50,684 (Ike) 'What's the matter? Honey, what is it?' 18 00:00:53,254 --> 00:00:54,622 (Ike) 'My chest.' 19 00:00:54,688 --> 00:00:57,391 I'm getting a notion to enlist tomorrow. 20 00:01:01,295 --> 00:01:03,030 (Cindy) 'Look at her.' 21 00:01:03,097 --> 00:01:05,799 'She's so beautiful.' 22 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:08,936 I don't see how you can even think of leaving. 23 00:01:09,002 --> 00:01:11,239 That's why I ought to enlist. 24 00:01:14,542 --> 00:01:16,377 [sighing] 25 00:01:17,545 --> 00:01:19,280 I just want this war to be over 26 00:01:19,347 --> 00:01:22,283 so she can grow up with a world that's peaceful. 27 00:01:22,350 --> 00:01:25,153 I want her to grow up knowing her father. 28 00:02:45,733 --> 00:02:47,901 (John-Boy narrating) As my grandfather used to say 29 00:02:47,968 --> 00:02:49,337 everybody looks at the world 30 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:51,272 through his own knothole. 31 00:02:51,339 --> 00:02:52,873 My brothers and sisters and I 32 00:02:52,940 --> 00:02:54,842 and the two cousins who lived with us 33 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:56,944 were all brought up in the same house 34 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:59,247 and in pretty much the same way. 35 00:02:59,313 --> 00:03:02,550 But the world looked a little bit different to each of us. 36 00:03:02,616 --> 00:03:05,753 And there was a day, a beautiful, bright, sunny day 37 00:03:05,819 --> 00:03:08,622 when it looked very bleak to my brother, Ben. 38 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:11,191 And even bleaker to my cousin, Jeffrey. 39 00:03:11,259 --> 00:03:14,395 You're in for it now, young man. 40 00:03:26,374 --> 00:03:29,843 John, that brace and bit you said was missing 41 00:03:29,910 --> 00:03:32,246 Jeffrey had it. Here it is. 42 00:03:32,313 --> 00:03:34,982 I was going somewhere to get it fixed. 43 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:36,517 What'd you do to this? 44 00:03:36,584 --> 00:03:39,620 - I just borrowed it. - Borrowed it without asking. 45 00:03:40,654 --> 00:03:43,291 I was on my way to put it back. 46 00:03:43,357 --> 00:03:46,360 I saw a frog. I just put it down for a minute. 47 00:03:46,427 --> 00:03:48,128 (Rose) 'On the road.' 48 00:03:48,195 --> 00:03:50,698 (Jeffrey) 'I couldn't help it if that truck came along.' 49 00:03:50,764 --> 00:03:53,301 And ran over it? 50 00:03:53,367 --> 00:03:55,369 I'll save up and buy a new one. 51 00:03:55,436 --> 00:03:57,738 Jeffrey, what am I gonna do with you? 52 00:03:57,805 --> 00:03:59,573 'Yesterday, you left the chicken coop door open' 53 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,074 'and the chickens got out.' 54 00:04:01,141 --> 00:04:04,177 'The other day, you played hooky from school and now this.' 55 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:05,679 I didn't mean to. 56 00:04:05,746 --> 00:04:07,981 It's one thing after another with you, son. 57 00:04:08,048 --> 00:04:12,286 This is the end of the line. I don't want any more trouble. 58 00:04:12,353 --> 00:04:13,787 Yes, sir. 59 00:04:13,854 --> 00:04:18,292 The end of the line. No more shenanigans, or else. 60 00:04:21,562 --> 00:04:22,830 I vow and declare, Jeffrey 61 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:25,299 you're gonna be the finish of me yet. 62 00:04:25,366 --> 00:04:27,167 What did he mean? Or else what? 63 00:04:27,234 --> 00:04:30,504 'I don't know what he meant but I'll tell you how I feel.' 64 00:04:30,571 --> 00:04:32,840 John and Olivia have been real generous 65 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:35,175 to let us move into their home this way. 66 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:38,779 'And any more trouble, I won't feel right about staying.' 67 00:04:38,846 --> 00:04:41,949 'I'll just pack us up and we'll move on.' 68 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:44,952 Now, you get the broom and sweep that porch. 69 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:53,761 That sure beats army food. Thanks a lot, Ben. 70 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:57,631 Thanks for joining me. I needed to get away. 71 00:05:00,701 --> 00:05:04,304 At ease, soldier. You're not supposed to salute a sergeant. 72 00:05:04,372 --> 00:05:06,674 (Officer 'I was salutin' him.' 73 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:09,276 You got to be smart to keep from getting drafted. 74 00:05:09,343 --> 00:05:11,612 Forget it, Ben. 75 00:05:11,679 --> 00:05:14,882 Alright, soldier. Button your blouse button. And set 76 00:05:14,948 --> 00:05:19,387 the angle of your cap right or I'll turn you in to the MPs. 77 00:05:19,453 --> 00:05:21,755 'Now, beat it.' 78 00:05:23,357 --> 00:05:24,992 Fine soldier he's gonna make. 79 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:28,328 At least he is one. He didn't wangle a deferment like I did. 80 00:05:28,396 --> 00:05:29,830 You did not. 81 00:05:29,897 --> 00:05:32,766 Draft board decided you were needed as an essential worker. 82 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:35,603 It just so happens my daddy is on the draft board. 83 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:37,771 It had nothing to do with it, Ben. 84 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:40,708 Daddy disqualified himself in your case. 85 00:05:40,774 --> 00:05:42,576 I just don't feel right about it, Jason. 86 00:05:42,643 --> 00:05:44,578 Everyone I know that's 18 or over 87 00:05:44,645 --> 00:05:46,880 is in the service, except for me. 88 00:05:46,947 --> 00:05:50,017 I knew something's been bothering you. 89 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:52,219 I want you to listen to me, Ben. 90 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:54,321 Your job is essential. 91 00:05:54,388 --> 00:05:55,756 You're working a darned sight harder 92 00:05:55,823 --> 00:05:57,858 than most soldiers I know, including me 93 00:05:57,925 --> 00:06:00,428 'and you've got a wife and a baby at home.' 94 00:06:00,494 --> 00:06:02,430 Jason, there's a war going on right now. 95 00:06:02,496 --> 00:06:04,264 This entire world is on fire. 96 00:06:04,331 --> 00:06:05,866 I should be out there fighting it. 97 00:06:05,933 --> 00:06:07,968 You ought to be right where you are. 98 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:11,238 That's where you're gonna stay unless they reclassify you. 99 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:13,774 Or I reclassify myself. 100 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,710 Don't let it eat at you, Ben. 101 00:06:16,777 --> 00:06:18,446 'It's easy for you to say.' 102 00:06:18,512 --> 00:06:21,048 'You're the one with the uniform.' 103 00:06:30,758 --> 00:06:34,027 - Hey, Jeff. How you making it? - I'm in the dog house. 104 00:06:34,094 --> 00:06:35,663 Yeah? Me, too. 105 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:39,199 I got caught playing hooky from school again. 106 00:06:39,266 --> 00:06:42,836 I broke my Uncle John's best brace and bit. 107 00:06:43,604 --> 00:06:45,205 That's trouble. 108 00:06:45,272 --> 00:06:47,340 'I gotta buy him a new one.' 109 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:50,844 I got 85 cents saved up. 110 00:06:50,911 --> 00:06:53,146 Brace and bit costs a lot more than that. 111 00:06:53,213 --> 00:06:54,815 'It does?' 112 00:06:54,882 --> 00:06:57,518 Well, maybe Mr. Godsey will carry you on it. 113 00:06:57,585 --> 00:06:59,987 I already owe him for a model airplane. 114 00:07:00,053 --> 00:07:03,423 Hey, if I had the money I'd lend it to you, but.. 115 00:07:03,491 --> 00:07:05,593 I know you would. 116 00:07:05,659 --> 00:07:08,596 Yeah, well, I better be bringing this laundry over. 117 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,436 I sure wish I knew how to get a hold of some money. 118 00:07:16,504 --> 00:07:17,871 [indistinct chattering] 119 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:22,810 (Officer) 'Seven. Come on.' 120 00:07:22,876 --> 00:07:25,312 - There's your chance, Jeffrey. - I don't know how to play. 121 00:07:25,378 --> 00:07:26,647 (Josh) 'I do.' 122 00:07:26,714 --> 00:07:28,381 (Jeffrey) 'Where did you shoot craps?' 123 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,718 I never did, but I've seen them shoot. 124 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:33,286 - You think you can do it? - I know I can. 125 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:35,155 Then let's do it! 126 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:40,694 - What's his point? - Six. 127 00:07:40,761 --> 00:07:42,730 A dime says no six. 128 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:45,766 Run along, sonny. You're too young to gamble. 129 00:07:45,833 --> 00:07:48,836 Wait a minute. My money is just as good as yours is. 130 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:53,373 Sure it is. You got a quarter? That's the minimum. 131 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,743 Two bits you seven out. 132 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:57,277 - Six coming up. - Alright. 133 00:07:57,344 --> 00:08:00,047 Come on, lucky six. 134 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:02,149 (officer) 'And he makes it. Six the hard way.' 135 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:05,986 - Did we win? - No, no, but we will. 136 00:08:06,053 --> 00:08:09,489 Alright. Eight bucks and a half. Everything rides. 137 00:08:09,557 --> 00:08:11,925 How much do I have left? 138 00:08:11,992 --> 00:08:15,428 - Two quarters and a dime. - Buck-fifty open. 139 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:17,264 I've a feeling he's gonna crap out. 140 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:18,632 Does that mean we'd win? 141 00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:20,634 Yup. You think he's gonna crap out? 142 00:08:20,701 --> 00:08:23,737 - If you do. - I do. 143 00:08:23,804 --> 00:08:26,540 Look, I'm betting two quarters and a dime. 144 00:08:26,607 --> 00:08:27,808 Wait, that's all of it. 145 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:30,611 You got to bet big if you want to win big. 146 00:08:30,678 --> 00:08:34,748 - Ninety cents open. - Yeah, I'll take it. 147 00:08:34,815 --> 00:08:37,751 Come on, dice, get lucky. 148 00:08:37,818 --> 00:08:40,821 Nine, nine. That's a hard point, Jeff. 149 00:08:40,888 --> 00:08:42,322 (officer 'Nine, come on.' 150 00:08:42,389 --> 00:08:47,094 (earned) 'Josh! Josh!' 151 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,097 - That's right, that's right. - Alright, baby. 152 00:08:53,834 --> 00:08:57,738 Is that the way you deliver laundry? 153 00:08:57,805 --> 00:09:00,908 Jeff was um, Jeff was helping me deliver the laundry 154 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:03,410 and we-we decided to take a break. 155 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:06,980 You'll get a break if I see you around crapshooters again. 156 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:08,982 Don't tell Nana that you saw me. 157 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:11,118 She'll think I was playing. I was just watching. 158 00:09:11,184 --> 00:09:13,987 You ought to know better than to even watch. 159 00:09:14,054 --> 00:09:18,058 'Boys your age, the law will come down on you.' 160 00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:21,161 Josh, don't you look at that game while I'm talking to you. 161 00:09:21,228 --> 00:09:25,265 Don't you ever again even go near a game, you hear? 162 00:09:25,332 --> 00:09:27,601 'You do and you'll be sorry.' 163 00:09:27,668 --> 00:09:29,469 'That goes for you, too, Jeffrey.' 164 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:32,806 Promise you never will or I will tell your grandma. 165 00:09:32,873 --> 00:09:35,609 - I promise. - Me, too, mom. 166 00:09:35,676 --> 00:09:38,345 Now, take this laundry and don't dally. 167 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:40,347 Yes, ma'am. 168 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,037 - Did you make the nine? - Not yet, but I will. 169 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:05,939 - Come on. - Come on, seven! 170 00:10:06,006 --> 00:10:07,741 - Come on, nine. - Come on, seven! 171 00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:09,643 - Come on, seven! - Seven. Come on, seven! 172 00:10:09,710 --> 00:10:12,045 - Come on seven! - Nine. 173 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:17,885 - Seven, we won. We win. - What's going on over there? 174 00:10:17,951 --> 00:10:20,654 You just hold it right there. 175 00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:22,555 There's no gambling in Walton's Mountain. 176 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:24,658 And I'm just gonna take all of it. 177 00:10:24,725 --> 00:10:26,626 - 'Wait a minute.' - 'You can't do that.' 178 00:10:26,694 --> 00:10:28,996 Look, I don't care what you do elsewhere. 179 00:10:29,062 --> 00:10:31,298 But the canteen is right next door and I'm 180 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:34,401 supposed to make sure that you guys abide by the regulation. 181 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,436 So, thanks for the contribution. 182 00:10:36,503 --> 00:10:41,008 'This is for the "free chicken every Sunday night" kitty.' 183 00:10:41,074 --> 00:10:44,077 Or do you want me to call the MPs? 184 00:10:52,686 --> 00:10:55,288 How much of that was ours? 185 00:10:55,355 --> 00:10:58,125 How much is two times two quarters and a dime? 186 00:10:58,191 --> 00:11:00,694 I don't know. But I bet Mr. Godsey'll give it back. 187 00:11:00,761 --> 00:11:04,397 Yeah. And tell your grandma that you was out here shooting craps 188 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:06,767 and your Uncle John, too. 189 00:11:06,834 --> 00:11:09,102 I swiped a sour pickle once. 190 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:10,971 He made me pay when I got the money 191 00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:14,107 but he never told on me. 192 00:11:14,174 --> 00:11:15,642 Ask him, then. 193 00:11:15,709 --> 00:11:19,112 I better wait until he cools off. 194 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,148 I got to be handing out this laundry. 195 00:11:21,214 --> 00:11:25,118 Josh, you've got to be with me. I might lose my nerve. 196 00:11:26,553 --> 00:11:30,257 Okay, okay, I'll meet you here after supper. 197 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:32,726 Hey, great. See you then. 198 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:42,235 [knocking on door] 199 00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:46,039 Verdie. Nice to see you. Come on in. 200 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:47,474 I baked some cookies for John-Boy. 201 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:50,443 So John could take them when he visits the hospital. 202 00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:51,912 But he'll be going this weekend. 203 00:11:51,979 --> 00:11:53,947 Good. How's John-Boy doing? 204 00:11:54,014 --> 00:11:56,750 Well, John says he's doing just fine, and so is Olivia. 205 00:11:56,817 --> 00:11:58,886 She loves that Red Cross job. 206 00:11:58,952 --> 00:12:00,988 And she gets to see John-Boy every day. 207 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:02,289 Let's have some coffee. 208 00:12:02,355 --> 00:12:04,424 No, thanks. I can only stay a minute. 209 00:12:04,491 --> 00:12:06,493 Oh, Verdie, sit down anyway. 210 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,529 - Alright. - Tell me something now. 211 00:12:09,596 --> 00:12:12,232 How is Josh? Is he still star soprano 212 00:12:12,299 --> 00:12:14,534 in the choir or has his voice changed? 213 00:12:14,601 --> 00:12:17,737 That's about the only thing about him that hasn't changed. 214 00:12:17,805 --> 00:12:20,874 Ever since his father took that defense job in Detroit 215 00:12:20,941 --> 00:12:23,043 that boy has been a handful. 216 00:12:23,110 --> 00:12:25,545 Well, I've got me a handful. 217 00:12:25,612 --> 00:12:28,548 - You're too easy on Jeffrey. - I know it. 218 00:12:28,615 --> 00:12:31,484 Well, what would you do with Josh if he played hooky? 219 00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:35,956 If? That's his favorite sport. 220 00:12:36,023 --> 00:12:37,757 Well, what do you do? 221 00:12:37,825 --> 00:12:41,294 Use the good right hand the Lord gave me. 222 00:12:41,361 --> 00:12:43,063 Does it do any good? 223 00:12:43,130 --> 00:12:46,299 Not so as you'd notice. 224 00:12:46,366 --> 00:12:49,402 I'll bet John never had any problems with his boys. 225 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,404 I'll take that bet. 226 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:04,517 - Where've you been? - I went for lunch with Jason. 227 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:06,820 We got orders piled up to the ceiling, son. 228 00:13:06,887 --> 00:13:09,322 You take an extra half hour for lunch? 229 00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:11,191 Take it out of my pay. 230 00:13:11,258 --> 00:13:14,194 I don't appreciate that kind of remark. 231 00:13:14,261 --> 00:13:17,664 I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm-I'm in a bad mood. 232 00:13:17,730 --> 00:13:20,667 - Is the motor acting up? - It's overheating. 233 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:24,304 - Check the hoses. - That's what I'm gonna do. 234 00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:27,707 Why are you overheated, Son? 235 00:13:27,774 --> 00:13:30,643 I'm the only male Walton who's not in the service. 236 00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:32,179 You were in the last war. 237 00:13:32,245 --> 00:13:34,047 And Grandpa, in the war before that. 238 00:13:34,114 --> 00:13:36,016 Why shouldn't I be in right now? 239 00:13:36,083 --> 00:13:37,617 We've been through all that, Son. 240 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:39,619 Daddy, just because you disqualified yourself 241 00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:41,989 doesn't mean they didn't give me special consideration. 242 00:13:42,055 --> 00:13:44,291 They classified me 2A as a favor to you. 243 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:46,593 Not true. They treated you just like they treat 244 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:47,895 every Tom, Dick or Harry. 245 00:13:47,961 --> 00:13:49,429 Like any Tom, Dick or Harry 246 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:52,399 whose last name happens to be Walton. 247 00:13:52,465 --> 00:13:55,835 Ouch. 248 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,808 - John. - Rose. 249 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:04,244 I hate to see you working so late every night. 250 00:14:04,311 --> 00:14:06,513 - I haven't even finished yet. - I figured. 251 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,815 I've got fresh coffee and a snack for you. 252 00:14:08,882 --> 00:14:10,350 You shouldn't have stayed up, Rose. 253 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:14,387 I want to talk to you, John. I'm worried about Jeffrey. 254 00:14:14,454 --> 00:14:16,856 - He'll straighten out. - His father didn't. 255 00:14:16,924 --> 00:14:18,959 [knocking on door] 256 00:14:19,026 --> 00:14:21,628 Kind of late for visitors, isn't it? 257 00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:25,198 - Verdie. - Evening. 258 00:14:25,265 --> 00:14:28,601 I'm sorry to bother you, but has Josh been here this evening? 259 00:14:28,668 --> 00:14:30,938 No. Is he A-W-O-L again? 260 00:14:31,004 --> 00:14:34,407 Yes, and I'm getting worried. He never stays out this late. 261 00:14:34,474 --> 00:14:36,443 When was the last time you saw him? 262 00:14:36,509 --> 00:14:38,611 'He slipped away right after supper.' 263 00:14:38,678 --> 00:14:40,914 Think he and Jeffrey could be up to something? 264 00:14:40,981 --> 00:14:42,782 They were pretty chummy this afternoon. 265 00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:44,284 Jeffrey's in bed, Verdie. 266 00:14:44,351 --> 00:14:46,486 ' I covered him up 10 minutes ago.' 267 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:50,958 He kicks the covers off and he's sleeping like an angel. 268 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:55,462 What's the idea of coming so late? 269 00:14:55,528 --> 00:14:58,598 I had to wait until my nana thought that I was asleep. 270 00:14:58,665 --> 00:15:01,969 Anyway, I couldn't tell her why I had to see Ike. 271 00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:05,705 Well, I knocked but nobody's home. 272 00:15:05,772 --> 00:15:08,741 Come here. 273 00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:12,912 - Look at what's on the counter. - The hat he put the money in. 274 00:15:14,781 --> 00:15:17,985 Well, the side window is unlocked. 275 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:20,553 You mean I ought to go in and take it? 276 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:27,060 No, only what's yours. Four quarters and two dimes. 277 00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:29,629 Well, like you said, it's mine. 278 00:15:46,146 --> 00:15:48,215 Nothing, huh? 279 00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:50,217 Alright, Sheriff. Thanks a lot. 280 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:53,286 Let me know if you hear anything. Okay. 281 00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:58,291 He's not in trouble with the law and he's not in the hospital. 282 00:15:58,358 --> 00:16:01,428 - Where could he be? - I can't imagine. 283 00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:04,097 Wait. There's a street corner over in Rockfish 284 00:16:04,164 --> 00:16:05,498 where older boys hang out. 285 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:07,867 He just might have hitched a ride over there. 286 00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:12,072 - I'll take you there, Verdie. - Thanks, John. Goodnight. 287 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:26,653 - What are you waiting for? - It's scary in here. 288 00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:34,727 Nothin' in it. 289 00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:37,297 He must have put the money in the cash register. 290 00:16:37,364 --> 00:16:39,199 We'll have to come back tomorrow. 291 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:42,269 Hey, I know how to open it. I've watched him do it. 292 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,371 Mr. Godsey wouldn't want you fooling around with that. 293 00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:47,274 Hey, I'll be real careful. It's my money. 294 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:48,975 [cash register ringing] 295 00:16:49,042 --> 00:16:52,045 Must be in that bag. 296 00:16:54,914 --> 00:16:58,485 Just take what's yours, four quarters and two dimes. 297 00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:02,789 [bell chiming] 298 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:07,060 Nothing is more pleasant than a drive on a balmy evening. 299 00:17:07,127 --> 00:17:08,428 'As the French say..' 300 00:17:08,495 --> 00:17:10,330 [speaking foreign language] 301 00:17:10,397 --> 00:17:12,065 - Is that what they say? - Yes. 302 00:17:12,132 --> 00:17:16,669 It means, it changes the ideas, it clears the mind. 303 00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:19,038 It also makes you sleepy. 304 00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:21,974 I'll be up in a moment. I've to check today's receipts. 305 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:23,176 (Ike) 'Okay, dear.' 306 00:17:23,243 --> 00:17:25,145 Let's get out of here. 307 00:17:25,212 --> 00:17:26,513 [Corabeth screaming] 308 00:17:26,579 --> 00:17:30,650 What's the matter? Honey, what is it? 309 00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:34,321 - My chest. - Where's your medicine? 310 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,523 Right here in the pocket. 311 00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:39,526 Never mind me. Try to get a look at them. 312 00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:46,733 It's Josh Foster. 313 00:18:14,627 --> 00:18:16,229 Ben? 314 00:18:17,530 --> 00:18:20,200 I wish I could sleep so sound. 315 00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:23,370 What's keeping you awake? 316 00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:28,575 I think about all my buddies out there fighting 317 00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:31,378 while I stay at home, warm and comfortable. 318 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:32,845 And working yourself to death. 319 00:18:32,912 --> 00:18:35,648 I call that real warm and comfortable. 320 00:18:37,083 --> 00:18:40,019 'Cindy, when Virginia grows up and wants to know' 321 00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:41,821 'how I served my country' 322 00:18:43,089 --> 00:18:44,791 what am I gonna tell her? 323 00:18:44,857 --> 00:18:48,595 I'm proud of what you do. She will be, too. 324 00:18:50,397 --> 00:18:53,633 I'm getting a notion to enlist tomorrow. 325 00:18:57,704 --> 00:18:59,672 Look at her. 326 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:04,244 She's so beautiful. 327 00:19:05,445 --> 00:19:08,548 I don't see how you can even think of leaving. 328 00:19:08,615 --> 00:19:11,284 That's why I ought to enlist. 329 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:15,788 [sighing] 330 00:19:16,956 --> 00:19:18,758 I just want this war to be over 331 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:21,928 so she can grow up with a-a world that's peaceful. 332 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:25,332 I want her to grow up knowing her father. 333 00:19:27,133 --> 00:19:28,901 Jason's out there training soldiers 334 00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:31,371 to be on the front line. 335 00:19:31,438 --> 00:19:34,507 'Jim-Bob's gonna enlist when he's 18.' 336 00:19:34,574 --> 00:19:37,510 John-Boy was in the thick of it all. 337 00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:54,527 Let's not worry about it anymore tonight. 338 00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:02,469 Come on, let's go to bed. 339 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:05,272 I sure wish I could talk to John-Boy now. 340 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:22,989 Any news? 341 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:25,892 The deputy sheriff called back. They're holding Josh. 342 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:27,860 - What did he do? - 'I don't know.' 343 00:20:27,927 --> 00:20:30,763 The sheriff said for you to come to the office. 344 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:32,899 Let's go. 345 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:35,602 (sheriff) Right after you called, I was out cruising. 346 00:20:35,668 --> 00:20:37,370 Saw this boy running like 347 00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:39,238 he was out to break the world's record. 348 00:20:39,306 --> 00:20:42,342 I-I was hurrying home, mommy, because I knew you'd be worried. 349 00:20:42,409 --> 00:20:44,644 You let him do the talking, you hear? 350 00:20:44,711 --> 00:20:47,246 He told me his name, he was nice and polite 351 00:20:47,314 --> 00:20:50,249 so I said I'd drive him home. 352 00:20:50,317 --> 00:20:53,286 Then in comes a call on the car radio. 353 00:20:53,353 --> 00:20:56,789 Ike Godsey's store robbed of $38. 354 00:20:56,856 --> 00:21:00,460 'Boy named Josh Foster seen running from the store.' 355 00:21:00,527 --> 00:21:02,929 No, I was nowhere near that store. 356 00:21:02,995 --> 00:21:04,897 Where were you? 357 00:21:04,964 --> 00:21:07,400 - I was at the movies. - Who was with you? 358 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,469 - Nobody. - You took that money, right? 359 00:21:09,536 --> 00:21:11,237 - I want the truth. - Easy, Dan. 360 00:21:11,304 --> 00:21:14,273 Why don't we let the judge handle that? 361 00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:18,845 Alright, John. I'll arrange a hearing. 362 00:21:18,911 --> 00:21:22,482 In the meantime, I'll have to keep him here. 363 00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:24,351 I don't believe that cell back there 364 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:26,553 was meant to hold 11-year-old boys. 365 00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:30,957 He's been accused of a serious crime. 366 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:35,495 If it was a Walton boy, would you do him the same way? 367 00:21:35,562 --> 00:21:38,164 Or would you release him in Mr. Walton's custody? 368 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:43,470 Mr. Walton is a well-known person in this community. 369 00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:46,673 So is Mrs. Foster, Dan. 370 00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:52,211 I could release him in your custody 371 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:54,381 'if that's alright with you.' 372 00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:56,783 I want him released in my custody. 373 00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:58,785 So do I. 374 00:22:09,429 --> 00:22:11,564 Alright. 375 00:22:31,117 --> 00:22:33,620 Let me know tomorrow if there's anything I can do. 376 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:36,656 I can't tell you how grateful I am. 377 00:22:36,723 --> 00:22:39,592 - Goodnight. - Goodnight. 378 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,862 If you were Pinocchio 379 00:22:42,929 --> 00:22:46,799 your nose would have grown a foot-and-a-half tonight. 380 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:50,470 I cross my heart and hope to die I didn't take that money. 381 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:56,809 Wait a minute. Were you with somebody who took it? 382 00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,746 I was at the movies. 383 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:02,314 Mrs. Godsey said she was sure you were the one 384 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:03,750 she saw running away. 385 00:23:03,816 --> 00:23:07,253 It was dark. How could she be sure? 386 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:09,288 I guess she couldn't be. 387 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:12,759 You read all the time about eyewitnesses being proven wrong. 388 00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:31,878 [rooster crowing] 389 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,896 [instrumental music] 390 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,163 Hey, Jeffrey, what are you doing up so early? 391 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:28,701 - Looking for birds' eggs. - In a woodpile? 392 00:24:28,768 --> 00:24:31,604 Isn't that where woodpeckers make their nests? 393 00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:35,174 Anyway, what are you doing up so early? 394 00:24:35,241 --> 00:24:38,545 I made a deal with Ike to get some firewood for him. 395 00:25:13,079 --> 00:25:15,815 But I'm sure Corabeth must have been mistaken. 396 00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:18,751 I can't imagine Josh doing a thing like that. 397 00:25:18,818 --> 00:25:21,754 - I can. - Why would you say that? 398 00:25:21,821 --> 00:25:23,355 It's like it is in the mysteries. 399 00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:26,693 The one who you don't think could've done it always has. 400 00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:29,295 Well, Daddy, did he act guilty? 401 00:25:29,361 --> 00:25:32,599 He was nervous and scared, but what boy wouldn't be? 402 00:25:32,665 --> 00:25:34,701 Whenever Jeffrey does anything bad 403 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:38,037 you'd never guess he did it. But he always did. 404 00:25:38,104 --> 00:25:40,339 Go do a swan dive in a brick yard. 405 00:25:40,406 --> 00:25:41,574 Jeffrey. 406 00:25:41,641 --> 00:25:43,509 She started it. 407 00:25:43,576 --> 00:25:45,845 (Serena) 'I hope I can go for the trial.' 408 00:25:45,912 --> 00:25:48,147 (Mary Ellen) 'There's no trial. Just a private hearing.' 409 00:25:48,214 --> 00:25:50,016 (Serena) 'They won't send him to jail, right?' 410 00:25:50,082 --> 00:25:51,818 (Mary Ellen) 'Children aren't sent to jail.' 411 00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,886 Well, then what do they do with them? 412 00:25:53,953 --> 00:25:56,923 (Mary Ellen) 'They send them to reform school, if they're guilty.' 413 00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:59,659 I hope they don't send Josh to one of those places. 414 00:25:59,726 --> 00:26:01,060 What's a reform school? 415 00:26:01,127 --> 00:26:03,529 It's kinda like a jail with school in it. 416 00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:07,033 (Jim-Bob) 'You're locked in a room if you don't do your lessons.' 417 00:26:07,099 --> 00:26:10,737 They're not supposed to beat you, but I hear they still do. 418 00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:13,139 Excuse me. I can't eat any more. 419 00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:17,176 Whoa, whoa. Wait a second. Where do you think you're going? 420 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:19,679 I have a stomach ache. 421 00:26:21,848 --> 00:26:23,482 Wonder what gave him a stomach ache. 422 00:26:23,549 --> 00:26:26,518 It certainly couldn't be this omelet. Rose, it's wonderful. 423 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:28,187 Thank you. 424 00:26:28,254 --> 00:26:31,457 'You've hardly touched yours, Ben. Don't you like it?' 425 00:26:31,523 --> 00:26:33,826 Oh, it's fine, Rose. Delicious. 426 00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:37,363 Mary Ellen, why did you become a county nurse 427 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:38,898 instead of an army nurse? 428 00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:41,968 I looked into it, and this is where I was needed most. 429 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:43,569 Erin, is that why you're at the defense plant 430 00:26:43,636 --> 00:26:45,204 instead of joining the WACs? 431 00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:48,708 Well, actually, I never thought about going into the WACs. 432 00:26:48,775 --> 00:26:50,442 Erin, you ruined her strategy. 433 00:26:50,509 --> 00:26:52,278 She's trying to show that you two set 434 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:54,546 a good example that I ought to follow. 435 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:57,149 (Jim Bob) 'If you're thinking about enlisting, that's two of us.' 436 00:26:57,216 --> 00:27:00,486 I wish I was old enough. I love those WAVE uniforms. 437 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:04,190 Come on, Son, stoke up. We got a long day ahead of us. 438 00:27:04,256 --> 00:27:06,325 I'm not hungry. 439 00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:23,409 Nice of you to sweep up without being told. 440 00:27:24,610 --> 00:27:26,913 Porch needed it real bad, so.. 441 00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:30,116 Josh, do you know what a guilty conscience is? 442 00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:34,520 No, ma'am. 443 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,488 It's when you feel just awful because 444 00:27:36,555 --> 00:27:39,125 you know you've done something wrong. 445 00:27:40,459 --> 00:27:43,863 Happens often that someone with a guilty conscience 446 00:27:43,930 --> 00:27:47,867 tries extra hard to do good. Like getting up early 447 00:27:47,934 --> 00:27:50,870 and scrubbing the kitchen floor, and sweeping the porch. 448 00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:56,943 - A guilty what, Mama? - Conscience. 449 00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:01,981 You're right. That's what I got. 450 00:28:02,048 --> 00:28:05,551 - I thought so. - Mama, no, you got it wrong. 451 00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:09,789 See, what I feel just awful about 452 00:28:09,856 --> 00:28:12,959 is that I've been bad ever since Daddy left. 453 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:16,428 Playing hooky from school, and shooting craps 454 00:28:16,495 --> 00:28:19,431 and-and things like that. 455 00:28:19,498 --> 00:28:21,100 'Josh, come here.' 456 00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:23,369 Mom, I wanna go straighten up my room. 457 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:25,171 'I said, come here.' 458 00:28:37,049 --> 00:28:38,951 Where is the money? 459 00:28:39,018 --> 00:28:41,253 Mama, why won't you believe me? 460 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,590 Because, I know a guilty conscience when I see one. 461 00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:49,461 I've had one myself more than once, and I know what it's like. 462 00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:55,501 Son...tell your mama the truth. 463 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:58,504 'You won't feel so awful then.' 464 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:15,988 It was a very manly thing for you to do, Josh. 465 00:29:16,055 --> 00:29:17,957 To come and confess. 466 00:29:18,024 --> 00:29:20,827 But I want you to know that your little escapade 467 00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:23,495 could very nearly have cost Mr. Godsey his life. 468 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:26,065 (Ike) 'Right. You just give us the money bag back' 469 00:29:26,132 --> 00:29:27,633 'and we'll forget all about it.' 470 00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:30,636 - Alright, Corabeth? - Yes, we'll drop the charges. 471 00:29:30,702 --> 00:29:34,740 Problem is, he doesn't have the money. 472 00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:37,543 I-I dropped it when I was running. 473 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:40,712 You dropped it? Where? 474 00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:43,082 I don't know. 475 00:29:43,149 --> 00:29:45,417 You sure there weren't two of you in the store last night? 476 00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:48,287 'I thought I heard two of you runnin'.' 477 00:29:48,354 --> 00:29:50,857 No, no, I was alone. 478 00:29:52,925 --> 00:29:56,662 I'll pay back the $38. A little each week? 479 00:29:56,728 --> 00:30:00,299 - If it's alright with you. - That will be fine. 480 00:30:00,366 --> 00:30:02,869 Verdie, if he were my son, I would not want 481 00:30:02,935 --> 00:30:04,904 him to get off that easily. 482 00:30:04,971 --> 00:30:08,674 Don't worry. He'll get what's coming to him. 483 00:30:08,740 --> 00:30:10,209 (Ike) 'He could deliver our groceries.' 484 00:30:10,276 --> 00:30:12,478 'He could pay us back that way, huh?' 485 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:14,813 (Corabeth) 'I have a better idea still.' 486 00:30:14,881 --> 00:30:18,317 The storefront needs a coat of paint. 487 00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:22,021 Yeah, I'll buy that. You can paint $38 worth. 488 00:30:22,088 --> 00:30:24,056 - How's that? - That will be just fine. 489 00:30:24,123 --> 00:30:29,261 He can start right away. As soon as he gets his lickin'. 490 00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:31,430 [dramatic music] 491 00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:34,200 [door bell chiming] 492 00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:58,357 Where's the money? 493 00:30:58,424 --> 00:30:59,892 I buried it. 494 00:30:59,959 --> 00:31:02,061 Go get it. We gotta give it back. 495 00:31:02,128 --> 00:31:04,596 We ain't got no business with all that money. 496 00:31:04,663 --> 00:31:06,398 But how? If Uncle John finds out 497 00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:09,801 then me and Serena and Nana will have to move away. 498 00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:13,005 You just get it and let me worry about the rest, okay? 499 00:31:13,072 --> 00:31:17,009 'You know, I haven't told on you, yet.' 500 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,315 Jeffrey, that's very nice of you to help Josh, 501 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:26,885 but...this is Josh's punishment. He's gotta do it all by himself. 502 00:31:26,953 --> 00:31:29,221 But I like to paint. 503 00:31:29,288 --> 00:31:32,024 Jeffrey, put the brush down. 504 00:31:37,096 --> 00:31:40,032 Josh, there's a spot over there you missed. 505 00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:49,341 Get it. 506 00:31:49,408 --> 00:31:50,576 [dramatic music] 507 00:31:59,885 --> 00:32:01,988 [music continues] 508 00:32:32,051 --> 00:32:33,719 Ben. 509 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:36,088 John-Boy. 510 00:32:38,157 --> 00:32:40,326 - You're looking good. - Compared to what? 511 00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:42,594 Compared to the last time I saw you. 512 00:32:42,661 --> 00:32:45,564 I'm getting there. 513 00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:49,401 - How's the family? - Fine, everyone's just fine. 514 00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:52,738 - I saw Mama on the way in. - Oh, It helps having her here. 515 00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:55,107 I bet. 516 00:32:55,174 --> 00:32:57,443 I was in Fredericksburg and I finished up early. 517 00:32:57,509 --> 00:32:59,745 So I thought I'd drive over and see you. 518 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:02,181 I'm glad you did. 519 00:33:06,085 --> 00:33:09,488 - I miss you, John-Boy. - I miss you, too. 520 00:33:14,026 --> 00:33:16,595 All these guys have been in the war? 521 00:33:16,662 --> 00:33:18,464 We're the lucky ones. 522 00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:21,567 We're getting ready to leave this place. 523 00:33:21,633 --> 00:33:24,636 I've seen men inside who'll be here the rest of their lives. 524 00:33:27,906 --> 00:33:30,342 And I'm doing duty in a sawmill. 525 00:33:31,710 --> 00:33:35,081 It makes me feel so bad, being a civilian in these times. 526 00:33:35,147 --> 00:33:36,682 Almost every man not in the service 527 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:39,185 gets a twinge of guilt now and then. 528 00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:42,354 - I'm feeling it all the time. - 'Ben.' 529 00:33:42,421 --> 00:33:44,390 Every man in the States who's in uniform 530 00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:46,492 feels guilty because he's not overseas. 531 00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:48,560 (John-Boy) 'The ones overseas in the rear echelons' 532 00:33:48,627 --> 00:33:50,929 'feel guilty because they're not on the line.' 533 00:33:50,996 --> 00:33:54,800 One's on the line get twinges when they see casualties. 534 00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,468 'And the casualties feel guilty' 535 00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:59,338 'because they were not killed like some of their buddies.' 536 00:33:59,405 --> 00:34:02,374 It's only the dead that don't feel guilty. 537 00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:07,813 - It's a heavy load. - It's one we all share now. 538 00:34:13,419 --> 00:34:16,488 Is this any way to cheer up the sick? 539 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:18,757 Tell me what to do, John-Boy. 540 00:34:18,824 --> 00:34:21,393 I don't go a day without wanting to enlist. 541 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:24,096 'That's something you're gonna have to work out for yourself.' 542 00:34:24,163 --> 00:34:25,631 You have special skills. 543 00:34:25,697 --> 00:34:27,699 Don't put yourself where you won't be 544 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:30,402 as important to the war effort as you are now. 545 00:34:31,170 --> 00:34:33,605 [dramatic music] 546 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:39,245 [music continues] 547 00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:41,847 I know 11 Bible verses by heart. 548 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:44,350 That's good. That means you get 11 gold stars. 549 00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:46,718 Only if I don't make any mistakes. 550 00:34:46,785 --> 00:34:49,721 Will you look at the verses while I recite them? 551 00:34:49,788 --> 00:34:53,325 I don't have time. I've got important things to do. 552 00:34:54,193 --> 00:34:57,363 Maybe Nana has time. 553 00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,631 (Jeffrey) 'Oh, no.' 554 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:04,670 [dramatic music] 555 00:35:17,716 --> 00:35:18,917 What are you doing? 556 00:35:18,984 --> 00:35:22,654 I'm counting logs, and you made me lose count. 557 00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:26,858 Will you look at my Bible verses while I recite? 558 00:35:26,925 --> 00:35:29,027 Go away. I wanna count the logs. 559 00:35:29,094 --> 00:35:31,663 I'll give you a nickel. 560 00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:35,301 Give me the book. 561 00:35:37,369 --> 00:35:41,807 I'll start with this one. "Jesus wept." 562 00:35:41,873 --> 00:35:46,445 That's easy, everyone knows that one. Even I do. 563 00:35:46,512 --> 00:35:48,514 But you don't know the next one. 564 00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:51,350 "I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord 565 00:35:51,417 --> 00:35:52,684 "and he heard me. 566 00:35:52,751 --> 00:35:54,953 "Out of the belly of hell cried I 567 00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:56,555 'and thou heardest my voice."' 568 00:35:56,622 --> 00:35:58,357 What kind of a verse is that? 569 00:35:58,424 --> 00:36:00,592 'It's from the story of Jonah.' 570 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:03,161 You mean that guy that got swallowed by the whale? 571 00:36:03,229 --> 00:36:04,863 'He did something very bad.' 572 00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:07,366 And while he was going someplace on a boat 573 00:36:07,433 --> 00:36:09,901 God sent a great storm to punish him. 574 00:36:09,968 --> 00:36:11,637 'It looked like the innocent sailors' 575 00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:13,439 'were gonna get drowned along with him.' 576 00:36:13,505 --> 00:36:16,275 - Did they? - 'No.' 577 00:36:16,342 --> 00:36:18,577 'Jonah told them to throw him in the water' 578 00:36:18,644 --> 00:36:20,379 'and the storm would go away.' 579 00:36:20,446 --> 00:36:22,648 'They did, and they were all saved.' 580 00:36:22,714 --> 00:36:26,418 That's when he got swallowed. 581 00:36:26,485 --> 00:36:29,120 I don't need a nickel anyway. 582 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:30,689 [dramatic music] 583 00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:38,530 [music continues] 584 00:36:42,268 --> 00:36:45,671 (John) Now, listen to me, the end of the line. 585 00:36:45,737 --> 00:36:48,240 No more shenanigans or else. 586 00:36:48,307 --> 00:36:51,543 (Rose) Any more trouble, I won't feel right about staying. 587 00:36:51,610 --> 00:36:53,679 I'll just pack us up and we'll move on. 588 00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:55,714 (John) No more shenanigans or else. 589 00:36:55,781 --> 00:36:58,284 (Serena) Jonah told them to throw him in the water 590 00:36:58,350 --> 00:37:00,051 and the storm would go away. 591 00:37:00,118 --> 00:37:02,854 (John) End of the line. End of the line. 592 00:37:02,921 --> 00:37:05,824 End of the line. End of the line. 593 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:09,561 [dramatic music] 594 00:37:42,561 --> 00:37:44,796 [music continues] 595 00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:49,635 Have you seen Jeffrey? 596 00:37:49,701 --> 00:37:51,470 He disappeared after breakfast this morning 597 00:37:51,537 --> 00:37:53,639 without doing his chores. 598 00:37:53,705 --> 00:37:54,740 As usual. 599 00:37:54,806 --> 00:37:56,508 I haven't been upstairs all morning. 600 00:37:56,575 --> 00:37:58,444 I've been trying to fix this lamp. 601 00:37:58,510 --> 00:38:00,512 I asked Jim-Bob to fix it. 602 00:38:00,579 --> 00:38:03,181 Sometimes he forgets. 603 00:38:03,248 --> 00:38:06,385 So does Jeffrey. Jeffrey! 604 00:38:06,452 --> 00:38:09,355 (Rose) 'Jeffrey. Jeffrey.' 605 00:38:09,421 --> 00:38:11,990 'Jeffrey.' 606 00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:17,663 Jeffrey. 607 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:28,640 (Jeffrey) Dear Nana. You said if I did one more bad thing 608 00:38:28,707 --> 00:38:30,809 we'd all have to move out. 609 00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:36,081 Well, I did a terrible thing. So I'm leaving alone. 610 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:39,885 "I'm just a Jonah, and I don't want bad things to happen 611 00:38:39,951 --> 00:38:43,021 "to you and Serena because I did wrong. 612 00:38:43,088 --> 00:38:44,623 Love, Jeffrey." 613 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:46,658 Well, I wouldn't worry about that, Rose. 614 00:38:46,725 --> 00:38:49,194 Runaways always come back when they get hungry. 615 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:50,862 Well, that dear little boy ran away 616 00:38:50,929 --> 00:38:53,932 because he didn't want me and Serena out in the cold. 617 00:38:53,999 --> 00:38:58,737 Maybe I shook Jeffrey up when I said it was the end of the line. 618 00:38:58,804 --> 00:39:02,541 What do you suppose that terrible thing is he did? 619 00:39:02,608 --> 00:39:04,676 I don't know. 620 00:39:04,743 --> 00:39:07,312 You know. Jeffrey got that stomach ache yesterday 621 00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:09,848 at breakfast when we were talking about Josh. 622 00:39:09,915 --> 00:39:14,453 'You don't suppose he's in on that escapade, do you?' 623 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,688 You don't get a stomach ache from green apples 624 00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:19,124 somebody else ate, do you? 625 00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:33,371 Josh. Josh, Jeffrey's gone off somewhere 626 00:39:33,439 --> 00:39:35,607 and we don't know where. Do you? 627 00:39:35,674 --> 00:39:38,844 No, ma'am. Last I saw Jeffrey was yesterday. 628 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:40,111 Are you sure? 629 00:39:40,178 --> 00:39:43,181 He was only here for a minute. You can ask Mr. Godsey. 630 00:39:43,248 --> 00:39:47,919 - Doing a nice job, Josh. - Thanks, Mr. Walton. 631 00:39:47,986 --> 00:39:49,788 And, thanks for getting the sheriff 632 00:39:49,855 --> 00:39:51,790 to let me go the other night. 633 00:39:51,857 --> 00:39:54,426 Your mother tells me he's gonna let you go altogether. 634 00:39:54,493 --> 00:39:56,094 Did she tell you everything? 635 00:39:56,161 --> 00:39:58,630 Everything. 636 00:39:58,697 --> 00:40:02,634 Tell me, Josh. Was Jeffrey in that crap game? 637 00:40:02,701 --> 00:40:05,437 Jeffrey doesn't even know how to shoot craps. 638 00:40:05,504 --> 00:40:07,172 Your mother said Mr. Godsey heard 639 00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:09,240 two people running from that store. 640 00:40:09,307 --> 00:40:12,444 No. No, no. He said he thought he heard two people. 641 00:40:13,779 --> 00:40:18,416 Excuse me, I gotta go get another can of paint. 642 00:40:18,484 --> 00:40:20,619 [Instrumental music] 643 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,629 [music continues] 644 00:40:35,701 --> 00:40:40,171 Jeffrey, where you headed for? 645 00:40:40,238 --> 00:40:42,974 Uh, I thought I'd take a little ride. 646 00:40:43,041 --> 00:40:46,044 Looks like you're fixed to stay a while. 647 00:40:46,111 --> 00:40:48,146 'You running away?' 648 00:40:48,213 --> 00:40:51,082 Why would I run away? 649 00:40:51,149 --> 00:40:53,184 Jeffrey, looks like you're carrying the whole world 650 00:40:53,251 --> 00:40:55,854 'on your shoulders.' 651 00:40:55,921 --> 00:40:58,957 Might make you feel better if you got it off your chest. 652 00:41:01,993 --> 00:41:05,497 Ike wouldn't let me help Josh with the painting. 653 00:41:07,198 --> 00:41:09,601 That was mighty nice of you. 654 00:41:09,668 --> 00:41:13,004 'It's a big job for such a little boy.' 655 00:41:13,071 --> 00:41:16,842 Meanwhile, I'm having to do his chores as well as my own. 656 00:41:21,913 --> 00:41:24,716 Mr. Godsey did hear two people. 657 00:41:24,783 --> 00:41:26,852 'Mrs. Foster, I was the other one.' 658 00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:28,920 If it wasn't for me, Josh wouldn't have 659 00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:31,022 got into it in the first place. 660 00:41:31,089 --> 00:41:33,358 Jeffrey. 661 00:41:33,424 --> 00:41:35,727 Tell me about it. 662 00:41:37,596 --> 00:41:40,031 Like I told Mrs. Foster 663 00:41:40,098 --> 00:41:42,133 I oughta be out there helping Josh. 664 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,202 I'll do the rest of the job alone. 665 00:41:44,269 --> 00:41:46,872 I'll even paint this house if you want me to. 666 00:41:46,938 --> 00:41:49,641 Jeffrey, when I said no shenanigans, or else 667 00:41:49,708 --> 00:41:51,743 the "or else" didn't mean you have to leave. 668 00:41:51,810 --> 00:41:54,846 (Rose) 'I'm the one that told him that and I shouldn't have.' 669 00:41:54,913 --> 00:41:57,415 It was wrong to put all that pressure on him. 670 00:41:57,482 --> 00:42:00,819 Wait a minute. Sounds like we're apologizing instead of him. 671 00:42:02,754 --> 00:42:06,792 - I apologize. - Yeah. Well, it's not enough. 672 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:09,127 'You did something wrong and I'm mad at you.' 673 00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:11,863 You know very well that gambling is wicked. 674 00:42:11,930 --> 00:42:15,567 And breaking into a store and taking money is worse. 675 00:42:15,634 --> 00:42:17,636 I was trying to get back my money 676 00:42:17,703 --> 00:42:20,005 so I could buy you a new brace and bit. 677 00:42:20,071 --> 00:42:22,007 (Rose) 'Trying to do a good thing' 678 00:42:22,073 --> 00:42:25,076 'doesn't give you the right to do it in a bad way.' 679 00:42:25,143 --> 00:42:28,980 I tell you what. I'll paint the house, and the barn, too. 680 00:42:29,047 --> 00:42:34,152 Hold on. That money you took, you didn't spend it, did you? 681 00:42:34,219 --> 00:42:35,787 I buried it. 682 00:42:35,854 --> 00:42:38,790 - Go dig it up. - But I can't. 683 00:42:38,857 --> 00:42:42,293 - 'Why not?' - I'll show you. 684 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,963 [Instrumental music] 685 00:42:51,737 --> 00:42:53,805 It's right under there. 686 00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:58,376 (John) 'Well.' 687 00:42:58,443 --> 00:43:01,713 We're gonna have to move most of this firewood to get at it. 688 00:43:01,780 --> 00:43:03,882 'Jim-Bob, is this Ike's order?' 689 00:43:03,949 --> 00:43:07,318 (Jim-Bob) 'Yeah, and about half a cord more.' 690 00:43:07,385 --> 00:43:09,988 Well, Rose. 691 00:43:10,055 --> 00:43:13,825 Maybe if we had Jeffrey deliver all this and stack it at Ike's 692 00:43:13,892 --> 00:43:18,263 'he'd think twice about breaking the law again.' 693 00:43:18,329 --> 00:43:20,832 [Instrumental music] 694 00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:26,872 This should take care of it. 695 00:43:26,938 --> 00:43:29,941 Ben never seems to be around when I need him. 696 00:43:30,008 --> 00:43:33,211 I know. His mind hasn't been on his work lately. 697 00:43:33,278 --> 00:43:36,047 I know. 698 00:43:36,114 --> 00:43:37,615 Hi. 699 00:43:37,683 --> 00:43:39,217 Where you been, Son? With the truck? 700 00:43:39,284 --> 00:43:42,020 We should have loaded the Camp Rockfish order an hour ago. 701 00:43:42,087 --> 00:43:44,589 I'm sorry. I had to go into town for something. 702 00:43:44,656 --> 00:43:48,059 There you are. Let's get at it. 703 00:43:49,327 --> 00:43:50,962 Wait a minute, Daddy. 704 00:43:51,029 --> 00:43:53,464 I have something to tell Cindy and I might 705 00:43:53,531 --> 00:43:56,668 as well tell you also. 706 00:43:56,735 --> 00:43:58,503 I went to the Navy recruiting office today. 707 00:43:58,569 --> 00:43:59,838 'I passed my physical.' 708 00:43:59,905 --> 00:44:01,707 Ben, you didn't join the Navy. 709 00:44:01,773 --> 00:44:04,242 I joined the Seabees. 710 00:44:06,845 --> 00:44:09,014 They need men with my construction experience. 711 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,717 'It's the same kind of work as I'm doing here' 712 00:44:11,783 --> 00:44:15,353 except I'll be overseas, where I'm needed. 713 00:44:15,420 --> 00:44:20,125 You could have given us some kind of a warning, Son. 714 00:44:20,191 --> 00:44:24,963 I was afraid you'd talk me out of it. 715 00:44:25,030 --> 00:44:29,300 I was hoping the war would be over before it came to this. 716 00:44:29,367 --> 00:44:33,171 Pretty soon all my boys will be gone. 717 00:44:33,238 --> 00:44:36,808 It's alright, Ben. I understand. 718 00:44:37,743 --> 00:44:40,245 It just hurts a little. 719 00:44:41,947 --> 00:44:44,315 We'll take care of Cindy and the baby. 720 00:44:44,382 --> 00:44:47,185 Thank you, Daddy. 721 00:44:48,453 --> 00:44:51,056 [Instrumental music] 722 00:44:59,230 --> 00:45:02,934 You haven't said anything, Cindy. 723 00:45:05,937 --> 00:45:09,107 Up until now, I've been hiding from the war. 724 00:45:10,475 --> 00:45:15,113 I know my father's in it. Jason and John-Boy. 725 00:45:16,915 --> 00:45:20,118 But somehow I lost myself in taking care of the baby 726 00:45:20,185 --> 00:45:23,789 and when we talked about it, it just didn't seem real. 727 00:45:24,790 --> 00:45:26,892 Now it does. 728 00:45:28,193 --> 00:45:30,395 You've brought the war right into this room. 729 00:45:37,468 --> 00:45:41,439 It's gonna take me a while to get used to it. 730 00:45:41,506 --> 00:45:44,309 [Instrumental music] 731 00:46:07,799 --> 00:46:10,836 Mr. Godsey's gonna give you back the four quarters and two dimes. 732 00:46:10,902 --> 00:46:14,139 Maybe some of it should be yours. 733 00:46:14,205 --> 00:46:16,707 - Half of it? - Okay. 734 00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:18,409 Well, I finished my painting. 735 00:46:18,476 --> 00:46:22,914 I'll never finish moving that pile of wood and stacking it. 736 00:46:22,981 --> 00:46:24,715 I'll help you. The sooner you finish 737 00:46:24,782 --> 00:46:26,584 the sooner you'll help me make a killing. 738 00:46:26,651 --> 00:46:30,421 If you're counting on me getting you into another crap game.. 739 00:46:30,488 --> 00:46:33,191 No-no-no. No more crap shooting for me. 740 00:46:33,258 --> 00:46:35,193 Then how do we make a killing? 741 00:46:35,260 --> 00:46:38,063 Well, Mr. Godsey said that I did a real good job painting. 742 00:46:38,129 --> 00:46:41,132 And that he has some more stuff he wanted me to do. 743 00:46:41,199 --> 00:46:44,135 Two bits an hour. You help, we'll split it. 744 00:46:44,202 --> 00:46:47,638 That's a dime and two pennies an hour for each of us. 745 00:46:47,705 --> 00:46:49,941 That's two dimes and four cents. 746 00:46:50,008 --> 00:46:51,943 What about the extra penny left over? 747 00:46:52,010 --> 00:46:55,914 I don't know how to split a penny. 748 00:46:55,981 --> 00:46:57,949 How about if we put that extra penny 749 00:46:58,016 --> 00:47:01,019 in the free-chicken-every-Sunday kitty? 750 00:47:01,086 --> 00:47:04,389 - Yeah. That's a good idea. - Let's go, partner. 751 00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:09,060 [Instrumental music] 752 00:47:14,933 --> 00:47:16,534 Hiya, soldier. 753 00:47:16,601 --> 00:47:19,104 It seems like a year since we were out last. 754 00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:21,206 Gotta make the most of this weekend. 755 00:47:21,272 --> 00:47:25,110 I mean there are three weeks until I get my next pass. 756 00:47:27,678 --> 00:47:30,548 Gangway, mates. 757 00:47:30,615 --> 00:47:32,117 [Instrumental music] 758 00:47:33,985 --> 00:47:37,222 (John-Boy) Ben and Cindy were closer than they had ever been before. 759 00:47:37,288 --> 00:47:39,590 Though their future was uncertain because 760 00:47:39,657 --> 00:47:41,426 Ben was going off to war 761 00:47:41,492 --> 00:47:44,462 this would always be a weekend to remember 762 00:47:47,765 --> 00:47:50,335 (Jim-Boy) 'Turn the light off, Jeffrey. I wanna sleep.' 763 00:47:50,401 --> 00:47:52,070 (Jeffrey) 'I haven't finished my homework.' 764 00:47:52,137 --> 00:47:53,604 (Jim-Boy) 'Do it in the morning.' 765 00:47:53,671 --> 00:47:55,540 (Jeffrey) 'I'll have too many chores to do.' 766 00:47:55,606 --> 00:47:57,375 (Jim-Bob) 'You're being too good, Jeffrey.' 767 00:47:57,442 --> 00:48:00,011 (Jeffrey) 'I guess maybe you're right.' 768 00:48:01,179 --> 00:48:02,847 (Cindy) 'Goodnight, sailor.' 769 00:48:02,914 --> 00:48:04,282 (Ben) 'You mean Seabee.' 770 00:48:04,349 --> 00:48:05,683 (Cindy) 'Goodnight, Seabee.' 771 00:48:05,750 --> 00:48:08,119 (Ben) 'Goodnight, mate.' 772 00:48:09,387 --> 00:48:11,256 [pleasant music] 773 00:48:14,592 --> 00:48:16,327 [Theme of Waltons]