All language subtitles for The Waltons S01E06 The Star.DVDRip.Non-HI.cc.en

WALTON'S MOUNTAIN IS AS
OLD AS THE EARTH ITSELF.

FOR COUNTLESS CENTURIES,

IT HAS QUIETLY SHOULDERED
THE SKY ABOVE THE LAND

ON WHICH OUR FAMILY
SETTLED, BUILT, AND FLOURISHED.

THROUGH ALL ITS SEASONS,

THROUGH ALL THE GREAT AND
SMALL EVENTS OF OUR LIVES,

THE MOUNTAIN WAS CHANGELESS,

AS FIXED AND AS PERMANENT
AS THE GLITTERING STARS ABOVE.

AND THEN THERE WAS
AN EVENING IN THE 1930s

WHICH STARTED ALL
OF US WONDERING

HOW FIXED OR
PERMANENT ANYTHING IS,

EVEN A STAR.

IT'S NICE.

IT'S THE BEST PART OF THE DAY.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
PARTIAL TO TWILIGHT.

WE USED TO CALL
IT "IN THE GLOAMING."

YOU'VE BEEN SO QUIET, I
FORGOT YOU WERE THERE.

WELL, I'M STILL HERE.

JIM-BOB'S IT.

BEN, COME OUT AND PLAY.

I'VE GOT TO STUDY.

WE'RE HAVING A SPELLDOWN IN OUR
CLASS AND THE WINNER GETS A MEDAL.

ARE YOU GONNA BE THE WINNER?

I'M SURE GONNA TRY.

COME OUT AND PLAY
WHEN YOU FINISH.

WE'RE HAVING FUN.

I PROMISED MYSELF I'D
WRITE AT LEAST 1,000 WORDS

IN THIS TABLET EVERY DAY.

TROUBLE IS, IF I SPEND TOO MUCH
TIME UP HERE, AWAY FROM EVERYBODY,

I DON'T REALLY HAVE
ANYTHING TO WRITE ABOUT.

COME ON, BEN!

CAREFUL. JIM-BOB'S IT!

OK.

YOU'RE IT!

LOOK.

THE FIRST STAR.

STARLIGHT, STARBRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT,

I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT,
HAVE THE WISH I WISH TONIGHT.

EVERYBODY MAKE A WISH.

NOT ME.

WHY NOT?

NO STAR 67,000,000 MILES AWAY
IS GONNA GET ME WHAT I WANT.

DID YOU MAKE A WISH?

I'LL BET I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

DON'T TELL!

I WON'T, AND I HOPE
IT COMES TRUE.

COME ON OUT, SON.

PLENTY OF GOOD SEATS
LEFT, AND THEY'RE ALL FREE.

FINISHED WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING?

SEEMS LIKE I NEVER FINISH, MAMA.

THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO WRITE
THAN I EVER MANAGE TO SET DOWN.

WELL, THEN YOU'LL
PICK IT UP AND CARRY ON.

I GUESS I WILL.

THERE'S NO END TO IT.

LIKE COUNTING THE LEAVES
ON THAT OLD OAK TREE.

THAT'S RIGHT, GRANDMA

OR EVEN THE STARS
IN THE SKY TONIGHT.

ZEB, WHAT IS IT?

LOOK!

UP THERE!

DID YOU EVER SEE
THE LIKE OF THAT?

A FALLING STAR.

YOU KNOW, GRANDMA, IF IT HITS
THE GROUND, IT'S A METEORITE.

LOOKS LIKE IT LANDED
RIGHT NEAR HERE.

CLOSE TO THE BALDWINS, I'D SAY.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING, JOHN?

I'M GONNA HAVE A
LOOK AT THAT STAR.

ME, TOO.

YOU COMING, GRANDPA?

GRANDPA, YOU GONNA COME WITH US?

I THINK I'LL STAY HERE, JOHN.

ZEB.

ZEB, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE WRONG

WITH A MAN THAT'S
LIVED AS LONG AS I HAVE?

YOU CHILDREN.

YOU'RE NOT GOING
ANYWHERE BUT TO BED.

OH, MAMA, BUT IT'S SO CLOSE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

WE COULD GO A LIFETIME AND NEVER
GET THIS CLOSE TO A STAR AGAIN.

2 WALTONS CHASING AFTER A
SHOOTING STAR IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.

COME ON.

WASN'T IT PRETTY, MAMA?

BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL... AND SAD.

THE END OF SOMETHING.

EVERYTHING HAS TO
COME TO AN END SOMETIME.

YOU ALL RIGHT, GRANDPA?

I HAVE SEEN BETTER
DAYS, DAUGHTER.

SISTER AND I WERE
RELAXING AFTER OUR DINNER.

ANOTHER QUIET EVENING ALONE.

I WAS EMBROIDERING.

AND I WAS READING
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

FOR THE 500TH TIME.

NO ONE WRITES LIKE MISS AUSTEN.

TO READ HER WORDS IS
LIKE HAVING A DEAR FRIEND

DROP IN FOR A LEISURELY VISIT.

WELL, SUDDENLY WE
HEARD A STRANGE NOISE.

LIKE WHISTLING, ONLY
IT WAS EXTREMELY LOUD.

AND THERE WAS A BRILLIANT LIGHT
FLICKERING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.

WE RUSHED OVER TO
LOOK OUT... AND WHOOSH!

RIGHT THROUGH THE ROOF IT WENT.

WE WERE TERRIFIED.

EXHILARATED.

SISTER WANTED TO SEND
FOR SHERIFF BRIDGES,

BUT I SAID, "NO, LET'S
HAVE A LOOK FIRST."

SO WE CAME RIGHT OUT
HERE TO THE RECIPE ROOM

OPENED THE DOOR,
AND THERE IT WAS!

OUR STAR.

ISN'T IT MAGNIFICENT, JOHN-BOY?

I SURE NEVER THOUGHT I'D
GET THAT CLOSE TO A STAR.

YOU MUST MAKE A WISH ON IT.

I ALREADY HAVE.

SO HAVE I.

IT'S LUCKY IT DIDN'T
HIT ONE OF YOU.

PAPA WOULD NEVER
HAVE PERMITTED THAT.

WELL, MISS EMILY YOUR PAPA WAS A
RIGHT POWERFUL MAN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.

BUT AS FOR
CONTROLLING THE STARS...

THIS STAR IS A GIFT
AND A SIGN FROM PAPA.

WHY, JUST LOOK WHERE IT LANDED.

IN HIS FAVORITE PLACE ON
EARTH: THE RECIPE ROOM.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALL
HAVE A LITTLE OF THE RECIPE

IN HONOR OF PAPA AND OUR STAR!

UH, MR. WALTON?

WELL, I WOULDN'T MIND, THIS
BEING A SPECIAL OCCASION.

ISN'T THIS A TREAT, SISTER!

OH, SISTER, WE
HAVE MORE COMPANY.

OH, HOW NICE.

COME IN.

COME IN. DO COME IN
AND SHARE OUR JOY.

OH, THIS IS NICE. OH...

JOHN-BOY?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT OF BED?

DID YOU REALLY GET
TO SEE THE STAR?

I SURE DID.

I WISH I COULD'VE GONE.

THAT STAR'S SPECIAL TO ME.

WHY IS THAT?

I MADE A WISH ON IT.

ARE YOU SURE IT WAS THAT
PARTICULAR STAR YOU MADE A WISH ON?

I'M SURE.

DO YOU SUPPOSE SOME TIME YOU
COULD TAKE ME TO SEE IT, JOHN-BOY?

WELL, I GOT TO FIX THE
BALDWIN LADIES' ROOF FOR THEM.

YOU COULD COME ALONG THEN.

THANKS.

NOW I KNOW MY WISH
IS GONNA COME TRUE.

WHEN I LEFT THAT PLACE,
THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE ROOF,

A STAR ON THE FLOOR, AND
THE RECIPE FLOWING LIKE WATER.

SHAMELESS OLD BOOTLEGGERS!

CAN YOU IMAGINE 2 WOMEN
BOOTLEGGING WHISKEY?

GRANDMA, THEY DON'T THINK
THEY'RE BOOTLEGGING WHISKEY.

THEY'RE FOLLOWING
THEIR PAPA'S RECIPE.

THEY THINK IT'S SOME
KIND OF CORDIAL.

IT'S TOO BAD THAT STAR DIDN'T
FINISH OFF THAT STILL OF THEIRS.

IT MISSED IT BY INCHES.

MORE'S THE PITY.

OH, POWERFUL
WESTERN FALLEN STAR...

WHY DID THAT STAR FALL
WHERE IT DID AND WHEN IT DID?

I DON'T KNOW, GRANDPA.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I THINK THE WHOLE
DROOPING STAR IN THE WEST...

HE'S HALF ASLEEP. HE SHOULD'VE
BEEN IN BED AN HOUR AGO.

COME ON, ZEB. COME ON.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL MANAGE.

WHAT IS IT, ZEB?

LET ME HELP YOU.

NOTHING, NOTHING.

HERE WE GO. COME ON.

GOOD NIGHT, YOU TWO.

GOOD NIGHT, GRANDMA, GRANDPA.

SOMETHING'S WRONG, JOHN.

HE'S JUST TIRED.

I'M AFRAID IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

THINK WE OUGHT TO
GET DOC SHACKLEFORD?

WELL, IF HE'S NOT
BETTER BY MORNING, YES.

THE AUTHORITIES
CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH

FOR THE DILLINGER GANG

AFTER ITS DARING ROBBERY OF A
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, BANK YESTERDAY.

CLOSER TO HOME,
STARGAZERS LAST NIGHT

HAD A RARE TREAT WHEN A
METEORITE BLAZED A FIERY TRAIL

ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY

BEFORE IT LANDED SOME 28
MILES SOUTH OF CHARLOTTESVILLE

ON THE PROPERTY OF
THE BALDWIN SISTERS.

THE CELESTIAL VISITOR

CRASHED THROUGH THE ROOF
OF THE BALDWIN RESIDENCE,

BUT THE PROPERTY
DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL.

IN WASHINGTON,
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR...

ARE WE GONNA HEAR ABOUT
THE BALDWINS EVEN ON THE RADIO?

OH, COME ON, MAMA.

WHERE'RE GRANDMA AND GRANDPA?

YOUR GRANDPA WASN'T
FEELING TOO WELL LAST NIGHT.

HE'S STILL IN BED.

HURRY UP, JOHN-BOY.

HOW COME YOU'RE IN SUCH A RUSH?

DON'T WANNA BE LATE FOR SCHOOL.

BYE.

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE MY CHILDREN
SO ANXIOUS TO GET TO SCHOOL.

WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT
ABOUT SCHOOL ALL OF SUDDEN?

I WANT IT TO BE A SURPRISE.

ALL RIGHT THEN, SURPRISE US.

NOW, SCOOT! ALL OF YOU!

BEN, WAIT, YOU
FORGOT YOUR LUNCH.

THANKS.

IS TODAY THE DAY YOUR
WISH IS GONNA COME TRUE?

MAYBE.

IT WILL. I JUST KNOW IT WILL.

I'LL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE
GREATEST SIGHTS IN THE WORLD

IS TO SEE YOUR CHILDREN
MARCHING OFF TO SCHOOL.

JOHN, I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOUR PA.

IS HE STILL FEELING POORLY?

WELL, HE SAYS HE JUST DON'T
FEEL LIKE GETTING OUT OF BED.

NOW, I-I'VE NEVER SEEN
HIM LIKE THAT BEFORE.

GRANDMA SAYS YOU'VE
DECLARED A HOLIDAY.

IS THAT WHAT SHE SAYS?

WHY, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING
HARD, HELPING ME IN THE SAWMILL.

NO, THAT ISN'T IT.

YOU'VE EARNED A REST.

I GUESS MAYBE I HAVE.

GRANDPA, YOU FEELING BAD?

NO, NOT JUST NOW.

LAST NIGHT, SITTING
OUT THERE ON THE PORCH,

THERE WAS A SUDDEN CATCH

JUST WHEN THAT
SHOOTING STAR FELL.

AND FOR QUITE A LONG SPELL,
I COULDN'T GET MY BREATH.

THEN IT STOPPED.

AH, AND I HAVEN'T
FELT SO BAD SINCE.

YOU FEEL THERE'S SOME CONNECTION

BETWEEN THAT STAR
AND THE WAY YOU FEEL?

I DO.

MAYBE I SHOULD ASK DOC
SHACKLEFORD TO STOP BY.

OH, HE'S GOT BETTER
THINGS TO DO THAN THAT.

HE CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAM.

EXAMINATIONS AND DOCTORS

CANNOT INTERFERE WITH THE
NATURAL COURSE OF THINGS.

NOW, THERE'S NOTHING NATURAL ABOUT
YOU BEING TOO TIRED TO GET OUT OF BED.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ONE OF DOC'S
LONG-WINDED STORIES IN A LONG TIME.

MAYBE I'LL ASK HIM TO STOP BY.

AS YOU PLEASE, SON.

CHIEF.

C-H-I-E-F. CHIEF.

OUGHT.

OUGHT.

A...

A-W... G-H-T.

THAT IS NOT CORRECT. BEN?

OUGHT. O-U-G-H-T. OUGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SORRY, MELANIE.

HOIST.

HOIS?

HOIST.

HOIST!

H-O-I-S-T. HOIST.

BELIEVE.

B-E-L... E-I-V-E. BELIEVE.

SORRY.

BEN?

BELIEVE.

B-E-L-I-E-V-E. BELIEVE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WELL,

WE HAVE ONLY 2 COMPETITORS
LEFT FOR THE MEDAL.

BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO GET
ON TO OUR AMERICAN HISTORY.

GEORGE WASHINGTON IS
EXPECTING US AT VALLEY FORGE.

SUPPOSE WE CONTINUE
THE SPELLDOWN

BETWEEN OUR 2
FINALISTS TOMORROW?

THAT WILL GIVE YOU TIME TONIGHT

TO STUDY THE WORDS
IN THE LAST SECTION.

ALL RIGHT?

YES, MISS HUNTER.

I'M SO PLEASED WITH
THE FINE SHOWING

OF THE 4TH GRADE IN GENERAL.

THE SPELLER WHO PROVES
HIMSELF OR HERSELF

WORTHY OF THIS MEDAL TOMORROW

WILL CERTAINLY HAVE
GOOD REASON TO BE PROUD.

I GOT YOU.

SHH! QUIET.

WHERE ARE YOUR SISTERS?

WELL, THEY, UH, STAYED LATE
AT SCHOOL TO HELP MISS HUNTER.

I WANT YOU CHILDREN
TO PLAY OUTSIDE

THIS AFTERNOON AND
TRY TO KEEP QUIET.

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

GRANDPA'S NOT FEELING WELL.

DR. SHACKLEFORD'S COMING OVER
AFTER HE DELIVERS MRS. THURSTON'S BABY.

CAN WE GO IN AND SEE GRANDPA?

AFTER THE DOCTOR COMES, JASON.

I HAD PROMISED THE CHILDREN
I'D TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE TODAY.

BUT I GUESS MAYBE
WE'D BETTER STAY HERE.

WHERE WERE YOU
PLANNING ON TAKING THEM?

TO SEE THE STAR, MAMA.

MAYBE EVEN TOUCH IT.

MAYBE YOU COULD COME, TOO.

NO, YOU ALL GO ALONG.
JUST THIS ONCE, MIND YOU.

AND MIND WHAT JOHN-BOY TELLS
YOU, AND DON'T BE LATE FOR SUPPER.

OK, THANK YOU. LET'S GO.

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.

TAKE THOSE THINGS AND PUT THEM
ON THE BACK PORCH. AND BE QUIET.

BEN, NOW, QUIET, BEN.

NOW, QUIET.

I WAS PLANNING TO DO THAT.

HOW'S GRANDPA?

THE SAME. JUST, UH, LYING
IN THERE LIKE HE WAS...

WAITING.

COME HERE NOW.
COME ON, LET'S GO.

DON'T WALK ON THE
GRASS, BEN. COME ON.

STAY TOGETHER NOW.

SHH.

HALT!

YOU ARE TRESPASSING
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WE CAME TO SEE THE STAR.

YOU DID?

DID YOU INDEED?

WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO
COME BACK ANOTHER TIME.

I AM NOW IN THE PROCESS OF
WORKING OUT A SUITABLE SCHEDULE

OF EXHIBIT HOURS AND
ADMISSION FEES FOR THE PUBLIC.

BUT, MISTER...

THERE WILL BE ANNOUNCEMENTS
IN THE LOCAL PAPERS.

PERHAPS HANDBILLS AS WELL.

I'M JOHN-BOY WALTON.

WE ARE NOT IMPRESSED.

JOHN-BOY!

OH, AND YOU'VE BROUGHT ALONG SOME
OF YOUR DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS

TO SEE THE STAR.
ISN'T THIS LOVELY?

YOU'VE MET COUSIN POLONIUS?

YES, I WAS JUST... WE'VE MET.

COUSIN POLONIUS HAS COME
ALL THE WAY FROM RICHMOND

TO SHARE OUR JOY.

AND TO LIFT THE BURDEN
OF RESPONSIBILITY

FROM THESE FRAGILE
FEMININE SHOULDERS.

I'M SORRY, THE CHILDREN ARE
JUST SO ANXIOUS TO SEE THE STAR.

OF COURSE THEY ARE.

COME IN, COME IN...

THERE IT IS, A PIECE
OF THE HEAVENS.

A REAL HONEST-TO-GOODNESS STAR.

YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE
PEOPLE WE'VE HAD HERE, JOHN-BOY.

I GUESS EVERYBODY'S
HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE RADIO.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE A
REAL HONEST-TO-GOODNESS STAR.

THERE WERE 2
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS.

A PERFECTLY DREADFUL MAN FROM A
CARNIVAL WHO WANTED TO BUY OUR STAR.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

HE WANTED TO PUT
OUR BEAUTIFUL STAR

IN HIS FREAK SHOW.

AS IF SISTER AND I WOULD
EVER SELL A GIFT FROM PAPA.

AND ONLY A FEW MINUTES AGO,

THERE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

HE WAS CLAIMING THIS
AND DEMANDING THAT.

OH, I WAS FEELING
QUITE INTIMIDATED.

BUT COUSIN POLONIUS
DEALT WITH HIM.

HE DEALT WITH ALL OF THEM.

MY PRIVILEGE.

IS IT OK TO TOUCH?

OF COURSE, DEAR. GO AHEAD.

AREN'T YOU GONNA
TOUCH IT, ELIZABETH?

NOT THIS TIME.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE ALL THE LUCK.

YOU TWO GOT A SECRET?

BEN MADE A WISH ON THE STAR.

I DIDN'T TOUCH IT, SO
HE'LL HAVE ALL THE LUCK.

GOOD LUCK, BEN.

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, ZEB,
YOU'RE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.

THAT PAIN YOU HAD

COULD HAVE BEEN A SPASM
IN YOUR MUSCLES RIGHT HERE.

AS FAR AS I CAN TELL,
THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE.

IS THERE SOMETHING
ELSE BOTHERING YOU?

SOMETHING YOU
HAVEN'T TOLD ME ABOUT?

NO.

BEN,

I AM NOT WHAT REGULAR
CHURCHGOERS CALL A RELIGIOUS MAN.

BUT THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS I HAVE HAD MY BELIEFS.

I'VE LEARNED TO RECOGNIZE
HIS WILL AND ACCEPT IT.

YOU FEEL YOU'VE HAD A SIGN?

I DO.

ZEB,

YOU'RE TOO VIGOROUS A
MAN TO BE LAID LOW BY A SIGN.

MY ADVICE TO YOU

IS TO GET UP OUT OF THIS
BED AND START LIVING AGAIN.

PHYSICALLY, HE'S AMAZINGLY
SOUND FOR A MAN HIS AGE.

THEN WHY HAS HE
TAKEN TO HIS BED?

OH, THERE'S A VERY
POWERFUL MEDICINE.

WORKS ALL KINDS OF WONDERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, NO DOCTOR CAN
WRITE OUT A PRESCRIPTION FOR IT.

SOME PEOPLE CALL
IT "THE WILL TO LIVE."

IT'S HELPED ZEB WALTON DO THINGS

THAT WOULD EXHAUST
SOMEBODY HALF HIS AGE.

KEPT HIM FULL OF
ENERGY AND INTEREST.

YOU MEAN HE'S LOST THAT?

HE HAD A SEVERE
PAIN NEAR HIS HEART

AND AT THE SAME INSTANT,
HE SAW THAT STAR FALL.

SOME PEOPLE THINK A
FALLING STAR MEANS DEATH.

ZEB WALTON IS ONE OF THEM.

THE HOUSE IS SO STILL.

IT WOULDN'T BE THE
SAME WITHOUT GRANDPA.

IS GRANDPA GONNA DIE?

NOW LISTEN, CHILDREN.

I KNOW YOU'RE WORRIED
ABOUT GRANDPA.

WE ALL ARE.

BUT MOONING AROUND LIKE
THIS ISN'T GONNA HELP A BIT.

NOW, COME ON, I WANT
YOU TO GO TO SCHOOL

AND PRETEND IT'S A
NORMAL DAY. COME ON.

HOW'RE WE SUPPOSED TO
PRETEND LIKE IT'S A NORMAL DAY?

HE MIGHT REALLY BE
SICKER THAN WE KNOW.

LIV, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I THINK YOU CHILDREN WILL
BE BETTER OFF AT SCHOOL.

OH, PLEASE, MAMA.

NEVER MIND PLEASE. COME ON.

OFF YOU GO, COME
ON, COME ON, COME ON.

COME ON.

I CAN BE JUST AS
STUBBORN AS YOU.

YOU CAN THINK YOURSELF
TO DEATH IF YOU WANT TO.

BUT I'M GONNA THINK YOU ALIVE.

DID YOU ASK HIM ABOUT THE STAR?

HE WON'T TALK ABOUT IT.

I'M GONNA TRY SOMETHING.

ONCE THAT OLD MAN
GETS AN IDEA IN HIS HEAD,

DYNAMITE WON'T BLAST IT LOOSE.

MORNING.

GOOD TO SEE YOU
LOOKING SO MUCH BETTER.

JOHN,

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT
BIG, OLD WHITE OAK TREE

THAT STANDS ALL BY ITSELF ON
THE BANKS OF THE CYCLAMEN RIVER,

UP ON THE MOUNTAIN?

OF COURSE I REMEMBER.

AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER,
THAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE.

PA, I'M GONNA NEED YOUR
HELP IN THE SAWMILL TODAY.

IF I'M EVER GOING TO GET THAT REGULAR
CONTRACT FOR THOSE RAILROAD TIES,

I GOT TO DELIVER A LOAD
BEFORE THIS DAY'S OVER.

OH, THEY'RE PUSHING
YOU TOO MUCH, SON?

I CAN'T DO IT MYSELF.

BUT YOU AND ME TOGETHER...

DON'T COUNT ON ME.

NOW, GRANDPA... MAYBE JOHN-BOY.

IF YOU'D JUST GET
OUT OF THIS BED

AND FEEL THE SUN ON YOUR FACE...

WHY DID YOU ASK ME
ABOUT THAT OLD OAK?

'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO
BE BURIED WHEN MY TIME COMES.

NOW THAT TIME IS A
WHOLE LOT OF YEARS AWAY.

MAYBE TOMORROW.

MAYBE THE NEXT DAY.

YOU FELT A TWINGE,
YOU SAW A STAR FALL.

THAT'S NO REASON TO STAY IN
YOUR BED AND PICK OUT YOUR GRAVE.

SHOOTING STAR MEANS DEATH, SON.

PA.

THAT'S JUST AN OLD NOTION.

NO ONE'S EVER PROVED THAT.

MARK TWAIN SAID THAT HE
CAME IN WITH HALLEY'S COMET

AND HE WOULD GO OUT
WITH HALLEY'S COMET.

AND HE DID.

AND I HAVE PROVED IT FOR MYSELF.

MY OWN DADDY, YOUR GRANDPA,

HE WAS THE SOUNDEST
MAN IN THIS COUNTY.

AND ONE EVENING, WE WERE
COMING HOME FROM A BARN RAISING.

HE WAS JOSHING AND LAUGHING.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN
THE SKY, RIGHT UP THERE ABOVE US

THERE WAS THIS SHOOTING STAR.

AND I WATCHED HIS EYES.

THEY JUST TRAILED
ON TO THE GROUND.

NEXT MORNING, HE WAS DEAD.

HIS HEART FAILED
HIM, THAT'S ALL.

HE KNEW THAT SHOOTING STAR
MEANT THAT HIS TIME HAS COME.

I SAW IT IN HIS EYES.

NOW, MY TIME HAS COME.

ADVICE.

A-D... V-I-C-E. ADVICE.

GUARD.

GUARD.

G...

G-U-A-R-D. GUARD.

VERY GOOD.

IT'S OBVIOUS BEN AND
NANCY HAVE STUDIED WELL.

HEIGHT.

H...

H...

E-I-G-H-T.

SUCCESS.

S-U-C-E-S-S. SUCCESS.

I'M SO SORRY, BEN. THAT'S
AN INCORRECT SPELLING.

NANCY?

JOHN-BOY,

THIS IS COL. TECUMSEH HENDERSON
OF THE BLUEGRASS HENDERSONS.

JOHN-BOY WALTON.

HOW DO YOU DO, SIR?

HMM.

I'LL JUST TAKE THE COLONEL IN
FOR HIS FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE STAR.

YES, PLEASE DO.

WE'RE SO FORTUNATE, JOHN-BOY.

THE COLONEL IS A
PUBLIC RELATIONS GENIUS,

AND AS AN OLD, OLD
FRIEND OF COUSIN POLONIUS,

HE HAS AGREED TO HELP US BRING

THE BALDWIN STAR TO THE PUBLIC.

THAT'S GREAT.

P.K., I DON'T SEE
MUCH MONEY IN IT.

WITH THE PROPER PROMOTION,
WE CAN DRAW A GOOD CROWD.

TOURING HICK TOWNS
FOR NICKELS AND DIMES.

NO, I'M GETTING
TOO OLD FOR THAT.

SO AM I.

YOU GOT ANYTHING
BETTER TO SUGGEST?

NO.

P.K., WHAT IS THIS?

IN THE FAMILY, IT IS ALWAYS
REFERRED TO AS "THE RECIPE."

IT'S THE BEST SOUR
MASH I'VE EVER TASTED.

AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT.

WHO MADE IT?

THE OLD LADIES.

YOU DON'T MEAN IT.

THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S WHISKEY.

THEY CALL IT "THE RECIPE."

I CALL IT PERFECTION.

MMM.

WHAT'S THE SECRET?

THE RECIPE MACHINE.

ONE OF A KIND.

P.K.,

WHY WASTE OUR TALENTS TRYING
TO PROMOTE AN OVERSIZED CINDER

WHEN WE CAN TAKE THIS STILL, AND
OPERATING THROUGH MY CONNECTIONS,

WE CAN CLEAR MORE IN A MONTH
THAN WE CAN MAKE IN A LIFETIME

WITH THE STAR.

I'VE THOUGHT OF THAT,
BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK.

THEY'D NEVER LET
ME USE THE RECIPE,

TAKE THEIR PAPA'S MACHINE.

UNLESS...

UNLESS...

THE STAR WAS A
WARNING FROM PAPA?

NO DOUBT OF IT.

WHY ELSE, OUT OF
ALL THE MILLIONS

OF PLACES IN THE
UNIVERSE, DID IT STRIKE HERE?

A FIERY FINGER POINTING.

POINTING? TO WHAT?

A FIERY FINGER POINTING... BOY!

BOY!

TAKE A REST.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT PAPA WAS
POINTING TO HIS RECIPE MACHINE?

DON'T YOU SEE, MY DEARS,

YOUR PAPA, WHEREVER HE IS,

HAS MADE AN AGONIZING DISCOVERY.

MANUFACTURING THE RECIPE,

DISTRIBUTING IT TO
OTHERS IS WRONG.

WRONG?

EVEN SINFUL.

WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

NEITHER CAN I.

WHAT COULD BE WRONG AND SINFUL

ABOUT OUR LOVELY,
HEART-WARMING CORDIAL?

I ASKED MYSELF
THE SAME QUESTION.

"THE CORDIAL GIVES
PLEASURE," I SAID.

SO IT MUST BE A GOOD THING.
BUT YOUR PAPA'S SPIRIT CHIDED ME:

"THAT'S THE REASONING
OF THE DEVIL, POLONIUS.

"DON'T BE GULLED BY IT.

"BE STRONG. IT IS YOUR
DUTY AS A BALDWIN

"TO SAVE MY 2 DELUDED DAUGHTERS

FROM THE SUBTLE
CORRUPTION OF THAT CORDIAL."

YOU HEARD PAPA SAY ALL THAT?

AS CLEARLY AS I
HEAR YOU RIGHT NOW.

NOW, THIS MACHINE HAS TO
BE DISMANTLED AND REMOVED.

ALL THOSE BOTTLES OF... OF THE
CORDIAL THERE HAVE TO BE DISPOSED OF.

THEN THIS ROOM CAN
BE MADE INTO A SHRINE.

THE STAR WILL HAVE
FULFILLED ITS MISSION,

AND YOUR PAPA'S TROUBLED
SPIRIT CAN BE AT REST.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, SISTER?

I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS SO HAPPY
WHEN THE STAR CAME.

SO MANY FRIENDS FOLLOWED
IT HERE TO... TO VISIT WITH US.

IT SEEMED WARM AND BEAUTIFUL.

BUT NOW, SISTER,

IT LOOKS ALMOST UGLY.

DON'T FEEL BAD, BEN.

I WANTED THAT MEDAL SO MUCH.

JOHN-BOY'S GOTTEN
AWARDS FOR HIS WRITING.

MARY ELLEN GOT
THIS FOR HER RACING.

AND JASON GOT 2ND PRIZE
FOR PLAYING HARMONICA.

ERIN GOT THIS FOR SEWING.

AND JIM-BOB GOT THIS FOR THE
FUNNIEST COSTUME AT HALLOWEEN.

AND THIS IS YOURS FOR
LEARNING BIBLE VERSES.

YOU SAID THE GIRL COULDN'T
SPELL THE WORD EITHER.

WELL, WE BOTH MISSED IT.

YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE.

I WON'T WIN.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

IF THE WISH WAS GONNA COME TRUE,

I WOULDN'T HAVE
MISSED IT AT ALL.

HOW'S GRANDPA DOING?

NO CHANGE.

YOU FINISHED AT THE BALDWINS'?

I JUST BARELY MADE A START AND
THEN THEY ASKED ME TO GO HOME.

SOMETHING WRONG?

IT'S COUSIN POLONIUS.

I PURELY HATE AND
DESPISE THAT MAN.

JOHN-BOY.

NO, I MEAN IT, GRANDMA.

HE'S GOT MISS MAMIE AND MISS
EMILY ALL UPSET ABOUT THEIR STAR.

WHAT'S HE BEEN
TELLING THEM ABOUT IT?

I DON'T KNOW. HE
SAYS IT'S A SIGN

THAT WHAT THEY'VE
BEEN DOING IS A SIN.

THEM TWO?

WHAT KIND OF SINNING
COULD THEY DO?

WELL, THEY MAKE THE RECIPE,
AND HE SAYS THAT'S A SIN.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
OF SUCH A THING?

HE'S RIGHT.

OH, MAMA, COME ON.

WELL, YOU KNOW MY FEELINGS.

SEEMS TO ME
EVERYBODY AROUND HERE

IS HELL-BENT ON
TYING THAT STAR UP

WITH WRONG-DOING
AND SINNING AND DYING!

WHY CAN'T YOU SEE IT AS
A GOOD THING LIKE I DO?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I'M GONNA CHOP SOME WOOD.

I WISH I COULD MAKE UP MY MIND

WHAT THE STAR
FALLING MEANS TO ME.

OR EVEN WHETHER
IT HAS A MEANING.

COULDN'T IT BE
SOMETHING AS NATURAL

AS GREEN LEAVES
TURNING RED IN THE FALL,

OR WATER FREEZING
TO ICE IN THE WINTER,

MELTING IN THE SPRING?

I ONLY WISH GRANDPA
COULD SEE IT THAT WAY.

BEN.

I COULDN'T SLEEP,
WORRYING ABOUT GRANDPA.

OH, COME ON IN.

I THOUGHT I'D STUDY MY SPELLING.

SURE.

OK FOR A LITTLE WHILE?

YEAH.

THIS IS WHAT I SHOULD'VE
DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE

INSTEAD OF COUNTING
ON THAT STAR.

IT KIND OF LET YOU DOWN, HUH?

JOHN-BOY?

MMM-HMM?

DO YOU THINK SOMETIMES
WHEN WISHES DON'T COME TRUE

IT'S OUR OWN FAULT?

WELL, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED.

JOHN-BOY.

YEAH.

IF I THOUGHT OF AN IDEA FOR
A STORY AND I WROTE IT DOWN,

WOULD YOU READ IT?

SURE, BEN, YOU KNOW I WOULD.

I'VE COME OVER TO ASK A FAVOR.

YOU KNOW ANYTHING WE CAN DO
FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, WE WILL.

IT'S ABOUT MY FATHER.

OH, SUCH A FINE GENTLEMAN.

THERE'S NO ONE IN OUR
ACQUAINTANCE WHO CAN SING A SONG

QUITE LIKE YOUR FATHER.

ESPECIALLY WHEN HE'S
HAD A SIP OR 2 OF RECIPE.

OH, EMILY!

WELL, THAT RECIPE HAS
PRODUCED A LOT OF GOOD MUSIC.

OH, MY, YES.

HOW PAPA LOVED TO HARMONIZE
OVER A GLASS OF RECIPE.

IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE
ONE OF LIFE'S PLEASURES.

BUT IF PAPA'S COME TO
THINK IT'S WRONG AND SINFUL...

WHY WOULD YOUR PAPA THINK THAT?

WELL, COUSIN POLONIUS
SEEMS TO THINK

THAT THAT'S WHAT PAPA
MEANT BY SENDING THE STAR.

IT CAME AS A WARNING TO US.

AND WHAT DOES COUSIN POLONIUS
THINK YOU SHOULD DO ABOUT IT?

STOP MAKING THE RECIPE,
TAKE DOWN THE MACHINE.

COUSIN POLONIUS IS GOING
TO REMOVE THE TEMPTATION.

HE AND COLONEL HENDERSON
HAVE GONE TO SECURE A TRUCK.

NOW, YOU LADIES ARE
SURE THAT COUSIN POLONIUS

HAS YOUR BEST
INTERESTS AT HEART?

OH, YES, AND HE KNEW PAPA.

ALMOST AS WELL
AS SISTER AND I DID.

SO IF HE SAYS THIS IS WHY PAPA
SENT THE STAR, IT MUST BE SO.

EMILY.

MR. WALTON CAME TO ASK A FAVOR.

OH.

YES, I'M SORRY.

WELL, IT... IT'S ABOUT THE STAR.

OH!

HEY, DADDY.

HEY, SON, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING HOME?

THOUGHT I'D SLIP AWAY FROM
SCHOOL DURING LUNCH RECESS

TO SEE HOW GRANDPA WAS DOING.

HE'S STILL IN BED?

WHAT ARE YOU CARRYING IN THERE?

I GOT HERE SOME MEDICINE
FROM THE BALDWINS.

JOHN WALTON, YOU'RE NOT BRINGING

BOOTLEG WHISKEY INTO THIS HOUSE.

IT'S STRONGER
MEDICINE THAN THAT.

GRANDPA, I GOT SOMETHING
HERE YOU SHOULD SEE.

WHAT IS IT?

NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

WELL, LOOKS TO ME LIKE A
PIECE OF BURNED-UP OLD COAL.

A CLINKER.

IT'S YOUR STAR.

WHAT?

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

I THOUGHT SINCE THIS
MADE YOU TAKE TO YOUR BED

AND SHORTENED YOUR LIFE, AND FILLED
YOUR MIND WITH GLOOM AND GRAVEYARDS,

YOU MIGHT WANNA TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS HEAVENLY PIECE OF JUNK.

WHY, I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND IT.

YEAH.

AND WHEN WE BURY YOU UP
THERE ON WALTON'S MOUNTAIN,

WELL, COULD BE
THE BALDWIN SISTERS

WILL LET YOU KEEP THAT THING
AND... AND PUT IT ON YOUR GRAVE.

JOHN, NOW YOU STOP.

COULD BE WE COULD
HAVE AN EPITAPH:

"ZEBULON WALTON,
KILLED BY A FALLING STAR

2 MILES FROM WHERE IT HIT."

JOHN, THIS IS HATEFUL.

SON, SAY GOODBYE
TO YOUR GRANDPA.

LET HIM LAY BACK, FOLD
HIS HANDS, AND DIE IN PEACE.

NOW, THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT!

YOU MIGHT BE AWARE THAT
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

YOU'VE GOT COMPANY, YOU KNOW.

MISS MAMIE AND MISS EMILY...

THEY HAVEN'T PICKED
OUT THEIR GRAVESITES YET,

BUT THEY'RE LETTING
THEIR COUSIN POLONIUS

CHEAT THEM WITH
THIS CLINKER HERE

OUT OF THEIR RECIPE
AND THEIR STILL.

POLONIUS BALDWIN? IS HE HERE?

WHY, THAT LOW-DOWN, NO-GOOD,
CHEAP, CONNIVING SON OF A SEA COOK!

GETTING A TRUCK RIGHT NOW

TO TAKE AWAY THEIR TEMPTATION.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE
BALDWIN SISTERS

SHOULD LET GO OF THEIR
DADDY'S OLD RECIPE MACHINE.

JUST TOO BAD YOU'RE
STUCK THERE IN THAT BED,

'CAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH
A HIGH REGARD FOR YOU

THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY
CHANGE THEIR MINDS.

BUT YOU'RE TOO BUSY DYING.

ESTHER, GET ME A CLEAN SHIRT.

JOHN-BOY, YOU WERE RIGHT.

COME ON AND HELP
ME IN MY CLOTHES.

EASY, COLONEL, EASY.

I CAN'T BEAR TO LOOK AND
I CAN'T BEAR NOT TO LOOK.

BELIEVE ME, LADIES, ONCE THIS
TEMPTATION HAS BEEN REMOVED,

IT WILL BE AS THOUGH A GREAT
WEIGHT HAD BEEN LIFTED FROM YOU.

I DO FEEL A HEAVINESS
IN THE HEART.

TO CHANGE THIS ROOM,

TO SEND AWAY PAPA'S THINGS.

OH, SISTER.

YOU HOLD YOUR HORSES THERE
NOW A MINUTE, GENTLEMEN.

OH, MR. WALTON.

WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE.

KINDLY LAY YOUR
BURDEN DOWN, MEN.

THIS IS A FAMILY MATTER, WALTON,
AND NO CONCERN OF YOURS.

IT IS A CONCERN OF MINE.

THESE LOVELY LADIES ARE
TREASURED FRIENDS OF MINE

SINCE THEIR GIRLHOOD.

AND I'M NOT ONE TO STAND IDLY BY

AND WATCH A CONNIVER WALK
AWAY WITH THEIR HAPPY INHERITANCE,

COUSIN OR NO COUSIN!

THE LADIES HAVE
SEEN A NEW LIGHT.

YOU MEAN... EXCUSE ME.

YOU MEAN THE LIGHT
FROM THIS STAR?

AS A MATTER OF FACT, YES.

UH, THAT STAR CAME
SMASHING FROM THE HEAVENS

LIKE A GREAT FIERY
FIST DESTROYING

THE WELLSPRINGS OF WICKEDNESS.

BUT IT DIDN'T. THAT'S THE POINT.

IT DID NOT SMASH OR
DESTROY ONE THING.

THAT STAR CAME MILLIONS OF
MILES FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE,

AND I SAY THAT REVERENTLY,

TO FALL THROUGH YOUR ROOF
AND LAND HERE ON THE FLOOR.

AND IT DID NOT DESTROY OR GRAZE

ONE THING IN THIS
WELLSPRING OF FRIENDLINESS,

OR SMASH ONE SINGLE JAR IN
THESE WELL-STOCKED SHELVES.

OH, SISTER, THAT IS TRUE.

YES, IT IS.

I AM THROUGH LOOKING FOR
SIGNS IN THE COURSE OF NATURE.

A MAPLE TREE DROPS ITS LEAVES
DOESN'T MEAN THE OLD TREE IS DEAD.

AND A FALLING STAR
IS A FALLING STAR.

IF WE MAKE ANYTHING MORE OF IT,

IT'S OUR FAULT, NOT THE STAR'S.

AND MY BOY HERE, HE CONVINCED ME THAT
WE CAN THINK OURSELVES INTO ANYTHING.

THAT IS MY THINKING.

THE WARNING IS PERFECTLY CLEAR.

WHY, THAT STAR JUST NESTLED IN
HERE JUST AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER

AND LANDED HERE. IF IT DID
BRING ANY KIND OF A MESSAGE,

IT WAS "ENJOY" NOT "DESTROY."

OH, YES, MR. WALTON, THAT'S EXACTLY
THE MESSAGE SISTER AND I RECEIVED.

AND THE MESSAGE TO COME THROUGH

WAS NOT ONE OF
SINFULNESS OR WICKEDNESS.

IT WAS THE STAR WISHED TO FIND

A LOVELY, HAPPY HOME
TO MAKE ITS LANDING IN.

AND WHAT COULD BE MORE
APPROPRIATE THAN THE BALDWIN PLACE?

OH, MR. WALTON.

PAPA HIMSELF COULD
NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER.

WELL,

YOU ARE MAKING A
TERRIBLE MISTAKE, LADIES.

I AM SHOCKED THAT YOU
WOULD LET AN OUTSIDER

COME BETWEEN BALDWINS.

OH, COUSIN POLONIUS,
SISTER AND I BOTH KNOW

THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED
ONLY WITH WHAT IS BEST FOR US.

THEN YOU MUST NOT BE
INFLUENCED BY A STRANGER.

I SPOKE TO SHERIFF
BRIDGES ON THE WAY OVER.

OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

HE DID SAY HE'S COMING BY TO SEE
THE STAR IN A FEW MINUTES, DIDN'T HE?

OH, HOW VERY NICE.

NOW, WHERE IS COLONEL
HENDERSON GOING, COUSIN POLONIUS?

OH, W-WE HAVE SEVERAL
IMPORTANT TRANSACTIONS

PENDING IN THE CAPITAL.

IT IS OBVIOUS THAT OUR EFFORTS

TO BE OF HELP HERE
ARE A WASTE OF TIME.

LADIES.

SISTER, I DO FEAR WE HAVE
OFFENDED COUSIN POLONIUS.

DON'T BE ALARMED, LADIES.

AS I RECALL IT, COUSIN POLONIUS
HAS A VERY FORGIVING NATURE.

AT ANY RATE, PAPA'S
RECIPE MACHINE IS SAFE.

I THINK THIS IS AN OCCASION
THAT REQUIRES A CELEBRATION

WITH SOME OF THE RECIPE
MADE BY PAPA HIMSELF.

OH, SISTER!

THE 1925 OR THE 1927?

WELL, LET'S HAVE
A LITTLE OF BOTH.

I DECLARE NOW.

HERE WE ARE.

MR. WALTON, THE '25.

AND WE'LL GIVE YOU
A LITTLE 1925, TOO.

MR. ZEB WALTON,
YOURS IS THE FIRST.

I'LL TAKE THE '27.

YOU HAVE SOME OF IT.

AS SOON AS I MENTIONED
THE WORD "SHERIFF,"

POLONIUS AND HIS CRONY TOOK OFF.

LEAVING THE RECIPE MACHINE

AND THE STAR IN THE HANDS
OF ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS.

YOU STAYED OVER THERE LONG
ENOUGH, I WAS BEGINNING TO WORRY.

HMM, THAT'S GOOD.

MAKES YOU HAPPY TO
WORRY ME, OLD MAN?

SURE, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH
YOU ENJOY WORRYING ABOUT ME.

MAMA! DADDY!

WHAT IS IT, HONEY?

WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?

A MEDAL, DADDY.

BEN WON IT.

BEST SPELLER IN HIS WHOLE CLASS.

A MEDAL.

WELL, LOOK AT THAT.

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING.

WILL YOU LOOK AT
THAT BEAUTIFUL THING.

YOU MUST HAVE WORKED
MIGHTY HARD FOR THIS, SON.

I DID. DIDN'T I, JOHN-BOY?

YOU SURE DID, CHAMP.

WHY, YOU COME ON
OVER HERE WITH ME.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE TO PUT IT.

WE'RE JUST GONNA
PUT THAT RIGHT HERE.

DEAD CENTER.

CONGRATULATIONS, SON.

THANK YOU, DADDY.

IT WAS NOT EVERY DAY

THAT A STAR FELL ON
WALTON'S MOUNTAIN,

BUT NEARLY EVERY DAY
BROUGHT SOME SMALL MIRACLE.

THE BEAUTY OF THE
TURNING SEASONS,

THE WONDER OF GROWTH,

AND THE CONSTANT REVELATION OF
ALL THAT LIES IN THE HUMAN HEART.

OVER IT ALL LOOMED THE UNFAILING
LOVE OF OUR MOTHER AND FATHER,

MORE CONSTANT THAN THE
STARS IN THEIR COURSES.

WHAT HOLDS A STAR UP IN THE SKY?

THEY'RE STUCK UP
THERE ON SOMETHING.

WHAT MAKES ONE FALL?

OH, THEY BURN OUT LIKE
ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS.

HOW COME YOU'RE SO
MUCH SMARTER THAN ME?

WELL, I'M OLDER.

GOOD NIGHT, JIM-BOB.

GOOD NIGHT, ELIZABETH.

IN A MOMENT, SOME SCENES

FROM THE NEXT
EPISODE OF THE WALTONS.