The Waltons - The Third Season

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The Waltons: The Complete Third Season finds series creator Earl Hamner's running story about the proud, Depression-era family living and working on Walton's Mountain going through some changes. The big news is that oldest son John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is now a freshman at Boatwright University, pursuing his dream of becoming a writer but encountering a lot of tough challenges and distractions. Still living at home but driving to classes every day, John-Boy gets an unpleasant taste of hazing from arrogant upperclassmen, grief from impatient professors, insecurity in a competitive writing class, and an ever-broadening sense of how the other half lives through exotic, quirky, yet sometimes sweet and attractive young women he meets on campus.

Meanwhile, John-Boy's father, John Walton (Ralph Waite), nurses a dream of opening a father-and-son-operated lumber mill, knowing full well that the very busy John-Boy can't do much without sacrificing his education. (John also discovers next-in-line son Jason (Jon Walmsley) is already dreaming about his own career beyond the mountain.) Walton mom Olivia (Michael Learned) looks wistful over the speed with which her children are growing up, and Grandpa (Will Geer) tries to do his part for the family's well-being within the limits of his age and rocky health. The Complete Third Season starts powerfully with a story about Walton kin, living elsewhere on the mountain, who refuse to leave their generations-long home in an eminent domain struggle with the government. Glimpses of the world Grandpa grew up in--full of moonshine, guns, and hardheaded men and women--abound in this fascinating episode. Other dramas concern heart problems for Grandpa; a runaway crisis when Jim-Bob (David W. Harper) bolts from home; a proper (and long-delayed) wedding for formerly eloped couple John and Olivia; a horse race that's supposed to be fun but takes on greater dimension; and troubles for John-Boy with a femme fatale and Boatwright's flawed honor code. --Tom Keogh

Product Description
They built their home on the timeless mountain that bears their name. They built their lives on even stronger stuff: the bedrock of family. This 5-disc set features all 25 Season-three episodes of the beloved series that ran 9 years and won 5 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. Through another hard year of the Depression, Season 3 entails the Walton family's discovery that the true richness in life comes from the joy they bring each other, while fans also relive John-Boy's first year at college.

Season Three

Episode #	Title	Airdate
51	"The Conflict, Part I"	September 12, 1974
52	"The Conflict, Part II"	September 12, 1974
53	"The First Day"	September 19, 1974
54	"The Thoroughbred"	September 26, 1974
55	"The Runaway"	October 3, 1974
56	"The Romance"	October 10, 1974
57	"The Ring"	October 17, 1974
58	"The System"	October 24, 1974
59	"The Spoilers"	October 31, 1974
60	"The Marathon"	November 7, 1974
61	"The Book"	November 14, 1974
62	"The Job"	November 21, 1974
63	"The Departure"	December 5, 1974
64	"The Visitor"	December 12, 1974
65	"The Birthday"	December 19, 1974
66	"The Lie"	January 2, 1975
67	"The Matchmakers"	January 9, 1975
68	"The Bequiled"	January 16, 1975
69	"The Caretakers"	January 23, 1975
70	"The Shivaree"	January 30, 1975
71	"The Choice"	February 6, 1975
72	"The Statue"	February 13, 1975
73	"The Song"	February 20, 1975
74	"The Woman"	February 27, 1975
75	"The Venture"	March 6, 1975

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