Jay W. MacIntosh

The unexpected arrival of the Waltons' cousins creates havoc in the home, but John-Boy learns a good lesson from Grandpa.

The family mourns Grandpa's death--and celebrates his life. John struggles to fill a huge lumber contract, while Mary Ellen and Erin become roommates in Charlottesville. Corabeth opens a tearoom.

Things get a little tense around the Bradford home when Tommy is stood up and neither David nor Tom want to go on their annual duck hunt.

Lucy falls in love and delights everyone, especially J.R., with the news that she is marrying Kit Mainwaring III, the only son of another powerful oil-rich Texas family. J.R. views Lucy's upcoming marriage as a way to join the two families into an independent oil dynasty and when he learns there's trouble in paradise, he is determined not to let anything disturb his plans.

An elderly ex-gunfighter demands to be buried in a cemetery next to his wife, but after his death the bitter townspeople oppose Matt and the law and try to prevent it.