The war deeply affects the Waltons when Curt is called into active duty and G.W. Haines is killed during training.
Mark runs away from home after his father questions his story about overhearing a plot to rob the bank.
Kimble finds himself trapped in a prison hospital when he is recognized by a blackmailing trustee.
A widower tries to protect the reputation of his son's teacher, and faces a charge of murder because of it.
Sam Logan turns up on the doorstep of John Holbry, a former bounty-hunter-turned preacher. Sam is dying and asks that John claim the reward money in order to build a church.