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The Waltons Season 1 Episode 17

The Love Story

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AIRED: 1/18/73

John Boy falls in love with Jenny Pendleton when she returns to Walton's Mountain.

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Not a bad story, just comes off as too sugary and not that well-written.

4.8

By Mac-Ale, May 23, 2011

John Boy falls for visiting Jenny Pendleton, somewhat embarassingly to my mind.

I loved "The Waltons" and was an avid watcher of first run shows for most of the first four or five years. Still, this was an episode that despite some Emmy nominations just left me laughing and I shouldn't have been laughing. Perhaps it was the actress who played Jenny, and some of the dialog -- it all seemed to bring out the most stilted in actor Richard Thomas. Jenny moves onto the mountain, but her father and stepmother pursue her. Tragically, the father dies and she moves away with her stepmother.

Unfortunately, not before some awkward love scenes between Jenny and John Boy. Perhaps the most humorous is the scene at the chimney of the "old Walton cabin" on the mountain where John Boy proclaims "Jenny Pendleton, you're a fine old pioneer woman" and Jenny shoots back, "well, John Boy Walton, you're a fine old pioneer man!"...good grief, and as I said, me and my family tuned into all these episodes in the early 70s.

I liked almost all of Season 1, but this one was a little much.moreless
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When one of John's old friends visits, he brings with him, his daughter, Jenny. But hearts start beating when Jonboy falls for her... and she falls for him.

9.5

By OldShowzFinatic, Apr 16, 2008

Okay, okay, I know you must have read 'Mac Ale's' review of this episode already, but I want you to reconsider what he said. I'm not trying to be dissin' anyone, and I know that these are just our opinions, but, this episode was well-written. I liked this episode, and thought Jenny was hot (Sue me). This episode, unlike some others, seemed more like a movie. My favorite part was when they hear Jenny's father died (NOT THAT PART!) and Jonboy tries to find her. My favorite thing about that scene was the music they played! I had to re-watch that one part over and over again because of Jonboy's extrordinary acting skills. What am I saying? Everyone in the Waltons has good acting skills! (forget Erin in the 3rd-5th seasons) So, I ask you, kind viewers, try to reconsider what Mac-Ale's Review said, and reset your score to a higher one. I totally recommend this fine, fine episode ~Old Shows Finatic.moreless
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Ellen Corby	Grandma Esther Walton
Richard Thomas	John-Boy Walton
Judy Norton	Mary Ellen Walton
Eric Scott	Ben Walton
Michael Learned	Olivia Walton
Ralph Waite	John Walton

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Sian Barbara Allen	Jenny Pendleton	Guest Star
Gordon Rigsby	Dave Pendleton	Guest Star
Diane Shalet	Eula Pendleton	Guest Star
John Crawford	Sheriff Ep Bridges	Recurring Role

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- Opening Narration: Walton's Mountain by day was friendly, but by night ghosts seemed to hide in every shadow and the feeling of something old and mysterious flowed downward on the cold night wind. And if we were walking homeward past a house that was known to be haunted, you couldn't help but be a little apprehensive.
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- Closing Narration: Jenny was to come into our lives again, but the promises we made to each other we were not to keep. Still, her name and her face are remembered in our house and the memory of Jenny is as sad and as sweet as the cry of a nightbird drifting across the new green fields of spring.
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- The German episode title is "Die Begegnung mit Jenny", meaning "Encounter with Jenny".
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