The Waltons(1972-1981) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Series Directed by Series Writing Credits Series Cast complete, awaiting verification Series Produced by Jason needs to find $300 to cover his tuition at the Kleinberg Conservatory of music. Ben leaves home to work at a Norfolk defense factory. Sarah says that they had worked her too hard and that she has secretly married Riley O'Conner and is now pregnant with his child. (also rumored to have had a stroke previous to his final ailment). ------------------ John-Boy tells him about the fate of fictional people who were in love like Romeo and Juliet and Ulysses and Penelope. When they both have "cold feet," John and Olivia must separately counsel and encourage them to proceed with the wedding. John-Boy looks to buy a car which he will need to get to college. On his way he stops by Granny Ketchum's home and helps to get her Mule "Old Blue" out of her sage patch. They met on the set of a movie called The Disorderly Orderlyin 1964. ------------------ Mary Ellen goes in search of her supposedly late husband in a little town in Florida after receiving information that a Curtis Packer is alive and the spitting image of her own Curt (now played by. Jason bites off more than he can chew when he buys the Dew Drop Inn and tries to repair it for reopening. She discovers she has been suppressing a traumatic memory. Mary Ellen leaves home for the weekend to take her entrance exam for nursing school. Aperu: John-Boy heads for a mountain retreat and finds an old school mate who is expecting.The baby arrives with John-Boy's help. Although the character of Cissy Walker played by a different actress appeared in. Mary Ellen attempts to enroll in medical school to become a doctor after the community's beloved "Sweet Billy" (. After she cannot sell the farm, the two break up, and John-Boy finds Marsha a better job. Unfortunately, Boone can't stay dry and runs off. Turns out Robert and Cissy were married in real life too! She attends the Easter sunrise service on the mountain with her family, celebrating the apparent miracle. It is 1947, and plans for Erin and Paul's wedding are disrupted by the unexpected return of her ex-beau Ashley Longworth Jr., who is now a widower. Carrie burned down the house and perished in the flames. They mention that they haven't heard Red play on the radio lately. ", Jim-Bob falls for the Baldwins' pretty visiting Catholic cousin (. A gypsy family, stranded with a broken wagon during a thunderstorm, break into the temporarily unoccupied Baldwin house for shelter. She goes about finding out about her past, eventually meeting her birth mother. Stanley Perkins once again proposes to Rose, and she accepts. ------------------ A popular, long-running drama about a close-knit family in rural, Depression-era Virginia, based on the experiences of . Its difficult to think of a young Sissy Spacek as the girl next door--unless, perhaps, you live at the Bates Motel. After fainting while watching Curt perform an emergency tracheotomy, Mary Ellen is later encouraged when she successfully delivers Mrs. Fordwick's baby. Corabeth tries to tutor him in classic literature. Both John-Boy and Ted's girlfriend date some jealousy over Ted's interest towards Sarah. John Boy becomes very frustrated with all the noise at home and his brothers and sisters all making different demands on him. Without Grandpa's labor, John is forced to hire a millhand, who proves clumsy and incompetent. John wrestles with feelings of failure as his high school reunion nears. ------------------ Though Erin enjoys the fan mail, John strongly disapproves. Jason had earned enough to scrape together a first downpayment at school, but making those tuition payments remained a constant problem and a challenge for him.". Graduated with Bachelor of Barbering degree s7/e12 (business isn't well after cutting off Casper Farley's earlobe). ", "It wasn't long before Red was playing again, pleasing audiences with his old skill and a new, more mellow kind of song. Ben runs away from home and is finally discovered working for the rival, not realizing he is undermining his father's business. Although Grandpa pretends to complain, the whole family enjoys the baby and regrets finally releasing her. He goes there by bus to discover his manuscript lying in a stack waiting to be read. The Walton family is shocked when Ben returns from a trip with a wife, Cindy. Walton's Mountain isn't big enough for two sawmills! Two British children escape the London Blitz to find safety in Walton's Mountain with the Baldwins and the Waltons for Christmas. Yancy Tucker arrives with a fresh catch of fish for Olivia and ask John if he can stay in their barn for a few days because he claims that a skunk has invaded his home and won't leave. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_The_Waltons_episodes&oldid=1136693100, The Waltons shelter a deaf girl (Erica Hunton) left on their back porch by her mother because her father insists on, The Waltons' cow gives birth to a bull calf, which John decides must be sold for truck repair money, much to his children's disappointment. Elizabeth, at first, is unhappy to learn she won't be the baby anymore, especially after being taunted about it by Jim-Bob; but then looks forward to a baby sister. She became involved with a college boy. The prowler is finally found to be Lorin Hadley (, In a double-length episode, Mary Ellen surprises everyone by announcing her engagement to hospital intern David Spencer. He was the grandson of John Walton and Olivia Walton. His father comes in to see Jason and after talking about Reds depression, John decides to pay Red a visit and invites him out for a drink at the Dew Drop Inn. Ben plans on going into the fur business when a fox starts nosing around the farm. Olivia tries the exercises against the realistic and pessimistic advice of the local doctor. - Season Two John-Boy falls deeply in love with a French girl in Paris. Ellen Corby 1999 see above Merie Earle (Maude) 1984 at age 95 or Uremic Poisoning after surgery in Glendale, CA. U.S. soldiers begin staging war games at Drucilla's Pond, killing fish and scaring the Waltons' cow into giving birth. - Season Eight Also, newlyweds Erin and Paul want to move out of the Walton homestead; Jason decides to make more of his musical talent, while Jim-Bob asks the Baldwin sisters to help him expand his garage business. And that part wasnt listed in the credits. Ruth takes some training at an institute for the blind, returns to Boatwright, and becomes a state social worker. Cindy discovers she dislikes working at the dress shop and would rather stay at the farm. Sent to buy candles, Grandpa Zeb comes up with a better solution: he offers to do a house repair job for the Baldwin sisters, for cash and the use of their car to pay the bill in, A wealthy widow accuses John Sr. of stealing some family silver after he has done a repair job for her. Verdie Foster's business-educated daughter, Esther (, Just as Mary Ellen prepares to join Curt in. All the children win an award except for Jason and Ben who sulk. She soon gets on everyone's nerves as she begins adding her methods to the cooking and her opinions in the family's daily life. They return to his home and Sarah is reunited with her mother. When John-Boy checks in to apply at the University of Virginia, he seeks out a doctor who specializes in the treatment of polio, and he tells John-Boy of an unorthodox, experimental treatment. The family's hound dog Reckless, whom Jeffrey has become attached to, dies of old age while romping through the woods with Jeffrey. Search Site ------------------ - Season Nine Olivia decides that she wants another child, but the doctor advises against another pregnancy. Meanwhile, John-Boy gets a job in the basement library at the college. ------------------ Search Site The Movie Specials He becomes giddy and infatuated, impulsively packs his bags, and almost accompanies her back on the train to New York, finally coming to his senses only as she boards the train. As she stood on stage, pigs blood was poured on her head. - Season Four Did you know Spacek played Sarah Jane Simmons, a teenager desperate to leave Waltons Mountain for the brighter lights of a bigger city? 28 February 2023. - Season Seven Meanwhile, as the family's "middle girl," Erin feels neglected and unnoticed, so John-Boy treats her to a photographic portrait session. Richard Thomas / Henry McGee-Globe Photos, Inc. His most recent work is in an upcoming untitled Sandra Bullock film, where he stands at 6th Billed, below A-Listers like Bullock, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Viola Davis. Barrymore first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old, a 1978 episodic television debut The Waltons as Melissa in season 7: episode 4 and her film debut in Altered States in 1980. John Curtis on The Waltons was the first child of Mary-Ellen & Curtis Willard and was born in 1937. Meanwhile, Erin helps the Baldwin sisters write a book from their father's journals, and they are astonished to find that their father had hidden a long-ago letter from Ashley Longworth to Miss Emily. Grandma and Olivia replace the suit by altering the tweed suit Grandpa was saving for his burial. Meanwhile, Olivia teaches school for Mrs. Fordwick. Having just been discharged from the military, Jim-Bob and Jodie carouse and cause much trouble with their new 'hot rod' car until the sheriff straightens them out. Actor Joe Conley, who played kindly country storekeeper Ike Godsey on 1970s TV family drama "The Waltons," died Sunday at age 85, former co-star Mary Beth McDonough, who played Erin Walton, wrote . Carrie finally felt comfortable and accepted when she won prom queen. John-Boy pushes himself and everyone else too hard, trying to keep up. Meanwhile, Jason makes friends with a reclusive woman (. When Carrie arrived home, her mother tried to kill her. Michael Learned (born April 9, 1939) is an American actor, known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972-1981). He feels down until he discovers that Aimee Godsey needs a grandfather. This is the first season to have the 19781986 Lorimar Productions "Line of Doom" logo. Growing pains cause havoc on Walton's Mountain. She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series four times, which is tied for the record of most wins with Tyne Daly.Three of the wins were for The Waltons (1973, 1974, 1976), while the other was for . Grandpa's childhood friend, the independent Cousin Zadok (Woody Chambliss), hikes a long distance to Walton's Mountain to keep a 20-year-old appointment. He suspiciously has come into some extra money and refuses to say where he got it because he has sold his wedding ring to a. Harley Foster, an unemployed auto mechanic turned migrant worker, comes to the mountain with his young son Jody with whom he has been traveling the country. The Army refuses to do business with him if he cannot produce it, so he must take an equivalency exam. When Sarah's Mother and Ted's father arrives at the Walton's home looking for their children Olivia gives them both a piece of her mind for their poor parenting. Having taken up the habit of smoking, John-Boy fears he may have started it by leaving a lit. She finds herself in a dilemma when the young male teacher becomes romantically attracted to her and makes advances during the class's field trip to a museum. While John-Boy reports this good news to his family, Mary Ellen and Curt also have special news of their own; she is pregnant. She was forced to deal with a miserable family life. The family introduces her to Ike Godsey, who likes her and decides he is tired of the bachelor life. Wanting to make a profit off of the now heavy traffic near Walton's Mountain, Ben, Ike, and Corabeth decide to build an auto court and landscaped town square. The children paint a large picture of their house and family as a surprise gift to their parents. Richard Thomas (John-Boy Walton) Thomas starred as FBI Special Agent Frank Gaad in The Americans between 2013 and 2016. There, I would at last find the solitude to record in my journal the events of the day. Jody longs to settle down, and Verdie wants him to go to school. Her name was Sarah and she lived on the other side of Waltons Mountain in a little back-woods hollow; and what happened was more astonishing to me than anything I could have imagined if I tried to write a story about such an innocent pleasure. Meanwhile, a new doctor, Curtis Willard (. They are reasonably okay but Ted tries to take Sarah away in the Walton's truck. DETAILS, DETAILS: Which of the actors who played the adult Waltons played the same roles in the series forerunner--the TV movie The Homecoming? Eric Scott, who played the middle child Ben, told Closer Weekly, the cast got paid very. On the way home, Elizabeth foolishly walks on the bridge rail and falls onto the riverbank, knocking herself unconscious, and Ruth, all by herself, tries to rescue her. After a hospital stay, she is sent home wearing leg braces. ------------------ Mary Ellen takes over for the county nurse (who has joined the army) and must earn the trust of the skeptical backwoods people (. John-Boy enters his mule, Blue, in a local race in which Grandpa was the last Walton to win. She had read Sarah's diary and learned all about what her daughter has been up to. [2] He takes her, John, and Olivia to a first-class restaurant and surprises John by proposing to Corabeth, and she accepts, despite her reservations. Olivia creates an onsite daycare facility for the children whose mothers are working at J. D. Pickett's steel plant, instead of Mr. Pickett's proposal to use the space for a tavern. John-Boy pieces together what happened and convinces Ben to come clean. This was in 1973. Nancy swears Ben to secrecy because she is afraid of her embittered father finding out. The career of Sissy Spacek took off shortly after The Waltons. Thats when he earned the part of Holly, the 15-year-old old in Badlands. In other subplots, Elizabeth, home from the. Grandpa lands in hot water when he tries to mediate the dispute. Martha Corrine calls it a "shay" and paints flowers on the side of the cart. In this episode, Sarah is pregnant. The Waltons - The Odyssey episode with Sissy Spacek - Behind the Scenes with Judy Norton Judy Norton 8.7K views 5 months ago The Hindenburg Disaster (1937) Simple History 1.8M views 3 years. Boone helps the Baldwin sisters who have misplaced their father's recipe. Meanwhile, as the time nears for Cindy and Ben's baby to arrive, Ben waits it out drinking. The Baldwin sisters' cousin has just come back home after 17 years of living as a German diplomat's wife in Europe. Family members sneak a look at John-Boy's novel about them and the community. Mary Ellen and Erin both fall in love with a forestry student staying and working at their house, who finally kisses Erin before deciding she is too young and he had better move on, breaking her heart. She announces that they are engaged but Yancy is deliberately hiding from her. I will always remember that day when I left, a young boy anxious to find some time for himself, and returned a man who had partaken of a miracle.". Grandma begins a petition to save the old Whitley house, while the county has contracted grandpa to tear the house down before any children are hurt playing in it. She has a younger brother, Charles Walton. Ben returns from the Pacific theater and enthusiastically plans to go away to Engineering college. Spacek, as Sarah Jane, was friends with the Walton kids, including John Boy. She gives John-Boy her mule to use as long as he needs. The other kids bullied Carrie, the shy 16-year-old. After Mary Ellen is hurt when her car collides with a deer and is advised by a doctor never to get pregnant again, she becomes afraid that her new husband will lose interest in her. In spite of the fact that the character was introduced in later seasons of the show, his storyline was left underdeveloped by the creators. Meanwhile, during several days at Boatright University, John-Boy is assigned to welcome and escort around comely visiting poet Madeline Bennett (Laura Campbell), whom he had long admired. She earned a Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Olivia receives unwelcome news from the doctor. He first appeared in the episode The Grandchild. He is hired at Godsey's store and proves very helpful until an incident causes nervous flashbacks. Yancy and Sissy stop by the Waltons to announce their formal if not extended engagement plans. They are reasonably okay but Ted tries to take Sarah away in the Walton's truck. Ben experiences problems when he takes over John's order in his short absence. Inside the house they can hear Jason and Red playing together on their guitars. The Walton children offer to run the store while he recovers in the hospital. She decides though that maybe the best plan is to run in the other direction for a bit and let him do the chasing for a change. Was she born before 1940? The Waltons. In the conclusion of a two-part story, the Waltons finally hear that John-Boy has been found in a hospital in Europe and transferred to Washington D.C. She has run away from her legal guardians the Kaneely's who her mother had given her daughter to in hopes that they would pay for her education. - Season Three So when you see her in 1973s The Townie episode from the first season of The Waltons (Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on TNN), its natural to be a little leery. She was born during "The Idol" (s8/e15 ) and died in 1961. After experiencing combat, Ashley Longworth Jr. (. "We were early risers, and thus in my Grandfather's words "we went to bed with the chickens". At first, she has hope of recovery by Easter, but then she becomes discouraged and resigns herself to life in a wheelchair. John says that she will be turning 68 in a few days and now qualifies to collect Old Age Pension" Grandma doesn't feel old on the inside but she doesn't recognize herself in the mirror anymore. So when it was announced that she would be leaving the series midway through Season 8, fans (and producers) were crushed. In New York, John-Boy is in a relationship with Jane Schuler (Melinda Naud), trying to help him deal with writer's block. On the way home Sarah shares strong feelings for John-Boy. Miss Mamie refuses to have cataract surgery, so John and Mary Ellen move Grandma in with the Baldwins to convince the sisters that surgery is the right thing to do. When Grandpa and then John Sr. fall ill, the family faces missed deadlines and may lose their home. The Waltons is an American television series that aired for nine seasons (1972-1981) on CBS. Red is unsure about his surroundings. She turns her interests toward John-Boy which causes Yancy some concern. The answer to last weeks quiz (What was the name of the British TV show on which Threes Company was based? When Jason arrives at his school he learns from Professor Thaxton that due to cutbacks his scholarship has been cancelled and he needs to earn $300 to continue his classes. Despite being a college student, he gets a full-time job to pay for the press and a boarding house room near his college. director of photography Film Editing by Casting By Pam Polifroni Art Direction by Ed Graves Set Decoration by James Cane Makeup Department Production Management Did she experience any of the 1930s? We also saw him as the narrator in the newest Waltonsrevival. Sarah then begins to date Ted Claypool. It's a decision that the now 81-year-old still regrets. John-Boy takes Sarah Jane Simmonds, an overly protected school friend to her first picture show. Watchlist. This is the first season to have the 19711978 Lorimar Productions "LP" logo. Most everyone at the dance dies. The mule, Blue makes his first appearance in this episode. See production, box office & company info, [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal], Stage 20, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA. And you sure wouldnt want to cross her in Carrie (1976). No one helps with the chores, Reckless the dog runs across Olivia's just-mopped kitchen floor, and Olivia threatens a sit-down strike. She asks about Jason and Reds well-being. John's unmarried cousin Corabeth Walton comes for an extended visit after the death of her mother. He agrees that they can move back to the relief of all the Waltons. When he can't take it anymore, he leaves in anger, causing Ruth to reconsider her attitude. Ben takes the pony cart to her to visit her husband's grave; she has a heart attack. Jason makes a heartfelt speech and introduction to convince Red to come up to the stage and perform for a crowd once again. Fordwick starts regularly dating Miss Hunter and takes her to the community picnic, making John-Boy hurt and jealous. That was her first Waltons episode. (Reuters) Ralph Waite, who played patriarch John Walton, admitted he turned to the bottle after his young daughter died of leukemia. Olivia and Esther run into Wilma Turner at Ikes store. When the motor from the old power saw blows out, it becomes the "last straw" for John, and he quits the lumber business. He gets prescription glasses but will not wear them. - Season One You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. He finally leaves to enlist in the Army but stays home and studies aircraft mechanics at the last minute. Meanwhile, Elizabeth bothers the family with her bug collecting. After he gives her perfume, she realizes he has become too obsessed and tells him they must just be friends. She previously played in. But then Spacek flipped her creepy reputation on its head. Privacy was hard to come by, and as a young man trying to write, it was the one thing I needed which I almost never had. But along the way you keep wondering whether Sarahs mama is going to be found with a butcher knife sticking in her or whether Sarahs schoolmates are going to be really sorry they didnt treat her better. ( 1972-10-19) A meteorite crashes through the roof of the Baldwin sisters' "Recipe" room, which they take as some kind of sign from their dead Papa. John-Boy is offered an amazing printing press for a good price by a retiring newsman. John-Boy's hopes to have his book published in New York are dashed; the Baldwins plan a lavish ball, but it appears no one will come. After the family's beloved cow Chance dies, John-Boy sells the suit back to give him the cash to replace the cow despite his father's strenuous objection. A series of thefts worries the community, while Jeffrey makes friends with a mysterious visitor (. Olivia and Grandma strongly disapprove of his profession, until learning that he wants to earn money to start a church. Mary Ellen refuses to follow the country tradition of making a quilt to announce her eligibility to date boys, and Grandma doesn't like her attitude. She storms off when they get back to her house. Olivia's niece returns to Walton's Mountain after the recent death of her husband. This was in 1973. Old Blue, the mule that Granny Ketchum gives to John-Boy makes his first appearance. She grieves continually until finding some relief helping with a litter of kittens. Actor Will Geer and actress Ellen Corby have co-starred as an inseparable on-screen pair on the American beloved drama series, "The Waltons." The show never even considered recasting the elderly couple when each had health issues. Kevin Sturges, a med student at the University of Virginia sees her and is taken by her beauty. Erin has finally graduated high school; now, she must decide where her future lies. But he changes his mind and agrees to stay in the sawmill after the family receives the unwelcome news that Olivia's tuberculosis has recurred; she has to go to an Arizona sanatorium, and John decides to go with her. This episode is "The Obsession," where Mary Ellen becomes dependent on drugs, and Cissy leaves Yancy Tucker. Will Geer (born William Aughe Ghere; March 9, 1902 - April 22, 1978) was an American actor, musician, and social activist, who was active in labor organizing and other movements in New York and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. They arrive while Jason is playing at the tavern. John-Boy and Janet are about to have their first child, and the entire family and community are looking forward to Easter. Approaching Thanksgiving Day 1947, Elizabeth feels sad about those who cannot be there, including her boyfriend Drew, her parents, and John-Boy. She decides to accept his invitation to come to Walton's Mountain, and Olivia prepares a family picnic at Drucilla's Pond. John and Ben lock horns over their old run-down truck, Cindy tries to convince Ben to adopt a child, Corabeth refuses to have anything to do with Aimee after she marries a mechanic, and Toni is tired of Jason going away on concert tours. In this episode, veteran actress. John-Boy misses a lecture by a famous travel writer to help look for him, but a chance encounter puts a positive spin on the day for the brothers. Before she was cast as Sissy, she appeared in The Waltonsas another character. Curt surprises them all by coming home on a weekend pass at the end of the day, and the party turns into a late-night picnic on Walton's Mountain. More recently, he recurred as Deputy Director Van Cleef on NCIS: New Orleans. Sells the Waltons some Rhode Island Red chickens for ten cents apiece s1/e7, Accidently sets the Walton barn on fire after drunkenly falling from a ladder with a lighted lantern s1/e7, Is nearly driven off the road by Ham Denby, Cora's husband s1/e12, Tells John that he just shot some quail on John-Boy's Meadow s1/e12, Has business deals with Doud's Tattoo Parlor in Wheeling, WVA and takes John-Boy with him s1/e20, Loses twenty-five cents to Grandpa playing pool s2/e6, Called the "Robin Hood" chicken thief because he takes chickens from people with plenty and gives to people with few s2/e6, Yancy takes in Ben while the Walton house is being rebuilt after the fire s4/e18, Yancy likes to make his special Red Devil chili and drink his "stump" liquor s4/e21. The duckling hatches and Grandpa names it Jim-Bob Jr. When he arrives at the cabin a storm begins to blow and he finds his former school friend Sarah Jane Simmonds hiding in the shadows. Spaceks Holly was Caril Ann opposite Martin Sheen. Guest Stars:Mary Wickes (Cousin Octavia), Gary Grubbs (Job Moonie), Fran Ryan (Eula Mae Moonie), Debbie Lytton (Sissy Crooks), Al Hopson (Rance Crooks) with: Joe Conley (Ike Godsey), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Corabeth Godsey), Robert Wightman (John-Boy), Leslie Winston (Cindy), Helen Kleeb (Miss Mamie), Mary Jackson (Miss Emily), John Crawford John-Boy sells most of his meadow to pay off his printing press so he can continue the Blue Ridge Chronicle, deeply upsetting Grandpa. The episode was interesting, telling the story of John-Boy's first time taking a girl to the movies and getting the surprise of his life. The Waltons: Will Geer 1978 at age 76 of respiratory arrest in LA. The film was broadcast on CBS by December 19, 1971. Cindy follows a book's advice on how to be a good wife, but ends up exhausting herself. She plays Sarah Simmons, a. But he seems to be hiding some personal secret. Jim Bob cannot find his birth record on file, and suspects he may have been adopted. One thing after another goes wrong for John, who is swamped with orders at the mill. Granny had lost her husband and daughter to a fever 30 years ago but she now has some tree bark that should work as a tea. John-Boy returns to Walton's Mountain on assignment to write a news story after receiving a letter from Olivia saying that hard times have hit Jefferson County and jobs are scarce. Olivia fills in as a substitute teacher and buys inexpensive eyeglasses for a neglected, older boy who badly needed them. Yancy goes to see John-Boy in his office for advice above love and marriage. Maude Gormley takes Elizabeth's goat, hoping that Elizabeth will visit her. Do you remember her character? Learned won three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role. After Jody confesses, Harley changes his mind, apologizes to Verdie, and stays in Walton's Mountain. After Harley repairs the Waltons' car, John-Boy gets Ike Godsey to hire Harley as a mechanic. As they leave the movie theatre they meet Teddy Claypool Jr. who recognizes Sarah Jane and he tries to impress her. John-Boy can't get any peace to write a story for a new magazine that is looking for submissions. Actress Michael Learned played the role of Olivia Walton in 168 episodes of The Waltons. Sarah feels that Ted is her way out from her back water life. Sissy Spacek is one of the top actresses of her generation. ", This is Sissy Spacek's second appearance in the series. Against the hospital physician's advice, they insist on taking Grandpa home to recuperate in a bed under a canopy in the backyard, surrounded by plants and flowers, which proves therapeutic. 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