Original subtitles

- Come on, seven. - Come on, nine.

(Jeffrey) 'Come on, seven. Come on, seven.'

(Officer #1) 'Nine.'

- Seven, we won. We win. - What's going on over there?

You just hold it right there.

There's no gambling in Walton's Mountain.

And I'm just gonna take all of it.

- 'Wait a minute.' - 'You can't do that.'

Well, the side window is unlocked.

You mean, I ought to go in and take it?

No, only what's yours. Four quarters and two dimes.

Just take what's yours. Four quarters and two dimes.

[bell chiming]

(Corabeth) 'I'm just going to check the day's receipts.'

Let's get out of here.

[Corabeth screaming]

(Ike) 'What's the matter? Honey, what is it?'

(Ike) 'My chest.'

I'm getting a notion to enlist tomorrow.

(Cindy) 'Look at her.'

'She's so beautiful.'

I don't see how you can even think of leaving.

That's why I ought to enlist.

[sighing]

I just want this war to be over

so she can grow up with a world that's peaceful.

I want her to grow up knowing her father.

(John-Boy narrating) As my grandfather used to say

everybody looks at the world

through his own knothole.

My brothers and sisters and I

and the two cousins who lived with us

were all brought up in the same house

and in pretty much the same way.

But the world looked a little bit different to each of us.

And there was a day, a beautiful, bright, sunny day

when it looked very bleak to my brother, Ben.

And even bleaker to my cousin, Jeffrey.

You're in for it now, young man.

John, that brace and bit you said was missing

Jeffrey had it. Here it is.

I was going somewhere to get it fixed.

What'd you do to this?

- I just borrowed it. - Borrowed it without asking.

I was on my way to put it back.

I saw a frog. I just put it down for a minute.

(Rose) 'On the road.'

(Jeffrey) 'I couldn't help it if that truck came along.'

And ran over it?

I'll save up and buy a new one.

Jeffrey, what am I gonna do with you?

'Yesterday, you left the chicken coop door open'

'and the chickens got out.'

'The other day, you played hooky from school and now this.'

I didn't mean to.

It's one thing after another with you, son.

This is the end of the line. I don't want any more trouble.

Yes, sir.

The end of the line. No more shenanigans, or else.

I vow and declare, Jeffrey

you're gonna be the finish of me yet.

What did he mean? Or else what?

'I don't know what he meant but I'll tell you how I feel.'

John and Olivia have been real generous

to let us move into their home this way.

'And any more trouble, I won't feel right about staying.'

'I'll just pack us up and we'll move on.'

Now, you get the broom and sweep that porch.

That sure beats army food. Thanks a lot, Ben.

Thanks for joining me. I needed to get away.

At ease, soldier. You're not supposed to salute a sergeant.

(Officer #1) 'I was salutin' him.'

You got to be smart to keep from getting drafted.

Forget it, Ben.

Alright, soldier. Button your blouse button. And set

the angle of your cap right or I'll turn you in to the MPs.

'Now, beat it.'

Fine soldier he's gonna make.

At least he is one. He didn't wangle a deferment like I did.

You did not.

Draft board decided you were needed as an essential worker.

It just so happens my daddy is on the draft board.

It had nothing to do with it, Ben.

Daddy disqualified himself in your case.

I just don't feel right about it, Jason.

Everyone I know that's 18 or over

is in the service, except for me.

I knew something's been bothering you.

I want you to listen to me, Ben.

Your job is essential.

You're working a darned sight harder

than most soldiers I know, including me

'and you've got a wife and a baby at home.'

Jason, there's a war going on right now.

This entire world is on fire.

I should be out there fighting it.

You ought to be right where you are.

That's where you're gonna stay unless they reclassify you.

Or I reclassify myself.

Don't let it eat at you, Ben.

'It's easy for you to say.'

'You're the one with the uniform.'

- Hey, Jeff. How you making it? - I'm in the dog house.

Yeah? Me, too.

I got caught playing hooky from school again.

I broke my Uncle John's best brace and bit.

That's trouble.

'I gotta buy him a new one.'

I got 85 cents saved up.

Brace and bit costs a lot more than that.

'It does?'

Well, maybe Mr. Godsey will carry you on it.

I already owe him for a model airplane.

Hey, if I had the money I'd lend it to you, but..

I know you would.

Yeah, well, I better be bringing this laundry over.

I sure wish I knew how to get a hold of some money.

[indistinct chattering]

(Officer) 'Seven. Come on.'

- There's your chance, Jeffrey. - I don't know how to play.

(Josh) 'I do.'

(Jeffrey) 'Where did you shoot craps?'

I never did, but I've seen them shoot.

- You think you can do it? - I know I can.

Then let's do it!

- What's his point? - Six.

A dime says no six.

Run along, sonny. You're too young to gamble.

Wait a minute. My money is just as good as yours is.

Sure it is. You got a quarter? That's the minimum.

Two bits you seven out.

- Six coming up. - Alright.

Come on, lucky six.

(officer) 'And he makes it. Six the hard way.'

- Did we win? - No, no, but we will.

Alright. Eight bucks and a half. Everything rides.

How much do I have left?

- Two quarters and a dime. - Buck-fifty open.

I've a feeling he's gonna crap out.

Does that mean we'd win?

Yup. You think he's gonna crap out?

- If you do. - I do.

Look, I'm betting two quarters and a dime.

Wait, that's all of it.

You got to bet big if you want to win big.

- Ninety cents open. - Yeah, I'll take it.

Come on, dice, get lucky.

Nine, nine. That's a hard point, Jeff.

(officer #1) 'Nine, come on.'

(Verdie) 'Josh! Josh!'

- That's right, that's right. - Alright, baby.

Is that the way you deliver laundry?

Jeff was um, Jeff was helping me deliver the laundry

and we-we decided to take a break.

You'll get a break if I see you around crapshooters again.

Don't tell Nana that you saw me.

She'll think I was playing. I was just watching.

You ought to know better than to even watch.

'Boys your age, the law will come down on you.'

Josh, don't you look at that game while I'm talking to you.

Don't you ever again even go near a game, you hear?

'You do and you'll be sorry.'

'That goes for you, too, Jeffrey.'

Promise you never will or I will tell your grandma.

- I promise. - Me, too, mom.

Now, take this laundry and don't dally.

Yes, ma'am.

- Did you make the nine? - Not yet, but I will.

- Come on. - Come on, seven!

- Come on, nine. - Come on, seven!

- Come on, seven! - Seven. Come on, seven!

- Come on seven! - Nine.

- Seven, we won. We win. - What's going on over there?

You just hold it right there.

There's no gambling in Walton's Mountain.

And I'm just gonna take all of it.

- 'Wait a minute.' - 'You can't do that.'

Look, I don't care what you do elsewhere.

But the canteen is right next door and I'm

supposed to make sure that you guys abide by the regulation.

So, thanks for the contribution.

'This is for the "free chicken every Sunday night" kitty.'

Or do you want me to call the MPs?

How much of that was ours?

How much is two times two quarters and a dime?

I don't know. But I bet Mr. Godsey'll give it back.

Yeah. And tell your grandma that you was out here shooting craps

and your Uncle John, too.

I swiped a sour pickle once.

He made me pay when I got the money

but he never told on me.

Ask him, then.

I better wait until he cools off.

I got to be handing out this laundry.

Josh, you've got to be with me. I might lose my nerve.

Okay, okay, I'll meet you here after supper.

Hey, great. See you then.

[knocking on door]

Verdie. Nice to see you. Come on in.

I baked some cookies for John-Boy.

So John could take them when he visits the hospital.

But he'll be going this weekend.

Good. How's John-Boy doing?

Well, John says he's doing just fine, and so is Olivia.

She loves that Red Cross job.

And she gets to see John-Boy every day.

Let's have some coffee.

No, thanks. I can only stay a minute.

Oh, Verdie, sit down anyway.

- Alright. - Tell me something now.

How is Josh? Is he still star soprano

in the choir or has his voice changed?

That's about the only thing about him that hasn't changed.

Ever since his father took that defense job in Detroit

that boy has been a handful.

Well, I've got me a handful.

- You're too easy on Jeffrey. - I know it.

Well, what would you do with Josh if he played hooky?

If? That's his favorite sport.

Well, what do you do?

Use the good right hand the Lord gave me.

Does it do any good?

Not so as you'd notice.

I'll bet John never had any problems with his boys.

I'll take that bet.

- Where've you been? - I went for lunch with Jason.

We got orders piled up to the ceiling, son.

You take an extra half hour for lunch?

Take it out of my pay.

I don't appreciate that kind of remark.

I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm-I'm in a bad mood.

- Is the motor acting up? - It's overheating.

- Check the hoses. - That's what I'm gonna do.

Why are you overheated, Son?

I'm the only male Walton who's not in the service.

You were in the last war.

And Grandpa, in the war before that.

Why shouldn't I be in right now?

We've been through all that, Son.

Daddy, just because you disqualified yourself

doesn't mean they didn't give me special consideration.

They classified me 2A as a favor to you.

Not true. They treated you just like they treat

every Tom, Dick or Harry.

Like any Tom, Dick or Harry

whose last name happens to be Walton.

Ouch.

- John. - Rose.

I hate to see you working so late every night.

- I haven't even finished yet. - I figured.

I've got fresh coffee and a snack for you.

You shouldn't have stayed up, Rose.

I want to talk to you, John. I'm worried about Jeffrey.

- He'll straighten out. - His father didn't.

[knocking on door]

Kind of late for visitors, isn't it?

- Verdie. - Evening.

I'm sorry to bother you, but has Josh been here this evening?

No. Is he A-W-O-L again?

Yes, and I'm getting worried. He never stays out this late.

When was the last time you saw him?

'He slipped away right after supper.'

Think he and Jeffrey could be up to something?

They were pretty chummy this afternoon.

Jeffrey's in bed, Verdie.

' I covered him up 10 minutes ago.'

He kicks the covers off and he's sleeping like an angel.

What's the idea of coming so late?

I had to wait until my nana thought that I was asleep.

Anyway, I couldn't tell her why I had to see Ike.

Well, I knocked but nobody's home.

Come here.

- Look at what's on the counter. - The hat he put the money in.

Well, the side window is unlocked.

You mean I ought to go in and take it?

No, only what's yours. Four quarters and two dimes.

Well, like you said, it's mine.

Nothing, huh?

Alright, Sheriff. Thanks a lot.

Let me know if you hear anything. Okay.

He's not in trouble with the law and he's not in the hospital.

- Where could he be? - I can't imagine.

Wait. There's a street corner over in Rockfish

where older boys hang out.

He just might have hitched a ride over there.

- I'll take you there, Verdie. - Thanks, John. Goodnight.

- What are you waiting for? - It's scary in here.

Nothin' in it.

He must have put the money in the cash register.

We'll have to come back tomorrow.

Hey, I know how to open it. I've watched him do it.

Mr. Godsey wouldn't want you fooling around with that.

Hey, I'll be real careful. It's my money.

[cash register ringing]

Must be in that bag.

Just take what's yours, four quarters and two dimes.

[bell chiming]

Nothing is more pleasant than a drive on a balmy evening.

'As the French say..'

[speaking foreign language]

- Is that what they say? - Yes.

It means, it changes the ideas, it clears the mind.

It also makes you sleepy.

I'll be up in a moment. I've to check today's receipts.

(Ike) 'Okay, dear.'

Let's get out of here.

[Corabeth screaming]

What's the matter? Honey, what is it?

- My chest. - Where's your medicine?

Right here in the pocket.

Never mind me. Try to get a look at them.

It's Josh Foster.

Ben?

I wish I could sleep so sound.

What's keeping you awake?

I think about all my buddies out there fighting

while I stay at home, warm and comfortable.

And working yourself to death.

I call that real warm and comfortable.

'Cindy, when Virginia grows up and wants to know'

'how I served my country'

what am I gonna tell her?

I'm proud of what you do. She will be, too.

I'm getting a notion to enlist tomorrow.

Look at her.

She's so beautiful.

I don't see how you can even think of leaving.

That's why I ought to enlist.

[sighing]

I just want this war to be over

so she can grow up with a-a world that's peaceful.

I want her to grow up knowing her father.

Jason's out there training soldiers

to be on the front line.

'Jim-Bob's gonna enlist when he's 18.'

John-Boy was in the thick of it all.

Let's not worry about it anymore tonight.

Come on, let's go to bed.

I sure wish I could talk to John-Boy now.

Any news?

The deputy sheriff called back. They're holding Josh.

- What did he do? - 'I don't know.'

The sheriff said for you to come to the office.

Let's go.

(sheriff) Right after you called, I was out cruising.

Saw this boy running like

he was out to break the world's record.

I-I was hurrying home, mommy, because I knew you'd be worried.

You let him do the talking, you hear?

He told me his name, he was nice and polite

so I said I'd drive him home.

Then in comes a call on the car radio.

Ike Godsey's store robbed of $38.

'Boy named Josh Foster seen running from the store.'

No, I was nowhere near that store.

Where were you?

- I was at the movies. - Who was with you?

- Nobody. - You took that money, right?

- I want the truth. - Easy, Dan.

Why don't we let the judge handle that?

Alright, John. I'll arrange a hearing.

In the meantime, I'll have to keep him here.

I don't believe that cell back there

was meant to hold 11-year-old boys.

He's been accused of a serious crime.

If it was a Walton boy, would you do him the same way?

Or would you release him in Mr. Walton's custody?

Mr. Walton is a well-known person in this community.

So is Mrs. Foster, Dan.

I could release him in your custody

'if that's alright with you.'

I want him released in my custody.

So do I.

Alright.

Let me know tomorrow if there's anything I can do.

I can't tell you how grateful I am.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

If you were Pinocchio

your nose would have grown a foot-and-a-half tonight.

I cross my heart and hope to die I didn't take that money.

Wait a minute. Were you with somebody who took it?

I was at the movies.

Mrs. Godsey said she was sure you were the one

she saw running away.

It was dark. How could she be sure?

I guess she couldn't be.

You read all the time about eyewitnesses being proven wrong.

[rooster crowing]

[instrumental music]

Hey, Jeffrey, what are you doing up so early?

- Looking for birds' eggs. - In a woodpile?

Isn't that where woodpeckers make their nests?

Anyway, what are you doing up so early?

I made a deal with Ike to get some firewood for him.

But I'm sure Corabeth must have been mistaken.

I can't imagine Josh doing a thing like that.

- I can. - Why would you say that?

It's like it is in the mysteries.

The one who you don't think could've done it always has.

Well, Daddy, did he act guilty?

He was nervous and scared, but what boy wouldn't be?

Whenever Jeffrey does anything bad

you'd never guess he did it. But he always did.

Go do a swan dive in a brick yard.

Jeffrey.

She started it.

(Serena) 'I hope I can go for the trial.'

(Mary Ellen) 'There's no trial. Just a private hearing.'

(Serena) 'They won't send him to jail, right?'

(Mary Ellen) 'Children aren't sent to jail.'

Well, then what do they do with them?

(Mary Ellen) 'They send them to reform school, if they're guilty.'

I hope they don't send Josh to one of those places.

What's a reform school?

It's kinda like a jail with school in it.

(Jim-Bob) 'You're locked in a room if you don't do your lessons.'

They're not supposed to beat you, but I hear they still do.

Excuse me. I can't eat any more.

Whoa, whoa. Wait a second. Where do you think you're going?

I have a stomach ache.

Wonder what gave him a stomach ache.

It certainly couldn't be this omelet. Rose, it's wonderful.

Thank you.

'You've hardly touched yours, Ben. Don't you like it?'

Oh, it's fine, Rose. Delicious.

Mary Ellen, why did you become a county nurse

instead of an army nurse?

I looked into it, and this is where I was needed most.

Erin, is that why you're at the defense plant

instead of joining the WACs?

Well, actually, I never thought about going into the WACs.

Erin, you ruined her strategy.

She's trying to show that you two set

a good example that I ought to follow.

(Jim Bob) 'If you're thinking about enlisting, that's two of us.'

I wish I was old enough. I love those WAVE uniforms.

Come on, Son, stoke up. We got a long day ahead of us.

I'm not hungry.

Nice of you to sweep up without being told.

Porch needed it real bad, so..

Josh, do you know what a guilty conscience is?

No, ma'am.

It's when you feel just awful because

you know you've done something wrong.

Happens often that someone with a guilty conscience

tries extra hard to do good. Like getting up early

and scrubbing the kitchen floor, and sweeping the porch.

- A guilty what, Mama? - Conscience.

You're right. That's what I got.

- I thought so. - Mama, no, you got it wrong.

See, what I feel just awful about

is that I've been bad ever since Daddy left.

Playing hooky from school, and shooting craps

and-and things like that.

'Josh, come here.'

Mom, I wanna go straighten up my room.

'I said, come here.'

Where is the money?

Mama, why won't you believe me?

Because, I know a guilty conscience when I see one.

I've had one myself more than once, and I know what it's like.

Son...tell your mama the truth.

'You won't feel so awful then.'

It was a very manly thing for you to do, Josh.

To come and confess.

But I want you to know that your little escapade

could very nearly have cost Mr. Godsey his life.

(Ike) 'Right. You just give us the money bag back'

'and we'll forget all about it.'

- Alright, Corabeth? - Yes, we'll drop the charges.

Problem is, he doesn't have the money.

I-I dropped it when I was running.

You dropped it? Where?

I don't know.

You sure there weren't two of you in the store last night?

'I thought I heard two of you runnin'.'

No, no, I was alone.

I'll pay back the $38. A little each week?

- If it's alright with you. - That will be fine.

Verdie, if he were my son, I would not want

him to get off that easily.

Don't worry. He'll get what's coming to him.

(Ike) 'He could deliver our groceries.'

'He could pay us back that way, huh?'

(Corabeth) 'I have a better idea still.'

The storefront needs a coat of paint.

Yeah, I'll buy that. You can paint $38 worth.

- How's that? - That will be just fine.

He can start right away. As soon as he gets his lickin'.

[dramatic music]

[door bell chiming]

Where's the money?

I buried it.

Go get it. We gotta give it back.

We ain't got no business with all that money.

But how? If Uncle John finds out

then me and Serena and Nana will have to move away.

You just get it and let me worry about the rest, okay?

'You know, I haven't told on you, yet.'

Jeffrey, that's very nice of you to help Josh,

but...this is Josh's punishment. He's gotta do it all by himself.

But I like to paint.

Jeffrey, put the brush down.

Josh, there's a spot over there you missed.

Get it.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

Ben.

John-Boy.

- You're looking good. - Compared to what?

Compared to the last time I saw you.

I'm getting there.

- How's the family? - Fine, everyone's just fine.

- I saw Mama on the way in. - Oh, It helps having her here.

I bet.

I was in Fredericksburg and I finished up early.

So I thought I'd drive over and see you.

I'm glad you did.

- I miss you, John-Boy. - I miss you, too.

All these guys have been in the war?

We're the lucky ones.

We're getting ready to leave this place.

I've seen men inside who'll be here the rest of their lives.

And I'm doing duty in a sawmill.

It makes me feel so bad, being a civilian in these times.

Almost every man not in the service

gets a twinge of guilt now and then.

- I'm feeling it all the time. - 'Ben.'

Every man in the States who's in uniform

feels guilty because he's not overseas.

(John-Boy) 'The ones overseas in the rear echelons'

'feel guilty because they're not on the line.'

One's on the line get twinges when they see casualties.

'And the casualties feel guilty'

'because they were not killed like some of their buddies.'

It's only the dead that don't feel guilty.

- It's a heavy load. - It's one we all share now.

Is this any way to cheer up the sick?

Tell me what to do, John-Boy.

I don't go a day without wanting to enlist.

'That's something you're gonna have to work out for yourself.'

You have special skills.

Don't put yourself where you won't be

as important to the war effort as you are now.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

I know 11 Bible verses by heart.

That's good. That means you get 11 gold stars.

Only if I don't make any mistakes.

Will you look at the verses while I recite them?

I don't have time. I've got important things to do.

Maybe Nana has time.

(Jeffrey) 'Oh, no.'

[dramatic music]

What are you doing?

I'm counting logs, and you made me lose count.

Will you look at my Bible verses while I recite?

Go away. I wanna count the logs.

I'll give you a nickel.

Give me the book.

I'll start with this one. "Jesus wept."

That's easy, everyone knows that one. Even I do.

But you don't know the next one.

"I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord

"and he heard me.

"Out of the belly of hell cried I

'and thou heardest my voice."'

What kind of a verse is that?

'It's from the story of Jonah.'

You mean that guy that got swallowed by the whale?

'He did something very bad.'

And while he was going someplace on a boat

God sent a great storm to punish him.

'It looked like the innocent sailors'

'were gonna get drowned along with him.'

- Did they? - 'No.'

'Jonah told them to throw him in the water'

'and the storm would go away.'

'They did, and they were all saved.'

That's when he got swallowed.

I don't need a nickel anyway.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

(John) Now, listen to me, the end of the line.

No more shenanigans or else.

(Rose) Any more trouble, I won't feel right about staying.

I'll just pack us up and we'll move on.

(John) No more shenanigans or else.

(Serena) Jonah told them to throw him in the water

and the storm would go away.

(John) End of the line. End of the line.

End of the line. End of the line.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

Have you seen Jeffrey?

He disappeared after breakfast this morning

without doing his chores.

As usual.

I haven't been upstairs all morning.

I've been trying to fix this lamp.

I asked Jim-Bob to fix it.

Sometimes he forgets.

So does Jeffrey. Jeffrey!

(Rose) 'Jeffrey. Jeffrey.'

'Jeffrey.'

Jeffrey.

(Jeffrey) Dear Nana. You said if I did one more bad thing

we'd all have to move out.

Well, I did a terrible thing. So I'm leaving alone.

"I'm just a Jonah, and I don't want bad things to happen

"to you and Serena because I did wrong.

Love, Jeffrey."

Well, I wouldn't worry about that, Rose.

Runaways always come back when they get hungry.

Well, that dear little boy ran away

because he didn't want me and Serena out in the cold.

Maybe I shook Jeffrey up when I said it was the end of the line.

What do you suppose that terrible thing is he did?

I don't know.

You know. Jeffrey got that stomach ache yesterday

at breakfast when we were talking about Josh.

'You don't suppose he's in on that escapade, do you?'

You don't get a stomach ache from green apples

somebody else ate, do you?

Josh. Josh, Jeffrey's gone off somewhere

and we don't know where. Do you?

No, ma'am. Last I saw Jeffrey was yesterday.

Are you sure?

He was only here for a minute. You can ask Mr. Godsey.

- Doing a nice job, Josh. - Thanks, Mr. Walton.

And, thanks for getting the sheriff

to let me go the other night.

Your mother tells me he's gonna let you go altogether.

Did she tell you everything?

Everything.

Tell me, Josh. Was Jeffrey in that crap game?

Jeffrey doesn't even know how to shoot craps.

Your mother said Mr. Godsey heard

two people running from that store.

No. No, no. He said he thought he heard two people.

Excuse me, I gotta go get another can of paint.

[Instrumental music]

[music continues]

Jeffrey, where you headed for?

Uh, I thought I'd take a little ride.

Looks like you're fixed to stay a while.

'You running away?'

Why would I run away?

Jeffrey, looks like you're carrying the whole world

'on your shoulders.'

Might make you feel better if you got it off your chest.

Ike wouldn't let me help Josh with the painting.

That was mighty nice of you.

'It's a big job for such a little boy.'

Meanwhile, I'm having to do his chores as well as my own.

Mr. Godsey did hear two people.

'Mrs. Foster, I was the other one.'

If it wasn't for me, Josh wouldn't have

got into it in the first place.

Jeffrey.

Tell me about it.

Like I told Mrs. Foster

I oughta be out there helping Josh.

I'll do the rest of the job alone.

I'll even paint this house if you want me to.

Jeffrey, when I said no shenanigans, or else

the "or else" didn't mean you have to leave.

(Rose) 'I'm the one that told him that and I shouldn't have.'

It was wrong to put all that pressure on him.

Wait a minute. Sounds like we're apologizing instead of him.

- I apologize. - Yeah. Well, it's not enough.

'You did something wrong and I'm mad at you.'

You know very well that gambling is wicked.

And breaking into a store and taking money is worse.

I was trying to get back my money

so I could buy you a new brace and bit.

(Rose) 'Trying to do a good thing'

'doesn't give you the right to do it in a bad way.'

I tell you what. I'll paint the house, and the barn, too.

Hold on. That money you took, you didn't spend it, did you?

I buried it.

- Go dig it up. - But I can't.

- 'Why not?' - I'll show you.

[Instrumental music]

It's right under there.

(John) 'Well.'

We're gonna have to move most of this firewood to get at it.

'Jim-Bob, is this Ike's order?'

(Jim-Bob) 'Yeah, and about half a cord more.'

Well, Rose.

Maybe if we had Jeffrey deliver all this and stack it at Ike's

'he'd think twice about breaking the law again.'

[Instrumental music]

This should take care of it.

Ben never seems to be around when I need him.

I know. His mind hasn't been on his work lately.

I know.

Hi.

Where you been, Son? With the truck?

We should have loaded the Camp Rockfish order an hour ago.

I'm sorry. I had to go into town for something.

There you are. Let's get at it.

Wait a minute, Daddy.

I have something to tell Cindy and I might

as well tell you also.

I went to the Navy recruiting office today.

'I passed my physical.'

Ben, you didn't join the Navy.

I joined the Seabees.

They need men with my construction experience.

'It's the same kind of work as I'm doing here'

except I'll be overseas, where I'm needed.

You could have given us some kind of a warning, Son.

I was afraid you'd talk me out of it.

I was hoping the war would be over before it came to this.

Pretty soon all my boys will be gone.

It's alright, Ben. I understand.

It just hurts a little.

We'll take care of Cindy and the baby.

Thank you, Daddy.

[Instrumental music]

You haven't said anything, Cindy.

Up until now, I've been hiding from the war.

I know my father's in it. Jason and John-Boy.

But somehow I lost myself in taking care of the baby

and when we talked about it, it just didn't seem real.

Now it does.

You've brought the war right into this room.

It's gonna take me a while to get used to it.

[Instrumental music]

Mr. Godsey's gonna give you back the four quarters and two dimes.

Maybe some of it should be yours.

- Half of it? - Okay.

Well, I finished my painting.

I'll never finish moving that pile of wood and stacking it.

I'll help you. The sooner you finish

the sooner you'll help me make a killing.

If you're counting on me getting you into another crap game..

No-no-no. No more crap shooting for me.

Then how do we make a killing?

Well, Mr. Godsey said that I did a real good job painting.

And that he has some more stuff he wanted me to do.

Two bits an hour. You help, we'll split it.

That's a dime and two pennies an hour for each of us.

That's two dimes and four cents.

What about the extra penny left over?

I don't know how to split a penny.

How about if we put that extra penny

in the free-chicken-every-Sunday kitty?

- Yeah. That's a good idea. - Let's go, partner.

[Instrumental music]

Hiya, soldier.

It seems like a year since we were out last.

Gotta make the most of this weekend.

I mean there are three weeks until I get my next pass.

Gangway, mates.

[Instrumental music]

(John-Boy) Ben and Cindy were closer than they had ever been before.

Though their future was uncertain because

Ben was going off to war

this would always be a weekend to remember

(Jim-Boy) 'Turn the light off, Jeffrey. I wanna sleep.'

(Jeffrey) 'I haven't finished my homework.'

(Jim-Boy) 'Do it in the morning.'

(Jeffrey) 'I'll have too many chores to do.'

(Jim-Bob) 'You're being too good, Jeffrey.'

(Jeffrey) 'I guess maybe you're right.'

(Cindy) 'Goodnight, sailor.'

(Ben) 'You mean Seabee.'

(Cindy) 'Goodnight, Seabee.'

(Ben) 'Goodnight, mate.'

[pleasant music]

[Theme of Waltons]