All language subtitles for The Waltons s04e14 The Intruders.eng

Who ever sees
his father clearly?

I believe I often saw my father
not as he was,

but as I needed him to be.

Then, one difficult autumn,

I had a chance
to glimpse the whole man

and to understand him
more fully.

Right on us, isn't he?

Sure is.
What's the matter with him?

Guess he's in a hurry.

If he's in such a hurry,
surely, he'd say...

Who is that guy?

-What's the matter with him?
-He's sure close.

-He wants you to pull over.
-There's no place to pull over.

I know there's no place
to pull over.

He's gonna run you
off the road, Daddy.

Here we go.

Talk about your crazy drivers!

The name on the side
of that truck, you catch it?

Murdock something.

Murdock Wood Company.

Those are the folks
who took over the Dawkins Mill.

Yeah, well, his road style
doesn't say too much for him.

Sure doesn't.

Oh, and there's our barn
over there.

That's my brother's car
over there, got a rumble seat.

-Goes to the university, too.
-Wow.

There's our tree house.
You want to try the swing?

-Hi, Courtney!
-Hi, Erin.

-Did you want to use the swing?
-No. Never mind.

Hey, Ben.

-Hi, Courtney.
-Hi.

Can I have some rubber bands
from your inner tube?

Jim-Bob, sure,
you take the whole thing.

Gee, thanks.

Mama, this is Courtney Wallace.

And her family moved over
from Lynchburg two weeks ago.

Nice to meet you, Courtney.
Don't forget your chores, Ben.

I won't, Mama.

Here, I'll show you our rabbits.
They're over here.

Got two new babies.

-Really?
-Yeah.

It's much quieter over here.

I've never seen a place
with so many people before.

-Are you ever alone?
-We are now.

Hey, Courtney.

-Hi, Jason.
-How are you?

Fine.

-Showing Courtney your rabbits?
-Yeah.

Well, it's not my fault
that I have a family.

Here, I'll show you the barn.

There's always somebody
or something watching you here.

These animals
mind their own business.

This is Chance and Myrtle
and there's Blue!

Ben, let's go for a ride.

-On Blue?
-Why not? It'd be fun.

Don't you want to?

Well, sure.
But I do have chores to do.

I should ask my mama.

-Can't we just go?
-We will.

Shouldn't you ask
your mother first?

We haven't done this much
since I started college.

What's that, Son?

Oh, just drive along
like this or talk.

It used to be every time there
was something about business,

a new contract or something,
you'd let me know about it.

Still do.

You haven't passed on
a piece of good news in a month.

Hasn't been any.

That new mill's been giving us
some stiff competition.

Really? I figured you'd have
an advantage over them,

-knowing all the people here.
-It helps.

If it weren't for Horace and
his barn, we'd be out of work.

Things are really running
that close, huh?

Yeah.

Guess the times
are getting harder.

I heard they were
getting easier.

That's what I heard, too.

Hey, Horace.

Horace, how's the world
treating you?

Fair to middling, John.

John-Boy, they fire you
out of that college?

No, they laid me off
for a day or two

while they erase
the blackboards.

Want this load over there?

Barn's coming along
real good, Horace.

Yeah, and at this rate,
I'll move the first cow in,

in a year or two.

John, we've been doing business
together a long time.

That's for sure.

Been friends
ever since we sprouted.

That's right, Horace.

John, I hate to back out
on an order,

but that's the fix I'm in.

Now, I'll take
what you brought today,

but there's some new folks
milling lumber

over at the old Dawkins place.

It's good lumber, and they're
selling at a better price.

Things being the way they are,
I gotta take them up on it.

I don't see how they're doing
that, not to doubt your word.

I don't know.

We're already
selling rock bottom.

-I feel real bad about it, John.
-No need to, Horace.

Their name's Murdock.
Murdock Wood Products.

So, if we went about a mile
or so up from where we were

we would've gotten
to my granddaddy's home,

which all there is left
is just a chimney.

-Bet it's pretty up there.
-Oh, it's beautiful.

Hey, Myrtle.

Uh-oh.

Wow.

Good boy.

That was fun.
What there was of it.

I told you I had to get back
to my chores.

Hey!

-You can't park Blue there.
-Why not?

Because this is where
Myrtle likes to eat.

We're not in her way.

Yeah, but Myrtle doesn't want
to eat with Blue staring at her.

Ben, I've been
thinking about it.

Maybe we shouldn't
be seeing each other so much.

Well, why not?

Maybe there's too much weight
in the nose.

-If you just throw...
-Maybe if I...

-Courtney, why?
-...that might help.

You gotta pick it up
and throw it back.

-I am...
-Courtney, wait.

-What's wrong?
-I don't wanna talk about it.

I think I've a right
to know why.

-No, it won't.
-Yes, it will.

Alright, Ben.

-I think I'm older than you are.
-By eight days!

I'm not talking about years.

I mean,
I'm ready to be an adult.

And you're stuck
in all this childhood.

-Childhood?
-Yeah, Ben, childhood.

-Bye, Ben.
-Courtney, wait.

Give me back my plane!
Elizabeth!

See!

-You're just lucky, that's all.
-You just throw it wrong.

-You broke it. You're gonna...
-I did not break it!

I'm gonna tell Mama.

-I did not break it!
-Go feed Myrtle!

What are you two
looking so glum about?

We've got something
to think about, Pa.

There's competition moving in,
Grandpa.

-Ben's gone crazy.
-What are you talking about?

He's upstairs packing!

Packing? What happened?

Well, I just walked in the room
and he's packing a suitcase.

Did he say anything?
Was there any...

No, he just said
he was going off.

Come in.

-Going someplace, Son?
-I'm getting out of here, Daddy.

I'm fed up with everything
around here!

Come on kind of sudden,
didn't it?

I just decided.
It's time for me to go.

I'm going to Charlottesville
and get me a job.

Something got you stirred up?

I'm tired of people treating me
like I'm a dumb kid.

That's all people treat me
around here! Like I'm a nobody!

Ben, I haven't noticed that.

A person can take only so much,
and I've had all I can take!

I'm gonna show
a lot of people here

that I'm not just
a stupid tagalong.

You wanna go out
on your own, huh?

That's right. I'm old enough
and I'm big enough now.

Daddy, I gotta be my own man.

Don't you think we ought to talk
this over with your mama?

Mama's a woman.
Women don't understand

that sometimes
there's things a man has to do.

Alright, Son.

Your mama's not gonna like it.

Take along these socks
and a sweater here.

Is it true Ben's leaving for
California to search for gold?

-No.
-The whole thing's silly.

He'll get as far
as Ike's store.

What are you girls
talking about?

Jim-Bob says Ben's up in his
room packing to leave home.

Good Lord! Not another one!

Oh, how far can he get
with no money?

Ben always has a dollar
or two stashed...

I'd better be going.

And just where have you
better be going?

I'm going to Charlottesville
and gettin' me a job.

-Without saying a word to me?
-I was gonna say goodbye.

-And that's all?
-Goodbye, Mama, Daddy.

Let him go, Liv.

Did you give him permission
without even bothering

to find out
how I feel about it?

Yes, I did.

John, he may act older
but he's only 16 years old.

He doesn't know anything
about the world

or what he's getting himself
into out there.

Well, it's time he found out.

You know, if the wind shifts,

be good to be getting some rain
on the mountain.

Somebody should be out
looking for Ben.

-Talk to your son.
-John...

We're not here
to talk about Ben.

He can take care of himself.

You're just gonna brush it aside
like it was nothing at all.

This family
has a serious problem.

You know the old Dawkins mill.

Yes. The place closed up right
after the Depression started.

That's right. A new company
has moved in there.

And they're selling lumber
cheaper than we are.

Well, now, don't that beat all.

Don't know how they're doing it,

but they're taking our customers
away from us.

Daddy, I've been thinking,
and for a new outfit

they seem to have an awful lot
of cut lumber already.

They may be doing something
we should know something about.

-I'll go have a look.
-I'll drive you over there.

I wanna take a look
at what they're doing myself.

I don't know what snooping
around over there is gonna do.

We are not going over there
and snoop around.

We're just going over
to have a look.

Alright.

Don't get in any trouble.

Point is, we're gonna have to
put in more hours on that mill.

What's the point of working
harder if they sell cheaper?

Maybe we'll have
to cut our prices.

I don't how
I'm gonna do it, but...

Ben's out there somewhere.

He knows enough
to keep himself dry.

Liv, do you think
after the first of the month

we could sell some chickens?

Chickens?

Get rid of some of them
young roosters

and keep the pullets for layers.

John, this is the first time
we haven't known where Ben is!

Anything could've
happened to him

and you're talking about
chickens?

-Liv.
-What?

There comes a time when we have
to trust the good raising

we've given Ben.

All I know is, Ben is we don't
where, doing we don't know what

on the most miserable night
of the year, and you let him go!

That's the reason they can sell
lumber cheaper than we can.

They just tear the place apart.

Blind, ruthless cuttin'
on a slope like that,

erosion will wash the soil away.

No care, no replanting.

Oh, they've got a lot to learn.

Let's get out of here.

Don't stand in the aisle, kid.

-I was wondering if you need...
-No, we don't.

No unauthorized personnel
allowed in here.

Close the door when you leave.

It's the wrong time
for Ben to be heading out.

No time's gonna seem
like the right time.

Things the way they are, the
whole family should be together.

He's out there looking for a job
alone when there aren't any.

Everyone keeps talking about
how grownup he is.

He's 16 years old,
he's inexperienced,

he can be taken advantage of.

It's not a very comforting
thought, what with all the evil

and crime you hear
on the radio these days.

Livie, the...
Where are you going?

I'm gonna borrow John-Boy's car,
I'm gonna go to Charlottesville,

I'm gonna find Ben and bring him
home where he belongs.

Well, I'm going, too.

Keep your eye on Elizabeth.

Grandpa, why do we have to come
all the way down here?

Because I didn't want you
young'uns to get any older

without learning everything
about these forests

and having proper respect
for them.

Now just take a look over there
at that. What do you see?

-A big old tree.
-How old?

That tree there was standing
when this whole land around here

was a battlefield during
the War Between the States.

Of course, it was a mere young
thing then,

but if you look closely
there under the bark

you could see a bulge where
a Union musket ball came in.

Why Union?

The Virginians
were better shots.

And this big tree here
back of us was standing

when I charged up San Juan Hill
with Teddy Roosevelt.

That clump of trees over there,
the other side of the ridge,

they were started along
about the time

when Orville and Wilbur Wright
flew the first airplane.

And over the ridge there,
is a whole bunch of white cedars

that I planted the very year
you was born, Elizabeth.

Over there, that
young clump of alders,

they must've started
just about the time

as our Depression was starting.

But there's something
much more important

and older than that even.

-What?
-You take this.

-Dirt?
-Mm-hm.

It takes maybe 50 years
to grow a good tree,

but it takes over 100 years
to get one inch of good soil

like this that the young trees
can sprout in.

Now that's why
you have to be so careful

when you're walking
out among the trees,

don't get your machinery
in off the roads.

And for every tree that you cut,
be sure and plant three.

-Isn't that what we do?
-We do, but...

Sad to say, Jim-Bob,

we're not the only ones cutting
on this mountain nowadays.

Do you know how fast
you're going?

Twenty miles an hour.

There's no need to drive
like a speed maniac.

The faster we go,
the sooner we'll get to Ben.

Boys, why...

You remember
when Jim-Bob ran away?

And then there was my cousin
Iris' boy.

He ran off to make his fortune.
He got as far as Portsmouth.

What happened to him?

What happened is that he got
the tar whipped out of him

because when they found him,
he'd spent the night

at a speakeasy bar
down by the waterfront

filling himself with liquor.

Livie, you're going
22 miles an hour!

Jason!

Where's your daddy
and John-Boy going

in such an all-fired hurry?

Well, we heard on the radio

that C&O Railroad had a trestle
washed out in last night's rain.

C&O washout? They'll be needing
considerable lumber right away.

Well, that's what we figured.
So, he and John-Boy went down

to the railroad depot in
Rockfish to get the order.

Why in the blue blazes
didn't they wait for me?

-Well, you weren't here.
-Nonsense.

Everybody knows
I'm within yelling distance

any time of the day or night.

Don't blame me.
They were in a hurry.

They had to go
and you weren't available.

That is a pitiful excuse!

I'm gonna get the mill ready.

You know, if that trestle
washed out just last night,

we might be the first one
in to talk lumber.

About time we had some luck.

How old are you?
You look young.

I'm gonna be 16.

Well, we'd like to have people
who have been 16.

Do you have any experience
clerking?

I've bought a lot of things
from clerks.

-And I learn fast.
-I'm sorry,

but we're not hiring right now
as you can see,

and if we were, we'd want
somebody a little more mature.

Well, shall we go up?

I don't think
it's gonna do much good.

Seems like we've tried
every street in Charlottesville.

Livie, it's getting late.

Come on.

And the freight's piling up.

I know how much
we're losing every day.

Look, I'll get back
to you later.

-What do you want?
-I'm John Walton.

We heard about the washout.

-We'd like to sell you lumber.
-Bill Cobbs. Murdock Mills.

I got that contract
wrapped up for the washout.

-Just a minute. Frank Willis.
-Willis, this is my son here.

-You're here to sell lumber.
-That's right.

I need a lot of it and fast.

I can take all
both your mills turn out.

When do you want it?

Every day that trestle's out
is costing us money.

I'll take it now if I can.

Give me an order.
We'll be on our way.

Daddy...
Mr. Willis, just a minute.

-I'd like to ask you a question.
-Shoot.

I see your advertising for bids
on your warehouse contract.

Looks like that's gonna
take a lot of lumber.

-It will. What about it?
-Well, I got an idea.

What if the first mill
to deliver the order

for the washout site
gets the warehouse contract?

That's a thought alright.
Not a bad one.

-It's okay by me.
-Daddy?

The more I think about it,
the better I like it.

We'll see how fast
you guys can cut lumber.

The first mill, then, to deliver

a load of clear Locust Bridge
stock to the washout site

wins this warehouse contract.

That's a bargain.

That's the kind of heavy lumber
that takes time to mill...

Daddy, Daddy,
we can handle that.

Well, John, you want it?

Alright.

You're not talking very much.

Did I talk out of turn
back there?

No, Son.

I just don't like
doing business that way.

What do you mean?

Oh, you're talking
about the competition? Well...

I don't understand.
Just the other day

you were telling me
how bad things are.

I think we should take
what we can get.

We stand to get a lot.
What do we got to lose?

I don't know.

You start concentrating
on beating the other fella

you forget what's important.

Doing what you know how to do
and doing it the best you can,

letting the rest
take care of itself.

Maybe so.

But I think times are different
now, Daddy.

There is more competition.
You gotta admit to that.

I may not like it
any more than you do,

but maybe we just have to get
out there and scramble.

Maybe we do.

You know something else?

I think it might be
kind of exciting.

Pa!

Pa, looks like
we got ourselves some work.

John, may I ask you a question?

Sure, Pa. What is it?

Isn't this company
known as Walton and Sons?

Yeah, Pa, you know it is.

And who is the number one Walton
around here?

Pa, you are.

May I ask why you go sashaying
off on company business

and leave me here
to twiddle my thumbs?

You see, Pa, you weren't about.
We were in kind of a hurry.

-Sorry, Pa.
-Sorry doesn't feed the bulldog!

We didn't do it
on purpose, Grandpa.

My sensibilities are
considerably aroused.

And they're likely to be so

for some time
in the foreseeable future!

-Come on, Pa!
-I will not come on!

Right. Have it your way.

Grandpa, Grandpa,
you're very upset,

and nobody's blaming you
for that.

We shouldn't have run off.
We're sorry about it.

But we've gotta
get back to work now.

-We gotta take care of business.
-You go on about your business.

We need you for the...
We need everybody.

Grandpa, we have got ourselves
a contract with the C&O Railroad

to supply the lumber
to repair the washout.

And what is more,

if we can deliver our order
before the Murdock Mill does

we will win the contract
for that big warehouse

that they're planning to build.

John! That sound like
considerable of a plum, huh?

-It does indeed.
-John!

Come to your senses,
have you, Pa?

I never lost mine. I don't know
just where yours were.

Why didn't you tell me
about that contract?

First good news
I've heard in over 25 years

and I'm the last one
to hear about it!

Yeah, well, let's get to work.

I'll be turning off
up past Rockfish.

-Okay.
-Okay, hop in.

Stiff neck?

I slept in a doorway last night,
trying to stay out of the rain.

Yeah, I've done that
a few times myself.

What, you out
to make your fortune?

No, just trying to get a job.

Lot of people in the same boat
these days.

Well, it's especially hard on
someone who's only experience is

planting the turnips, or milking
a cow, or working in a sawmill.

-Oh, you got mill experience?
-All my life, practically.

Well, I'll tell you something.

I work in a sawmill and they
need a guy with experience.

I think you just
found yourself a job.

Are you from around here?

Hi, there. I brought
you some groceries by.

That's all paid for, right?

Well, no, but you just sign here
to make sure you got it.

Okay.

Is that Ben?

What's that?

No, I just saw
someone I know, is all.

-Okay, thanks.
-You're welcome.

Listen, the boys coming
by the store tonight?

I guess so. Not much else
to do around here come sundown.

-Okay. See you tonight.
-Okay.

Walton's Mountain
is getting to be

about the most romantic place
in the whole country.

The whole world.

My own brother going off
with a broken heart over a girl!

Isn't Courtney lucky,
Mary Ellen?

Because Ben had a crush on her?

Because Ben left home
on account of her.

I wish some boy would like me
enough to go away like that.

A boy you liked?

A boy I was crazy about.

Why'd you want a boy that you
were crazy about to leave home?

Oh, Elizabeth, you don't know
anything about romance.

Ladies, it's dinnertime.

I'm hungry enough to eat a horse
and chase the rider.

-Why isn't this table set?
-There's nothing to set it for.

Mama and Grandma
took John-Boy's car

and went into Charlottesville.

-What for?
-To find Ben.

What is happening
around this house?

Get that dress off the table
and get this table set.

Mary Ellen, try to get some food
on the table, please.

Here's your mother.

Olivia, do you know
what time it is?

I guess I do.

Esther, do you know
what time it is?

What are you doing in here
before dinner's ready?

I would like to know what is
happening around this place.

We put in a hard morning's work,

we come in here and the meal's
not even started.

You wanna know
what's happening, John?

-Yes!
-I'll tell you what's happening.

I have not seen our son, Ben,
for 24 hours.

-That's what's happening!
-Olivia...

-Daddy, Ike.
-Ike.

Howdy, everybody.

I hope I'm not walking in
on the middle of anything.

What can we do for you, Ike?

Well, I got a surprise
over at the Murdock Mill today.

Do you know that
Ben is working over there?

You saw Ben?

He's working for the other mill.

Yes, he is.

I'm gonna go straighten him out.

Wait a minute.
You are not going anywhere.

If Ben wants to work for the
Murdocks, it's his business!

Well, at least
we know he's safe.

Safe? He's working
for the other company!

The Murdocks
are not our enemies.

They are trying to make a living
just like we are!

And they're probably
eating better!

Daddy, Ben is a member
of this family.

He has his rights.
I don't intend to interfere.

Our own brother
helping to beat us out!

Don't worry about your brother!
Take care of yourself!

I do not understand

why he'd be helping someone
who's working against us.

It doesn't make any sense!

Unless he doesn't know
anything about this contract.

Whether he knows or doesn't
know, it's none of our business!

We have a job to do.
Let's get to work.

Sure. Alright. Fine.

Alright, everybody. Listen up.

We're not turning
enough of this wood out.

There's an extra dollar in it
for everybody

if we got a load of this stuff
by tomorrow morning.

-You've got it!
-Alright. Let's go. Come on.

I've got Ben on my mind
and I can't get him off.

Will you take over
for me, Grandma?

Go on.

John-Boy!

-John-Boy!
-Yes, ma'am.

What is it, Mama?

-I want you to bring Ben home.
-I'd love to go get Ben, Mama,

but Daddy's not gonna
hear about that.

I'm asking you to go get him
and bring him home.

That sort of puts me
in the middle, doesn't it?

John-Boy, if you don't go
get him, I will.

That'd be the worst thing
you could possibly do.

Can you imagine how embarrassed
he'd be if you went to get him?

I'll go get him.

Alright, John.
Let's give it another whirl.

Here we go.

Hold it, hold it.

Just when I thought
I had it fixed.

Luck.

Daddy, we could try that old one
we patched up.

Go get it, Son.

Pa, we're just fooling
ourselves!

We'll never out-mill
the Murdocks.

They got better machinery,
younger, stronger men...

If you are referring
to my age...

Pa, don't start that again.

You're always too ready
to put the old man on the shelf.

You don't get
your hackles up, please?

If you think I'll get ready
to be left behind

like an old cow's tail,
you got another thing coming!

Pa, will you forget it!

It may interest you to know
that this old codger

has thought up a plan that'll
put us ahead of the Murdocks.

-What's that?
-Don't you worry.

I've got it right up here
in these old boiled brains.

-Pa...
-If you're gonna put me behind

like an old cow
out to pasture...

-Will you come back here?
-I am going for a walk.

Come on, Jason!

Oh, boy.

Where you going, Grandpa?

I was getting kind of hot
around the collar back there.

Thought I'd come down here
and cool off.

Well, Daddy said
I wasn't needed for a while.

You know, I feel a kinship
with these woods,

more than anything else,
except the family.

Sometimes I think I understand
the woods even better.

-Better than the family?
-Mm-hm.

Well, I know every tree
around here,

the loblollies,
the ashes, willows.

I know every curve
in this here river,

where it spreads out
in the shallows,

and runs deep and wide
down in the narrows.

Are we gonna lose the mountain
to those Murdock people?

Lose it?

If they take
all our business away?

Where did you ever get
such an idea as that?

From you.

From the sad way
you talked about the mountain.

Well, it would relieve us
a lot of worries

if we'd get that
warehouse contract.

I guess we gotta get it then.

That's easier said
than done, Jim-Bob.

Them Murdocks
are new around here,

but they have got the edge on us
in a lot of ways.

Well, we've been here longer
and we know the country better.

Yes, we do.

Oh, yes, we do.

-What a day, huh?
-Yeah. You know something?

This job's getting to be
too much like work!

Yeah, but another day,
another dollar.

Another dollar when we get
the load out in the morning.

The way Cobbs
is throwing money around,

he really wants to beat
the Waltons to that contract.

What's that?

He wants to beat the Waltons
to the warehouse contract.

What's the matter with you?
You getting hard of hearing?

I guess so.

-See you tomorrow, Ben.
-Yeah.

Mr. Cobbs, I'm sorry, but
I can't work for you anymore.

What's wrong?

Nothing.
I just don't belong here.

You're doing a good job. I can't
afford to lose a man right now.

-It's my fault.
-Why don't you stick around?

It's always rough the first day

but tomorrow will
get better, huh?

What can I do for you?

Come to pick up my brother here.

You two are brothers?

You better get
your walking papers, Ben.

I already have.

I'd rather not have that, sir.

If I knew of any contract,
I never would've taken this job.

If I'd known you were a Walton,
never would've hired you.

Start up the car.

Come on, Ben.

-Ike. Oh, Ike, there you are.
-Zeb, hey.

Hey, Ike, do you remember
that length of logging chain

we used to pull
Minnie Brubaker's bull

out of the Hardrick's Swamp?

Yeah, sure I remember.
I got it out back.

I could sure use that logging
chain if you feel so inclined.

You can use it. What are you
aiming to use it for?

We figure on taking
the logging chain,

tying it around our lumber
and sliding it off our truck

into the Rockfish River.

Float it down to the nearest
C&O washout trestle.

We're gonna pull a fast one
on that Murdock bunch.

Those are the people...

I don't want you to breathe this
to a soul.

We're gonna have
our lumber delivered

and be on our way back home,
while that Murdock outfit

is still zigzagging downhill
the old mountain road.

Zeb, those guys that are playing
pool back there,

they're with
the Murdock Lumber Company.

Uh-oh.

Don't suppose they heard me,
did you?

It doesn't look like they did.

I guess they can't hear you
back there.

Thank you, Ike.
I'll pick up the logging chain.

Okay.

How are you, Ben?

Jason, Jim-Bob, come on.

I gotta get some tools
to fix this thing.

Come on. Let's go.

-Hello, Daddy.
-Son.

I'm sorry about the way I acted.

I went like a jackass
over a girl.

Those things happen, Son.

There's one thing
I don't think you understand.

John-Boy told me
about the way you all felt

when you found out that I was
working for the Murdock Mill.

You wanted to be off
on your own, Son.

That's not what I'm talking
about, Daddy.

I never knew the Murdocks were
taking business away from you,

and if I had, I never
would've taken that job.

I just saw a job
that I could take

and I took it 'cause I didn't
want to come home a failure.

Ben,

there was something
you had to do and you did it.

And I'm proud of you.

I've gotta get back to work.

You get something to eat,
then you get back to work.

Alright?

Hello, Mama.

Just dropping by, or are you
planning to stay a while?

I'm gonna stay for a while.

You can put your suitcase down.

Well, how is everybody?

Everybody's just fine.

Good. How are the animals?

Animals are just fine.

And the fall crops doing okay?

The fall crops are doing very...

Ben, I am so mad at you!
You know what it's like

not hearing from you?

Didn't think you wanted
to hear from me.

I was walking the floor!

Didn't think you liked
the idea of me going.

I didn't like the idea of you
going. It was very, very wrong.

Now sit down!

Here, eat your pie.

I'll get you some milk.

Daddy, we're breaking our backs
for nothing.

We don't stand a chance
with that Murdock bunch.

Just load the truck, please.

I suppose you boys don't
remember what I told you.

Pa, you know I don't go
for that fancy scheming.

You have no faith
in the old man, huh?

Just let him ramble on.

-Pay no attention to him.
-What're you talking about?

-Don't get him started, Son.
-Your daddy's hardheaded, Ben.

I think it runs in the family.

-Dad, I got these chains here.
-I've got a job for you.

I've got a job here, Grandpa.
Daddy, I've put...

-It's all part of the plan.
-What plan?

What's he talking about?

Get down here...

-Hey, Ike.
-Hiya, John-Boy. Gramps.

Hey, John!
I got some news for you.

It's not particularly good,
but you better know about it.

What's on your mind?

The Murdock truck
just stopped by the store,

and they're loaded
and they're on their way.

Oh, I told you. We're just
trying to kid ourselves.

"O ye of little faith."
Let's get loaded.

Pa, I'm not gonna race
this truck down the mountain.

We're not racing this truck
down the mountain.

We'll get there and get that
contract before them.

-Come on, let's get loaded!
-Here we go. Here we go.

-Why don't we make a line here?
-Easy does it now. Hold it.

-Easy?
-Hold on, boys.

Easy!

Hey, Walton, where's your truck?

Fellas, hold it! Fellas!

I'm sorry, you'll have to move
on down the river a ways,

'cause I'm holding
this spot here.

You guys ever hear
about holding up a river?

We're already here. Get out
of here. Move her on down there.

No. This is the Waltons' spot
right here.

-I wouldn't make Mr. Cobbs mad.
-That's alright.

Get in your truck,
move it on down the river...

No way.

Alright, fellas. Thank you.
There it is!

We're off!

-Good luck.
-Thank you, honey.

I don't know what you have
in this thing...

Now drive carefully.

-Alright.
-Bye.

-But drive fast.
-We'll win it, Daddy.

-Alright.
-Good luck, Daddy.

Good luck.

I don't wanna make him angry,
but this is the Waltons' spot.

I was here first,
I'm staying here.

Stand back.
You're in the way.

I'll stay in the way,
'cause this is the Walton spot,

this is a Walton man
and I'm gonna be right here.

-You want me to sit on you?
-Head out, Grier.

Come on, let's go.
Get that wood down here.

You think it's time you told me
about this scheme of yours?

It's a pure pearl
of simplicity, Son.

The Rockfish River here is gonna
win us our warehouse contract.

You wanna explain that?

We'll all find out in three
shakes of a lamb's tail.

Get it on there, let's go.

There she goes.

Let's go! Pole it!

She sails like a duck!

Alright. We'll see you
downriver, Grier.

Okay.

Walton, tell your grandpa
thanks for the tip.

-Over to that side. Come on.
-Yeah, we're on our way.

There we go.

-We'll see you, Grier.
-Okay.

Push it over this way.

I'm trying.

Hey! What's the matter
out there?

We're stuck on something!

We're caught!

-Get on those poles and push!
-I'm trying!

What's going on down there?

The fellas seem to be stuck
on the sandbar.

Well, now isn't that a shame?

You weren't thinking of floating
this load down the river, huh?

Now you know I'm not as crazy
as all that, yet.

Hey, boys! Take it easy.
Enjoy yourselves.

There's only 44 more
of those sandbars to go!

What happened to my pole?

Like the tortoise
in Aesop's Fables,

like Br'er Rabbit
in the tales of Uncle Remus,

my grandfather had outwitted
the opposition

with his cunning.

We arrived at the site
a full half-day ahead

of our floating competition,

and were awarded
the warehouse contract.

It kept us going
for most of that winter.

-Goodnight, Ben.
-Goodnight, Mary Ellen.

-You ladies' man.
-Let's go to sleep, everybody.

-Goodnight, Jason.
-Goodnight, Elizabeth.

Liv, there's something I'm gonna
do when this Depression is over.

-What?
-Put up proper walls

so everybody can't hear what's
being said in every other room.

-Why you gonna do that, Daddy?
-Goodnight, Elizabeth.

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