All language subtitles for The.Waltons.S08E15.The.Unthinkable.WEBRip.x264-ION10

You better eat up, Ted.

- I'm putting you to work.
- Good.

I thought he was supposed
to be a guest.

No, don't you believe it.
I wanna be treated like family.

These are nice birds.
Birds.

See, Ted. Nothing to it.

Why don't you give it a try?

Oh, she doesn't even know me.

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chattering]

I can't believe there'd be such
a thing as extermination camps.

Well, Hitler's said some
terrible things about the Jews.

It's up to the CO
to decide..

...but I don't think you
are drill instructor material.

It's because I'm Jewish,
isn't it, sergeant?

I have my reasons.
That's all you need to know.

[theme music]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

(male narrator)
The battlefields
of world war II

were thousandsof miles
from Walton's mountain

but those times brought
about many changes

for my family
on the home front.

My brother Jason
was training recruits

at nearby Camp Rockfish

and like all servicemen
forming the close relationships

that became so important
during the war.

For the youngest members
of our household

the changes
were not too drastic.

There were still chores
to do, school to attend

and the joys or sorrow
that went with such events

as bringing home report cards.

Oh, Elizabeth?

Would you take this cocoa
out to John and Ben, please?

(Rose)
'Jeffrey!'

Don't you have something
to show me?

Sorry, nana.

Well.

What have you got
to say for yourself, young man?

Nothing, I guess I'm just
not as bright as I used to be.

Now, that's not so.

I don't wanna hear talk
like that. You can make it up.

- No, I can't.
- Yes, you can, Jeffrey.

All you got to do
is your homework

instead of fooling
around all the time.

You should know,
teacher's pet.

You know something, Jeffrey?
You're right.

You are not very bright.

You know, she's right.

"Science A, Algebra A,
Civics B, English B."

Jim-Bob, this is good.

"History C".
Must be a mistake.

Who cares when the Norman's
invaded England?

Just remember
what Tennyson said..

...Men always learn
from their lessons in history.

The quote is,
"If men can learn from history

what lessons it might
teach us".

And Coleridge said it.

Well, honey, come back here.
I want to see your report card.

- What's wrong with her?
- I don't know.

She didn't say two words
on the way home from school.

- Would you sign that for me?
- With pleasure, Son.

Then I'll buy
you some cocoa.

Well, all I know is this.

Headquarters has already
put out an order

for six new drill instructors.

- You could be one of them.
- Me, a DI?

Sure. Soon as you found out
you had one left foot

and one right one.

You took to soldiering like
a bluebird takes to the sky.

That's real poetic.

It's not original.
My grandpa used to say it a lot.

Well, your grandpa should've
known my grandpa

he had a lot of sayings.

He used to say, "If you have
to hit a child, use a string".

And that's when my brothers
got into trouble.

And you never got into trouble?

Once.

I put a goldfish
in Aunt Sadie's soup.

No, those were
the good old days.

Now, Grandpa Lapinsky's
back in Poland

Leo and Sammy are somewhere
in the South Pacific..

...and Ma's worrying herself
gray about all of them.

She shouldn't have to worry
about you too.

You get that
drill instructor job.

It'll keep you here
training recruits.

Um, she'd like that.

It's not gonna happen though.
Sergeant Barnes won't let it.

Why not? Barnes knows
you are a good non com.

Maybe, but Sergeant Barnes
is anti-semitic.

What?

Believe me,
he doesn't like Jews.

You're crazy.

I know.

And there's honey bear's mama.
You see she's kinda upset.

- Mama.
- Yes.

Now, honey bear's mama says

honey bear you ate your dessert
before dinner again.

Then honey bear,
look at that face

he's got tears in his eyes

and he's got honey
all over his face.

- It's mommy honey.
- No, that's baby bear.

Please don't tell papa bear.

That's what honey bear says,
see that?

[car door shut]

I think, I hear someone coming.

Who's that?
Is someone coming?

I think I hear your mother.

Who's that? Who's that?

Who's that? Who's that?

- Hi, hi, daddy.
- Honey, how are you?

Fine.

Come on.

Oh, I remember,
when you used to read me funnies

- you still pretty good at it?
- I heard no complaints.

I'd better go change.
I've a date right after supper.

- You be home early.
- I will.

Alright.

- Hi, Rose.
- Hi.

I will have you know
that John Curtis

ate every last bite
of his supper.

Oh good, I'll take him up to bed
while he's still in a good mood.

Now, you go to bed.
It's late. Goodnight.

I think there's something
wrong with Elizabeth.

She's out on the porch
and she isn't very friendly.

I have a notion it's something
to do with her report card.

Could she have gotten
a bad one?

I mean, that's never
happened before.

Don't be too hard on her, John.

Now, 14 year old girls

sometime's have special
problems.

Can you tell me
at what age

they don't have special
problem's, Rose?

[dramatic music]

You want to talk about it?

You know, if you're having
trouble at school

there's ways to solve that.

There is, I can quit.

That's a little drastic,
honey.

There's plenty of brothers
and sisters around here

to help you
with your studies, you know.

- Daddy, I got straight A's.
- Straight A's?

Elizabeth..

...if I'd gotten straight A's
when I was your age

Ma and Pa would have declared
a national holiday.

What's wrong with straight A's?

It stinks. All the girls think
I'm a teacher's pet

and the boys have been calling
me big brain. Even Stevie.

I thought, Stevie was
at the head of your list.

Now he's at the bottom.

They're all just jealous,
Elizabeth.

Doesn't matter,
my life is ruined.

Oh, that's rose, I was suppose
to help her with supper tonight.

Supper is almost ready.

Don't expect me
to eat anything.

Straight A's.

Squad's coming.

They're making
good time too.

Buck says
it's Corporal Moran.

You're on,
I think it's Lapinsky.

You're serious.

Sure. Ted's coming along
real well.

You got a bet.
I ought to be giving you odds.

I remember the first time
I took a squad out

on one of these exercises.

It was pouring, I never saw
a muddier bunch of guys.

Hut!...Hut!

Squad, halt!

You owe me a buck, sarge.

Squad! Halt.

Squad! March!

- Sound off.
- One, two.

- Sound off.
- Three, four.

- Sound off.
- One, two, three, four

one, two,
three four.

Squad, halt.

'Order, out.'

At ease.

Flag was right there, sergeant.

East side,
hill number seven.

Good job,
corporal.

Sarge, they were the first
group in.

Oh, yeah.
Passes all around, corporal.

Ten-hut.

Bow down.
Double time, forward.

Sergeant..

...what do you think
about Corporal Lapinsky

for one of those
DI openings?

- I wouldn't.
- Sergeant?

- It just wouldn't work.
- Why not? He's good.

None of the other squads
are even in sight yet.

Oh, he's a good enough
soldier.

Just doesn't have the mettle
to be a sergeant.

If you want to recommend him
to the CO that's your business.

I intend to.

[dramatic music]

Evening, Ted.

We're here on official business.
You've been nominated

for one of the six drill
instructor positions coming up.

(Barnes)
'I'm gonna be perfectly
honest with you, Lapinsky.'

It's up to the CO to decide.

But I don't think, you are
drill instructor material.

- Why not?
- I just don't.

'But Walton here put your name
in, so we have to consider it.'

It's because I'm Jewish,
isn't it, Sergeant?

I have my reasons.
That's all you need to know.

- Ted, cut it out.
- I'm gonna--

I'm gonna shove your teeth
down your anti-semitic throat.

'Snap out of it, Ted.'

Now, that's what I don't
like about you people

'pushy and hotheaded.'

Get back in there.

- Hold it. Calm down, will you?
- I should've killed him.

No matter what either of us
thinks of Barnes

one thing he said is right.

Unless you settle down
you're not getting that job.

I'm just sorry you were
there to stop me.

I got this letter.

Bad news?

My grandpa's dead.

I'm sorry, Ted.

I know how you feel.
I lost my grandpa, too.

Well, I guess I'll wash up.

Ted. You've got a weekend
pass..

...why don't you spend
it with me and my family?

I'd like that, Jason.
Thank you.

I don't blame you
for being upset.

But Sergeant Barnes, he doesn't
have anything to do

with your grandpa dying.

Yes, he does.
He has everything to do with it.

[dramatic music]

- King me, please.
- Oh.

It's your game, Jim-Bob.
I'm beat.

Come on, Daddy.

I've seen you get out
of worst spots than these.

I'm just too sleepy now.

Maybe the corporal would
like to take over for me.

It's your move, daddy.

Jim-Bob, the only move I'm gonna
make is upstairs to bed.

How about you, Ted?

After that hike
you took today.

I'm surprised
you're still going.

When I get tired enough,
I'll be able to sleep.

Anyway, I like looking
at these old pictures.

Your family is lot like mine
except we were born in a city.

I've never been
on a farm before.

Why don't you have Jason
show you around tomorrow?

(Lapinsky)
'This is your grandpa?'

That's him.

Why don't we finish this
game tomorrow?

Nope.

Oh, Jim-Bob,
you are a rough man.

You should practice up, daddy.
Maybe, I'll play you again.

- Goodnight, everybody.
- Goodnight, Jim-Bob.

I appreciate
you letting me stay.

I'll be right up, Ted.

Jim-Bob will show you
where to sleep.

I thought you said your
friend was a barrel of laughs.

He hardly said a word
all night.

He just found out
his grandpa died.

He's taking it kind of hard.

Sorry to hear about that.

I think he'd like to talk
about it, but he just can't.

He'll sort things out.

We'll try
to make him feel at home.

That ought to help.

Maybe you can play
checkers with him.

There we go,
hot off the griddle.

You know I can't eat
all these.

- They do feed us at the mess.
- But not like this.

These are the best pancakes
I ever ate, Rose.

(Rose)
'Well, thank you.'

You better eat up, Ted.

- I'm putting you to work.
- Good.

I thought he was supposed
to be a guest.

No, don't you believe it.
I wanna be treated like family.

Hey, then you can do
my chores.

I think that's a very good idea.

It'll give you extra
time for studying.

On a Saturday?

Well, now you don't hear
your cousin Elizabeth

complaining about homework,
do you?

That's how she
got to be smart.

I'd rather be dumb

than to have to walk around

having everybody call
me a teacher's pet.

Be quiet, Jeffrey.

Teacher's pet, teacher's pet,
gonna get your panties wet.

Jeffrey! You go up to your room
and stay there

until I figure out a sufficient
punishment

for that kind of behavior.

Now get, mercy.

He didn't mean it, Elizabeth.

He's just ashamed
of his grades.

I know how he feels.

Well, from here on,
you're never gonna catch me

doing homework anymore.

What was all that about?

She's got all A's
in her report card..

...and all her friends
are teasing her about it.

I had friends
like that at school, too.

I got to work some off
these pancakes off.

Where do we start, boss?

Well, the first thing you've got
to do is take off that uniform

and put on some overalls.

Do I get a straw hat too?

I don't know,
what do you think, Rose?

'Can you see Ted
in a straw hat?'

Well, I can but I don't know
about the livestock.

It's liable to start
a stampede.

[instrumental music]

Jason, do these bite?

Oh, you better watch it, Ted,
they've got teeth.

They'll take your toe
right off.

Seriously?

- Just look out.
- I don't like the look of them.

Look out for this one.

- Which one?
- That's the ring leader.

I don't even like
chicken salad.

Jason.

You are so mean.
They don't bite.

- They don't--
- They're very safe. He lies.

Come on, just feed them.
Just take a little bit and--

- Really?
- Yeah.

- Oh, they like this.
- Yeah.

Birds. Hi, birds.

- These are nice birds. Birds.
- A bit lower.

See, Ted. Nothing to it.

Why don't you give it a try?

Oh, she doesn't
even know me.

Oh, I'm sorry.
Myrtle, this is Ted Lapinsky.

Ted, this is Myrtle.

- Hi, Myrtle.
- Come on.

- Here you go.
- Once in my life.

[instrumental music]

(Jason)
'Hey, you got it,
your first time.'

- Oh, here we are.
- These are pigs.

- No, these are rabbits.
- Here, let me feed them.

I got nothing against
feeding pigs.

I just don't like
to eat them.

Do they really eat
this garbage?

[music continues]

They really eat this garbage.

[music continues]

Thanks for the ride.

We'll give you a lift
home too.

And a hand
with the groceries.

If you think that was bad

(Jason)
'you ought to drive
with Jim-Bob sometime.'

- Ike.
- Hi, kid.

This is my friend
Corporal Ted Lapinsky.

This is Ike Godsey.

Oh, I'm very proud
to meet you, corporal.

It's my pleasure,
Mr. Godsey.

How do you do?
I am Corabeth Godsey.

How do you do?

Jason's told me
so much about both of you.

Lapinsky, that's
an interesting name.

Foreign, isn't it?

Yes, ma'am, all the way
from Chicago.

Corabeth, this is the list
of some of the stuff I need.

Excuse me.

You got some store here,
Mr. Godsey.

Well, it looks like
you carry almost everything.

We got everything from A to Z.
Ammunition to zinc.

But you said almost.
Is there something that you want

(Ike)
'you don't see,
maybe I have it.'

How about bagels?
have you got bagels?

Bagels?

Bagels?

Is there some other name
that I might know it by?

Well, it's round
with a hole in it.

Looks like a donut,
but it's not sweet.

It's a roll, really,
it's a Jewish roll.

Oh, I haven't had one
in so long.

It sounds tasty.

Hm, ah, I'm sorry
I don't have it though.

Oh, well, that's alright.

You know, ha,
the layout's different, but..

...this place reminds me
of my father's delicatessen.

Delicatessen from
the French word delicatesse

which means delicacy.

It could be ma'am.
I always thought delicatessen

was a German word but it would
mean the same thing.

It's kind of a specialty
shop, isn't it?

Not exactly. Everything's
already prepared, though.

May I?

Yeah, sure.

Over here is the meat
and the fish.

Cold roast beef,
corned beef, tongue, salami

and herring
and gefilte fish.

Gefilte what?

Gefilte fish, you'd love it.

'And smoked white fish,
things like that.'

And down here is the pickles
and the sauerkraut

and the Greek olives
and three different kinds

of coleslaw and potato salad
and the relishes.

And over here
is the dairy case.

Six, no, seven different
kinds of cheeses.

And sweet butter
and sour cream..

...I haven't even got
to the baked good's yet.

And I didn't mention lox
because I might cry.

I guess I'm just homesick.

Elizabeth,
I think everything is here.

However, I know that
you did not make out this list

because there are some
misspelled words on it

and we know that you got
straight A's in school.

We're very proud of you.

She's as smart as she is pretty.

Corabeth, my daddy will come
by and pay for this later.

Hey, aren't you gonna
give me a chance

to act like a gentleman?

- Great to meet you both.
- So long, corporal.

(Ike)
'Bye, Jason.'

- It was nice talking to you.
- 'Same here.'

How come they're not biting,
Jason? They're not biting.

Fishing is supposed to be fun,
Ted. It's not work.

The object is to catch a fish.

Mainly,
relaxing is what it's for.

My grandpa used to fish
and he claimed

he never caught a worthwhile
fish when he was awake.

My grandpa
and I never went fishing

but we used to take the bus
to the Foster Avenue Beach..

'...and sit and watch
the sailboats on the lake.'

And he'd tell me how
he wanted to go back to Poland.

Got his wish.

[instrumental music]

(Ted)
Left, right.

Left.

Kick, kick, kick.

(Erin)
'I'm lost.'

(Ted)
'I knew, you'd get tired.'

(Elizabeth)
'Boy, I got it. I got it.
I got it.'

(Ted)
'Here we go, come on.
Come on.

Come on, come on.

Ted?

- What's the matter?
- I'm sorry.

This dance, the Hora,
my grandfather loved it.

We had a grandpa who loved
music. He's gone now, too.

He's gone, yes.

As all grandfather's
should be allowed to go.

But not my zayde..

...my grandfather.

He was murdered.

Ted, what are you
talking about?

I got this letter.

My folks sent it to me.

They smuggled it out
of Europe somehow.

'And was written by a friend
of our family.'

It's faded in spots,
see parts are missing.

And it's in Yiddish,
which I don't read too well

'but I get the meaning
loud and clear.'

"The Warsaw ghetto uprising,
it took those Nazis

five months to break it, using
airplanes, tanks, everything."

And it says..

..."Yaakov Lapinsky..

"...one of the leaders
lived to be captured

"taken to a place
called Treblinka.

"We all know of the slave
labor camps, for the first time

"now we learn
of extermination camps."

Extermination,
that's the word here.

"In Poland, in Germany,
where thousands have been taken

"among them
Yaakov Lapinsky and..

"...he was killed
by poison gas."

Poison gas.

My grandpa.

[dramatic music]

It was hard times when
grandpa came to live with us.

Papa's deli was close
to going under.

Gave too much credit, couldn't
turn down his neighbors.

I remember those days.

It wasn't easy.

Daddy had some rough times, too.

It was Grandpa
who kept us all going.

He'd seen the hard times
in the old country.

He kept telling us
we were living like kings.

And you know,
we started believing him.

My grandpa could do that, too.

He used to tell us things about
nature, that made us feel rich

even though we were dirt poor.

And my grandpa
would help out in the deli

but he always
seemed to have time for us kids.

- Such stories he would tell us.
- And songs.

My grandpa knew more songs
than anybody I ever met.

The two grandpas should
have known each other, Jason.

It would have made for some
lively times, that's for sure.

Do you remember that song

I heard you singing
in the barracks?

- Your uncle Irving's favorite.
- 'Yeah.'

- You wanna sing it again?
- You wanna join me?

We shouldn't
wake up everybody.

Pianissimo.

* When shadows fall *

* And trees whisper
day is ending *

* My thoughts are ever
wending home *

* When crickets call *

[knock on door]

Come in.

John, did I wake you?

No, Rose, I can't sleep
thinking about

what Ted said about
his grandfather.

Well, I'm having
the same trouble.

Do you think
that could be true?

I can't believe anything about
any extermination camps, Rose.

Well, Hitler's said some
terrible things about the Jews.

But murdering
a whole group of people?

John, you do business
with people

down there in Washington.

Is there anybody
you could ask?

Matt Sarver
knows a Senator or two.

Well, do you think
he'd mind if you call him?

I wouldn't give a damn
if he did.

Well, I'll just pray
Ted's story isn't true.

Makes a man feel like
you ought to be in the army.

- Goodnight, John.
- Goodnight, Rose.

* Night covers all *

* And though fortune
may forsake me *

* Sweet dreams will ever
take me home **

[dramatic music]

Yes, Senator, I understand.

You see, it's just
that the young man--

Of course, I believe you,
Senator.

Yes sir, I was in that one too.
I remember.

Yeah, it does make
good sense, sir.

Thank you. Sorry to bother
you on a Sunday morning.

You've eased my mind, sir.
Thank you. Goodbye.

- Good morning.
- Good morning, Elizabeth.

How come you didn't go
with the others?

I felt like walking alone.

[instrumental music]

- 'Good morning.'
- Good morning.

- Nice day, isn't it?
- Very nice day.

I was wondering if I'd say
a prayer for your grandpa

in church today.

I'd be grateful, Elizabeth.

See you later.

- Bye, daddy.
- 'Goodbye, honey.'

Feeling any better today?

Being able to talk was a help.
I really slept last night.

I was just talking
to Washington.

A friend of mine put me in touch
with Senator Roberts.

You were talking
to a senator in there?

'Yeah.'

He said there were no foundation
of those rumors you heard.

Oh, Mr. Walton.

The letter.

"Now we hear
of extermination camps"

That's what it said.

We already know
there are slave labor camps.

Yeah, he told me things
were pretty bad over there.

But he also said there's a lot
of propaganda.

'It happens in war, you know.'

I remember during the last war,
seeing pictures of German

soldiers bayoneting babies.

'Sometimes rumors are more
powerful than rifles, you know.'

I'd love to believe
what the senator says.

I've prayed that
if my grandpa had to die..

...he died in the fighting.

And not the other way.

Now, listen, son.

Maybe those kind
of mass killings

happened way back then,
but this is 1943.

'Human beings from one group
doing that to another group'

not today.

It's just unthinkable.

So was another World War..

'until it happened.'

So. You don't go to the church
with the others?

No. Not much of a church goer.

What about you?

I go to temple on the holy days.
But that's about it.

If I had a temple,
it would be that.

Walton's Mountain.

'Named after your father?'

'No. After his
great grandfather.'

Would you like
to go up there?

Sure.

Oh, I really would.

'We could have a picnic.
The whole family.'

You know how to make sandwiches?

Huh. Does the bear sleep
in the forest?

I-I spent my entire childhood
in a delicatessen.

Let's go. We can get it done
before the family gets back.

This is wonderful.
We're gonna need some cold cuts.

[humming]

You sure know
how to handle that knife.

Thanks. People are cut by dull
knives than sharp ones.

- That's true with the axe too.
- Really?

I hope Rose doesn't mind us
using up her roast.

'Me too. How are the
potatoes doing?'

I can't tell.
They maybe a little hard still.

We don't want them too soft
for the salad. They're perfect.

- They are?
- Let's see about these eggs.

Hot eggs. Hot eggs.

[humming]

Yes! They're ready, too. Okay.

Now, what do I do with
these potatoes?

Dump the whole works into
some cold water.

- Yes, sir.
- Ha-ha-ha.

Jim-Bob, where is everybody?

Talking to Reverend Bradshaw.
Telling him how good

his sermon was.

If they don't get here soon,
I may walk.

- Hi, Jim-Bob.
- Hi, Jim-Bob.

I think I'll walk anyhow.

How come you weren't
at the dance last night?

We were hoping
you'd be there.

An army buddy of Jason
stopped by the house.

So I thought I'd stick around.

We didn't see
Elizabeth either.

It's too bad
she couldn't get a date.

(Flo)
'Well, some of us can get dates.
Others can get straight A's.'

(Lucille)
'I sure know what
I'd rather have.'

(Flo)
'Me too.'

- See you later.
- Bye, Jim-Bob.

Yuck.

You shouldn't pay any attention
to them, Elizabeth.

'They're just creeps anyway.'

Elizabeth!

[instrumental music]

What have you done
to my Sunday dinner?

We're moving it
to the mountain.

You're telling me,
you two put this together?

Certainly, Walton and Lapinsky
catered picnic.

Now for pity's sake, don't
forget the salt and pepper.

And what are we
going to drink?

Hot chocolate, Rose. We're all
ready to go and you're not.

Alright, alright.
Don't leave without me.

I've got to get
my picnic outfit.

Daddy, here's some plants
for grandpa's grave.

- Put them in the truck, honey?
- Alright.

Your father is buried
on the mountain?

That's where he wanted to be.

We bring plants
when we go up there.

I might be intruding.

No. Pa would be glad
to have you come.

Well, we better get
this stuff cleaned up.

(Jim-Bob)
'Come on, Elizabeth.
You gotta go.'

- Daddy?
- What, Honey?

I don't feel like going.
I got a stomach ache.

'Elizabeth.'

What's wrong with her?

Some girls from school made some
cracks about her getting

good grades but no dates.

Wish she wouldn't take things
so seriously.

It's pretty important at her
age, what your friends think.

Would it be alright
if I talked to her?

Where is she, Jim-Bob?

The tree house, probably.

She's pretty stubborn, don't
count on her changing her mind.

Well, I just think I know
how she feels.

[instrumental music]

You up there, Elizabeth?

No.

Do you mind if I come up?
I was never in a tree house.

Very nice.

Secluded.

I don't think I'm gonna go
to the picnic either.

It's your business.

I'd like to talk to you.

About what?

Your report card
for one thing.

Now don't you start
in on me.

I got good grades too.

Come up.

See, it's not as bad
for a boy to be smart.

But girls, in school they're
supposed to learn cooking

and childcare.

You know what my teacher wants
me to take next? Chemistry.

That's terrific.

It means she thinks you got
enough going to make something

out of yourself. Maybe go
on to college.

That only makes me feel
more different.

Tell me about it.

I was the Jewish kid
in class, remember?

On top of everything,
I had to go to Hebrew school

which I hated.

And the kids on my block
didn't just call you names.

They threw things.

What did you do?

Well, I threw them back
when I could.

Mostly, I ran.

Sometimes they caught me.

- Beat up?
- No, not always.

I remember one time
my grandpa

came to walk me
home from school.

A bunch of neighborhood kids
were yelling insults at us.

My grandpa didn't understand
every word, but..

...he knew an insult
when he heard one.

He started calling down curses
on these tough kids.

"May you grow like an onion
with your head in the ground."

"If you were twice as smart,
you'd still be an idiot."

'And the one I really liked.'

"You should inherit a hotel
with a thousand rooms

and be found dead
in every room."

[chuckles]

My grandpa looked so fierce

that they were convinced he was
in direct contact with God.

And could call down
floods and earthquakes.

Who knew what other kind
of disasters?

And things were a lot
easier on me after that.

He sounds a lot like my grandpa.

What would your
grandpa have said

about your getting straight A's?

He would say, "If the good Lord
gave you a mind, he meant

"for you to use it."

If you go to the picnic, I will.

[instrumental music]

(all singing)
* Light she was *

* And like a fairy *

* And her shoes
were number nine *

* Herring boxes
without topses *

* Sandals were for Clementine *

* Oh my darling
oh my darling *

* Oh my darling
Clementine *

* You are lost
and gone forever *

* Dreadful sorry
Clementine **

I can't believe this country.

It's like a travelogue,
in color yet.

Wait till we get to the top.

You can see everything
from there.

- Chicago?
- Sure, on a clear day.

Wait till you get
that third stripe

you'd come up
here all the time.

Would you be staying
in Camp Rockfish?

Sure, he's be cadre,
just like me.

- That would be neat.
- Yeah, that would be neat.

This nice feast
just didn't happen.

We gotta thank somebody for it,
and I'll tell you

who did it all, Ted.

(Jason)
'Let's hear it for Ted.'

You did it too.

There's someone else
we should thank.

Dear God..

...we ask you
to bless this food.

We thank you for letting us
be here under these trees

and this blue sky.

We ask you to bless
all those we love

both here on earth
and in heaven.

- Amen.
- Amen.

'Amen.'

Dig in.

Better move fast, Ted.
Or go hungry.

(Rose)
Oh, Ted.

Ted, this is so heavenly,
it's sinful.

Where? Over here?

- It needs a little work.
- Yeah.

Looks pretty messed up.

- We can do it.
- Here we go.

[indistinct chattering]

You know, it's funny, but
I still don't feel like enough

of a Walton to work around
Grandpa's grave.

Well, Cindy dear, you ought to,
with that young one inside you.

I suppose. And Ben invited me.

But somehow, I would've felt
like an intruder.

'I mean, they were all so close'

'and they loved
Grandpa Walton so much.'

I notice you're not up there.

Well, I feel so lucky
to be part of this family

that I feel the least I can do
is give them a little privacy.

Nana-nana! Look at all these
pinecones we found.

Look at this.

I wanna go show Uncle John.

This is the biggest
one I found.

This one is, I'm gonna
show him this one.

You all listen, both of you,
whoa-down here

whoa-down to about
a hundred miles an hour.

Now, see that pine tree
over there?

Alright, now go and get
some more pinecones from there

and when you get enough,
we'll make something with them.

- Like what?
- It's a surprise.

Now scoot. Both of you.

What you gonna make, Rose?

Cindy, since you're
about to become a mother

I think you should know
how to keep children busy.

And this will be
good practice for you.

What would?

Helping me to figure out what
to do with all these pine cones.

(John)
Where's everybody else?

Where's Cindy?

(Jim-Bob)
I think they wanted us to be
left alone with Grandpa, Daddy.

No need for that.

I have a feeling maybe
Ted's doing the same thing.

Maybe he's got some
private thoughts

for his grandpa, too.

Why don't you go get him?

The more the merrier
as far as Pa's concerned.

That's a good idea.
I'll go talk to him.

I will, too.

How come you decided
to come along, honey?

Well, Ted asked me what Grandpa
would say about my grades.

Guess everybody's gonna have
to get used to me being smart

including me.

[dramatic music]

Hey, Jason, you all
through over there?

There's no reason
you couldn't join us.

Well, you know.

I've been wanting
to talk to you about something.

The Drill Instructor job.
You don't want it, do you?

I want to volunteer for a unit
that's going to Europe.

It's too late
to save your grandpa now, Ted.

It's more than that.

But I do wanna
find his grave.

And after the war's over,
to say a special prayer.

To put his soul at peace.
And mine, too.

I want to know where
my grandpa's buried, Jason.

That prayer. You wanna
try it out on us?

I think my grandpa
would like to hear it.

You mean now?

For both grandpas,
Lapinsky and Walton.

[music continues]

Alright, everybody,
it's getting late.

Daddy, before we go Ted's got a
special prayer he'd like to say.

Well, it's called Kaddish,
it's our mourner's prayer.

'It's over 5,000 years old
from Israel.'

It glorifies God
and affirms our faith.

And mostly it asks for peace for
our loved one and for everyone.

We could use that kind
of prayer, son.

Okay, everybody,
gather around.

[speaking in foreign language]

[speaking in foreign language]

[speaking in foreign language]

Amen.

(male narrator)
We were tragically mistaken.

It was only near
the end of the war

that we learned that they had
indeed been extermination camps

Belsen, Buchenwald,
Dachau, Treblinka

where unspeakable
and unthinkable

horrors had been committed.

While on Walton's Mountain

a young man prayed
for his grandfather.

(Elizabeth)
'Daddy?'

(John)
'Yes, Honey.'

(Elizabeth)
'Do you think they'll send
Ted Lapinsky to Europe?'

(John)
'I guess so.
It's where he wants to go.'

(Elizabeth)
'I'm going to pray
he'll be alright.'

(John)
'That might help, honey.
Sure couldn't hurt.'

- 'Goodnight, Daddy.'
- 'Goodnight.'

[instrumental music]

[theme music]

[music continues]