The Waltons
The System
Season 3, Episode 8 · Aired 1974-10-24
Synopsis
After a fellow student, a star football player on an athletic scholarship gets caught cheating, John Boy agrees to defend him in front of the university's honor guard so he can stay in school. At home, Jason catches Ben smoking and turns to Grandpa for advice on what to do about it.
In the series
This episode is part of The Waltons (1972–1981) on CBS.
Goodnight, John-Boy — Depression-era mountain family as soft-focus America.
Key cast
- Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton
- Ralph Waite as John Walton Sr.
- Michael Learned as Olivia Walton
- Will Geer as Zebulon Walton
- Ellen Corby as Esther Walton