Mrs Oleson reacts angrily to the news that her 16-year-old son, Willie, is engaged. She tries to prevent the wedding until Willie defies her.

Ethan Cooper returns to Colorado Springs with his new wife to give his blessing on Michaela and Sully's planned adoption.

Brian and Colleen run away from Ethan and Lillian; Colleen gets pneumonia.

An idealistic man who hopes television can bring people together is ready to give up on his vision after 50 years in the industry.

Unlocking a secret from his past, a man contacts the son he has never met in hopes of finding a bone marrow donor for his dying daughter.

An actor (Daniel Davis) hires Jonathan and Mark to look after his estranged children (Bobby Jacoby, Emily Moultrie).

On a film set, Jonathan meets another angel (Al Ruscio), and Mark falls for an actress (Stella Stevens).

Charles Ingalls stops in Walnut Grove to see the Wilders with his dying son, Albert.

After promising to fix a store's roof and stack sacks of grain, Charles falls out of a tree.

Amy fights to keep Dexter when she learns Tim is putting the horse up for sale.

Jack is forced to revisit a rough patch in his marriage.

Ty has some tough decisions to make when Jack leaves him at a crossroads.

Rose's happiness with Stanley is threatened by her heart condition; Cindy finds work isn't exactly what she expected.

Ike and Jim-Bob hunt for uranium; Erin falls for Ben's competitor, a mysterious lumberjack concealing a secret about his family.

The Baldwins' cousin Octavia visits and causes havoc; a man who thinks Mary Ellen took his child bride kidnaps Elizabeth instead.

Joy and Eric find a new sense of purpose - and get a chance at love - as they work together to build a home for a family during Christmastime.

After 15 years, a single father moves home from Hawaii with his two sons and, through a series of coincidences - or Godwinks, ends up stuck in traffic next to his high school sweetheart.

Rose's happiness with Stanley is threatened by her heart condition; Cindy finds work isn't exactly what she expected.

Ike and Jim-Bob hunt for uranium; Erin falls for Ben's competitor, a mysterious lumberjack concealing a secret about his family.

The Baldwins' cousin Octavia visits and causes havoc; a man who thinks Mary Ellen took his child bride kidnaps Elizabeth instead.

Charles Ingalls stops in Walnut Grove to see the Wilders with his dying son, Albert.

Passions explode when the townspeople start casting a production of "Romeo and Juliet"; Dr. Mike and Sully try to plan a day alone.

Mike's faith in Robert E. leads her to recommend him for the dangerous job of repairing a steam engine.

Andrew goes to the rescue of a marriage getting off to a rocky start, guiding the bridegroom (guest star Neil Patrick Harris) out of a blizzard of doubt and down the aisle.

After her mom dies, a 10-year-old girl goes on a quest to find the father she never knew, receiving assistance from Monica and Andrew.

A Vietnam veteran causes problems when he brings home his Amerasian daughter. With Michael Landon and Victor French.

Mark and Jonathan work as hotel bellhops to help a millionaire's son (Brian Kerwin) find meaning in his life.

Christmas becomes a nightmare for Laura (Melissa Gilbert) and Almanzo (Dean Butler) as they search for a deranged woman who has kidnapped their baby.

Laura and Mary are concerned that other students won't accept them on their first day of school; Nellie Oleson snubs them for their homespun dresses.

Amy deals with Stewart Forrest's unrealistic expectations.

Lou helps Amy fight the lawsuit to save her sister's reputation and family business.

A paralyzed military vet and ex-rodeo cowboy hires Amy to help sell his roping horse.

John-Boy's hopes to have his book published in New York are dashed; the Baldwins plan a lavish ball, but it appears no one will come.

Grandpa interprets a shooting star that crash-landed at the Baldwins as an omen of his death.

The Waltons welcome a visiting preacher (John Ritter) and his mentor (Collin Wilcox-Horne), a fiery missionary.

Earl Hamner Jr., creator and narrator of "The Waltons" television series, highlights moments from the Emmy Award-winning program.

Accustomed to 19th-century high society, a young teacher must adjust to a new life in a Western frontier town.

John-Boy's hopes to have his book published in New York are dashed; the Baldwins plan a lavish ball, but it appears no one will come.

Grandpa interprets a shooting star that crash-landed at the Baldwins as an omen of his death.

The Waltons welcome a visiting preacher (John Ritter) and his mentor (Collin Wilcox-Horne), a fiery missionary.

Christmas becomes a nightmare for Laura (Melissa Gilbert) and Almanzo (Dean Butler) as they search for a deranged woman who has kidnapped their baby.

After the visiting Belle Starr gets into a bar fight, she stays with Dr. Mike and disrupts her peaceful home life.

Dr. Mike and Sully try to stop a paleontologist who is digging up Cheyenne burial sites while searching for dinosaur bones.

The angels must prevent a bomb from going off in a high school, and need the assistance of a troubled teacher to help save the students. Mary McDonnell guest stars.

An optimist plans a vacation for her daughter and son-in-law for the purpose of strengthening their marriage.

Car salesman Honest Eddy (Geoffrey Lewis) plans an expansion, which threatens a local orphanage at Christmas.

Investigating a friend's death, Mark encounters drug smugglers; guests Michael Bowen, Lee Bryant.

Walnut Grove citizens vow to destroy their homes after learning that Eastern financiers own their town.

After a hailstorm devastates his crops, Charles learns of blasting work available in a faraway quarry.

A horse crazy young boy quickly bonds with Amy.

Amy and Ty work through their trust issues.

Amy works with a professional horse trainer.

An injured runaway betrays the Waltons' trust; Elizabeth accuses her father of not helping care for an ailing raccoon.

A Jewish family which fled Nazi Germany tries to live isolated in a mountain cabin; guest Radames Pera.

An old World War I buddy of John's tries to hide his failure in life by bragging about his daring wartime deeds.

A war widow returns home for the first time in three years to help with her sister's wedding. As the big day approaches, she is forced to confront her past, including the man she never expected to fall for.

Three estranged siblings (Brooke White, Christian Campbell), one-time members of a musical group, reunite at the request of their mother (Mercedes Ruehl).

An injured runaway betrays the Waltons' trust; Elizabeth accuses her father of not helping care for an ailing raccoon.

A Jewish family which fled Nazi Germany tries to live isolated in a mountain cabin; guest Radames Pera.

An old World War I buddy of John's tries to hide his failure in life by bragging about his daring wartime deeds.

Walnut Grove citizens vow to destroy their homes after learning that Eastern financiers own their town.

Substitute instructor Mike gets in trouble for teaching evolution theory; Mike takes an abused girl under her wing.

Sully must overcome his spiritual crisis in order to save Loren, who has been critically injured in the wilderness.

A musician (Luther Vandross) learns his family prevented him from pursuing a successful career by keeping secret a significant phone call for more than 20 years.

A couple unable to conceive decides to adopt a Chinese girl, but the family's matriarch (Angela Lansbury) opposes bringing an Asian child into the circle.

Jonathan cannot reunite a couple because he has fallen for the woman (Robin Dearden).

Jonathan and Mark journey back in time to save Mark's grandfather's (John McLiam) farm from repossession.

The Ingalls (Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert) of Wisconsin make a new life on the Kansas frontier.

When Charles brings an old friend home to dinner, Caroline decides the man would be a perfect match for Widow Snider.

Tim is coerced to go with Jack on a secret mission.

Tim reveals to the family that Shane is his son.

When Amy works with a chuck-wagon horse, she discovers an impediment that could put the entire team in danger; Caleb returns without Ashley. The whole family is sleep deprived because of the new baby.

A colorful, self-styled writer (David Huddleston) dazzles John-Boy who jeopardizes a timber contract.

The Denby cousins move in unexpectedly and take advantage of hospitality.

The sheriff asks John-Boy's help when the Baldwin sisters' cousin (Denver Pyle) plans to bootleg their "recipe.".

The host of a web series makes an emergency trip to her Texas hometown to help her rancher father recover from a riding accident.

A reporter (Jennifer Love Hewitt) seeks the truth about a woman's (Betty White) husband (Billy Magnussen), a pilot who never returned from duty in World War II.

A colorful, self-styled writer (David Huddleston) dazzles John-Boy who jeopardizes a timber contract.

The Denby cousins move in unexpectedly and take advantage of hospitality.

The sheriff asks John-Boy's help when the Baldwin sisters' cousin (Denver Pyle) plans to bootleg their "recipe.".

The Ingalls (Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert) of Wisconsin make a new life on the Kansas frontier.

Mike and Sully arrive too late to avert Custer's slaughter of the Indians at the Washita River; Brian befriends an Indian boy.

Sully and the kids try to help Mike deal with the emotional aftermath of the Washita massacre.

Each angel plays a crucial role in helping parents cope after their only daughter is murdered. Gregory Harrison guest stars.

The angels try to reunite a father and his troubled son before an asteroid hurtling through space strikes Earth and causes mass destruction.

A college basketball star (Glenn Michael Jones) must face his illiteracy when a heart condition denies him a scholarship.

A dying woman tries to reconcile with her stern father (William Windom) for the sake of her illegitimate daughter.

Jonathan's guidance helps the romance of a quadriplegic lawyer (James Troesh) and Mark's cousin (Margie Impert).

Jonathan arranges an exchange between a pitiless millionaire and a kind vagrant.

A fashion photographer (Andie MacDowell) bonds with her mentally impaired sister (Rosie O'Donnell) after their father dies suddenly.

In 1910 Kansas, widowed farmer Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken) is having a hard time raising his children and running his farm without the help of a wife. He puts an ad in the paper for a bride to help him, and gets a response from a woman named Sarah (Glenn Close), who only describes herself as "plain and tall." Sarah travels to the farm for a one-month trial period, but finds Jacob's stubborn attitude and his daughter's view of her as a replacement mother difficult to bear.

Sarah (Glenn Close) and farmer husband Jacob Witting (Christopher Walken) want to keep their family together, but a drought makes it difficult to farm their land and provide for their children. When a fire ruins several buildings on their property, Sarah takes stepdaughter Anna (Lexi Randall) and stepson Caleb (Christopher Bell) to her brother's home in Maine, leaving Jacob to tend what's left of their farm. As they steel themselves for a period of separation, Jacob and Sarah pledge to reunite.

In this final chapter of the "Sarah, Plain and Tall" series, Sarah Witting (Glenn Close) and her husband, Jacob (Christopher Walken), are taken by surprise when Jacob's father, John (Jack Palance), who abandoned his son and family many years earlier, returns to live with the Wittings as he faces the end of his life. As Jacob struggles to reconcile with John, the Wittings' children face troubles of their own, leaving Sarah alone to lead her family through their travails in rural 1920s Kansas.

Cassie's mischievous cousin Abigail returns to Middleton, forcing Cassie to attempt tough love as Sam and Grace are swept up in Abigail's spell.

Abigail causes controversy in Middleton; Cassie's magic can't keep her away from Abigail's scheming when the truth becomes too hard to hide.

Cassie tries to convince Sam to follow her intuition in order to help a young couple survive a blizzard.

A storm continues to threaten the lives of the people in Middleton and Cassie and Sam work together to help.

A college basketball star (Glenn Michael Jones) must face his illiteracy when a heart condition denies him a scholarship.

A dying woman tries to reconcile with her stern father (William Windom) for the sake of her illegitimate daughter.

Jonathan's guidance helps the romance of a quadriplegic lawyer (James Troesh) and Mark's cousin (Margie Impert).

Jonathan arranges an exchange between a pitiless millionaire and a kind vagrant.

Dr. Mike and Sully remember the events that have marked their love affair and have second thoughts about their impending nuptials.

Dr. Mike and Sully's return from their honeymoon is marred by the arrival of a greedy banker and Cloud Dancing's hatred of the reservation.

The angels help a man (guest star Grand Shaud) who gets an inflated ego after saving a woman in danger.

The angels must prevent Monica's evil twin from breaking up a marriage.

An 11-year-old actress (Carrie Wells) manipulates parents and co-workers; guest Trish Van Devere.

A widow (Eileen Heckart) will lose her home to corporate developers unless neighbors will help.

Jonathan and Mark play Cupid for a rancher's son (John Hammond) and a horse trainer's daughter (Helen Hunt).

Learning she has cancer, Lizzy (Helen Hunt) tells Garth (John Hammond) their elopement was a mistake.

Ailing Mother Walton (Michael Learned) helps three daughters cope with personal problems in the 1940s.

Darcy finds a list of belongings her estranged mother had intended to give to close friends and family, and sets out to fulfill those wishes. While making deliveries, she encounters small and miraculous events that help guide her in life.

Special-education teacher Mike Kersjes (John Corbett) brings students to space camp to learn how astronauts explore the universe.

A 12-year-old orphan (Jodelle Ferland) develops a strong bond with a retired teacher (Sissy Spacek) who becomes increasingly forgetful.

Elizabeth is heartbroken after saying goodbye to Jack, but she tries to stay strong in front of her class; Abigail tries to outwit Henry Gowen by stealing a file from his office that could hold the clues to the cause of the mine explosion.

Jack is thought of as a hero after putting away the Tolliver outlaws; he decides to return to Coal Valley; Jack's return to Elizabeth is complicated when a beautiful actress arrives; Bill Avery and Abigail try to make a case against Gowen.

Jack helps Bill Avery with his investigation into the mine explosion; a romance grows between Bill and Abigail; Elizabeth struggles to make a decision about the teaching offer.

Elizabeth and Jack are closer than ever after their first kiss; Abigail confronts Bill about a surprising discovery that could put their romantic future on hold; the mining disaster trial takes a turn.

A widow (Eileen Heckart) will lose her home to corporate developers unless neighbors will help.

Jonathan and Mark play Cupid for a rancher's son (John Hammond) and a horse trainer's daughter (Helen Hunt).

Learning she has cancer, Lizzy (Helen Hunt) tells Garth (John Hammond) their elopement was a mistake.

Mike's mother and sisters arrive on the train for her wedding; tensions rise between Mike and Sully; Custer puts a bounty out for Cloud Dancing.

Sully returns; Mike realizes she wants to marry Sully; Brian has a surprise for the newlyweds.

The angels help a teenage girl overcome obsessive-compulsiveness and help her illiterate father overcome illiteracy.

A dying woman hopes her long-lost father can overcome his bitterness and become her daughter's guardian.

A widower (Lew Ayres) pines away in a rest home, until his grandson and Jonathan give him jogging shoes.

Guilt plagues a policeman who shot a teenager brandishing an empty gun.

Laura becomes enamoured by a new student, but he expresses more interest in Mary, which breaks her heart.

Charles helps a woman stage her own wake to ensure her distant children's attendance.

Laura befriends a lonely, crippled girl (Kim Richards) sheltered by her father.

Amy helps to restore the confidence of a troubled trick-rider.

A friend from Jack's past shows up at Heartland when one of their old band mates passes away.

Shane arrives for the summer; Tim tries to impress the kids with a Western day trip.

Mary Ellen falls for a minstrel and resists helping the family fulfill a vital contract.

The Waltons aid an actress (Pippa Scott) whose chauffeur robbed and abandoned her after her car broke down.

The drunken father of a young friend of the Waltons burns down the schoolhouse in the name of religion.

Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington (Joanne Woodward) and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accident, and Harrington's pregnant daughter, Phoebe (Laura Linney), is propelled into a downward spiral. Things gets worse when Harrington learns that her son-in-law was on cocaine at the time of the accident, and her daughter was using right along with him. What does this mean for Harrington's impending Senate campaign - and the health of Phoebe's unborn child?

Polish social worker Irena Sendler (Anna Paquin) saves thousands of Jewish children during World War II.

Mary Ellen falls for a minstrel and resists helping the family fulfill a vital contract.

The Waltons aid an actress (Pippa Scott) whose chauffeur robbed and abandoned her after her car broke down.

The drunken father of a young friend of the Waltons burns down the schoolhouse in the name of religion.

Laura becomes enamoured by a new student, but he expresses more interest in Mary, which breaks her heart.

Charles helps a woman stage her own wake to ensure her distant children's attendance.

Baseball fever hits town when an all-star team arrives; the townspeople agree to split profits from a match with the traveling challengers.

Mike becomes more absorbed in her new role as wife; rebellious Colleen joins schoolmates for dangerous and questionable escapades.

The angels intervene when a radio shock jock exploits a troubled teen perched on the roof of a high-rise and threatening to jump.

The angels help a teen who is so ashamed of her trailer park life that she styles herself as a wealthy jet-setter to gain acceptance at school.

As counselors at a camp for youths with cancer, Jonathan and Mark help a teenage ex-athlete.

While most of the campers find contentment, Jonathan encourages Jason's reluctant father to join in.

Caroline reluctantly leaves the children with a baby sitter when Charles invites her on a 6-day trip to Mankato.

Substitute-teacher Caroline deals with a boy (Dirk Blocker) ridiculed for his limited literacy.

After Laura's pet raccoon bites her and the dog, Charles and Caroline discover it is rabid.

Ty and Amy learn that Mrs. Bell has moved out of her home and away from Sugarfoot.

When Tim's young racehorse, Cisco, is stolen on the way to his maiden race, Amy and Ty get help tracking him down from an unlikely source - Ty's stepfather, Wade.

Amy bravely tries to heal an abused racehorse; Ty and Jack think she's finally taken on more than she can handle.

John-Boy falls for a woman (Sian Barbara Allen) who left home to return to her father's house on Walton's Mountain.

John-Boy and Grandpa play matchmaker for Olivia's visiting uncle, but the women disapprove of their choice.

John-Boy invites Gypsies to camp on the Waltons' land, despite dire predictions; guest Gregory Sierra.

Guardian angel Gabby is sent to the town of Angel Falls to restore its Christmas spirit. As she helps the townspeople to revive their traditions, Gabby meets a volunteer fire chief who teaches her the truth about the love she admires from afar.

Book editor Hannah must work with former rival Ryan to help a potential writer find her way, and Angel Anthony reminds them about Christmas spirit and the value of community.

John-Boy falls for a woman (Sian Barbara Allen) who left home to return to her father's house on Walton's Mountain.

John-Boy and Grandpa play matchmaker for Olivia's visiting uncle, but the women disapprove of their choice.

John-Boy invites Gypsies to camp on the Waltons' land, despite dire predictions; guest Gregory Sierra.

Caroline reluctantly leaves the children with a baby sitter when Charles invites her on a 6-day trip to Mankato.

Substitute-teacher Caroline deals with a boy (Dirk Blocker) ridiculed for his limited literacy.

Matthew's fiancee, Ingrid, is making final wedding plans when she is attacked by Brian's rabid dog and becomes gravely ill.

Though an elderly patient believes the springs are helping him, Dr. Mike knows his improvements are psychological; Mike wants Sully to play Prince Charming.

The angels try to help a success-minded man who is more interested in money than his family, but the mission gets complicated when Tess starts to show early signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Gabriel (Ossie Davis) and the Angel of Music (Keb' Mo') arrive to look after Tess as the Alzheimer's disease progresses.

Jonathan performs a miracle for the hard-working daughter of a struggling theatrical agent; guests Bill Macy, Alice Ghostley.

Jonathan (Michael Landon) enlists the help of a con man when Mark (Victor French) is tricked into selling his soul to Satan.

A mute coppersmith (Chuck McCann) plans to end a controversy over a proposed church bell.

Burning the midnight oil preparing for a school contest, Mary causes a fire, and Caroline orders her to withdraw.

The Ingalls struggle with limited funds as they decide on Christmas gifts.

Ty's mother, Lily, returns to Heartland with shocking news; Amy continues to work with Alcatraz.

Jack joins Ty on a road trip to spread his father's ashes.

Ty is injured when he crashes his bike, leaving Jack to search for help.

John-Boy seeks city employment when a legal mix-up threatens the Waltons' lumber rights; guest Garry Walberg.

An illiterate woman (Lynn Hamilton) whose daughter is graduating from college asks John-Boy to teach her.

John-Boy helps a blacksmith (Ned Beatty) write to a woman; Olivia neglects the family to sing in a choir.

An architect relives her disastrous wedding day over and over until she faces her fears and discovers what she really wants in life.

A woman (Danielle Panabaker) falls for a television chef (Shawn Roberts) while ghostwriting his cookbook.

Optimistic and cheerful TV producer Kelly doesn't have time for love. Bad boy celebrity chef Stephen doesn't have time for anything besides cooking. Fun with a side of love ensues as Kelly and Stephen are paired on a children's cooking show.

John-Boy seeks city employment when a legal mix-up threatens the Waltons' lumber rights; guest Garry Walberg.

An illiterate woman (Lynn Hamilton) whose daughter is graduating from college asks John-Boy to teach her.

John-Boy helps a blacksmith (Ned Beatty) write to a woman; Olivia neglects the family to sing in a choir.

A mute coppersmith (Chuck McCann) plans to end a controversy over a proposed church bell.

Burning the midnight oil preparing for a school contest, Mary causes a fire, and Caroline orders her to withdraw.

Dorothy Jennings' book about her experiences in Colorado Springs becomes a best seller, but it angers townsfolk.

Loren proposes to Dorothy but has a stroke before she can answer; an old friend wants Sully to come to the gold fields.

The angels try to raise the spirits of employees at a Manhattan watchmaking company who find out they're going to lose their jobs on Christmas Eve.

The angels try to help a lonely private investigator who has taken in a runaway teen as his own daughter and doesn't want to return her to her real father.

Jonathan (Michael Landon) alerts the citizens of a small coastal town to the pollution dangers of a nearby factory. With Victor French.

When Jonathan is called away, Mark visits his former partner and uncovers a family secret; guest Shannen Doherty.

Feeling rejected, Laura does not pray for the recovery of her sickly newborn brother.

A mountain man (Ernest Borgnine) helps Laura deal with guilt over the baby's death.

The Olesons separate after arguing about the quality of the Ingalls' eggs.

Tim gets Amy's help projecting a positive image to the community to help his custody case.

Amy must find a way to save rescue horses from kill buyers.

Amy and Ty go to Scott's reservation to help save a herd of wild horses from a dangerous virus.

John-Boy's casual date for the movies decides to unleash her considerable feminine charms on him.

The faith of the Walton family is sorely tried when Olivia contracts polio, and the doctor says that she may never walk again.

Olivia tries a radical polio treatment developed by Sister Kenny of Australia.

In rural Colorado, eight people (Aidan Quinn, Rachel Griffiths, America Ferrera), including two teachers, experience vast changes in their lives over the course of a year.