1 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:59,487 Walton's Mountain is as old as the Earth itself. 2 00:01:59,553 --> 00:02:01,722 For countless centuries, it has quietly shouldered 3 00:02:01,789 --> 00:02:04,158 the sky above the land on which our family 4 00:02:04,225 --> 00:02:06,494 settled, built, and flourished. 5 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,996 Through all its seasons, through all the great 6 00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:12,633 and small eventsof our lives, the mountain was changeless 7 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:17,171 as fixed and as permanent as the glittering stars above. 8 00:02:17,238 --> 00:02:20,241 And then there was an evening in the 1930s which started 9 00:02:20,308 --> 00:02:24,178 all of us wondering how fixed or permanent anything is 10 00:02:24,245 --> 00:02:26,547 even a star. 11 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:32,186 It's nice. 12 00:02:34,455 --> 00:02:37,791 It's the best part of the day. 13 00:02:37,858 --> 00:02:41,529 I've always been partial to twilight. 14 00:02:41,595 --> 00:02:45,699 We used to call it "in the gloaming." 15 00:02:48,302 --> 00:02:51,239 You've been so quiet, I forgot you were there. 16 00:02:54,342 --> 00:02:56,677 I'm still here. 17 00:03:00,414 --> 00:03:02,750 Jim-Bob's it. 18 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,556 -Ben, come out and play. -I've got to study. 19 00:03:08,622 --> 00:03:12,025 We're having a spelldown in our class and winner gets a medal. 20 00:03:12,092 --> 00:03:16,564 -Are you gonna be the winner? -I'm sure gonna try. 21 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:20,200 Come out and play when you finish. We're having fun. 22 00:03:44,258 --> 00:03:47,127 I promised myself I'd write at least 1,000 words 23 00:03:47,194 --> 00:03:48,929 in this tablet every day. 24 00:03:48,996 --> 00:03:51,999 Trouble is, if I spend too much time here away from everybody 25 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:54,868 I don't really have anything to write about. 26 00:04:16,890 --> 00:04:20,328 - Come on, Ben! - Careful. Jim-Bob's it! 27 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:26,300 -You're it! -Look. 28 00:04:30,137 --> 00:04:31,905 The first star. 29 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:35,175 Starlight, starbright, first star I see tonight. 30 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:40,247 I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. 31 00:04:40,314 --> 00:04:42,249 Everybody make a wish. 32 00:04:42,316 --> 00:04:45,285 -Not me. -Why not? 33 00:04:45,353 --> 00:04:49,757 No star 67 million miles away is gonna get me what I want. 34 00:04:53,961 --> 00:04:56,497 Did you make a wish? 35 00:04:56,564 --> 00:04:58,832 -I'll bet I know what it is. -Don't tell! 36 00:04:58,899 --> 00:05:01,902 I won't, and I hope it comes true. 37 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:14,682 Come on out, son. 38 00:05:14,748 --> 00:05:18,318 Plenty of good seats left, and they're all free. 39 00:05:18,386 --> 00:05:20,988 Finished what you've been doing? 40 00:05:21,054 --> 00:05:22,990 Seems like I never finish, Mama. 41 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:27,060 There's always more to write than I ever manage to set down. 42 00:05:27,127 --> 00:05:30,030 Well, then you'll pick it up and carry on. 43 00:05:30,097 --> 00:05:33,401 -I guess I will. -There's no end to it. 44 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:37,505 Like counting the leaves on that old oak tree. 45 00:05:37,571 --> 00:05:39,640 That's right, Grandma... 46 00:05:39,707 --> 00:05:43,010 or even the stars in the sky tonight. 47 00:05:50,418 --> 00:05:52,953 Zeb, what is it? 48 00:05:54,488 --> 00:05:56,390 Look! 49 00:05:56,457 --> 00:05:57,991 Up there! 50 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:17,244 Did you ever see the like of that? 51 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,847 A falling star. 52 00:06:19,913 --> 00:06:22,916 You know, Grandma, if it hits the ground, it's a meteorite. 53 00:06:22,983 --> 00:06:25,586 Looks like it landed right near here. 54 00:06:25,653 --> 00:06:27,588 Close to the Baldwins, I'd say. 55 00:06:27,655 --> 00:06:29,490 Where are you going, John? 56 00:06:29,557 --> 00:06:31,559 I'm gonna have a look at that star. 57 00:06:31,625 --> 00:06:34,061 -Me, too. -You coming, Grandpa? 58 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:37,698 Grandpa, you gonna come with us? 59 00:06:37,765 --> 00:06:41,001 I think I'll stay here, John. 60 00:06:44,805 --> 00:06:47,140 Zeb, what's wrong with you? 61 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:48,876 What could possibly be wrong 62 00:06:48,942 --> 00:06:52,045 with a man that's lived as long as I have? 63 00:07:02,055 --> 00:07:05,926 You children. You're not going anywhere but to bed. 64 00:07:05,993 --> 00:07:09,129 -But it's so close! -Please! 65 00:07:13,867 --> 00:07:17,471 We could go a lifetime and never get this close to a star again. 66 00:07:17,538 --> 00:07:19,306 Two Waltons chasing after a shooting star 67 00:07:19,372 --> 00:07:21,509 is more than enough. Come on. 68 00:07:21,575 --> 00:07:25,145 -Wasn't it pretty, Mama? -Beautiful. 69 00:07:33,153 --> 00:07:37,024 It's beautiful and sad. 70 00:07:37,090 --> 00:07:39,026 The end of something. 71 00:07:39,092 --> 00:07:43,931 Everything has to come to an end sometime. 72 00:07:48,602 --> 00:07:51,004 You all right, Grandpa? 73 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:54,041 I have seen better days, daughter. 74 00:08:06,153 --> 00:08:08,421 Sister and I were relaxing after our dinner. 75 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:11,559 -Another quiet evening alone. -I was embroidering. 76 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:13,561 And I was reading Pride and Prejudice. 77 00:08:13,627 --> 00:08:15,062 For the 500th time. 78 00:08:15,128 --> 00:08:17,865 No one writes like Miss Austen. To read her words 79 00:08:17,931 --> 00:08:21,434 is like having a dear friend drop in for a leisurely visit. 80 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:23,804 Suddenly we heard a strange noise. 81 00:08:23,871 --> 00:08:26,373 Like whistling, only it was extremely loud. 82 00:08:26,439 --> 00:08:29,677 And there was a brilliant light flickering outside the window. 83 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:31,912 We rushed over to look out 84 00:08:31,979 --> 00:08:33,714 And whoosh! 85 00:08:33,781 --> 00:08:36,383 Right through the roof it went. 86 00:08:36,449 --> 00:08:38,385 We were terrified. 87 00:08:38,451 --> 00:08:39,820 Exhilarated. 88 00:08:39,887 --> 00:08:42,455 Sister wanted to send for Sheriff Bridges, but I said 89 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:44,224 "No, let's have a look first." 90 00:08:44,291 --> 00:08:46,860 So we came right out here to the Recipe room 91 00:08:46,927 --> 00:08:50,397 opened the door, and there it was! 92 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:53,000 Our star. 93 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:55,903 Isn't it magnificent, John-Boy? 94 00:08:55,969 --> 00:08:59,239 I sure never thought I'd get that close to a star. 95 00:08:59,306 --> 00:09:01,408 You must make a wish on it. 96 00:09:01,474 --> 00:09:03,176 I already have. 97 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:04,612 So have I. 98 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:08,882 It's lucky it didn't hit one of you. 99 00:09:08,949 --> 00:09:10,951 Papa would never have permitted that. 100 00:09:11,018 --> 00:09:14,087 Your papa was a right powerful man when he was alive. 101 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:16,156 But as for controlling the stars-- 102 00:09:16,223 --> 00:09:19,660 This star is a gift and a sign from Papa. 103 00:09:19,727 --> 00:09:21,729 Why, just look where it landed. 104 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:25,899 In his favorite place on earth: The Recipe room. 105 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:28,802 I think we should all have a little of the Recipe... 106 00:09:28,869 --> 00:09:32,539 in honor of Papa and our star! 107 00:09:32,606 --> 00:09:34,474 Mr. Walton? 108 00:09:34,541 --> 00:09:39,680 Well, I wouldn't mind, this being a special occasion. 109 00:09:39,747 --> 00:09:42,315 Isn't this a treat, Sister! 110 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:47,788 Sister, we have more company. 111 00:09:47,855 --> 00:09:50,658 -How nice. -Come in. 112 00:09:50,724 --> 00:09:54,294 Do come in and share our joy. 113 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:03,570 John-Boy. 114 00:10:03,637 --> 00:10:08,375 What are you doing out of bed? 115 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:11,611 Did you really get to see a star? 116 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,782 -I sure did. -I wish I could've gone. 117 00:10:14,848 --> 00:10:17,284 That star's special to me. 118 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:18,618 Why is that? 119 00:10:18,686 --> 00:10:20,954 I made a wish on it. 120 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:24,324 You sure it was that particular star you made a wish on? 121 00:10:24,391 --> 00:10:26,193 I'm sure. 122 00:10:26,259 --> 00:10:29,997 Do you suppose some time you could take me to see it? 123 00:10:30,063 --> 00:10:32,632 I got to fix the Baldwin ladie'' roof for them. 124 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,401 You could come along then. 125 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:38,171 Thanks. 126 00:10:41,775 --> 00:10:44,945 Now I know my wish is gonna come true. 127 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,923 When I left that place, there was a hole in the roof 128 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:59,760 a star on the floor, and the Recipe flowing like water. 129 00:10:59,827 --> 00:11:02,229 Shameless old bootleggers! 130 00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:05,232 Can you imagine two women bootlegging whiskey? 131 00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:07,334 Grandma, they don't think they're bootlegging whiskey. 132 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,336 They're following their papa's Recipe. 133 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:11,471 They think it's some kind of cordial. 134 00:11:11,538 --> 00:11:16,409 It's too bad that star didn't finish off that still of theirs. 135 00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:19,880 -It missed it by inches. -More's the pity. 136 00:11:19,947 --> 00:11:24,151 Oh, powerful western fallen star 137 00:11:26,253 --> 00:11:30,157 Why did that star fall where it did and when it did? 138 00:11:30,223 --> 00:11:32,225 I don't know, Grandpa. What do you think? 139 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:34,494 I think the whole drooping star in the west-- 140 00:11:34,561 --> 00:11:37,530 He's half asleep. He should've been in bed an hour ago. 141 00:11:37,597 --> 00:11:41,201 -Come on, Zeb. Come on. -Alright. 142 00:11:41,268 --> 00:11:43,536 -I'll manage. -What is it, Zeb? 143 00:11:43,603 --> 00:11:46,807 -Let me help you. -Nothing. 144 00:11:50,677 --> 00:11:53,280 -Good night, you two. -Good night, Grandma, Grandpa. 145 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:58,151 -Something's wrong, John. -He's just tired. 146 00:11:58,218 --> 00:12:00,687 I'm afraid it's more than that. 147 00:12:00,754 --> 00:12:03,223 Think we ought to get Doc Shackleford? 148 00:12:07,094 --> 00:12:09,763 If he's not better by morning, yes. 149 00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:23,143 after its daring robbery 150 00:12:23,210 --> 00:12:25,846 of a Greencastle, Indiana bank yesterday. 151 00:12:25,913 --> 00:12:28,615 Closer to home, stargazers last night 152 00:12:28,681 --> 00:12:31,684 had a rare treat when a meteorite blazed a fiery trail 153 00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:33,253 across Jefferson County 154 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,923 before it landed some 28 miles south of Charlottesville 155 00:12:35,989 --> 00:12:38,325 on the property of the Baldwin sisters. 156 00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:40,360 The celestial visitor crashed through the roof 157 00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:43,663 of the Baldwin residence but property damage was minimal. 158 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:48,135 In Washington, Secretary of the Interior.. 159 00:12:48,201 --> 00:12:50,971 Are we gonna hear about the Baldwins even on the radio? 160 00:12:51,038 --> 00:12:53,440 Come on, Mama. Where're Grandma and Grandpa? 161 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:55,675 Your grandpa wasn't feeling too well last night. 162 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:57,344 He's still in bed. 163 00:12:57,410 --> 00:13:00,180 -Hurry up, John-Boy. -How come you're in such a rush? 164 00:13:00,247 --> 00:13:02,415 -Don't wanna be late for school. -Bye. 165 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:04,852 I never thought I'd see my children so anxious 166 00:13:04,918 --> 00:13:06,286 to get to school. 167 00:13:06,353 --> 00:13:08,088 What's so important about school suddenly? 168 00:13:08,155 --> 00:13:11,058 -I want it to be a surprise. -Alright then, surprise us. 169 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:13,093 Now, scoot! All of you! 170 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:18,899 Ben, wait, you forgot your lunch. 171 00:13:18,966 --> 00:13:20,400 Thanks. 172 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:23,503 Is today the day your wish is gonna come true? 173 00:13:23,570 --> 00:13:24,838 Maybe. 174 00:13:24,905 --> 00:13:27,574 It will. I just know it will. 175 00:13:36,917 --> 00:13:39,119 One of the greatest sights in the world 176 00:13:39,186 --> 00:13:41,821 is to see your children marching off to school. 177 00:13:44,925 --> 00:13:48,661 John, I'm worried about your pa. 178 00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:50,530 Is he still feeling poorly? 179 00:13:50,597 --> 00:13:54,501 Well, he says he just doesn't feel like getting out of bed. 180 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:58,038 I've never seen him like that before. 181 00:14:18,992 --> 00:14:21,761 Grandma says you've declared a holiday. 182 00:14:21,828 --> 00:14:25,398 Is that what she says? 183 00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:28,101 Why, you've been working hard helping me in the sawmill. 184 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:30,971 No, that isn't it. 185 00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:33,006 You've earned a rest. 186 00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:36,209 I guess maybe I have. 187 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:43,583 Grandpa, you feeling bad? 188 00:14:43,650 --> 00:14:45,385 No, not just now. 189 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:48,555 Last night, sitting out there on the porch 190 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:50,357 there was a sudden catch 191 00:14:50,423 --> 00:14:53,460 just when that shooting star fell. 192 00:14:53,526 --> 00:14:56,529 And for quite a long spell, I couldn't get my breath. 193 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:59,766 Then it stopped. 194 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:03,070 And I haven't felt so bad since. 195 00:15:03,136 --> 00:15:05,772 You feel there's some connection between that star 196 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:07,440 and the way you feel? 197 00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:08,976 I do. 198 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:15,115 Maybe I should ask Doc Shackleford to stop by. 199 00:15:15,182 --> 00:15:17,450 He's got better things to do than that. 200 00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:19,052 He can give you an exam. 201 00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:21,154 Examinations and doctors 202 00:15:21,221 --> 00:15:24,791 cannot interfere with the natural course of things. 203 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:27,527 There's nothing natural about you being too tired 204 00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:30,097 to get out of bed. 205 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:35,935 I haven't heard one of Doc's long-winded stories 206 00:15:36,003 --> 00:15:38,205 in a long time. 207 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:41,174 Maybe I'll ask him to stop by. 208 00:15:41,241 --> 00:15:44,477 As you please, son. 209 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:05,665 -Chief. -C-H-I-E-F. Chief. 210 00:16:05,732 --> 00:16:07,434 Ought. 211 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,569 Ought. 212 00:16:11,604 --> 00:16:13,773 A-W.. 213 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,976 G-H-T. 214 00:16:17,044 --> 00:16:19,612 That is not correct. Ben? 215 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:23,650 -Ought. O-U-G-H-T. Ought. -That's right. 216 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:27,720 Sorry, Melanie. 217 00:16:27,787 --> 00:16:29,756 Hoist. 218 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:30,923 Heights? 219 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,292 Hoist. 220 00:16:32,359 --> 00:16:33,493 Hoist. 221 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:37,530 H-O-I-S-T. Hoist. 222 00:16:37,597 --> 00:16:39,266 Believe. 223 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:41,934 B-E-L... 224 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,937 E-I-V-E. Believe. 225 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,806 Sorry. 226 00:16:46,873 --> 00:16:48,908 -Ben? -Believe. 227 00:16:48,975 --> 00:16:51,911 B-E-L-I-E-V-E. Believe. 228 00:16:51,978 --> 00:16:54,013 That is correct. 229 00:16:54,081 --> 00:16:55,482 Well.. 230 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:59,018 We have only two competitors left for the medal. 231 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:03,823 But we really have to get on to our American History. 232 00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:07,427 George Washington is expecting us at Valley Forge. 233 00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:09,429 Suppose we continue the spelldown between 234 00:17:09,496 --> 00:17:11,231 our two finalists tomorrow. 235 00:17:11,298 --> 00:17:14,767 That'll give you time to study the words in the last section. 236 00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:15,868 Alright. 237 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:17,204 Yes, Miss Hunter. 238 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,744 I'm so pleased with the fine showing 239 00:17:24,811 --> 00:17:27,046 of the fourth grade in general. 240 00:17:27,114 --> 00:17:29,182 The speller who proves himself or herself 241 00:17:29,249 --> 00:17:30,650 worthy of this medal tomorrow 242 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:34,287 will certainly have good reason to be proud. 243 00:17:41,128 --> 00:17:43,463 I got you. 244 00:17:43,530 --> 00:17:45,898 Quiet. 245 00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:47,900 Where are your sisters? 246 00:17:47,967 --> 00:17:51,003 They stayed late at school to help Miss Hunter. 247 00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:54,774 I want you children to play outside and try to keep quiet. 248 00:17:54,841 --> 00:17:56,276 Is something wrong? 249 00:17:56,343 --> 00:17:58,044 Grandpa's not feeling well. 250 00:17:58,111 --> 00:18:00,213 Dr. Shackleford's coming over after he delivers 251 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,848 Mrs. Thurston's baby. 252 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:04,117 Can we go in and see Grandpa? 253 00:18:04,184 --> 00:18:06,919 After the doctor comes, Jason. 254 00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:09,556 I had promised the children I'd take them somewhere today. 255 00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:12,192 But I guess maybe we'd better stay here. 256 00:18:12,259 --> 00:18:14,227 Where were you planning to take them? 257 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:17,330 -To see the star, Mama. -Maybe even touch it. 258 00:18:17,397 --> 00:18:20,066 -Maybe you could come, too. -No, you all go along. 259 00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:21,801 Just this once, mind you. 260 00:18:21,868 --> 00:18:24,971 Mind what John-Boy tells you, and don't be late for supper. 261 00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:27,274 Okay, thank you. Let's go. 262 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:30,177 Put those things on the back porch. And be quiet. 263 00:18:30,243 --> 00:18:32,545 Ben, now, quiet. 264 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,557 I was planning to do that. 265 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:45,958 How's Grandpa? 266 00:18:46,025 --> 00:18:51,164 The same. Just lying in there like he was... 267 00:18:51,231 --> 00:18:53,533 waiting. 268 00:19:05,912 --> 00:19:07,847 Come here now. Come on, let's go. 269 00:19:07,914 --> 00:19:10,350 Don't walk on the grass, Ben. Come on. 270 00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:12,819 Stay together now. 271 00:19:20,527 --> 00:19:21,628 Halt! 272 00:19:21,694 --> 00:19:24,397 You are trespassing on private property. 273 00:19:24,464 --> 00:19:27,300 -We came to see the star. -You did? 274 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,302 Did you indeed? 275 00:19:29,369 --> 00:19:31,938 You'll have to come back another time. 276 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:35,508 I am now in the process of working out a suitable schedule 277 00:19:35,575 --> 00:19:39,279 of exhibit hours and admission fees for the public. 278 00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:40,847 But, mister... 279 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:43,416 There will be announcements in the local papers. 280 00:19:43,483 --> 00:19:46,052 Perhaps handbills as well. 281 00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:49,822 -I'm John-Boy Walton. -We are not impressed. 282 00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:51,891 John-Boy! 283 00:19:56,062 --> 00:19:59,632 You've brought along some of your dear brothers and sisters 284 00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:01,067 to see the star. 285 00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:03,270 -Isn't this lovely? -You've met Cousin Polonius? 286 00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:05,238 -Yes, I was just-- -We've met. 287 00:20:05,305 --> 00:20:07,940 Cousin Polonius has come all the way from Richmond 288 00:20:08,007 --> 00:20:09,509 to share our joy. 289 00:20:09,576 --> 00:20:11,844 And to lift the burden of responsibility 290 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:14,947 from these fragile feminine shoulders. 291 00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:18,451 I'm sorry, the children are just so anxious to see the star. 292 00:20:18,518 --> 00:20:21,554 Of course they are. Come in. Come in. 293 00:20:36,503 --> 00:20:39,606 There it is, a piece of the heavens. 294 00:20:39,672 --> 00:20:41,941 A real honest-to-goodness star. 295 00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:44,677 You wouldn't believe the people we've had here, John-Boy. 296 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:46,746 Everybody's heard about it on the radio. 297 00:20:46,813 --> 00:20:50,383 Everybody wants to see a real honest-to-goodness star. 298 00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:52,218 There were two university professors. 299 00:20:52,285 --> 00:20:56,055 A dreadful man from a carnival who wanted to buy our star. 300 00:20:56,122 --> 00:20:57,624 Can you imagine? 301 00:20:57,690 --> 00:21:00,727 He wanted to put our beautiful star in his freak show. 302 00:21:00,793 --> 00:21:04,063 As if Sister and I would ever sell a gift from Papa. 303 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:07,567 And only a few minutes ago, there was a representative 304 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:08,901 of the United States Army. 305 00:21:08,968 --> 00:21:11,438 He was claiming this and demanding that. 306 00:21:11,504 --> 00:21:13,840 I was feeling quite intimidated. 307 00:21:13,906 --> 00:21:16,275 But Cousin Polonius dealt with him. 308 00:21:16,343 --> 00:21:18,445 He dealt with all of them. 309 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:20,980 My privilege. 310 00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:25,284 -Is it okay to touch? -Of course, dear. Go ahead. 311 00:21:33,926 --> 00:21:36,829 Aren't you gonna touch it, Elizabeth? 312 00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:39,866 Not this time. I want you to have all the luck. 313 00:21:39,932 --> 00:21:41,701 You two got a secret? 314 00:21:41,768 --> 00:21:43,703 Ben made a wish on the star. 315 00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:49,041 I didn't touch it, so he'll have all the luck. 316 00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:51,478 Good luck, Ben. 317 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:02,221 All things considered, Zeb, you're in very good condition. 318 00:22:02,288 --> 00:22:04,190 That pain you had 319 00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:06,826 could have been a spasm in your muscles right here. 320 00:22:06,893 --> 00:22:09,862 As far as I can tell, there was no damage done. 321 00:22:12,732 --> 00:22:14,967 Is there something else bothering you? 322 00:22:15,034 --> 00:22:18,605 Something you haven't told me about? 323 00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:22,442 Ben, I am not what regular churchgoers call 324 00:22:22,509 --> 00:22:23,743 a religious man. 325 00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:26,746 But throughout the years I have had my beliefs. 326 00:22:26,813 --> 00:22:30,950 I've learned to recognize His will and accept it. 327 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:37,857 -You feel you've had a sign? -I do. 328 00:22:40,527 --> 00:22:44,964 Zeb, you're too vigorous a man to be laid low by a sign. 329 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:46,198 My advice to you 330 00:22:46,265 --> 00:22:50,837 is to get up out of this bed and start living again. 331 00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:05,685 Physically, he's amazingly sound for a man his age. 332 00:23:05,752 --> 00:23:09,722 Then why has he taken to his bed? 333 00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:12,825 There's a very powerful medicine. 334 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:15,094 Works all kinds of wonders. 335 00:23:15,161 --> 00:23:19,966 Unfortunately, no doctor can write out a prescription for it. 336 00:23:20,032 --> 00:23:23,636 Some people call it "the will to live." 337 00:23:23,703 --> 00:23:25,472 It's helped Zeb Walton do things 338 00:23:25,538 --> 00:23:27,974 that would exhaust somebody half his age. 339 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,110 Kept him full of energy and interest. 340 00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:32,979 You mean he's lost that? 341 00:23:33,045 --> 00:23:35,014 He had a severe pain near his heart 342 00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:38,284 and at the same instant, he saw that star fall. 343 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:41,621 Some people think a falling star means death. 344 00:23:46,593 --> 00:23:49,796 Zeb Walton is one of them. 345 00:24:14,554 --> 00:24:16,956 The house is so still. 346 00:24:17,023 --> 00:24:20,426 It wouldn't be the same without Grandpa. 347 00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:23,496 Is Grandpa gonna die? 348 00:24:23,563 --> 00:24:26,232 Now listen, children. 349 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:31,003 I know you're worried about Grandpa. We all are. 350 00:24:31,070 --> 00:24:34,373 But mooning around like this isn't gonna help a bit. 351 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:38,277 Now, I want you to go to school and pretend it's a normal day. 352 00:24:38,344 --> 00:24:42,214 How're we supposed to pretend like it's a normal day? 353 00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:46,218 He might really be sicker than we know. 354 00:24:46,285 --> 00:24:49,188 Liv, what do you think? 355 00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:51,991 I think you children will be better off at school. 356 00:24:52,058 --> 00:24:54,627 -Please, Mama. -Never mind please. Come on. 357 00:24:54,694 --> 00:24:57,029 Off you go, come on. 358 00:25:00,466 --> 00:25:02,702 I can be just as stubborn as you. 359 00:25:02,769 --> 00:25:05,905 You can think yourself to death if you want to. 360 00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:11,644 But I'm gonna think you alive. 361 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:23,556 -Did you ask him about the star? -He won't talk about it. 362 00:25:23,623 --> 00:25:24,891 I'm gonna try something. 363 00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:27,660 Once that old man gets an idea in his head 364 00:25:27,727 --> 00:25:29,996 dynamite won't blast it loose. 365 00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:36,569 Morning. 366 00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:40,907 Good to see you looking so much better. 367 00:25:40,973 --> 00:25:43,743 Do you remember that big, old white oak tree 368 00:25:43,810 --> 00:25:47,413 that stands by itself on the banks of the Cyclamen River 369 00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:48,748 up on the mountain? 370 00:25:48,815 --> 00:25:50,382 Of course I remember. 371 00:25:50,449 --> 00:25:53,753 As long as I can remember, that was your favorite place. 372 00:25:57,456 --> 00:26:01,327 Pa, I'm gonna need your help in the sawmill today. 373 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:04,597 If I'm going to get a regular contract for the railroad ties 374 00:26:04,664 --> 00:26:07,333 I got to deliver a load before this day's over. 375 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:10,202 -They're pushing you too much? -I can't do it myself. 376 00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:14,006 -But you and me together. -Don't count on me. 377 00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:18,377 -Now, Grandpa... -Maybe John-Boy. 378 00:26:18,444 --> 00:26:21,648 If you'd just get out of this bed and feel the sun 379 00:26:21,714 --> 00:26:23,983 on your face. 380 00:26:27,987 --> 00:26:30,322 Why did you ask me about that old oak? 381 00:26:30,389 --> 00:26:34,827 'Cause that's where I want to be buried when my time comes. 382 00:26:37,163 --> 00:26:40,332 Now that time is a whole lot of years away. 383 00:26:40,399 --> 00:26:43,636 Maybe tomorrow. 384 00:26:43,703 --> 00:26:46,839 Maybe the next day. 385 00:26:46,906 --> 00:26:49,241 You felt a twinge, you saw a star fall. 386 00:26:49,308 --> 00:26:52,712 That's no reason to stay in your bed and pick out your grave. 387 00:26:52,779 --> 00:26:56,048 Shooting star means death, son. 388 00:26:56,115 --> 00:27:00,887 Pa, that's just an old notion. No one's ever proved that. 389 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:04,523 Mark Twain said that he came in with Halley's comet 390 00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:07,760 and he would go out with Halley's comet. And he did. 391 00:27:07,827 --> 00:27:09,762 And I have proved it for myself. 392 00:27:09,829 --> 00:27:11,864 My own daddy, your grandpa 393 00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:14,533 he was the soundest man in this county. 394 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,937 And one evening, we were coming home from a barn raising. 395 00:27:18,004 --> 00:27:19,638 He was joshing and laughing. 396 00:27:19,706 --> 00:27:22,541 And then all of a sudden, in the sky 397 00:27:22,608 --> 00:27:26,679 right up there above us, there was this shooting star. 398 00:27:26,746 --> 00:27:28,848 I watched his eyes. 399 00:27:28,915 --> 00:27:32,351 They just trailed on to the ground. 400 00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:34,987 Next morning, he was dead. 401 00:27:35,054 --> 00:27:37,456 His heart failed him, that's all. 402 00:27:37,523 --> 00:27:42,428 He knew that shooting star meant that his time had come. 403 00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:46,298 I saw it in his eyes. 404 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:49,435 Now, my time has come. 405 00:28:08,654 --> 00:28:10,422 Advice. 406 00:28:10,489 --> 00:28:12,792 A-D... 407 00:28:12,859 --> 00:28:17,730 V-I-C-E. Advice. 408 00:28:17,797 --> 00:28:19,298 Guard. 409 00:28:19,365 --> 00:28:21,033 Guard. 410 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:25,337 G... 411 00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:27,539 G-U-A-R-D. Guard. 412 00:28:27,606 --> 00:28:28,941 Very good. 413 00:28:29,008 --> 00:28:33,045 It's obvious Ben and Nancy have studied well. 414 00:28:33,112 --> 00:28:36,415 Height. 415 00:28:38,384 --> 00:28:44,356 H-E-I-G-H-T. 416 00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:48,327 Success. 417 00:28:48,394 --> 00:28:50,897 S-U-C-E-S-S. Success. 418 00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:54,834 I'm so sorry, Ben. That's an incorrect spelling. 419 00:28:59,638 --> 00:29:00,907 Nancy? 420 00:29:12,484 --> 00:29:17,089 This is Col. Tecumseh Henderson of the Bluegrass Hendersons. 421 00:29:17,156 --> 00:29:21,060 -John-Boy Walton. -How do you do, sir? 422 00:29:21,127 --> 00:29:24,363 I'll take the Colonel in for his first glimpse of the star. 423 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:26,799 Yes, please do. 424 00:29:28,968 --> 00:29:31,037 We're so fortunate, John-Boy. 425 00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:34,006 The Colonel is a public relations genius 426 00:29:34,073 --> 00:29:36,408 and as an old friend of Cousin Polonius 427 00:29:36,475 --> 00:29:40,412 he has agreed to help us bring the Baldwin Star to the public. 428 00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:42,248 That's great. 429 00:30:06,272 --> 00:30:09,075 P.K., I don't see much money in it. 430 00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:12,444 With the proper promotion, we can draw a good crowd. 431 00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:15,982 Touring hick towns for nickels and dimes. 432 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:18,684 No, I'm getting too old for that. 433 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:21,487 So am I. 434 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:26,192 You got anything better to suggest? 435 00:30:26,258 --> 00:30:28,327 No. 436 00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:42,208 P.K., what is this? 437 00:30:42,274 --> 00:30:48,047 In the family, it is always referred to as "the Recipe." 438 00:30:48,114 --> 00:30:51,583 It's the best sour mash I've ever tasted. 439 00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:55,287 And that's saying a lot. 440 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:57,656 -Who made it? -The old ladies. 441 00:30:57,723 --> 00:31:00,392 -You don't mean it. -They don't know it's whiskey. 442 00:31:00,459 --> 00:31:03,695 They call it "the Recipe." 443 00:31:03,762 --> 00:31:06,598 I call it perfection. 444 00:31:08,634 --> 00:31:12,604 -What's the secret? -The Recipe Machine. 445 00:31:12,671 --> 00:31:15,174 One of a kind. 446 00:31:22,581 --> 00:31:27,353 P.K., why waste our talents trying to promote 447 00:31:27,419 --> 00:31:31,157 an oversized cinder, when we can take this still 448 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:33,592 and operating through my connections... 449 00:31:33,659 --> 00:31:37,463 we can clear more in a month than we can make in a lifetime 450 00:31:37,529 --> 00:31:38,697 with the star. 451 00:31:38,764 --> 00:31:41,033 I've thought of that, but it wouldn't work. 452 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:43,602 They'd never let me use the Recipe... 453 00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:48,540 take their papa's machine... 454 00:31:48,607 --> 00:31:51,343 unless.... 455 00:31:55,681 --> 00:31:57,649 unless... 456 00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:25,344 -Star was a warning from Papa? -No doubt of it. 457 00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:28,280 Why else, out of all the millions of places 458 00:32:28,347 --> 00:32:31,217 in the universe, did it strike here? 459 00:32:31,283 --> 00:32:34,120 A fiery finger pointing. 460 00:32:34,186 --> 00:32:36,055 Pointing? To what? 461 00:32:36,122 --> 00:32:41,027 A fiery finger pointing.... Boy! 462 00:32:41,093 --> 00:32:43,329 Take a rest. 463 00:32:49,835 --> 00:32:52,504 Are you saying that Papa was pointing 464 00:32:52,571 --> 00:32:53,905 to his Recipe Machine? 465 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:55,841 Don't you see, my dears... 466 00:32:55,907 --> 00:32:58,877 your papa, wherever he is... 467 00:32:58,944 --> 00:33:02,614 has made an agonizing discovery. 468 00:33:04,383 --> 00:33:06,785 Manufacturing the Recipe... 469 00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:09,888 distributing it to others is wrong. 470 00:33:09,955 --> 00:33:13,192 -Wrong? -Even sinful. 471 00:33:13,259 --> 00:33:16,395 -I can't believe that. -Neither can I. 472 00:33:16,462 --> 00:33:18,197 What could be wrong and sinful... 473 00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:20,566 about our lovely, heart-warming cordial? 474 00:33:20,632 --> 00:33:23,001 I asked myself the same question. 475 00:33:23,069 --> 00:33:25,003 "The cordial gives pleasure," I said. 476 00:33:25,071 --> 00:33:27,005 So it must be a good thing. 477 00:33:27,073 --> 00:33:29,175 But your papa's spirit chided me: 478 00:33:29,241 --> 00:33:31,843 "That's the reasoning of the Devil, Polonius. 479 00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:34,380 "Don't be gulled by it. Be strong. 480 00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:36,582 "It is your duty as a Baldwin... 481 00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:39,185 "to save my two deluded daughters... 482 00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:43,289 "from the subtle corruption of that cordial." 483 00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:47,126 You heard Papa say all that? 484 00:33:47,193 --> 00:33:52,331 As clearly as I hear you right now. 485 00:33:52,398 --> 00:33:56,435 Now, this machine has to be dismantled and removed. 486 00:33:56,502 --> 00:34:01,540 All those bottles of the cordial there have to be disposed of. 487 00:34:01,607 --> 00:34:05,211 Then this room can be made into a shrine. 488 00:34:05,277 --> 00:34:08,180 The star will have fulfilled its mission... 489 00:34:08,247 --> 00:34:13,685 and your papa's troubled spirit can be at rest. 490 00:34:21,193 --> 00:34:26,365 -What do you think, Sister? -I don't know. 491 00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:29,201 I was so happy when the star came. 492 00:34:29,268 --> 00:34:33,305 So many friends followed it here to visit with us. 493 00:34:33,372 --> 00:34:37,909 It seemed warm and beautiful. 494 00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:40,779 But now, Sister... 495 00:34:40,846 --> 00:34:45,151 it looks almost ugly. 496 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:59,097 -Don't feel bad, Ben. -I wanted that medal so much. 497 00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:02,801 John-Boy's gotten awards for his writing. 498 00:35:02,868 --> 00:35:04,736 Mary Ellen got this for her racing. 499 00:35:04,803 --> 00:35:08,207 And Jason got second prize for playing harmonica. 500 00:35:08,274 --> 00:35:09,908 Erin got this for sewing. 501 00:35:09,975 --> 00:35:13,712 And Jim-Bob got this for the funniest costume at Halloween. 502 00:35:16,648 --> 00:35:20,619 And this is yours for learning Bible verses. 503 00:35:20,686 --> 00:35:23,855 You said the girl couldn't spell the word either. 504 00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:26,192 Well, we both missed it. 505 00:35:29,695 --> 00:35:32,998 -You still have a chance. -I won't win. 506 00:35:33,064 --> 00:35:35,066 You don't know that. 507 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:36,702 If the wish was gonna come true 508 00:35:36,768 --> 00:35:39,771 I wouldn't have missed it at all. 509 00:35:49,281 --> 00:35:52,384 -How's Grandpa doing? -No change. 510 00:35:52,451 --> 00:35:53,985 You finished at the Baldwins'? 511 00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:57,022 I just barely made a start and then they asked me 512 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:58,624 to go home. 513 00:35:58,690 --> 00:36:00,259 Something wrong? 514 00:36:00,326 --> 00:36:02,628 It's Cousin Polonius. 515 00:36:02,694 --> 00:36:06,164 I purely hate and despise that man. 516 00:36:06,232 --> 00:36:09,235 I mean it, Grandma. He's got Miss Mamie and Miss Emily 517 00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:10,536 all upset about their star. 518 00:36:10,602 --> 00:36:12,404 What's he been telling them about it? 519 00:36:12,471 --> 00:36:14,440 I don't know. He says it's a sign 520 00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:16,542 that what they've been doing is a sin. 521 00:36:16,608 --> 00:36:19,711 Them two? What kind of sinning could they do? 522 00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:22,348 They make the Recipe, and he says that's a sin. 523 00:36:22,414 --> 00:36:24,916 -You ever heard of such a thing? -He's right. 524 00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:29,655 -Mama, come on. -You know my feelings. 525 00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:31,657 Seems to me everybody around here 526 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:33,759 is hell-bent on tying that star up 527 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:38,430 with wrong-doing and sinning and dying! 528 00:36:38,497 --> 00:36:41,767 Why can't you see it as a good thing like I do? 529 00:36:43,835 --> 00:36:46,972 -Where are you going? -I'm gonna chop some wood. 530 00:36:56,748 --> 00:36:58,817 I wish I could make up my mind 531 00:36:58,884 --> 00:37:01,253 what the star falling means to me. 532 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,456 Or even whether it has a meaning. 533 00:37:04,523 --> 00:37:06,492 Couldn't it be something as natural... 534 00:37:06,558 --> 00:37:08,527 as green leaves turning red in the fall 535 00:37:08,594 --> 00:37:10,562 or water freezing to ice in the winter... 536 00:37:10,629 --> 00:37:13,532 melting in the spring? 537 00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:17,436 I only wish Grandpa could see it that way. 538 00:37:17,503 --> 00:37:20,339 I couldn't sleep worrying about Grandpa. 539 00:37:20,406 --> 00:37:22,474 Come on in. 540 00:37:26,545 --> 00:37:28,547 I thought I'd study my spelling. 541 00:37:28,614 --> 00:37:30,549 Sure. 542 00:37:33,852 --> 00:37:37,489 -Okay for a little while? -Yeah. 543 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:44,463 This is what I should've done instead of counting 544 00:37:44,530 --> 00:37:45,997 on that star. 545 00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:48,334 It kind of let you down, huh? 546 00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:57,108 Do you think sometimes when wishes don't come true... 547 00:37:57,175 --> 00:37:58,410 it's our own fault? 548 00:37:58,477 --> 00:38:00,712 I wouldn't be surprised. 549 00:38:03,649 --> 00:38:05,884 -John-Boy... -Yeah. 550 00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:09,555 If I thought of an idea for a story and I wrote it down... 551 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:11,590 would you read it? 552 00:38:11,657 --> 00:38:13,792 Sure, Ben, you know I would. 553 00:38:50,228 --> 00:38:52,263 I've come over to ask a favor. 554 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:55,767 You know anything we can do for you and your family... 555 00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:57,035 we will. 556 00:38:57,102 --> 00:38:58,637 It's about my father. 557 00:38:58,704 --> 00:39:01,139 Such a fine gentleman. 558 00:39:01,206 --> 00:39:04,175 There's no one in our acquaintance who can sing a song 559 00:39:04,242 --> 00:39:05,611 quite like your father. 560 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:08,246 Especially when he's had a sip or two of Recipe. 561 00:39:08,313 --> 00:39:09,881 Oh, Emily. 562 00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,518 That Recipe has produced a lot of good music. 563 00:39:12,584 --> 00:39:14,420 Oh, my, yes. 564 00:39:14,486 --> 00:39:18,957 How Papa loved to harmonize over a glass of Recipe. 565 00:39:19,024 --> 00:39:22,193 It always seemed like one of life's pleasures. 566 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:27,265 But if Papa's come to think it's wrong and sinful.... 567 00:39:27,332 --> 00:39:29,501 Why would your Papa think that? 568 00:39:29,568 --> 00:39:31,637 Well, Cousin Polonius seems to think that... 569 00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:33,705 that's what Papa meant by sending the star. 570 00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:35,807 It came as a warning to us. 571 00:39:35,874 --> 00:39:38,677 And what does Cousin Polonius think you should do about it? 572 00:39:38,744 --> 00:39:42,414 Stop making the Recipe, take down the machine. 573 00:39:42,481 --> 00:39:46,117 Cousin Polonius is going to remove the temptation. 574 00:39:46,184 --> 00:39:50,388 He and Col. Henderson have gone to secure a truck. 575 00:39:50,456 --> 00:39:52,658 Now, you ladies are sure that Cousin Polonius 576 00:39:52,724 --> 00:39:54,593 has your best interests at heart? 577 00:39:54,660 --> 00:39:57,696 Oh, yes, and he knew Papa. 578 00:39:57,763 --> 00:40:00,098 Almost as well as Sister and I did. 579 00:40:00,165 --> 00:40:04,436 So if he says this is why Papa sent the star, it must be so. 580 00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:10,141 Emily, Mr. Walton came to ask a favor. 581 00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:12,844 Yes, I'm sorry. 582 00:40:14,312 --> 00:40:16,948 Well, it's about the star. 583 00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:19,551 -Oh. -Oh. 584 00:40:26,792 --> 00:40:29,561 -Hey, Daddy. -Son, what are you doing home? 585 00:40:29,628 --> 00:40:31,797 Thought I'd slip away from school during lunch recess 586 00:40:31,863 --> 00:40:33,264 to see how Grandpa was doing. 587 00:40:33,331 --> 00:40:36,067 -He's still in bed? -What are you carrying in there? 588 00:40:36,134 --> 00:40:39,037 I got here some medicine from the Baldwins. 589 00:40:39,104 --> 00:40:43,642 John Walton, you're not bringing bootleg whiskey into this house. 590 00:40:43,709 --> 00:40:46,011 It's stronger medicine than that. 591 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,017 Grandpa, I got something here you should see. 592 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:55,286 What is it? 593 00:40:55,353 --> 00:40:58,657 Now, what do you think it is? 594 00:41:00,659 --> 00:41:03,795 Looks to me like a piece of burned-up old coal. 595 00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:07,866 -A clinker. -It's your star. 596 00:41:07,933 --> 00:41:10,702 What? I don't believe it. 597 00:41:10,769 --> 00:41:13,471 I thought since this made you take to your bed... 598 00:41:13,539 --> 00:41:15,507 and shortened your life and filled your mind 599 00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:17,208 with gloom and graveyards... 600 00:41:17,275 --> 00:41:20,746 you might wanna take a look at this heavenly piece of junk. 601 00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:24,015 Why, I fail to understand it. 602 00:41:24,082 --> 00:41:27,052 And when we bury you up there on Walton's Mountain... 603 00:41:27,118 --> 00:41:30,088 could be the Baldwin sisters will let you... 604 00:41:30,155 --> 00:41:32,524 keep that thing and put it on your grave. 605 00:41:32,591 --> 00:41:34,526 John, now you stop. 606 00:41:34,593 --> 00:41:37,128 Could be we could have an epitaph: 607 00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:40,498 "Zebulon Walton, killed by a falling star... 608 00:41:40,566 --> 00:41:43,168 -"2 miles from where it hit." -John, this is hateful. 609 00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,604 Say goodbye to your grandpa. Let him lay back 610 00:41:45,671 --> 00:41:47,438 fold his hands, and die in peace. 611 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,007 Now, that's enough of that! 612 00:41:49,074 --> 00:41:51,442 You might be aware that you're not the only one. 613 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:54,780 You've got company, you know. Miss Mamie and Miss Emily 614 00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:56,682 haven't picked out their gravesites yet... 615 00:41:56,748 --> 00:41:59,184 but they're letting their Cousin Polonius... 616 00:41:59,250 --> 00:42:02,020 cheat them with this clinker here out of their Recipe 617 00:42:02,087 --> 00:42:03,354 and their still. 618 00:42:03,421 --> 00:42:05,924 Polonius Baldwin? Is he here? 619 00:42:05,991 --> 00:42:09,695 That low-down, no-good, cheap, conniving son of a sea cook! 620 00:42:09,761 --> 00:42:13,565 Getting a truck now to take away their temptation. 621 00:42:13,632 --> 00:42:15,701 I don't believe the Baldwin sisters... 622 00:42:15,767 --> 00:42:18,804 should let go of their daddy's old Recipe Machine. 623 00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:21,106 Just too bad you're stuck there in that bed 624 00:42:21,172 --> 00:42:23,642 'cause they have such a high regard for you... 625 00:42:23,709 --> 00:42:26,477 that you could probably change their minds. 626 00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:30,248 But you're too busy dying. 627 00:42:42,327 --> 00:42:44,295 Esther, get me a clean shirt. 628 00:42:44,362 --> 00:42:46,765 John-Boy, you were right. 629 00:42:46,832 --> 00:42:50,435 Come on and help me in my clothes. 630 00:42:50,501 --> 00:42:53,304 Easy, Colonel, easy. 631 00:42:53,371 --> 00:42:56,374 I can't bear to look and I can't bear not to look. 632 00:42:56,441 --> 00:43:00,111 Believe me, ladies, once this temptation has been removed... 633 00:43:00,178 --> 00:43:04,049 it will be as though a great weight had been lifted from you. 634 00:43:04,115 --> 00:43:06,484 I do feel a heaviness in the heart. 635 00:43:06,551 --> 00:43:11,156 To change this room, to send away Papa's things. 636 00:43:11,222 --> 00:43:13,759 Oh, Sister. 637 00:43:13,825 --> 00:43:16,494 You hold your horses there now a minute, gentlemen. 638 00:43:16,561 --> 00:43:19,330 Oh, Mr. Walton. 639 00:43:19,397 --> 00:43:21,199 What a lovely surprise. 640 00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:24,069 Kindly lay your burden down, men. 641 00:43:24,135 --> 00:43:27,773 This is a family matter, Walton, and no concern of yours. 642 00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:29,775 It is a concern of mine. 643 00:43:29,841 --> 00:43:32,177 These lovely ladies are treasured friends of mine 644 00:43:32,243 --> 00:43:33,311 since their girlhood. 645 00:43:33,378 --> 00:43:35,380 And I'm not one to stand idly by... 646 00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:38,750 and watch a conniver walk away with their happy inheritance... 647 00:43:38,817 --> 00:43:40,251 cousin or no cousin! 648 00:43:40,318 --> 00:43:42,553 The ladies have seen a new light. 649 00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:44,856 You mean... Excuse me. 650 00:43:44,923 --> 00:43:47,826 You mean the light from this star? 651 00:43:47,893 --> 00:43:50,796 As a matter of fact, yes. 652 00:43:50,862 --> 00:43:54,733 That star came smashing from the heavens... 653 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:58,269 like a great fiery fist destroying the wellsprings 654 00:43:58,336 --> 00:43:59,871 of wickedness. 655 00:43:59,938 --> 00:44:01,639 But it didn't. That's the point. 656 00:44:01,707 --> 00:44:04,009 It did not smash or destroy one thing. 657 00:44:04,075 --> 00:44:06,945 That star came millions of miles from God knows where... 658 00:44:07,012 --> 00:44:08,513 and I say that reverently... 659 00:44:08,579 --> 00:44:11,549 to fall through your roof and land here on the floor. 660 00:44:11,616 --> 00:44:13,284 And it did not destroy or graze... 661 00:44:13,351 --> 00:44:15,553 one thing in this wellspring of friendliness... 662 00:44:15,620 --> 00:44:19,024 or smash one single jar in these well-stocked shelves. 663 00:44:19,090 --> 00:44:21,559 -Sister, that is true. -Yes, it is. 664 00:44:21,626 --> 00:44:25,263 I am through looking for signs in the course of nature. 665 00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:28,633 A maple tree drops its leaves doesn't mean the tree is dead. 666 00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:30,468 And a falling star is a falling star. 667 00:44:30,535 --> 00:44:33,972 If we make anything more of it, it's our fault, not the star's. 668 00:44:34,039 --> 00:44:38,343 My boy convinced me that we can think ourselves into anything. 669 00:44:38,409 --> 00:44:39,811 That is my thinking. 670 00:44:39,878 --> 00:44:42,247 The warning is perfectly clear. 671 00:44:42,313 --> 00:44:45,516 Why, that star just nestled in here just as light as a feather 672 00:44:45,583 --> 00:44:48,820 and landed here. If it did bring any kind of a message... 673 00:44:48,887 --> 00:44:51,222 it was "enjoy" not "destroy." 674 00:44:51,289 --> 00:44:55,593 Yes, that's exactly the message Sister and I received. 675 00:44:55,660 --> 00:44:57,062 And the message to come through 676 00:44:57,128 --> 00:44:59,530 was not one of sinfulness or wickedness. 677 00:44:59,597 --> 00:45:02,968 It was the star wished to find a lovely, happy home 678 00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:05,971 to make its landing. And what could be more appropriate 679 00:45:06,037 --> 00:45:07,705 than the Baldwin place? 680 00:45:07,773 --> 00:45:09,374 Oh, Mr. Walton 681 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,477 Papa himself could not have said it better. 682 00:45:16,181 --> 00:45:18,950 You are making a terrible mistake, ladies. 683 00:45:19,017 --> 00:45:20,952 I am shocked that you would let 684 00:45:21,019 --> 00:45:23,054 an outsider come between Baldwins. 685 00:45:23,121 --> 00:45:26,892 Oh, Cousin Polonius, Sister and I both know... 686 00:45:26,958 --> 00:45:30,061 that you're concerned only with what is best for us. 687 00:45:30,128 --> 00:45:34,432 Then you must not be influenced by a stranger. 688 00:45:34,499 --> 00:45:37,535 I spoke to Sheriff Bridges on the way over. 689 00:45:37,602 --> 00:45:39,104 Yeah, that's right. 690 00:45:39,170 --> 00:45:42,573 He did say he's coming by to see the star shortly, didn't he? 691 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,176 How very nice. 692 00:45:45,243 --> 00:45:50,281 Now where is Col. Henderson going, Cousin Polonius? 693 00:45:50,348 --> 00:45:53,952 We have several important transactions... 694 00:45:54,019 --> 00:45:56,988 pending in the capital. 695 00:45:57,055 --> 00:46:00,225 It is obvious that our efforts to be of help here 696 00:46:00,291 --> 00:46:02,293 are a waste of time. 697 00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:04,429 Ladies. 698 00:46:09,067 --> 00:46:12,137 Sister, I do fear we have offended Cousin Polonius. 699 00:46:12,203 --> 00:46:13,805 Don't be alarmed, ladies. 700 00:46:13,872 --> 00:46:18,844 As I recall it, Cousin Polonius has a very forgiving nature. 701 00:46:18,910 --> 00:46:22,948 At any rate, Papa's Recipe Machine is safe. 702 00:46:23,014 --> 00:46:27,118 I think this is an occasion that requires a celebration... 703 00:46:27,185 --> 00:46:30,155 with some of the Recipe made by Papa himself. 704 00:46:30,221 --> 00:46:31,389 Oh, Sister! 705 00:46:31,456 --> 00:46:34,725 The 1925 or the 1927? 706 00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:38,363 Well, let's have a little of both. 707 00:46:40,465 --> 00:46:42,600 I declare now. 708 00:46:42,667 --> 00:46:43,969 Here we are. 709 00:46:44,035 --> 00:46:46,905 Mr. Walton, the '25. 710 00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:53,945 And we'll give you a little 1925, too. 711 00:46:54,012 --> 00:46:57,115 -Yours is the first. -I'll take the '27. 712 00:46:57,182 --> 00:46:59,384 You have some of it. 713 00:47:00,718 --> 00:47:03,188 As soon as I mentioned the word "sheriff"... 714 00:47:03,254 --> 00:47:06,091 Polonius and his crony took off. 715 00:47:06,157 --> 00:47:08,726 Leaving the Recipe Machine and the star in the hands 716 00:47:08,793 --> 00:47:10,361 of its rightful owners. 717 00:47:10,428 --> 00:47:13,498 You stayed there long enough, I was beginning to worry. 718 00:47:13,564 --> 00:47:15,500 That's good. 719 00:47:15,566 --> 00:47:19,137 Makes you happy to worry me, old man? 720 00:47:19,204 --> 00:47:24,242 Sure, because I know how much you enjoy worrying about me. 721 00:47:24,309 --> 00:47:26,611 Mama! Daddy! 722 00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:29,014 What is it, honey? 723 00:47:31,316 --> 00:47:33,484 -What have we got here? -A medal, Daddy. 724 00:47:33,551 --> 00:47:36,221 -Ben won it. -Best speller in whole class. 725 00:47:36,287 --> 00:47:37,855 A medal. 726 00:47:37,923 --> 00:47:39,424 Well, look at that! 727 00:47:39,490 --> 00:47:43,028 -Isn't that something. -Look at that beautiful thing. 728 00:47:44,795 --> 00:47:47,165 You must have worked mighty hard for this, son. 729 00:47:47,232 --> 00:47:51,269 -I did. Didn't I, John-Boy? -You sure did, champ. 730 00:47:51,336 --> 00:47:55,540 You come on over here with me. I'll show you where to put it. 731 00:47:55,606 --> 00:47:58,977 We're just gonna put that right here. 732 00:47:59,044 --> 00:48:01,312 Dead center. 733 00:48:01,379 --> 00:48:04,015 -Congratulations, son. -Thank you, Daddy. 734 00:48:06,817 --> 00:48:10,288 It was not every day that a star fell on Walton's Mountain 735 00:48:10,355 --> 00:48:13,959 but nearly every day brought some small miracle. 736 00:48:14,025 --> 00:48:16,761 The beauty of the turning seasons... 737 00:48:16,827 --> 00:48:18,796 the wonder of growth... 738 00:48:18,863 --> 00:48:21,599 and the constant revelation of all that lies 739 00:48:21,666 --> 00:48:23,468 in the human heart. 740 00:48:23,534 --> 00:48:24,835 Over it all loomed 741 00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:27,338 the unfailing love of our mother and father... 742 00:48:27,405 --> 00:48:31,009 more constant than the stars in their courses. 743 00:48:33,811 --> 00:48:35,580 What holds a star up in the sky? 744 00:48:35,646 --> 00:48:37,582 They're stuck up there on something. 745 00:48:37,648 --> 00:48:39,584 What makes one fall? 746 00:48:39,650 --> 00:48:42,320 They burn out like electric light bulbs. 747 00:48:42,387 --> 00:48:44,622 How come you're so much smarter than me? 748 00:48:44,689 --> 00:48:46,124 I'm older. 749 00:48:46,191 --> 00:48:49,494 -Good night, Jim-Bob. -Good night, Elizabeth.