episodes
Season 4
September 11, 1975: John-Boy is asked to preach a sermon while the local minister is away.
The Genius:
September 18, 1975: The family plays host to John-Boy's physics tutor, an aloof 16-year-old genius.
The Fighter:
September 25, 1975: Olivia and Grandma are distressed to learn that the new hired man is a prizefighter.
The Prophecy:
October 2, 1975: John approaches his 25-year high-school reunion with regrets, and John-Boy fears he will never become a writer.
The Boondoggle:
October 9, 1975: A reporter uncovers a fact about the Baldwin sisters' late, adored father.
The Breakdown:
October 16, 1975: Jason is driving himself to exhaustion with an overload of work and study.
The Wingwalker:
October 23, 1975: John-Boy is assigned a newspaper story on a wing walker.
The Competition:
October 30, 1975: Jealousy comes between Mary Ellen and Erin when they become infatuated with the same man.
The Emergence:
November 6, 1975: Olivia, who is substitute-teaching, deals with an unusually shy pupil.
The Loss:
November 13, 1975: The family comforts Olivia's young namesake after the death of her husband.
The Abdication:
November 20, 1975: A once down-on-his-luck writer returns to make a film.
The Estrangement:
December 4, 1975: The family tries to patch up the marriage of a city-dwelling relative.
The Nurse:
December 11, 1975: Mary Ellen prepares to leave for the city and her nursing-school exams.
The Intruders:
December 18, 1975: Competition threatens John's business, and Olivia is fuming at him for allowing Ben to leave home.
The Search:
January 1, 1976: A flat tire leaves Olivia and her two youngest stranded in a bear-inhabited forest.
The Secret:
January 8, 1976: Jim-Bob becomes convinced that he was a foundling.
The Fox:
January 15, 1976: Grandpa's decision not to attend a war veterans' reunion puzzles the family.
The Burn Out, Part 1:
January 22, 1976: John-Boy fears that he is responsible for a fire that has gutted the home.
The Burn Out, Conclusion:
January 22, 1976: Olivia is afraid the family, dispersed throughout the neighborhood, may be drifting apart.
The Big Brother:
January 29, 1976: Grandpa is suspicious of a runaway that John-Boy has taken in.
The Test:
February 5, 1976: Olivia tries to ease the family's financial woes by taking a job as a seamstress.
The Quilting:
February 12, 1976: Mary Ellen's refusal to follow in a family tradition leads to a clash with Grandma.
The House:
February 19, 1976: Grandma and Grandpa feud after taking opposing views on the razing of a historic home.
The Fledgling:
February 26, 1976: John-Boy has the opportunity to take over publication of the newspaper.
The Collision:
March 4, 1976: John-Boy has a stormy reunion with a rich neighbor contemptuous of his plans to start a newspaper.
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