The Waltons (1971–1981): Season 2, Episode 21 - The Ghost Story - full transcript

(John-Boy) I SUPPOSE,
AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER,

IN THE COURSE OF OUR LIVES,

MANY OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED
AN EVENT OR OCCURRENCE,

WHICH COULD NOT BE EXPLAINED

AND AT THE SAME TIME
WAS SHRUGGED OFF

AS A COINCIDENCE OR
A TRICK OF THE MIND.

I REMEMBER A SERIES
OF SUCH EVENTS,

AND EVEN TODAY, MANY YEARS LATER

I STILL CAN'T HELP WONDERING

JUST HOW MUCH OF
IT WAS COINCIDENCE.

IT ALL STARTED ONE
AFTERNOON IN LATE FALL.



Birds chirping

HEY, MIKE.

HMM?

DID YOUR WIFE HAVE THE
PLEURISY LAST WINTER?

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, COME
ALL THIS RAIN AND MUD,

I BELIEVE I GOT A
TOUCH OF IT MYSELF

AND I CAN'T HARDLY GET MY AIR.

WELL, HORACE,

I CAN TELL YOU WHAT MAVIS USED.

WHAT WAS THAT?

WELL, SHE LARDED
HERSELF DOWN REAL GOOD.

SOME OF THEM MUTTON
TALLOW POULTICES.

OH.



I BELIEVE I'LL JUST
KEEP THE PLEURISY.

Sniffing

SAY, THAT OLDEST
BOY OF JOHN WALTON'S

HAS SURE GROWED.

HOW MANY THEY GOT
OVER THERE BY NOW?

BY THE LAST COUNT,
I BELIEVE THEY'RE 7.

AND THAT ONE,

HE DON'T LOOK LIKE
THE REST OF THEM.

NO, HE DON'T.

BUT MAY BE THAT HE'S
NOT ONE OF THEIR CLAN.

LUKE, LET'S SEE THE PUPPIES.

(Elizabeth) HI, MR. ROSWELL.

Doorbell tinkling
JOHN-BOY. HOWDY.

ROSWELL, BRIMLEY.

HOW'S EVERYTHING
OVER AT YOUR PLACE, SON?

PRETTY FAIR. HOW
ABOUT OVER BY YOU?

CAN'T COMPLAIN.

GREAT.

THAT, UH, YOUNG
FELLOW WITH ELIZABETH,

HE DON'T BELONG
TO Y'ALL, DOES HE?

NAH, THAT'S TOM ENWRIGHT'S
BOY. WE'RE JUST TAKING CARE OF HIM

TILL TOM FINDS A
HOME IN RICHMOND.

TOUGH ON TOM,

LOSING HIS WIFE AND
TRYING TO RAISE THAT KID

ALL BY HIMSELF.

IT'S TRUE. HE HASN'T WORKED
IN A LONG TIME, TO BOOT.

Sighing

WELL, I'M GOING TO
SEE IF THERE'S ANY MAIL.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

(John-Boy) IKE.

Doorbell tinkling IKE?

(Ike) WHAT DO YOU
WANT, JOHN-BOY?

(John-Boy) UH, IS THERE A
LETTER FROM LUKE'S DADDY?

NO, THERE'S NO MAIL TODAY.

WHERE ARE YOU?

RIGHT HERE.

(Mamie) WE'RE HERE, JOHN-BOY.

WE NEEDED A FLAT SURFACE

AND AN ISOLATED PLACE
WHERE WE MIGHT CONCENTRATE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WE'RE NOT PLAYING POOL,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU SUSPECT.

Chuckling

WE'RE CONSULTING
THE SPIRIT BOARD.

YOU ASK IT QUESTIONS, AND
BY MEANS OF THIS INDICATOR,

IT ANSWERS YOU.

SPIRIT BOARDS ARE ALL
THE RAGE IN NEW YORK CITY.

PAPA FORBADE US EVER
TO HAVE ONE IN THE HOUSE.

SO, WHENEVER WE HAVE A PERPLEXING
QUESTION, WE COME DOWN HERE

AND MR. GODSEY IS KIND
ENOUGH TO LET US USE THIS ONE,

DON'T YOU KNOW?

I SURE DO.

NOW, MR. GODSEY, DON'T
BREAK THE CONCENTRATION.

OH, I... I... I'M SORRY.

UH, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO FIND OUT RIGHT NOW?

WHAT TO DO.

ABOUT WHAT?

MASON JARS.

MASON JARS?

A GENTLEMAN IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

HAS OFFERED TO SUPPLY
US WITH MASON JARS AT THE...

WHOLESALE PRICE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE

WHETHER TO BUY OUR
JARS FROM MR. GODSEY

(both) AT THE RETAIL PRICE.

HMM.

UH, UH, YOU HELPING
WITH THIS DECISION,

ARE YOU, IKE?

UM, JUST LENDING A HAND.

Y-Y... JOIN US, JOHN-BOY.
YOU'LL HELP US, TOO.

IS IT ALL RIGHT?

HMM.

UM, WHAT DO I DO?

(Emily) WELL, PUT YOUR
HAND ON THIS BOARD.

John-Boy clearing throat

NOW, CONCENTRATE
ON THE QUESTION.

WHY DON'T YOU ASK THE
QUESTION, MISS EMILY?

IT'S NOT MY TURN. IT'S MAMIE'S.

OH, NO, DEAR, IT'S YOURS.
YOU'VE FORGOTTEN?

REMEMBER THAT DREADFUL
DAY WE BOTH FORGOT

ONE OF THE CHIEF
INGREDIENTS OF THE RECIPE.

Puppy whimpering THE
RECIPE IS WRITTEN DOWN

AND IN A SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX IN
THE BANK IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

BUT THIS DAY, THE
BANK WAS CLOSED,

SO WE CONSULTED
THE SPIRIT BOARD.

AND IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE,

IT SPELLED OUT THE ANSWER.

14 LEVEL TABLESPOONS... SISTER!

OH.

Clicking tongue
(Emily) I'M SORRY.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL
THEM WHAT IT SAID

WHEN YOU ASKED ABOUT
ASHLEY LONGWORTH?

I DON'T BELIEVE I'M
UP TO DISCUSSING

ASHLEY LONGWORTH TODAY, SISTER.

I'M FEELING VERY SENTIMENTAL,

AND I'D RATHER NOT DISCUSS HIM.

WELL, THAT'S UP TO YOU, DEAR.

WHAT'S UP TO ME?

WHETHER YOU WANT TO ASK
ABOUT ASHLEY LONGWORTH.

NO.

UH, WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE

IS WHETHER YOU'RE GOING
TO ORDER MASON JARS TODAY.

OH, DEAR, MR. GODSEY,

NOW YOU HAVE BROKEN
THE CONCENTRATION.

OH, WELL, I'M SURE WE
CAN GET IT TOGETHER AGAIN.

NO, I THINK I'VE LOST IT.

YEAH, AND SO HAVE I.

I REALLY THINK IT
WOULD BE BETTER

IF WE PURSUED OUR
QUEST TOMORROW.

All chattering WELL,
TA-TA, MR. GODSEY.

TA-TA, TA-TA.

(Ike) TA-TA, LADIES.

BYE, JOHN-BOY.

YOU KNOW, SISTER, I THINK
IT MIGHT HURT MR. GODSEY

IF WE GET OUR JARS
FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE.

WELL, WE'LL LET THE
SPIRIT BOARD DECIDE.

AND THEN WE CAN MAKE IT UP
TO MR. GODSEY IN OTHER WAYS.

I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING
FOR ME. SURE, WHAT?

I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS
THING HOME WITH YOU.

I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO
SPEND ON A THING LIKE THAT.

IT WON'T COST YOU
ANYTHING. IT'S FREE.

WHY?

YOU JUST HEARD THE LADIES.

THEY COME IN AND TALK
TO THIS THING EVERY DAY.

IT'S COSTING ME BUSINESS.

THEY'RE HERE FOR HOURS
AND HOURS AND HOURS.

UH, WELL, IKE, IF
THEY LIKE IT SO MUCH,

I REALLY DON'T WANNA
TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEM.

NO, I JUST CAN'T.

JOHN-BOY, PLEASE?
I JUST... IKE, I CAN'T.

WILL YOU TAKE IT FOR ME?

OK, I'LL TAKE IT. THANK YOU.

BUT JUST DON'T TELL
THEM IT'S AT MY HOUSE.

IF THEY WANT TO PLAY,
WE'LL BRING IT BACK HERE. OK.

COME ON, ELIZABETH.

(Elizabeth) LOOK HOW
THEY'VE GROWN, JOHN-BOY.

YEAH, WATCH OUT NOW.
CHARITY MIGHT BITE AT YOU.

CHARITY WON'T BITE ME. SHE
KNOWS I LIKE HER PUPPIES.

YOU WANT TO HOLD ONE, LUKE?

YOU'D THINK WITH ALL THE TROUBLE
THAT CHARITY HAS PUT ME THROUGH,

SNEAKING IN HERE BEHIND MY BACK,

AND HAVING HER BABIES
RIGHT HERE ON THE PREMISES

YOU'D THINK SHE'D AT LEAST HAVE THE
COURTESY TO STOP GROWLING AT ME.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH THE PUPPIES, MR. GODSEY?

WELL, THEY'RE ALL
SPOKEN FOR, ELIZABETH,

EXCEPT THAT ONE SKINNY ONE.

(Ike) AND, FROM THE
LOOKS OF THAT ONE,

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
WOULD WANT IT.

CAN I TAKE HIM?

WELL, YOU'LL HAVE
TO ASK YOUR DADDY.

YOU THINK HE WILL, JOHN-BOY?

YOU BETTER ASK HIM.

COME ON, WE'D BETTER GO
HOME NOW. COME ON, LUKE.

COME ON. LET'S
GO, LUKE, COME ON.

NO POKES, SHE WANTS
OUT. SHE WANTS OUT.

COME ON, LITTLE BABY, GET
BACK. NO, YOU GET BACK, TOO.

(Jason) JUST BE QUIET AND
LET ME EAT MY CAKE, ALL RIGHT?

All chattering

JASON BALDWIN WAS BAD ENOUGH.

(Ben) COULD YOU IMAGINE THAT?

JASON BALDWIN JUNIOR.

All chattering

whispering THE BALDWIN SISTERS
WERE SITTING AT THIS TABLE

ASKING THIS BOARD
WHETHER THEY SHOULD BUY

THEIR MASON JARS FROM IKE OR
THIS FELLOW IN CHARLOTTESVILLE.

I KNOW HE WAS TRYING TO
PUSH THAT THING OVER TO "YES."

BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE 'CAUSE
THEY HAD THEIR HANDS ON IT.

SHE THINKS YOU'VE A
GREAT FUTURE IN MUSIC.

AND THE TWO OF YOU WILL
TOUR ACROSS THE WORLD.

NOT WITH HER.

CAN I HAVE SOME MILK?

(Mary Ellen) I SUPPOSE SO.

I KNOW JASON CAN. HE'S IN LOVE.

YEAH.

WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT, LIV?

BECCA BIRDWELL TOLD ME.

AND SHE HEARD IT
FROM, UH, ROSA PAULETT.

BIG BOY.

ALMOST ALL OF IT.

I HEARD YOU TWO
HAD A FIGHT, BEN.

I DID NOT.

AN OLD-FASHIONED OUIJA BOARD.

NO, IT'S CALLED A SPIRIT BOARD.

WE USED TO HAVE THAT.

MY OWN GRANDMOTHER USED TO.

REALLY?

I'D HATE TO BE THE ONE
TO HAVE TO TELL HIM.

SO WOULD I.

THEY ANSWER. SOMEBODY
ASK A QUESTION. OH, YEAH.

THAT WAY YOU CAN TELL
THE QUESTION, SEE? HMM.

WHAT'S THAT?

IT'S A SPIRIT BOARD.
IKE GAVE IT TO ME.

HERE, LISTEN.

UM,

"TRANSPORT YOURSELF
INTO THE UNKNOWN.

"THE ORIGINS OF THIS BOARD

"ARE AS OLD AND MYSTERIOUS
AS THE PYRAMIDS THEMSELVES.

"WITH ITS HELP, YOU WILL
PRACTICE THE ANCIENT ART

OF MIND READING
AND CLAIRVOYANCE."

CLAIR WHO?

CLAIRVOYANCE.

"MESSAGES FROM THE PAST,

"INSIGHTS INTO THE
FUTURE WILL BE YOURS.

DO NOT STORE IN A DAMP PLACE."

Grandpa snorting

OH, IT'S VERY SERIOUS.
IT'S VERY SERIOUS.

YOU SPEAK TO THE SPIRIT WORLD
AND YOU FORETELL THE FUTURE.

WHAT'S THE SPIRIT WORLD?

IT'S A PLACE WHERE
GHOSTS AND GOBLINS LIVE.

THEY WALK AROUND WITH
NO CLOTHES ON THEIR BONES.

All laugh EYES AS
DARK AS THE MOON.

DON'T SCARE HER.

YOU SUMMON... YOU SUMMON THEM
UP AND THEY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

OH, WELL, LET SEE IF IT WORKS.

LET'S TRY IT.

CAN WE PLAY WITH IT, JOHN-BOY?

THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR.

I CAN'T SAY I CARE
MUCH FOR THAT THING.

IT'S JUST A GAME, LIV.

(Grandma) DON'T SOUND
LIKE A GAME TO ME.

FOOLIN' THE SPIRITS,
DISTURBIN' THE DEAD.

I AGREE WITH GRANDMA.

"AND ON HER WAY
SHE MET HENNY PENNY.

'AND WHERE YOU GOIN', CHICKEN
LICKIN'?' ASKED HENNY PENNY.

"'THE SKY IS FALLIN'. I'M GONNA
TELL THE KING, ' SAID CHICKEN LICKIN'."

(Ben) COME ON, SPIRIT, ANSWER!

(Jason) BEN, DON'T
TALK TO IT THAT WAY.

YOU'LL HURT ITS FEELINGS.

IT'S NOT WORTH... SHH.

(John-Boy) MARY
ELLEN, ASK AGAIN.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SPIRIT?

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SPIRIT?

BEN, YOU GOT... YOU
GOTTA CONCENTRATE.

BUT IT'S NOT WORKING.

YOU GOTTA BE PATIENT WITH IT.

WE'VE BEEN PATIENT.

(Mary Ellen) SHH.

All laughing OK, COME
ON, ASK IT AGAIN.

SPIRIT, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

(Ben) HEY, IT'S MOVING!

(Mary Ellen) WRITE
IT DOWN, ERIN.

SEE, IT WORKS IF
YOU ASK IT NICELY.

WRITE IT DOWN, ERIN. "A."

"A."

YOU'RE PUSHING IT.

(John-Boy) NO, I'M
NOT PUSHING IT.

"R."

(all) "T."

"H."

ARTH.

(all) "A."

UM?

(John-Boy) WHAT IS IT? LOOK.

(both) ARTHA?

ARTHA. HIS NAME IS ARTHA.

WAIT A MINUTE,
IT'S NOT FINISHED.

"G."

(all) "C"?

AND YOU COME..." HERE, LISTEN.

"SO HENNY PENNY AND CHICKEN
LICKIN' HURRIED OFF TOGETHER.

SOON THEY MET COCKEY LOCKEY."

"P."

"P."

WHAT IS THAT,
"T"? NO, IT'S A "U."

WHAT DOES THAT SPELL?

DON'T ASK ME.

"ARTH..." NO. I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IT IS.

WHAT IS IT?

Chuckling UH, "ARTHA..."

(John-Boy) WHAT IS IT?

"ARTHAPUF"? "ARTHAPUF"?

"ARTHAZAPUF"?

All chuckling "ARTHAHATHIPUF."

all laughing IT'S ART HATZIPUF!

OF COURSE, ART HATZIPUF.
HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE!

All chattering all laughing

"SOON THEY MET TURKEY LURKEY.

'WHERE ARE YOU
GOING, CHICKEN LICKIN'?'"

all clamoring

COME ON.

WITH A NAME LIKE ART
HATZIPUF, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

YOU DID IT, YOU IDIOT!

Both grunting

STOP. STOP, STOP, STOP.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT MAKES IT WORK, DADDY?
WHAT MAKES IT MOVE AROUND?

I DUNNO, I RECKON
SOMEBODY'S PUSHING IT.

NO, NOBODY'S PUSHING IT. IT'S SUPPOSED
TO WORK ON SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW,

HEAT FROM YOUR HANDS, OR BODY
ELECTRICITY, OR SOMETHIN'. I DUNNO.

MAYBE.

BUT I BET YOU BEN'S PUSHING IT.

All laughing LET'S
ASK IT SOMETHING.

LIKE WHAT?

LIKE, WILL I MARRY A RICH MAN.

OH. OH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

O-L-D... M-A-I-D.

OLD MAID!

All chuckling (Ben) OH-OH.

WHY, YOU YOUNG DICKENS, YOU!

All clamoring

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S IT. STOP IT! STOP IT.

PUT THAT THING AWAY.

YOU'VE PLAYED WITH IT
ENOUGH FOR ONE NIGHT.

COME ON, LUKE.

(Ben) GOOD NIGHT, MAMA.

GOOD NIGHT, BEN. UP YOU GO.

I'LL BE UP IN A LITTLE WHILE.

GOOD NIGHT, MAMA.

GOOD NIGHT, SWEETHEART.

Grandpa sighing

"CHICKEN LICKIN', HENNY PENNY,
COCKEY LOCKEY, DRAKEY LAKEY,

GOOSEY LUCY."

COME ON. JASON,
HOLD THE OTHER END.

OH, YEAH.

(John) ELIZABETH! OH!

All chuckling

(John-Boy) GOOD
NIGHT, ELIZABETH.

OH, THOSE POOR ANIMALS.

YOU KNOW, IT IS A FUNNY THING

THAT THAT BOY LUKE
AND THIS SPIRIT BOARD

ARE HERE AT THE SAME TIME.

W-WHY IS THAT, GRANDPA?

SOMETHING HAPPENED OVER
THERE AT THE ENWRIGHT HOUSE,

OH, 5 YEARS BACK,

JUST AFTER HIS MOTHER
ALICE HAD PASSED ON.

YEAH, I REMEMBER YOU COMING
HOME FROM THERE ALL UPSET, LIV.

(John-Boy) WHAT HAPPENED, MAMA?

(Grandpa) YOU REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED OVER THERE, LIVIE.

I TOLD YOU,

I DON'T BELIEVE THE STORIES
THAT WENT AROUND, GRANDPA.

HAD SOMETHIN' TO DO
WITH LUKE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

AND SOMETHIN' STRANGE HAPPENING.

SOMETHIN' STRANGE, ALL RIGHT,

BUT I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO
RECOLLECT THE FULL PARTICULARS.

IT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF NONSENSE.

DADDY, MOMMY,

JIM-BOB SAYS THERE'S A
GHOST UP IN THE CLOSET

WITH NO CLOTHES ON HIS BONES.

All chuckling

I BETTER SEE WHAT
THOSE CHILDREN ARE UP TO.

COME ON. COME ON, SWEETHEART.

Sighing

I SURE DO WISH I COULD
RECOLLECT THE FULL PARTICULARS.

COME ON, OLD MAN,
I THINK YOU'VE HAD

ENOUGH HAUNTINGS FOR ONE NIGHT.

YOU CAN'T BE TOO SURE OF THAT.

OH, STOP IT! COME ON.

YES, MA'AM.

GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, GRANDMA.

(John-Boy) SPIRIT,
ARE YOU THERE?

Whispering SPIRIT,
ARE YOU THERE?

HEY, THERE IT GOES.
THERE IT GOES. IT'S MOVING!

OK.

WHAT SHOULD I ASK IT NOW?

ASK IT ITS NAME.

NO, NO, EVERYBODY
ASKS IT ITS NAME.

LET ME... LET ME
SEE. LET ME SEE.

SPIRIT... I'VE GOT IT.

SPIRIT, WILL I EVER WRITE

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL?

"FAREWELL"?

IT SAID FAREWELL.
WELL, IT'S A FRAUD!

Chuckling sighing HEY.

HEY, IT MOVED.

NO, YOU'RE JUST COLD. I FELT IT.

YOU'RE PUSHING ON
IT WITH YOUR FINGER.

I FELT IT MOVE.

PUT YOUR HANDS
ON THERE, TRY AGAIN.

OK. OK. SHH.

OH, YEAH! CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?

SHH. OK. YOU ASK
IT SOMETHING NOW.

IT MOVED FOR YOU.
SO ASK IT SOMETHING.

DO YOU HAVE A
MESSAGE FOR JOHN-BOY?

"NEVER."

OH, BOY.

OK, ASK IT SOMETHING ELSE.

DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ME?

THIS IS JASON.

IT'S NOT GOIN' ANYWHERE.

Sighing I GUESS
THAT'S A NO, HUH?

WHO DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR?

WHAT'S THAT?

"L."

SORRY, SPIRIT.

PUT YOUR HANDS BACK ON IT.

"U."

"U."

"K."

"K."

"E."

LUKE.

YOU HAVE NOT.

(Jim-Bob) HAVE, TOO.

WHEN WE TOOK MAMA AND DADDY ON THEIR
HONEYMOON WE WENT THROUGH RICHMOND.

OH, YEAH, I FORGOT.

DADDY TOOK US DOWN
MONUMENT AVENUE.

THEN WE WENT TO THE CAPITOL TO
SEE WHERE THEY KEEP THE GOVERNMENT.

GOT OUT AND WALKED
AROUND AND EVERYTHING.

I FED A SQUIRREL.

SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT
THOSE CITY PEOPLE, THOUGH.

THEY DRESS UP LIKE
EVERY DAY WAS SUNDAY

AND THEY WALK REAL FAST.

YOU'LL HAVE TO DRESS UP
WHEN YOU GO TO RICHMOND, TOO.

MY DADDY SAYS WE'LL
RIDE A STREETCAR.

I'VE SEEN ONE OF THOSE.

THEY GO ABOUT 6
MILLION MILES AN HOUR.

COME ON, PA. IT'S GETTING
LATE. YOU'RE MALINGERING.

JUST ONE MORE CUP.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA DENY THAT
TO YOUR OLD MAN, ARE YOU?

NOTHING I CAN DO
TILL YOU GET THERE.

GUESS I'LL HAVE ONE, TOO.

YEAH.

JIM-BOB,

WHEN ARE YOU GONNA BE DONE
TELLING LUKE ALL ABOUT RICHMOND?

(Jim-Bob) WHY?

WELL, I WANNA TELL
DADDY SOMETHIN',

BUT I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYTHING.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
TALK TO DADDY ABOUT?

YOU'LL SEE. COME ON, LUKE.

Crockery rattling

WE'RE GONNA FINISH UP THAT ORDER

AND GET IT OVER THERE
BY 11:00, I HOPE, PA.

SURE.

DADDY?

YES, HONEY?

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
MR. GODSEY'S PUPPIES?

DO I KNOW ABOUT THEM?

THAT'S ALL YOU TALKED ABOUT
LAST NIGHT BEFORE YOU WENT TO BED.

(John) YOU KNOW, THAT CHARITY
ALMOST TOOK MY LEG OFF

YESTERDAY WHEN I WENT
TOO NEAR IKE'S POOL TABLE.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE WHEN I
THOUGHT YOU WERE DELIVERING WOOD.

HOLD YOUR TONGUE, WOMAN. I WAS
PICKING UP SOME MASH FOR THE COW.

A LIKELY STORY.

THE PUPPIES AREN'T
MEAN LIKE CHARITY, DADDY.

THEY'D NEVER BITE ANYBODY.

'CAUSE HIS EYES ARE BARELY OPEN.

WAIT TILL HE GETS SOME
TEETH. THEN YOU'LL SEE.

BUT ALL THE PUPPIES ARE
SPOKEN FOR, EXCEPT FOR HIM.

THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S A RUNT.

I THOUGHT A RUNT WAS A PIG.

OH, A RUNT CAN BE MOST ANYTHING,

SO LONG AS IT'S
SMALLEST OF THE LITTER.

AM I A RUNT?

UH, NO, HONEY.

Chuckling YOU JUST
HAVEN'T GROWN YET.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO
TAKE THE PUPPY HOME

SO YOU COULD SEE HIM?

NO. NO, THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.

WELL, WE'LL JUST GO
DOWN AND LOOK AT HIM.

YOU WANNA COME, LUKE?

SURE. IS THAT OK, MRS. WALTON?

OF COURSE. GO ALONG.

COME ON, JIM-BOB.

DON'T GET IN IKE'S
WAY, NOW. LUKE?

Door creaking shut

OH, GO ON.

Sighing

SURE AM GONNA MISS LUKE

WHEN WE HAVE TO SHIP
HIM OFF TO RICHMOND.

HMM. SO IS ELIZABETH.

SHE REALLY LIKES
THAT LITTLE BOY.

I CALL IT PUPPY LOVE.

DON'T LAUGH.

SEEMS WE HAD THAT,
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.

UH-HUH.

MAMA, WHEN DID LUKE'S MAMA DIE?

ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO,

AFTER THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

YOU KNOW, I'M TENDING TO FORGET

WHAT I USED TO REMEMBER.

I LAID AWAKE ALL LAST NIGHT

TRYING TO RECOLLECT WHAT WENT
ON AT THAT BIRTHDAY PARTY, LIVIE.

WHAT DID HAPPEN OVER THERE, LIV?

NOTHING.

MAMA, DO YOU REALIZE

THAT EVERY TIME
THAT STORY CROPS UP,

YOU DO YOUR DARNEDEST
NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT?

IT'S 'CAUSE THERE'S
NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT.

YEAH?

BUT I CAN SEE NOBODY'S GONNA
GIVE ME ANY PEACE UNTIL I DO, SO...

WELL, ABOUT A YEAR
AFTER ALICE'S DEATH,

TOM ENWRIGHT GAVE A
BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR LUKE

AND I TOOK JIM-BOB.

AND?

WELL...

ALL DURING THE PARTY,
TOM SEEMED VERY UNEASY.

KEPT SAYING THAT HE FELT
ALICE'S PRESENCE IN THE HOUSE.

THAT IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS IN THE
ROOM, WANTING TO BE NEAR LUKE.

HMM.

IS THAT ALL THAT HAPPENED?

NO.

SEVERAL PEOPLE AT
THE PARTY THOUGHT

THEY CAUGHT THE
SMELL OF VIOLETS.

WHAT'S SO STRANGE ABOUT THAT?

WELL, NOTHIN'.

EXCEPT THAT, EVER
SINCE SHE WAS A GIRL,

ALICE LOVED THE
SMELL OF VIOLETS.

THEY WERE HER FAVORITE FLOWER.

AND,

WELL, THE NEXT DAY,
TOM TOLD ME THAT

WHEN HE WAS CLEANIN' UP,

HE SAW SOMETHIN' ON THE
FLOOR. AND HE BENT TO PICK IT UP

AND IT WAS A SINGLE WILD VIOLET.

(John-Boy) WELL, UH, COULDN'T
HAVE SOMEBODY HAVE

BROUGHT IT IN WITH HIM AND
DROPPED IT, OR SOMETHING?

YES.

NO. NOW I REMEMBER.

IT COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN A WILD VIOLET.

IT WAS FEBRUARY.

AND THERE WERE SEVERAL
FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.

Children chattering

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO NOW?

(Jason) JOHN-BOY,
IT'S DOING IT AGAIN.

IT'S DOING WHAT AGAIN?

THE BOARD JUST KEEPS SPELLING
LUKE'S NAME OVER AND OVER.

REALLY? YEAH.

YOU TALK TO IT NOW, JOHN-BOY.

WELL, HAS IT SAID ANYTHING
AT ALL ABOUT LUKE?

(Mary Ellen) NO, IT JUST
KEEPS SPELLING OUT HIS NAME.

(John-Boy) SPIRIT, DO YOU
HAVE A MESSAGE FOR LUKE?

"PERHAPS."

(Jason) SPIRIT, WHAT
IS THE MESSAGE?

(all) "M."

"U."

"S."

(Jason) THAT'S AN "S."

"T." "MUST!"

(Mary Ellen) OK, "MUST." GO ON.

WAIT A MINUTE. "N."

(all) "N."

"O."

"U"? NO "T." "MUST NOT."

(Mary Ellen) MUST
NOT WHAT, SPIRIT?

(Olivia) WHAT ARE
YOU CHILDREN DOING?

(Erin) THE SPIRIT BOARD SPELLED
OUT A MESSAGE FOR LUKE, MAMA.

(Jason) IT SAID,
"LUKE MUST NOT."

PUT THAT THING AWAY AND
LEAVE IT HERE IN THE BARN.

DON'T BRING IT IN THE HOUSE.

All protesting
(Olivia) DO AS I SAY!

AND DON'T YOU
MENTION THIS TO LUKE.

HE'S YOUNG AND IT'LL
UPSET HIM. COME ON.

Sighing COME ON.

I'LL PUT IT AWAY.
YOU GO IN THE HOUSE.

GET GOING.

MAMA. WHAT'S THE MATTER?

NOTHIN'.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IS IT THAT STORY
ABOUT LUKE'S MAMA

THAT'S GOT YOU UPSET OR WHAT?

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT STORY.

WELL, THEN WHAT IS IT?

IT'S THAT BOARD.

YOU ALL SOUND LIKE
A BUNCH OF HEATHENS,

ASKING IT QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.

Engine humming

birds twittering

(John) YOU GOT A PROBLEM, SON?

AH, MAMA'S ALL UPSET
ABOUT THIS BOARD.

WHAT, IS IT FORECASTING
THE END OF THE WORLD?

NO.

BUT IT KEEPS SPELLING OUT
LUKE'S NAME OVER AND OVER.

ALICE ENWRIGHT WAS
YOUR MAMA'S BEST FRIEND.

PROBABLY DOESN'T LIKE
YOU PLAYING THAT GAME

ESPECIALLY WITH LUKE HERE.

Sighing WELL, I KNOW
IT SOUNDS CRAZY,

BUT I'M NOT SO SURE IT'S
JUST A GAME ANYMORE.

I... THAT THING SEEMS
TO BE TRYIN' TO GIVE US

A MESSAGE ABOUT LUKE.

NOW, DON'T BE FOOLISH, SON.

YOU'RE MAKING
SOMETHIN' OUT OF NOTHING

WITH A PIECE OF WOOD HERE.

AH, AH, THERE ARE
A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY.

I DON'T WANT YOU UPSETTING
YOUR MOM ANYMORE, JOHN-BOY.

IF IT WERE UP TO ME, I'D
THROW THIS THING OUT.

IT GIVES ME THE SPOOKS.

ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T WANNA UPSET MAMA,

BUT I CAN'T THROW THIS OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I GOTTA FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THIS.

ABRAHAM?

HE'S NO ABRAHAM.

ANSON.

ANKER?

ANDY.

NO.

ALFONSE.

THAT'S NOT EVEN A NAME.

YES, IT IS. HE ISN'T
YOURS, ANYWAY, NOT YET.

Puppy whimpering

DADDY WILL LET ME HAVE
HIM. I'M SURE HE WILL.

EVEN IF HE IS SCRAWNY
AND FUNNY-LOOKIN'.

I'D SURE LIKE TO HAVE
THAT LITTLE RUNT.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO
WITH HIM IN RICHMOND?

MY DADDY SAYS IF HE FOUND

A PLACE WITH A BIG
BACKYARD, I COULD HAVE HIM.

TRY THE B'S, JIM-BOB.

Sighing whimpering BOZO?

NO.

BUMPER.

DADDY?

WHAT IS IT, HONEY?

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN
BEAUREGARD TODAY.

HE LOOKED SO LONESOME.

WHO'S BEAUREGARD?

CHARITY'S YOUNGEST SON.

OH, THAT RUNT UNDER
IKE'S TABLE, YOU MEAN?

HE NEEDS A HOME SO BAD.

GO AHEAD TO THE
TABLE. ALL RIGHT.

YOU KIDS ARE GONNA HAVE
TO START USING MORE SOAP.

ELIZABETH, YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING

BUT TALK ABOUT
THAT PUPPY FOR DAYS.

WHY DON'T YOU RUN ALONG

AND BRING BEAUREGARD, OR
WHATEVER, HOME WITH YOU?

REALLY, GRANDPA?

DARN TOOTIN'.

JIM-BOB, LUKE, COME ON!

(Grandma) YOU CHILDREN,
COME BACK HERE.

YOU SIT DOWN AND
HAVE YOUR SUPPER.

BUT GRANDMA!

DON'T YOU THINK JOHN'S
THE ONE WHO SHOULD DECIDE

WHETHER THE CHILDREN SHOULD
HAVE ANOTHER PUPPY OR NOT?

WELL?

THE LAST TIME I HAD A DISPUTE
WITH PA, I WAS 7 YEARS OLD.

HE SETTLED IT WITH
A PEACH TREE SWITCH.

YOU WANT TO TANGLE
WITH HIM, MA, YOU GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

WELL, DO YOU MIND IF THE
CHILDREN HAVE THEIR SUPPER FIRST?

NO, MA.

BUT RIGHT AFTER SUPPER,

YOU KIDS CAN GO GET THAT PUPPY.

THANK YOU, DADDY.

HEY, NOW WHAT ABOUT ME?

(both) THANK YOU, GRANDPA.

THANK YOU, YOUNG'UNS.

NOW, COME ON. LIVIE
WILL BE RIGHT DOWN.

GRAB HANDS. WE'LL
HAVE THE BLESSING.

Brakes squealing

crickets chirping

door creaking open
door banging shut

HEY, JOHN-BOY.

SORRY I'M LATE. A
LETTER FOR YOU, DADDY.

PICKED IT UP AT IKE'S
WHEN I WENT TO GET GAS.

IT'S FROM LUKE'S DADDY.
COME OVER HERE, SON.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THIS.

"DEAR JOHN AND OLIVIA.

"HERE'S LUKE'S RAILROAD
TICKET TO RICHMOND.

"WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT
HIM ON THE EVENING TRAIN

FROM ROCKFISH ON THURSDAY?"

THAT'S TOMORROW.

IT SURE IS.

"I'LL MEET HIM THIS
END. I'VE ALSO PUT IN $1.

PLEASE GIVE IT TO LUKE SO THAT HE
WILL HAVE SOME MONEY ALONG THE WAY."

HERE'S $1 FOR YOU, SON.

$1 FOR ME?

THAT'S FOR EMERGENCIES,

NOT FOR FRITTERING
AWAY, YOUNG MAN.

Chuckling

"THE JOB IS WORKIN'
OUT JUST FINE, PRAISE BE.

"TELL LUKE I HAVE FOUND
A PLACE FOR US TO LIVE,

"A ROOMING HOUSE.

"THE FOOD IS NOT BAD, AND
THERE'S A BIG BACK YARD.

JOHN, I'M RIGHT
GRATEFUL TO YOU..."

THE REST IS JUST THANKING US
FOR LOOKING AFTER YOU, SON.

I'VE SURE HAD A
TIME, MR. WALTON.

WELL, WE'VE ENJOYED
HAVING YOU, LUKE.

HERE, GIVE THAT TO ME AND
I'LL PIN IT TO YOUR JACKET.

GO ON BACK THERE AND SIT UP.

BEN, I THINK IT'S YOUR
TURN TO SAY GRACE.

ARE YOU SURE IT'S MY TURN?

(John) YES.

DADDY, CAN WE ASK
THE SPIRIT BOARD

IF BEAUREGARD'S A GOOD
NAME FOR THE NEW PUPPY?

WHAT PUPPY?

WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO ASK THE SPIRIT BOARD.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE BEAUREGARD,

UH, NAME HIM RECKLESS THE 2ND.

I'LL TELL YOU IN A
MINUTE, LIV. BEN?

Crickets chirping

sighing groaning PACKING
SO EARLY, GRANDMA?

WELL, YOU PACK
YOUR SUITCASE TODAY

AND YOU WON'T MISS YOUR
TRAIN TOMORROW, I ALWAYS SAY.

IT'S NOT UNDER THERE.

YOU LOST SOMETHIN', LUKE?

A PICTURE OF MY MOTHER.

IT WAS RIGHT THERE ON THE DESK.

I SAW IT JUST THIS MORNING.

CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE NOW.

CAN'T HAVE JUST DISAPPEARED.

SOMEBODY MUST
HAVE PUT IT SOMEPLACE.

NOW, WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT?

I ASKED THE BOYS,
AND THEY ALL SAID

THAT THEY SAW IT RIGHT
ON THAT DESK THIS MORNING.

I SAW IT, TOO.

DON'T YOU WORRY,
LUKE. WE'LL FIND IT.

OH, ELIZABETH, NOW
COME HERE. HOLD THAT.

YOU KNOW WE LOOKED IN THE BEDS.

JOHN-BOY, HAVE YOU SEEN

THAT LITTLE FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH
OF LUKE'S MOTHER ANYWHERE?

UH, NO. I NOTICED IT A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

IT'S SIMPLY VANISHED. WE
CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE.

THAT'S STRANGE.

WELL, GRANDMA'S
PROBABLY PACKED IT.

IT'S BOUND TO BE HERE SOMEWHERE.

I'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP LOOKIN'.

WHAT ARE YOU READIN' NOW?

UH, IT'S CALLED
SPIRITUALISM AND SCIENCE.

I GOT IT AT THE LIBRARY.
I WENT INTO TOWN.

I GOT ALL THESE AT THE LIBRARY.

DO YOU KNOW, DOWN
AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONDUCTING
EXPERIMENTS ON EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION?

SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS.
THEY'RE NOT JUST PLAYIN' AROUND.

YOU KNOW, MAMA,

IF THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND,

OR SOMETHING THAT
I'M INTERESTED IN,

I CAN'T HELP IT.

I'VE GOTTA FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT IT.

JOHN-BOY, I CAN'T STOP
YOU READIN' AND LEARNIN',

AND I'D NEVER TRY.

BUT YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL
ABOUT SUPERSTITIOUS STUFF,

ESPECIALLY NOW, WHILE LUKE...

NOW, WHILE WHAT?
WHILE LUKE'S HERE?

THAT'S GOT NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT.

YOU SURE?

I'M QUITE SURE.

(Jason) JOHN-BOY?

Whispers COME ON IN.

CLOSE THE DOOR.

THOSE BOOKS TELL YOU ANYTHING?

PRETTY TECHNICAL STUFF,

BUT I'M LEARNIN'
SOME STRANGE THINGS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT

THAT PHOTOGRAPH OF
LUKE'S MAMA IS MISSING?

IT WAS RIGHT THERE
ON THE DRESSER

WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING.

LISTEN TO THIS. COME HERE.

JUST LISTEN TO THIS.

RIGHT HERE.

"MANY CASES HAVE
OCCURRED AND BEEN VERIFIED

"WHERE MESSAGES
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED

"AND WHEN HEEDED
BY THE RECEIVER,

SOME CATASTROPHE OR
DANGER HAS BEEN AVOIDED."

THINK SOMEONE'S TRYING TO
SEND US A MESSAGE ABOUT LUKE?

MAYBE I'M CRAZY,

BUT I WANNA TRY
THAT BOARD AGAIN.

LET'S GO DOWN TO THE BARN, OK?

YEAH.

(John-Boy) SPIRIT?

SPIRIT, ARE YOU THERE?

ARE YOU THERE, SPIRIT?

"PERHAPS."

(Jason) "PERHAPS."

SPIRIT?

SPIRIT, WHO IS YOUR MESSAGE FOR?

"L."

"U."

"K."

"E."

"LUKE."

SPIRIT.

SPIRIT, WHAT DO YOU
HAVE TO TELL LUKE?

WHAT DO YOU HAVE
TO TELL LUKE, SPIRIT?

"T."

"R."

"A."

"I."

"N."

(both) "TRAIN."

WE KNOW HE'S GOING ON A TRAIN.

JASON, JASON, PUT YOUR
HANDS BACK ON IT, QUICK!

SPIRIT. ARE YOU
STILL THERE, SPIRIT?

SPIRIT, WHAT ABOUT THE TRAIN?

WHAT ABOUT THE TRAIN?

(Jim-Bob) WILL YOU KIDS PLEASE
HURRY UP? WE'RE ALMOST HOME.

(Elizabeth) COME ON, FIBBER.

FIBBER? I THOUGHT HIS
NAME WAS BEAUREGARD.

HE LOOKS MORE LIKE A FIBBER.

WHATEVER HIS NAME
IS, PLEASE PICK HIM UP

OR LUKE'S GONNA MISS HIS TRAIN.

OK, I'LL CARRY HIM.

CAN I CARRY HIM?

OK.

Squirrel squeaking
HELLO, FIBBER.

COME ON, LUKE.
COME ON, HURRY UP.

All chattering

MOM'S BEEN WAITING
FOR YOU. COME ON.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?

ISN'T HE NICE?

HE'S DANDY.

GET INSIDE.

MAMA'S BEEN LOOKING FOR
YOU. THE TRAIN'S GONNA GO.

(Jim-Bob) HIS NAME'S FIBBER,
AND HE'S AN ALASKAN HOUND DOG.

WHAT KIND OF DOG IS THAT?

(Ben) I DON'T KNOW.

HE'S A SHAKING DOG.

AS MUCH AS I LOVE ALL OF YOU,

I THINK ALICE ENWRIGHT
LOVED LUKE EVEN MORE.

SHE WAS JUST ABOUT THE MOST
DEVOTED MOTHER YOU COULD IMAGINE.

I REMEMBER... WE'RE HERE.

WELL, AND NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON.

IT'S GETTING LATE.

LUKE, YOU GOTTA GET CHANGED.

OK, COME ON.

HERE, THERE WAS A HOLE
IN THIS. I DARNED IT FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THERE WE GO.

(Olivia) YOUR DADDY'S GONNA
BE REAL GLAD TO SEE YOU.

ME, TOO.

YOU POLISHED MY SHOES, TOO.

JOHN-BOY DID IT.

THANK YOU, JOHN-BOY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OK, LIZZIE. NOW WAIT,
DON'T PULL HIM OFF THE BED.

TAKE IT EASY, YOU TWO.

COME ON, ELIZABETH. LET'S GO
SEE IF FIBBER IS READY TO GO.

GO, GO, GO. OK. WE
COULD BRUSH HIM.

OK, HURRY UP. WE'LL SEE
YOU IN A MINUTE IN THE TRUCK.

THEY SURE ARE LUCKY.

WHO'S THAT, LUKE?

YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS.

I KNEW YOUR MOTHER.
DID YOU KNOW THAT, LUKE?

YES, MA'AM.

WE WERE FRIENDS EVEN
WHEN WE WERE YOUR AGE.

WE GOT INTO ALL
KINDS OF MISCHIEF.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE
WERE THAT WICKED.

YOU AND MY MAMA?

MMM-HMM.

WE USED TO CLIMB
TREES, AND PLAY HOOKY,

AND GO TO THE SWIMMIN' HOLE
WHEN WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO,

AND GATHERING VIOLETS.

THOSE WERE YOUR
MAMA'S FAVORITE FLOWER.

SHE WAS THE BEST
FRIEND I EVER HAD.

SHE WAS THE BEST AND THE
KINDEST PERSON I EVER KNEW.

AND SHE LOVED YOU
VERY, VERY MUCH.

MY GOODNESS, IT'S GETTING LATE.

HERE, YOU FINISH THAT
UP, AND I'LL GET YOUR...

DID YOU TAKE THE
TICKET OFF HERE?

NO, MA'AM, I DIDN'T TOUCH IT.

I WAS SURE I PINNED
IT HERE THIS MORNIN'.

ARE YOU SURE?

YES, MA'AM.

MAYBE GRANDMA PACKED IT.

IT'S NOT IN HERE.

JOHN! GRANDMA!

COME AND HELP ME
FIND LUKE'S TICKET.

LUKE,

ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVEN'T
SEEN YOUR TICKET ANYWHERE?

YES, MA'AM. SURE.

Sighing SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

WE'LL HAVE TO GET HIM ANOTHER
ONE AT THE TRAIN STATION.

BUT THE POINT IS THAT
THE TICKET IS GONE.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.

LET'S THINK BACK
TO THE BEGINNING.

HOW DID THE TICKET GET LOST?

I DON'T KNOW.

HEY, THE SPIRIT BOARD SAID,

"LUKE MUST NOT" AND "TRAIN"

AND NOW THIS WITH THE TICKET.

I DON'T KNOW, JASON.
I JUST DON'T KNOW

HALF OF ME SAYS THAT SOMETHING
VERY STRANGE IS GOIN' ON HERE.

THE OTHER HALF OF
ME, WHICH IS SENSIBLE,

IT'S NOTHING AT ALL.
IS SAYING IT'S JUST US.

HOW DO YOU MEAN, "US"?

WELL, IN THESE BOOKS
I'VE BEEN READING,

THEY SAY THAT A LOT OF WHAT
APPEARS TO BE SUPERNATURAL

REALLY ISN'T
SUPERNATURAL AT ALL.

IT'S JUST PEOPLE MAKIN'
THINGS HAPPEN UNCONSCIOUSLY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

HEY, LOOK, NONE OF US
REALLY WANTS LUKE TO GO.

I MEAN, WHILE HE'S BEEN HERE,
WE'VE BEEN VERY FOND OF HIM.

AND PART OF HIM MIGHT
NOT WANNA GO, EITHER.

AFTER ALL, HE'S GROWN
UP ON WALTON'S MOUNTAIN.

HE'S SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE HERE.

SO MAYBE, WITHOUT KNOWIN' IT

WHAT WE'RE DOIN' IS PUTTIN'
STUMBLING BLOCKS IN HIS PATH.

LIKE, THINGS LIKE... LIKE LOSING
PICTURES AND LOOSING TICKETS

AND PRETENDIN' WE'RE RECEIVIN'
MYSTERIOUS MESSAGES ON THE SPIRIT BOARD.

THINGS TO STOP HIM FROM GOING.

EXACTLY RIGHT.

YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?

LET'S GO.

WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
WHAT SHOULD I SAY?

WE FOUND IT! WE
FOUND THE TICKET!

WELL, THERE GOES ONE
OF OUR STUMBLING BLOCKS.

JOHN FOUND IT.

IT FELL DOWN BEHIND THE DRESSER.

WE BETTER HURRY OR HE'LL MISS
THAT TRAIN. YOU WANNA COME?

(Elizabeth) ME, TOO.
COME ON, GET IN.

CAREFUL! EASY THERE.

(Grandma) YOU HOLD
ONTO THAT. KEEP WARM.

(Olivia) JOHN, HURRY!

LUKE, DO YOU WANNA
TAKE FIBBER WITH YOU?

YOU MEAN KEEP HIM?

YES. HE'D BE GOOD
COMPANY FOR YOU.

IF HE EVER HAS BABIES,
I'LL SEND SOME TO YOU.

(Jim-Bob) I'LL TAKE SOME, TOO.

(John) OK, HERE WE GO!
EVERYBODY, STEP BACK!

(Grandpa) ALL
RIGHT THERE, FOLKS.

THAT'S IT, WE'RE LATE!

BE CAREFUL, HONEY.

BYE-BYE!

HE LIKES RIDIN' IN THE TRUCK.

SURE DOES.

JUST LIKE RECKLESS.

Engine humming

ABOUT 10 MINUTES
TILL THE TRAIN GETS IN.

(John) BE THERE IN 5.

WATCH IT!

Tires squealing

YOU ALL RIGHT?
(John-Boy) I THINK SO.

IS ANYBODY HURT?

I'M SCARED.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED, DADDY?

I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT I
SAW SOMETHIN' IN THE ROAD.

MUST HAVE BEEN A
DEER OR SOMETHIN'.

COME ON, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

OK, OK.

COME ON, KIDS, YOU CAN HELP OUT.

COME ON, UP FRONT.

OK? YEAH, GO.

COME ON, LUKE.
YOU CAN HELP PUSH.

GET IN THE FRONT AND
PUSH WHEN I SAY PUSH.

PUSH AS HARD AS YOU CAN, NOW.

HERE WE GO. YOU READY?

PUSH!

Engine faltering PUSH! PUSH!

COME ON, EVERYBODY, PUSH!

PUSH!

Train horn tooting DADDY? PUSH!

DADDY, THAT'S THE TRAIN COMIN'
INTO ROCKFISH, SOUNDS LIKE.

OH, WE CAN STILL MAKE IT. COME
ON, EVERYBODY, LET'S GO. PUSH!

PUSH! PUSH! PUSH!

Engine revving
(John) PUSH! PUSH!

PUSH! PUSH!

PUSH!

Train horn tooting

WE'RE GONNA MISS THAT TRAIN!

IT'S LIKE WE WERE
SUPPOSED TO MISS IT.

YEAH? I'LL TELL YOU, MAMA,
SOMETHING'S BACK OF ALL THIS.

JOHN-BOY, YOU KNOW I DON'T
BELIEVE IN THAT NONSENSE.

WELL, HAVE IT YOUR WAY.

PUSH! PUSH! PUSH!

THAT'S DOING IT,
HERE WE GO, PUSH.

PUSH!

COME ON, EVERYBODY,
HARD, REALLY PUSH.

Engine revving PUSH!
COME ON! COME ON!

PUSH! PUSH!

WE WERE WORRIED. WHAT HAPPENED?

(John) WE HAD AN ACCIDENT.

ACCIDENT?

NO ONE WAS HURT.

WE MISSED THE TRAIN, THOUGH.

(John) I BETTER GET OUT
OVER TO IKE'S, CALL TOM,

TELL HIM LUKE MISSED THE TRAIN.

Sighing crickets chirping

♪♪music playing on radio

WELL, I SPOKE TO TOM.

(Grandma) GET HIM ON THE PHONE?

YEAH, I GOT HIM. HE WAS JUST
LEAVING FOR THE TRAIN STATION.

I TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED

AND THAT LUKE'LL BE ON
THE TRAIN IN THE MORNIN'.

HE'D HAVE BEEN WORRIED SICK IF
LUKE HADN'T BEEN ON THAT TRAIN.

YEAH, HE MOST SURELY WOULD.

WE'VE ALREADY EATEN,
BUT I'LL FIX YOU SOMETHIN'.

THANKS, LIVIE. HOW'S LUKE?

WELL, HE'S RIGHT AS RAIN.

HE'S IN BED AND THE PUPPY'S
RIGHT ALONG UP THERE WITH HIM.

(male announcer) WE INTERRUPT THIS
BROADCAST FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.

THE 6:30 TRAIN FROM ROCKFISH
WAS DERAILED THIS EVENING

AND THE EXACT CAUSE
OF THE ACCIDENT

IS STILL UNCLEAR.

ALL THAT WE KNOW AT THE
MOMENT IS THAT THE TRAIN,

WHICH WAS TRAVELING AT
ABOUT 60 MILES AN HOUR,

LEFT THE TRACK TOPPLED
OUT AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT...

TURN IT OFF.

RESCUERS REPORT
THAT MORE THAN 25...

THAT WAS THE TRAIN YOU
WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT LUKE ON.

I KNOW.

THOSE POOR PEOPLE.

THANK GOD WE MISSED IT.

MAMA.

YOU FOUND IT.

IT'S LUKE'S PICTURE.

AND HOW DID IT GET THERE?

(Grandpa) IT WAS NEVER
UP THERE BEFORE.

(John) MAYBE ONE OF THE
CHILDREN FOUND IT AND PUT IT THERE.

OK, LUKE. EASY NOW.

(all) BYE, LUKE.

HAVE FUN.

(Olivia) YOU KEEP THAT
PUPPY NICE AND WARM, LUKE.

(John-Boy) THERE ARE
FORCES IN OUR LIVES

THAT WE CAN
UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN.

THERE ARE OTHERS THAT
MYSTIFY AND CONFUSE US.

BUT WHO IS THERE TO SAY
THAT THE STRONG BOND OF LOVE

THAT EXISTED BETWEEN
A MOTHER AND HER CHILD,

HAD TO BE SEVERED BY DEATH?

FOR LOVE IS A FORCE THAT LIVES

WITHOUT BEGINNING, WITHOUT END.

IT IS AN ENERGY THAT BRINGS

SUSTENANCE AND NOURISHMENT
TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT.

OF ALL OUR ENDOWMENTS,

THE ABILITY TO LOVE
IS THE MOST ENNOBLING,

AND SUCH IS ITS MYSTERY
THAT THE POWER OF LOVE

CAN BE FELT BEYOND
DEATH, BEYOND TIME.

(Jim-Bob) ELIZABETH, MRS.
HAWKINS HAS SOME PUPPIES

SHE WANTS TO GIVE AWAY.

(Elizabeth) I DON'T
WANT ANY OF 'EM.

(John) THOUGHT YOU
WANTED ANOTHER DOG.

(Elizabeth) I WANTED A RUNT
DOG, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE ONE.

RUNT ONLY MEANS THE DOG IS
THE SMALLEST ONE IN THE LITTER.

I KNOW, BUT NO ONE
EVER WANTS THOSE.

I THINK I'LL WAIT FOR CHARITY.

SHE MAKES GOOD RUNTS.

(Jim-Bob) YOU'RE
A RUNT, ELIZABETH.

AM I, DADDY?

(John) IN THIS FAMILY,
YOU'RE THE GIRL RUNT.

AND JIM-BOB'S THE BOY RUNT.

(Jim-Bob) I AM NOT.

YOU ARE, TOO.

(Olivia) OH, LORD, NOW
THEY'LL NEVER GET TO SLEEP.

I AM NOT.

(all) YOU ARE TOO, JIM-BOB.

Whispers I AM NOT.