Olivia returns home, her health restored. Ben and Cindy welcome another Walton into the world. Cousin Rose and her grandchildren fill empty rooms in the Walton home. Mary Ellen and Erin challenge scoffing men in a horse race. Jim-Bob graduates from high school and makes a decision that fills the family with profound pride.

Title from container. Created for television by Earl Hamner. Originally broadcast on television during the 1979-1980 season. Contains all 24 episodes from the eighth season. Special features: Disc 3, Side B: "A decade of the Waltons:" retrospective special / written by Earl Hamner ; directed by Harry Harris and Philip Leacock.

Disc 1.Side A. 1: The home front, part 1 / written by Rod Peterson & Claire Whitaker ; directed by Harry Harris -- 2: The home front, part 2 / written by Rod Peterson & Claire Whitaker ; directed by Harry Harris -- 3: The kinfolk / written by E.F. Wallengren ; directed by Philip Leacock -- 4: The diploma / written by Kathleen Hite ; directed by Gwen Arner -- 5: The innocents / written by Juliet Packer ; directed by Gwen Arner. Disc 1. Side B. 6: The starlet / written by D.C. Fontana & Richard Fontana ; directed by Philip Leacock -- 7: The journal / written by Robert Pirosh ; directed by Philip Leacock -- 8: The lost sheep / written by E.F. Wallengren ; directed by Walter Alzmann -- 9: The violated / written by Robert Pirosh ; directed by Walter Alzmann -- 10: The waiting / written by Kathleen Hite ; directed by Philip Leacock. Disc 2. Side A. 11: The silver wings / written by Michael McGreevey ; directed by Stan Lathan -- 12: The wager / teleplay by E.F. Wallengren ; story by Claylene Jones ; directed by Gwen Arner -- 13: The spirit / written by Kathleen Hite ; directed by Herbert Hirschman -- 14: The fastidious wife / written by Loraine Despres ; directed by Gwen Arner -- 15: The unthinkable / written by Dan Ullman ; directed by Ralph Waite. Disc 2. Side B. 16: The idol / written by Juliet Packer ; directed by Gwen Arner -- 17: The prodigals / written by Robert Pirosh ; directed by Stan Lathan -- 18: The remembrance / written by Marion Hargrove ; directed by Herbert Hirschman -- 19: The inspiration / written by E.F. Wallengren ; directed by Ralph Waite -- 20: The last straw / written by William Parker ; directed by Harry Harris. Disc 3. Side A. 21: The traveling man / written by Kathleen Hite ; directed by Herbert Hirschman -- 22: The furlough / written by Juliet Packer ; directed by Harry Harris -- 23: The medal / written by Rod Peterson ; directed by Walter Alzmann -- 24: The valediction / written by Claire Whitaker ; directed by Harry Harris.