In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashion magazine and the daughter of a diplomat. They plan a small wedding and he invites the family and friends from Walton's Mountain to come to New York for the celebration. However, Janet's Aunt Flo has other ideas and takes over their wedding preparations. John-Boy is also trying to write an article about his grandma, but decides that he needs to go home to escape the wedding preparations, as well as to reunite with his grandmother and fill in some gaps, leaving Janet in New York trying to prevent her wedding from getting out of hand. But she too leaves the city and heads for Walton's Mountain to plan their wedding there. Meanwhile, Olivia has decided that the time is right for her to return to school and she enrolls in a class at Boatwright University. Her lecturer wonders why she, a married woman with a family, is there, and he makes her time in his class very difficult. Meanwhile, John has problems when he's elected as County Supervisor and the lumber company that he and Ben run stands to profit if he votes for a proposed subdivision to go ahead. By this time Elizabeth's boyfriend Drew is also working at the mill and Jason's very pregnant wife Toni goes through a series of false alarms as her due date nears.
A Walton Wedding
The Waltons reunite once again to celebrate the 1960s wedding of their eldest, John-Boy, but impending crises threaten to shatter the family's happiness.
