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The Waltons: The Complete Third Season

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Season Three of The Waltons was ranked 8th by audience size out of the best 30 TV shows according the Nielsen Rating (The Nielsen Rating is the number of all TV-equipped homes tuned to the program on an average night, as measured by Nielsen Media Research). The 3rd season got 25.5% of the audience size. Season 2 of "The Waltons" got the Highest rating ranking 2nd behind "All In The Family".

Infact, The Waltons is number 57 on the best 100 TV shows of all time until the 2002-2003 season.

The 3rd Season consist of 24 episodes and they are as follows:

01- The Coflict (Two Hours Episode) - Aired on 9/12/1974
02- The First day - Aired 9/19/1974
03- The Thoroughbred - Aired 9/26/1974
04- The Runaway - Aired 10/3/1974
05- The Romance - Aired 10/10/1974
06- The Ring - Aired 10/17/1974
07- The System - Aired 10/24/1974
08- The Spoilers - Aired 10/31/1974
09- The Marathon - Aired 11/7/1974
10- The Book - Aired 11/14/1974
11- The Job - Aired 11/21/1974
12- The Departure - Aired 12/5/1974
13- The Visitor - Aired 12/12/1974
14- The Birthday - Aired 12/19/1974
15- The Lie - Aired 1/2/1975
16- The Matchmakers - Aired 1/9/1975
17- The Beguiled - Aired 1/16/1975
18- The Caretakers - Aired 1/23/1975
19- The Shivaree - Aired 1/30/1975
20- The Choice - Aired 2/6/1975
21- The Statue - Aired 2/13/1975
22- The Song - Aired 2/20/1975
23- The Woman - Aired 2/27/1975
24- The Venture - Aired 3/6/1975

I hope they Continue releasing all the remaining 6 seasons, Thanks for reading my review.

The third season of the Waltons continues the tradition of meaningful family entertainment. Just like the first two seasons, there are wonderful episodes in this season as well, with extensive character development in the children, John and Olivia Walton, and of course the trials of aging in Zeb and Esther Walton. The family members are so real, the plots so interesting, and the acting so excellent, that one forgets that this is a show. It is so engrossing, it is like watching a real live family.

The biggest disappointment for me is the quality of the reproduction. The first two seasons displayed superb video reproduction. The color is vivid, the film is scratch and blotch-free, and the sound quality is clear. Unfortunately, the third season episodes show none of these quality markers. My version shows scratches, blotches, poor faded color, and an inferior sound track. Much to my disappointment, the quality is not any better than taping the shows off the television. To produce the episodes without cleaning up the scratches and imperfections is uncharacteristic of the Walton tradition. The Waltons is a show known for its quality, and here are reproductions that fall far short of acceptable quality standards.

While it is nice to have the third season on DVD, viewing the episodes in this shoddy condition is a major drawback. I hope the producers of this series clean up their act and clean up their tapes before producing season four.

Jim Konedog Koenig

This season is one of the best. The highlight of the season is the first episode called 'The Conflict'. We meet Grandpa's sister-in-law Martha Corrine, her son Boone, and grandson Wade. The conflict is over the county forcing Martha Corrine off her home and land in order to build a road. It will break your heart.

Also, John-boy begins college, Ike and Corabeth get married, John-boy enters a dance marathon, Grandpa has a heart attack right before his birthday, and John-boy gets Blue the mule.

Just bought this wonderful series to add to my other two seasons and although I haven't watched it yet, I must say that I am pleased with the improved packaging. Seperate slimline cases are much better than the discs all in one. Warner Brothers must be improving their other programs as well, since Full House, season 3 is also like the Waltons this time. Can't wait to watch!

Our family loves all the seasons of the Waltons... I wish more would be released. The Waltons remind us that even in hard times you can be respectful, loving and caring... especially with family and friends. Because in the end, that is all that will matter. Why can't Hollywood release more shows like the Waltons today for the youth of today?

Like so many others, I too watched the original broadcasts of the Waltons for many years and loved being transported back in time to a place where family mattered, friendships were cherished, and life was not all about "getting stuff" as it is today. It seems utterly impossible to find decent family programing that is newly broadcast these days, so our family has turned to tried and true old favorites. We have the entire collection of the Little House on the Prarie series, and that was the best purchase our family ever made for entertainment! My boys (yes boys like Little House too!) are 7 and 3 and gobbled it up. I was able to use it as a reward for getting chores done and bathtime out of the way. I was literally BEGGED for another "ma and pa" show. That got me thinking about other shows that I enjoyed as a child that were wholesome, taught morals and values, and were also entertaining. The Waltons was the first one that popped into my mind. Watching these shows is a breath of fresh air...no foul language, no sexual innuendo, no having to fast forward to get past violence. The nice thing is that it also isn't dumbed down sitcome-style entertainment, but instead is a drama that truly draws your entire family into the story lines. We all long for simpler times without cell phones beckoning us and computers allowing us to work from home. Poverty wasn't a sin in the time of the Walton's, lack of time for the family was.

I can't tell you how much we are enjoying this series, and like others, we simply wish we could go and buy all the years at once to devour!

I enjoy this series as much as any. It is up there with Hawaii Five-O. Unfortunately, that show is not available as of yet. Not sure why, but it isn't! I certainly will buy season III, I own season I & II. However, my favorite episode is from season IV, The Intruders. This is where wiley old Grandpa outwits a new lumber yard and wins a big contract. Keep releasing these episodes, it was great TV and gave us a feel for what it was like growing up during the Great Depression. I makes me appreciate my parents, and how hard it must have been to survive.

"The Waltons" is first-class television! Longtime fans will not be disappointed. Season Three continues the "family oriented" stories while Will Geer (Grandpa) and Ellen Corby (Grandma) were still vital and active. There are many, many touching episodes here and this will disappoint none of "The Waltons" admirers. The great thing about the early seasons is we still John Boy and the complete cast intact and the kids are still charming and young. But I can't wait for the fourth season to be released as that one has my all-time favorite "Waltons" episode on it..."The Burnout". Hurry up Season 4!!

The Walton's is a treasure of life in simpler and harder times. The family and friends are always there for each other in good and bad times. The family is also shown in everyday life interactions realistically, brothers and sisters still fight and argue.Mom and Dad have differences,Grandma and Grandpa too. But when the day is done they all remember who they are and where they belong.

Like the previous seasons, The Waltons - Season Three, contains very strong stories that depict strong family and moral values, along with just as strong moral dilemmas and situations. In this season John Boy goes off to college, and meets a wider world than he's known. A world in which his family must also now enter from time-to-time.

The world of 2006 is so far flung from the world of 1939 -- yet, we need to be reminded of those traditional family and moral values that helped people stand up under economic depression, world tyrants and even every day struggles just to make a living. Such values are timeless and have an eternalness that cannot be diminished. We may ignore them, and do in many ways in our "modern" society, but they do not go away. These stories have many lessons to teach that we need to learn or re-learn; how to love unconditionally, how to really care for elderly parents, that respect of one-self must come from respect of others, etc.

This third season, as are all seasons of the Waltons, is worthy of your review. TV has never been better. Enjoy.