The forestry student who previously visited Waltons Mountain (in "The Competition") now returns, and asks Erin to marry him.The forestry student who previously visited Waltons Mountain (in "The Competition") now returns, and asks Erin to marry him.The forestry student who previously visited Waltons Mountain (in "The Competition") now returns, and asks Erin to marry him.
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Michael Learned
- Olivia Walton
- (as Miss Michael Learned)
Ellen Corby
- Esther Walton
- (credit only)
Mary Beth McDonough
- Erin Walton
- (as Mary Elizabeth McDonough)
Earl Hamner Jr.
- The Narrator
- (voice)
- (as Earl Hamner)
Hank Stohl
- Radio Announcer
- (voice)
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- TriviaIn the narration at the end of the Season 4 episode "The Competition" (where Chad first appeared), it is stated that the family never saw Chad again.
- GoofsErin is told she can't marry Carl until she graduates high school, and she gets very upset because it is so long a time to wait. She graduates high school 2 episodes later in 'The Career Girl.'
- Quotes
Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Of all the people whose lives touched ours on Waltons Mountain, my sister Erin remembers most vividly a young forestry student who visited us briefly in the summer of 1936. He was her first love. In the spring of 1937, with the blossoming of the dogwood, Chad Marshall returned.
- SoundtracksI've Got A Crush On You
Written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Sung by Michael O'Keefe to music on the radio while dancing with Erin
Featured review
Overacting and dumb looks
Michael O'Keefe returns to Waltons Mountain in all his hammy acting glory as Chad Marshall, the forestry student we first saw in the season 4 episode "The Competition" with an eye on marrying Erin. "THIS IS MYYYYY LAAAAAAAAND," he screeches like a bizarre maniac when he shows Erin the plot of land he plans to build his house on. Erin couldn't be more thrilled, and the viewer couldn't be more bewildered at who would want to marry this insane, bellowing person. As the title of the episode gives away, their marriage plans are not approved by John and Olivia (an unintentionally hilarious scene thanks to Chad's slack-jawed reaction throughout) and they plan their elopement with predictable results. The secondary storyline treats us to Jason ineptly running Godsey's store while Ike's away, allowing shrieking, addled Maude Gormley to run up a big debt. Thankfully she's done a bunch of awful bird paintings which she sells (really?) to settle her bill.
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