The Pursuit

Episode aired Jan 1, 1981
TV-G
1h

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

148

YOUR RATING

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Drama Family Romance

A girl (Jennifer Jason Leigh) claims she is pregnant by Jim-Bob; POW Ben protests his captors by flying a makeshift American flag; Jason is re-stationed in Paris where he reconnects with Ton... Read allA girl (Jennifer Jason Leigh) claims she is pregnant by Jim-Bob; POW Ben protests his captors by flying a makeshift American flag; Jason is re-stationed in Paris where he reconnects with Toni.A girl (Jennifer Jason Leigh) claims she is pregnant by Jim-Bob; POW Ben protests his captors by flying a makeshift American flag; Jason is re-stationed in Paris where he reconnects with Toni.

Director
- Philip Leacock
Writers
- Earl Hamner Jr.
- Michael McGreevey
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

148

YOUR RATING

Director
- Philip Leacock
Writers
- Earl Hamner Jr.
- Michael McGreevey
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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User reviews3

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1SlimJim39

The Walton's boys ranks

I always got a laugh at the ranks each of the boys attained with their respective military service. Here's Ben who has some experience with woodworking and he never gets past Seaman and then we have dimwitted Jim Bob who just got out of high school and he is walking around with 3 stripe Sargent's stripes on, which back in WW2 was an E-5. Ah, what those dimwits in Hollywood know about the military you could put in a thimble and have lots of room left for your finger!

1snitzell

Why not just spit on Veterans?

Why does a Walton who LOST THE CIVIL WAR think his Northern fellow POWs want to sing his song of defeat. I say that as a Vietnam Veteran who grew up in Alabama.

And golly gee a girl claims a Walton got her pregnant??? Must be an episode I missed where his bunch of nosy family missed running each other's business for 10 minutes.

Best Emmys Moments

Trivia
The Japanese POW camp Ben is imprisoned in is actually Drucilla's Pond, drained of water.

Goofs
Jason acts like he couldn't find out where his orders were sending him. He didn't have to bribe the guy to find out where he was going. He could have just taken the orders and opened them himself, whether they were sealed or not.

Quotes
Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] Though peace had finally come to Europe in the summer of 1945, America was still faced with the considerable task of bringing the war in the Pacific to victory. It was a time of uncertainty, both for those on the home front and for the troops still overseas. During that summer my brother, Jim Bob, was to face a personal crisis at home, while my brother, Ben, fought for his very survival as a prisoner of war.