The hostage cast4/7/2023 ![]() While Job makes his escape with Elizabeth he stops to bandage her wounded foot. Sheriff Bridges and the Walton men create a posse with bloodhounds to track down Job and Elizabeth. He tracks her down and captures her again. Job races to his mother’s house to learn that Elizabeth has escaped. Job escapes in his truck despite Jason’s efforts to catch him. Job agrees to surrender but then sneaks out the back door knocking Ben out who was attempting to block his exit. Sheriff Bridges tracks Job down and confronts him about Elizabeth. The Waltons decipher the note to mean Eye for an eye, Sissy for Elizabeth.Įlizabeth makes do with being held captive by Job’s mother. He then takes the Walton wagon back to their house with a crude note that reads “I 4 I”. He also takes away Elizabeth’s shoes so that she can’t run away. He takes her into the mountains to his mother Eula Mae’s house. He jumps into the passenger seat with his shotgun just as Elizabeth starts the vehicle. He storms off and finds Elizabeth picking up groceries at Ike’s store. He says that he won’t lay a hand on her until they are properly married. He confronts Erin on the porch who calls for Ben to come to her aide. Job comes looking for Sissy the next morning. Elizabeth reminds her that the book is called “Heidi”. She remembers seeing a book that she liked about a girl and her grandpa who lived on a mountain with goats. Sissy hasn’t gone to school and doesn’t know how to read or write. Elizabeth takes her upstairs to where she will sleep. She is so impressed with their big home and feels that they must be so rich with owning the mountain and having the lumber mill and big house. Sissy enjoys dinner at the Waltons table. She then tells Sissy to pack some of her things, that she will take her to be with a legal guardian until she is old enough to make her own decisions. He says that is her law and he only listens to God’s law and the old man’s wishes. Mary Ellen pulls him aside and tells Job that it is against the law for him to marry a minor. He then tells Sissy he is off to find a preacher to marry them. Job grabs a shovel and buries him in the yard. Rance passes just as he finishes his words. He has given his house to his 14 year old granddaughter Sissy and her hand in marriage to Job Moonie. She feels that he needs immediate medical attention but he wants to stay knowing that he has little time left. While Mary Ellen is making her medical rounds to the mountain folk she finds Rance Crooks outside of his house enjoying the warmth of the sun. They held on rigidly to their old ways and customs, even if it meant breaking the law." "The post war years brought great social change and progress to our community, but for the hill folk living above us on the mountain it was as though time had passed them by. Trouble ensues Cousin Octavia comes to visit the Baldwin sisters. Elizabeth is kidnapped by a mountain man when he is prevented from marring an underage girl. ![]()
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