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Post by dayton3 on Nov 12, 2020 15:10:23 GMT -5
"The Rebellion" the episode about Grandma being forced to share organ playing duties at the church (the "B" plot about Olivia's latest midlife crisis is best forgotten) shows in the last five minutes what a brilliant character John Walton was.
It is one thing to change the mind of your children. Even grown children. Or your spouse. But changing the mind of an elderly parent is something of an entirely different level.
In this episode, almost all her grandchildren, daughter in law, husband, and the reverend have tried to change Esther Walton's mind about abandoning going to her church due to her resenting having to share he organ playing duties.
Then at the end in about five minutes with only four short sentences John Walton completely changes her mind. She walks to church with a smile and seems to fully accept the new reality.
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Nov 12, 2020 17:35:20 GMT -5
I agree. He knew how to respond to his momma.
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Post by jason88cubss on Nov 12, 2020 18:24:59 GMT -5
"The Rebellion" the episode about Grandma being forced to share organ playing duties at the church (the "B" plot about Olivia's latest midlife crisis is best forgotten) shows in the last five minutes what a brilliant character John Walton was. It is one thing to change the mind of your children. Even grown children. Or your spouse. But changing the mind of an elderly parent is something of an entirely different level. In this episode, almost all her grandchildren, daughter in law, husband, and the reverend have tried to change Esther Walton's mind about abandoning going to her church due to her resenting having to share he organ playing duties. Then at the end in about five minutes with only four short sentences John Walton completely changes her mind. She walks to church with a smile and seems to fully accept the new reality. what did he say? |
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Post by dayton3 on Nov 12, 2020 18:42:30 GMT -5
His first sentence was how he was "tired of being the only backslider in the family".
Esther replied by snarling that she "wasn't a backslider".
John Walton then offered to share his Sunday newspaper with her.
His second sentence was how he didn't blame Esther as he didn't care for the woman who had taken her organ playing job either.
Esther replied "What did she ever do to you".
John replied vaguely.
John's fourth sentence was how she would look down and see Esther's empty chair and know she had driven her out of the church.
At that point Esther Walton decided she was going back to church.
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Post by patriciaanne on Nov 14, 2020 18:11:01 GMT -5
Sometimes it's just a matter of knowing what motivates someone. My grandmother was more concerned about what people thought of her -- like neighbors than anything else. One time I approached her door (she lived in a garden apartment) and as I got right to the door, I could hear her and her long-time male companion having a barn-burning donnybrook. No doubt fueled by the consumption of a few too many beers. I carefully considered my options 1) turn on my heel and go home and let them tear into each other for the rest of the night (but far away from me); 2) go in and try to reason with them, which would likely not have worked and they would have tried to drag me into it. And then I thought of the third option. I rang the bell and someone opened the door. Before anyone could say a thing, I charged in and said, "What's going on??? I can hear you two all the way out by the garbage!!!" WHAT?!?!? Mortified silence. Then, slowly..."You heard us all the way out THERE?  " Yep. It was like throwing cold water on two fighting dogs. They stopped arguing, I think they actually forgot what they were fighting about. And I think they sobered up almost instantaneously. Now the part I felt a teensy bit bad about was that my grandmother told me that for WEEKS after she was afraid for anyone to see her and she swore they were looking at her differently. Yes, I felt a little bad about that. But not too much because it kept them on their best behavior for a LONG time. 😁 |
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" Yep. It was like throwing cold water on two fighting dogs. They stopped arguing, I think they actually forgot what they were fighting about. And I think they sobered up almost instantaneously. Now the part I felt a teensy bit bad about was that my grandmother told me that for WEEKS after she was afraid for anyone to see her and she swore they were looking at her differently. Yes, I felt a little bad about that. But not too much because it kept them on their best behavior for a LONG time. 😁