Richard Thomas's return

[runhard]

Watching The Return this evening and at end seeing Richard Thomas's John Boy writing in his notebook at the kitchen table then hearing him say, "goodnight daddy, goodnight everybody." Well, it just made me miss him even more and how he would always be the center of The Waltons. I know he had fulfilled his five year contract and like all good actors wanted to move onto other parts, other challenges but still it never felt the same without him. The show kept going after his departure with some good episodes in the seasons that followed but there would be other departures as well as the loss of Will Geer. The Waltons would push on ahead ending with season nine but I don't think those later episodes could ever match those first five seasons.

[jason88cubss]

He was such an important part