Mary Ellen's Baptism

[wetherwacky]

I noticed another glitch in the series storyline. In the episode, "The Calf" (s.1), John Boy tried to persuade his mother not to sell the memory quilt for little bullet because it had certain family memorabilia such as patches from Mary Ellen's baptism dress. This might seem correct without watching later seasons.
In "The Baptism" (s.5), Mary Ellen asks her mother, "I suppose you want me to get dunked this year." She was never baptized according to this. Go figure.

[bmcgill]

I guess writers forget things too, even as good as they are and were in The Waltons.

[dfnmeows44]

As was later stated there may have been budget problems with including everything. However she would have
been baptized before Ben because she was older===actually before the first season as was mentioned in
The Calf.