The Captive

The addition of Corabeth Godsey to the cast of The Waltons was a major mistake. She was useful for some occasional humor but any episode that took her seriously made me want to gag. I can only assume that the writer of this episode had a relative who was the same kind of pretentious phony as Corabeth and this was his or her way of expressing their disgust with the person. Ronnie clair edwards was a fine actress, otherwise she would not have been able to portray this deeply flawed person as well as she did, but as a viewer who simply wanted entertainment, the character was so aggravating that it was painful to watch.