My favorite episode? Well, I'll hafta say that it's episodes, because it's a neck-and-neck tie. The first episode, of course, because of its style, writing, direction, cinematogrophy, etc. The second is the 1897 revelation of the will in which Judith gets it all. And then she gives it to her siblings in what I consider the best single scene of the entire series. The altercation between the Walton-children-run-amock was just so perfectly well written and acted that whenever I view it, I rewind and watch it over and over again. "Keep it up, Quentin, and you'll end end up with less than nothing."
Gerard