John Boy and Daisy get together one evening after her performing at the theatre, and John Boy asks Daisy then to marry him. Although hesitant at first, she accepts. John Boy rings home to tell the family, but instead has to leave the message with Erin...John Boy and his fiancee are heading for Waltons Mountain. Just before he leaves though, Mr Johnson suggests that John Boy might consider going to London as a reporter for the Stars and Stripes newspaper. Very bad timing for John Boy, given that he has just proposed to Daisy and she would not be able to go with him.