Boone Walton comes back into the lives of the Walton family when he is found guilty of selling bootleg whisky but Jason offers to pay his fine and accept responsibility for the elderly man. Jason mentions how difficult it has been since the government moved him off his mountain home, when the mountains were the only way of life he had ever known and felt comfortable with. The judge agrees to suspend the sentence. Boone works at the mill, but Grandma and Olivia are very unhappy about having him around their family. Jason gives Boone a sip of the recipe, which Grandpa had kept hidden, and after a taste, declares that he would like to meet these special people.