The Waltons' distant cousins from Kansas move to the mountain in hopes of finding employment, but upset the Waltons with their shiftless and dishonest ways.
The family panics when Kyra disappears from Brock and Barbra Jean's house in the middle of the night; Van eagerly awaits his debut on a sports talk show.
Reba gets a wild hair and decides to take Van's new sports car out for a crazy joyride, but her adventure comes to an abrupt halt when she dings the car.
Reba and Barbra Jean put aside their personal differences to help Cheyenne celebrate her 21st birthday; Van tries to find the perfect birthday present.
Rose discovers her father is a monk who has spent his life in the Church atoning for abandoning her; Sophia must have surgery, but she runs into trouble.
Christopher visits Stars Hollow for the first time, and Rory shows him off and gives him a tour of the town; dinner with Lorelai's grandparents ends in a fight.
When an overly serious scholar attends an annual Jane Austen conference, she strikes a deal with a man and finds her perspective and her heart, changed.
Fearing she can't compete with a tech-savvy world, a struggling singer/songwriter returns home and meets an entrepreneur who's spending the holidays alone.
Rose discovers her father is a monk who has spent his life in the Church atoning for abandoning her; Sophia must have surgery, but she runs into trouble.
The Baldwin sisters' cousin Homer arrives on the mountain with a police record, unknown to the ladies, as he proceeds to steal much of the stock of the recipe.
Mary Ellen decides to run away with a traveling troubadour to see the world, but when her heart is broken by him, she decides to return home unsatisfied.
The Waltons allow an actress to stay with when her car breaks down, and she looks to change when the kids realize the stories that she is telling are lies.
Reba and Barbra Jean put aside their personal differences to help Cheyenne celebrate her 21st birthday; Van tries to find the perfect birthday present.