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It's another one of those episodes where one of the Waltons is bored. This time Olivia decides she needs a new look and gets some advice from Cora Beth. I always thought that Ike must have had another occupation on the side to afford his wife's lavish endeavors. She now has a beauty parlor in back and talks Olivia into getting a permanent wave without any knowledge of that electric contraption. Cora Beth even is decked out in the latest fashion for her new role. Unbelievable! She destroys Olivia's hair so she looks like Harpo Marx and Olivia runs away from everyone because they all laugh. John Sr is irate but leave it to Berty to come up with a turban to cover it when Olivia asks what her people do about kinky hair.

It's okay because by the next episode her hair is back to normal but we do see Flossie Bremer enjoying a bit of gin on her front porch, strictly for medicinal purposes.

The other storyline is Grandma threatening to turn Methodist if she has to share the organ playing at church. Not a well written episode but better than the next one called The Ferris Wheel.

I didn't pay much attention to this one but I was surprised that Olivia would do such a thing knowing John would be furious and why she didn't sue Cora Beth is quite a mystery. 4 stars for that wig.