Elizabeth makes friends with the new progressive school teacher, Ms. Lamphere, but then discovers she has a terminal illness. The teacher devotes a class session to childbirth over Corabeth's objections. Meanwhile, as the time nears for Cindy and Ben's baby to arrive, Ben waits it out drinking. Ben can't be found when Cindy goes into labor, so the Waltons escort her to the hospital, giving birth to their daughter Virginia.