I understand what Jason meant about feeling guilty. I am white and of German decent. Sometimes that bothers me because of what our ancestors did. Much has changed since then thank goodness. There are black and Jewish members of my family. How sad to think that in the past it could not have happened. We have come a long way since The Waltons time period. Yet prejudice still remains in our world. When will we learn to accept all people as simply human? We are working our way towards it, but have not gotten there yet. Hopefully someday.
2 Reviews
Best Episode of Season 6
janet-conant19 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I was very moved by this episode and very surprised as season 6 was in a transition period after John Boy left but we still had John, Olivia and Grandpa. I was never a real fan of Jason, but he holds his own in this episode, helping Verdie find her roots and the long difficult task involved.
When Verdie finds the graves of her grandparents and records in the church it was very emotional but when the minister tells her about that medallion she has you know she's getting closer. How kind of Jason to take her to visit the plantation where Verdie believes her ancestors were slaves and we get to meet Mrs. Unwin, a bigoted, hateful woman who has only animosity towards black people blaming them because they wanted their freedom. The war destroyed her but it doesn't give her the right to treat them so ruthlessly. Thanks to Jason, Verdie doesn't give up.
Grandpa goes with them and tells Mrs. Unwin that her attic papers could hold the key to Bertie's roots and please allow her that opportunity to search, as she knows her heritage well but Bertie's past is a mystery. Mrs. Unwin allows her to go to the attic and she is a very convincing actress.
Sadly we find that the old records cannot be read due to water damage. When Verdie discovers that an artist has made drawings of the occupants of that home years ago, and then finds her great grandfather, a slave, wearing the medallion and holding her grandfather, as a baby I got the shivers. Verdie's perseverance was rewarded and when she said 'Your people owned mine' it was quite a moment.
A truly stirring episode I thought it was about time.
When Verdie finds the graves of her grandparents and records in the church it was very emotional but when the minister tells her about that medallion she has you know she's getting closer. How kind of Jason to take her to visit the plantation where Verdie believes her ancestors were slaves and we get to meet Mrs. Unwin, a bigoted, hateful woman who has only animosity towards black people blaming them because they wanted their freedom. The war destroyed her but it doesn't give her the right to treat them so ruthlessly. Thanks to Jason, Verdie doesn't give up.
Grandpa goes with them and tells Mrs. Unwin that her attic papers could hold the key to Bertie's roots and please allow her that opportunity to search, as she knows her heritage well but Bertie's past is a mystery. Mrs. Unwin allows her to go to the attic and she is a very convincing actress.
Sadly we find that the old records cannot be read due to water damage. When Verdie discovers that an artist has made drawings of the occupants of that home years ago, and then finds her great grandfather, a slave, wearing the medallion and holding her grandfather, as a baby I got the shivers. Verdie's perseverance was rewarded and when she said 'Your people owned mine' it was quite a moment.
A truly stirring episode I thought it was about time.
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