- Hi, today I thought I would take you behind the scenes
of the episode, "The Burnout".
That was one of the really intense episodes that we shot.
And probably one that felt the most real,
in terms of what we experienced.
Working with fire is really rather daunting
and scary at times.
And so there was a lot of precautions taken
about making sure that- like our pajamas were fireproofed -
and that, like the girls were a little worried
about our hair.
'Cause I had that really long hair
and I was afraid of that catching fire.
So I would put some water, some dampness on my hair
to try and protect it.
And when we were like upstairs in the hallway,
when we all came out of our bedrooms,
they had these like gas jets along the baseboards
of the walls and they had fireproofed all the walls.
And so when we came out
and we were running through the halls,
there were flames like running up against the walls.
For real - there was real flames there.
We kind of were like up against the walls
and we came out and we ran by
and then like coming down the stairs.
But probably the most intense time
in the filming of that episode was
when we were all outside at night.
We shot that on a Friday night
and The Walton house - or what -
it wasn't a full house.
It was just sort of the front and sides.
And there wasn't really much of anything inside
in that structure, but we could enter the house
and we could go in and we could get up to scaffolding
that was just inside those upper windows.
So at the point that - there was a point where
I believe Erin and I were both - throwing clothes
and stuff out the window of our bedroom
to try and save some things.
And so they had our window -
we could throw things out of - and - in the two windows at the side,
had these like cages metal boxes around the inside of them,
and then they could blow those out.
So there was a point where I was like leaning out the window
and I was throwing things out.
And one of the windows exploded next to me.
I mean it was really frightening.
I wasn't necessarily in danger,
but it was real in terms of feeling that surprise
and that sense of danger.
And then when we were all standing in the yard
and they realized that Erin is missing
and then, John, our dad goes back in
and it was late, it was dark so it was kind of late at night
and we didn't usually shoot very late into the night,
but they kept us late on this Friday night.
So they could get all of these exterior night scenes
of us watching the house on fire.
And so they had these - the fire department was there
and they had the flames all specifically set up
so that they were safe, but it felt so real to stand there
and watch our house burning.
And I mean, even now, when I think about it,
it's emotional.
And we had a ton of visitors for some reason,
people must have heard that we were shooting this.
So there were all these people standing around
watching this film.
But when you watch that
and you watch the expressions on our faces and stuff,
it was so easy to act. II always talk about acting being,
playing make believe, playing "what if?" -
and that was a total - "What if?"
And so everything that I know
I was experiencing felt very real.
It was very real to feel like,
"Oh my goodness, our house is burning.
And my family's in danger because my sister
and my brother and my dad are all in this house."
So yeah, that was pretty intense.
And when people ask me, what are my favorite episodes?
"The Burnout" always stands out to me because of...
it was so unusual as an episode for us to film
and just had a big impact on me.
So, I've been asked about it a lot.
So I guess you also enjoyed the episode
and if there were episodes, you'd like me to talk about,
put them in the comments below.
Or if you have questions, put them there
and I'm gonna try and pick up
some of those specific questions as well.
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And thank you.
Thank you for sharing with me.
"The Waltons" means a lot to me.
So for you to share it with me,
it means a lot to me.
I'll see you next time.