Ashley Longworth Junior, Erin's beau, arrives unexpectedly at the Walton home very early one morning. He proposes to her and she immediately says yes. With Olivia and John wondering where Erin is, Elizabeth and Serena let it slip that she left with Ashley early in the morning, and her parents become angry and set out to find the pair. They are located at the Baldwin home, where they are told that the couple want to get married. Olivia invites Ashley to have supper with the family so they can get to know him better.