The Waltons — Season 5
The Landmark Series That Celebrates Family.
About this season
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
Episodes (24)
1. The First Edition
Aired 23 September 1976 • 50 min
The first edition of The Blue Ridge Chronicle is published by John-Boy. He publishes a story about Ben and it makes his mother mad.
2. The Vigil
Aired 30 September 1976 • 50 min
Mary Ellen, aspring nurse, makes a diagnosis about Grandma's illness which almost costs Grandma her life.
3. The Comeback
Aired 7 October 1976 • 50 min
Jason gets news that his scholarship has been cancelled. Jason begins to hang out at the Dew Drop Inn. He is trying to interest Red Turner, a musician, into making a come back since his son's death.
4. The Baptism
Aired 14 October 1976 • 50 min
John refuses to visit the tent meeting or get baptised, even with the presence of a famous evangelist.
5. The Fire Storm
Aired 21 October 1976 • 50 min
John-Boy tries to keep the community updated about the news in Europe sohe decides to print excerpts about Hitler's Mein Kampf in his paper. A great outcry ensues and the town is torn apart over the issue of publishing unfavorable items in the Blue Ridge Chronicle.
6. The Nightwalker
10.0Aired 28 October 1976 • 50 min
A unknown person prowls through the night on Walton's Mountain. Godsey's Hall is open up by Ike Godsey & Jason decides to have a dance for the community
7. The Wedding
Aired 4 November 1976 • 100 min
Mary Ellen surprises her parents saying that she and Dr. David Spencer are getting married. At the same time the family makes preparations, Dr. Curt Willard arrives and complicates matters.
8. The Cloudburst
Aired 11 November 1976 • 50 min
John-Boy sells his Meadow to a mining company to meet payments on his printing press. Ike and Corabeth follow suit. What everybody doesn't know is that the company plans to strip mine which will ruin the land.
9. The Great Motorcycle Race
Aired 18 November 1976 • 50 min
Jim-Bob fixes up Ike's old motorcyle & he enters a motorcyle race. The Godsey's want to adopt a baby but instead adopt a young girl named Aimee
10. The Pony Cart
Aired 2 December 1976 • 50 min
Auntie Martha Corrine Walton comes to Walton's Mountain to visit and soon interupts everybody's life. She and Ben make an old fashioned pony cart and she comes to the realization that she is about to die.
11. The Best Christmas
Aired 9 December 1976 • 50 min
The 11 members of the Walton family are together for Christmas This would be the last time that all of the Waltons would be together
12. The Last Mustang
Aired 16 December 1976 • 50 min
The Waltons are emersed in a controversial election for sheriff and Grandpa fights to release a wild mustang that he says was caught on Walton property.
13. The Rebellion
Aired 23 December 1976 • 50 min
Corabeth gives Olivia a permanent that turns out badly. Grandma is up against a new competition for playing the church organ.
14. The Ferris Wheel
Aired 6 January 1977 • 50 min
Elizabeth has nightmares of an unknown experience of being stuck on the very top of a ferris wheel. Ben starts to seriously worry about his height.
15. The Elopement
Aired 13 January 1977 • 50 min
Erin's 1st love, Chad Marshall, comes back and asks Erin to be his wife. She agrees but John emphatically says no so Erin and Chad run off to elope.
16. John's Crossroad
Aired 20 January 1977 • 50 min
John goes to Charlottesville and applies for an office job. He finds it impossible to work under the harsh direction of the office manager.
17. The Career Girl
Aired 27 January 1977 • 50 min
Erin's graduation from high school seems to be very painful because Erin has no firm plans for the future or any career.
18. The Hero
Aired 3 February 1977 • 50 min
John-Boy acts on a suggestion of Grandma's and oranizes a memorial to the Jefferson County Doughboys of WWI. Sheriff Ed Bridges , the decorated hero, shows little interest.
19. The Inferno
Aired 10 February 1977 • 50 min
John-Boy goes to Lakehurst New Jersey to travel to cover the landing of Hindenburg and is deeply affected by its crash. Curt tries to figure out how to have more private time with Mary Ellen.
20. The Heartbreaker
Aired 17 February 1977 • 50 min
Jason falls in love with Vanessa, Curt's sister, who left her husband so she could become a singer. John-Boy begins to publish sections of his novel in the newspaper.
21. The Long Night
Aired 24 February 1977 • 50 min
Grandpa says he going to bring Grandma home from the hosptal. When the Doctors say no, Grandpa causes a scene and is told not to come back. Aimee Godsey asks Zeb to be her Grandpa.
22. The Hiding Place
Aired 3 March 1977 • 50 min
The Baldwin's niece, Hillary Von Kleist, comes for a visit from Vienna. Jason joins the National Guard over Olivia's objections.
23. The Go-Getter
Aired 10 March 1977 • 50 min
A hot headed Ben has a falling out with John and Ben takes a job as a used car salesman . Ben seems a natural until the family questions some of his sales techniques.
24. The Achievement
Aired 17 March 1977 • 50 min
John-Boy goes to New York City after waiting weeks without word on his novel. It pays off and John-Boy talks to an editor who agrees to publish his novel. John-Boy comes back home and tells them the good news. He also tells the family he is moving to New York City.