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The Waltons

Season 5 1976 - 1977
TV-G

  • 1976-09-24T00:00:00Z on CBS
  • 45m
  • 21h 40m (25 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its saw mill on Walton's Mountain. The story is told through the eyes of John Boy, who wants to be a novelist and go to college. The saga follows the family through depression and war, through growing up, school, courtship, marriage, employment, birth, aging, illness and death.

25 episodes

Season Premiere

1976-09-24T00:00:00Z

5x01 The First Edition

Season Premiere

5x01 The First Edition

  • 1976-09-24T00:00:00Z50m

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.

1976-10-01T00:00:00Z

5x02 The Vigil

5x02 The Vigil

  • 1976-10-01T00:00:00Z50m

Mary Ellen, aspring nurse, makes a diagnosis about Grandma's illness which almost costs Grandma her life.

1976-10-08T00:00:00Z

5x03 The Comeback

5x03 The Comeback

  • 1976-10-08T00:00:00Z50m

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.

1976-10-15T00:00:00Z

5x04 The Baptism

5x04 The Baptism

  • 1976-10-15T00:00:00Z50m

John refuses to visit the tent meeting or get baptised, even with the presence of a famous evangelist.

1976-10-22T00:00:00Z

5x05 The Fire Storm

5x05 The Fire Storm

  • 1976-10-22T00:00:00Z50m

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.

1976-10-29T00:00:00Z

5x06 The Nightwalker

5x06 The Nightwalker

  • 1976-10-29T00:00:00Z50m

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

1976-11-05T01:00:00Z

5x07 The Wedding

5x07 The Wedding

  • 1976-11-05T01:00:00Z1h 40m

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.

1976-11-12T01:00:00Z

5x08 The Cloudburst

5x08 The Cloudburst

  • 1976-11-12T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1976-11-19T01:00:00Z

5x09 The Great Motorcycle Race

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

1976-12-03T01:00:00Z

5x10 The Pony Cart

5x10 The Pony Cart

  • 1976-12-03T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1976-12-10T01:00:00Z

5x11 The Best Christmas

5x11 The Best Christmas

  • 1976-12-10T01:00:00Z50m

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

1976-12-17T01:00:00Z

5x12 The Last Mustang

5x12 The Last Mustang

  • 1976-12-17T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1976-12-24T01:00:00Z

5x13 The Rebellion

5x13 The Rebellion

  • 1976-12-24T01:00:00Z50m

Corabeth gives Olivia a permanent that turns out badly. Grandma is up against a new competition for playing the church organ.

1977-01-07T01:00:00Z

5x14 The Ferris Wheel

5x14 The Ferris Wheel

  • 1977-01-07T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1977-01-14T01:00:00Z

5x15 The Elopement

5x15 The Elopement

  • 1977-01-14T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1977-01-21T01:00:00Z

5x16 John's Crossroad

5x16 John's Crossroad

  • 1977-01-21T01:00:00Z50m

John goes to Charlottesville and applies for an office job. He finds it impossible to work under the harsh direction of the office manager.

1977-01-28T01:00:00Z

5x17 The Career Girl

5x17 The Career Girl

  • 1977-01-28T01:00:00Z50m

Erin's graduation from high school seems to be very painful because Erin has no firm plans for the future or any career.

1977-02-04T01:00:00Z

5x18 The Hero

5x18 The Hero

  • 1977-02-04T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1977-02-11T01:00:00Z

5x19 The Inferno

5x19 The Inferno

  • 1977-02-11T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1977-02-18T01:00:00Z

5x20 The Heartbreaker

5x20 The Heartbreaker

  • 1977-02-18T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1977-02-25T01:00:00Z

5x21 The Long Night

5x21 The Long Night

  • 1977-02-25T01:00:00Z50m

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.

1977-03-04T01:00:00Z

5x22 The Hiding Place

5x22 The Hiding Place

  • 1977-03-04T01:00:00Z50m

The Baldwin's niece, Hillary Von Kleist, comes for a visit from Vienna. Jason joins the National Guard over Olivia's objections.

1977-03-11T01:00:00Z

5x23 The Go-Getter

5x23 The Go-Getter

  • 1977-03-11T01:00:00Z50m

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.

Season Finale

1977-03-18T01:00:00Z

5x24 The Achievement

Season Finale

5x24 The Achievement

  • 1977-03-18T01:00:00Z50m

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.

Season Finale

1977-03-17T05:00:00Z

5x25 The Achievement

Season Finale

5x25 The Achievement

  • 1977-03-17T05:00:00Z50m

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.

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