Seasons & episodes
S5 · E1The First Edition 1976-09-23 · 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.
S5 · E2The Vigil 1976-09-30 · 50 min
Mary Ellen, aspring nurse, makes a diagnosis about Grandma's illness which almost costs Grandma her life.
S5 · E3The Comeback 1976-10-07 · 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.
S5 · E4The Baptism 1976-10-14 · 50 min
John refuses to visit the tent meeting or get baptised, even with the presence of a famous evangelist.
S5 · E5The Fire Storm 1976-10-21 · 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.
S5 · E6The Nightwalker 1976-10-28 · 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
S5 · E7The Wedding 1976-11-04 · 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.
S5 · E8The Cloudburst 1976-11-11 · 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.
S5 · E9The Great Motorcycle Race 1976-11-18 · 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
S5 · E10The Pony Cart 1976-12-02 · 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.
S5 · E11The Best Christmas 1976-12-09 · 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
S5 · E12The Last Mustang 1976-12-16 · 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.
S5 · E13The Rebellion 1976-12-23 · 50 min
Corabeth gives Olivia a permanent that turns out badly. Grandma is up against a new competition for playing the church organ.
S5 · E14The Ferris Wheel 1977-01-06 · 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.
S5 · E15The Elopement 1977-01-13 · 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.
S5 · E16John's Crossroad 1977-01-20 · 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.
S5 · E17The Career Girl 1977-01-27 · 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.
S5 · E18The Hero 1977-02-03 · 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.
S5 · E19The Inferno 1977-02-10 · 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.
S5 · E20The Heartbreaker 1977-02-17 · 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.
S5 · E21The Long Night 1977-02-24 · 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.
S5 · E22The Hiding Place 1977-03-03 · 50 min
The Baldwin's niece, Hillary Von Kleist, comes for a visit from Vienna. Jason joins the National Guard over Olivia's objections.
S5 · E23The Go-Getter 1977-03-10 · 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.
S5 · E24The Achievement 1977-03-17 · 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.