The Waltons

1972 • CBS
4.8
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Season 5 episodes (24)

1 The First Edition
9/23/76
Season-only
John-Boy launches his first major newspaper venture as editor and publisher of the Blue Ridge Chronicle, but in his search for the truth he may disgrace and divide his family.
2 The Vigil
9/30/76
Season-only
Nursing student Mary Ellen makes a nearly fatal blunder when she misdiagnoses Grandma's illness.
3 The Comeback
10/7/76
Season-only
Jason loses his musical scholarship because of the school's lack of money and takes a job playing music at a local roadhouse to pay his tuition. At the same time he helps a famous musician (MERLE HAGGARD) overcome the loss of his son.
4 The Baptism
10/14/76
Season-only
John Walton's peace of mind is threatened when an internationally known evangelist comes to Walton Mountain to preach and lead a baptismal service.
5 The Firestorm
10/21/76
Season-only
John-Boy becomes the object of public indignation when he insists on printing excerpts from Hitler's Mein Kampf.
6 The Night Walker
10/28/76
Season-only
A mysterious presence moving through the night strikes fear in the hearts of the Walton's Mountain residents.
7 The Wedding : Part I / Part II
11/4/76
Season-only
Mary Ellen announces her engagement to young David Spencer, and after the initial shock, the Waltons join with the entire community to make plans for the big event.

A new doctor comes to Walton's Mountain.
8 The Cloudburst
11/11/76
Season-only
In a desperate attempt to save his newspaper from bankruptcy, John-Boy sells his meadow to a mining company--not realizing the company's plans will devastate the local area.

Mary Ellen proves her worth as a nurse.
9 The Great Motorcycle Race
11/18/76
Season-only
The youngest Walton boy, Jim-Bob, takes his first step into the world when he enters a race, riding Ike's motorcycle.

Ike and Corabeth adopt a little girl.
10 The Pony Cart
12/2/76
Season-only
The oldest living Walton, Aunt Martha Corrine, disrupts the family member's lives when she comes for an extended visit--until they realize that she is dying, and then they make her last days special.
11 The Best Christmas
12/9/76
Season-only
With the Walton children growing up, this may be the last Christmas that the entire family can spend together. The family plans a special celebration for Olivia, but a series of disasters keeps everyone away from home. Instead of becoming upset, Olivia feels proud of how her children respond to help her community when they are needed.
12 The Last Mustang
12/16/76
Season-only
The Waltons struggle to maintain the integrity of a local public office and to safeguard the freedom of the last local mustang.
13 The Rebellion
12/23/76
Season-only
Feeling frustrated with her life, Olivia desires a change. When John orders her not to change her hairstyle, she goes to Corabeth for a permanent. But the results are so bad that she is embarrassed to show herself. Grandma becomes upset when she is asked to share her duty as church organist.
14 The Ferris Wheel
1/6/77
Season-only
The specter of a frightening but unremembered childhood experience haunts young Elizabeth's nights and troubles the entire household.

Ben worries that he is tood short.
15 The Elopement
1/13/77
Season-only
Both Erin and Jason learn lessons about growing up, as Erin tries to elope with Chad Marshall and Jason takes over the store while Ike is away.
16 John's Crossroad
1/20/77
Season-only
Due to the breakdown of the mill and mounting bills, John takes an office job in Charlottesville.
17 The Career Girl
1/27/77
Season-only
For Erin Walton, graduation day from high school, which is an event that most people regard with great pleasure, seems to be the most painful day of her life.
18 The Hero
2/3/77
Season-only
Before she fell ill, Grandma Walton had suggested that John-Boy publish the first commemorative Blue Ridge Chronicle to mark the day that the Jefferson County Doughboys returned from the war. Now he has decided to create a memorial of which she would be honored, but the town's decorated hero, Sheriff Bridges, shows little interest.
19 The Inferno
2/10/77
Season-only
John-Boy is deeply affected when he witnesses the crash of the Hindenburg. Curt tries to find a way to be alone with Mary Ellen.
20 The Heartbreaker
2/17/77
Season-only
Jason Walton learns that love can be one of life's most painful experiences.
21 The Long Night
2/24/77
Season-only
With Grandma in the hospital, Grandpa feels alone and unneeded -- a feeling he shares with Aimee Goodsey -- and the two become close as their friendship helps ease their loneliness.
22 The Hiding Place
3/3/77
Season-only
The Baldwins' niece Hilary arrives, seeking a hiding place from the horrors of the war breaking out in her native Austria.

Jason joins the National Guard.
23 The Go-Getter
3/10/77
Season-only
Ben's tactics for selling used cars alienate both family and friends.
24 The Achievement
3/17/77
Season-only
When six weeks pass with no word from the publisher about his novel, John-Boy travels to New York and to a turning point in his personal and professional life.

About this show

Winner of 13 Emmys®, including Outstanding Drama Series, this beloved, heartwarming and long-running family drama is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where young John-Boy (Golden Globe nominee Richard Thomas) and his close-knit family struggle together from the Depression to World War II. Money is scarce, but love and pride is plentiful.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
37 reviews
Michael Turner
June 20, 2021
The 1 star is not for the show I would give the show a 100, I'm giving it 1 star for the price, why are they making you buy them individually and not as a boxset
John Crowther
January 15, 2017
Just how we all wish our families were
Sharon Anyamele
January 19, 2015
Fantastic series was totally hooked on it at one time. But can watch for free on True Entertainment. ;)
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