The Waltons: Season 5 (1976)


49 mins 9/23/1976 1. The First Edition
	John-Boy prepares to publish his first newspaper. It includes a story about Ben's troubles, which infuriates Olivia. She demands that he delete it, but John-Boy has to publish the story to follow his convictions.
50 mins 9/30/1976 2. The Vigil
	Nursing student Mary Ellen is sure she knows what is causing Grandma's stomach pains, but it turns out the problem is different-and life-threatening. Erin begins a new job as a phone operator for Fanny Tatum.
50 mins 10/7/1976 3. The Comeback
	Jason's scholarship at the music academy is canceled. He gets a job at the Dew Drop Inn. Red Turner (Merle Haggard), who lost his son in an earlier episode, is talked into performing at the Dew Drop.
49 mins 10/14/1976 4. The Baptism
	A famous evangelist (John Karlen) is coming to town, and Olivia and Esther hope John and Ben will be converted and baptized. Jim-Bob finds a peacock and names him Rover.
50 mins 10/21/1976 5. The Fire Storm
	John-Boy becomes the target of public indignation when he insists on printing excerpts from Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in his newspaper. Erin competes in a beauty pageant.
49 mins 10/28/1976 6. The Nightwalker
	A prowler is lurking around Walton's Mountain, which threatens Jason's plans to hold a community dance at Ike Godsey's new Hall.
50 mins 11/4/1976 7. The Wedding: Part 1
	Mary Ellen is engaged to Dr David Spencer and they plan the wedding. Dr Curtis Willard arrives to be the town doctor. Mary Ellen begins to have second thoughts about her engagement.
50 mins 11/4/1976 8. The Wedding: Part 2
	Mary Ellen is engaged to Dr David Spencer and they plan the wedding. Dr Curtis Willard arrives to be the town doctor. Mary Ellen begins to have second thoughts about her engagement.
49 mins 11/11/1976 9. The Cloudburst
	In a desperate attempt to make a loan payment on his printing press John-Boy sells his 10 acre meadow on Waltons Mountain, deeply upsetting Grandpa. Mary Ellen experiences her first challenges as a nurse.
49 mins 11/18/1976 10. The Great Motorcycle Race
	Jim-Bob fixes up Ike's old motorcycle and enters a motorcycle race. The Godseys look into adopting a baby.
49 mins 12/2/1976 11. The Pony Cart
	Grandpa's 90 year old sister-in-law, Martha Corrine (Beulah Bondi), comes to the mountain to visit. She's a meddlesome house guest, but her cantankerous ways mask a solemn secret. She helps Ben build a pony cart.
49 mins 12/9/1976 12. The Best Christmas
	Olivia wants this Christmas to be the best ever. Everything seems to happen to prevent this.
49 mins 12/16/1976 13. The Last Mustang
	Sheriff Bridges is running for re-election but an out of town opponent has more charm and threatens to put Ep out of a job. A wild mustang is captured and Grandpa is determined to make sure it can continue to run free on Walton's Mountain.
49 mins 12/23/1976 14. The Rebellion
	Another woman begins to play the church organ instead of Grandma which upsets Grandma. Olivia is restless and decides to get a perm with terrible results.
49 mins 1/6/1977 15. The Ferris Wheel
	As the annual carnival approaches, Elizabeth has recurring nightmares of being trapped on a runaway Ferris wheel. Meanwhile, Ben believes that his height is affecting how people see and treat him.
49 mins 1/13/1977 16. The Elopement
	The forestry student who previously visited Waltons Mountain (in "The Competition") now returns, and asks Erin to marry him.
49 mins 1/20/1977 17. John's Crossroad
	Grandma's medical bills and the mill's deterioration force John to take a job away from home to make more money. At the job, everyone in the office fears the manager who makes life miserable for all. Elizabeth is a tomboy.
49 mins 1/27/1977 18. The Career Girl
	Erin graduates from high school still having no direction for her life. She gets a job as a switchboard operator to buy a typewriter for John-Boy. Family members sneak a look at John-Boy's novel about them and the community.
49 mins 2/3/1977 19. The Hero
	The Waltons find out Sheriff Ep is a decorated war hero and John-Boy wants to write about it. Ep wants to keep it quiet. Also, an old friend of Ep's comes to visit. Jim-Boy likes to talk to her about cars and war.
49 mins 2/10/1977 20. The Inferno
	John-Boy wins a journalism prize: $25 and a trip to New Jersey to cover the landing of the Hindenburg. Curt is growing annoyed with the continual presence of Mary Ellen's family.
49 mins 2/17/1977 21. The Heartbreaker
	Jason falls in love with Curt's restless sister, Vanessa (Linda Purl), who has left her husband to become a singer. John-Boy publishes a story from his novel in his newspaper that upsets his grandfather.
49 mins 2/24/1977 22. The Long Night
	Grandma's hospitalization troubles the family, especially Grandpa, who becomes depressed and withdrawn.
49 mins 3/3/1977 23. The Hiding Place
	The Baldwin's niece arrives from war-threatened Vienna. John-Boy wants to interview her about events in Europe, but she objects. Jason joins the National Guard and Olivia is upset.
49 mins 3/10/1977 24. The Go-Getter
	John and Ben again come to blows about work at the mill. Ben quits and becomes a used-car salesman. He does a good job - but with questionable sales tactics.
49 mins 3/17/1977 25. The Achievement
	John-Boy sent his novel to a publisher and does not hear anything. He travels to New York to get an update. There, he is torn between the city and home.

	Ralph Waite	John Walton / Sr.
	Ellen Corby	Esther Walton
	Richard Thomas	John-Boy Walton
	Will Geer	The Grandfather
	Michael Learned	Olivia Walton
	David W. Harper	Jim-Bob Walton
	Jon Walmsley	Jason Walton
	Mary Beth McDonough	Erin Walton
	Kami Cotler	Elizabeth Walton
	Eric Scott	Ben Walton
	Earl Hamner Jr.	The Narrator
	Judy Norton	Mary Ellen Walton
	Joe Conley	Ike Godsey
	Tom Bower	Dr. Curtis Willard
	Ronnie Claire Edwards	Corabeth Godsey
	Nora Marlowe	Mrs. Flossie Brimmer
	Mary Jackson	Emily Baldwin
	Helen Kleeb	Mamie Baldwin
	John Crawford	Sheriff Ep Bridges
	Robert Donner	Yancy Tucker