The BEST episodes of The Waltons season 5

Every episode of The Waltons season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Waltons season 5!

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.

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8.72
18 votes

#1 - The Inferno

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/10/1977

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.

Directors: Harry Harris
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8.18
51 votes

#2 - The Best Christmas

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1976

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

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
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8.00
20 votes

#3 - The Last Mustang

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1976

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.

Directors: Walter Alzmann
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7.82
17 votes

#4 - The Rebellion

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1976

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

Directors: Harvey Laidman
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7.75
16 votes

#5 - The Elopement

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1977

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.

Directors: Harry Harris
Writer: Hindi Brooks
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7.67
18 votes

#6 - The Career Girl

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1977

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

Directors: Harry Harris
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7.65
17 votes

#7 - The Achievement

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/17/1977

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.

Directors: Harry Harris
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7.64
14 votes

#8 - The Go-Getter

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/1977

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.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
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7.63
16 votes

#9 - The Heartbreaker

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/17/1977

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.

Directors: Ralph Waite
Writer: Seth Freeman
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7.61
23 votes

#10 - The Fire Storm

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1976

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.

Directors: Ralph Senensky
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7.60
20 votes

#11 - The Vigil

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1976

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

Directors: Harry Harris
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7.50
22 votes

#12 - The Baptism

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1976

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

Directors: Ralph Waite
Writer: Andy White
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7.50
20 votes

#13 - The First Edition

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1976

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.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
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7.47
17 votes

#14 - The Hero

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1977

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.

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7.41
17 votes

#15 - The Comeback

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1976

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.

Directors: Harvey Laidman
Writer: Seth Freeman
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7.39
18 votes

#16 - The Pony Cart

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1976

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.

Directors: Ralph Senensky
Writer: Jack Miller
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7.39
18 votes

#17 - The Long Night

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/24/1977

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.

Directors: Harry Harris
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7.35
20 votes

#18 - The Great Motorcycle Race

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1976

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

Directors: Richard Thomas
Writer: John Joseph
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7.29
17 votes

#19 - The Hiding Place

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/3/1977

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

Directors: Walter Alzmann
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7.27
22 votes

#20 - The Wedding

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1976

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.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
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7.25
20 votes

#21 - The Nightwalker

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1976

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

Directors: Harvey Laidman
Writer: Paul West
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7.23
13 votes

#22 - The Ferris Wheel

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/1977

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.

Directors: Lawrence Dobkin
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7.13
16 votes

#23 - John's Crossroad

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1977

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

Directors: Richard Thomas
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6.94
16 votes

#24 - The Cloudburst

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1976

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.

Directors: Harry Harris
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