In "The First Edition," John-Boy announced that the masthead quote for The Blue Ridge Chronicle will be "To Search for the Truth." In this episode, the masthead quote reads "To Search After the Truth."
When Grandpa gets through the dirt in the mine and crawls through the hole he finds John Sr first and starts to crawl over his outstretched legs. Ralph Waite makes a grimace because all his weight is on his legs.
When last seen at the end of season 4 in "The Fledgling," Mr. Johnson was relocating to start a newspaper in rural Florida. In this episode, he's suddenly heading up the Associated Press office in New York City, with no explanation proffered.