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  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Mar 13, 1985
  • 45 m
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Mar 13, 1985
  • 45 m

Summary Highway to Heaven was Micheal Landon's second pairing with Victor French (the two both starred on Little House on the Prairie). This show was about Jonathan Smith, an angel sent down by God, aka "The Boss," to partner up with ex-Oakland cop Mark Gordon. They would be assigned duties by the Boss in which they would help people see a bette...

Directed By: Michael Landon

Written By: Parke Perine, Michael Landon

  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Mar 13, 1985
  • 45 m
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Mar 13, 1985
  • 45 m
Highway to Heaven
S1 • Episode 22
An Investment in Caring
Air Date: Mar 13, 1985
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Summary Highway to Heaven was Micheal Landon's second pairing with Victor French (the two both starred on Little House on the Prairie). This show was about Jonathan Smith, an angel sent down by God, aka "The Boss," to partner up with ex-Oakland cop Mark Gordon. They would be assigned duties by the Boss in which they would help people see a bette...

Created By: Michael Landon

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Episode 1 • Sep 19, 1984 • 1 h
Highway to Heaven: Part 1
Jonathan Smith, an angel, arrives at a retirement home to help not only the occupants but also an employee named Leslie Gordon. However, Leslie's brother Mark, a jaded and bitter former police officer, is suspicious of Jonathan.
Episode 2 • Sep 19, 1984 • 1 h
Highway to Heaven: Part 2
When Mark Gordon's investigation starts getting too close, Jonathan must reveal his true identity and purpose to Mark in order to successfully complete his assignment.
Episode 3 • Sep 26, 1984 • 1 h
To Touch the Moon
A terminally ill boy takes in another boy who's continually in trouble with the law in an effort to help both his mother and the troubled boy.
Episode 4 • Oct 3, 1984 • 1 h
The Return of the Masked Rider
Episode 5 • Oct 17, 1984 • 1 h
Song of the Wild West
Jonathan and Mark come to a country-western bar where they provide an angelic assist to a young country singer emulating her lost mother, a former country star hoping to find her lost glory, and a widow mourning her lost husband.
Episode 6 • Oct 24, 1984 • 1 h
One Fresh Batch of Lemonade: Part 1
Episode 7 • Oct 31, 1984 • 1 h
One Fresh Batch of Lemonade: Part 2
Episode 8 • Nov 7, 1984 • 48 m
A Divine Madness
Episode 9 • Nov 14, 1984 • 1 h
Catch a Falling Star
Episode 10 • Nov 21, 1984 • 1 h
Help Wanted: Angel
Episode 11 • Nov 28, 1984 • 1 h
Dust Child
Episode 12 • Dec 12, 1984 • 1 h
Hotel of Dreams
Barry Rudd, an aimless young man dubbed Rudd the Dud, is given a hotel to manage by his wealthy father. Jonathan and Mark are on hand as bellhops and when not assisting Barry contend with a tyrannical boss, a bratty kid and a snooty guest.
Episode 13 • Dec 19, 1984 • 1 h
Another Song for Christmas
Jonathan and Mark become involved in their own version of Dickens' classic "Christmas Carol" ... only their "Scrooge" is a heartless used car salesman.
Episode 14 • Jan 9, 1985 • 1 h
Plane Death
Between assignments, Jonathan and Mark drive to a small town to visit an old buddy of Mark's. They find the friend has disappeared and their search for clues encountering a conspiracy of silence.
Episode 15 • Jan 16, 1985 • 1 h
One Winged Angels
Jonathan jeopardizes his assignment by falling in love with the very woman whose engagement to another man he's supposed to be overseeing.
Episode 16 • Jan 23, 1985 • 50 m
Going Home, Going Home
God sends Mark and Jonathan back to the 1940s in order to give Mark a second chance to tell his grandfather how much he loved him.
Episode 17 • Jan 30, 1985 • 1 h
As Difficult as ABC
Episode 18 • Feb 6, 1985 • 51 m
A Child of God
A woman returns to her home to reconnect with her parents but it seems her father doesn't want to see her. Because she has a child out of wedlock. She then asks them to take her child because she's not well.
Episode 19 • Feb 20, 1985 • 1 h
A Match Made in Heaven
Jonathan's friend Scotty, a quadriplegic, wonders if his relationship with a woman can succeed, and while Jonathan is delighted to help Mark isn't so keen about it ... since the woman in question is his cousin Diane.
Episode 20 • Feb 27, 1985 • 45 m
The Banker and the Bum
A big-hearted bum and a cold-hearted tycoon switch bodies and walk a mile in the other man's shoes.
Episode 21 • Mar 6, 1985 • 45 m
The Brightest Star
Jonathan and Mark chasten a child actress whose fame is making her into a monster, fracturing her family and robbing her of her childhood.
Episode 22 • Mar 13, 1985 • 45 m
An Investment in Caring
A heartless corporation plans to buy up and tear down an old neighborhood. Jonathan and Mark rally its aging residents to fight the buyout and at the same time they bring together in a common cause a lonely widow and widower.
Episode 23 • Mar 27, 1985 • 1 h
The Right Thing
Episode 24 • May 1, 1985 • 1 h
Thoroughbreds: Part 1
A young woman with a passion for horses, finds out She has cancer.
Episode 25 • May 8, 1985 • 1 h
Thoroughbreds: Part 2
Lizzy finds out she has cancer, and on top of it, she learns she's also pregnant. She pushes her new husband away, even though she really loves him. Jonathan and Mark help the new couple pull together and move forward.
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