Series Description:

The Highway To Heaven TV show was a family fantasy drama series about a new angel named Jonathan Smith who was on "probation". His probationary assignment was to help people by helping them see that things like love for your fellow man, charity, and forgiveness were better models for a happy life than are hate, greed, and bitterness. He got help from ex-cop Mark Gordon who was Jonathan's first success. They drifted from place to place carrying out the heavenly missions as instructed by "The Boss", an entity that only spoke to Jonathon.

Cast Members:

Michael Landon ........... Jonathan Smith
Victor French ............ Mark Gordon

Trivia:

Michael Landon wrote and directed a large percentage of the episodes himself as did Victor French (to a lesser degree).

The first two episodes, "Highway to Heaven - Parts 1 and 2", originally aired as a pilot movie. Then they were re-edited so that each of the two episodes could stand on their own as seperate episodes for syndication.

Michael Landon is the only actor to have three TV shows run consecutively for 5 years or more each. They were: "Bonanza (1959-1973)", "Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983)" and "Highway to Heaven (1984-1989)".

While Victor French is not typically listed as a cast member on "Little House on the Prairie", he did appear on 36 episodes in the role of "Isaiah Edwards". Victor died in 1989, not long after filming the final episode of Highway to Heaven.

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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

Highway to Heaven - Part 1 (9/19/1984)
Highway to Heaven - Part 2 (9/19/1984)
To Touch the Moon (9/26/1984)
The Return of the Masked Rider (10/3/1984)
Song of the Wild West (10/17/1984)
One Fresh Batch of Lemonade - Part 1 (10/24/1984)
One Fresh Batch of Lemonade - Part 2 (10/31/1984)
A Divine Madness (11/7/1984)
Catch a Falling Star (11/14/1984)
Help Wanted: Angel (11/21/1984)
Dust Child (11/28/1984)
Hotel of Dreams (12/12/1984)
Another Song for Christmas (12/19/1984)
Plane Death (1/9/1985)
One Winged Angels (1/16/1985)
Going Home, Going Home (1/23/1985)
As Difficult as ABC (1/30/1985)
A Child of God (2/6/1985)
A Match Made in Heaven (2/20/1985)
The Banker and the Bum (2/27/1985)
The Brightest Star (3/6/1985)
An Investment in Caring (3/13/1985)
The Right Thing (3/27/1985)
Thoroughbreds - Part 1 (5/1/1985)
Thoroughbreds - Part 2 (5/8/1985)

The Second Season

A Song for Jason - Part 1 (9/18/1985)
A Song for Jason - Part 2 (9/25/1985)
Bless the Boys in Blue (10/2/1985)
Cindy (10/23/1985)
The Devil and Jonathan Smith (10/30/1985)
Birds of a Feather (11/6/1985)
Popcorn, Peanuts and CrackerJacks (11/13/1985)
The Smile in the Third Row (11/20/1985)
The Secret (11/27/1985)
The Monster - Part 1 (12/4/1985)
The Monster - Part 2 (12/11/1985)
The Good Doctor (12/18/1985)
Alone (1/8/1986)
Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind (1/15/1986)
Change of Life (1/29/1986)
Keep Smiling (2/5/1986)
The Last Assignment (2/12/1986)
To Bind the Wounds (2/19/1986)
Heaven on Earth (2/26/1986)
Summit (3/5/1986)
The Torch (3/12/1986)
Sail Away (4/2/1986)
Children's Children (4/30/1986)
Friends (5/7/1986)

The Third Season

A Special Love - Part 1 (9/24/1986)
A Special Love - Part 2 (10/1/1986)
For the Love of Larry (10/8/1986)
Another Kind of War, Another Kind of Peace (10/15/1986)
That's Our Dad (10/29/1986)
Love at Second Sight (11/5/1986)
Love and Marriage - Part 1 (11/12/1986)
Love and Marriage - Part 2 (orig. one 90 min ep) (11/12/1986)
Code Name: FREAK (11/19/1986)
Man to Man (11/26/1986)
Jonathan Smith Goes to Washington (12/3/1986)
Oh Lucky Man (12/10/1986)
Basinger's New York (12/17/1986)
All That Glitters (1/7/1987)
Wally (1/14/1987)
A Song of Songs (1/21/1987)
A Night to Remember (1/28/1987)
A Mother and a Daughter (2/4/1987)
Normal People (2/11/1987)
The Hero (2/18/1987)
Parents' Day (2/25/1987)
A Father's Faith (3/4/1987)
Heavy Date (3/18/1987)
Ghost Rider (4/1/1987)
The Gift of Life (5/6/1987)

The Fourth Season

Man's Best Friend - Part 1 (9/16/1987)
Man's Best Friend - Part 2 (9/23/1987)
Fight for Your Life (9/30/1987)
The People Next Door (10/21/1987)
I Was a Middle Aged Werewolf (10/28/1987)
Playing For Keeps (11/4/1987)
Amazing Man (11/11/1987)
All the Colors of the Heart (11/18/1987)
Why Punish the Children? (11/25/1987)
A Dream of Wild Horses (12/2/1987)
In With the 'In' Crowd (12/9/1987)
With Love, the Claus (12/23/1987)
A Mother's Love (1/6/1988)
Country Doctor (1/13/1988)
Time in a Bottle (1/20/1988)
Back to Oakland (2/3/1988)
We Have Forever - Part 1 (2/10/1988)
We Have Forever - Part 2 (2/17/1988)
The Correspondent (2/24/1988)
Aloha (3/2/1988)
A Dolphin Song For Lee - Part 1 (3/16/1988)
A Dolphin Song For Lee - Part 2 (3/23/1988)
Heaven Nose, Mister Smith (3/30/1988)
The Whole Nine Yards (4/27/1988)

The Fifth Season

Whose Trash Is It Anyway? (10/12/1988)
Hello and Farewell - Part 1 (12/7/1988)
Hello and Farewell - Part 2 (12/7/1988)
The Silent Bell (3/21/1989)
The Reunion (6/2/1989)
The Source (6/9/1989)
The Squeaky Wheel (6/16/1989)
Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka (6/23/1989)
Choices (6/30/1989)
Summer Camp (7/14/1989)
The Inner Limits (7/21/1989)
It's a Dog's Life (7/28/1989)
Merry Christmas from Grandpa (8/4/1989)