# List of Highway to Heaven episodes

Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 25 | 25 | September 19, 1984 (1984-09-19) | May 8, 1985 (1985-05-08) |
| 2 | 24 | 24 | September 18, 1985 (1985-09-18) | May 7, 1986 (1986-05-07) |
| 3 | 25 | 25 | September 24, 1986 (1986-09-24) | May 6, 1987 (1987-05-06) |
| 4 | 24 | 24 | September 16, 1987 (1987-09-16) | April 27, 1988 (1988-04-27) |
| 5 | 13 | 13 | October 12, 1988 (1988-10-12) | August 4, 1989 (1989-08-04) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1984–85)

The Pilot was filmed from March to April 1984; Season 1 was filmed from August 1984 to March 1985.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | Rating/share (households) |
| 1 | 1 | "Highway to Heaven (Pilot)" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | September 19, 1984 (1984-09-19) | 7849-A | 20.6/35 |
| 2 | 2 | "Highway to Heaven (Pilot)" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | September 19, 1984 (1984-09-19) | 7849-B | 20.6/35 |
| Angel Jonathan Smith is assigned to help the residents of a retirement home that may be sold, but Mark Gordon, an embittered ex-cop and brother of the home's female supervisor, is suspicious of him, especially when she starts seeing Jonathan socially. Guest Stars: Helen Hayes, Eddie Quillan Originally shown as a feature-length Pilot TV Movie, which was later cut into two separate episodes for syndication. ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "To Touch the Moon" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | September 26, 1984 (1984-09-26) | 7803 | 17.4/28 |
| Jonathan comes into the lives of the widow of an astronaut who landed on the Moon and her terminally ill son, while Mark deals with a juvenile delinquent abandoned by his family. The young hood is surprisingly well-received by the widow, and helps her deal with the forthcoming tragedy. Guest Star: Barret Oliver ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Return of the Masked Rider" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | October 3, 1984 (1984-10-03) | 7805 | 18.1/29 |
| Jonathan and Mark's latest assignment is in a ghetto populated by gang members and aging men who once starred in a Western TV show, as well as a gym where a retired boxer trains his grandson for an upcoming fight against the gang leader, with a prominent championship at stake. When the gang tries to ensure that their man will win by kidnapping the old boxer, Jonathan motivates the retired actors to be the Old West heroes who inspired kids to do right, and they in turn rally the neighborhood residents to stand up to the gang and rescue the grandfather. Guest Star: John Agar ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Song of the Wild West" | Victor French | Story by : Maryanne Kasica and Michael Scheff Teleplay by : Dan Gordon, Maryanne Kasica and Michael Scheff | October 17, 1984 (1984-10-17) | 7807 | 16.1/26 |
| Jonathan helps an aspiring singer follow in her late mother's footsteps despite her father's objections. Guest Stars: Ronee Blakley, Michele Greene ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | "One Fresh Batch of Lemonade: Part 1" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | October 24, 1984 (1984-10-24) | 7806 | 17.2/27 |
| A baseball player hoping to get into the pros is injured in a motorcycle accident. Guest Stars: Ken Olandt, James Troesh ||||||||
| 7 | 7 | "One Fresh Batch of Lemonade: Part 2" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | October 31, 1984 (1984-10-31) | 7809 | 16.3/26 |
| Jonathan enlists a gymnast to help rehabilitate Deke Larson following his accident. Guest Stars: Virginia Capers, Bart Conner ||||||||
| 8 | 8 | "A Divine Madness" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | November 7, 1984 (1984-11-07) | 7810 | 16.1/25 |
| A construction magnate believes he's King Arthur and his son wants him declared incompetent. Guest Stars: Jonathan Frakes, Ron Moody, Helen Kleeb ||||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Catch a Falling Star" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | November 14, 1984 (1984-11-14) | 7808 | 17.7/27 |
| Jonathan and Mark help a movie star learn to spend time with his children. Guest Star: Daniel Davis ||||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Help Wanted: Angel" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | November 21, 1984 (1984-11-21) | 7811 | 14.9/25 |
| An old screenwriter's prayers are answered when Jonathan and Mark agree to support his movie about the lonely people in his neighborhood, including a woman Mark falls in love with but who is hiding a terrible secret. Guest Star: Stella Stevens ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Dust Child" | Victor French | Paul W. Cooper | November 28, 1984 (1984-11-28) | 7804 | 18.1/28 |
| A Vietnam War veteran and his wife welcome the 15-year-old girl he fathered overseas into their house. However, the couple's teenage son is not so welcoming to his Vietnamese half-sister; even less so are their neighbors, and the boy's schoolmates. Guest Stars: Jenny Sullivan, James Whitmore, Jr. ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Hotel of Dreams" | Michael Landon | Story by : Paul Wolff Teleplay by : Paul W. Cooper | December 12, 1984 (1984-12-12) | 7812 | 17.0/26 |
| Jonathan and Mark get jobs at a hotel where they give the guests what they deserve. Guest Star: Brian Kerwin ||||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Another Song for Christmas" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | December 19, 1984 (1984-12-19) | 7813 | 15.3/25 |
| If this one sounds like a variation on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, it should. Mark and Jonathan are tasked with getting "Honest Eddy" Barton, a crooked-as-they-come used-car dealer, into the Holiday spirit. Guest Stars: Geoffrey Lewis, Matt Shakman, Kellie Martin ||||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Plane Death" | Victor French | Michael Landon | January 9, 1985 (1985-01-09) | 7814 | 16.4/23 |
| An old friend of Mark's disappears after discovering the illegal cargo inside a model airplane. Guest Stars: David Faustino, Ramon Bieri ||||||||
| 15 | 15 | "One-Winged Angels" | Michael Landon | Story by : Jan Heininger and Hugh Corcoran Teleplay by : Jan Heininger | January 16, 1985 (1985-01-16) | 7815 | 19.5/28 |
| Jonathan falls in love with the divorcee he's been assigned to help. Guest Star: Wil Wheaton ||||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Going Home, Going Home" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | January 23, 1985 (1985-01-23) | 7816 | 19.5/29 |
| Mark loses consciousness in an auto accident and finds himself and Jonathan back in time to when his grandfather was about to lose his ranch. Guest Stars: John McLiam, Sean De Veritch ||||||||
| 17 | 17 | "As Difficult as ABC" | Victor French | Parke Perine | January 30, 1985 (1985-01-30) | 7817 | 20.5/29 |
| An illiterate basketball player loses his scholarship due to a heart condition. Guest Star: Deborah Lacey, Beah Richards ||||||||
| 18 | 18 | "A Child of God" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | February 6, 1985 (1985-02-06) | 7818 | 20.0/29 |
| A young woman is shunned by her minister father for having a child out of wedlock, then becomes terminally ill. Guest Stars: Nora Boland, William Windom ||||||||
| 19 | 19 | "A Match Made in Heaven" | Michael Landon | Story by : James Troesh and Theresa Troesh Teleplay by : Michael Landon | February 20, 1985 (1985-02-20) | 7819 | 17.9/27 |
| A quadriplegic friend of Jonathan's wonders if his relationship with a woman is meant to be. Guest Stars: James Troesh, Margie Impert ||||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Banker and the Bum" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | February 27, 1985 (1985-02-27) | 7820 | 18.1/28 |
| A mayoral candidate intent on turning a local park into a parking lot is made to trade places with a park bum who, in turn, may help save the candidate's marriage. Guest Star: Ned Beatty (dual role) ||||||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Brightest Star" | Victor French | Christopher Beaumont | March 6, 1985 (1985-03-06) | 7821 | 19.3/29 |
| Jonathan and Mark return a runaway child star to her dysfunctional parents. Guest Stars: Trish Van Devere, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Carrie Wells ||||||||
| 22 | 22 | "An Investment in Caring" | Michael Landon | Parke Perine | March 13, 1985 (1985-03-13) | 7822 | 18.2/28 |
| Jonathan helps a neighborhood being threatened by a corporate takeover. Guest Stars: Eileen Heckart, Dane Clark, Andrew Duggan ||||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Right Thing" | Victor French | Michael Landon | March 27, 1985 (1985-03-27) | 7823 | 18.4/29 |
| An old man, depressed over his wife's death, is put in a rest home by his daughter-in-law. Guest Stars: Michael Durrell, Lew Ayres, Matthew Laborteaux ||||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Thoroughbreds: Part 1" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | May 1, 1985 (1985-05-01) | 7824 | 17.0/28 |
| An attraction develops between a trainer's daughter and the son of a horse-breeding farmer. Guest Stars: Helen Hunt, John Hammond, Noble Willingham, Stephen Elliott, Richard Bull ||||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Thoroughbreds: Part 2" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | May 8, 1985 (1985-05-08) | 7825 | 17.1/30 |
| Lizzy MacGill and Garth Armstrong elope, but their relationship is jeopardized by Lizzy needing treatment for her cancer. Guest Star: Elizabeth Storm ||||||||

### Season 2 (1985–86)

Season 2 was filmed from July 1985 to March 1986.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | Rating/share (households) |
| 26 | 1 | "A Song for Jason: Part 1" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | September 18, 1985 (1985-09-18) | 7851 | 18.9/32 |
| Jonathan and Mark get jobs at Camp Good Times, a camp for young cancer patients, particularly one boy who suffers from overprotection by his well-meaning but selfish mother...whose impossible demands create hardship not only for him, but also for the rest of their otherwise-cancer-free family. Guest Stars: Brian Lane Green, Robin Riker, Giovanni Ribisi ||||||||
| 27 | 2 | "A Song for Jason: Part 2" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | September 25, 1985 (1985-09-25) | 7852 | 20.9/33 |
| Jonathan and Mark's work at Camp Good Times involves helping a boy whose rock-star father avoids him and a teenager smitten with a counselor. Guest Stars: Joshua John Miller, Barry Williams ||||||||
| 28 | 3 | "Bless the Boys in Blue" | Victor French | Dan Gordon | October 2, 1985 (1985-10-02) | 7853 | 22.4/35 |
| When Mark complains that Jonathan has too much advantage as an angel, "The Boss" apparently agrees that Jonathan should be in Mark's shoes and then gives Jonathan and Mark an assignment as policemen with no divine abilities. Guest Star: Elvia Allman ||||||||
| 29 | 4 | "Cindy" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | October 23, 1985 (1985-10-23) | 7854 | 18.9/29 |
| In a modern retelling of Cinderella, a waitress aspires to be an actress. Guest Stars: Bill Macy, Alice Ghostley, Kip Gilman ||||||||
| 30 | 5 | "The Devil and Jonathan Smith" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | October 30, 1985 (1985-10-30) | 7857 | 19.4/30 |
| When Mark sells his soul to the Devil to save the life of a boy he accidentally ran over, Jonathan must get help from two con men to get him out of it. Guest Stars: Anthony Zerbe, Conrad Janis, Michael Berryman ||||||||
| 31 | 6 | "Birds of a Feather" | Michael Landon | Maxine Herman | November 6, 1985 (1985-11-06) | 7859 | 20.2/31 |
| Factory workers face the consequences for ignoring evidence of water contamination in order to keep their jobs. Guest Stars: Philip Abbott, Rick Hurst, Paul Walker ||||||||
| 32 | 7 | "Popcorn, Peanuts and Crackerjacks" | Michael Landon | Vince R. Gutierrez | November 13, 1985 (1985-11-13) | 7856 | 19.5/29 |
| Jonathan and Mark come to the aid of a minor-league baseball team that's never won a game and an old vendor, once a player for the black leagues, who gets kicked out of the stadium. Guest Stars: Moses Gunn, Keenan Wynn, Lynn Hamilton ||||||||
| 33 | 8 | "The Smile in the Third Row" | Michael Landon | Lan O'Kun | November 20, 1985 (1985-11-20) | 7860 | 20.7/31 |
| An actor starring in a failing Broadway play thinks he sees God sitting in the audience. Guest Star: Lorne Greene, David Lander ||||||||
| 34 | 9 | "The Secret" | William F. Claxton | Paul W. Cooper | November 27, 1985 (1985-11-27) | 7855 | 20.5/33 |
| When Jonathan must return to Heaven to face disciplinary action, Mark is left on his own to help when the daughter of his friends learns that she's adopted and sets out to find her real mother. Guest Star: Shannen Doherty ||||||||
| 35 | 10 | "The Monster: Part 1" | Victor French | Dan Gordon | December 4, 1985 (1985-12-04) | 7861 | 21.3/31 |
| A disfigured artist falls for a blind girl and Jonathan's quadriplegic lawyer friend denies having marital problems. Guest Star: Eve Brent Ashe ||||||||
| 36 | 11 | "The Monster: Part 2" | Victor French | Dan Gordon | December 11, 1985 (1985-12-11) | 7862 | 23.1/35 |
| Scotty defends Julian on charges of attacking Rachel, who's in a coma. Guest Star: Peter Billingsley ||||||||
| 37 | 12 | "The Good Doctor" | William F. Claxton | Rift Fournier | December 18, 1985 (1985-12-18) | 7858 | 21.1/33 |
| The doctor for a football team who got a player addicted to painkillers and pep pills is forced to confront his own addictions. Guest Star: Michael Constantine ||||||||
| 38 | 13 | "Alone" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | January 8, 1986 (1986-01-08) | 7863 | 23.1/35 |
| A mentally challenged runaway with a cat as his only friend wishes that someone would love him. Guest Stars: Frank Birney, John Franklin ||||||||
| 39 | 14 | "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind" | Victor French | Paul W. Cooper | January 15, 1986 (1986-01-15) | 7864 | 19.9/29 |
| Jonathan and Mark emerge from a meteorite crater to help an unemployed man keep custody of his orphaned grandson. Guest Stars: Harold J. Stone, Louise Latham ||||||||
| 40 | 15 | "Change of Life" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | January 29, 1986 (1986-01-29) | 7866 | 23.8/34 |
| A movie star and her hairdresser (Mark) have their wish to trade places granted by God. Guest Stars: John McCook, Anne-Marie Martin ||||||||
| 41 | 16 | "Keep Smiling" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | February 5, 1986 (1986-02-05) | 7865 | 22.8/35 |
| Jonathan is assigned to help his widow move on with her life and be happy again. Guest Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Richard McGonagle ||||||||
| 42 | 17 | "The Last Assignment" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | February 12, 1986 (1986-02-12) | 7867 | 22.0/32 |
| An errant angel has been on probation for 200 years because he keeps spreading happiness by breaking the rules. Guest Star: Ed Asner ||||||||
| 43 | 18 | "To Bind the Wounds" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | February 19, 1986 (1986-02-19) | 7868 | 22.2/33 |
| The father of a soldier killed in action in Vietnam is met with indifference when he tries to establish a scholarship in his son's name. Guest Star: Eli Wallach ||||||||
| 44 | 19 | "Heaven on Earth" | Michael Landon | David O. Young | February 26, 1986 (1986-02-26) | 7869 | 19.7/29 |
| Following two tragedies for which Mark feels responsible, Jonathan gives him the power to start over. Guest Star: Alyson Croft ||||||||
| 45 | 20 | "Summit" | Dan Gordon | Dan Gordon | March 5, 1986 (1986-03-05) | 7870 | 21.0/32 |
| A dying woman wishes to see her son, who was left in the Soviet Union during World War II and is now the Deputy Premier. Guest Stars: Nehemiah Persoff, Frank Welker ||||||||
| 46 | 21 | "The Torch" | Michael Landon | Lan O'Kun | March 12, 1986 (1986-03-12) | 7871 | 21.1/32 |
| A Holocaust survivor and his son are targeted by neo-Nazis. Guest Stars: Herschel Bernardi, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Robert O'Reilly ||||||||
| 47 | 22 | "Sail Away" | Michael Landon | Lan O'Kun | April 2, 1986 (1986-04-02) | 7872 | 18.3/29 |
| A novelist and his grandson find inspiration on a small island. Guest Stars: David Bowe, Lew Ayres, Laurie Prange ||||||||
| 48 | 23 | "Children's Children" | Victor French | David Thoreau | April 30, 1986 (1986-04-30) | 7873 | 19.1/32 |
| A reporter interviews the director of a home for unwed mothers, but intends to write a story exposing the director's long-hidden secret. Guest Star: Bibi Besch ||||||||
| 49 | 24 | "Friends" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | May 7, 1986 (1986-05-07) | 7874 | 17.2/30 |
| Jonathan and Mark are substitute teachers at a high school where Jonathan assigns a lonely obese girl to tutor a jock. Guest Star: Darren Dalton ||||||||

### Season 3 (1986–87)

It's presently unclear when Season 3 began filming, but it can be confirmed that filming wrapped in March 1987.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | Rating/share (households) |
| 50 | 1 | "A Special Love: Part 1" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | September 24, 1986 (1986-09-24) | 7901 | 16.7/27 |
| Jonathan and Mark talk a youngster into joining the Special Olympics and help out a couple who are unable to have children. Guest Stars: Paul Walker, James Troesh, Margie Impert ||||||||
| 51 | 2 | "A Special Love: Part 2" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | October 1, 1986 (1986-10-01) | 7902 | 17.3/29 |
| Todd's parents won't let Scotty and Diane adopt him until Todd's elder brother discovers the truth about him. Guest Star: Josh Brolin ||||||||
| 52 | 3 | "For the Love of Larry" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | October 8, 1986 (1986-10-08) | 7903 | 21.1/33 |
| A dog tries to draw attention to a father and son trapped in a Jeep that's gone off the road and crashed. Guest Star: Ryan Bollman ||||||||
| 53 | 4 | "Another Kind of War, Another Kind of Peace" | Dan Gordon | Story by : Dan Gordon and Sally Baker Teleplay by : Dan Gordon | October 15, 1986 (1986-10-15) | 7904 | 18.9/29 |
| Despite sponsoring their immigration, a cab driver wants nothing to do with the wife and child his deceased son left in Vietnam. A lonely older neighbor takes them to a carnival and offers to share his apartment. Guest Stars: Eugene Roche, Ernest Borgnine ||||||||
| 54 | 5 | "That's Our Dad" | Victor French | Geoffrey Fischer | October 29, 1986 (1986-10-29) | 7905 | 16.8/27 |
| A pair of orphans wish to be adopted by a family sitcom star who is really a cold-hearted cynic. Guest Stars: R. J. Williams, Ned Beatty ||||||||
| 55 | 6 | "Love at Second Sight" | Michael Landon | James Kearns | November 5, 1986 (1986-11-05) | 7908 | 19.1/29 |
| A fellow angel doesn't want his widow to remarry. Guest Stars: John McLiam, Peggy Doyle, Nana Visitor ||||||||
| 56 | 7 | "Love and Marriage" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | November 12, 1986 (1986-11-12) | 7907 | 18.7/28 |
| 57 | 8 | "Love and Marriage" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | November 12, 1986 (1986-11-12) | 7907 | 18.7/28 |
| Three generations of arguing couples go on a road trip to find out what brought them together. Guest Stars: Bill Erwin, Valorie Armstrong, Robert Mandan Originally shown as a feature-length episode, which was later cut into two separate episodes for syndication. ||||||||
| 58 | 9 | "Code Name: FREAK" | Michael Landon | Vince R. Gutierrez | November 19, 1986 (1986-11-19) | 7906 | 14.5/22 |
| A 12-year-old boy genius is an outcast at college where he has a popular jock for a roommate. Guest Stars: Jeff B. Davis, Jack Ging ||||||||
| 59 | 10 | "Man to Man" | Michael Landon | Robert Schaefer | November 26, 1986 (1986-11-26) | 7910 | 16.4/25 |
| A tycoon who is dying of leukemia tries to mend his relationship with his teenage son. Guest Stars: Joe Dorsey, Lee Montgomery ||||||||
| 60 | 11 | "Jonathan Smith Goes to Washington" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | December 3, 1986 (1986-12-03) | 7909 | 15.7/24 |
| A senator is bent on getting a bill through Congress that would cut funds required for the production of drugs to cure rare diseases, but learns that passage of the bill will have fatal consequences affecting his family. Guest Star: Eddie Albert ||||||||
| 61 | 12 | "Oh Lucky Man" | Dan Gordon | David Thoreau | December 10, 1986 (1986-12-10) | 7912 | 16.8/26 |
| Mark plans to give the $5 million he won to a boys' club, but loses it to a pair of con artists. Guest Stars: Shannon Tweed, Roy Thinnes ||||||||
| 62 | 13 | "Basinger's New York" | Michael Landon | Lan O'Kun | December 17, 1986 (1986-12-17) | 7913 | 19.1/30 |
| On Christmas Eve, a New York City columnist learns there are still miracles in the world. Guest Star: Richard Mulligan ||||||||
| 63 | 14 | "All That Glitters" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07) | 7911 | 18.5/27 |
| A hustler finds a case containing a million dollars, dresses as a priest to escape from the gangsters who lost the case and then hides out with the money in the same church where "Father" Jonathan and "Father" Mark are helping victims of an urban fire. Guest Stars: Didi Conn, John Pleshette ||||||||
| 64 | 15 | "Wally" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | January 14, 1987 (1987-01-14) | 7914 | 19.7/30 |
| Jonathan and Mark's latest assignment concerns an elderly street puppeteer who is marked for a favored position in heaven. Guest Star: Dick Van Dyke ||||||||
| 65 | 16 | "A Song of Songs" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | January 21, 1987 (1987-01-21) | 7917 | 19.5/28 |
| A jazz pianist tries to start over following a heart attack. Guest Stars: James Earl Jones, Rosalind Cash ||||||||
| 66 | 17 | "A Night to Remember" | Michael Landon | David Thoreau | January 28, 1987 (1987-01-28) | 7916 | 19.5/29 |
| High school seniors pray for dates to the prom. Guest Star: Mitchell Anderson ||||||||
| 67 | 18 | "A Mother and a Daughter" | Michael Landon | Elaine Newman and Ed Burnham | February 4, 1987 (1987-02-04) | 7915 | 18.1/28 |
| Jonathan will be promoted to Heaven if he succeeds in reuniting a movie star with her daughter, who's writing a vicious expose of her mother, and Mark, who doesn't want Jonathan to go, is thinking of sabotaging the assignment. Guest Stars: Gloria DeHaven, Judith Chapman ||||||||
| 68 | 19 | "Normal People" | Michael Landon | Paul W. Cooper | February 11, 1987 (1987-02-11) | 7918 | 17.0/25 |
| Hostility ensues when a halfway house for mental patients is established in a neighborhood. Guest Star: Brian Austin Green ||||||||
| 69 | 20 | "The Hero" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | February 18, 1987 (1987-02-18) | 7919 | 18.6/28 |
| A Vietnam War veteran is unable to receive government aid for dental work because his dental problems are not related to his military service. Guest Star: James Stacy ||||||||
| 70 | 21 | "Parents' Day" | Michael Landon | David Thoreau | February 25, 1987 (1987-02-25) | 7920 | 18.0/27 |
| A student is arrested for drug possession, then brings the same charge against his father, a crusading TV news anchor who's secretly a cocaine addict. Guest Star: Robert Culp ||||||||
| 71 | 22 | "A Father's Faith" | Michael Landon | Ginny Weissman | March 4, 1987 (1987-03-04) | 7921 | 17.9/27 |
| A fisherman friend of Mark's is paying too much attention to his comatose son, which threatens to destroy both his livelihood and his family. Guest Stars: Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson ||||||||
| 72 | 23 | "Heavy Date" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | March 18, 1987 (1987-03-18) | 7922 | 19.1/30 |
| A young man with no ambition in life falls in love with a pregnant girl. Guest Stars: Brittain Frye, Pat O'Bryan, Lorie Griffin ||||||||
| 73 | 24 | "Ghost Rider" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | April 1, 1987 (1987-04-01) | 7923 | 18.5/29 |
| A spy novelist buys her hero's sports car, which comes with his ghost. Guest Stars: Alan Abelew, Didi Conn ||||||||
| 74 | 25 | "The Gift of Life" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | May 6, 1987 (1987-05-06) | 7924 | 14.1/25 |
| Jonathan and Mark are hired as bodyguards for a wealthy man with no principles and no friends. Guest Star: Leslie Nielsen ||||||||

### Season 4 (1987–88)

Season 4 was filmed from May 1987 to March 1988. The show managed to finish filming this Season just as the 1988 WGA Strike was about to begin.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | Rating/share (households) |
| 75 | 1 | "Man's Best Friend: Part 1" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | September 16, 1987 (1987-09-16) | 7951 | 16.6/28 |
| A wealthy couple are unable to have more children, so they hire a surrogate. Guest Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, William Schallert ||||||||
| 76 | 2 | "Man's Best Friend: Part 2" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | September 23, 1987 (1987-09-23) | 7952 | 15.6/27 |
| Alex is reunited with his dog, but may lose him again when a foster family accepts him. Guest Star: Danny Pintauro ||||||||
| 77 | 3 | "Fighting for Your Life" | Michael Landon | Lan O'Kun | September 30, 1987 (1987-09-30) | 7955 | 13.5/23 |
| A boxer reconsiders taking dives when a fighter he's been training is asked to take one himself. Guest Star: Clint Lilley ||||||||
| 78 | 4 | "The People Next Door" | Michael Landon | Vince R. Gutierrez | October 21, 1987 (1987-10-21) | 7956 | 14.9/23 |
| A doctor is forced to confront a terrible secret when a black family plans to live next door to him. Guest Stars: David Spielberg, Míriam Colón ||||||||
| 79 | 5 | "I Was a Middle-Aged Werewolf" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | October 28, 1987 (1987-10-28) | 7958 | 12.0/18 |
| Jonathan turns into a werewolf on Halloween to help out a frightened trick-or-treater. Guest Star: Raffi Di Blasio ||||||||
| 80 | 6 | "Playing for Keeps" | Michael Landon | James Kearns | November 4, 1987 (1987-11-04) | 7954 | 13.1/21 |
| Jonathan and Mark type-cast a retired comic and his movie-star son in a new play about a young man struggling to relate to his father. Guest Stars: Eric Douglas, Donald O'Connor ||||||||
| 81 | 7 | "Amazing Man" | Michael Landon | Elaine Newman & Ed Burnham | November 11, 1987 (1987-11-11) | 7957 | 15.6/24 |
| A youngster turns to a comic book superhero to deal with his father's death. Guest Star: Pat Crawford Brown ||||||||
| 82 | 8 | "All the Colors of the Heart" | Michael Landon | Story by : Parke Perine and Tom Sullivan Teleplay by : Parke Perine | November 18, 1987 (1987-11-18) | 7960 | 13.7/22 |
| A blind athlete expecting to gain his sight must counsel a surfer threatened with losing his own. Guest Stars: Brandon Bluhm, Peter Kowanko, Tom Sullivan ||||||||
| 83 | 9 | "Why Punish the Children?" | Michael Landon | Paul W. Cooper | November 25, 1987 (1987-11-25) | 7961 | 13.7/24 |
| Jonathan and Mark deal with a penal system that doesn't allow inmate mothers to see their children. Guest Stars: Mary Pat Gleason, Bebe Drake ||||||||
| 84 | 10 | "A Dream of Wild Horses" | Michael Landon | Story by : Laura Braunstein and Mary Cappelli Cruise Teleplay by : Laura Braunstein, Mary Cappelli Cruise and Dan Gordon | December 2, 1987 (1987-12-02) | 7962 | 13.4/22 |
| The patriarch of a family feels too old to take care of his horse ranch. Guest Star: Richard Farnsworth ||||||||
| 85 | 11 | "In with the 'In' Crowd" | Michael Landon | David Thoreau | December 9, 1987 (1987-12-09) | 7963 | 14.0/22 |
| A policewoman goes undercover at a high school to expose a group of drug users, but could get suspended when Mark jeopardizes the operation. Guest Star: Cooper Layne ||||||||
| 86 | 12 | "With Love, the Claus" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | December 23, 1987 (1987-12-23) | 7959 | 14.1/25 |
| At Christmastime, a man claiming to be Santa Claus wants a department store to stop using his name for promoting war toys and is arrested. The lawyers involved are a bickering divorced couple who are Jonathan and Mark's assignment - with the ex-husband defending "Santa" and the ex-wife representing the store. Guest Stars: Bill Erwin, Wendie Malick, John Calvin ||||||||
| 87 | 13 | "A Mother's Love" | Michael Landon | Vince R. Gutierrez | January 6, 1988 (1988-01-06) | 7964 | 17.4/26 |
| To fulfill a promise to their dying mother, four brothers go on the run from a court order that would split them up. Guest Stars: Byron Thames, Doreen Lang ||||||||
| 88 | 14 | "Country Doctor" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | January 13, 1988 (1988-01-13) | 7953 | 16.2/24 |
| A country doctor is working himself to death. Guest Star: Roscoe Lee Browne ||||||||
| 89 | 15 | "Time in a Bottle" | Michael Landon | Parke Perine | January 20, 1988 (1988-01-20) | 7965 | 16.9/26 |
| A lawyer who's hit rock bottom agrees to defend his friend, another homeless man who's charged with robbing a liquor store. Guest Star: Alan Fudge ||||||||
| 90 | 16 | "Back to Oakland" | Michael Landon | David Thoreau | February 3, 1988 (1988-02-03) | 7967 | 15.5/24 |
| The old saying "You can't go home again" may prove true when Mark returns to his old beat, which has become a racist storm. Guest Star: Eugene Jackson ||||||||
| 91 | 17 | "We Have Forever: Part 1" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | February 10, 1988 (1988-02-10) | 7966 | 15.8/24 |
| After his widow's death, Jonathan hopes to be reunited with her in Heaven, but when his request is refused he rebels and is stripped of his divine powers. Guest Star: Dorothy McGuire ||||||||
| 92 | 18 | "We Have Forever: Part 2" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | February 17, 1988 (1988-02-17) | 7968 | 16.8/26 |
| After turning his back on everyone and everything, a now-human and embittered Jonathan is offered shelter and help from a young woman. Guest Star: Leann Hunley ||||||||
| 93 | 19 | "The Correspondent" | Michael Landon | Lan O'Kun | February 24, 1988 (1988-02-24) | 7969 | 14.0/21 |
| A correspondent about to be executed by revolutionaries somewhere in South America is shown what he's missed and lost by putting work ahead of his family. Guest Stars: Will Estes, Darren McGavin ||||||||
| 94 | 20 | "Aloha" | Michael Landon | Parke Perine | March 2, 1988 (1988-03-02) | 7970 | 12.8/19 |
| A Hawaiian singer learns to overcome self-pity and pride when she's injured in a truck accident. Guest Star: Hartley Silver ||||||||
| 95 | 21 | "A Dolphin Song for Lee: Part 1" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | March 16, 1988 (1988-03-16) | 7971 | 14.4/23 |
| Jonathan and Mark help a teenage cancer patient save the dolphins. Guest Star: Christine Healy ||||||||
| 96 | 22 | "A Dolphin Song for Lee: Part 2" | Michael Landon | Dan Gordon | March 23, 1988 (1988-03-23) | 7972 | 14.0/23 |
| After Lee's operation, she continues her save-the-dolphins campaign. Guest Star: Natalie Gregory ||||||||
| 97 | 23 | "Heaven Nose, Mister Smith" | Michael Landon | Lan O'Kun | March 30, 1988 (1988-03-30) | 7973 | 13.8/22 |
| Jonathan is dispatched to stop an angel from breaking up his son's marriage and receives help from an unexpected source. Guest Stars: Bob Hope, Bill Macy, John Pleshette ||||||||
| 98 | 24 | "The Whole Nine Yards" | Michael Landon | David Chomsky | April 27, 1988 (1988-04-27) | 7974 | 13.8/23 |
| Jonathan and Mark enable a female wide receiver to play for a junior-high football team. Guest Stars: Chad Allen, Dinah Lacey, Beau Starr ||||||||

### Season 5 (1988–89)

Season 5 was filmed from August to December 1988. Only the first three episodes aired that year, with episode 4 airing in March 1989, and the last nine episodes airing later that summer. Many of the episodes this season were released posthumously after the death of Victor French on June 15, 1989, with the last episode airing on August 4 of that year.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (households) |
| 99 | 1 | "Whose Trash Is It Anyway?" | Michael Landon | David Thoreau | October 12, 1988 (1988-10-12) | 8001 | 16.5 | 12.8/20 |
| Mark's friend Pete Nelson is running for mayor against a ruthless opponent. Jealousy prompts the mayor's son to plant drugs in the locker of Pete's son Jeff, creating scandal. Mark sets out to clear Jeff's name. Guest Star: David Spielberg |||||||||
| 100 | 2 | "Hello and Farewell" | Michael Landon | Vince R. Gutierrez | December 7, 1988 (1988-12-07) | 8003 | 16.7 | 11.8/18 |
| 101 | 3 | "Hello and Farewell" | Michael Landon | Vince R. Gutierrez | December 7, 1988 (1988-12-07) | 8004 | 16.7 | 11.8/18 |
| A nurse is still reeling from the Vietnam War and a 17-year-old discovers he is adopted. Kim goes to a veterans' counseling group and Jonathan consoles Major Hastings about his son. Guest Star: Matthew Perry Originally shown as a feature-length episode, which was later cut into two separate episodes for syndication. |||||||||
| 102 | 4 | "The Silent Bell" | Michael Landon | Parke Perine | March 21, 1989 (1989-03-21) | 8005 | 18.4 | 12.5/19 |
| A church council decision that Christianity must be taught in a multi-ethnic school causes major upheaval among the staff and students at the school. Guest Stars: Mimi Kuzyk, Dennis Lipscomb |||||||||
| 103 | 5 | "The Reunion" | Michael Landon | David Ketchum and Tony DiMarco | June 2, 1989 (1989-06-02) | 8011 | 10.7 | 7.4/16 |
| Mark goes to his high school reunion where some of his friends' memories prove to be bittersweet. Guest Stars: Jesse Henecke, Lloyd Bochner, Eve Brent |||||||||
| 104 | 6 | "The Source" | Michael Landon | Elaine Newman and Ed Burnham | June 9, 1989 (1989-06-09) | 8007 | 10.4 | 7.4/15 |
| A teenage girl tells two high school reporters (one of whom is the principal's son) that a school bus driver was coming on to her just before an accident. The story is published without verifying the facts, thus wrecking the driver's reputation and his career. Guest Star: Michele Scarabelli |||||||||
| 105 | 7 | "The Squeaky Wheel" | Michael Landon | Paul W. Cooper | June 16, 1989 (1989-06-16) | 8009 | 10.1 | 7.7/17 |
| Following a false fire alarm, a double amputee joins a crusade for the handicapped. Guest Star: Mary Pat Gleason |||||||||
| 106 | 8 | "Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka" | Michael Landon | Jerry Winnick | June 23, 1989 (1989-06-23) | 8008 | 10.1 | 7.3/17 |
| A beloved teacher is forced to retire because of his age. Jonathan and Mark rally his students and the teaching staff against the school board in an effort to prevent the enforced retirement. Guest Stars: Brian Krause, Lew Ayres |||||||||
| 107 | 9 | "Choices" | Michael Landon | Parke Perine | June 30, 1989 (1989-06-30) | 8012 | 11.4 | 8.3/19 |
| A Vietnamese couple come to America to find their sons after ten years of being separated. Jonathan and Mark help them achieve their goal, inadvertently tearing apart the sons' adoptive family when the elder son feels morally obligated to return to Vietnam with his biological parents. Guest Star: Haing S. Ngor |||||||||
| 108 | 10 | "Summer Camp" | Michael Landon | Story by : Tom Sullivan Teleplay by : Jodie Lewis | July 14, 1989 (1989-07-14) | 8002 | 11.2 | 7.7/17 |
| After being scarred for life in a fire, an actress/model takes a counseling job at a camp for blind children run by sightless athlete Frank Riley (last seen in "All the Colors of the Heart"). Meanwhile, a reluctant philanthropist's bigotry threatens the growing friendship between his son (who can see) and a fellow camper (who can't). Guest Stars: Priscilla Barnes, Tom Sullivan |||||||||
| 109 | 11 | "The Inner Limits" | Michael Landon | Lan O'Kun | July 21, 1989 (1989-07-21) | 8006 | 10.9 | 7.7/17 |
| Hoping to overcome his mother's insistence that his paralyzed brother is fully aware and get him the institutional care he needs, a young man consults a doctor, only to be advised that his brother is not only fully aware but capable of communication. Guest Star: Julianna McCarthy |||||||||
| 110 | 12 | "It's a Dog's Life" | Michael Landon | Parke Perine | July 28, 1989 (1989-07-28) | 8010 | 10.1 | 7.1/16 |
| After complaining that Jonathan's angelic powers give him an unfair advantage, Mark thinks Jonathan has been turned into a dog as he deals with a runaway kid and his ditzy parents. Guest Star: Kimberley Conrad |||||||||
| 111 | 13 | "Merry Christmas from Grandpa" | Michael Landon | Michael Landon | August 4, 1989 (1989-08-04) | 8013 | 10.5 | 7.1/16 |
| On Christmas Eve, Jonathan presents a future ravaged by pollution to three different people: a tycoon, a farmer and the President of the United States. Guest Star: Harriet Sansom Harris |||||||||