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The Best Episodes of Highway to Heaven

Every episode of Highway to Heaven ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Highway to Heaven!

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A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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10.0/10(1 votes)
#1 - Code Name: FREAK
S3:E911/19/1986
Jonathan is tasked with being a college Professor to help a 12-year-old child prodigy be accepted as a college student.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Vince Gutierrez
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Vince Gutierrez
10.0/10(1 votes)
#2 - A Mother's Love
S4:E131/6/1988
Four boys whose parents just died recently are informed by the social worker assigned to their case, that the younger children will be placed in different foster homes. The elder brother decides to take them away and take care of them himself; he will find a job while the others go school.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Unknown
8.5/10(2 votes)
#3 - Highway to Heaven (1)
S1:E19/19/1984
Drifter Jonathan Smith takes a job as a handyman at a nursing home.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
8.5/10(2 votes)
#4 - Highway to Heaven (2)
S1:E29/19/1984
Jonathan reveals his angelic origins, then must save the nursing home from developers.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
8.5/10(2 votes)
#5 - I Was a Middle Aged Werewolf
S4:E510/28/1987
During Halloween night, Jonathan helps a little boy get over his fears (and in the process get even with his older sister).
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
8.0/10(2 votes)
#6 - To Touch the Moon
S1:E39/26/1984
Jonathan introduces a street-wise boy to a peer who is dying of leukemia.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon

The 20 WORST Episodes of Highway to Heaven

8.0/10(2 votes)
#7 - The Return of the Masked Rider
S1:E410/3/1984
A lone boxer and some aging movie heroes fight for law and order in a ghetto.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
8.0/10(1 votes)
#8 - Another Song for Christmas
S1:E1312/19/1984
Jonathan and Mark have a dickens of a time instilling the Christmas spirit in a heartless used-car salesman.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
8.0/10(1 votes)
#9 - The Gift of Life
S3:E255/6/1987
Jonathan and Mark's latest assignment is R.R. Benson, a cold and heartless businessman, who is polluting the oceans, maintains apartments which are below living standards, just to name a few. When he proved to be a tough nut to crack, Jonathan decides to take the direct approach and reveal to Benson that he is an angel and at the rate he is going he won't make it to heaven. But Benson is still unmoved, and the last thing Jonathan tells him is to read the Bible. That while sleeping a burglar breaks into Benson's home and shoots him. Benson runs into Jonathan asking him what happened, Jonathan shows him that he is a spirit and that he died. Jonathan shows him exactly the kind of life that he's been leading and how it affects others, and how people really feel about him like his girlfriend, who has another guy and who is planning a palimony suit. Jonathan then takes him back to his office and tells him that his ""boss"" is giving him the opportunity to relive the final week of his life. He
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Writer:Dan Gordon
7.0/10(1 votes)
#10 - Song of the Wild West
S1:E510/17/1984
An aspiring singer hoping to follow in her late mother's footsteps wants to compete in a talent show, but her father won't permit it.
Director:Victor French
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Victor French
Writer:Unknown
1.0/10(2 votes)
#11 - Hotel of Dreams
S1:E1212/12/1984
At a hotel, dreams come true for some, while others get their just desserts.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Unknown
0.0/10(0 votes)
#12 - One Fresh Batch of Lemonade (1)
S1:E610/24/1984
A cycle accident shatters a baseball star's dream of reaching the pros.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Writer:Dan Gordon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#13 - One Fresh Batch of Lemonade (2)
S1:E710/31/1984
Olympic medalist Bart Conner plays a gymnast who has a special reason to help rehabilitate an athlete injured in a motorcycle accident.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Writer:Dan Gordon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#14 - A Divine Madness
S1:E811/7/1984
A widower who built an empire in the construction business now believes he's King Arthur, and his ambitious son is determined to have him declared incompetent.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#15 - Catch a Falling Star
S1:E911/14/1984
Jonathan and Mark tend the children of a movie star who always has the money but never the time to spend on his kids.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
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Writer:Michael Landon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#16 - Help Wanted: Angel
S1:E1011/21/1984
An elderly scriptwriter prays for an "angel" to bankroll his movie about the lonely people in his neighborhood.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Writer:Dan Gordon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#17 - Dust Child
S1:E1111/28/1984
A Vietnam vet and his wife happily welcome a 15-year-old girl he fathered overseas, but their son isn't happy at all.
Director:Victor French
Writer:Paul W. Cooper
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Director:Victor French
Writer:Paul W. Cooper
0.0/10(0 votes)
#18 - Plane Death
S1:E141/9/1985
Mark's old buddy, now working a border drug-enforcement detail, disappears after discovering the cargo in a large model airplane.
Directors:Victor French, Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
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Writer:Michael Landon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#19 - One Winged Angels
S1:E151/16/1985
Jonathan finds that even angels aren't above falling in love when he's assigned to help an attractive divorcée and her rebellious son.
Directors:Victor French, Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
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Writer:Michael Landon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#20 - Going Home, Going Home
S1:E161/23/1985
An auto accident renders Mark unconscious---and takes him back to the time his grandfather was about to lose his ranch.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
0.0/10(0 votes)
#21 - As Difficult as ABC
S1:E171/30/1985
The future looks bleak for an illiterate basketball star who loses his scholarship because of a heart condition.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#22 - A Child of God
S1:E182/6/1985
A young mother has two crosses to bear: a terminal illness and a minister father who's shunning his daughter and her illegitimate child.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
0.0/10(0 votes)
#23 - A Match Made in Heaven
S1:E192/20/1985
Jonathan's friend Scotty, a quadriplegic, wonders if his relationship with a woman can succeed.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Michael Landon
0.0/10(0 votes)
#24 - The Banker and the Bum
S1:E202/27/1985
Divine intervention enables a park bum to trade places with a mayoral candidate who wants to turn the park into a parking lot.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
0.0/10(0 votes)
#25 - The Brightest Star
S1:E213/6/1985
Jonathan and Mark return a runaway child star to her ambitious mother and alcoholic father.
Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon
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Director:Michael Landon
Writer:Dan Gordon

Best Episodes Summary

"Code Name: FREAK" is the best rated episode of "Highway to Heaven". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Michael Landon and written by Vince Gutierrez, it aired on 11/19/1986. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Mother's Love".