Episode

Highway to Heaven: The Last Assignment

Name: Highway to Heaven: The Last Assignment
Released: 1986-02-12
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Michael Landon, Victor French, Brandon Bluhm, Georgia Schmidt, Dorothy McGuire

Highway to HeavenSeason 21986-02-12

Overview

Jonathan assists a misguided angel who has been trying to get his wings for 200 years.

Details

Series: Highway to Heaven
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 17
Air date: 1986-02-12
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

The Last Assignment is Episode 17 in Season 2 of Highway to Heaven. It aired on 1986-02-12. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 16: Keep Smiling 1986-02-05 | 45 min Jonathan runs into his wife but because he has a new name and form she doesn't recognize him. He goes to see her and asks if he and Mark could stay. She at first wouldn't let them but when he says, ""keep smiling"" which is something he always says in his ld form, she let them in. They see that she is lonely and their daughter lives far away and doesn't want to take the time to visit. Jonathan sends Mark to see his daughter and asks her to come visit her mother but she and her husband refuse to do so. When Jonathan learns of this he goes to her in the guise of a gigolo, and he riles them and they visit her.

Episode 18: To Bind the Wounds 1986-02-19 | 45 min A man's son has been MIA in Vietnam since 1968. When his remains are found, no one in his town comes to his funeral. He then tries to establish a scholarship in his son's name but the people who don't want to be reminded of the war, don't want to be a part of it. But Jonathan invades their dreams and reminds them of how much his son has done for them, like the man whose place he took in the draft and he didn't have to, the son of the town banker whose life he saved, and so on. After the scholarship for his son is established, Jonathan tells him that it's time for him to thank God, so Jonathan places him in an old bomber plane and it takes off, with Jonathan with him. Along the way Jonathan vanishes and his son appears and they go on together.

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Episode 15: Change of Life 1986-01-29 | 45 min After he and Jonathon are assigned to protect the famous actress Linda Blackwell, Mark and the actress switch bodies to see what the other has to go through. Sam Quigley is an old friend of Mark who likes Linda, but is afraid to tell her. When Mark and Linda switch bodies, Sam isn't sure that Linda is the Linda he likes.

Episode 19: Heaven on Earth 1986-02-26 | 45 min Sarah is the name of the little girl that was killed by a drunk driver. Wendy is the girl who helps her parents and the B & B.

Episode 14: Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind 1986-01-15 | 45 min Jonathon and Mark are assigned to help UFO watcher Harvey Milsap gain custody of his recently orphaned grandson, Adam. Harvey's across-the-street neighbor Mildred Kelsey, who is furious when Harvey fools with his radio equipment while her soap is on, slowly but surely falls in love with him.

Episode 20: Summit 1986-03-05 | 45 min Mark and Jonathan try to reunite a mother with her son who is now the premier of the U.S.S.R. When he is told that his mom would like to see him he believes Jonathan is with the CIA and not an angel.

Episode 13: Alone 1986-01-08 | 45 min A RETARDED TEENAGER WHO IS HOMELESS AND LIVING IN A BOX WITH THOMAS(THE CAT) AND ARNIE WAS MAKING A BIRTHDAY WISH HAS HE BLOWS OUT HIS CANDLE MARK AND JONATHON APPEARS FROM NO WHERE TO MAKE HIS DREAM COME TRUE TO FIND HAPPINESS WITH LOVING FAMILY

Episode 21: The Torch 1986-03-12 | 45 min Everett Soloman is a Nazi death camp survivor, who talks about his experience. Jan Baltic is a neo-Nazi. He was having one of his gatherings wherein he says that the Holocaust was a hoax. And at this thing is Soloman's son David, who calls Baltic a liar. Then Cal one of Baltic's people shoots David. He dies and when word reaches Soloman, he has a heart attack. Baltic and Cal are in Baltic's basement gloating about what they did and planning their next move. Then Baltic's son grabs one of the guns Baltic's has there and shoots them. Jonathan goes to Baltic's wife, who is trying to wipe the blood off the walls. She says that Jan was not always that way and Jonathan asks her when did he change and she says after he lost his job. He said that it was the Jews who were out to get him. Jonathan asks her if she would be willing to donate her husband's heart to Everett Soloman, who needs a transplant, she agrees. But Soloman upon learning that it's Baltic heart he will be getting, refuses. Jona

Episode 12: The Good Doctor 1985-12-18 | 45 min Jonathan and Mark go to work for a football team. Their mission is to help Alex Carpenter, a player, who is worried that he might be cut, so he takes pills. Dr. Hickey, the team doctor, who supplies him with the pills he takes, is also taking pills. His son, Neal who works with his father, who is constantly being pressured by his father to do better, is also taking pills, without his father's knowledge. When his son nearly dies, and learning that it's because of him that he is an addict. He admits that he is an addict too. When Alex admits his addiction, he goes to a support group meeting, and he is shocked to see his dealer, Dr. Hickey there, and is the guest speaker, but is stunned and moved when both he and his son admit their addiction.

Episode 22: Sail Away 1986-04-02 | 45 min Jonathan helps a novelist and his son both find inspiration in writing their next books and connecting with each other again.

Episode 11: The Monster (2) 1985-12-11 | 45 min Scotty is under pressure when Julian goes on trial.

Episode 23: Children's Children 1986-04-30 | 45 min An overzealous TV reporter files a report on a home for teen-age mothers. The report threatens the very existance of the home. Also, a high school senior seeks advice from Jonathan on how to handle his future education, his angry father, and his pregnant girlfriend and unborn son.