73.) Man's Best Friend: Part One
       September 16, 1987
       Written by Michael Landon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Paul and Michelle Raines can't have anymore children and hire a surrogate mother in hopes they can have a baby boy. Their only daughter is Jenny, who loves her dog she calls Jake.

       Jonathan and Mark are hired at a dog kennel that is owned by a woman named Lil, who is reluctant to hire them, but naturally Jonathan demonstrates he has a way with animals and he and Mark are hired.

       That night, Jake is out for a walk and is chased by some wild dogs. Jonathan appears out of nowhere and tells one of the wild dogs to behave himself. When the animal refuses to obey, Jonathan turns himself into a lion and scares the dog away.

       He and Mark take Jake to the local orphanage ran by Miss Holly, where a lonely little boy named Alex is depressed about not being adopted and without a canine companion.

       Alex falls in love with Jake and is very happy now. However, the local newspaper takes their picture and Jenny sees them while reading it one day. She and her family go to Lil's kennel and take the dog back home.

       Jonathan has the unenviable task of telling Alex the dog was taken back by the owners and he is very sorry. The young boy is mentally crushed by the sad news.

       In doing his assignment for all parties, he goes to Jenny's home and discovers Jake is now a very unhappy dog, now that he is separated from Alex.

       He suggests to Jenny, that if he brings Alex to see her dog, this will make Jake very happy. She is reluctant at first, but she agrees, with her grandfather's wise advice.

Guest Stars:
Elisabeth Harnois as Jenny
Stan Ivar as Paul
Bobbi Jordan as Miss Holly
Daniel Pintauro as Alex
Fran Ryan as Lil
William Schallert as Grandpa
Laurie Walters as Michelle

Co-Starring:
Joe Baker as Jason
Jacob Kenner as Kid #1
Eric Fry as Kid #2
Brandon Bluhm as Kid #3

Featuring:
R.J. Miller as Ad Man
Gayle Woods as Andrea
David Michael Sterling as Stu
Charles Quertermous as Jack

       Trivia note: Elisabeth Harnois was nominated for the Young Artist award for best young actress guest starring in a television series.

       Trivia note: David Rose composes and rescores the "Highway to Heaven" theme cues for the 1987-88 season credits, with his 30 piece orchestra, for this emotionally and grandiose cue motif, that surpasses the intensity of the previous theme cues heard in the earlier seasons of the series.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Agoura and Los Angeles, California.

       Film date: June 1987

74.) Man's Best Friend: Part Two
       September 23, 1987
       Written by Michael Landon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Paul and Michelle are becoming very concerned about the surrogate mother experiment, while Alex is staying at their home with Jenny and Jake. The dog is very happy now, and Jenny and Alex are getting along great, like brother and sister.

       Alex loves them and feels as though he should be part of their family. Alex is notified another couple want him to stay with them. Out of love, Jenny gives her dog to Alex, tells him she loves him and they bid farewell. Miss Holly tells Alex the Turners can't let Jake go with him to their home, because of building regulations there. She takes Alex and Jake back to Lil's kennel to drop off the dog. She pulls over at a gas station, after Alex tells her he needs to use the restroom. He goes inside and escapes out the window with Jake, because he can't stand to bear another separation in his life.

       Alex and Jake exhaust themselves running up the mountainside to escape from being separated. Jonathan and Mark are alerted to this and drive over to tell Paul and Michelle, who are leaving for a vacation. They have just received news that the surrogate mother's attempt at giving them a baby son has failed and need to get away from it all.

       Alex leaves Jake to get help at the Raines's home and they have just drove out, but are intercepted by Jonathan and Mark, who tell them Alex and the dog have ran away. Just then, they see Alex running for help, as he falls down from exhaustion.

       Paul and Michelle take Alex back home and call the doctor, while Jonathan goes up the mountain to retrieve Jake, who Alex is very concerned about. He is afraid the dog will die and if he does, Alex will blame himself for it.

       In examining themselves, Paul and Michelle discover they love Alex like a son and officially adopt him, with Jake recovered from the incident. They now have Alex as their son and he has the family he always dreamed about, with Jake as his dog, Jenny as his sister and Paul's dad as his grandfather.

       At the conclusion of this story, Jonathan and Mark have a very sobering exchange in the car:

       Mark: "Well, kemosabe, it all worked out alright."

       Jonathan: "Yeah. Yeah, at least for Alex."

       Mark: "Thanks to Jake. Now I know why they call them man's best friend."

       Jonathan: "Yeah, it seems kind of strange, doesn't it?"

       Mark: "What?"

       Jonathan: "You think man's best friend would be man?"

Guest Stars:
Elisabeth Harnois as Jenny
Stan Ivar as Paul
Bobbi Jordan as Miss Holly
Daniel Pintauro as Alex
Fran Ryan as Lil
William Schallert as Grandpa
Laurie Walters as Michelle

Co-Starring:
Joe Baker as Jason
Jacob Kenner as Kid #1
Eric Fry as Kid #2
Brandon Bluhm as Kid #3

Featuring:
E.R. Davies as Doc Hansen
Scott Hunter as Attendant

       Trivia note: Elisabeth Harnois was nominated for the Young Artist award for best young actress guest starring in a television series.

       Trivia note: David Rose composes and rescores the "Highway to Heaven" theme cues for the 1987-88 season credits, with his 30 piece orchestra, for this emotionally and grandiose cue motif, that surpasses the intensity of the previous theme cues heard in the earlier seasons of the series.

       Trivia note: Some of the baseball game shots are actually stock clips taken from season two's "Popcorn, Peanuts and Cracker Jacks", to save time and money for the production.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Agoura and Los Angeles, California.

       Film date: June 1987

75.) Fight For Your Life
       September 30, 1987
       Written by Lan O' Kun
       Directed by Michael Landon

       A boxer used to taking dives has second thoughts when a fighter he's been training is asked to take a fall.

Guest Stars:
Nick Garfield as Billy Ryan
Jonathan Goldsmith as Fitzroy
Robert Miranda as Jerry
Jennifer Parsons as Julie Ryan
Michael Shaner as Morty

Co-Starring:
Phil Rubenstein as Fatso Kessier

Featuring:
Martin Davis as Kid #1
Marty Dencan as Referee
Jimmy Lennon, Jr. as Ring Announcer
Clay Lilley as Henchman #1
Clint Lilley as Henchman #2
Jeff Cadiente as Kid Swift
Gary McLarty as Nate
Lincoln Simmonds as Arnold
Mike E. Jones as Ike
Jimmy Gambina as Corner Man
Michael Adams as Billy's Sparring Partner
Dave Cass as Henchman #3
Bob Terhune as Henchman #4
Jerry Wills as Fighter

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

76.) The People Next Door
       October 21, 1987
       Written by Vince Gutierrez
       Directed by Michael Landon

       A doctor living in an exclusive area must deal with the painful secret when a black family bids to move next door.

Guest Stars:
Miriam Colon as Anna Martinez
Gabriel Damon as Bobby Martin
Janice Kent as Penny Martin
John Lawlor as Brad
David Spielberg as Dr. Martin

Co-Starring:
Henry G. Sanders as Wm. Pierson
Vivian Bonnell as Louise
Marlene Clark as Rachel Pierson
Harry Waters, Jr. as Dr. Cooper
Richard Bergman as Howard Spencer

Featuring:
Tony Lamond as Maggie
Laurence S. Braude as Delivery Man
Ron Lanza as Taylor
Rachel Louise as Mother
Lynette Candiff as Maria
Maggie Brown as Mrs. Bowman
Chris Cohill as Billy Pierson
Rita Conde as Woman

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

77.) I Was A Middle Aged Werewolf
       October 28, 1987
       Written by Michael Landon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Jonathan occasionally turns into a frightening werewolf to lend support to a youngster trick-or-treating on Halloween night.

       This episode marks the 30th anniversary tribute to the 1957 low-budget film "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" that was a signature hit in Michael Landon's early acting career.

       Some scenes contain flashbacks to "The Devil and Jonathan Smith" and from "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" in this story.

Guest Stars:
Nancy Frangione as Mrs. Bailey
Devon Oddesa as Cindy Bailey
Elden Ratliff as Alan Bailey
Granville Van Dusen as Bob Bailey

Co-Starring:
Jonathan Hole as Clerk
Georg Olden as Sid
Jim Gatherum as Ron
Lindsay Fisher as Eloise
Marianne Muellerleile as Mrs. Harper

Featuring:
Charles Woolf as Man
Helen Siff as Woman
Don Maxwell as Police Officer
Greg Wagrowski as Clerk
Michael Berryman as Devil
Shannon Brook as Barb Harper
William Holloway as Mr. Powell
Raffi Di Blasio as Little Boy
Ian Petrella as Big Kid
Edan Gross as Kid #2
Mully Morgan as Kid #3

       Trivia note: Makeup men Hank Edds, Michael Westmore and Gerald Quist were all nominated for an Emmy award for their outstanding makeup achivements in the making of this episode.

       Trivia note: Child actor Devon Oddesa was nominated for the Young Artist award for best child actor guest starring in a television series.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.



"I Was a Teenage Werewolf" footage courtesy of:

Arkoff International Pictures

Samual Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, Herman Cohen

78.) Playing for Keeps
       November 11, 1987
       Written by James Kearns
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Jonathan and Mark typecast a retired comic and his movie-star son in a play about a father and son who never got to know each other.

Guest Stars:
Eric Douglas as Rhett Clark
John Martinuzzi as Gary Sherman
Donald O' Connor as Jackie Clark
Lara Parker as Margo Stevens
Jason Wingreen as Ben Conrad

Co-Starring:
Carol Mansell as Katy Granger
Brad Zerbst as Younger Actor

Featuring:
Nancy Penoyer as Julie
Charles Davis as Older Actor
Jason Olivieri as Workman
Seth Eric Cutler as Waiter
Mark Schilder as Attendant

       Location Scenes Filmed at Malibu and Los Angeles, California.

79.) Amazing Man
       October 11, 1987
       Written by Elaine Newman and Ed Burnham
       Directed by Michael Landon

       To cope with the killing of his father and grieving mother, a youngster turns to the fantasy world of the comic-book hero by the name of Amazing Man, who is none other than Jonathan Smith.

Guest Stars:
Jane Daly as Lorraine
Tony Mockus as Grandpa Joe
Garette Patrick Ratcliff as Stevie

Co-Starring:
Julie Ann Nesbitt as Mrs. Blake
Matt Roe as Hank
Kirk Thornton as Tom

Featuring:
Milt Taruer as Police Chief
Pat Crawford Brown as Betty
Josh C. Williams as Jason
Matt Feemster as Brian
Benjamin Jurand as Honor Guard

       Trivia note: The special effects to make Amazing Man and Stevie fly were created by Apogee Productions. Michael Landon and Garette were filmed against the blue screens, with Michael laying belly down on a long board supported by a few wood ladders for the in-flight flying sequences.

       The filmed helicopter footage of the Los Angeles cityscape was matted in with the blue screen shots at the studio for the final cut of Amazing Man.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Malibu and Los Angeles, California.

80.) All the Colors of the Heart
       November 18, 1987
       Teleplay by Parke Perine
       Written by Parke Perine and Tom Sullivan
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Blind actor Tom Sullivan plays an athlete who expects to gain his sight, but must counsel a surfer who's about to lose his

Guest Stars:
Pete Kowanko as Scott
Andy Romano as Caz
Tom Sullivan as Frank Riley

Co-Starring:
Mary Kohnert as Betsy
Lou Fant as Dr. Wade
Jay Gerber as Dr Lovell
Brandon Bluhm as Jerry

Featuring:
Diane Vincent as Jennifer
Richard Molnar as Counselor #1
Teri Johnston as Leda

       Location Scenes Filmed at Malibu Beach and Santa Monica Mountains, California.



"All the Colors of the Heart"

Music by and performed by:
      ....... Tom Sullivan

Lyrics by Blythe and Tom Sullivan

81.) Why Punish the Children?
       November 25, 1987
       Written by Paul W. Cooper
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Jonathan and Mark tackle a penal system that keeps inmate mothers and their children isolated from each other.

Guest Stars:
Kimberly Bailey as Martha Williams
Winifred Freedman as Patty Duncan
Bruce French as Thomas Inman
Mary Pat Gleason as Lucille Perry
Lou Hancock as Eva Haskell
Bebe Drake-Massey as Reba Williams
Sally Spencer as Melanie
Tasia Valenza as Maria Rojas

Co-Starring:
Brenda Bolte as Evelyn Walker

Featuring:
Kimberly Lamarque as Miss Tucker
Georgia Goodwin as Janet Inman
Katerine V. Brown as Carrie Inman
Stephen Jace Kent as Guard
Phillip Boutte as Joel Williams
Marissa R. Myers as Patricia Williams
Wesley Price as James Williams
Terrance Jones as Robert Williams

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

82.) A Dream of Wild Horses
       December 2, 1987
       Teleplay by Laura Braunstein and Mary Capelli Cruise
       and Dan Gordon
       Story by Laura Braunstein and Mary Capelli Cruise
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Wild horses play havoc with a ranch family whose patriarch feels he is too old to take hold of the reins and run the ranch the way he did when he was a young man.

Guest Stars:
Don Collier as Jake
Richard Farnsworth as Gramps
Jason Horst as Richie
Gail Strickland as Billie

Featuring:
Jack Dunlap as Rancher #1
Claud Hereford as Charlie

       Trivia note: Ted Voightlander was nominated for an Emmy award for his outstanding cinematography and child actor Jason Horst won the Young Artist award for best young actor guest starring in this episode.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Sells, Arizona.

83.) In With the 'In' Crowd
       December 9, 1987
       Written by David Thoreau
       Directed by Michael Landon

       A cop poses as a high school student to put the 'in' group of drug users on the out, but ends up facing suspicion when Mark fouls up and is overdosed by them.

Guest Stars:
Jordan Charley as Joe Eastwood
Tom Hodges as Mike Parker
Lar Park Lincoln as Denise Kelly
Jason Oliver as Ray Russo
Ken Swofford as Jack Kelly

Co-Starring:
Darlene Conley as Mrs. Parker
Kate Randolph Burns as Miss Swan
Joe Reale as Bill Hayward
Brien Scott O' Connell as Miles
Cooper Layne as Billy
Karissa Noel as Toni

Featuring:
Stuart Nelson as Reporter #1
Ed Griffith as Doctor
Kenneth Lloyd as Orderly #1
Rob Zapple as Orderly #2

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

84.) With Love, This Claus
       December 23, 1987
       Written by Dan Gordon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       A man claiming to be Santa Claus wants a department store to stop using his name to promote war toys.

Guest Stars:
Ivor Barry as Dr. Erhardt
Earl Billings as Clarence
John Calvin as Paul Burke
Bill Erwin as Santa
Wendy Malick as Donna Burke
Cliff Norton as Mr. Newman
Billy O' Sullivan as Matty Burke
Byron Webster as Judge

Co-Starring:
Robert Casper as Grinchley
Terri Hanauer as Pat
Richard Fullerton as Spike

Featuring:
Ron Doyle as Store Santa
Sherri Lubov as Sales Girl
Laurel Adams as Miss Jones
Ron Tank as Reporter #1
Jonathan Palmer as Reporter #2
Donald V. Allen as Court Clerk
Kris Stall as Tommy
Joshua Berg as Robbie
Michael Redman as Bellhop

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

85.) A Mother's Love
       January 6, 1988
       Written by Vince Gutierrez
       Directed by Michael Landon

       To fulfill a promise made to their dying mother, four brothers go on the run to escape a court order that would split them apart.

Guest Stars:
Gary Bayer as Paul Sanders
Richard Bull as Judge Wagner
Burke Byrnes as Malcom Sheesley
Doreen Lang as Stella Brisby
Byron Thames as Josh Byrant

Co-Starring:
Lin Shaye as Lila Barnes
Thomas Wagner as Mr. Di Maggio
Christian Guzek as Jimmy Barnett
Coleby Lombardo as John Barnett
Michael Faustino as Jason Barnett

Featuring:
Preston Hanson as Minister
Michael Melvin as Bum #1
Michael Leopard as Bum #2
Jeff Baum as Billy Rucker
Ron French as Court Clerk

       Trivia note: Young actor Christian Guzek was nominated for the Young Artist award for best young guest star in this episode.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

86.) Country Doctor
       January 13, 1988
       Written by Don Gordon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       A country doctor is working himself to death and refuses to slow down before it's too late.

Guest Stars:
Roscoe Lee Browne as Dr. Hudsbeth
Russell Curry as Cleavon
Margaret Elizabeth Gibson as Maggie
Renee Jones as Gloria
William Edward Phipps as Dr. Gleason
James Reynolds as Dr. Sims
Mary Wickes as Minnie

Co-Starring:
Daniel Bryan Cartmell as Harold Wenton
Jamie McEnnah as Robbie

Featuring:
Fritz Sperberg as Ed

       Location Scenes Filmed at Piru, California.

87.) Time in a Bottle
       January 20, 1988
       Written by Parke Perine
       Directed by Michael Landon

       An ambitious district attorney clashes with a lawyer who's hit bottom as a skid row drunk, but who agrees to defend a fellow denizen charged with stealing a bottle of cheap wine.

Guest Stars:
Henry K. Bal as Humphrey Bogart
Alan Fudge as Alan Peterson
Helen Funai as Judge Watanabe
John Rubenstein as Matthew
Robin Strasser as Kathleen Reynolds

Featuring:
Julian Gamble as Store Clerk
Maria Melendez as Sergent Rodriguez
Adriane Gage as Secretary
Erwin Fuller as Judge Fuller
John Bryant as Chairman
Robert Louis Cameron as Bailiff
Duane Whitaker as Man
Anthony Winters as Walter
Zack Hoffman as Court Clerk

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

88.) Back to Oakland
       February 3, 1988
       Written by David Thoreau
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Mark briefly rejoins his old partner on his old beat, which has become a maelstrom of racial hatred.

Guest Stars:
Fran Bennett as Flora
Norman Burton as Captain Friend
Guy Killum as Albert
Kenneth Kimmins as Frank
Lynn Milgrim as Martha

Co-Starring:
Kenny Ford, Jr. as Julias
Adrian Ricard as Mrs. Gault
Mark Sussman as Kevin
J. W. Fails as Doodles
Christopher Brown as Maurice
John W. Smith as Jonas Barnes

Featuring:
Eugene Jackson as Joe
R. Leo Schreiber as A.R. Man
Michael Yama as George Wong
Brent Kelly as Boy #1
Luis Contreras as Gonzales
Jim Mapp as Jerome

       Trivia note: In this episode the story takes place in Oakland, which is Mark Gordon's place of birth. In reality, location filming was in San Pedro and Long Beach, California.

       The famous Vincent Thomas toll bridge is seen in the opening shot and Jonathan and Mark even drive over it, with views of the harbor.

       Location Scenes Filmed at San Pedro and Long Beach, California.

89.) We Have Forever: Part One
       February 10, 1988
       Written by Michael Landon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Jonathan's widow dies and he's ready to go back to heaven and join her. When he learns from God he's still needed on Earth despite her death, he rebels against him in retaliation and is permanently stripped of his powers.

       After being arrested by the police for vandalizing a movie theater marqee that's showing "Heaven Can Wait", he is bailed out by Mark and dissolves his relationship with him, and falls in love with a beautiful young woman that he sees at the beach and stops from comitting suicide.

Guest Stars:
Leann Hunley as Jennifer Sims
Dorothy McGuire as Jane Thompson
Andy Romano as Caz

Co-Starring:
Stuart Nisbet as Vet

Featuring:
Mark Drexler as Policeman #1
Mark Phelan as Policeman #2
John C. Colton as Bartender
Claudia Bloom as Girl
Trace Eubanks as Man in Car
Chuck Walling as Carver
Richard Hoyt as Miller

       Trivia note: Leann Hunley's stunt double runs across the highway and dodges the oncoming traffic to rescue the injured dog in the fourth act of part one. Leann only does her close-ups at Malibu for these shots in the story.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Malibu Beach and Santa Monica Mountains, California.

       Film date: December 1987

90.) We Have Forever: Part Two
       February 17, 1988
       Written by Michael Landon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       In the second part, Mark attempts to secure a job and continue life without his friend Jonathan, who he hasn't seen for months. He's now living with Jennifer at her beach house and contemplates his fate on Earth as a normal man without angelic powers.

Guest Stars:
Leann Hunley as Jennifer Sims
Dorothy McGuire as Jane Thompson
Andy Romano as Caz

Co-Starring:
Stuart Nisbet as Vet

Featuring:
Mark Drexler as Policeman #1
Mark Phelan as Policeman #2
John C. Colton as Bartender
Claudia Bloom as Girl
Trace Eubanks as Man in Car
Chuck Walling as Carver
Richard Hoyt as Miller

       Trivia note: In a flashback to "Keep Smiling", Jonathan remembers the night that he spent with his widow at the beach, while he is contemplating his fate while out for a walk at night.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Malibu Beach and Santa Monica Mountains, California.

       Film date: December 1987

91.) The Correspondent
       February 24, 1988
       Written by Lan O' Kun
       Directed by Michael Landon

       A correspondent facing execution by revolutionaries, is given a second chance by Jonathan to make up for his lifetime of family regrets.

Guest Stars:
Eileen Barnett as Eleanor
Darren McGavin as Hale Stoddard
David Sage as Coleman Charnin
Particia Smith as Martha Stoddard

Co-Starring:
Ty Miller as Louis ( age 17 )

Featuring:
Reed Armstrong as Joe Beck
Will Nipper as Louis ( age 11 )
Troy Davidson as Louis ( age 4 )
Jeffrey Forward as Ed Dieter
Bruce Newbold as Joe Twilly
James R. Sweeney as Sweets Seltzer
Tyde Kierney as Father
Sharon Knorr as Nurse
Bob Snead as Dr. Burns
Fernando Grimaldo as Soldier

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

92.) Aloha
       March 2, 1988
       Written by Parke Perine
       Directed by Michael Landon

       A former Hawaiian singer who is disabled must overcome her self-pity and pride, only to learn the shocking news that her backup singer has been diagnosed with AIDS from a blood transfusion he got during an operation four years before.

Guest Stars:
Alvin Ing as Danny
Mokihana as Aulani

Co-Starring:
Robert Arthur as Mr. Dutton
Hartley Silver as Mailman

       Location Scenes Filmed at Marina del Rey, California.

93.) A Dolphin Song for Lee: Part One
       March 16, 1988
       Written by Dan Gordon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Mark is given "the stuff" to help a young teenage cancer patient who wants to save the dolphins. Her grave illness suddenly goes into remission and she begins her crusade to save the dolphins.

Guest Stars:
H. Richard Greene as Jim Bradley
Natalie Gregory as Jennifer Bradley
Christina Healy as Lisa Bradley
Bess Meyer as Lee Bradley
Josh C. Williams as Bobby Bradley

Co-Starring:
Edward Bell as Clive Harris
Mike Garibaldi as Senator Westin
Loren Haynes as Keith
David A. Kimball as Doctor
Laurel Lockhart as Mrs. Carter
Jacqueline Masche as Senator Myra Benton
David Sabin as Senator Arnold

Featuring:
Martha Gallub as Tracey Martin
J. N. Houck as Skipper
Ivy Jones as Mrs. Beasley
Loren Haynes as Keith
David Heller as Reporter #3
R. A. Mihailoff as Biker #1
Georgia Piece as Waitress
Magic Schwartz as Biker # 2
Amy Tindell as Girl
Monica Tiller as Mom
Edwina Moore as Nurse
Michael McNab as Guy #1
Ron Tank as Reporter #4
Kirk Thornton as Trawler Officer
Ken Duncan as Trawler Captain

       Location Scenes Filmed at Malibu and Los Angeles, California.

       Film date: February 1988

94.) A Dolphin Song for Lee: Part Two
       March 23, 1988
       Written by Dan Gordon
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Lee and her family go to the senate to lobby to save the dolphins. Her doctors discover that her illness is no longer in remission and she has little time left to live, in what culminates as one of the greatest 2-part stories on the series.

Guest Stars:
H. Richard Greene as Jim Bradley
Natalie Gregory as Jennifer Bradley
Christina Healy as Lisa Bradley
Bess Meyer as Lee Bradley
Josh C. Williams as Bobby Bradley

Co-Starring:
Edward Bell as Clive Harris
Mike Garibaldi as Senator Westin
Loren Haynes as Keith
David A. Kimball as Doctor
Laurel Lockhart as Mrs. Carter
Jacqueline Masche as Senator Myra Benton
David Sabin as Senator Arnold

Featuring:
Martha Gallub as Tracey Martin
J. N. Houck as Skipper
Ivy Jones as Mrs. Beasley
Loren Haynes as Keith
David Heller as Reporter #3
R. A. Mihailoff as Biker #1
Georgia Piece as Waitress
Magic Schwartz as Biker # 2
Amy Tindell as Girl
Monica Tiller as Mom
Edwina Moore as Nurse
Michael McNab as Guy #1
Ron Tank as Reporter #4
Kirk Thornton as Trawler Officer
Ken Duncan as Trawler Captain

       Trivia note: In the second part of this episode, in several scenes, David Rose and his orchestra compose and rescore "The Big Bonanza" theme cues heard in the later years of the series, mainly from the "Forever" episode in 1972.

       The theme cues accompany the dolphins at sea and when Lee is trying to get the young dolphin Max to take her for a swim in the pool. They will bring joy and tears to your eyes, with stunning direction of these scenes by Michael.

       The final scenes that take place at sea that conclude this moving story, feature these beautifully rescored, emotional and swelling cues that only a genius as David Rose could do, and bring vivid memories of being heard some 16 years before on "Bonanza".

       Stock clips of the dolphins at sea and of Washington, D.C. are edited in from the studio's film library of stock footage for cutting costs and time in the making of this two-part episode.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Malibu and Los Angeles, California.

       Film date: February 1988

95.) Heaven Nose, Mr. Smith
       March 30, 1988
       Written by Lan O' Kun
       Directed by Michael Landon

       An angel dispatcher instructs Jonathan to stop an angel who's back on Earth--who's intent on breaking up his son's marriage.

Guest Stars:
Murphy Cross as Constance
Bob Hope as Sycopomp
Patti Karr as Sarah
Bill Macy as Max
John Pleshette as Stanley
Anna Stuart as Nel

Co-Starring:
Edgar Justice as Workman #1
Herb Willis as Workman #2

Featuring:
Colin Drake as Maitre D'
Richard Parker as Man at Race
Joseph Cousins as Faith
Christian Cousins as Hope
Sarah Martineck as Charity

       Trivia: Once again, Jonathan has to go and the car is driving by itself, with an astonished Mark, who scrambles to get in the driver's seat and stop it from crashing.

       A stunt driver does the scene for Victor French, when the car goes off the road and skids into a rut, thanks to the sudden departure of Jonathan, who had to go on an assignment with such short notice.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Fillmore, California.

       Film date: February 1988

96.) The Whole Nine Yards
       April 27, 1988
       Written by David Chomsky
       Directed by Michael Landon

       A female wide receiver scores points against a chauvinistic coach who doesn't want her on his high school football team.

Guest Stars:
Chad Allen as Ricky Diller
Joe Bennett as Walter Duboise
Colleen Casey as Helen Diller
Dinah Lacey as Charlie Duboise
Beau Starr as Vince Diller

Co-Starring:
Joe George as Mr. Harvey
Dion Zamora as Randy Crow

Featuring:
Jason Jansen as Roger
David Seaman as Fred
Craigus Johnson as Boy #1

       Trivia note: The Neilsen ratings came in at #24 for the 1987-88 season.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

       Film date: February 1988

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