97.) Whose Trash Is It Anyway?
       October 12, 1988
       Written by David Thoreau
       Directed by Michael Landon

       Jonathan and Mark campaign for a friend who's running for mayor against a ruthless opponent.

Guest Stars:
Tracy Fraim as Jeff Nelson
Craig Hurley as Richie Osbourne
Lenore Kasdorf as Elizabeth Osbourne
Ken Kercheval as Richard Osbourne
David Spielberg as Pete Nelson

Co-Starring:
Jan Cobler as Ann Nelson
Kerry Stein as Phil Schott
Katie Mitchell as Shelia Troy
Bill Quinn as Bill Steelgrave

Featuring:
Jim Brown as Warren Brillo
Gregory Wurster as Clerk
Glenn Harris Walker, Jr. as Boy
Ray Barlow as Mr. Lee
Jake Jacobs as T.V. Director
Warren Selko as Kid in Cafe
Marguerite Delain as Mrs. Grier

       Trivia note: David Rose and his 30-piece orchestra rescore the "Highway to Heaven" theme cues that accompany the opening and closing credits, very similar to the previous season, with a powerful and grandiose score.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

98.) Hello and Farewell: Part One
       December 7, 1988
       Written by Vince R. Gutierrez
       Directed by Michael Landon

       At a Marine Corps post, a nurse still suffers from emotional wounds from Vietnam and a 17-year-old learns he's adopted.

Guest Stars:
David Ackroyd as Commander Matthew Rogers
H. Richard Greene as Major Travis Hastings
Shelby Leverington as Annie Hastings
Matthew Perry as David Hastings
Christina Raines-Crow as Commander Kimberly Michaels

Co-Starring:
Rosemary Alexander as Connie Lewis
Betty Carvalho as Henriette Guerro
Maris Clement as Joyce Lukas
Lora Staley as Col. Francis Mahon
Wendell Grayson as Captain Scott Pierson
Michael Cutt as Lt. Donald Steele

Featuring:
April Brotherton as Little Girl
Sherry McFarland as Nurse
Walter Caldwell as Gunman
David Cowgill as Mechanic
Ralph Garman as Corpsman
Claudia Harrington as Kerry Steele
Kathie Gibboney as Mother
Muriel Minot as Linda Miller
Ron Tank as Newscaster
Brad Zerbst as Waiter

       Trivia note: This two-part episode was aired on December 7th, 1988, in memory of the 47th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, with other portions filmed on location at Santa Paula Airport and Los Angeles, California.



       The Producers Gratefully Acknowledge
       The Cooperation Of The

       Department of Defense

       United States Navy
       Captain Michael T. Sherman
       Captain Elizabeth Jackson ( NC )

       United States Marine Corps
       Lieutenant Col. David F. Tomsky
       Captain Margaret A. Kuhn

       Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro
       Gunnery Sergeant Peggy Cauley

       VMFA-323 Death Rattlers
       Lieutenant Colonel Bob Nelson

       --In The Making Of This Episode

99.) Hello and Farewell: Part Two
       December 7, 1988
       Written by Vince R. Gutierrez
       Directed by Michael Landon

       In the second part, Kim agrees to get help at the veterans' counseling center group, and Jonathan reassures Major Hastings about his son.

Guest Stars:
David Ackroyd as Commander Matthew Rogers
H. Richard Greene as Major Travis Hastings
Shelby Leverington as Annie Hastings
Matthew Perry as David Hastings
Christina Raines-Crow as Commander Kimberly Michaels

Co-Starring:
Rosemary Alexander as Connie Lewis
Betty Carvalho as Henriette Guerro
Maris Clement as Joyce Lukas
Lora Staley as Col. Francis Mahon
Wendell Grayson as Captain Scott Pierson
Michael Cutt as Lt. Donald Steele

Featuring:
April Brotherton as Little Girl
Sherry McFarland as Nurse
Walter Caldwell as Gunman
David Cowgill as Mechanic
Ralph Garman as Corpsman
Claudia Harrington as Kerry Steele
Kathie Gibboney as Mother
Muriel Minot as Linda Miller
Ron Tank as Newscaster
Brad Zerbst as Waiter

       Trivia note: This two-part episode was aired on December 7th, 1988, in memory of the 47th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day.

       Trivia note: The final scenes in the conclusion of part two were filmed at a cemetary in Los Angeles.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, with other portions filmed on location at Santa Paula Airport and Los Angeles, California.



       The Producers Gratefully Acknowledge
       The Cooperation Of The

       Department of Defense

       United States Navy
       Captain Michael T. Sherman
       Captain Elizabeth Jackson ( NC )

       United States Marine Corps
       Lieutenant Col. David F. Tomsky
       Captain Margaret A. Kuhn

       Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro
       Gunnery Sergeant Peggy Cauley

       VMFA-323 Death Rattlers
       Lieutenant Colonel Bob Nelson

       --In The Making Of This Episode

100.) The Silent Bell
        March 21, 1989
        Written by Parke Perine
        Directed by Michael Landon

       A minister faces a crisis of conscience and an exodus of ethnically mixed teachers and students decrees that religion be taught in his preschool.

Guest Stars:
Don Hood as Ronald Kester
Mimi Kuzyk as Degra
Dennis Lipscomb as Tobias Bennett
Robin Riker-Hasley as Peg Bennett

Co-Starring:
David Dunard as Mr. Lupton
Ben Ryan Ganger as Jason
Malachi Pearson as Andrew
Ashley Bank as Ruth
Dolores Williams as Mrs. Azhari
Sharon Noble as Mrs. Washburn

Featuring:
Irene Gilbert as Mrs. Levine
Nathan Nishiguchi as Bai
Jonathan "Fudge" Leonard as Mike
Mary Wickliffe as Susan
Nancy Boykin as Mrs. Fawcett
James Milann as Driver

       Trivia note: Michael Landon came on "The Tonight Show" in January 1989 and announced this episode would be aired on March 21, since the network made the show a mid-season replacement and was airing it whenever they liked. He was not happy with their attitude at all and made this known to his audience and Johnny.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

101.) The Reunion
        June 2, 1989
        Written by David Ketchum and Tony DiMarco
        Directed by Michael Landon

       Mark's high school reunion proves bittersweet for some schoolmates, especially the prom king and queen.

Guest Stars:
Maureen Arthur as Harriet Bell
Lloyd Bochner as Trevor Steele
Eve Brent as Marjorie Anderson
Ben Slack as Warren Sherman
Don Stewart as Peter Bergstrom

Co-Starring:
Bonnie Urseth as Melissa
Hope Alexander-Willis as Carol Bergstrom
Laurel Lockhart as Bonnie Harper

Featuring:
Michael Ashe as Frank Shaugnessy
Sally Hughes as Doris Shaugnessy
Jesse Henecke as Dan Scott
Ruth Foster as Woman #1
Marilyn Jones as Woman #2

       Location Scenes Filmed at Culver City, California.

102.) The Source
        June 9, 1989
        Written by Elaine Newman and Ed Burnham
        Directed by Michael Landon

       A girl confides to a high school reporter that the school-bus driver was coming on to her when the bus was involved in an accident.

Guest Stars:
Alan Fudge as Mr. McCormick
Scott Fults as Doug
Andrew Lauer as Colin McCormick
Dack Rambo as Larry Nichols
Kim Walker as Ellen

Co-Starring:
Annie Abbott as Frieda Wallace
Michele Scarabelli as Diane Nichols
Vincent Lucchesi as Ernie Parson
Michael Francis Clarke as Brett Williams

Featuring:
Richard Camphuis as Policeman
Gail Cameron as Secretary
Maggie Brown as Mother #1
Dale Raoul as Mother #2
Jeff Marshall as Boy Student
Elizabeth Cheshire as Girl Student
Marc Bentley as Student #1
Warren Rice as Bus Driver
David Mendelsohn as David Cutter

       Trivia note: When this episode aired on June 9, 1989, there was a special get-well message from Michael and the crew for Victor French, who was in his last days at the hospital at Sherman Oaks, after a vicious 3-month battle with lung cancer with his passing on June 15, 1989.

       Trivia note: This episode features Michael Landon's infrequent voice-overs at the conclusion of the story.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

103.) The Squeaky Wheel
        June 16, 1989
        Written by Paul W. Cooper
        Directed by Michael Landon

       After being caught in a false fire alarm, a double amputee who served in Vietnam decides to join a crusade to draw public attention to the disadvantages that the handicapped population still face in life.

Guest Stars:
Deborah Benson as Patty Secrest
David Hall as Wayne Secrest

Co-Starring:
John Milford as Mr. Thatcher
Mary Pat Gleason as Bus Driver
Panchito Gomez as Roberto

Featuring:
Jerry Hauck as Harvey
Kenneth Lloyd as Al
Hettie Lynne Hurtes as Newswoman
Parker Whitman as Desk Manager
Molly David as Old Woman
Tomas Trujillo as Vato
Jeffrey Concklin as Large Man
Dennis Surles as Fireman
Jay Horton as Guard
Lissa R. Hakim as Girl
Gary McGurk as Guest #1
Nicholas Shaffer as Guest #2

       Trivia note: In the opening act, Jonathan and Mark are strolling down the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the two just happen to come across Michael Landon's star and have an amusing conversation:

       Mark: "Oh, look, here's another one of my favorites, Michael Landon."

       Jonathan: "Never heard of him."

       Mark: "Are you kidding? Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie."

       Jonathan: "Sorry, doesn't ring a bell."

       Mark: "I keep forgetting you've been dead for 40 years."

       Jonathan: "Look, don't you have every picture yet?"

       Mark: "Not until I find Bette Davis. I promised my sister next time I was in Hollywood, I would get her a picture of Bette Davis' star. You know, we can find it a lot faster if you would use the stuff. Tell me where it is?"

       Jonathan: "A block-and-a-half from here."

       Mark: "Block-and-a-half? Why didn't you tell me that an hour ago?"

       Jonathan: "Cause we got an appointment to meet someone here."

       Mark: "Oh?, oh."

       Location Scenes Filmed at Hollywood and Los Angeles, California.

104.) Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka
        June 23, 1989
        Written by Jerry Winnick
        Directed by Michael Landon

       Mr. Zelinka is a beloved high-school teacher facing forced retirement because of his age, and would love to continue his job teaching. Jonathan and Mark suggest his students petition to keep him in their school system and try and overcome the political red tape with the school board.

Guest Stars:
Lew Ayres as Mr. Zelinka
Terri Ivens as Julie
James Karen as Mr. Simenton
David Kaufman as Howie
Preston Scott Lee as Jerry
Lisa Picotte as Susie
Todd Susman as Mr. Carlyle
Ronne Troup as Ms. Hancock

Co-Starring:
Vernon Weddle as Mr. Arnold
Kathryn Fuller as Mrs. Minotti

Featuring:
Patrick Collar as Boy #1
Brian Krause as Boy #2
Happy LaShelle as Girl #1
Susan Edwards as Receptionist

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

105.) Choices
        June 30, 1989
        Written by Parke Perine
        Directed by Michael Landon

       After a 10-year separation, the parents of a Vietnamese teen who's been living with his American family, search for him and his brother.

Guest Stars:
Dante Basco as Champ Hopkins
Jusak Bernhard as Dihn "Dinny" Hopkins
Michelle Marsh as Barbara Hopkins
Haing S. Ngor as Truong Vann Diep
Arthur Rosenberg as Howard Hopkins
Lang Yun as Truong Lan Minh

Co-Starring:
William Barker as Young Man
Sean Wohland as Boy

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles International Airport, California.

106.) Summer Camp
        July 14, 1989
        Teleplay by Jodie Lewis
        Written by Tom Sullivan
        Directed by Michael Landon

       After an actress is scarred in a fire, she seaches for the woman behind her image at an undisclosed place where no one will know the difference--a summer camp for the blind ran by Frank Riley, who falls in love with her.

Guest Stars:
Priscilla Barnes as Mary/Tawny
Joshua Bryant as Caz
John Considine as Alex Caulfield
Tom Sullivan as Frank Riley

Co-Starring:
Brandon Bluhm as Jerry
Paul Comi as Phil Lightell
Justin Gocke as Eric
Michael Boyle as Mr. Harrison
Phil Redrow as Mr. Chamberlin

Featuring:
Charles Quertermous as Photo Assistant
Christopher Burton as Mike
Luis Anaya as Child #1

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

107.) The Inner Limits
        July 21, 1989
        Written by Lan O' Kun
        Directed by Michael Landon

       A young man learns that the brother he once considered institutionalizing has a brilliant mind in a disadvantaged body.

Guest Stars:
Tim Choate as George
Joseph Culp as Paul
Lorie Griffin as Jessica
Julianna McCarthy as Florence
Tom Troupe as Ed

Featuring:
Delana Michaels as Real Estate Woman
Jeffrey Concklin as Umpire

       Trivia note: This is the last episode to feature Michael Landon's infrequent voice-overs, at the conclusion of the story.

       Trivia note: In some of the final scenes of this story, Michael filmed shots at the cliffs above Santa Monica Beach. In one very dramatic scene with Jessica and Paul, are downwind vistas of the beach with some buildingtops and palm trees visible in the foggy weather. The final scene that closes out this story was also filmed there.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Santa Monica Beach, West Los Angeles, California.

       Film date: November 1988

108.) It's a Dog's Life
        July 28, 1989
        Written by Parke Perine
        Directed by Michael Landon

       Jonathan and Mark are held up in a robbery, and in the aftermath it appears the Boss has turned him into a dog, gives Mark "the stuff", and hands them a runaway kid with a ditzy mother and a father who's heaven knows where.

Guest Stars:
Murphy Cross as Vanessa
Richard Marcus as Martin
Garette Ratcliff as Tommy

Co-Starring:
Jonathan Hole as Desk Clerk
Marilyn Tokuda as Kwan
Dave Florek as Mugger

Featuring:
Tom Fitzpatrick as Dmitri
Kim Conrad as Woman
Armand Asselin as Officer
Conor O' Ferrell as Man on Ledge
Steven J. Oliver as Gunman
Joy A. Aaron as Astarte
Catherine Rusoff as Checker
Raymond Lynch as Patrolman
Nathan Jung as Yoji

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

        Film date: November 1988

109.) Merry Christmas from Grandpa
        August 4, 1989
        Written by Michael Landon
        Directed by Michael Landon

       On Christmas Eve, Jonathan portrays America's future some 30 years ahead in the year 2018, which is now ravaged by pollution and brings it to the attention of three men who could help prevent it-- an energy magnate, a farmer and the President of the United States.

Guest Stars:
Josh Clark as Tom Kifer
John Finnegan as Ronald Hays
Mark Roberts as The President

Co-Starring:
Barbara Brownell as Barbara Hays ( age 35 )
John Howard Swain as Gordon Hays
Pamela Kosh as Agatha
Harriet Sansom Harris as Ruth Ann Kifer
Laurence Haddon as Bob Traynor
Dorothy Dells as The President's Wife
Will Nipper as Samuel Hays ( age 7 )
Judy Jean Berns as Bonnie ( age 37 )

Featuring:
E. R. Davis as Limo Driver
James Cavan as Blind Man
Mark Vance as The Doctor
James Ingersoll as Samuel Hays ( age 37 )
Ryan Todd as Ronald II
Brittany Benov as Bonnie ( age 7 )
John Trotter as Water Man
Paul Teschke as Older Man #2
Tracy French as Woman #1
Dolores Mann as Barbara ( age 60 )
John Thornton as Tom Jr.
Jennifer Landon as Little Girl in White House

       Trivia note: When Jonathan and Mark jump 30 years ahead in the future to 2018, he ages with it, where Jonathan doesn't. Upon arrival, they both have a brief and humorous conversation, which involves Mark's smoking habit and mortality.

       Mark: "Say, you mean I'm really gonna live this long?"

       Jonathan: "That's right. Maybe now you'll thank me for getting you to quit smoking."

       Mark: "Yeah, that's right."

       Trivia note: Michael Landon's youngest daughter Jennifer makes an uncredited bit part cameo, as one of the little girls in the White House.

       Note: Final episode made for the series in December 1988.

       Location Scenes Filmed at Los Angeles, California.

       Film date: December 1988

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