Plane Death

Episode aired Jan 9, 1985
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1h

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7.9/10

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Michael Landon and David Faustino in Highway to Heaven (1984)

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Between assignments, Jonathan and Mark drive to a small town to visit an old buddy of Mark's. They find the friend has disappeared and their search for clues encountering a conspiracy of sil... Read allBetween assignments, Jonathan and Mark drive to a small town to visit an old buddy of Mark's. They find the friend has disappeared and their search for clues encountering a conspiracy of silence.Between assignments, Jonathan and Mark drive to a small town to visit an old buddy of Mark's. They find the friend has disappeared and their search for clues encountering a conspiracy of silence.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

173

YOUR RATING

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Trailer 1:43

Highway To Heaven: Plane Death

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Trivia
David Faustino plays young Robbie Down, the son of the slain cop. He had previously appeared with Michael Landon in "Little House on the Prairie". 2½ year later he would become well-known as Bud Bundy on the TV show "Married with Children".

Goofs
At the 38:04 mark, the chair thrown at Jonathan is stopped and is shattered well in front of him by a wall of Plexiglas acrylic, creating the illusion that the chair crashed against him.

Quotes
Mark Gordon: Will there ever be a time in this country where they'll put drugs away forever?
Jonathan Smith: If there's not, there may not be a country to wonder about.

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9/10

The first serious episode of the series

This is not a murder mystery. We know from the start who did it and why. Its more a commentary of the stuff that's wrong with our society, and the realization about how some things are just not fair. Also you will not find a single joke on this one. Written by Landon and directed by French, this is one of the highlights of the season, and the first real serious episode without any whimsical portrayal of the situation. Sadly it's not perfect by any means, because the outcome is resolved via plot armor, one full of the rage of God: but what we could expect?. That being said, Mark hugging the corpse of his friend (And coming from the dead of his wife a few episodes ago) it's heartbreaking. The development of both Michael and Mark, its very interesting, and also what will define this series as a classic.

Great stuff, and pretty obvious that this one and others of the season had at some point major pacing changes or even deleted scenes that got lost in the cutting room floor.