It's a challenge to pick out one episode of Highway to Heaven as my favorite, but this 2-parter is mine. The story is beautiful, captivating, heart-breaking, and uplifting all within the 2-part span. I'm choosing to write about both episodes here.
We find that even angels need help sometimes. Tying in with the beautiful "Keep Smiling" episode of Season 2, Jonathan finds out that his wife, Jane, is dying. He rushes to be with her, and in his haste, he believes that God will now bring him "home" to be with her. Upon finding out otherwise, a heart-broken and enraged Jonathan defies his angelic duties as well as his angelic being. Stripped of his abilities, he chooses to wander aimlessly, even knocking his friend Mark down when Mark tries to help.
It's been said many times that "God works in mysterious ways." I never liked the thunder and lightning depictions, but God puts a special touch that the viewer won't realize until the very end. Jonathan is on the beach asking that his only desire be fulfilled: to see Jane one more time.
Enter Jennifer, a woman Jonathan sees just after his prayer, who attempts suicide. Jonathan rescues her, and despite a slightly rocky start, they strike up a quick friendship that blossoms into love. In a touching moment, Jonathan--thinking he won't be with Jane--tearfully asks for her forgiveness as he needs to feel love again.
What makes this 2-parter so profound is that God has--indeed--granted Jonathan's request, for we find that Jennifer is actually Jane, who has come back as an angel to help her former husband and lover.
I still remember the first time I watched this episode when it aired. When Jonathan is reading the letter from Jennifer, and she signs it, "Love, Jane" I was floored! I was like, "It's her!!!" Who else to help Jonathan than his wife. I thought it was such a beautiful touch from Landon, and frankly, I never saw it coming.
Add the Clair De Lune piece--one of the most enigmatic and romantic tunes in the history of music, in my opinion, and you've got all the ingredients for a sure-fire smile, tear jerker of an episode!
I've watched this 2-parter countless times, and it never, ever gets old. For it proves one universal thing: love is, indeed, eternal.
We find that even angels need help sometimes. Tying in with the beautiful "Keep Smiling" episode of Season 2, Jonathan finds out that his wife, Jane, is dying. He rushes to be with her, and in his haste, he believes that God will now bring him "home" to be with her. Upon finding out otherwise, a heart-broken and enraged Jonathan defies his angelic duties as well as his angelic being. Stripped of his abilities, he chooses to wander aimlessly, even knocking his friend Mark down when Mark tries to help.
It's been said many times that "God works in mysterious ways." I never liked the thunder and lightning depictions, but God puts a special touch that the viewer won't realize until the very end. Jonathan is on the beach asking that his only desire be fulfilled: to see Jane one more time.
Enter Jennifer, a woman Jonathan sees just after his prayer, who attempts suicide. Jonathan rescues her, and despite a slightly rocky start, they strike up a quick friendship that blossoms into love. In a touching moment, Jonathan--thinking he won't be with Jane--tearfully asks for her forgiveness as he needs to feel love again.
What makes this 2-parter so profound is that God has--indeed--granted Jonathan's request, for we find that Jennifer is actually Jane, who has come back as an angel to help her former husband and lover.
I still remember the first time I watched this episode when it aired. When Jonathan is reading the letter from Jennifer, and she signs it, "Love, Jane" I was floored! I was like, "It's her!!!" Who else to help Jonathan than his wife. I thought it was such a beautiful touch from Landon, and frankly, I never saw it coming.
Add the Clair De Lune piece--one of the most enigmatic and romantic tunes in the history of music, in my opinion, and you've got all the ingredients for a sure-fire smile, tear jerker of an episode!
I've watched this 2-parter countless times, and it never, ever gets old. For it proves one universal thing: love is, indeed, eternal.
