Highway to Heaven - S01E04 - The Return of the Masked Rider

4. The Return of the Masked Rider
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First aired: 10/3/1984

Jonathan and Mark take jobs working in a local area boxing ring. The owner's grandson, Joey, has a good shot
at the local championship fight against the leader of the gang causing the problems. Joey wants to win so that he
can give the kids in the neighborhood an honest example to live up to, hopefully to prevent at least a few of them
from joining the gangs. In order to ensure his victory, Thumper (the gang leader), kidnaps Joey's grandfather. Joey
feels that his hands are tied and he has no choice but to throw the fight. Mark tries to tough talk the gang, figuring on
Jonathan's angelic powers to kick their collective ass, but God doesn't see fit to grant Mark's wish and Jonathan
gets beat up. He doesn't have any marks to show for the beating, but Jonathan is obviously pretty irritated with
Mark over the incident, and can't figure out what he's supposed to do if God won't let him take the direct approach.

Writer: Dan Gordon
Director: Michael Landon
Guest star: Bill Caplan (Ring Announcer), Jonathan Terry (Cafeteri Owner), Martin Davis (Kid #1), John Hawker
(Man #1), Virginia Peters (Large Woman #2), Ezekiel Moss (Helper #2), Juney Smith (Helper #1), Jinaki
(Large Woman #1), Arnold Johnson (Deadwood), Carl Pitti (Lash Lathem), Ruben Moreno (Roland), Dehl Berti
(Sidney Eagle), Hank Rolike (Boomer), Darin Taylor (Thumper), Stoney Jackson (Mau Mau), John Agar
(Morton Clay), Chip McAllister (Joey)