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Michael Landon was notorious for recycling storylines for "Little House on the Prairie" and "Highway to Heaven." This two part episode begins with "Touch of Blue" showing the blind girl - under the same tree no less - in distress and a stranger comes to assist her but bec. of her blindness an important fact about him she doesn't know. Add in some "Beauty and the Beast, and you have the storyline. There is an LDS genre film called "Rigoletto" that granted Landon wouldn't have seen where the townspeople comes after the monster for sins supposed just bec. of his disfigurement. Evidently, that is a well used storyline. There is also an LDS genre film called "Blind Love" (ya gotta love actress Barta Heiner) from the '70's where the girl who thinks she is unattractive dates and married a blind man. When he has an opportunity to receive his sight she is distressed. Landon would likely not seen that film either, but it too I am sure is a storyline used more than once.

In spite of Landon's unoriginality though, you can't but love him however for giving us family fare and fare that teaches moral and social lessons.

I beg to differ with the reviewer who apparently esteems originality as the be-all and end-all of a work. While originality is good, some classic stories are so good they bear retelling again and again. I applaud Michael Landon for recognizing this fact and clothing old tales in fresh new ways, depending on the era of the particular time. For example, the same story as presented on Little House on the Prairie is a little different than, for example than how it would be played out on Highway to Heaven. If your standard is only on a work being new and original, you sure are missing out on a whole lot.