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Tess guides Monica on her first assignment as a case worker after being promoted from search and rescue.  On the southbound bus, she befriends David Morrow, a young boy who tells her that his mother and sister died in a car accident.  After helping David fend off some bullies, Monica escorts him home.  There she meets his father, Nick a police detective who is looking for a live-in nanny.  Monica is hired on the spot, but soon has a chance encounter with Adam, the Angel of Death, who informs her that although David's sister, Katie died of crib death, his mother is very alive.  Confronting the child with his untruth, Monica learns that his guilt-wracked mother left home afterwards and hasn't returned.  She promises to bring his mother home and sets out to find her in Hewitt, leaving David is Tess's care.  In a seedy cafe, Monica befriends two waitresses, and mistakes one of them as David's mother.  She arranges a meeting between Ruth Ann and Nick, which backfires when the police office

The Southbound Bus

Monica is assigned to Earl Rowley, a crusty baseball coach.  Bitter because his Vietnam War injury prevented him from pursuing a major league career, he pushes his high school players hard, especially Peter Enloe, the star player whose own father died.  Earl is less than thrilled to have a female assistant coach but is told that Monica was the only substitute teacher who had a strong credentials in both history and baseball.  Tess, in the meantime, accepts a position working in a sports bar run by Peter's mother, Laura.  A few days before a crucial game, Earl appoints the young man team captain and tells him a college scout will be watching the game tp see if Peter is worthy of a baseball scholarship.  However, the coach also expects Peter to lead the team with his authoritarian leadership style.  Prompted by Monica's history lesson that sometimes a person must stand up to a bully, the teamcaptain takes a stand against Earl, which results ini a fistfight and Peter's suspension from the

Show Me the Way Home

Monica serves as the personal assistant to Elizabeth Jessup, a prominent journalist, and the angel soon learns that her new assignment has a serious drinking problem.  At a birthday party for her granddaughter Beth, Liz has too much to drink, which prompts her own daughter Sydney to take her daughter home.  Soo afterwards, the newswoman makes a spectacle of herself while giving a speech at the Mayor's Centennial kick-off.  This incident causes Sydney to stage an intervention for her mother with the help of Anita, a counselor at the New Hope Center.  But this action backfires and an enraged Liz orders her guests to leave.  Thenext day, Monica returns to work and learns that Liz started drinking to fit in with her male counterparts.  Monica convinces her employer to visit the New Hope Center.  However, upon seeing Anita, Liz loses her temper and storms out out othe the building.  Although Sydney refuses to let Beth have contact with her grandmother, the child sneaks out to see Liz anyway

Tough Love

Monica learns to overcome her fear of water when she moves next door to Angela Evans, an avid boater with a secretive past.  Years ago during college, she supportive as a call girl.  Now that her husband Carter is running for the U.S. Senate, she is being blackmailed by Marshall, her former pimp.  Monica convinces Angela to stand up to him, but learns that he had taken photos of her in compromising positions.  Rather than tell Carter the truth, she attempt suicide by intentionally sinking her boat in the middle of the lake.  Adam, cautions Monica not to violate Angela's free will by rescuing her.  the resourceful angel shows the woman how her suicide would affect her loved ones, and she chooses to live.  Revealing herself after the rescue, Monica admits overcoming her own fear of water when she saw Angela about to drown and encourages her to return home and confide in Carter.  Together, the Evans decide to hold a press conference regarding Angela's past, freeing them from the threat of

Fallen Angela

Cassie Peter's is pregnant and plans to give her baby up for adoption.  Although neither Craig (the baby's father) nor Joanne (Cassie's mother) is present for the delivery, Monica is, posing as a nurse.  After holding her daughter, Cassie changes her mind and runs away, much to the chagrin of the Feldman's, the adoptive parents.  Monica and Tess are keeping watch over the mother and child when they learn from Adam, that the child is seriously ill.  Monica gently prods Cassie to take the chihld to the hospital, where the teenager begins to realize she is not ready for the rigors of motherhood.  Monica's revelation reinforces this fact, and Cassie returns home and gives the baby to the Feldman's.  At the infant dedication, Mrs. Feldman announces that she and Ben have named their baby Faith.  Cassie asks for a moment with her daughter and plays the flute for her legacy of music that runs in the family.

Cassie's Choice

Monica serves as a legal assistant to a young lawyer, Charles Hibbard, he mistakenly gives an inheritance to an eccentric young woman, Robin and must convince her to give it back.  Charles is a hypochondriac with an imagined heart condition.  Monica help him to open his heart and he falls in love with Robin.

The Heart of the Matter

Monica and Tess arrange an accident on a deserted road for Megan and Susana, two women involved with the same man.  The angels create an estate where the women and eventually Susana's husband spend Thanksgiving together.  The angels are assisted by Adam, who doesn't have the heart to kill the turkey for dinner.  Monica convinces Megan that she must find someone else and Tess convinces Jack to return to his marriage.

An Unexpected Snow

Monica and Tess are party coordinators for Harrison Trowbridge Archibald IV, a stuffy doctor whose wife, Barbara, and mother, Amelia, are planning a prestigious social event to commemorate a new hospital expansion named after their family.  They are in the midst or preparation when Manny arrives at their doorstep, claiming to be the Archibald's sponsor through Child Watch.  unable to have children of their own, Barbara welcomes him with open arms although her husband remains suspicious.  Just as Harrison starts to bond with ""Manny,"".  Monica learns the boy is not from Child Watch but is really Luis, a homeless child who lives under the hospital.  The angel reveals herself and urges him to tell the Archibald's the truth.  When he does, Harrison becomes irate and wants to throw Luis out of the house, but Barbara and Amelia convince the doctor to wait until after the party.  Tess, in turn, prods Amelia to tell her son the truth about his heritage, not only are the Bowthorpes of Charleston

Manny

A small town church is putting on its Christmas pageant, and little Serena desperately wants to be the angel.  Her slightly retarded friend Joey, must come to terms with the fact that Serena is dying of a heart condition.  Joey is patholigically afraid of the dark, his parents went out into the night and never came back.  Since then , his older brother wayne has been his caregiver, and resented it.  Monica reveals herself to Wayne, but he holds God responsible for his lousy life.  When Serena dies the night of the pageant.  Joey is led to the church by a bright star.  Monica takes Serena's place as the angel, but when the rope supporting her breaks, Monica rises with glory and power and the entire congregation is awed by her angelic revelation and message ""Fear Not.""

Fear Not!

Monica is stripped of her angelic powers to help a proud, homeless man named Pete.  She also befriends Sophie and Zack a Desert Storm vet.  Monica realizes that she has stood judgement on homeless people and after a prayer she washes Pete's feet.  Sophis is reunited with her family.  Zack trades his Marine corp rine for Pete's wifes ashes and a quarter to call home.  With God's help Pete is able to go to colorado to spread his wifes ashes.

There, But For the Grace of God

Three years ago, James Mackey defused a tense hostage situation by shooting the gunman who had fatally wounded James's partner.  Now Monica is a journalist writing a story about the small-town sheriff and local hero.  Although a loving father, Mackey places intense pressure on his son, Matthew so he can gain admission to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.  Rather than risk not doing well, the boy cheats on a college entrance exam but gets caught.  Afraid of how his father will react, Matt attempts suicide.  While in a coma, Monica uses her angelic powers to talk to him and convince him to live.  She later helps Sheriff Mackey resolve his own inner torment, his late partner, Nick Hansen, was the true hero.  Mackey had frozen when they confronted the criminals, and Nick saved his life.  Monica convinces Mackey that God loves him regardless and is able to reunite father and son.

The Hero

Tess is in an uncharacteristically grumpy mood as she gives Monica her new assignment, to be interviewed by Callie Martin, a cynical reporter writing an expose on angelic encounters.  Explaining that she is an angelic experience, Monica recounts the story of a recent case.  Heart transplant surgeon Dr. Joe Patcherek is assigned to operate on Ethan Parker, the drunk driver who killed Joe's five children.  Since that incident Joe and  his artist wife, Lisa have drifted apart.  She has immersed herself in a sculpture that will stand in the children's wing of the hospital as a dedication to her kids.  During a heated, emotional conversation, Lisa urges her husband to forgive her, Ethan, and God for their children's deaths.  Later, in the middle of the surgery, Monica, the transplant coordinator, stops time and reveals herself to Joe.  She tells him that he is holding his own life in his hands and that no one except God has the right to determine whether another human should live or die.  A

Interview With An Angel

Monica is a rookie cop, her assignment is to help Zack, who's returning to the force following rehabilitation from a gunshot wound.  He's requested a new partner, which upsets his old one, Ben.  We see that Zack has become addicted to pills and when he and Monica bust a drug dealer, Mason, he steals his stash.  His erratic behaviour causes him to miss Mason's preliminary hearing, and a freed Mason assaults a teenage girl.  Zack lives in fear, he has recurring memories of being shot.  When Monica reveals herself she assures him that faith is the one armor that bullets can't pierce.  Zack helps capture Mason and, armed with new faith, is able to face his addiction and reconnect with his wife.

Trust

Matt Duncan books rodeo into an arena he manages not realizing that his estranged father is one of the feature attractions.   Ty Duncan is a grizzled veteran of the rodeo circuit and wants to reconcile with his son before he dies.  Monica's who's acting as Matt's bookkeeper, is horrified to learn that the midway's fortune teller is Kathleen, a former friend and fallen Angel, who is determined to keep father and son apart.  She decides to focus on little Daniel Duncan, who had previously been told his grandfather was dead.  Kathleen makes sure that Ty meets Danny, which infuriates Matt who is led to believe Monica is at fault.  The ""dark angel"" also makes a pass at him, since his wife is out of town.  After the youngster slips into the corral of a dangerous bull, Monica rescues him and then intercedes in the resulting fight between Matt and Ty.  She reveals she was sent to end the cycle of hatred between father and son and to uncover Kathleen as a force of evil.  Ty makes a memorable fi

Sympathy for the Devil

High-powered TV reporter Debra willis hits a teenager and the nleaves the scene of the accident.  Her old buddy Leo, a veteran detective takes on the case and Debra, still covering up, ends up reporting on her own crime.  Debra has always used the tage line, ""As my mother always says..."" but we find out that in real life her mom Grace is an icy cold perfectionist whose daughter was never good enough.  Debra had attempted suicide as a teenager, now she tries again but is stopped by Monica, who reveals herself as an angel and shows Debra that she has the right to be less that perfect, God will still love her.  Debra comes clean and retains the love and support of her boyfriend George.

The Driver

Monica works as a personal assistant to radio personality Sandy Latham, who is renowned for her caustic rapport with listeners and bring her wit.  in that capacity, the angel hopes to repair Sandy's relationship with Claire, who is continually mortified that her mother used her as a pawn in the ratings battle.  Meanwhile, Tess joins Sandy as an on-air sidekick, encouraging her to be more supportive of her llisteners and her daughter.  After Claire is humiiliated by one of her mother's stunts, the girl gets involved with a black marketr CD scam to get money to run away from home.  monica uses her angelic powers to protect Claire and reveals that she is neveralone with her pain because God is there also.  Tess, likewise, reveals a similar message to sandy, who is still recovering from her ex-husband's infidelity.  The angels encourage mother and daughter to work through their pain.

Angels on the Air

Tess returns to the town of a previous assignment and she and Monica help Joanna open an Aids hospice.  Joanna is injured in a bomb blast and Tess is brought face to face with a white supremacy group headed by her previous assignment Tim.  Tess's anger causes her to be replaced by another angel, Sam.  Monica is able to enlist the help of a nosey neighbor Jerry, and the angels do battle with Satan, who's posing as a politician.  Tess and Monica reveal themselves to Tim and show him that he was motivated by fears stretching back to childhood.  together they drive Satan out of the community.

In the Name of God

Returning home for her mother's funeral, Megan Brooks arrives with a Dixieland band playing ""When the Saints Go Marching in"".  This incident raises the ire of her grandmother, Clarice Mitchell, a renowned poet.  Clarice's son, Sam and Megan had been high school sweathearts, but their lives drifted apart.  Now that she is recently widowed, Sam is interested in rekindling and spontaneously proposes to Megan.  Clarice, however is horrified to discover that Megan is HIV positive.  The mother urges her son to retract his proposal, and at first Sam literally drives away.  But realizing his selfishness, he returns and pledges to stand by Megan through their coming years together.  Now Megan has reservations about the marriage leaving Sam completely confused.  Revealing that she has been conduit through which Clarice received divine inspiration, Tess urges the poet to give her blessing to the nuptials because this is Sam and Megan's time to live and love.  The wedding proceeds apace after the

Reunion

Ginger works as an exotic dancer, in which unlikely venue she meets Monica.  Ginger hires Monica to babysit her little daughter Emily, who was born with a disfiguring cleft palate.  Ginger fears other kids in her trailer park will taunt Emily, but Monica invites Jeremy, who befriends the little girl.  When Jeremy learns about Operation Smile, an organization of doctors who perform pro bono plastic surgery, he suggests Emily as a candidate.  Ginger has taken Emily's affliction as a punishment from God for past transgressions, and refuses to accept the charity offer.  Jeremy leads Emily off to Nashville (and Operation Smile) anyway by stowing away on Albert's pick-up.  Albert is actually transporting stolen goods elsewhere, when Tess intercepts the entire crew.  She confronts Albert and redirects their journey across state via a balloon.  Monica reveals herself to Ginger, she is angry that she assumes her daughter is a punishment from God, she should know that Emily is a great gift.  In

Operation Smile

Monica and Tess find themselves caught in the middle of a bank holdup.  Jackson, the arrogant and brilliant stick-up man, holds Monica and a very pregnant Alison hostage, as he forces the president of the bank, Max Chamberlain into the vault.  But when an earthquake shakes the building, Monica, Max and Alison are locked in the vault.  Jackson insists on freeing them.  Alison is his wife.  Max was closing the bank, they were about to lose their insurance and desperate Jackson was targeting Max in revenge.  Inside the vault, Monica reveals herself to the unborn child in Alison's womb, reassuring him that the world is not to be feared, that God will watch over him.  The metaphor stands for the bank as well, when the vault door swings open, Jackson cannot shoot Max as planned, for Max is carrying out Alison, and Monica is carrying out his son.  Rescue workers open the bank entrance and the little group within, like thinfant, emerge into the world.

The Big Bang

Jennifer has a burn on her finger and a hole in her memory.  Two detectives are rigoursly interrogating her about a shooting death she witnessed.  As she is cross-examined, her jumbled memories enevtually coalesce into a narrative.

A reporter for the trendy magazine Curb, Jennifer met Clay Martin, a real-estate developer, in an elevator at her office building.  He invited her to a party where she met his best friend, Alex as well as Monica.  Against his mother's wishes, Alex had beentraveling in search of his real father.  Despite the former roommates cross words, not the least of which regarded the fact that Alex's ex-girlfriend was now dating Clay, they soon reconciled.  Jennifer subsequently had a heart-to-heart talk with Alex where the prodigal confided he was on his way home to deliver yellow roses and an apology to his mother.  Afterwards she just happened to be in the room when Clay shows Alex and antique gun.  Although apparently unloaded, the gun contained a chamber that round

Unidentified Female

The sequel to the first season's Christmas episode ""Fear Not"",  ""The Feather"" continues the story of a littles church's congregation now that they've seen Monica reveal herself in all her glory.  Awed, trying to figure out what it all means, the congregation susceptible to Charles, a con artist posing as a preacher.  He seizes a feather which fell from Monica's dove and holds it up the church as physical proof of the miracle.  He's diverting piles of donation offerings into his own pockets when he's confronted by Wayne, who turns out to be his brother.  Years ago, Charles and Wayne ran the preacher scam together,  Wayne is now a reformed man and he's determined to stop him.  The issue is brought to a head when Joey, who's been ministering to a crack baby that was left in the church, brings the infant to Charles for healing, he can't do it, of course, but Monica reveals herself again and reminds the church that they worshipped a feather instead of a King and their need for fame deafened

The Feather

En route to a wedding in a picturesque mountain meadow, Monica meets an uninvited guest,  Andrew, an Angel of Death whom Tess is well acquainted with.  The angel's new assignment focuses on former law school classmates traveling via train to the nuptials.  Mark Monfort and Susan Duplain rekindle their passion, having ended their relationship just before graduation.  However, their friend, Lisa Magdaleno is still reeling from the suicide of her fiance, Doug who was expelled from law school for cheating.  Mark had been unaware of his best friend's death and more importantly of his own involvement.  Jealous that Doug received a clerkship she wanted, Susan tricked Mark into helping her change Doug's exam to make it look like he plagiarized it.  With Andrew's assistance, Monica shows Mark that Susan's quest for power and prestige is out of control.  After an intense confrontation with her, he turns to Lisa for comfort and support.

The One That Got Away

The Carpenter family gathers as their father, Joe prepares to die at home.  Although grown, the siblings demonstrating the roles they become accustomed to.  Kate, the eldest, takes charge like their mother, Elizabeth but is not quite as overbearing.  Chris, the middle child, stuns his sisters with the news that he is estranged from his wife.  And Kim, the youngest, is the creative one who never seemed to fit in with the rest of the family.  Monica and Tess, as the home-care nurse and interior decorator, get caught in the crossfire as Chris and Kim resist Kate's domineering behaviour.  The angel's mission is to help expose a family secret before Joe dies.  Andrew informs Monica and Tess that time is rappidly approaching.  Amidst a heated argument, Kate exposes the secret, Kim is not Joe's biological father.  Upon returning from a brief trip, Elizabeth convenes a family meeting to discuss the matter.  Years ago, she had a torrid affair with her husband's business partner.  Joe forgave hi

'Til We Meet Again

Rock 'n' Roll star Jon Mateos has it all, a loving wife Evie, a devoted teenagae daughter Samantha, and a son Dylan.  He relies on Evie for support and she responds by trying to be everywhere and do everything for him.  Jon's comfortable world is turned upside down when Evie, rushing from her daughter's concert to a TV appearence by Jon, is killed in a car accident.  Faced with actually having to raise his children, and deal with their emotional trauma,  Jon rereats into work and then rapidly descends into and drug use.  Monica who is Jon's driver, watches as his attempts to record a new song, 'Nowhere', disappear down the bottle and up his nose.  Tess is the kid's nanny, Samantha slips around her to go out with friends to a concert.  But en route they stop at a motel to party.  Samantha didn't plan on this and runs out.  She pages her dad, but he's too stoned to pick up his pager.  Eventually Sam hitches a ride with a trucker.  When the driver points out  they're at the spot where Evi

Rock 'n' Roll Dad

Club Indigo, once St. Louis' premier blues and jazz club, has fallen hard times.  It's owner, Sam, is getting on and his grandson Zach arrives to convince his grandfather to sell the club and move into a nursing home.  Sam resists.  He's always told Zach that ""The Countess"" told him ""do nothing, til you hear from me"" and he's sticking to those words.  Zach assumesthat Sam has embriodered the past greatness of the club, and that he's made up stories of all the jazz greats who played there and were friends.  Especially that story about ""The Countess"", the mysterious singer who arrived in the sixties and put the club back on the map.  Whether these stories are true or not, it's apparent that Sam should really be in a nursing home, he's losing his memory as well as his well-being.  But Sam has always had an open-mike night on Mondays, and despite his grandson's protests, proceeds to hire Monica to M.C. the event.  Zach tricks his grandfather into signing a power of attorney agreement so th

The Indigo Angel

As Monica studies a sleeping man in a run-down apartment, Tess appears and informs her she's in the wrong place, 801 Cedar Street Jacksonville, Florida rather than Jacksonville, Illinois.  After using her angelic powers to tidy the apartment, Monica stoops to pick up a bag under the bed when the police burst in.  The bag she's holding is full of cocaine, and the police arrest her.  During interrogation, her claim that she's an angel makes her a candidate for a mental hospiptal.  At her arraignment, Monica alone can see Sam, the angel from special services.  He tells her the simple mistake of going to the wrong address has set events in motion that have to play out, but no matter what happens God will never laeve you of forsake her.  Monica is assigned a court-appointed attorney, Jake Stone, a Vietnam veteran and hardened cynic.  He tries to convince her to plead guilty but  mentally ill.  She refuses, however, and insists on a competency hearing.  In the meantime, Monica is remanded to

Jacob's Ladder

What happens if you go into a coma, wake up five years later and discover you've lost everything that mattered to you?  When we open Steve is celebrating the opening of he and his partner Matthew's architectural firm.  Then his son falls off the roof, but is miraculously unhurt.  Monica caught him, and unseen to the family, she also examines an angel key chain.  This causes Steve to take his second car, a dumpy little model, and he's thrown out in an accident.  When Steve wakes up, five years have passed, and we learn that his wife Bonnie has fallen in love with Matthew.  Thinking her was a permanent vegetable, she's divorced Steve.  His house looks completely different, he notices a dog lives there now.  Steve reacts in rage, he breaks up Bonnie and Matthew's nuptials.  Monica meanwhile feels so badly about causing all this trouble that she steps away from her assignment.  Al is dispatched to talk sense into her.  What is revealed is that Steve had carried on a legacy of abuse, there

Out of the Darkness

Monica and Tess are assigned to Detective Frank Champness at the Centre for Missing Children.  Champness is very good at his job, but is haunted by his failures, the children who have died or have simply never been found.  Andrew, is also taking his shift at the centre.  Andrew is intrigued by computers, and shows Monica how computer simulated age progression works.  Monica discovers that Kathleen, is Frank's new girlfriend, and is pushing him to the breaking point.  She distracts him from his cases and undermines all the good he has done for missinig children, pushing him close to quitting his job.  In a dueling revelation scene, Monica defeats Kathleen and brings Frank back back from the influence of evil.  Then, with the help of Andrew's age progression expertise, Monica helps him solve a 15 year old missing child case.

Lost and Found

While working at the post office, Monica meets Max, who is responsible for handling ""dead"" letters addressed to Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and God.  A Holocaust survivor, Max answers children's letters to God by telling them there is no God and not to place their faith in a fantasy.  One little girl, Tanya Brenner, continues sending letters to God, even though Max only answered the first one and ignored the rest.  Andrew, who has met the child, and Monica entice Tess ask God if they can read the letters.  After receiving permission, they learn that Tanya's father is very ill and that his girlfriend, Sandy has been abusing the girl.  Monica is outraged and wants to help out, but Tess reminds her that Max, not Tanya is her assignment.  Taking matters into her own hands, Monica arranges Max to see a drunken Sandy hit the girl.  Following this encounter, Max follows her homw, where her dying father beseeches the postal worker to find Tanya a new home.  Shaken, Max runs away.  When he d

Dear God

The women in Naval officer, Neil Campbell's life do not get along.  His mother Marian and his pregnant wife April seem to be competing fir his love.  After he goes out to sea, Monica enters their life as an artist commissioned to paint a ""portrait of Mrs. Campbell"".  We learn that Marian is desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant and Neil cannot return home from sea.  As the situation worsens, April volunteers to donate marrow despite her pregnancy.  At this point we come to know the secret that Marian has been hiding for entire life, that she has a mentally challenged son,  Tommy, who has been raised in facilities all of his life.  Although Marian has always loved and cared for her son, she was encouraged by her parents to give him up as punishment for the sinful behavior that conceived him.  As Marian's health worsens, Tommy emerges as the only viable bone marrow donor and, with the help of Andrew, the operation is arranged and is successful.  April gives birth to a healthy b

Portrait of Mrs. Campbell

Joel Redding is a former soap-opera star who is coming to terms with middle age and life after television.  He, his wife Sally and son Marshall have moved to a small town trying to regain a semblance of normal family life.  While helping with a college theatre's fund raiser, Monica, Tess and Andrew witness tension between Joel and Marshall.  Matters are further complicated when the aging actor initiates an affair with one his teenage ingenues.  During one of Joel's extracurricular trysts, Sally slips while hanging a picture and seriously injures herself.  Marshall finds his mother, calls for help, and gets her to the hospital.  After authorizing the doctor to perform a risky surgical procedure, the teen rails at his father when he finally returns from his rendezvous.  Tess reveals herself to the guilt-ridden husband, admonishing him to be faithful to his wife and son and admits he didn't quit the show, but was fired because of his age.  Marshall is still reluctant to forgive until Moni

The Quality of Mercy

Monica befriends Kate Prescott, whose son is accused of a brutal murder.  Angered by Thomas's acquittal, Leonard Page, the victim's father, tries to force the Prescott's to leave town.  Tess advises the man to let God avenge his daughter's death, but he refuses to listen, even when Kate herself begs him to stop the vendetta.  When she discovers some of the victim's belongings in Thomas's room, however, she doubts his innocence and issues a statement to the press.  He responds by leaving town.  But once the police apprehend the real murderer, Kate despairs because of her betrayal.  Revealing herself, Monica tells the distraught mother her mistake was trusting evidence rather than faith.  Tess meanwhile return's to the Page's house, urging him to let the healing process begin.  Afterwards, Monica wonders what will become of Kate's son.  Tess reveal that Mrs. Angeli, the kindly bus driver who gave Kate moral support during the trial is herself and 'advance angel"" who will watch over Thoma

Flesh and Blood

Michael Russell is dying of cancer, a fact that his father finds hard to accept.  A potter by trade, Whit is skeptical of technology and persuaded his son to leave city life for the family farm once his illness was diagnosed.  Unbeknownst to Whit, Michael and Penny have undergone gamete fertilization, a process enabling Jolene to be the surrogate mother for their baby.  Believing the pregnancy to be natural, Whit vows to have no part in raising his grandchild.  Subsequent to one of his tirades, Jolene disappears.  As Michael's health deteriorates, the situation looks increasingly grim, especially when Andrew arrives.  Using a clever metaphor, Monica gently convinces Whit to accept the non-traditional pregnancy.  Michael dies just as his son is born, and  as his bereaved family visits the grave, Tess arrives with Jolene and the baby in tow.  She gives the infant to his mother, who laments that Michael never got a chance to hold his son.  Tess comforts Penny by pointing that he has a bir

Birthmarks

The angels are assigned to The Morgan Bell Show, a tabloid talk show, with Monica having the plum job of assisting Claudia Bell, the program's embittered producer and Morgan's sister.  A dark secret from the Bell's past forged their unhealthy symbiotic relationship, the glamorous Morgan is on-air talent while the obese Claudia calls the shots from the seclusion.  Morgan's attempt to focus on uplifting topics backfires when an ""all-American"" mother is confronted by an illegitimate daughter raised in foster homes.  The woman has a heart attack, and Morgan is irate that Claudia engineered the situation.  Working together, the angels uncover their past, but inform the sisters that God can forgive any sin, no matter how long ago it was committed.  Morgan and Claudia publicly confess their misdeeds, asking their victims and the television audience for forgiveness.

Statute of Limitations

Monica is downcast because she failed one of her assignments, but Tess tells her to buck up because the cavalry's on the way.  After being laid off from his factory job in North Carolina, Russell Greene packed up his wife, two children and mother to head to her home town, Chicory Creek, Kentucky where an old friend, Doc Rogers has promised to give Russell a job.

Promised Land

Monica begins working with child psychiatrist Adam Litowski. He is treating a young girl who claims to hear the voices of angels.

A Joyful Noise

Fed up with the attitude of his students, Mike O'Connor questioned the significance of his twenty-year teaching career.

Random Acts

Monica poses as a journalist to interview Luther Dixon, a teenager on death row.  Meanwhile, Tess and Andrew try to help Valerie Dixon prevent Luther's younger brother Samuel from following in his footsteps.

Sins of the Father

Henry Moskowitz, an archaeologist on a dig at a Navajo excavation site, receives a surprise visit from his grandfather. Still angry that his late parents disapproved of his marriage to a Catholic woman, Henry resists his grandfather's reconciliation efforts.

Written In Dust

Marty Dillard, an overachieving Secret Service agent, is at odds with Monica, assigned as an agent to protect a Presidential candidate.  While off duty, Marty befriends Ulysses Dodd, an older gentlemen who teaches her to enjoy fishing for its own sake rather for sheer competitiveness.  Baffled by a series of death threats to Senator Hammond, Marty begrudgingly accepts help from Monica and Andrew, who's posing as a forensics specialist.

Secret Service

Scott Walden, the charitable owner of a small aviation company, is arrested by the FBI and charged with an eighteen-year-old murder.

Groundrush

On Halloween, renowned author Leonard Pound is grief stricken regarding his wife's recent death.  His son Allan has hired Monica to attend to the widower, who has lost the will to live.  To help him, the angel prompts Leonard to revisit a pivotal event in his life: October 30, 1938, the night of Orson Welles radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds.

The Sky Is Falling

Tess, Monica, and Andrew are coordinating the wedding of a young couple.  The arrival of the bride's estranged father causes her to have second thoughts about the nuptials.

Something Blue

After a near-death experience du to a heart attack, criminal James Block realizes he must change his ways and initiates a campaign of goods works.  Neither Tess nor Monica are impressed, however, with his apparent change of heart, especially when they realize he records his good deeds.  James finds a kindred spirit in Amy Ann McCoy, a teenage Elvis Presley fan with cystic fibrosis.

Into the Light

Monica, Tess, and Andrew help a down-on-her-luck prostitute who stays drunk more than anything else. While getting cleaned up, she must confront her past which caused her to become a prostitute to begin with.

The crossover continues on Promised Land S01E09 Homecoming (II).

Homecoming (I)

Monica and Andrew must help an investigative reporter and the elderly couple with four foster children whose lives were affected by her expose on them alleging child abuse.

The Journalist

Monica must help violin maker Jordan Du Bois finish a violin he started thirty years earlier on the day his son was born. Jordan doesn't realize his son Tony has come home for the holidays with a devastating secret.

The Violin Lesson

Sara Perkins rebels against her over protective mother by hiring Monica as her new photography assistant.  Though the angel understands that the woman has covertly taken a freelance assignment to Bosnia, Tess, a volunteer helping Charlotte at the public library, thinks Sara's actions are inconsiderate.

Forget Me Not

Tess represents a group of former employees in a class-action suit against family-owned Fairchild Tobacco.  Her opposing counsel is Marc Hamilton, who has accepted this assignment to the dismay of his mother, Esther.  When he was growing up, both she and his late father worked for Fairchild as a maid and a chauffer.

Smokescreen

After a near-fatal car collision, Reverend Daniel learns that the accident caused his son's death. Wrapped in a cocoon of guilt, the Reverend shuts himself off from all loved ones, unable to attend the funeral. Monica must convince Daniel to forgive himself and rededicated himself to helping others.

Crisis of Faith

Tess instructs Celeste, a new angel, on her first assignment, Eric, an illusionist. Eric decides to attempt the most dangerous escape of his career. With the help of Monica, Celeste must convince Eric to stop playing hide-and-seek with his life.

Angel of Death

Monica is due for her angel evaluation. She runs into Kathleen, a fallen angel who tricks Monica into another meeting room. Andrew and Tess wait for Monica in the right place. The angels recall previous assignments.

Clipped WIngs

Tess revisits the Greenes. She tells them God says Josh needs to go with Tess. Josh has to help Monica see, since she is temporarily blinded. They travel to a city filled with tension.

The crossover continues on Promised Land S01E17 Amazing Grace (II).

Amazing Grace (I)

Meg Salter, a New York pediatrician, decides to surprise her husband by boarding his flight to Paris. On the plane she discovers her husband Brian is accompanied by his eight-months-pregnant mistress Olivia. As the plane heads into a storm, an already tense situation gets worse when Olivia goes into labor.

Labor of Love

Hank sees a picture of a missing child on a milk carton and realizes it is his younger brother. Monica helps him find out he was adopted. Tess and Andrew must help the real father and the lawyer who helped place the kidnapped boy.

Have You Seen Me?

A small Chicago bar is just the place for big dreams as God gives Monica the task of granting one pub patron a miracle. Monica is surprised to learn that nobody wants this once in a lifetime gift. Greed and envy creates further confusion and rage. A mistaken miracle leads each attendee to reassess their lives and toast to lessons learned.

Last Call

George is an old army veteran from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, who thinks he has nothing left to live for. He has also been removed from six separate retirement homes. Monica is assigned, as an old woman, to show him the joy of living again.

Missing In Action

The angels try to help troubled teens that commit crimes by matching them up to disabled children.

At Risk

A convicted rapist is released from prison on parole and decides to seek his victim's forgiveness.

Full Moon

The angels are in a small town, where a group home opens their doors to children with Down’s Syndrome. The neighbor across the street finds these children disturbing.

An Angel by Any Other Name

A father is disappointed in his son, Kevin, who parties and squanders money as a way of life. When the father dies, Kevin finds out he is cut out of the will and his inheritance. Kevin must learn to get a job and earn his own money.

Inherit the Wind

A gifted gymnast wants her overbearing mother to focused more on her neglected son, who ends up in a serious situation.

A Delicate Balance

Joe Greene returns to his brother Russell’s home where his son is living. On the drive, he causes an accident that kills two people and puts a child in the hospital. He does not tell anyone.

The crossover continues on Promised Land S02E01 The Road Home (II).

The Road Home (I)

A couple expecting their first child have a baby shower at a café where Andrew is the temporary worker. Tess and Monica are Lamaze teachers. During a visit to the doctor, the parents learn their child has Down Syndrome.

Great Expectations

Hero-worship plays havoc when an impressionable youth develops a bond with a troubled Salt Lake Saints point guard. The angels join forces to redirect the path of both people, rescuing them from immediate and future danger.

Nothing But Net

The angels must help some homeless children who have banded together to be a family. They need a secure place to live and to find their faith again.

Children of the Night

A distraught farmer in a drought-stricken community files suit against God. Tess arrives to defend, and Monica to testify. The trial teaches the farmer and everyone else in town the value of being good neighbors, and also drives home a stern lesson about the inherent folly of theodicy – an attempt to judge God by human standards.

Jones vs. God

The communal gathering breeds desperation at a summer camp for HIV-positive girls. The angels act quickly to stop the girls from contemplating their suicide pact.

The Pact

Monica and Rafael have a day off and go to the beach. Their vacation is cut short when they find a message in a bottle from someone asking for help.

Sandcastles

Substituting for a fellow angel, Andrew unwittingly draws a bidding war at a bachelor auction for charity. The angels serve up an elegant meal and an important life lesson.

My Dinner With Andrew

Monica and Tess expose the truth of a Hollywood blacklisting scandal when they're sent to aid a powerful, Tinseltown agent.

Charades

When parental superstition threatens the career of a budding Broadway actress, the angels step in to redirect the faith of both mother and daughter.

The Comeback

Crushed by the accidental death of her husband 35 years earlier, Annie Doyle struggles to cope with the gradual loss of her eyesight. The angels befriend the ostracized woman and lead her to redemption.

Venice

When a developmentally disabled man's brother disappears into a blizzard on Christmas Eve, Monica comes to comfort him by reliving her experience with the famed author Mark Twain.

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Harry Applegate is forgiven after Monica and Tess bring his wife and his mistress together shortly after his death. The angels help them find it in their hearts to allow God to repair their pain and move on.

Deconstructing Harry

Linda is graduating from law school. Her sister Holly comes for the ceremony. Holly learns her sister is being physically abused by her husband. The angels and Holly must help the husband to control his anger and Linda and the children to heal.

The Trigger

When a widowed minister of a small town loses his faith, he rediscovers it when a series of mysterious phone calls lead to the entire town regaining hope.

Doodlebugs

Monica tries to help a young mother overcome her drug addition. Meanwhile, Tess must help the parents learn not to enable their daughter in her drug life. The woman has to learn to be a real mother to her child.

Redeeming Love

The angels must help a man who is dying from Lou Gehrig’s disease learn how to find peace and help his family through the ordeal.

Flights of Angels

A man is a witness to a brutal hate crime, but he is afraid to go to the police to report what he saw. The angels must help him overcome his fear in order that justice be done.

Breaking Bread

An Army command is bitter and being difficult with his recruits. His son dies, but for him, it is worse this was the son who was an enthusiastic soldier, unlike his remaining one who hates being under his command.

God and Country

Aaron is an intelligent teen who enters a spelling contest. His brother Michael is the only one who supports him as the mother gives all her attention to Michael. The father deserted them. The angels must help heal the family.

How Do You Spell Faith?

Monica suffers amnesia and meets the bitter Dr. Crayton while he's on his way to watch the execution of his wife's murderer. Later she shows him that forgiveness and faith is the only way he will achieve peace.

Seek and Ye Shall Find

Maury and his comedy partner split their act years ago in anger, but now are being inducted into the Hall of Fame. They try to get along to perform an act for the induction ceremony, but argue about who is the real star.

Cry and You Cry Alone

A young woman with financial problems and a deep secret enters a beauty pageant in hopes of wining the prize money. The angels help her see that trust in people and faith in God is what she needs to repair her life.

Perfect Little Angel

A man is ordered by the court to stay in his own slum apartments for two weeks. He has lost his faith and forgotten all his father taught him. Then his son is shot and no help is found in the building.

Elijah

Two teens plan to marry after they finish high school. When the mothers meet, they recognize each other, and it opens old wounds that could tear the teenagers apart. The angels must heal the mothers’ friendship and save the teens.

Last Dance

Monica is assigned to accompany a group of U.S. businesspeople to China to negotiate a merger. An employee is reluctant to go due to a secret from her past.

The Spirit of Liberty Moon (1)

Jean risks her life by trying to find her daughter in China.

The Spirit of Liberty Moon (2)

The angels make good on a promise that Andrew made to a dying man---which involves uncovering the identity of a hospital employee posing as the angel of death, as well as restoring the faith of several terminal patients.

Miles to Go Before I Sleep

Joe Greene leaves town after receiving threats from a widow whose husband and son died in an auto accident caused by Joe.

This crossover continues on Promised Land S03E01 Saving Grace (II).

Saving Grace (I)

Monica helps a mayoral candidate make a decision about her friendship with an old college chum, a teacher charged with sexual misconduct with a minor.

What Are Friends For?

A Little League player, whose overbearing father is also his team's coach, befriends an equipment manager whose peculiar behavior repels others.

Only Connect

Monica runs a bait and tackle shop on Lake Paradise, and is tasked with revitalizing both the lake and the faith of a progress-driven land developer.

The Lady of the Lake

Tess, posing as a schoolteacher, tries to help a child who wants to become a hit man by telling him the story of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth.

Beautiful Dreamer

A widow who wants her son taken off life support clashes with his fiancée, who argues that her beloved would want to live.

I Do

Tess and Monica help a mother and daughter whose dependence on each other is keeping them from realizing their full potential.

The Wind Beneath Our Wings

Among a dying 8-year-old's last wishes is that his mother, a jingle writer, finish a song she started soon after he was born.

Psalm 151

A couple who stayed married to help their son kick his drug habit are aided by the angels in dealing with a loss that threatens to end their union for good.

The Best Seasons of Touched by an Angel

The Best Seasons of Touched by an Angel

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