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The Best Episodes of Touched by an Angel Season 5

Every episode of Touched by an Angel Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Touched by an Angel Season 5!

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 1 - Miles to Go Before I Sleep
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    #1 - Miles to Go Before I Sleep

    S5:E1

    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.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 2 - Saving Grace (I)
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    #2 - Saving Grace (I)

    S5:E2

    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).

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Steven Phillip Smith

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  3. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 3 - What Are Friends For?
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    #3 - What Are Friends For?

    S5:E3

    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.

    Directors:Peter H. Hunt, Victor Lobl
    Writer:Steven Phillip Smith

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  4. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 4 - Only Connect
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    #4 - Only Connect

    S5:E4

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

    Directors:Peter H. Hunt, Tim Van Patten
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 5 - The Lady of the Lake
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    #5 - The Lady of the Lake

    S5:E5

    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.

    Director:Tim Van Patten
    Writer:Ken LaZebnik

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  6. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 6 - Beautiful Dreamer
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    #6 - Beautiful Dreamer

    S5:E6

    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.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 7 - I Do
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    #7 - I Do

    S5:E7

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

    Directors:Peter H. Hunt, Stuart Margolin, Victor Lobl
    Writer:Bob Colleary

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  8. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 8 - The Wind Beneath Our Wings
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    #8 - The Wind Beneath Our Wings

    S5:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 9 - Psalm 151
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    #9 - Psalm 151

    S5:E9

    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.

    Directors:Stuart Margolin, Sandor Stern
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 10 - The Peacemaker
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    #10 - The Peacemaker

    S5:E10

    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.

    Directors:Peter H. Hunt, Sandor Stern
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 11 - An Angel on the Roof
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    #11 - An Angel on the Roof

    S5:E11

    Rafael joins the angels as they try to unite a group of disparate individuals in rural Texas, including a biased motel owner to whom God is sending a Christmas miracle.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 12 - Fool For Love
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    #12 - Fool For Love

    S5:E12

    A lawyer learns the outcome of a heart-wrenching moment from her past after a former boyfriend is brought in as a suspect in an armed robbery.

    Director:Stuart Margolin
    Writer:Ken LaZebnik

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  13. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 13 - The Medium and the Message
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    #13 - The Medium and the Message

    S5:E13

    Monica tries to persuade a TV executive, whose network philosophy is “big, better, absolutely shocking,” to consider backing a series about angels.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 14 - My Brother's Keeper
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    #14 - My Brother's Keeper

    S5:E14

    The lives of two competitive skiers---who have a history of first and second-place finishes---are dramatically changed after an accident on the slopes that leads to a revelation.

    Director:Noel Nosseck
    Writer:Bob Colleary

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  15. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 15 - On Edge
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    #15 - On Edge

    S5:E15

    A 12-year-old skater, who leads a nomadic life with her dad, wants to settle down and train after she meets an Olympic contender.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 16 - The Man Upstairs
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    #16 - The Man Upstairs

    S5:E16

    A salesman, whose ailing wife will be forced to leave a nursing home unless he can come up with $10,000, goes to Las Vegas and inadvertently sells his soul to an agent of the devil disguised as a casino manager.

    Director:Tim Van Patten
    Writer:Bob Colleary

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  17. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 17 - Family Business
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    #17 - Family Business

    S5:E17

    A spoiled young man who has dreams of being a bluesman is perplexed by his father's will, which sends him on a mysterious journey to find his inheritance.

    Director:Peter H. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 18 - Anatomy Lesson
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    #18 - Anatomy Lesson

    S5:E18

    Monica and Tess must help a little girl trapped in an airshaft by leading a reluctant rescuer to her location.

    Director:Tim Van Patten
    Writer:Bob Colleary

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  19. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 19 - Jagged Edges
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    #19 - Jagged Edges

    S5:E19

    After a stand-up comic's father dies, the angels help her face up to a devastating incident from her childhood involving her deeply depressed mother---whom she believes is dead.

    Director:Sandor Stern
    Writer:Ken LaZebnik

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  20. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 20 - Into the Fire
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    #20 - Into the Fire

    S5:E20

    A discouraged young woman believes her problems will be solved after she joins a cult, but Monica tries to persuade her to put her faith in God.

    Directors:Tim Van Patten, Gregory Harrison
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 21 - Made in the U.S.A.
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    #21 - Made in the U.S.A.

    S5:E21

    An angry Vietnam vet, who has yet to deal with a tragedy that took place during the war, runs a factory of Vietnamese workers to whom Tess is teaching citizenship.

    Directors:Tim Van Patten, Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 22 - Full Circle
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    #22 - Full Circle

    S5:E22

    A distressed mother has her prayers answered when her estranged son finally returns home after seven years---with a son of his own.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 23 - Black Like Monica
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    #23 - Black Like Monica

    S5:E23

    Monica experiences life as a black woman in America as part of an assignment brought about by the murder of an elderly black man.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Martha Williamson

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  24. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 24 - Fighting the Good Fight
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    #24 - Fighting the Good Fight

    S5:E24

    An 11-year-old boy who is living in poverty takes up boxing so he can beat up the bullies who pick on him---until he meets his idol Muhammad Ali, who tells him what's really worth fighting for.

    Director:Tim Van Patten
    Writer:Michael Glassberg

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  25. Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episode 25 - Hearts
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    #25 - Hearts

    S5:E25

    When a young woman suffers a severe head trauma after being thrown from a horse, her husband struggles with whether to allow her heart to be donated to a 16-year-old girl who will die soon without a transplant.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writers:Bob Colleary, Susan Cridland Wick

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Miles to Go Before I Sleep" is the best rated episode of "Touched by an Angel" season 5. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Peter H. Hunt and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/20/1998. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Saving Grace (I)".