The Best Episodes of Touched by an Angel Season 5

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: N/A

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

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.

Director: Victor Lobl, Peter H. Hunt

Writer: Steven Phillip Smith

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

Director: Tim Van Patten, Peter H. Hunt

Writer: N/A

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

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: N/A

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

Director: Victor Lobl, Peter H. Hunt, Stuart Margolin

Writer: Bob Colleary

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Sandor Stern, Stuart Margolin

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Peter H. Hunt, Sandor Stern

Writer: N/A

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: N/A

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

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: N/A

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

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: N/A

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

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: N/A

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

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

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.

Director: Tim Van Patten, Gregory Harrison

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Tim Van Patten, Bethany Rooney

Writer: N/A

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: N/A

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

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

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

Writer: Bob Colleary, Susan Cridland Wick