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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.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaFamily
Network:CBS

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Miles to Go Before I Sleep" is the best rated episode of "Touched by an Angel" season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by Peter H. Hunt and written by N/A, it aired on 9/20/1998. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Saving Grace (I)".

  • Miles to Go Before I Sleep
    8.1/1050 votes

    #1 - Miles to Go Before I Sleep

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1998

    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

  • Saving Grace (I)
    8.5/1056 votes

    #2 - Saving Grace (I)

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1998

    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

  • What Are Friends For?
    7.6/1044 votes

    #3 - What Are Friends For?

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1998

    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

  • Only Connect
    7.7/1051 votes

    #4 - Only Connect

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1998

    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

  • The Lady of the Lake
    7.6/1050 votes

    #5 - The Lady of the Lake

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1998

    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

  • Beautiful Dreamer
    8.3/1056 votes

    #6 - Beautiful Dreamer

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1998

    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

  • I Do
    7.6/1049 votes

    #7 - I Do

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1998

    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

  • The Wind Beneath Our Wings
    7.8/1051 votes

    #8 - The Wind Beneath Our Wings

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1998

    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

  • Psalm 151
    9.5/10276 votes

    #9 - Psalm 151

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1998

    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

  • The Peacemaker
    8.8/1066 votes

    #10 - The Peacemaker

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1998

    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

  • An Angel on the Roof
    7.9/1057 votes

    #11 - An Angel on the Roof

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1998

    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

  • Fool For Love
    8.4/1057 votes

    #12 - Fool For Love

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1999

    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

  • The Medium and the Message
    6.5/1050 votes

    #13 - The Medium and the Message

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1999

    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

  • My Brother's Keeper
    7.7/1043 votes

    #14 - My Brother's Keeper

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1999

    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

  • On Edge
    8.0/1052 votes

    #15 - On Edge

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/1999

    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

  • The Man Upstairs
    7.8/1045 votes

    #16 - The Man Upstairs

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1999

    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

  • Family Business
    7.2/1044 votes

    #17 - Family Business

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/28/1999

    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

  • Anatomy Lesson
    7.6/1047 votes

    #18 - Anatomy Lesson

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/7/1999

    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

  • Jagged Edges
    7.3/1045 votes

    #19 - Jagged Edges

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/1999

    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

  • Into the Fire
    7.8/1052 votes

    #20 - Into the Fire

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/1999

    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

  • Made in the U.S.A.
    7.5/1048 votes

    #21 - Made in the U.S.A.

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/1999

    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

  • Full Circle
    7.7/1049 votes

    #22 - Full Circle

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/25/1999

    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

  • Black Like Monica
    7.7/1061 votes

    #23 - Black Like Monica

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/1999

    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

  • Fighting the Good Fight
    8.1/1059 votes

    #24 - Fighting the Good Fight

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/9/1999

    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

  • Hearts
    7.8/1061 votes

    #25 - Hearts

    Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 5/16/1999

    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