8.4/1087 votes#1 - A Rock and a Hard Place
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2002
An asteroid threatens to strike the western U.S., where a father is attempting to mend his relationship with his 16-year-old son, who is a recovering drug addict.
Director: Kevin Dowling
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1082 votes
#2 - The Sixteenth Minute
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2002
A downtrodden man turns into an instant celebrity after he helps rescue a woman trapped in an abandoned mine, but the sudden fame goes to his head and he's alienated from his wife and friends.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1082 votes
#3 - Two Sides to Every Angel
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2002
Monica's evil twin, Monique, tricks Gloria into helping her break up a newlywed couple's marriage, thrusting the young bride into the arms of a potential killer.
Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1088 votes
#4 - The Word
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2002
The angels assist a 17-year-old girl with obsessive-compulsive disorder who is in danger of not graduating from high school because her anxieties prevent her from completing a written assignment and her illiterate dad is unable to help her.
Director: Stuart Margolin
Writer: Ken LaZebnik
- 8.8/1088 votes
#5 - A Feather on the Breath of God
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2002
A poor, single woman dying from an inoperable brain tumor searches for a home for her 12-year-old daughter and goes to work for a bitter funeral-home director to cover the cost of her impending burial.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1090 votes
#6 - Jump!
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2002
A 15-year-old boy who recently lost a friend to suicide contemplates ending his own life, perching himself on a ledge several stories up on a high-rise apartment building. His situation is soon exploited by a shock-jock radio personality who puts the boy on the air via telephone.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1083 votes
#7 - Bring On the Rain
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2002
A struggling single mom, a cocktail waitress who lives in a trailer park, learns that her 16-year-old daughter, Natalie, is ashamed of her. The daughter lies to her wealthy school friends about her home life, claiming she's from a rich, Harvard-educated family.
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 8.9/1099 votes
#8 - Remembering Me (1)
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2002
Tess is stricken with Alzheimer's disease while on assignment to help a workaholic who is ignoring his family and his ailing mother, who's in a nursing home. Part 1 of 2.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1096 votes
#9 - Remembering Me (2)
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2002
Conclusion. Tess's condition worsens as she struggles with Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, the other angels try to help a man adopt his foster son, but the adoption is contested by a woman who claims she is the boy's estranged mother.
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/10109 votes
#10 - The Christmas Watch
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 12/21/2002
The angels attempt to bring hope to a group of workers at a small Manhattan watchmaker's shop, who learn on Christmas Eve that they are losing their jobs. Their final project is to repair a broken pocket watch found in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and return it to the owner's widow by Christmas morning.
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Writer: Ken LaZebnik
- 8.0/1080 votes
#11 - Private Eyes
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2003
The angels must persuade a lonely private investigator to return a runaway girl—who's like a daughter to him—to her real father.
Director: Julia Rask
Writer: Bob Colleary, Ken LaZebnik
- 7.7/1086 votes
#12 - The Root of All Evil
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/2003
An elderly priest tries to stop a planned bank robbery after learning of the impending crime from the would-be thief during confession. Helping the priest is Gloria, who is assigned to the case.
Director: Michael Schultz
Writer: Bob Colleary
- 7.8/1079 votes
#13 - A Time for Every Purpose
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2003
When a man becomes gravely ill and needs someone to care for him, the angels try to reunite him with his estranged brother, to whom he hasn't spoken in 12 years.
Director: John Behring
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1079 votes
#14 - And a Nightingale Sang
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/2003
The angels teach the true meaning of love to three couples gathered in a Denver restaurant on Valentine's Day. They are assisted in their assignment by an elderly pair who are celebrating their 49th wedding anniversary.
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/10103 votes
#15 - As It Is In Heaven
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/2003
The angels try to restore the faith of a fellow celestial being who has become all too human over the past 14 years caring for an orphaned boy in a crime-ridden section of Chicago.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1091 votes
#16 - Song For My Father
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/2003
A promising 17-year-old singer who smokes cigarettes is diagnosed with throat cancer and fears she may never perform again. The discovery leads to a rift between the girl's parents, one of whom is also a smoker. Richard: Geoff Pierson.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1081 votes
#17 - The Good Earth
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/2003
The angels try to persuade an elderly inventor, who is working on a device that will produce electricity directly from water, to join forces with an energy company that could make his invention a reality, thus making a tremendous impact on the global environment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1090 votes
#18 - Virtual Reality
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/2003
A 17-year-old boy is accused of intentionally running down a prostitute with a car in an effort to extend the thrill of playing a violent videogame in which he committed a similar crime. Tess is the judge in the case, Andrew is the boy's defense attorney and Rafael is the prosecutor.
Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1082 votes
#19 - The Show Must Not Go On
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2003
A company of actors plans a show to commemorate their local theater's 50th anniversary, but constant bickering among themselves and harassment from a group of teenagers outside threaten to disrupt the celebration, so the angels intervene and help everyone see how much they need each other.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1099 votes
#20 - At the End of the Aisle
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 4/19/2003
Monica, Tess and Andrew are invited by an old friend to attend her wedding, but when the angels arrive on the eve of the big day they learn she is marrying an agnostic man and worry that she is making a mistake.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/10300 votes
#21 - I Will Walk With You (1)
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 4/26/2003
Monica is up for a promotion, but if she is to get it she must first prove herself by helping the citizens of a small town devastated by a tragedy in which 48 children were killed when their school exploded.
Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
- 9.1/10309 votes
#22 - I Will Walk With You (2)
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/2003
Monica attempts to bring healing to a small town devastated by a tragedy in which 48 children were killed when their school exploded, but her efforts are put to the test when Satan himself shows up to make sure her plans fail.
Director: Larry Peerce
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Touched by an Angel Season 9
Every episode of Touched by an Angel Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Touched by an Angel Season 9!
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 9 Ratings Summary
"A Rock and a Hard Place" is the best rated episode of "Touched by an Angel" season 9. It scored 8.4/10 based on 87 votes. Directed by Kevin Dowling and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/2002. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Sixteenth Minute".