Touched by an Angel (season 5)
The fifth season of the American dramatic television series Touched by an Angel aired CBS from September 20, 1998 through May 23, 1999, spanning 27 episodes. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series chronicled the cases of two angels, Monica (Roma Downey) and her supervisor Tess (Della Reese), who bring messages from God to various people to help them as they reach a crossroads in their lives. They are frequently joined by Andrew (John Dye), the angel of death. A season set containing all of the episodes of the season was released to Region 1 DVD on July 24, 2012.
The episodes use the song "Walk With You", performed by Reese, as their opening theme.
Episode list
| Series # | Episode # | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate |
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| 091 | 01 | "Miles to Go Before I Sleep" | Peter H. Hunt | Peter H. Hunt | September 20, 1998 |
| Mr. Richards makes the angels promise to look in his bible and to find some who is dying spiritually. Arthur Bowers, an orderly gives the patients false hope, and it's up to Andrew to show him who the real Angel of Death is. And the Angels need to clean up Arthur's mess before it's too late. | |||||
| 092 | 02 | "Vengeance is Mine (1 and 2)" | Victor Lobl | Steven Phillip Smith | September 27, 1998 |
| Sandra Mills, a widow and an alcoholic who is neglecting her son must take responsibility for her drinking, and ask for forgiveness from the Greene family for kidnapping Nathaniel. Darlene, a drug addict on death row needs to leave her daughter something, forgive her mother for her neglect of her and to be forgiven by God for murder. Guest Star Richard Thomas | |||||
| 093 | 03 | "What are Friends For?" | Peter H. Hunt | Martha Williamson | October 4, 1998 |
| A woman running for mayor must decide between telling the truth and risking her approval rating or being loyal to her friend who is in trouble with the law. | |||||
| 094 | 04 | "Only Connect" | Tim Van Patten | Ken LaZebnik | October 11, 1998 |
| A boy who likes trains makes a new best friend after his mother dies and he and his father move to a new town. He is the only one in the town that doesn't judge his autistic friend, "Ferdie". He soon learns that Ferdie likes trains too, and doesn't recognize him without his baseball cap on. Guest Stars Joe Regalbuto | |||||
| 095 | 05 | "The Lady of the Lake" | Michael Scott | Burt Pearl | October 18, 1998 |
| A lake is dying and Monica must convince the townspeople not to sell to the developers, who are lying to them. Guest-starring Dick Van Patten. | |||||
| 096 | 06 | "Beautiful Dreamer" | Peter H. Hunt | Martha Williamson Glenn Berenbeim | October 25, 1998 |
| Tess must convince a boy that "wanting to be a hitman" is not all that it's cracked up to be. She tells the children in school the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and the consequences of John Wilkes Booth's actions. | |||||
| 097 | 07 | "I Do" | Victor Lobl | R.J. Colleary | November 1, 1998 |
| A man is getting married but his mother insists on taking control of every aspect of her son's wedding. After a car accident, Micheal, the groom, doesn't want to be handicapped and burden his family and doesn't want to live, but later changes his mind. Eddie tells Stephanie, Micheal's fiancée, that his father committed suicide with a gun. Monica encourages his brother Eddie to pray for Micheal. Micheal's mother, taking control, also makes the decision to turn off his life support system. Guest Star Patty Duke | |||||
| 098 | 08 | "The Wind Beneath Our Wings" | Stuart Margolin | Rosanne Welch | November 8, 1998 |
| A woman's daughter who is a judge must face the fact that her mother is losing her memory. Guest Star Marion Ross | |||||
| 099 | 09 | "The Peacemaker" | Peter H. Hunt | Christine Pettit | November 15, 1998 |
| A hostage negotiator and his wife have to deal with divorce, and the death of their son. Guest Stars Bruce Boxleitner and Melissa Gilbert | |||||
| 100 | 10 | "Psalm 151" | Sandor Stern | Martha Williamson | November 22, 1998 |
| The Angels must help a dying boy suffering Cystic Fibrosis complete his wish list before he dies and goes to heaven. Guest Stars Celine Dion and Wynonna Judd. | |||||
| 101 | 11 | "An Angel on the Roof" | Stuart Margolin | Ken LaZebnik | December 13, 1998 |
| Monica must teach a bigoted old motel owner the meaning of love, hope, and compassion to a Mexican couple and a woman who is pregnant on Christmas eve before he commits suicide. Guest Star Alexis Cruz | |||||
| 102 | 12 | "Fool for Love" | Peter H. Hunt | Susan Cridland Wick Burt Pearl | January 3, 1999 |
| Sara Parker, an attorney is forced to come to terms with her past when she has to interrogate her ex boyfriend. Rather than face him, she retreats to a bar and tells her story of 10 years to Monica. She reveals that her ex boyfriend, Jesse wanted her to sell her baby to the black market for $10,000 she gives her baby to a church, and being abused by Jesse, Sam helps Sara get back on her feet, letting her stay in the motel and putting her through law school. Guest Stars Paul Winfield | |||||
| 103 | 13 | "The Medium and the Message" | Noel Nosseck | R.J. Colleary | January 10, 1999 |
| Monica convince tell a network president he could do better like produce a show on Angels. His mind changes when it is revealed 76% of all Americans believe in Angels. (Monica later says the actual number is higher but people are too afraid or embarrassed). But his team doesn't think that Angels are very "edgy". Monica describes her experiences as an Angel and that Angels are very edgy. Monica then starts to tell them about Andrew, the Angel of death. After they don't like his name and want him to be a zombie, Monica walks out and speaks to Irene who tells him about his dream. When the Board of Directors is pressuring him he asks Monica to pitch him. Monica continues her experiences. When his Executive Assistant Irene is killed in a bus explosion by a hijacker, Andrew reveals to Monica Irene wanted Terence to use his script, "The Home of the Brave", and be a family values show based on morality is the way to go. Andrew comments he liked that idea of the Angels show and Monica replies, nah, it'd never take off. Guest stars from previous shows with Paul Winfield, Estelle Getty, Bill Cosby | |||||
| 104 | 14 | "My Brother's Keeper" | Peter H. Hunt | Hoot Maynard Jennifer Wharton | February 7, 1999 |
| Two best friends, who are both competing skiers, need to learn to settle their differences, but one ends up being a paraplegic and is in danger of dying because he doesn't want to live being stuck in a bed the rest of his life. | |||||
| 105 | 15 | "On Edge" | Tim Van Patten | R.J. Colleary | February 14, 1999 |
| The Angels must show a girl interested in skating that being a con artist and stealing is wrong and show her father, an expert con artist, that he must own up to his crime, stop stealing and be a proper father to his daughter. But his daughter takes the blame for the crime, wanting to stay in the town and not leave as he planned. Guest stars: Tara Lipinski and Jack Wagner. | |||||
| 106 | 16 | "The Man Upstairs" | Peter H. Hunt | Glenn Berenbeim | February 21, 1999 |
| Gus Zimmerman is desperate. He needs money for his wife, Esther who is in a nursing home. Thinking he can get the extra money, he first gambles and loses. Then the person who is supposed to renew his contract isn't there. Instead, in his place is a woman who looks identical to Monica-And she reveals her name is Monique. As he gambles with her, and loses, he makes one final bet-The one he shouldn't have made-with his soul. Monica must speak to Gus and set him straight about Monique's lies, and show him the words he must speak and believe. | |||||
| 107 | 17 | "Family Business" | Tim Van Patten | Martha Williamson R.J. Colleary | February 28, 1999 |
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On the eve of their 35th wedding anniversary, Ben and Sylvia Mangione, owners of a car dealership, host a sale. Monica and Tess are on hand to help them with Phil, if he ever arrives. One of the children, Buddy calls to say he is returning with a big announcement to make. Soon the police arrive to say that Buddy has been killed in a crash. Then Buddy's wife turns up and later Buddy, who reveals he is dying of cancer. Ben needs to forgive Buddy. Guest Stars Bill Cosby and Pat Hingle | |||||
| 108 | 18 | "Anatomy Lesson" | Sandor Stern | Ken LaZebnik | March 7, 1999 |
| Monica must show a pathologist who doesn't believe in God, the reason why a man who had a heart attack and where he was when he had it, so that he can rescue the little girl who is trapped down a hole and save his soul. And she has four hours to do it. | |||||
| 109 | 19 | "Jagged Edges" | Gregory Harrison | Jennifer Wharton Burt Pearl | March 28, 1999 |
| While helping a man with his household chores, after which he has a heart attack, Andrew assures a man he will give the box he wanted to give to his daughter which contains a secret. When his daughter arrives, she has bad memories of her past which she must deal with. In addition to this she finds out her mother, she though had died when she was young was still alive but in a mental hospital and had lost a baby. | |||||
| 110 | 20 | "Into the Fire" | Tim Van Patten | Brian Bird | April 4, 1999 |
| Melina Richardson wants to find some meaning in her life and Monica must join a cult with her in order to save the people from the leader, Brother David, a smooth talking con man who controls people, by things too good to be true, and in an attempt to save his life too, with tragic consequences as he refuses to listen to Monica. Guest star: Montel Williams | |||||
| 111 | 21 | "Made in the USA" | Bethany Rooney | Christine Pettit Rosanne Welch | April 11, 1999 |
| Nick Stratton, owner of Stratton Apparel, and a Vietnam Veteran, hires Vietnamese women because they are willing to work for little pay. He hires Monica as his accountant the same day that Am Nhac Nguyen starts at the factory, pressing pants on a faulty steam press. All the women are willing to work for him because he will pay for citizen classes if they meet their daily quotas. Under pressure from his clients, Nick raises the quotas. When Monica asks Nick why he is so hard on his workers, he tells her his story. Tess teaches the students how the early Americans protested against the British, and Am Nhac decides to protest against the working conditions which backfires. Nick sacks everyone and when Andrew, an I.R.S. agent, tells Nick he owes the government several thousand dollars in back taxes, Nick decides to blow the building up by planting a bomb. but he gets trapped and Monica appears to him. She tells him that God loves him, is proud of him for saving the person's life. Nick asks God to forgive him for his hatred. He asks Am Nhac for forgiveness and reveals he is the soldier who helped Cadao in Vietnam. | |||||
| 112 | 22 | "Full Circle" | Victor Lobl | Daniel H. Forer | April 25, 1999 |
| Monica re-enters the life of a former assignment, Kate Prescott, whose son Thomas had been accused of murder and acquitted. Kate's neighborhood is being leveled to make way for a highway but she won't sell to the government. When Thomas finally returns, he has a son, 7-year-old Dylan. Kate sells the house, and encourages him to buy a coffee cart from Tess for $5,000. Instead he spends $10,000 on buying drugs by conning his mother into giving him the money. Monica tells Kate but she refuses to believe her. Tess tells Kate he wasn't interested in buying the cart and he is caught dealing drugs in the park, is arrested but Kate is accidentally shot. Thomas flees, tries to commit suicide but is talked out of it by Monica. He asks Kate to give her another chance. which she does. Guest Star Valerie Harper | |||||
| 113 | 23 | "Black Like Monica" | Tim Van Patten | Martha Williamson | May 2, 1999 |
| Monica must experience what it feels like to be black to help a black person with discrimination, hatred, and bigotry. In order for this to happen, she is transformed into a black person. Guest Stars Rosa Parks and John Ritter | |||||
| 114 | 24 | "Fighting the Good Fight" | Tim Van Patten | Michael Glassberg | May 9, 1999 |
| Tim is tired of being bullied and wants to learn boxing. His brother, Steven gets Meningitis and one of the bullies takes his sweat shirt from him after he recognizes it as his own. When Frank's dog loses in a fight, he threatens Tim and Tim tells Frank he hates him and wants to live with his mother, but it is revealed that she is in jail. When Tim's brother Steven returns from hospital, Tim is surprised that he is in a wheelchair. When Tim learns to box, as revenge he punches the older bully in a showdown. When Muhammad Ali speaks to Tim, it is Tess who helps him say the words. Tim later confronts Frank telling him that he has to look after him and Steven. And that things have to change. Andrew says that the guardian angels will be watching him and the children. Guest stars: Muhammad Ali and Alexis Cruz | |||||
| 115 | 25 | "Hearts" | Victor Lobl | Susan Cridland Wick R.J. Colleary | May 16, 1999 |
| A teenager named Ilena needs a heart and while another woman, Angela McConnell, is dying, Dan, the husband, refuses to accept it and that she is a donor and refuses to give his consent. In the hopes of lifting her spirits, Monica introduces her to Casey, Dr. Sandra's daughter. Andrew asks Angela what she wants and contrary to her wishes, the husband doesn't look at her donor card. Later, Casey goes to Boise, Oregon to try to convince the husband of Angela McConnell to donate her heart. Tess encourages Casey to forgive Mr. McConnell. When she arrives back in Portland, Casey and her mother Dr. Sandra Pena argue and there is an accident. Casey suffers severe head trauma. When Angela's McConnell's husband Dan finally gives his consent, it is too late. Ilena has died. But Angela's heart has gone to another needy individual. | |||||
| 116 | 26 | "Godspeed" | Tim Van Patten | Glenn Berenbeim | May 23, 1999 |
| A female astronaut who isn't scared of anything and doesn't believe in God must learn to trust God and not her skill when her tether cable becomes loose and communications to Mission Control are cut. Guest star: Dr. Sally Ride | |||||
References
External links
- Official website
- Touched by an Angel at the Internet Movie Database
- Touched by an Angel at TV.com
- Touched by an Angel at epguides.com