Touched by an Angel

- Season 9

(2002)

The angels help out a father and son who are having a hard time bonding, and an elderly woman who wants to die so that she may once again be with her husband. Unfortunately, this all is happening at the same time as a potential meteor collision with Earth is headed their way.

Ed is an underpaid businessman, who one day, on his way home from work, just happens to discover a dancer, Marla, trapped in an abandoned mine. With the help of our friendly angel, Andrew, Ed saves Marla by holding a fallen beam in place for over five hours. When rescue personnel arrive, however, they are amazed that Ed held it for so long. Needless to say, he hasn't mentioned Andrew, and he eventually becomes very famous for his good deed. Caught up in the moment, Ed fails to acknowledge Marla's pain when she realizes she has lost her lifelong dream.

Gloria is duped by a demon pretending to be Monica.

A girl with OCD is threatened to be placed in foster care after her illiterate father gives her an overdose of her medication.

A woman with a young child begins to work at a funeral home to earn money to pay for her own funeral. Unbeknownst to the funeral director, they are father and daughter.

Monica becomes a radio assistant to a crude talk show DJ. One of his callers is a depressed young boy who is on verge of committing suicide. The boy calls into radio show for help. The angels must save the boy and the DJ.

Monica meets a girl who doesn't want anyone to know she lives on a trailer park with her mother.

Monica tries to carry on when Tess is placed in a nursing home with severe Alzheimer's.

Monica's pain at witnessing Tess' helplessness handicaps her both in her assignment and in trying to help Tess.

The angels must help the family of a World Trade Center victim to adjust to their loss.

A private eye helps a young girl earn money to stay off the street, by taking pictures of married men wanting to have sex with her. The angels must help him find his true path and help the young girl reunite with her family.

A man confesses to a priest that he is part of a group that is going to rob a bank. The priest tries to find a way to stop the crime without betraying the confessional vows. Two angels of death are there to help Tess and Gloria.

A gravely ill man needs home care. The angels talk to his estranged brother, trying to convince him that his help is needed.

It's Valentine's Day, and business at the restaurant business is slow because of a winter storm. The angels must help one couple fall in love, and Andrew is there because one elderly person will die.

Monica goes to driving school. The teacher's son is her assignment. Jesse teaches school in an underprivileged area; one student's father sells drugs and tries to sell them at the school. The angels must help Jesse, his mother, and the student.

A talented teen sings in the choir and a band, but also smokes. She is diagnosed with throat cancer. She is told her vocal cords need to be removed.

The angels must help an inventor of an energy-saving converter meet the owner of an oil company who is dying.

Josh was in his aunt's car when his cousin Victor ran over Marissa Atkins. The angels each have a part in the trial to determine if it was attempted murder, with Josh as a witness for his cousin. Josh perjures himself as Marissa comes in to testify.

A group of actors is obsessed with staging a show to revive an old theater.

Monica, Tess and Andrew are invited to the wedding of Audrey, someone they helped before when Audrey's son was dying. Gloria is at the wedding for an assignment to help Audrey make the right decision about getting married.

Monica is up for promotion. The angels are being interviewed to see if she is ready. She's sent to a town needing help. An explosion at school killed the students and teachers. It leaves the town in a shadow of grief, blaming an unknown man.

Monica must overcome her revulsion at the person accused of killing schoolchildren in order to complete her assignment.