Season 5

Episodes • 1998

Roma Downey
Della Reese
John Dye
Miles to Go Before I Sleep

1. Miles to Go Before I Sleep

48 min

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.

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Saving Grace (I)

2. Saving Grace (I)

48 min

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).

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What Are Friends For?

3. What Are Friends For?

48 min

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.

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Only Connect

4. Only Connect

48 min

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

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The Lady of the Lake

5. The Lady of the Lake

48 min

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.

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Beautiful Dreamer

6. Beautiful Dreamer

48 min

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.

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I Do

7. I Do

48 min

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

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The Wind Beneath Our Wings

8. The Wind Beneath Our Wings

48 min

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

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Psalm 151

9. Psalm 151

48 min

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.

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The Peacemaker

10. The Peacemaker

48 min

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.

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An Angel on the Roof

11. An Angel on the Roof

48 min

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.

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Fool For Love

12. Fool For Love

48 min

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.

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The Medium and the Message

13. The Medium and the Message

48 min

Monica tries to persuade a TV executive, whose network philosophy is “big, better, absolutely shocking,” to consider backing a series about angels.

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My Brother's Keeper

14. My Brother's Keeper

48 min

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.

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On Edge

15. On Edge

48 min

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.

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The Man Upstairs

16. The Man Upstairs

48 min

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.

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Family Business

17. Family Business

48 min

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.

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Anatomy Lesson

18. Anatomy Lesson

48 min

Monica and Tess must help a little girl trapped in an airshaft by leading a reluctant rescuer to her location.

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Jagged Edges

19. Jagged Edges

48 min

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.

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Into the Fire

20. Into the Fire

48 min

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.

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Made in the U.S.A.

21. Made in the U.S.A.

48 min

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.

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Full Circle

22. Full Circle

48 min

A distressed mother has her prayers answered when her estranged son finally returns home after seven years---with a son of his own.

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Black Like Monica

23. Black Like Monica

48 min

Monica experiences life as a black woman in America as part of an assignment brought about by the murder of an elderly black man.

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Fighting the Good Fight

24. Fighting the Good Fight

48 min

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.

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Hearts

25. Hearts

48 min

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.

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Godspeed

26. Godspeed

48 min

Josie, an astronaut preparing for a mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery, struggles to cope with her God-fearing mother's death just days before the scheduled launch. Meanwhile, a sick child wants Josie to mail a letter to God.

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