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Touched by an Angel Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 1
Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Sun, Sep 20, 199845 mins
The angels tend to dying patients in the hospital, some who have lost hope and some who have faith they will get better. An elderly man who is dying asks Andrew to help another soul that is also dying.
Episode 2
Saving Grace: Part 1
Sun, Sep 27, 199846 mins
After Russell Greene's brother Joe caused the death of a father and son, the widow started to drink, neglect her living son, and send threatening letters to Joe. Joe leaves town to work on an oil rig. Part 2 is finished on The Promised Land
Episode 3
What Are Friends For?
Sun, Oct 4, 1998
A young woman is running for mayor and her campaign places her in the lead. But then a friend of hers is being accused of sexual misconduct with a student in his classroom. Monica must help her understand what she should do.
Episode 4
Only Connect
Sun, Oct 11, 1998
A young boy on a baseball team befriends Ferdie, who helps out on the team. Ferdie is autistic, and none of the other players seem to accept him. Cameron's father is the coach who has problems at home. Ferdie must help mend the family.
Episode 5
Lady of the Lake
Sun, Oct 18, 1998
Blakes, an ambitious salesman returns to his hometown to close a big business deal that will destroy many of his cherished childhood memories.
Episode 6
Beautiful Dreamer
Sun, Oct 25, 1998
Tess becomes a teacher at a school in Washington D.C. with young children. One child turns in an essay about wanting to be a hit man when he grows up. Tess tells a story about Abraham Lincoln to the students, giving them insight into life.
Episode 7
I Do
Sun, Nov 1, 1998
Stephanie and Michael plan to elope but his mother has them prepare to marry so she can plan it. When they get into an accident, Michael is seriously injured. His mother wants him off life support, but Stephanie has faith that God has other plans.
Episode 8
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Sun, Nov 8, 1998
A judicial judge is confident in her profession, but depends on her mother for everything else. Her mother is only too eager to help. Monica and Tess must help them see they have much more to live for than just each other.
Episode 9
Psalm 151
Sun, Nov 15, 1998
Monica's 100th case is no easy one: She must help a young boy fulfill his list of last wishes before he dies. One of his wishes is for his mother to finish a song she started when he was born.
Episode 10
The Peacemaker
Sun, Nov 22, 1998
A bickering couple, grieving over the murder of their teen son, discover what his last act produced.
Episode 11
An Angel on the Roof
Sun, Dec 13, 1998
A young pregnant Mexican woman delivers her baby in a cheap motel while running from immigration authorities.
Episode 12
Fool for Love
Sun, Jan 3, 1999
A lawyer tells Monica about her troubled past and a lost baby. Her past has caught up with her current life. Tess listens to a man who has work problems and feels there is nothing left in life.
Episode 13
The Medium and the Message
Sun, Jan 10, 1999
Monica has an assignment that should take just a minute. The president of a television network wants to produce a show about angels, but sometimes forgets in his quest to be the number one network. Monica must get him to follow his heart.
Episode 14
My Brother's Keeper
Sun, Feb 7, 199945 mins
Will and Jett are raised together by Will's father and compete in skiing. The father favors Jett as he is the better skier. When Jett becomes a paraplegic in an accident, the father blames Will. Jett does not want to live.
Episode 15
On Edge
Sun, Feb 14, 1999
A con-artist father involves his daughter in his crimes. She wants to be a figure skater and put down roots in the town they've just arrived in to skate. When the father gets caught, his daughter confesses.
Episode 16
The Man Upstairs
Sun, Feb 21, 1999
A life insurance salesman is in Las Vegas to sell a policy to one of the owners of a casino. The owner is not there for the meeting. Instead, there's a woman named Monique that looks a lot like Monica present for the meeting. She offers him the opportunity to wipe out his gambling debt in return for signing his soul away. The real Monica later helps him get his soul sold back
Episode 17
Family Business
Sun, Feb 28, 1999
Ben owns a car dealership which is run by his family, except for Buddy. Ben tries to control all aspects of the family, but Buddy wanted to be his own individual. After five years, Buddy returns. His father must learns to accept Buddy's choices.
Episode 18
Anatomy Lesson
Sun, Mar 7, 199960 mins
After a little girl falls in an abandoned airshaft, a man dies of a heart attack while running to get help. Monica must help the coroner do an autopsy to discover what he was doing when he died to save the little girl.
Episode 19
Jagged Edges
Sun, Mar 28, 1999
Andrew helps a man who will die of a heart attack. As he dies, he asks Andrew to give a box to his comedian daughter. The daughter returns home to bad memories, and finds a secret about her dead mother in the box.
Episode 20
Into the Fire
Sun, Apr 4, 199946 mins
After a woman is fired for hollering at a telemarketing customer on the telephone, Monica temporarily joins a cult with her. Tess gives a required assignment to Monica about exposing the cult's leader as a sinister fraud before his followers self-destruct as their final fate.
Episode 21
Made in the U.S.A.
Sun, Apr 11, 1999
Nick Stratton is a former Vietnam veteran managing a clothing factory staffed by refugees. His personal problems are exacerbated when the IRS starts chasing him for back taxes. The angels get involved when he starts mistreating his employees.
Episode 22
Full Circle
Sun, Apr 25, 199960 mins
Monica returns to a woman named Kate who has more problems than the previous time. Kate is in danger of losing her house and has not seen her son in three years. Her son returns and has his own child. Kate still has problems.
Episode 23
Black Like Monica
Sun, May 2, 1999
Monica is assigned to a town troubled by racial violence--and changed into a Black mortal woman.
Episode 24
Fighting the Good Fight
Sun, May 9, 1999
Two boys stay with their uncle while their mother is in jail. Picked on by his brother and other older kids, the 11-year-old takes up boxing to defend himself.
Episode 25
Hearts
Sun, May 16, 199946 mins
A teenager needs a heart transplant. Her doctor has a daughter who is a friend of the teen. A heart becomes available when a woman falls and has brain damage. The angels must heal the husband and the doctor's relationship with her daughter.
Episode 26
Godspeed
Sun, May 23, 1999
The angels must help a woman astronaut find her faith after her mother's death. She goes on a space mission and while working outside the missile, her teeth cable becomes loose. She is unable to contact the team inside the shuttle.