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Touched by an Angel Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
Holy of Holies
Sat, Sep 29, 2001
Monica, Tess and Andrew help train their newest angel, Gloria. Their assignment is to help a college professor in his quest for the Ark of the Covenant.
Episode 2
The Perfect Game
Sat, Oct 6, 2001
A father tries to control his son's life and is obsessed with his baseball performance. The angels must help heal the father and son relationship by showing the father that he must first heal the relationship he has with his own father.
Episode 3
The Birthday Present
Sat, Oct 13, 200145 mins
Young children are beaten and abused by their drunken father. The angels must help a mailman who wants to help the children.
Episode 4
Manhunt
Sat, Oct 20, 2001
Tess and the other angels return to a small town to help a woman who is lonely after her boyfriend leaves her. The bartenders in the town remember Tess and decide to help the angels play matchmaker with the woman and a delivery man.
Episode 5
Chutzpah
Sat, Oct 27, 200144 mins
With memories of her Jewish father's discrimination against women, Rachel releases her fury by publishing comic strips which make fun of her father and his religion.
Episode 6
Famous Last Words
Sat, Nov 3, 200145 mins
After discovering a heartbreaking secret about his mother, a man discovers his last chance to repent before being executed for killing his abusive stepfather.
Episode 7
Most Likely to Succeed
Sat, Nov 10, 2001
After a long life of hatred towards the football player who stole the girl he loved, Dennis decides to get his revenge at their high school reunion.
Episode 8
Heaven's Portal
Sat, Nov 24, 200145 mins
A rebellious teen convinces Gloria to go to a rave with him where they both end up getting high.
Episode 9
When Sunny Gets Blue
Sat, Dec 1, 2001
A young man tries to help his mentally ill father, in rebellion against his mother's apparent indifference.
Episode 10
Angels Anonymous
Sat, Dec 15, 200144 mins
The angels attempt to change the lives of the individuals in a long-lost group of friends. Their influences on these people cause them all to end up unexpectedly at the same Polynesian restaurant, where they are surprised to see one another after all of the years that have passed.
Episode 11
A Winter Carol
Sun, Dec 16, 2001
A man who died on 9-11-2001 in the twin towers was a music teacher. His death affects one of his students and his family. The student is depressed, his older brother wants to join the army, and their mayor mother has to help the town.
Episode 12
The Last Chapter
Sat, Jan 12, 2002
A mortally ill journalist resists finishing her autobiography because, to be honest, she will have to record her own encounter with an angel.
Episode 13
Ship-in-a-Bottle
Sat, Jan 26, 200245 mins
A widowed father with two children has to deal with one daughter having sickle cell anemia. When the daughter gets seriously sick and the local doctor is not available, his daughter dies while he tries to find help.
Episode 14
The Blue Angel
Sat, Feb 2, 200243 mins
Max and Elmer are long-time friends. Max is slowly dying due to smoking cigarettes for many years. Elmer tries to get him to stop, but he will not listen. After Monica, Tess, and Andrew fail to get him to stop, Gloria offers to help.
Episode 15
Secrets and Lies
Sat, Mar 2, 200260 mins
A father whose daughter has leukemia must ask his ex-mistress to allow their son to be a bone marrow daughter. Since his ex-mistress refuses, the angels must find a way to help.
Episode 16
The Princeless Bride
Sat, Mar 9, 2002
Liz's fiancée Jonas runs away after having a fight with her, causing Liz to reach out to the less fortunate instead of crying for her own loss.
Episode 17
Hello, I Love You
Sat, Apr 6, 200245 mins
A young girl in search of the father she has never known is guided to several possibilities.
Episode 18
Minute by Minute
Sat, Apr 13, 200245 mins
A nun with a dark past tries to stop two boys from blowing up a high school.
Episode 19
The Bells of St. Peter's
Sat, May 4, 2002
Maggie and Brian are busy doctors. Maggie finds it hard to stop working, while Brian wants time off together. Maggie's mother Rose wants to go to Rome but cannot go alone due to health. Can she convince Maggie and Brian to go with her?
Episode 20
The Impossible Dream
Sat, May 4, 2002
A man with a beautiful voice is encouraged to sing for the first time in twenty-five years.
Episode 21
For All the Tea in China
Sun, May 5, 200245 mins
An old British woman is forced to reveal the secrets of her painful past after undergoing a failed background check in order for her grandson to adopt a baby from China.
Episode 22
Forever Young
Sat, May 11, 200245 mins
A motivational speaker helps other to move forward and achieve, but he and his wife have their own problems of moving forward since their daughter's murder.