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Touched by an Angel Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2002 - 2003
Episode 1
A Rock and a Hard Place
Sat, Sep 28, 200245 mins
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.
Episode 2
The Sixteenth Minute
Sat, Oct 5, 200245 mins
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.
Episode 3
Two Sides to Every Angel
Sat, Oct 12, 2002
Gloria is duped by a demon pretending to be Monica.
Episode 4
The Word
Sat, Oct 19, 200245 mins
A girl with OCD is threatened to be placed in foster care after her illiterate father gives her an overdose of her medication.
Episode 5
A Feather on the Breath of God
Sat, Oct 26, 2002
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.
Episode 6
Jump!
Sat, Nov 2, 200244 mins
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.
Episode 7
Bring On the Rain
Sat, Nov 9, 2002
Monica meets a girl who doesn't want anyone to know that she lives in a trailer park with her mother.
Episode 8
Remembering Me: Part 1
Sat, Nov 16, 200245 mins
Everything seems to be falling apart for Monica. David (Charles Shaughnessy), her assignment is extremely grumpy and uncaring; or, difficult to get through to. Monica observes how he tunes out his family and makes his life just work, work and more work. Even though the assignment is already hard, things take a turn for the worse when Tess begins to act spacey and forgetful. After a checkup, Monica discovers that Tess is in the early stages of Alzheimer's and soon must be put into a nursing home.
Episode 9
Remembering Me: Part 2
Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Monica's pain at witnessing Tess' helplessness handicaps her both in her assignment and in trying to help Tess.
Episode 10
The Christmas Watch
Sat, Dec 21, 2002
The angels must help the family of a World Trade Center victim to adjust to their loss.
Episode 11
Private Eyes
Sat, Jan 11, 200343 mins
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.
Episode 12
The Root of All Evil
Sat, Jan 25, 2003
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.
Episode 13
A Time for Every Purpose
Sat, Feb 1, 2003
A gravely ill man needs home care. The angels talk to his estranged brother, trying to convince him that his help is needed.
Episode 14
And a Nightingale Sang
Sat, Feb 8, 2003
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.
Episode 15
As It Is in Heaven
Sat, Feb 15, 200344 mins
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.
Episode 16
Song for My Father
Sat, Feb 22, 2003
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.
Episode 17
The Good Earth
Sat, Mar 1, 200345 mins
A dying cynical inventor is encouraged by Monica to pass on his energy conversion invention plans to a large oil company and a young boy. He sells his plans and the prototype to the big business, then uses his remaining time to instruct the boy and reconstruct his invention from scratch.
Episode 18
Virtual Reality
Sat, Mar 15, 200343 mins
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.
Episode 19
The Show Must Not Go On
Sat, Apr 12, 2003
A group of actors is obsessed with staging a show to revive an old theater.
Episode 20
At the End of the Aisle
Sat, Apr 19, 2003
Monica, Tess and Andrew are invited to the wedding of Audrey, someone they helped before when Audrey's son Petey was dying from Cystic Fibrosis, and again when Audrey was not coping well with the loss. Gloria is at the wedding for an assignment to help Audrey make the right decision about getting married. She met him at an AA meeting and there is some conflict in the beliefs of the couple.
Episode 21
I Will Walk with You: Part 1
Sat, Apr 26, 200344 mins
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.
Episode 22
I Will Walk with You: Part 2
Sun, Apr 27, 2003
Monica must overcome her revulsion at the person accused of killing schoolchildren in order to complete her assignment.