Touched by an Angel Season 5, Episode 13: The Medium and the Message

1

Miles to Go Before I Sleep

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.

48 min

2

Saving Grace (I)

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).

48 min

3

What Are Friends For?

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.

48 min

4

Only Connect

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

48 min

5

The Lady of the Lake

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.

48 min

6

Beautiful Dreamer

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.

48 min

7

I Do

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

48 min

8

The Wind Beneath Our Wings

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

48 min

9

Psalm 151

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.

48 min

10

The Peacemaker

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.

48 min

11

An Angel on the Roof

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.

48 min

12

Fool For Love

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.

48 min

13

The Medium and the Message

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

48 min

14

My Brother's Keeper

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.

48 min

15

On Edge

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.

48 min

16

The Man Upstairs

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.

48 min

17

Family Business

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.

48 min

18

Anatomy Lesson

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

48 min

19

Jagged Edges

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.

48 min

20

Into the Fire

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.

48 min

21

Made in the U.S.A.

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.

48 min

22

Full Circle

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

48 min

23

Black Like Monica

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

48 min

24

Fighting the Good Fight

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.

48 min

25

Hearts

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.

48 min

26

Godspeed

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.

48 min