About this season
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
Episodes (26)
1. Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Aired 20 September 1998 • 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.
2. Saving Grace (I)
Aired 27 September 1998 • 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).
3. What Are Friends For?
Aired 4 October 1998 • 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.
4. Only Connect
Aired 11 October 1998 • 48 min
A Little League player, whose overbearing father is also his team's coach, befriends an equipment manager whose peculiar behavior repels others.
5. The Lady of the Lake
Aired 18 October 1998 • 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.
6. Beautiful Dreamer
Aired 25 October 1998 • 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.
7. I Do
Aired 1 November 1998 • 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.
8. The Wind Beneath Our Wings
Aired 8 November 1998 • 48 min
Tess and Monica help a mother and daughter whose dependence on each other is keeping them from realizing their full potential.
9. Psalm 151
Aired 15 November 1998 • 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.
10. The Peacemaker
Aired 22 November 1998 • 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.
11. An Angel on the Roof
Aired 13 December 1998 • 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.
12. Fool For Love
Aired 3 January 1999 • 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.
13. The Medium and the Message
Aired 10 January 1999 • 48 min
Monica tries to persuade a TV executive, whose network philosophy is “big, better, absolutely shocking,” to consider backing a series about angels.
14. My Brother's Keeper
Aired 7 February 1999 • 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.
15. On Edge
Aired 14 February 1999 • 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.
16. The Man Upstairs
Aired 21 February 1999 • 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.
17. Family Business
Aired 28 February 1999 • 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.
18. Anatomy Lesson
Aired 7 March 1999 • 48 min
Monica and Tess must help a little girl trapped in an airshaft by leading a reluctant rescuer to her location.
19. Jagged Edges
Aired 28 March 1999 • 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.
20. Into the Fire
Aired 4 April 1999 • 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.
21. Made in the U.S.A.
Aired 11 April 1999 • 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.
22. Full Circle
Aired 25 April 1999 • 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.
23. Black Like Monica
Aired 2 May 1999 • 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.
24. Fighting the Good Fight
Aired 9 May 1999 • 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.
25. Hearts
Aired 16 May 1999 • 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.
26. Godspeed
Aired 23 May 1999 • 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.