Episode 1
Aired Sep 15, 1996
Promised Land
Russell Greene's (Gerald McRaney) promised job is nonexistent; his nephew, abandoned; his family's new hometown, without a doctor.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 21, 1996
A Joyful Noise
Monica helps a psychologist, still coping with the recent loss of his daughter, regain the hope that he once had.
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Episode 3
Aired Sep 22, 1996
Random Acts
Monica comes to the aid of a discouraged veteran teacher who has lost the enthusiasm and feelings of pride he once had for his profession.
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Episode 4
Aired Sep 29, 1996
Sins of the Father
Journalist Monica visits a teen gang-member (De'aundre Bonds) on death row who has much in common with a fellow death-row inmate (Carl Lumbly); guest Debbie Allen.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 6, 1996
Written in Dust
Monica (Roma Downey) poses as a research assistant to try and reunite an archaeologist (Corey Parker) with his dying grandfather (Harold Gould).
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 13, 1996
Secret Service
A rising Secret Service agent learns her kidney could save a dying friend; with Ben Vereen, Roy Thinnes.
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Episode 7
Aired Oct 27, 1996
Groundrush
Threatening her status as an angel, Monica lies to help an accused killer -- whom she believes is a hero -- escape from police custody.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 3, 1996
The Sky Is Falling
Monica poses as a nurse to help an ailing man whom she was first sent to help in 1938; the Angel of Etiquette is out to teach Tess some patience.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 10, 1996
Something Blue
Wedding coordinators Monica and Tess counsel a bride whose inability to trust threatens her happiness.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 17, 1996
Into the Light
A white-collar criminal learns that he must restore the faith of a 13-year-old girl if he wants to enjoy his afterlife.
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Episode 11
Aired Nov 24, 1996
Homecoming
A drug-addicted, hard-drinking prostitute (Delta Burke) gets a second chance at Tess' halfway house.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 1, 1996
The Journalist
A tough television reporter investigates an elderly couple on suspicions that they are abusing their foster children.
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Episode 13
Aired Dec 22, 1996
The Violin Lesson
Before Christmas arrives, Monica must reunite a violinmaker who has turned against his son upon learning that the young man is dying of AIDS.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 12, 1997
Forget Me Not
An advertising photographer (Isabella Hofmann) views her overly dependent mother (Carol Lawrence) as an obstacle to fulfillment.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 19, 1997
Smokescreen
Prosecutor Tess faces an ambitious defense attorney (Kadeem Hardison) in a class-action suit against a tobacco company.
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Episode 16
Aired Feb 2, 1997
Crisis of Faith
A minister loses his faith when his son is killed in an auto accident shortly after the two of them have a fight.
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Episode 17
Aired Feb 9, 1997
Angel of Death
A death-obsessed magician and his institutionalized mother try to escape the childhood tragedy that has damaged both their lives.
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Episode 18
Aired Feb 16, 1997
Clipped Wings
A judge suspends Monica after she misses her performance evaluation, unaware that she is being delayed by a fallen angel out to get her.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 23, 1997
Amazing Grace
Blind Monica has help from Joshua on a case involving gang violence; guest Louis Gossett Jr.; George Newbern; Lynn Whitfield; Al Jarreau; Esther Rolle.
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Episode 20
Aired Mar 9, 1997
Labor of Love
On a flight to Paris, Andrew helps a pediatrician who hopes to rekindle the romance with her husband but instead discovers he is involved with a pregnant, younger woman.
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Episode 21
Aired Mar 16, 1997
Have You Seen Me?
A couple learn that the son they adopted years ago was actually kidnapped, and his biological father now wants him back.
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Episode 22
Aired Mar 30, 1997
Last Call
When Monica offers a miracle to several bar patrons, she finds them entirely apathetic toward her efforts.
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Episode 23
Aired Apr 13, 1997
Missing in Action
As an 80-year-old woman, Monica helps one senior citizen regain his zest for life and another learn the fate of her late husband.
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Episode 24
Aired Apr 27, 1997
At Risk
A juvenile offender helps a handicapped child and gets a second chance; Colin Powell introduces the episode.
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Episode 25
Aired May 4, 1997
Full Moon
Monica acts as a counselor for a couple plagued by emotions stemming from the wife's rape six years earlier.
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Episode 26
Aired May 10, 1997
An Angel by Any Other Name
A bitter woman campaigns to close down a group home for adults with Down syndrome until a debilitating stroke makes her think otherwise.
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Episode 27
Aired May 11, 1997
Inherit the Wind
The Angel of Restoration helps an angry man regain his faith when he feels betrayed by his father after being left out of his will.
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Episode 28
Aired May 18, 1997
A Delicate Balance
A boy takes risks to get his mother's attention when she becomes obsessed with her daughter's gymnastic career.
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