Touched by an Angel (season 2)
The second season of the American dramatic television series Touched by an Angel ran on CBS from September 23, 1995 to May 18, 1996, spanning 24 episodes. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series chronicled the cases of two angels, Monica (Roma Downey) and her supervisor Tess (Della Reese), who bring messages from God to various people to help them as they reach a crossroads in their lives. A third angel, Andrew (John Dye) is introduced as the "Angel of Death".
| Touched by an Angel | |
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| Season 2 | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 23, 1995 – May 18, 1996 |
| Season chronology | |
A season set containing all of the episodes of the season was released to Region 1 DVD.[1] The episodes use the song "Walk With You", performed by Reese, as their opening theme.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 12 | 1 | "Interview with an Angel" | Helaine Head | Story by : Marilyn Osborn and Martha Williamson Teleplay by : Martha Williamson | September 23, 1995 | |
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A newspaper editor advertises for angels so she can boost the newspaper sales and Monica recalls some of her assignments. As unhappy as Tess is, she offers her a chance to explain to a newspaper editor about angelic encounters. Guest Stars: Bruce Altman, Dinah Manoff and Gerald McRaney | ||||||
| 13 | 2 | "Trust" | Victor Lobl | Jule Selbo | September 30, 1995 | |
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As a rookie cop, Monica works with a seasoned police officer, who returns to the squad after recovering from a gunshot wound, while Tess works as a police dispatcher to help Monica and Zack find some arrests. Zack, now partnering with Monica, learns why he has been escaping from Ben. Having been addicted to painkillers, his drugs addictions become quite apparent, when he steals a stash from a drug dealer that Zack and Monica apprehend. Finding his behavior to be totally erratic, Tess transmits to Zack and Monica they were a no show at the hearing, after Mason's arrest, leading Zack and Monica to disciplinary action. Monica helps Zack overcome his substance abuse problems. Guest Stars: Joe Penny, John Hawkes and Paul Rodriguez | ||||||
| 14 | 3 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Tim Van Patten | R.J. Colleary | October 7, 1995 | |
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Monica attends the rodeo with Tess and encounters Kathleen, whom Monica remembers as an angelic friend from the past. However, Tess informs Monica that Kathleen has fallen and is no longer her friend. The fallen angel attempts to break up a grandfather/father-son relationship, but Monica must intervene with the truth that Kathleen is now a demonic influence. Guest Stars: Jasmine Guy and Stacy Keach | ||||||
| 15 | 4 | "The Driver" | Tim Van Patten | Glenn Berenbeim | October 14, 1995 | |
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When a reporter is asked to cover the hit and run of a baseball star, her guilt overcomes her after she realizes she was the one who hit the baseball star and contemplates suicide because of this. When all else fails, Tess sends Monica to help the high-powered reporter to clear up her faults. Guest Stars: John Spencer, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Diahann Carroll | ||||||
| 16 | 5 | "Angels on the Air" | Bruce Bilson | R.J. Colleary | October 21, 1995 | |
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Monica works as an assistant to a woman who has a job at a radio station and is known for her sharp tongue and quick wit, Sandy Latham, crosses the line when she uses her daughter, Claire, to get ratings boosted and as a consequence loses her job and her daughter's love for her. Tess, who sits next to her uses her powers of persuasion to reveal the truth to her show her what she must do. She must reconcile with her daughter and ask for her forgiveness and her daughter must forgive her mother before they can move on in their lives. Guest Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, James Marsden, Jack Black and Elizabeth Ashley | ||||||
| 17 | 6 | "In the Name of God" | Tim Van Patten | Martha Williamson | October 28, 1995 | |
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A white supremacist group led by one of Tess's former cases try to stop an AIDS hospice opening. Tess's anger gets the better of her and her job has to be taken over by Sam until she learns to fight with love not anger, while Monica uncovers the truth behind a politician. Guest Stars: John Schneider, Dick Van Patten and Paul Winfield | ||||||
| 18 | 7 | "Reunion" | Victor Lobl | Valerie Woods | November 4, 1995 | |
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A poet's worst fears are realized when her son's childhood love returns and it's discovered she has AIDS. She must learn to let go and let the childhood sweethearts live their lives, with the encouragement of Tess. Guest Stars: Natalie Cole and Maya Angelou | ||||||
| 19 | 8 | "Operation Smile" | Nancy Malone | Glenn Berenbeim, R.J. Colleary and Martha Williamson | November 11, 1995 | |
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Monica becomes a babysitter to Emily, a little girl who has a cleft lip. Her mother Ginger works as an exotic dancer for money and refuses to let her daughter be seen by anyone, as she feels Emily's disfigurement is her fault. Problems start when Emily makes a friend invited who learns that a free surgery for children like Emily is going to take place soon. More problems arise when Tess interrupts the entire crew, after Albert transported stolen merchandise, elsewhere. She confronts him, while they travel on a balloon, reestablishing their journey. Guest Star: Tone Loc | ||||||
| 20 | 9 | "The Big Bang" | Chuck Bowman | Ken LaZebnik | November 25, 1995 | |
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Monica must help a bank owner, Max Chamberlain, and the pregnant wife of an angry fired bank worker who seeks revenge. Tess and Monica are also locked in a bank vault after a gas line explosion. Guest Stars: Jeffrey Nordling, Lisa Jane Persky and Jack Scalia | ||||||
| 21 | 10 | "Unidentified Female" | Michael Schultz | Martha Williamson | December 2, 1995 | |
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A woman who witnesses a shooting has a burn on her finger and a hole in her memory. At a trendy magazine company, a real estate developer asks Tess if she knows how to fix elevators, fortunately, she can. Two detectives are rigorously interrogating her, and as she is cross examined, her scrambled memories eventually coalesce into a narrative. After being released, she is still in shock and denial. Revealing herself, Monica informs her that God has a purpose for her witnessing the incident and that she has a task to complete. Guest Stars: Allison Smith, Alanna Ubach and Greg Evigan | ||||||
| 22 | 11 | "The Feather" | Gene Reynolds | Story by : Valerie Woods, Ken LaZebnik and Robin Sheets Teleplay by : Ken LaZebnik and Valerie Woods | December 16, 1995 | |
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Charles, a con man turned crooked preacher, claims a feather is from an angel when it falls from a dove. He diverts piles of donations into his own pocket. Confronted by his brother Wayne, who used to scam with him but has repented, he is determined to stop him but Charles threatens to tell the truth about Wayne's past. The issue is brought to a head when a crack baby is brought to Charles to be healed. Guest Stars: Randy Travis and William R. Moses | ||||||
| 23 | 12 | "The One That Got Away" | Victoria Hochberg | Debbie Smith and Danna Doyle | January 6, 1996 | |
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The Angels focus on 4 former classmates, a couple who rekindle their passion, a woman who is still reeling from the suicide of her fiance who was expelled for cheating on an exam, and a man who had been unaware of her fiance's death. But there's hope, and Andrew, the Angel of Death, is here. Monica meets him unannounced, whom Tess is well acquainted with. Guest Star: Tracy Nelson Note: This episode marks the first appearance of John Dye as Andrew. | ||||||
| 24 | 13 | "'Til We Meet Again" | Tim Van Patten | Martha Williamson | January 13, 1996 | |
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Monica and Tess need to convince the family of a dying man to expose their secret before he dies. At the Carpenter house, Monica is a visiting nurse, while Tess is an interior decorator who both get caught up in the confrontational situation over Kim's behavior that Joe's daughter and son-in-law are both really opposed to. Guest Stars: Joan Van Ark, Ed Begley Jr., Concetta Tomei and Priscilla Pointer | ||||||
| 25 | 14 | "Rock 'n' Roll Dad" | Tim Van Patten | Andrew Smith | January 20, 1996 | |
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Monica works as chauffeur and Tess as a nanny to Dylan for Jon Borders, a rock star who has the world at his feet and the perfect life. But when his wife Evie dies, he goes back to his old drinking habits and as a result, his daughter Samantha nearly does as well. Guest Star: A Martinez | ||||||
| 26 | 15 | "Indigo Angel" | Jon Andersen | Glenn Berenbeim and R.J. Colleary | February 3, 1996 | |
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A grandfather who owns a blues club, which needs money to stay open, and is about to die, and who regularly loses his memory, is tricked by his son into signing the club over to him for money, as he refuses to close until the Countess (Tess) says so. Guest Stars: Hal Linden, Dr. John, B.B. King, Al Jarreau and Al Hirt | ||||||
| 27 | 16 | "Jacob's Ladder" | Michael Schultz | Story by : Ken LaZebnik Teleplay by : Martha Williamson | February 10, 1996 | |
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When Monica is arrested and put in a mental asylum for cocaine possession, Tess thinks that she went to the wrong address. However, the woman Monica shares a room with is actually an angel who has lost her way home. Also, the lawyer that Monica works with was associated with Claire in the Vietnam War. Guest Stars: Joe Morton, Barbara Mandrell, Paul Winfield and Cindy Williams | ||||||
| 28 | 17 | "Out of the Darkness" | Victoria Hochberg | R.J. Colleary | February 17, 1996 | |
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Monica helps Steve, a man who has been in a coma for 5 years, who learns upon awakening that his wife, Bonnie has divorced him and fallen in love with his business partner, while Steve must also face a painful legacy of child abuse---done to him by his father, and done by him to his own son, which helped end his marriage. Guest Stars: Jane Kaczmarek, Brenda Vaccaro and Bradley Whitford Note: John Dye does not appear in this episode. | ||||||
| 29 | 18 | "Lost and Found" | Bethany Rooney | Debbie Smith and Danna Doyle | February 24, 1996 | |
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It's a battle between heaven and hell for the soul of a man who coordinates a center for missing children as his girlfriend lies to him and tries to make him go crazy with guilt over missing children. Monica and Tess try to convince him of God's love for him and all of the missing children. His "girlfriend" is fallen angel Kathleen in her second appearance. Guest Stars: Bill Nunn and Jasmine Guy | ||||||
| 30 | 19 | "Dear God" | Tim Van Patten | Glenn Berenbeim | March 9, 1996 | |
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Monica must help a Jewish holocaust survivor, that works in a Post Office and answers letters to God, who has lost his faith in God to regain it and to also help a child whose father has died. Andrew met the child and Tess is being allured by Monica to ask God if they can read the letters. After hearing about the incident where his girlfriend has been abusing the girl, Monica was very unhappy, yet Tess reminds her that Max (not Tanya) was her assignment. Guest Star: Elliott Gould | ||||||
| 31 | 20 | "Portrait of Mrs. Campbell" | Victor Lobl | Susan Cridland Wick | March 23, 1996 | |
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Monica, Tess and Andrew must help a mother and daughter-in-law, who live in the same house and hate each other, to mend their fragile relationship before the mother dies. The mother needs a bone marrow transplant or she will die and the daughter-in-law is pregnant. Also involved is a secret: The mother's disabled son Tommy. Guest Stars: Gabrielle Carteris and Linda Gray | ||||||
| 32 | 21 | "The Quality of Mercy" | Chuck Bowman | Andrew Smith | April 27, 1996 | |
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A father who used to be a TV actor, suddenly goes through a mid-life crisis, trying to be the same actor he used to be. When his son gets the part in a school play and a series of events start when the father starts kissing a female student, the son is angry at his mother for moving to a new town and is angry with his father for what he has done. Meanwhile, his mother has fallen from a ladder while trying to hang a picture. Monica, Tess and Andrew must intervene and get the son to forgive his father and mother before the family breaks up. Guest Stars: Marsha Warfield and Ted Shackelford | ||||||
| 33 | 22 | "Flesh and Blood" | Jon Andersen | R.J. Colleary | May 4, 1996 | |
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A young man who has a history of delinquency is accused of killing a girl. His mother backs his claim of innocence. But when he's released due to lack of evidence, the girl's father wants him gone. Later his mother discovers something in his possession that makes her doubt his claim of innocence. Monica has to confront him and persuade him to tell the truth, while Tess needs to encourage the victim's father to allow God to avenge the loss of his daughter, when he refuses to listen, especially when Kate insists that the vendetta would stop. Guest Stars: Valerie Harper, Sally Jesse Raphael and Anthony Michael Hall Note: John Dye does not appear in this episode. | ||||||
| 34 | 23 | "Birthmarks" | Peter Hunt | Ken LaZebnik | May 11, 1996 | |
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A widower is angry with his son, daughter in law, and their surrogate for not having a pregnancy a normal way. His son is also dying. Because of his stubbornness, their surrogate leaves and refuses to give up the baby. Monica and Tess must help before the son dies. Tess gets in the Cadillac with Jolene and the baby in town, who wepts that Michael never held him. Tess also consoles Penny, by revealing that the birthmark he has, was a kiss from his father. Guest Stars: William Daniels, David Naughton and Kathie Lee Gifford | ||||||
| 35 | 24 | "Statute of Limitations" | Victor Lobl | Danna Doyle and Debbie Smith | May 18, 1996 | |
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Monica, Tess and Andrew are all assigned to work on a tabloid TV talk show host Morgan and her controlling overweight sister, Claudia, who tells her what to say and controls all aspects of the show, must expose the falsehood of the show and come into the open. They need each other and must learn to heal from a car accident in the past that has kept her in a wheelchair. Monica must help the sisters from hiding in the past and in her room and run their show together. As fate would have it, actor Paul Walker plays Johnathan, Morgan's prom date who dies in a car crash in which he was the passenger. Guest Stars: Darlene Cates, Paul Walker and Shanna Reed | ||||||
References
- "A Touch of Encouragement Store". Touched.com. CBS Home Entertainment. Retrieved March 22, 2010.