Touched by an Angel

Season 5

26 episodes 9 seasons

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Touched by an Angel Season 5 released on September 20, 1998.

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S05E01 Aired September 20, 1998

Miles to Go Before I Sleep

The angels tend to dying patients in the hospital, some who have lost hope and some who have faith they will get better. An elderly man who is dying asks Andrew to help another soul that is also dying.

S05E02 Aired September 27, 1998

Saving Grace (1)

After Russell Greene’s brother Joe caused the death of a father and son, the widow started to drink, neglect her living son, and send threatening letters to Joe. Joe leaves town to work on an oil rig. Part 2 of the cross-over concludes on Promised Land S03E01.

S05E03 Aired October 04, 1998

What Are Friends For?

A young woman is running for mayor and her campaign places her in the lead. But then a friend of hers is being accused of sexual misconduct with a student in his classroom. Monica must help her understand what she should do.

S05E04 Aired October 11, 1998

Only Connect

A young boy on a baseball team befriends Ferdie, who helps out on the team. Ferdie is autistic, and none of the other players seem to accept him. Cameron’s father is the coach who has problems at home. Ferdie must help mend the family.

S05E05 Aired October 18, 1998

The Lady of the Lake

Monica owns a bait store near a town’s lake, in which the fish are dying and the town’s residents are listless about the future of their town. A land developer wants Monica’s land to plow everything under, but she helps the town heal.

S05E06 Aired October 25, 1998

Beautiful Dreamer

Tess becomes a teacher at a school in Washington D.C. with young children. One child turns in an essay about wanting to be a hit man when he grows up. Tess tells a story about Abraham Lincoln to the students, giving them insight into life.

S05E07 Aired November 01, 1998

I Do

Stephanie and Michael plan to elope but his mother has them prepare to marry so she can plan it. When they get into an accident, Michael is seriously injured. His mother wants him off life support, but Stephanie has faith that God has other plans.

S05E08 Aired November 08, 1998

The Wind Beneath Our Wings

A judicial judge is confident in her profession, but depends on her mother for everything else. Her mother is only too eager to help. Monica and Tess must help them see they have much more to live for than just each other.

S05E09 Aired November 15, 1998

Psalm 151

It is Monica’s 100th case, and not an easy one. She must help a young child fulfill his list of last wishes before he dies. One of his wishes is for his mother to finish a song she had started when he was born.

S05E10 Aired November 22, 1998

The Peacemaker

A bickering couple, grieving over the murder of their teen son, discover what his last act produced.

S05E11 Aired December 13, 1998

An Angel on the Roof

A young pregnant Mexican woman delivers her baby in a cheap motel while running from immigration authorities.

S05E12 Aired January 03, 1999

Fool For Love

A lawyer tells Monica about her troubled past and a lost baby. Her past has caught up with her current life. Tess listens to a man who has work problems and feels there is nothing left in life.

S05E13 Aired January 10, 1999

The Medium and the Message

Monica has an assignment that should take just a minute. The president of a television network wants to produce a show about angels, but sometimes forgets in his quest to be the number one network. Monica must get him to follow his heart.

S05E14 Aired February 07, 1999

My Brother's Keeper

Will and Jett are raised together by Will’s father and compete in skiing. The father favors Jett as he is the better skier. When Jett becomes a paraplegic in an accident, the father blames Will. Jett does not want to live.

S05E15 Aired February 14, 1999

On Edge

A con-artist father involves his daughter in his crimes. She wants to be a figure skater and put down roots in the town they’ve just arrived in to skate. When the father gets caught, his daughter confesses.

S05E16 Aired February 21, 1999

The Man Upstairs

A salesman is in Las Vegas to renew an insurance policy with a gambling hotel. Desperate for money for his ailing wife, he gambles all the money he has while waiting for the policy renewal. He ends up selling his soul to the devil.

S05E17 Aired February 28, 1999

Family Business

Ben owns a car dealership which is run by his family, except for Buddy. Ben tries to control all aspects of the family, but Buddy wanted to be his own individual. After five years, Buddy returns. His father must learns to accept Buddy’s choices.

S05E18 Aired March 07, 1999

Anatomy Lesson

After a little girl falls in an abandoned airshaft, a man dies of a heart attack while running to get help. Monica must help the coroner do an autopsy to discover what he was doing when he died to save the little girl.

S05E19 Aired March 28, 1999

Jagged Edges

Andrew helps a man who will die of a heart attack. As he dies, he asks Andrew to give a box to his comedian daughter. The daughter returns home to bad memories, and finds a secret about her dead mother in the box.

S05E20 Aired April 04, 1999

Into the Fire

After a woman is fired for hollering at a telemarketing customer on the telephone, Monica temporarily joins a cult with her. Tess gives a required assignment to Monica about exposing the cult’s leader as a sinister fraud before his followers self-destruct as their final fate.

S05E21 Aired April 11, 1999

Made in the U.S.A.

Nick Stratton is a former Vietnam veteran managing a clothing factory staffed by refugees. His personal problems are exaggerated when the IRS starts chasing him for back taxes. The angels get involved when he starts mistreating his employees.

S05E22 Aired April 25, 1999

Full Circle

Monica returns to a woman named Kate who has more problems than the previous time. Kate is in danger of losing her house, and has not seen her son in seven years. Her son returns, and has his own child. Kate still has problems.

S05E23 Aired May 02, 1999

Black Like Monica

Monica is assigned to a town troubled by racial violence – and changed into a black mortal woman.

S05E24 Aired May 09, 1999

Fighting the Good Fight

Two boys stay with their uncle since their mother is in jail. The eleven year old is picked on by his brother and other older kids. He takes up boxing to defend himself.

S05E25 Aired May 16, 1999

Hearts

A teenager needs a heart transplant. Her doctor has a daughter who is a friend of the teen. A heart becomes available when a woman falls and has brain damage. The angels must heal the husband and the doctor’s relationship with her daughter.

S05E26 Aired May 23, 1999

Godspeed

The angels must help a woman astronaut find her faith after her mother’s death. She goes on a space mission and while working outside the shuttle, her tether cable becomes loose. She is unable to contact the team inside the shuttle.