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Angel Gifts
Touched by An Angel
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Touched By an Angel Collector's Edition, 1st and 100th Episodes
"Psalm 151," the 100th episode of the popular series Touched by an Angel, is a thousand-hankie watching delight. At moments it's overly sentimental and as sweet as treacle, but at the same time the viewer will find it as irresistible as chocolate cake. This episode guest stars Wynonna Judd, who surprisingly has an amazing screen presence, and Celine Dion, who should definitely keep her day job as a singer. It's Monica's (Roma Downey) 100th heavenly assignment with the help of Tess (Della Reese). They've been brought to the house of a terminally ill boy, who has several birthday wishes he wants to fulfill. He has little time left, and needs all of his wishes to happen before he goes, and it's up to our sympathetic angel duo to help the little boy make his final dreams come true. Also included on this tape is the first episode of the series, "Southbound Bus," which shows Monica's first assignment. Fans of the TV show will enjoy seeing this episode again, as it examines the origin of the characters, and they'll also see, in comparison to the rest of the episodes, how much the characters have grown. Newcomers to the series will have the wonderful opportunity to experience a heavenly introduction to Monica and Tess. The angels' first assignment is to help a rather angry and lost little boy; his mother ran away after her baby died, leaving her little boy and husband behind. The little boy is determined to find his mother again and to bring her home. With the help of Monica and Tess this may just happen. --Samantha Allen-Storey
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Touched by an Angel - Salute to Heroes
The heroes that give this episode combo its name are Rosa Parks and Sally Ride, respectively. In the first, a meditation on the role race plays in a modern "unprejudiced" town, Parks serves as a kind of beatific channeler of egalitarian feeling with the power to bestow forgiveness. The episode features an offscreen racially motivated murder and the harrowing chase of a briefly African American Monica (and yes, a "black" Roma Downey is as strange a sight as you would think). John Ritter plays a well-meaning police chief caught between town leaders, who want to protect their Underground Railroad celebration, and his black patrolman, who wants him to do the right thing. In the second episode, Ride is a peripheral hero and makes an exceedingly short appearance giving a pep talk to a female astronaut (E.R.'s Sherry Stringfield). The real hero is Charles Lindbergh, who stars in a dramatized story told by Tess (Della Reese) to lay the groundwork of faith for the unbelieving space traveler whose beloved God-fearing mother has just died. But it takes a failed tether for the astronaut to find God while floating in outer space. --Kimberly Heinrichs
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Touched by an Angel - Back to School: Lessons From An Angel
Angel Monica may have that musical Irish lilt to her speaking voice, but her singing voice is anything but heavenly. So when the voice she's always longed to sing praises to God with turns out to belong to an ungrateful teenager in "Voice of an Angel," Monica's resentment rages out of control. She abandons her assignment only to end up in a karaoke bar and then handcuffs. In a bit of stunt casting, the sullen, gum-snapping girl is played by the operatic star Charlotte Church and the boys of 'N Sync appear in cameo roles as street singers. The second episode, "Legacy," follows a more solemn track with an alum-made-good (Jere Burns) who bullies his son into attending his alma mater and joining the same fraternity. When a pledging rite goes awry, one of the son's roommates falls into a coma and the fraternity president demands cooperation in a cover-up. This thought-provoking episode examines the ethical responsibilities of a bystander. Its focus on young people enhances its value as a starting-off point for discussions on the subject with tweens or young teens. However, the roommate's eventual death may make the episode too strong for the very young. --Kimberly Heinrichs
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Touched By An Angel - Salute to Heroes [CUT OUT]
The heroes that give this episode combo its name are Rosa Parks and Sally Ride, respectively. In the first, a meditation on the role race plays in a modern "unprejudiced" town, Parks serves as a kind of beatific channeler of egalitarian feeling with the power to bestow forgiveness. The episode features an offscreen racially motivated murder and the harrowing chase of a briefly African American Monica (and yes, a "black" Roma Downey is as strange a sight as you would think). John Ritter plays a well-meaning police chief caught between town leaders, who want to protect their Underground Railroad celebration, and his black patrolman, who wants him to do the right thing. In the second episode, Ride is a peripheral hero and makes an exceedingly short appearance giving a pep talk to a female astronaut (E.R.'s Sherry Stringfield). The real hero is Charles Lindbergh, who stars in a dramatized story told by Tess (Della Reese) to lay the groundwork of faith for the unbelieving space traveler whose beloved God-fearing mother has just died. But it takes a failed tether for the astronaut to find God while floating in outer space. --Kimberly Heinrichs
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Angels
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Touched by An Angel videos of the tv series.
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Angel Photos
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