Monica is stripped of her angel powers to help a proud, homeless man PETE (Gregory Harrison). She also befriends SOPHIE (Marion Ross) and ZACK (Malcolm Jamaal Warner) a Desert Storm vet. Monica realizes that she has stood in judgment on homeless people and after a prayer she washes Pete’s feet. Sophie is reunited with her family. Zack trades his Marine corp ring for Pete’s wife’s ashes and the money for a phone call home. With God’s help Pete is able to go to Colorado to spread his wife’s ashes.
Episode 113: “Angels On The Air”
Monica works as a personal assistant to radio personality Sandy Latham, who is renowned for her caustic rapport with listeners and her biting wit. In that capacity, the angel hopes to repair Sandy’s relationship with Claire, who is continually mortified that her mother uses her as a pawn in the ratings battle. Meanwhile, Tess joins Sandy as an on-air sidekick, encouraging her to be more supportive of her listeners and her daughter.
After Claire is humiliated by one of her mother’s stunts, the girl gets involved with a black-market CD scam to get money to run away from home. Monica uses her angelic powers to protect Claire and reveals that she is never alone with her pain because God is there also. Tess, likewise, reveals a similar message to Sandy, who is still recovering from her ex-husband’s infidelity. The angels encourage mother and daughter to work through their pain.
Episode 112: “In The Name Of God”
Tess returns to the town of a previous assignment and she and Monica help JOANNE (Talia Balsam) open an AIDS hospice. Joanne is injured in a bomb blast and Tess is brought face to face with a white supremacy group headed by her previous assignment TIM (Craig Wasson). Tess’ anger causes her to be replaced by another angel, SAM (Paul Winfield). Monica is able to enlist the help of a nosey neighbor JERRY (Dick Van Patten) and the angels do battle with Satan (John Schneider), who’s posing as a politician. Tess and Monica reveal themselves to Tim and show him that he was motivated by fears stretching back to childhood. Together they drive Satan out of the community.