Rock’n’Roll star JON BORDERS (A Martinez) has it all: a loving wife, EVIE (Rosalind Allen), a devoted teenage daughter SAMANTHA, and a wiseass son, DYLAN. He relies on Evie for support and she responds by trying to be everywhere and do everything for him. Borders’ comfortable world is turned upside down when Evie, rushing from her daughter’s concert to a TV appearance by Jon, is killed in a car accident. Faced with actually having to raise his children, and deal with their emotional trauma, Borders retreats into work and then rapidly descends into drink and drug use.
Monica, who is Jon’s driver, watches as his attempts to record a new song, “Nowhere”, disappear down the bottle and up his nose. Tess is the kids’ nanny; Samantha slips around her to go out with friends to a concert. But en route they stop at a motel to party. Samantha didn’t plan on this and runs out. She pages her Dad, but he’s too stoned to pick up her page. Eventually Sam hitches a ride with a trucker. When the driver points out they’re right at the spot where Evie died, Sam insists on getting out and staying there alone. she looks down the ravine where her mother died–then slips and falls into it herself. At the bottom, Sam finds her mother ‘s purse, with a notation of a song Evie was writing for Jon. Andrew, the Angel-of-Death, sppears, but then Tess appears also to comfort Samantha.
Back in the recording studio, Monica reveals herself to Jon, pointing out to him that the word NOWHERE may also be read as NOW HERE. She leads him to his daughter, and the show ends with Jon and Samantha on TV, singing the song that Evie wrote.

The sequel to the first season’s Christmas episode “Fear Not”, “The Feather” continues the story of a little church’s congregation now that they’ve seen Monica reveal herself in all her glory. Awed, trying to figure out what it all means, the congregation is susceptible to CHARLES, a con artist posing as a preacher. He seizes a feather which fell from Monica’s dove and holds it up to the congregation as physical proof of the miracle. He’s diverting piles of donation offerings into his own pockets when he’s confronted by WAYNE (Randy Travis)–who turns out to be his brother.

Years ago, Charles and Wayne ran the preacher scam together; Wayne is now a reformed man and he’s determined to stop Charles. The issue is brought to a head when Joey, who’s been ministering to a crack baby that was left in the church, brings the infant to Charles for a healing. Charles can’t do it, of course, but Monica reveals herself again and reminds the congregation that they worshipped a feather instead of a King and their need for fame deafened them to the cries of a little baby. Charles is humbled and the congregation is once again put on the right track.

The Carpenter family gathers as their father, Joe prepares to die at home. Although grown, the siblings demonstrate the roles they have become accustomed to. Kate, the eldest, takes charge like their mother, Elizabeth but is not quite as overbearing. Chris, the middle child, stuns his sisters with the news that he is estranged from his wife. And Kim, the youngest, is the creative one who never seemed to fit in with the rest of the family .

Monica and Tess, as the home-care nurse and interior decorator (respectively), get caught in the crossfire as Chris and Kim resist Kate’s domineering behavior. The angels’ mission is to help expose a family secret before Joe dies. Andrew, the Angel of Death, informs his comrades that that time is rapidly approaching. Amidst a heated argument, Kate exposes the secret–Kim is not Joe’s biological daughter.

Upon returning from a brief trip, Elizabeth convenes a family meeting to discuss the matter. Years ago, she had a torrid affair with her husband’s business partner. Joe forgave his wife and raised Kim as his own daughter. Though this disclosure threatens to tear the family apart, Andrew arranges for Joe to receive a special dispensation: the bed-ridden father is able to walk downstairs, play the hymn, “‘Til We Meet Again,” on the piano and converse lucidly with his family. Monica and Tess urge them to follow his attitude of love and forgiveness. Joe dies with his family gathered around him, singing “‘Til We Meet Again” in four-part harmony.

En route to a wedding in a picturesque mountain meadow, Monica meets an uninvited guest–Andrew, an Angel of Death whom Tess is well acquainted with. The angels’ new assignment focuses on former law school classmates traveling via train to the nuptials. Mark Monfort and Susan Duplain rekindle their passion, having ended their relationship just before graduation.

However, their friend, Lisa Magdaleno is still reeling from the suicide of her fiancé, Doug who was expelled from law school for cheating on an exam. Mark had been unaware of his best friend’s death and more importantly of his own involvement.

Jealous that Doug received a clerkship she wanted, Susan tricked Mark into helping her change Doug’s exam to make it look like he plagiarized. With Andrew’s assistance, Monica shows Mark that Susan’s quest for power and prestige is out of control. After an intense confrontation with her, he turns to Lisa for comfort and support.

Jennifer has a burn on her finger and a hole in her memory. Two detectives are rigorously interrogating her about a shooting death she witnessed. As she is cross-examined, her jumbled memories eventually coalesce into a narrative.

A reporter for the trendy magazine Curb, Jennifer met Clay Martin, a real-estate developer, in an elevator at her office building. He invited her to a party where she met his best friend, Alex, as well as Monica. Against his mother’s wishes, Alex had been traveling in search of his real father. Despite the former roommates’ cross words–not the least of which regarded the fact that Alex’ ex-girlfriend was now dating Clay–they soon reconciled. Jennifer subsequently had a heart-to-heart talk with Alex where the prodigal confided he was on his way home to deliver yellow roses and an apology to his mother. Afterwards she just happened to be in the room when Clay shows Alex an antique gun. Although apparently unloaded, the gun contained a chambered round that killed Alex when the weapon fell off a desk.

Since Jennifer’s story corroborates Clay’s, the police release her. Two weeks after the incident, she is still in shock and denial. Revealing herself, Monica informs the distraught woman that God had a purpose for her witnessing the incident, and that she has a task to complete. Understanding this, Jennifer comforts Alex’s mother and gives her the roses he never got the chance to deliver.

Returning home for her mother’s funeral, Megan Brooks arrives with a Dixieland band playing “When the Saints Go Marching in.” This incident raises the ire of her godmother, Clarice Mitchell, a renowned poet. Clarice’s son, Sam and Megan had been high school sweethearts, but their lives drifted apart. Now that she is recently widowed, Sam is interested in rekindling a relationship and spontaneously proposes to Megan. Clarice, however, is horrified to discover that Megan is HIV positive. The mother urges her son to retract his proposal, and at first Sam literally drives away. But realizing his selfishness, he returns and pledges to stand by Megan through their coming years together. Now Megan has reservations about the marriage leaving Sam completely confused. Revealing that she has been the conduit through which Clarice received divine inspiration, Tess urges the poet to give her blessing to the nuptials because this is Sam and Megan’s time to live and love. The wedding proceeds apace after the bride and groom also receive separate revelations, and Clarice composes a new poem for the ceremony.

GINGER (Terumi Matthews) works as an exotic dancer, in which unlikely venue she meets Monica. Ginger hires Monica to babysit her little daughter EMILY, who was born with a disfiguring cleft palate. Ginger fears other kids in her trailer park will taunt Emily, but Monica invites JEREMY, who befriends the little girl. When Jeremy learns about Operation Smile, an organization of doctors who perform pro bono plastic surgery, he suggests Emily as a candidate.

Ginger has taken Emily’s affliction as a punishment from God for past transgressions, and refuses to accept the charity offer. Jeremy leads Emily off to Nashville (and Operation Smile) anyway by stowing away on ALBERT’s (Tone Loc) pick-up. Albert is actually transporting stolen goods elsewhere, when Tess intercepts the entire crew. She confronts Albert and redirects their journey across state via a balloon. When Monica reveals herself to Ginger, she is angry that Ginger assumes her daughter is a punishment from God; she should know that Emily is a great gift. In the end, Ginger gratefully allows Emily to receive treatment.

Monica “O’Dooley” is a rookie cop assigned to Zack Bennett, who returns to the force following rehabilitation from a gunshot wound.  Zack’s request for a new partner upsets his former one, Ben Rivera.  Monica soon learns why Zack has been avoiding Ben:  he’s become addicted to pain killers.

This condition becomes overt when he steals a stash from Mason, a drug dealer that he and Monica apprehend.  His erratic behavior causes him to miss Mason’s hearing, allowing the thug to assault a teenage girl.  Realizing that Zack has lived in fear with recurring memories of being shot, Monica reveals herself.  Informing him that faith is the only armor that bullets can never pierce, she helps him capture Mason.  Armed with renewed faith, the policeman faces his addiction head-on and grows closer to his wife.

Monica is the new producer for high-powered television reporter Debra Willis.  Although her signature tag line is “As my mother always said…” in reality Grace Willis is an icy perfectionist whom Debra could never please while growing up.  After hitting a teenager in her car, Debra flees the scene of the accident.  Her old buddy, Leo is the detective assigned to investigate the hit-and-run case.  When the victim is identified as high school baseball star Bobby Garcia, Debra ends up reporting on her own crime because Mrs. Garcia admires the reporter’s respect for her mother.  

While donating blood for Bobby, Debra’s arms reveal the scars from a teenage suicide attempt.  As evidence starts to point in her direction, Debra turns to her mother for help but is instead criticized.  Feeling she has no other choice, she again considers suicide until Monica reveals herself.  Learning that she has the right to be less than perfect, Debra turns herself in to the police and will survive the ordeal with the love and support of her boyfriend, George.

Tess is in an uncharacteristically grumpy mood as she gives Monica her new assignment: to be interviewed by Callie Martin, a cynical reporter writing an expose’ on angelic encounters. Explaining that she is an angelic experience, Monica recounts the story of a recent case.
Heart transplant surgeon Dr. Joe Patcherik  is assigned to operate on Ethan Parker, the drunk driver who killed Joe’s five children. Since that incident, Joe and his artist wife, Lisa have drifted apart. She has immersed herself in a sculpture that will stand in the children’s wing of the hospital as a dedication to her kids.

During a heated, emotional conversation, Lisa urges her husband to forgive her, Ethan, and God for their children’s deaths. Later, in the middle of the surgery, Monica, the transplant coordinator, stops time and reveals herself to Joe. She tells him that he is holding his own life in his hands and that no one except God has the right to determine whether another human should live or die. After successfully completing the surgery, Joe is shown the sculpture Lisa has been crafting: it is a statue of their children sledding–the activity they were en route to when the accident occurred.

Outraged that the killer lived, Callie tosses the interview tape away and walks out on to the street. She is nearly hit by a bus but is rescued by none other than Ethan Parker. Scrambling to recover the tape, Callie sees Monica, Tess, and Henry (an Angel of Death) wave to her as they ride on the back of the garbage truck containing the tape.