Touched by an Angel

In the premiere, the angel Monica (Downey) is excited at being promoted to the job of caseworker, a notch up from search and rescue missions, which finally gives her the chance to be seen by humans. Her first assignment is to stay close to David (guest star T.J. Lowther), a 10-year-old who initially appears to be a runaway, riding alone on a bus in the desert and pilfering tips from a pit stop waitress.

Monica helps baseball coach come to terms with death.

Monica must find a way to help a successful journalist admit that her drinking threatens to separate her permanently from her family.

Monica is assigned to work with a woman who is considering suicide because a blackmailer threatens to reveal her past. Obba Babatunde, Nia Peeples and Rick Rossovich guest star.

Monica takes a job as a delivery room nurse to help an unwed pregnant teenager decide whether or not to keep her baby.

Monica learns about inheritances and wills when she takes a job as an assistant to a timid estate lawyer and teaches him about living and loving.