Episode
Touched by an Angel: Missing In Action
Overview
George is an old army veteran from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, who thinks he has nothing left to live for. He has also been removed from six separate retirement homes. Monica is assigned, as an old woman, to show him the joy of living again.
Details
- Series
- Touched by an Angel
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1997-04-13
- Runtime
- 48 min
Episode context
Missing In Action is Episode 23 in Season 3 of Touched by an Angel. It aired on 1997-04-13. The runtime is 48 min.
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Episode 22: Last Call
A small Chicago bar is just the place for big dreams as God gives Monica the task of granting one pub patron a miracle. Monica is surprised to learn that nobody wants this once in a lifetime gift. Greed and envy creates further confusion and rage. A mistaken miracle leads each attendee to reassess their lives and toast to lessons learned.
Episode 24: At Risk
The angels try to help troubled teens that commit crimes by matching them up to disabled children.
More episodes from this season
Episode 21: Have You Seen Me?
Hank sees a picture of a missing child on a milk carton and realizes it is his younger brother. Monica helps him find out he was adopted. Tess and Andrew must help the real father and the lawyer who helped place the kidnapped boy.
Episode 25: Full Moon
A convicted rapist is released from prison on parole and decides to seek his victim's forgiveness.
Episode 20: Labor of Love
Meg Salter, a New York pediatrician, decides to surprise her husband by boarding his flight to Paris. On the plane she discovers her husband Brian is accompanied by his eight-months-pregnant mistress Olivia. As the plane heads into a storm, an already tense situation gets worse when Olivia goes into labor.
Episode 26: An Angel by Any Other Name
The angels are in a small town, where a group home opens their doors to children with Down’s Syndrome. The neighbor across the street finds these children disturbing.
Episode 19: Amazing Grace (I)
Tess revisits the Greenes. She tells them God says Josh needs to go with Tess. Josh has to help Monica see, since she is temporarily blinded. They travel to a city filled with tension.
The crossover continues on Promised Land S01E17 Amazing Grace (II).
Episode 27: Inherit the Wind
A father is disappointed in his son, Kevin, who parties and squanders money as a way of life. When the father dies, Kevin finds out he is cut out of the will and his inheritance. Kevin must learn to get a job and earn his own money.
Episode 18: Clipped Wings
Monica is due for her angel evaluation. She runs into Kathleen, a fallen angel who tricks Monica into another meeting room. Andrew and Tess wait for Monica in the right place. The angels recall previous assignments.
Episode 28: A Delicate Balance
A gifted gymnast wants her overbearing mother to focused more on her neglected son, who ends up in a serious situation.
Episode 17: Angel of Death
Tess instructs Celeste, a new angel, on her first assignment, Eric, an illusionist. Eric decides to attempt the most dangerous escape of his career. With the help of Monica, Celeste must convince Eric to stop playing hide-and-seek with his life.
Episode 16: Crisis of Faith
After a near-fatal car collision, Reverend Daniel learns that the accident caused his son's death. Wrapped in a cocoon of guilt, the Reverend shuts himself off from all loved ones, unable to attend the funeral. Monica must convince Daniel to forgive himself and rededicated himself to helping others.